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Click here to subscribeRay Finch (1914-2012) at Winchcombe PotteryVaseslipware, with green fountain motifs on tenmoku groundimpressed potter's and pottery seals16cm high. Provenance:The collection of Ron and Lorna Wheeler.Areas of glaze loss to the inner and outer rim. Two small dots of glaze loss to the green motifs. One light scratch to body.
Graeme James (b.1942)Vase with flared rimtextured light and dark glazeimpressed potter's seal15cm high, 22.7cm diameter. Provenance:The collection of Ron and Lorna Wheeler.Two tiny glaze imperfections to the rim. Minor marks to the black glaze. Appears in good condition with no signs of damage or restoration.
Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900-1990) for Schott & Genossen, Jena, Tea pot with eight tea cups and saucers, originally designed circa 1931, these examples produced later, Mould and free blown heat resistant glass (boro-silicate), Teapot, five cups and seven saucers with printed manufacturer's marks, Teapot : 14cm high ; Cups: 4.5cm high ; Saucers : 15.5cm diameter All parts with light surface wear commensurate with age and use, teapot spout with minor chip to very end of spout. Teapot with some residual dust build up to interior, would benefit from cleaning, some discoloration to diffuser. One sauce with very minor fleabite chip to one edge.
Per Lutken (1916-1998) for Holmegaard, Three 'Rondo' vases, circa 1960, Blown glass, Larger vase inscribed to base '1824', two smaller vases each inscribed 'Holmegaard 15729', Larger Vase: 11cm high ; Pair of smaller vases : each 6cm highLarger Vase : light general surface wear, some small scratches, dust build up to interior would benefit from cleaning.Pair of smaller vases : light general surface wear, dust build up to interiors, would benefit from cleaning, one with very minor flea bit nibble to base
Egermann, Sommerso glass vase together with three further Sommerso glass vases, circa 1970, Faceted cased glass, Smaller vase bearing 'Egermann' label, Egermann vase : 15cm high ; Square tapered red vase : 24.3cm high ; Tapered blue/amber vase : 22.5cm high ; Tapered green/pink vase : 21.8cm highEgermann vase : Only very light surface wear in generally good clean overall conditionSquare tapered red vase : Only very light surface wear some minor surface scratches, some some build up to interior, otherwise in generally good clean overall conditionTapered blue/amber vase : some very light surface wear, internal chip to one cornerTapered green/pink vase : Only very light surface wear some minor surface scratches, some some build up to interior, otherwise in generally good clean overall condition
Pierre Paulin (1927-2009) for Artifort, Set of eight 'F549' ('Little Tulip') chairs, circa 2005, Chromed metal, light grey fabric upholstery, Cast manufacturer's mark to base and applied manufacturer's label to underside of seat, Each 77.5cm high, 70cm wide Please refer to department for condition report All chairs structurally sound and sturdy, upholstery with general wear from use an light stains throughout. Please note the majority of chairs appear to have small holes which appear to be moth damage. Bases with scratches and scuffs throughout, would benefit from polishing/cleaning.
Designer Unknown, Art Deco coffee table, circa 1940, Oak, vellum, chromed metal, 46cm high, 120cm wide, 46cm deepGeneral overall surface wear to include light scratches and scuffs, there is some discolouration and small marks to vellum, chromed mount to base with light even patination throughout, would benefit from polishing.
Eric Slater for Shelley, 'Sunray' pattern and 'Vogue' shape part tea and coffee set (50+ pieces), 1930, Bone china, enamel colours, Painted pattern number 11743, printed stamp and Registered no.756533 to undersides, See Condition Report for sizes.Footnote:An example of the coffee pot, cake plate, cup and saucer is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and a partial coffee set is held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.10cm diameter cups: one with bad crack the full width (barely in one piece), one with a third of foot missing, one with hairline cracks to rim including 4cm, one with obvious restoration to foot, one with 4mm chip to rim, seven seem ok with no damage found. 14cm saucers: Twelve in good order with no damage found.7.3cm coffee cups: Six in good order with no damage found. 12cm saucers: Six in good order with no damage found.16.2cm square cake plates x11: overall condition good, some with light surface scratches, one with minor wear to black painted band, one had 2mm minor imperfection to edge (feels rough to touch).20.7cm x 24.5cm serving plates x2: Overall condition good, light surface scratches, minor glazing fault to edge 8mm feels rough to touch, no other damage found.cream jug: grey linear mark to spout but no other damage found.milk jug: minor wear to black painted band on foot, no other damage found.Sugar bowl: in good order and no damage found.Coffee pot: Overall condition good, 2mm linear chip to inner lid rim - possibly even in the making, no other damage found.Fragments of another bowlFurther images are available.
WMF (Wurttembergische Metalwarenfabrik), 'Ikora' three light table lamp with internal light, circa 1930, Green variegated glass, chromed metal, electrical fittings, Stamped to stem 'WMF Ikora', 56cm high It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that electrical items are professionally rewired for use.Please refer to department for condition report
Hettier and Vincent, Suite of Art Deco light fittings, circa 1930, Frosted glass, chromium mounts, Ceiling lights moulded mark 'HETTIER & VINCENT FRANCE', Two hexagonal ceiling lights: 18cm diameter, 17.5cm high. Three wall lights: 18.5cm wide, 17.5cm high It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that electrical items are professionally rewired for use.Please refer to department for condition report
AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), PROBABLY VIJAYANAGARA, 15TH/17TH CENTURY, with broad light blade of flattened-diamond section flaring to a ~cobra~s head~ tip (small chips, straightened), copper alloy hilt extending over the lower half of the blade with a pair of shaped robust moulded bars, figure-of-eight shaped guard drawn-out to a point on each side, thick disc-shaped pommel, pierced with eight small holes on top, and integral grip, 65.0 cm blade¦¦See Elgood 2004, p. 82 no. 8.9. ¦¦¦¦
AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), LATE 18TH CENTURY, with curved single-edged watered steel blade (the tip with one small chip, areas of surface rust), iron hilt of characteristic form, including straight quillons swelling to a pair of mushroom-shaped terminals, recurved knuckle-guard, large disc pommel and solid grip, decorated over its entire surface with a dense pattern of gold damascened flowers and foliage and the inside of the knuckle-guard with stylised inscriptions (small losses, small areas of light pitting), 81.0 cm blade¦¦Provenance¦A British family ancestral collection, sold in this room, 27th June 2018, lot 180
A RARE COMBINED MATCHLOCK GUN AND RAM DAO, NORTH INDIA OR NEPAL, POSSIBLY 17TH CENTURY, with tall hatchet blade formed with a sharp leading edge, engraved along the back-edge with pairs of wavy lines on each face and with an ~all-seeing~ eye, moulded at the base and with a pair of up-turned basal lugs, faceted socket fitted at its base with twist barrel swelling at the muzzle and formed with a raised moulding behind, fitted with integral pan at the breech, slightly recessed behind and with no provision for a stock (areas of light pitting), 79.2 cm overall
A FINE AND RARE SCOTTISH BACKSWORD WITH SIGNED BASKET-HILT BY JOHN SIMPSON THE ELDER OF GLASGOW, CIRCA 1690-1700, with tapering blade double-edged for its last quarter, formed with a long slender fuller running along the back-edge and a further shorter slender fuller on each face, signed ~Andrea Farara~ and decorated with a flower on each face at the forte (light pitting), boldly formed iron basket-hilt of strongly fluted bars, incorporating an aperture for reins with a curved bar top and bottom, a saltire carrying a notched and cusped panel pierced with columns and circles centring on a rondel, cusped pierced side-panels and knuckle-guard en suite, the former each with ram~s horn terminal, vestigial rear quillon signed on the underside with the stamped letters ~I.S~ over ~G~, bun-shaped pommel decorated with elaborate designs of fluting, retaining much early blackened and gilt ~Japanned~ finish including a spray of foliage above the side-panels (small losses, areas of pitting), wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, and retaining an early doe-skin liner with red velvet covering (one velvet panel missing), 82.0 cm blade¦¦Provenance¦Robin Wigington, Poets Arbour, Stratford-upon-Avon¦Sandy Gordon, North Attleborough, Massachusetts, 1970 ¦¦Literature¦William Reid, A New-Found Sword by John Simpson, in Scottish Weapons and Fortifications 1100-1800, D. H. Caldwell (Ed.), Edinburgh 1981, pp. 403-407.¦¦The strongly canted position of the hilt in relation to the blade suggests a late 17th century date and thus an attribution to John Simpson the Elder, who was admitted to the Glasgow Incorporation of Hammermen in 22nd August 1683 and had died by 1718. See Reid op. cit and Scott 1963, p. 22. For a related hilt in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch at Boughton House see Batty, Norman et al, 1996 p. 27 no. 1:6. A further hilt by this maker, previously in the collection of Samuel Alexander, Kilmarnock was sold in this room, 7th December 2011, lot 157. ¦¦¦Property from the Collection of a Distinguished Scholar and Collector¦
A RARE NORTH ITALIAN VAMBRACE FOR THE RIGHT ARM, CIRCA 1460, of tubular form, open on the inside, pierced with two holes to receive a cowter, and the upper edge with a boxed outward turn (one small chip, light pitting), 19.0 cm high¦¦Provenance¦H. Russell Robinson, circa 1965. ¦¦Another vambrace of this form was formerly preserved in the sanctuary of the Madonna della Grazie, Mantua. See Boccia 1967, no. 111-117.¦¦Property from the Collection of a Distinguished Scholar and Collector¦
‡ A RARE GERMAN HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, with straight blade formed in two stages, double-edged for its upper third and formed with a long fuller along the back of the lower section, the latter struck on the reverse face with two groups of bolt marks arranged in fours and further decorative marks at the forte (tang repaired), iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of horizontally recurved quillons swelling towards the terminals and slightly canted upwards and downwards respectively, upper ring-guard swelling in the centre, lower ring-guard formed en suite and joined to the upper by a pair of arms, a pair of écusson, trifurcated inner-guard joined to the quillon-block by a thumb-loop, and spherical pommel, and later two-stage wooden grip (areas of light pitting), 107.0 cm blade¦¦A sword with a hilt of this type is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Turin. Two others were sold In this room, 26th June 2007, lot 153 and 2nd December 2020, lot 53. The hilt conforms to Norman type 43, see Norman 1986, pp. 140-1.
A FINE ENGLISH ~MORTUARY~ HILTED BACKSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, with broad blade double-edged towards the point, stamped ~Andrea Ferara~ between a series of decorative marks within two fullers of differing length on each face (rubbed), symmetrical iron hilt comprising a pair of langets chiselled with foliage, scrolling vestigial quillon, basket-guard chiselled at the base with delicate scrolling leafy tendrils inhabited by birds, putti and grotesque busts, front-and rear-guard each bifurcated at the base, joined to the knuckle-guard by a pair of diagonal bars each interrupted by a leafy moulding, a further scrolling bar front and back, and ovoid pommel chiselled with foliage and scrolls, spirally-carved wooden grip with an early binding of plaited wire between ~Turk~s heads~ (areas of light pitting), 88.0 cm blade ¦¦Property from a Private Collection¦
TWO 1868 PATTERN LANCES, each with regulation steel head struck with a series of marks including government ownership broad arrow, iron shoe, bamboo shaft , later bound grip and leather strap, and each with red and white pennant (the steel parts with light surface rust), 282.5 cm overall (2)¦¦
A 1788 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY TROOPER~S SWORD, of regulation type, with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, iron hilt (slightly loose), and banded dark hardwood grip (small chips), in its iron-mounted leather-covered wooden scabbard, engraved ~B7~ at the locket, 89.5 cm blade
A WILLIAM IV COURTSWORD OF THE TYPE ADOPTED BY DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS, CIRCA 1830-37, with straight blade of flattened-diamond section, etched with the crowned Royal Cypher above a pair of fronds in a panel on each face (areas of light rust), gilt-brass hilt, including down-turned shell-guard with the crowned Royal cypher and a pair of fronds, solid crown pommel, in its leather scabbard (areas of wear) with brass chape and locket, the latter with a stud for a frog, complete with its bullion sword knot, 79.0 cm blade
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY SWAGGER-STICKS, comprising approximately 18 narrow canes with white metal caps of regiments and other units, including the Royal Warwickshire, Loyals, Durham Light Infantry, MG Corps, KOYLI, Green Howards, KRRC, HAC, Imperial Yeomanry, RMP, Queen~s Own Hussars and 17th Lancers (the latter containing a blade) and Cyclists, together with a modern Indian sword and a spike bayonet (qty)
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1550-60, with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acorn finial, its right side struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and its rear pierced with two pairs of later holes set one above the other, fitted at the brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at its flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with seven small auditory-holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns except at the front of the cheek-pieces which have plain partial turns, but are like the former accompanied by recessed borders (the surfaced showing a patchy light patination overall), 29.5 cm¦¦Provenance¦The property of a European Prince, sold in this room, 7th December 2016, lot 529
A GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY, with rounded two-piece skull joined by a turn along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted at its brow with a flat obtusely-pointed peak, at its nape with an acutely-pointed neck-guard of four lames, and at each side with a broad scutiform pendent cheek-piece pierced at its centre, within an almond-shaped boss, with four small auditory holes, the peak pierced at its centre with a pentagonal-hole to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar (replaced) faceted for the greater part of its length, terminating at its upper end in a stepped, leaf-shaped finial, and retained by staple and locking-screw (replaced) at the brow, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns and its surfaces coloured black over light pitting, 30.6 cm¦¦Provenance¦The property of a European Prince, sold in this room, 29th June 2016, lot 281
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN BREASTPLATE OF DUPLEX CONSTRUCTION, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1580, of siege weight, formed in one piece with a strong medial ridge and bold angular inward turn at the neck, and smaller turns at the arm-openings, struck with Nuremburg town mark and the armourer~s mark at the neck (worn), the proof mark of a bullet on the right of the belly, its lower edge flanged outwards and slightly arched over the crotch, and fitted at each side at the top with a brass buckle for straps (small areas of light pitting), 33.0 cm high¦¦The armourer~s mark appears to be that of Hans Becher, recorded in Nuremberg circa 1553-92. A finely etched armour by him, decorated in 1618, is preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. A1523). ¦¦For an account of this unusual form of construction see de Reuck et al 2005. ¦¦
AN ITALIAN SHIELD FOR USE IN THE GIOCO DEL PONTE, PISAN, CIRCA 1776, of narrow almond-shaped form with truncated lower end, composed entirely of wood, its front edges bevelled and its rear surface fitted towards its upper end, above a hollow, with a diagonal hand-grip, the front painted on a gessoed white ground with five wavy diagonal carmine stripes in its lower two-thirds, and a light brown crescent on a dark green ground in its upper third (the gessoed front surface chipped at some points and crackled), 82.5 cm¦¦Provenance¦Col. Harvey Collection¦¦The Gioco del Ponte was a mock battle fought by two teams of contestants armed with clubs and shields who endeavoured to occupy the old bridge at Pisa now known as the Ponte di Mezzo. Originating in the Middle Ages, it was last fought in 1776 and 1807. The shield described above resembles several extant examples bearing the date 1776. See Karcheski Jr & LaRocca 2007, pp. 107-19, figs 4-11.
A .600 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY C. MOORE, ST JAMES~S STREET, LONDON, NO. 1829, CIRCA 1840, with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves and retaining its brass-capped tampion, signed on the flat (rubbed, areas of light pitting), stamped with proof marks and the serial number beneath the breech, and fitted with back-sight of three folding leaves, case-hardened breech inlaid with a platinum line, platinum plug, engraved stepped flush-fitting flat lock signed ~Moore~s Patent~ decorated with trophies-of-arms and scrolling foliage, fitted with bolt safety-catch (hammer replaced), double set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a hound on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, butt-plate, three ramrod-pipes and provision for two sling mounts (missing), horn fore-end cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, 76.0 cm barrel¦¦Charles (2) Moore is recorded at 77 St James Street 1825-42. He marked percussion and pellet-lock pistols and guns ~Charles Moore Patent~ based on Westley Richards~ English Patent No. 4611 of 1821. See Blackmore 1986, p. 144.
A 16 BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY CHARLES NEPHEW & CO., LONDON, NO. 1705, CIRCA 1840, with rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib, struck with London proof marks and numbered beneath, engraved breeches with platinum plugs, engraved tang, signed border-and foliate scroll-engraved flush fitting flat locks decorated with game vignettes, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved steel mounts (areas of light pitting) including trigger-plate with scallop-shell finial, vacant silver escutcheon, silver barrel bolt escutcheons and brass-tipped ramrod, 75.7 cm barrels
A RARE 0.66 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK VOLUNTEER CARBINE WITH ENCLOSED LOCK BY HENRY NOCK, CIRCA 1800, with two-stage barrel rifled with seven grooves, octagonal patent breech signed ~H. Nock Patent~ on the flat, and with an engraved band behind, fitted with bayonet bar, blade foresight and fixed block |V| back-sight, patent screwless lock signed ~H Nock~ in script in front of the cock and with a starburst over the front retaining hook, struck with a ~P~ at the base of the right side of the cock and an indistinct mark on the left side of the comb, the inside of the lock incised ~IX~ , figured walnut full stock, with leather-covered padded cheek-piece (small losses), the butt with Baker pattern hinged patchbox on the right, full length split ramrod channel stamped ~WT~ and ~II~, full brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, forming an additional ramrod-pipe with retaining spring at the front, butt-plate engraved ~No. 22~ on the tang and stamped ~163~ towards the top, two ramrod pipes, and fore-end cap, iron sling swivels and original ramrod with button head and threaded terminal for cleaning accessories, and remaining in good condition throughout, 66.3 cm barrel¦¦Henry Nock was a contractor to the Board of Ordnance from 1771 to 1804. He was appointed Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to George III in 1789 and was Master of the Gunmakers~ Company in 1802. He was contracted to produce rifled carbines of this pattern for the London & Westminster Light Horse Volunteers, circa 1798. The carbines were for the infantry men, who accompanied the cavalry in horse-drawn carriages, and not the cavalry troops, who only carried swords and pistols. Each man purchased his own carbine. The number ~163~ on the butt plate is probably a soldier muster roll number and corresponds to one Robert Sutton, elected to The London & Westminster Light Horse Volunteers on 9 October 1794, became a Cornet on 2 February 1799, and subsequently became the Commandant of a Rifle Company in Ongar, Essex. See Paine 1996, pp. 111-115 and Chisnall and Davies 2013 pp 160-161 and pp. 165-167.¦¦Property of a Gentleman¦
A 50 BORE TRANSITIONAL SIX-SHOT SELF-COCKING BAR-HAMMER PERCUSSION REVOLVER BY CLOUGH & SON, BATH, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1855-61, with octagonal blued sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed in full on the flat, scroll-engraved numbered cylinder, scroll-engraved open-topped frame, scroll-engraved rounded action incorporating a nipple-shield and fitted with scroll-engraved bar-hammer, scroll-engraved back-strap, finely chequered butt (small areas of very light pitting), scroll-engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard and butt-cap with circular trap decorated with an expanded flowerhead: in its fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with vacant brass escutcheon on the outside and applied with trade label for 9 New Bond Street, Bath on the inside, complete with some accessories comprising powder-flask, bullet-mould and loading rod, 11.5 cm barrel¦¦John Clough & Son are recorded at 9 New Bond Street, Bath, circa 1855-61.
A CASED 120 BORE SIX-SHOT PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO. 338, MID-19TH CENTURY, with fluted barrel group retaining traces of case-hardening colour, scroll-engraved German silver action fitted with engraved blued bar hammer, safety-catch, and blued trigger, figured walnut butt, engraved numbered German silver back-strap, and engraved blued trigger-guard: in its brass-bound mahogany case, lined in plum velvet (areas of light wear), the lid with shaped brass vacant escutcheon on the outside, with some accessories including small copper powder-flask, bullet mould, loading rod and nipple-wrench, 8.0 cm barrels
A 25 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION PISTOL BY COULAUX A HUNINGUE, CIRCA 1760, converted from flintlock, with sighted barrel formed in two-stages, signed flat bevelled lock engraved with scrolls on the tail, full stock carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, the latter enriched with silver wire scrolls, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with foliate terminal, solid side-plate, and spurred pommel (the iron parts with light pitting, worn), 19.6 cm barrel¦¦A father and son of this name are recorded circa 1764-1838, first in Huningue, Alsace and later at Klingenthal where the family manufactured arms for over a century. ¦
A CASED PAIR OF 24 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY TWIGG, CIRCA 1780, each with lightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel (light pitting), inscribed ~London~ in script, engraved with a beadwork band and struck with London proof marks at the breech, border-engraved tang decorated with foliage, ears of corn and incorporating the back-sight, stepped bevelled flat lock with second form signature, fitted with bolt safety-catch, roller and cock en suite, figured walnut full stock (minor bruising), flat-sided butt, engraved iron mounts (areas of pitting), comprising trigger-guard decorated with a central diamond-shaped panel filled with a flowerhead on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, and a pair of ramrod-pipes, horn-tipped ramrods with iron worms, probably the original: in their fitted mahogany case lined in green baize (losses, areas of wear), the lid with flush-fitted brass carrying handle, with some accessories including combination turn screw with pricker, three-way flask covered with dark red leather, loading rod and bullet mould, 26.0 cm barrels
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE HELMET (TOP), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, formed of eight slightly curved tapering plates of low V-section, narrowing towards the top and formed with a recessed border, joined together by three rows of rivetted mail rings of flattened D-section wire (small losses and minor replacements), the apex with a broad band of mail fitted with a rondel with fluted bud-shaped finial (restored), fitted at the front with a rectangular staple (restored) with early sliding crescentic face-guard with recurved writhen top finial, and at the rear with mail neck-defence (three plates with small internally patched repairs, one with a small crack, small areas of light rust and pitting, ear defences missing), 42.0 cm high¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A07.¦¦A similar helmet, taken at the siege of Seringapatam in 1799 and later in the Codrington Collection (sold Christie~s 9th April 1863), is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (object no. XXVIA.57). Another, with a replaced face-guard, formerly in the Meyrick Collection at Goodrich Court, is preserved in the British Museum (museum no. 1878.1101.404). See Elgood 2004, p. 58, plate 5.3. ¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦
A JAPANESE OFFICER~S SHIN-GUNTÔ (MILITARY SWORD), BLADE DATED TO 1867, MOUNTS 1943-1945, Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow tori-zori (even curve), small kissaki (tip), copper habaki (collar); Hamon (tempering pattern): midare with chôji (wavy with clove buds); Nagasa (length): 64.0 cm; Nakago (tang): ubu (unshortened) with one mekugi-ana (fixing hole), signed Oite Sunpu Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigetoshi (Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigetoshi in Sunpu) and dated a day in the eighth month, third year of Keiô (equivalent to 1867); Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard) of metal covered wood with tassels, suspension ring and silvered copper alloy fuchi and kabutogane (collar and pommel), the tsuba (sword guard) of pierced iron, the gilt shakudô menuki (hilt grips) decorated with sakura (cherry blossom), wooden tsuka (hilt) with light brown silk itô (braiding) over white same (ray skin)¦¦Ikkansai Shigetoshi (1838-1906) was born in Sunpu (modern day Shizuoka) in Suruga province with the given name Miyaguchi Hachirô. He worked in Inaba and in Odawara in Sagami province and used the art name Ikkansai; he was well-known for his excellent horimono (blade carvings). This sword is a good example of an earlier blade mounted in high quality military mounts for a high-ranking officer.
An early 20th Century French tortoiseshell cased and 9 carat gold mounted bedside clock, the movement inscribed "French movement", with circular and enamel dial and Roman numerals to the chapter ring (dial cracked), raised on four ball feet, 7.5 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Not working. There is a crack running from the top of the hinge on the side of the case. Is faded and discoloured to top and left hand edges on the side as you look at it. There is cracking to the face. Surface scratching, etc, thoughout. There is a crack visible to the inside top corner edge above the hinge, only visible under light. The feet have some knocks and bumps, especially the back right hand corner. Otherwise general wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for further detail.
A pair of Baccarat five light candelabra, with central petal rim trumpet vase above five twist moulded glass s-scroll arms holding a light with petal rim drip pans and hanging crystal icicle drops, on a baluster stem with spreading base, raised impressed mark to underside, 69 cm highProvenance: Contents of the Estate of Sir Frank Williams CBE and Mrs. Virginia Williams.
An early 19th century Nantgarw porcelain oval dish, with lobbed border, the centre with hand painted white evergreen rose, in a patterned border and gilt rim, with title and impressed mark to underside, 30 cm wideProvenance: Contents of the Estate of Sir Frank Williams CBE and Mrs. Virginia Williams.Condition: 2 cm hairline crack to rim (where the butterfly is), rubbing of the gilding, light surface scratches, minor paint loss, wear to underside consistent with age and use.
A Second World War No.2 Service Dress Uniform to a Captain Durham Light Infantry, comprising a tunic with brass buttons, shoulder titles, rank badges and bronzed collar badges, size 42" chest, pair of trousers, size 36" waist, a tie, a peaked cap size 55cm and a bamboo swagger stick; also, a Sailor's cap with tally to HMS Invincible, two feather hackles, a horsehair hackle, a Red Cross armband, an RAF flag and a small quantity of modern postcards
A Victorian Officer's Copper Shoulder Belt Plate to the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot, of rectangular form applied in silver with a Queen's crown over a wreath, garter and 53, the reverse with two hooks and two fixing lugs, 9.5cm by 7.5cm; a Victorian Officer's Copper Shoulder Belt Plate to the 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry, of rectangular form applied with a copper Queen's crown over a garter enclosing 52 backed by a silver star, the reverse with two hooks and two fixing lugs, 9.5cm by 7.5cm (2)Copper and silver appliques are well polished.
A Quantity of Militaria, including items related to the Leeds Rifles comprising a car badge, tie, a presentation gavel, embroidered and metal shoulder titles, shoulder rank straps and buttons, cap and collar badges etc, also a plated two handled trophy cup "For Inter Unit Shooting (Mortar) from 1953" presented by the Durham Light Infantry, a brass On War Service 1915 badge, an enamel Home Guard badge, a whistle, an Elizabeth II KOYY(LI) cap badge, twelve printing plates to The Light Infantry, three lanyards - including two to KOYLI, a pair of box spurs, Soviet Russian badges and a Russian gun oil bottle etc
A French 1st Light Infantry Officer's Shako, circa 1845-1852, with black patent leather top and front peak, black moleskin body and plated on copper shako plate as a cockerel over a laurel and oak leaf wreath centred by a sphere pierced I, with red, white and blue fluted cockade surmounted by a red and blue pom pom, with plated on copper graduated chin scales and leather linerSome bubbling to the surface of th patent leather top. Wear to the plating on the shako plate and chin scales. Minor loss of pile to the sides and wear to the leather liner. No real damage.
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