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Click here to subscribe* WWI. Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Charles Ecclestone), attempted erasure of last letter of surname, together with another memorial plaque (George Fisher), with card envelope, both extremely fine (Qty: 2)NOTES49594 Private William C. Ecclestone, served on the Western Front with the 4th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment, he died on 15 October 1918, Ecclestone is buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium
* [ Charge of the Light Brigade]. Autograph letter from Godfrey C. Morgan, Captain 17th Lancers, Camp nr Balaclava, 7 December 1854, to Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan, Commander Cavalry Division, 'In consequence of another Captain now present with Regiment I have the honor to request that you will forward this, the renewal of my application for leave of absence to return to England the nature of my affairs being such as to warrant an extension being made in my favour', one page, with ensuing notes written vertically to inner upper margin including one believed to be in the Earl of Cardigan's hand, 'Dec 11th Morgan 17th Lancers leave refused', the verso with Lucan's autograph letter signed, Cavalry Camp, HQ, 10 December 1854, to the Adjutant General, sending the application concerning Captain Morgan with a note that 'This officer's resignation of his commission is already in England' and wondering whether Morgan may be granted this favour under the circumstances, the full reply written in the second column by Brigadier J.B. Estcourt, 11 December 1854 reporting that the commander 'cannot sanction the application in favour of Captain Morgan', old adhesion remains to inner margin of verso, folio (32.5 x 20 cm), together with a Christmas and New Year card 1907/1908 from Lord Tredegar with photogravure portrait, dampstained and split and separated along spine, slim 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESGodfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1831-1913) was 22 when the Crimean War broke out. He held the rank of Captain in the 17th Lancers and accompanied his famous regiment. On 25 October 1854 he was in command of a section of the Light Brigade that rode into the 'Valley of Death' at the battle of Balaclava, which he survived. The Charge was led by Lord Cardigan (1797-1868), his characteristic arrogance seemingly reflected in this refusal to grant leave to Captain Morgan so soon after the battle.
* [Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821]. An autograph letter signed by Napoleon Bonaparte's eldest brother Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), together with an autograph letter signed Lucien Bonaparte (1775-1840), plus a printed & manuscript note signed by Napoleon's youngest brother Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), together with a small sliver of wood, piece of cotton wool and tiny piece of fabric, identified in accompanying manuscript note written by a British soldier allegedly present on St. Helena when Napoleon's body was exhumed for return to France as being a piece of Napoleon's original coffin, a piece of the shroud which covered Napoleon's body at St Helena, and a piece of the cloth which covered the coffin, together with an autograph manuscript verse, circa 1815 entitled 'On Seeing a Panorama of Napoleon Bonaparte's Departure to St Helena', plus a printed copy of the Republican Constitution of France, plus a printed copy of a letter from Napoleon to Cardinal Camaceres dated 1800, plus Gallais (Jean Pierre). Histoire de la Révolution du 20 Mars 1815, ou Cinquiéme et Derniére Partie de L'Histoire du 18 Brumaire et de Buonaparte, Paris, 1815, half-title and errata leaf present, signature of R.H. Vivian to titlepage, contemp. half red sheep gilt, 8vo (Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Baron, 1775-1842. With the Vivian armorial bookplate to upper pastedown) (Qty: 7)
* WWII Ephemera. A large and varied collection of ephemera mostly relating to WWII, including an undated school boy letter written to a friend during the Battle of Britain, 1940, 'The other day at school the headmaster let us watch a dog fight ... The other day we saw one of our fighters bring down a jerry. I've got over a hundred piece of shrapnel, a piece of a jerry hurricane, spitfire, balloon. A boy showed me German machine-gun', two pages on ruled paper, some spotting, two cellotape repairs to folds verso, the writer being Ray [Raymond, Harry Thomas Skelton of Purbrook, Hampshire], together with a gouache of a bombardier signed by Lucien Cave, 25 x 22 cm, a mimeographed typed copy of Company Orders by T. V. Gardnerre commanding 572 Army Field Company RE, giving orders for Monday 7 May 1945 and giving him for information the terms of the German Surrender, one page, some spotting, framed and glazed, the remaining ephemera largely printed but including some photographs, posters, postcards, small diaries, puzzles, etc, plus HMSO booklets, propaganda leaflets, booklets, magazines and newspapers (Qty: 2 cartons)
Franklyn (Henry Bowles). The Great Battles of 1870 and Blockade of Metz, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co., 1877, half-title, 2 wood-engraved portrait frontispieces, folding map (with split to one fold, and small hole at intersection of folds), 3 folding maps in end-pockets, errata slip, 80 pp. advertisements, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original deluxe binding of red full morocco, hand-painted crossed-flags motif to front board (partially chipped), spine and extremities rubbed, a few scuffs to sides, 8vo (22.4 x 14 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) The dedication copy, with an autograph letter signed from the author to dedicatee Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913) tipped to front free endpaper, and Wolseley's engraved bookplate to front pastedown. 2) Presented by Louise, Dowager Viscountess Wolseley (1843-1920) to the Disabled Officers Residential Club (inscription dated 1916 to title-page; bookplate). The list of contents does not clearly enumerate the number of maps required, but many library records appear to call for one map only.
ARR* Beddoes (Ivor, 1909-1981). A rare group of 21 watercolour and pencil drawings on paper of scenes mostly from the London Blitz, many taken from life, 1940-41, including 14 drawings in watercolour and pencil on paper of the blitz from a series marked 'ARP', all 38 x 56 cm, together with a related charcoal drawing of the same size and 3 smaller watercolours of blitz scenes, plus 3 further watercolours from a series made by Beddoes in North Wales in February 1941, the majority of drawings in mounts with window apertures, and with pencil titles, notes and dates to margins, mounts and sheet versos, some signed or initialled by Beddoes in pencilNOTES1) Stretcher party - collecting bodies, Hampstead, depot 1 30 October 1940, ARP no. 2; 2) Rescue party cutting through to trapped people, Hampstead depot 1, memory drawing, 30 October 1940, ARP no. 3; 3) Incendiary bomb in the street, Westbere Road, NW2, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 4; 4) Stretcher bearers waiting for the mortuary van, Hampstead, Nov. 1940. ARP no. 6; 5) Scene sketched in Tube - Midnight, during London Blitz, Oct. 1940. ARP no. 7; 6) Memory drawing after the bomb, Nov. 1940. ARP no. 8; 7) Rescue party calling for the living, memory drawing, London, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 9; 8) Fordwich Road incident - taking body on stretcher over garden wall, Nov. 1940. ARP no. 10; 9) WVS Canteen giving tea, from notes made on the spot near Swiss Cottage station, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 11; 10) Recreational depot no. 1. SPs playing snooker, from notes made on the spot, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 12; 11) Another body, composite picture from rough notes taken when no one was looking, hospital in Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 13; 12) Depot lecture on incendiary bombs, memory drawing, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 18; 13) Drawing from rough notes made on the spot. RE removing DA bomb (Belsize Avenue - 11.40), Nov. 1940. ARP no. 19, 38 x 56 cm; 14) SP at work, Nov. 29 1940. ARP no. 20, all watercolour and pencil, 38 x 56 cm; 15) Smoke from fires, after raid, as seen from roof - Piccadilly Circus. Drawing started during actual raid, approx. 6 o'clock, 7 September 1940, charcoal drawing, 38 x 56 cm; 16) In the first two weeks after the declaration of the war 1939 ARP shelters were built with borough labour & civilian help, Finchley, North London, watercolour, 28 x 39 cm; 17 & 18) Two untitled drawings of sand bagging, green wash and pencil, 20 x 27 and 20 x 18 cm; 19) AC post observation, Prestatyn, 20 February 1941, 2nd STC series no. 1, watercolour and india ink, 23 x 25 cm; 20) Sand dunes and barbed wire looking towards Great Orme Head from Prestatyn, 2nd STC series no. 2, 23 February 1941, watercolour, 30 x 41 cm; 21) Rhyd Farm, North Wales, 2nd STC series no. 18, watercolour, 35 x 51 cm.Ivor William Gilmour Beddoes (1909-1981) was a British painter, sketch and storyboard artist, costume and set designer, dancer, composer and poet. He is best known for his film work, spanning more than thirty years, from Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes to Star Wars and Superman. Prior to his being called up at the end of 1940, and then serving with the Royal Signal Corps, Beddoes had been working at the Windmill Theatre in London's West End. In an autobiographical made some written shortly before his death, Beddoes wrote: 'one night in 1940 I walked off the stage to become a stretcher-bearer in the blitz on London. Then I went into the army. I never went back into the profession.' In a letter to the Artist's Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Information, (dated 10 October 1940), Beddoes explains how he came to make these remarkable drawings: '… [I] submit to you the accompanying sketches in the hope that they might be of use as documentary evidence or, in any other way that you might think useful. I am a scenic designer, and happened to be watching the raid last Saturday afternoon from the roof of a building in Piccadilly Circus. I was able to make a quick sketch of the effects of fires caused by the bombs dropped on South London, and again, later in the evening I made two sketches with colour notes of the fire, and added the colour afterwards. Should the sketches be of any use to you, I should be pleased if you would accept them and perhaps any future sketches I may make when I join the army in the very near future.'In 1999 Maggs Bros., London, issued Catalogue 1271, in which they offered the Ivor Beddoes El Alamein archive of 108 works on paper and noted, in reference to Beddoes' blitz drawings, that 'sadly, the sketches of that raid were not accepted and their whereabouts are unknown'. A copy of this catalogue is included with the lot, with Bob Wyatt's added manuscript footnote indicating that he now has these blitz drawings in his collection. NB. ARR will not apply to this lot.
Duke (George). The Life of Major-General Worge, Colonel of the 86th Regiment of Foot, and Governor of Senegal, in Africa; with an Account of the Settlements of Senegal and Goree, 1st edition, 1844, folding lithographed map frontispiece, single-page coloured map of the island of Sanaga or St. Louis, ownership inscription to front endpaper of G. Osborn Smith, 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers (whose grandfather was a nephew of Worge), original blind-stamped red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and minor wear, a little fraying to upper joint, 8vo, together with Austin (Major Herbert H.) , With Macdonald in Uganda, a Narrative Account of the Ugandan Mutiny and Macdonald Expedition... , 1st edition, 1903, monochrome plates and folding map at end, publisher's catalogue, original maroon cloth gilt generally in bright condition, plus Hamilton (Angus) , Somaliland, 1st edition, 1911, monochrome plates after photographs, top edge gilt original maroon cloth gilt, and other African travel and military history, including Private Memoirs of Sir Rowley Sale Sale-Hill, K.C.B., Late Indian Army, privately printed, circa 1906, with presentation inscription to Robert Sale-Hill from his affectionate brother Rowley Sale-Hill, June 1906, to verso of front endpaper, The Reminscences of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Ruddiman Steuart, Late of the Indian Army, edited by his wife, privately printed, 1900, Olive Schreiner, Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, Boston, 1897, with two-page autograph letter from Graham Bower to dearest Maude, in which he refers to the author's bad taste in using a photograph of hanged African natives as a frontispiece, Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04, volume I, HMSO, 1907, etc., mostly original cloth, mainly 8vo (Qty: 19)
Forrest (George W., editor). Selections from the Letters Despatches and other State Papers Preserved in the Military Department of the Government of India 1857-58, 3 volumes, Calcutta, Military Department Press, 1893-1902, 2 folding maps contained in pocket at front of first volume, and 3 further maps to first volume, including one folding, some scuffing and slight staining to first volume, 2 folding maps in pocket at rear of second volume, and others plans and illustrations, all original red cloth gilt, first volume with some marks and discoloration to spine, rebacked, with original spine laid down, large 8vo, with autograph letter by G.W. Forrest to General Mowbray-Thompson, dated 3rd October, 1904, together with Russell (William Howard) , The Prince of Wales' Tour: A Diary in India; with Some Account of the Visits of His Royal Highness to the Ports of Greece, Egypt, Spain, and Portugal, 2nd edition, 1877, front endpaper excised, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, large thick 8vo, plus Muir (Sir William) , Records of the Intelligence Department of the Government of the North-West Provinces of India During the Mutiny of 1857, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1902, original maroon cloth gilt, a few light marks, ex-library copy of the Church Missionary Society Library, London, with a few ink stamps at front and rear of volumes, 8vo, and others on India, the Indian Mutiny and related including, Colonel G.B. Malleson, History of the French in India, new edition, 1893, T.R.E. Holmes, History of the Indian Mutiny, 2nd edition, 1885, W.P. Andrew, Our Scientific Frontier, 1880, with presentation inscription to title by the author, H.M. Durand, The Life of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, 2 volumes, 1883, H.C. Thomson, The Chitral Campaign, 1895, Duke of Argyll, India under Dalhousie and Canning, 1865, Colonel G.J. Younghusband, The Story of the Guides, 1908, The Happy Warrior, A Short Account of the Life of David, 9th Earl of Airlie, Winchester, 1901, etc., all except 2 volumes in original cloth, generally in good condition, mainly 8vo (Qty: 35)
Tucker (Jedediah Stephens). Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon. The Earl of St. Vincent, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1844, portrait frontispieces,folding facsimile letter, publisher's catalogue at end of volume II, previous owner signature, bookplates, original blindstamped cloth, spines faded, 8vo, together with Dundonald (Thomas, Tenth Earl of). The Autobiography of a Seaman, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1860, 4 folding charts, a few leaves detached in volumes I, volume I endpapers renewed, residue from bookplate removal to front pastedowns, volume II front hinge breaking, original blindstamped cloth, spines darkened, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Napier (Lieut.-Gen Sir W.) The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier G.C.B., 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1857, portrait frontispieces, folding map to volume II, some light spotting, small water stains to portraits, original green cloth gilt, spines faded, 8vo, with other biographies, memoirs etc including John Blakistons' Twelve Years' Military Adventure in three quarters of the globe..., 2 volumes, 1829, Memoirs of the Life and Adventures of Colonel Maceroni, 2 volumes, 1838 and Sir Charles Napier's Lights and Shades of Military Life, 2 volumes 1840 (ex-libris) (Qty: 28)
Younghusband (G.J.) Indian Frontier Warfare (Wolseley Series), 1st edition, 1898, 7 maps, including 5 folding (of which 2 are contained in pocket at rear), single-page of the Chitral Expedition 1895 printed in colour, original red cloth gilt, some marks and spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Shakespear (Lieutenant-Colonel J.) , John Shakespear of Shadwell and his Descendants 1619-1931, 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland Press, circa 1932, monochrome plates, folding maps, etc., some light spotting to first and last few leaves, original green cloth gilt, large 8vo, limited edition 127/140, with handwritten letter from Mary Shakespear to Major J. Buchanan Scott, dated 24 October 1948, loosely inserted, plus other similar military history of India interest, 19th and early 20th century, including [W.W. Ireland], History of the Siege of Delhi, Edinburgh, 1861, George H. Hodson, editor, Hodson of Hodson's Horse or Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India, 4th edition, 1883, Sir James Johnstone, My Experiences in Manipur and the Maga Hills, 1896, Sir George Robertson, Chitral, The Story of a Minor Siege, 1898, D.C. Phillott, editor, From Sepoy to Subadar: being the life and adventures of a native officer of the Bengal Army, 3rd edition, Calcutta, 1911, Diwan Bahadur C. Gopalan Mair, The Moplah Rebellion, 1921, Calicut, Norman Printing Bureau, 1923 (1,000 copies printed), The Tourist's Guide to Lucknow, 1905, Johnstons' New Map of India with the Roads, Railways and Military Stations Noticed in the Insurrectionary Movements, Edinburgh, 1857, etc., mostly cloth bound, mainly 8vo (Qty: 14)
Brackenbury ( George). The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch, illustrated by forty plates, from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson, First Series & Second Series, 1855-56, 80 tinted lithograph plates, generally in clean condition, some minor spotting and light water stain to preliminary leaves, all edges gilt, original elaborately gilt-decorated, red cloth (designed by Digby-Wyatt), first volume with modern cloth re back, second volume rebacked with original spine laid down, small 4to, together with Nightingale (Florence) , Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not, first edition, third issue, [1860], printed advertisements to endpapers, later ink annotations to verso of front and paper, original black cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, with spine rebacked, slim 8vo, plus Hodasevich (Captain R.) , A Voice from Within the Walls of Sevastopol: A Narrative of the Campaign of Crimea, and of the events of the siege, second edition, John Murray, 1856, ink stamp and bookplate of Sir Charles J. Hamilton, original minor stamp, green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and discoloured, 8vo and others on the Crimean War, various, 19th and early 20th century, including Henry A & Grey Neville, letter written from Turkey and the Crimea, 1854, first edition, 1870, Alexis Sawyer, Sawyer's Culinary Campaign, 1857, [Charles T. Wilson], Our Veterans of 1854:In Camp and Before the Enemy, Baron De Bazancourt, L'Expedition de Crimeé, La Marine Francaise dans la Mernoire et la Baltique, 4 volumes, Paris, circa 1860, A W Kinglake The Invasion of the Crimea (Cabinet Edition), 9 volumes, 1877-88, etc, mostly original cloth, mainly 8vo (Qty: 48)
Douglas (Colonel Sir Howard). A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, first edition, John Murray, 1820, 5 folding engraved plates at rear, a few marginal annotations, damp stained to top margin, early bookplate of Samuel Thornton, and inscribed in ink with presentation inscription in brown ink to front head of pastedown S. Thornton from R Melville Feb 1st 1822, contemporary calf, rubbed and some wear, recased with original spine laid down, 8vo, plus Bacon ( Admiral Sir R.H.), The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet, 2 volumes, first edition, 1929 , monochromed plates, original black cloth gilt in dust jackets, large 8vo, VG, together with Douglas (General Sir Howard), A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, fourth edition, revised, John Murray, 1855, wood-engraved plates, including some folding at rear, original blind-stamped dark blue cloth gilt, little rubbed, and other naval history, including Naval Memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keys, 2 volumes, 1934 (with autographed letter signed by the author loosely inserted to first volume), Lord Fisher, records/memories, 2 volumes, 1919, 13 bound volumes of the naval review, a run from 1913-1927, bound in contemporary cloth, spines darkened, some soiling, large 8vo, the illustrated Naval and Military magazine, 9 bound volumes 1884-1888, uniformly bound in contemporary black half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio, etc. (50 volumes) (Qty: 3 shelves)
Dewar (George A.B.). Sir Douglas Haig's Command December 19, 1915, to November 11, 1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1922, slightly spotting to preliminary leaves, original red cloth gilt, spines lightly faded, together with Monash (Lieutenant-General Sir John) , The Australian Victories in France in 1918, 1st edition, Hutchinson, circa 1920, folding maps, monochrome plates after photographs, original dark blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, plus Vredenburg (Captain E.) , West and East with the E.F.C. (Expeditionary Force Canteens), 1st edition, Raphael Tuck, [1919], monochrome illustrations after photographs, top edge gilt, original red full morocco gilt, generally in good condition, with a typed letter signed by A.W. Prince, Controller, Expeditionary Force Canteens, to Major Heasman, dated 9th May 1919 loosely inserted, and other First World War history, memoirs and related, including Constance Lytton and Jane Wharton, Prisons & Prisoners, Some Personal Experiences, 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel B. Roustan Bek, Aerial Russia, The Romance of the Giant Aeroplane, 1916 (in worn dust wrapper), etc., mostly original cloth, mainly 8vo (approximately 55 volumes) (Qty: 3 shelves)
* Amy Johnson & Flying Club memorabilia. A good group including an autographed signed menu card, circa 1940, with letter of provenance, original framed press photograph circa 1930, Luton Flying Club enamel lapel badge, together with a group of card mounted, interwar photographs including Hendon Aerial Derby 1919, and correspondence relating to opening & activities of Surrey Flying Club at Croydon Airport circa 1950s (Qty: small packet)NOTESAmy Johnson was guest visitor at the opening of Luton Aerodrome in the late 1930s and remained a loyal supporter of the Flying Club. The signature was obtained during her activities with the Air Transport Auxiliary. The ATA regularly used Haddenham Aerodrome and the nearby Inn. Amy Johnson was staying in the Inn when the signature was obtained.
Novelty Silver Letter Opener. Antique letter opener in the form of a small dagger and sheath, hall marked silver to handle, comes with leather sheath with silver banding, handle is finally decorated with swirls and a Foo dog to top, 7.5 inches in length, lovely condition throughout, please see accompanying image.
Winston Churchill Memorabilia - A Signed Facsimile Letter by Winston Churchill Himself In The Letter He Thanks a Mrs Stables for the Kindness Shown to Him by Herself, The Addressed Envelope Accompanying The Letter Is Dated 5 th December 1963 According to the Postage Stamp. There are Also Other Letters - Six ( 6 ) In Total. Sent by Winston Churchill to Mrs Staples to Thank Her for Her Kindness, But Signed by His Private Secretary. The Letters Cover a Period of Over 20 years 1950's - 1980's, Also There are Letters From Mrs Staples Herself to Winston Churchill Over the Same Time. Please Study Photo. Good Collection.
Two 20th Century cut glass decanters of square form, one being decorated with flowers with both having silver hallmarked collars and cut glass stoppers. One set of hallmarks rubbed with the other for London Date letter I 1983 makers mark for Mappin & Webb Ltd. Together with a matching pair of Dartington lead crystal decanters of simple bulbous form having mushroom stoppers. Tallest measures 25cm tall.
A 19th Century ladies fan believed Dieppe. The fan made from ivory having thirty (30) blades tied ribbon bound with carved and pierced floral decoration throughout and monogrammed center. Small letter indicating it was bought as a present dated 1844. Measures when closed 27cm long by 2cm wide. When open roughly measures 39cm wide.
A pair of early 19th Century George III silver hallmarked open table salts having gadrooned rims with engraved floral and swirl decorated body and gilt interiors, raised on ball feet. Hallmark for London date letter M 1807, makers mark for Alexander Field. Total weight 127g. Measures 3cm tall by 9.5cm wide and 7cm deep.
A late 19th Century Victorian oak cased carving set having stag horn handles with silver hallmarked tips and collars. The blade marked for Primus Isaac Ellis & Sons Sheffield. Hallmarked for Sheffield date letter F 1898, makers mark for John Batt. Housed within an oak case having a silk and velvet lined interior. Case measures 5cm tall by 47cm wide and 15cm deep.
An early 19th Century George III silver hallmarked wine coaster of simple form having flared edges with a central engraved shield crest decorated with lions, set to a wooden base. Hallmarked for London date letter E 1800, makers mark for Robert Hennell I & David Hennell II. Gross weight 187g. Measures 14cm diameter.
A late 19th Century high Victorian silver hallmarked mustard pot of oval form having shaped handle with the body having pierced and engraved swag decoration. The hinged cover having engraved borders and urn shaped finial atop. Blue glass liner (A/F). Hallmarks for London date letter C 1898, makers mark for Hawksworth, Eyre & Co Ltd. Weight without liner 82.1g. Measures 6cm tall by 9cm wide. Together with a non matching silver hallmarked mustard spoon of twist design. Hallmarked for Birmingham. Weighs 7.7g.
An early 20th Century silver hallmarked glasses case having repousse Art Nouveau decoration with silver belt hook. Hallmarked for Sheffield date letter N 1905, makers mark for Walker and Hall. Weighs 84.1g. Together with a silver plate glasses having embossed floral and scroll decoration with scroll pierced belt hook and a silver plated ladies purse. Silver glasses case measures 18cm long.
A Late Victorian / Edwardian faceted cut glass and silver hallmarked hip flask having a screw bun cover with round motifs and detachable beaker. Both having engraved family crest reading 'justus sis non timeo' ( I fear not thou mayest be righteous) and a griffin holding a crown. The beaker having a gilt lined interior. Hallmarks for London date letter E 1900, makers mark for Charles Henry Dumenil. Measures 13cm tall.
A group of mixed silver hallmarked items dating from the 19th Century Georgian era to include a caddy spoon of shell form, hallmarked for London date letter I 1844 with makers mark for Chawner & Co (George William Adams). A pair of sugar tongs having engraved foliate design, hallmarks for Birmingham date letter V 1945 with makers mark for J.L.C LtD, a silver bladed fruit knife having mother of pearl handle Georgian mark and another later example with hallmarks for Sheffield date letter F 1898, a Georgian spoon, pair of sugar tongs with makers mark for SW. A pair of silver topped pots having glass bodies and one other. Together with a matching pair of silver plate spoons. Approx silver content weight 110g.
An early 20th Century silver hallmarked open face pocket watch having a white enamel face with Roman numeral chapter ring with subsidiary seconds dial and faceted hand. The face marked for H. Samuel Manchester. Case hallmarked for Chester date letter J 1909. Gross weight 136g. Face measures 45mm diameter.
A Longines ladies wrist watch having a stamped 18k yellow gold case. The octagonal case set with a champagne dial having Arabic numeral chapter ring and faceted hands. The watch set to a Hallmarked 9ct gold strap having a gold safety chain. Strap hallmarked 375 for Birmingham date letter Q 1965. Total weight 19.1g Face measures 17mm wide.
An early 19th Century Georgian silver hallmarked pocket watch having a decorative engraved case with central cartouche to verso. The white enamel face having Roman numeral chapter ring with scroll hands. Case hallmarked for Birmingham date letter F 1803, Makers mark for JS. Face measures 34mm diameter. Gross weight 41.9g.
A mixed lot to include an ornate mid 19th century gilt metal rotating wax letter seal (af), intaglios carved from three different gems, together with a fragment of Roman pottery depicting a cherub, a carved Indian woodprint block box, a small 18th century enamel pot with lid reading 'The price of this is one sweet kiss', a Rosbach Natural Sparkling Table Water calendar coin 1904-1925, a postcard depicting a young girl wearing an outfit made of stamps and a small hinged metal candle holder, 6.5cmH
An impressive glazed pottery sculpture of a bearded, Western Asiatic, camel rider on the back of a tall Bactrian; about 54 cm high, Tang DynastyProvenance: The Property of a Lady. From a Private English Collection and listed on a Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Limited Schedule, dated 2nd May, 1979. Both camel and rider were restored by John Sparks Limited in 1988, and extant correspondence offered with the lot includes a letter from Michael Gillingham, stating that the repair has gone well. The sculpture was offered in Sotheby's on 15-12-1987 (lot 79) but was unsold at £1500, and returned to the vendor's family. For another example of a standing Bactrian Camel, but without a rider, compare the 54.5 cm high figure offered by Phillips at 10 Salem Road, Bayswater on 18th September 2001 [Lot 370]. .Please note that there are several areas of repair and restoration to this sculpture, presumably as a result of the work by John Sparks Limited in 1988. The lot also includes the John Sparks invoice for these repairs, dated 6th April, 1988.
QUEEN AUTOGRAPH SET AND FLYER. A piece of lined paper (17 x 22.5cm) signed in various inks by Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon (two signatures). Also to include original flyer for the 1973 tour in excellent condition. The signatures were obtained in Liverpool outside the venue in 1973. Sold with hand signed letter of provenance from the vendor, who obtained the signatures in person.
QUEEN FULL AUTOGRAPH SET. A page from an autograph book bearing signatures in blue ink in the hand of Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury with inscription 'To Bernie with love from 'Queen' in the hand of Brian May. Sold with signed letter of provenance detailing how the vendor obtained the signatures in person at the St. George's Hotel in Liverpool in 1975.
ROGER TAYLOR PARIS 1979 DRUMSTICK. A Roger Taylor embossed drumstick, used for the Paris 1979 concerts - 27th February - 1st March 1979. Consigned by a member of the Queen 'Royal Family' who attended the concerts and was subsequently given the stick by a friend who obtained six of Taylors drumsticks from a roadie following the concert. Letter of provenance by original owner of the six sticks included, in which she mentions donating a pair to our vendor.
ROGER TAYLOR PARIS 1979 DRUMSTICK. A Roger Taylor embossed drumstick, used for the Paris 1979 concerts - 27th February - 1st March 1979. Consigned by a member of the Queen 'Royal Family' who attended the concerts and was subsequently given the stick by a friend who obtained six of Taylors drumsticks from a roadie following the concert. Letter of provenance by original owner of the six sticks included, in which she mentions donating a pair to our vendor.
FREDDIE MERCURY HANDWRITTEN & SIGNED LETTER TO FAN CLUB. A handwritten note on paper, which would become Freddie's last letter to the Official International Queen Fan Club. This letter was featured in the winter 1990 Queen Fan Club newsletter. Originally purchased circa 2004 at a Queen Fan Club convention auction. The letter has been authenticated by Roger Epperson prior to this sale.
SIGNED QUEEN LP. A copy of Queen - Queen (EMC 3006, Ex/VG+ some ringwear to sleeve, creasing) signed artfully to lighter area of sleeve in blue ink by Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May, John Deacons with inscriptions to the vendor from all four. Item was signed backstage at Preston Guildhall on 8th December 1975, the vendor's friend was acquainted with Mel Bush, who took them backstage to meet the band. Includes hand signed letter of provenance from the vendor which includes scanned images of the item being signed and the ticket stub for the concert. The inner of the card sleeve bears hand written note in pen.
SIGNED QUEEN LP. A copy of Queen - Queen II (EMA 767, Ex/VG+) signed to inner gatefold by Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May, John Deacons with inscriptions to the vendor from Freddie and John. Item was signed backstage at Preston Guildhall on 8th December 1975, the vendor's friend was acquainted with Mel Bush, who took them backstage to meet the band. Includes hand signed letter of provenance from the vendor which includes scanned images of the item being signed and the ticket stub for the concert. The inner of the card sleeve bears hand written note in pen.
DAVID BOWIE POSTERS INC ZIGGY STAGE COSTUME FRAGMENT. Two David Bowie/Ziggy posters to include a poster with piece of material from a Bowie stage worn costume affixed by tape, along with a letter detailing how vendor purchased scrap of material from a wardrobe attendant circa 1987 and one other circa 1970s Ziggy poster.
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