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Lot 3051
An album containing approximately 224 postcards of military interest, including photographic postcards titled `6th O.S. RMLI Battery`, `R.M.L.E. School of Navigation Portsmouth Dec 1921`, `Royal Marine Light Infantry, Walmer Castle, Kent, Engineering Party`, `Royal Marine Church Parade`, `Men`s Barrack Room, R.M.A., Eastney Barracks`, `Royal Marine Barracks, Walmer`, `Band 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment` and `Pipers Black Watch`, also including approximately 81 modern postcards.
Lot 3272
THE PERCY COX ARCHIVE. - THE CHURCHILL FAMILY. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer CHURCHILL (1874-1965), Clementine Ogilvy Spencer CHURCHILL, Baroness SPENCER-CHURCHILL (1885-1977), Mary SOAMES, Baroness SOAMES, and others. A small archive of photographs, telegrams, autograph letters, signed letters, notes and cards, most relating to the Churchill family`s relationship with Percy Cox, O.B.E., circa 1945-1974. Provenance: Percy Walter Cox and thence by descent. Note: Percy Cox (1888-1975), was the Estates Manager at the Churchills` home, Chartwell, in Kent in the late 1940s and the 1950s. This interesting archive throws some light on Mr Cox`s work for Sir Winston Churchill and the personal esteem in which he and his wife were held by Winston, his wife, Clementine, and their youngest daughter, Mary. Further details on the contents of this archive are available on request.
Lot 3313
RAILWAYS. A plan and application for a `Surrey & Sussex Light Railway`, circa 1902, in three printed documents titled `Plans and Sections`, `Arrangements of Sections` and `Book of Reference`, together with a small collection of related ephemera (all rolled). Note: the railway was never undertaken.
Lot 313
India - Gandhi and Jewish holocaust Nazis publication 1939. Extremely rare publication on Mahatma Gandhi and the Holocaust. Two letters to Gandhi from Martin Buber and J. L. Magnes by the group The Bond Rubin Mass^ Jerusalem^ April 1939. First edition. Light blue stapled wrappers^ 44 pages. Contents include - 1. A letter to Gandhi from Martin Buber; 2. A letter to Gandhi from J L Magnes; 3. Gandhi’s statement. The letters are a response by two leading Jewish adherents of non-violence to Ghanhi’s advise to the Jews of Germany to adopt the tactics of Satyagraha (Passive Resistance) in the face of the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany. In view of the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany^ Gandhi offered satyagraha as a method of combating oppression and genocide^ stating: “If I were a Jew and were born in Germany and earned my livelihood there^ I would claim Germany as my home even as the tallest Gentile German might^ and challenge him to shoot me or cast me in the dungeon; I would refuse to be expelled or to submit to discriminating treatment. And for doing this I should not wait for the fellow Jews to join me in civil resistance^ but would have confidence that in the end the rest were bound to follow my example. If one Jew or all the Jews were to accept the prescription here offered^ he or they cannot be worse off than now. And suffering voluntarily undergone will bring them an inner strength and joy” The publication stated `This conversation is the first between the Jews and Gandhi is the first between Israel and India. This is a significant moment in our eyes` Very scarce copy of this publication published in 1939.
Lot 337
India – Sikh Punjab Ranjit Singh Emily Eden up the country. A fascinating account into the Sikh court by Emily Eden “Up the Country” by Emily Eden. Hardback reprint published in 1978 by Curzon Press – first published in 1866. Letters written to her sister from The Upper Provinces of India with an introduction by Edward Thompson. 410 pages. Jacket taped to extremities with light grubbiness. Emily Eden got on well with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1838 and along with sketching him wrote in her book: "Another of Runjeet`s topics was his constant praise of drinking^ and he said he understood that there were books which contained objections to drunkenness^ and he thought it better that there should be no books at all^ than that they should Contain such foolish notions. He is a very drunken old profligate^ neither more nor less. Still he has made himself a great king; he has conquered a great many powerful enemies; he is remarkably just in his government; he has disciplined a large army; he hardly ever takes away life^ which is wonderful in a despot; and he is excessively beloved by his people. One of the most in depth account of the court of Lahore and Ranjit Singh
Lot 489
India Punjab – Coloured Lithograph book on the Sikh Wars. Fine 1849 1st ed of Mooltan^ during and after the Siege. Being Twenty-one Drawings^ from Sketches taken on the Spot by John Dunlop^ M.D. Assistant Surgeon H.M.`s 32nd Regiment. And lithographed in Tints^ by Andrew Maclure. With a descriptive and historical account of the Siege of Moolta. Uncommon plate book recording the five month siege of Mooltan^ now Multan in Pakistan. The attempt of the British to impose a new ruler on the city led to the defiance of Dewan Mulraj^ and to the siege which precipitated the Second Sikh War. The plates include images of the city itself^ the participants including “Moolraj” and his brothers^ and key moments during the siege^ the text offers a reasonably full description of events^ partly drawn from Dunlop’s own account. Folio (370 x 265 mm). Original red cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board and with panels in blind and gilt^ light cream endpapers. Hand-finished tinted lithographic pictorial half-title and 21 similar plates^ original tissue-guards intact. A little rubbed and soiled^ light browning and foxing internally^ some light marginal foxing^ very good.
Lot 165
THE EMPIRE EARLY 20TH CENTURY TYPEWRITER cast metal and black enamel body with fan shaped plate covering action, aluminium space bar 8 1/2" (21.5cm) carriage on oblong mahogany base, together with a YOST `LIGHT RUNNING TYPEWRITER NO. A with cast metal and black conventional body and keyboard, 9 3/4" (24.8cm) carriage (2)
Lot 199
COLLECTION OF CAMERA ACCESSORIES MAINLY LENSES, including Nikon af f4-5-6, 70-300mm (x2), Tamron f3.8, 75-250 mm, cased, auto teleplus 2 x converter, Canon EF, f3.5-4.5, 35-105mm Hanimex automatic MC, f2.8, 135mm Dall Meyer max-lite, 3 1/2" Nikon af f1.8, 50mm, Helios Macro bellows attachment for Olympus OM, boxed, two light meters, filters etc, contents of one box
Lot 210
VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS BIUNIAL MAGIC LANTERN, the two projector lenses with rack and pinion focussing the tall body fitted to receive two light sources/lamps (absent) with side opening vented doors, original black metal chimney on mahogany base with moulded edge, 25 1/2" (64.8cm) high overall
Lot 211
GOOD W. WATSON & SONS, LONDON, LATE 19th CENTURY MAHOGANY AND LACQUERED BRASS MAGIC LANTERN, the front brass plate inscribed W. Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, No 1379, having 8" lens with rack and pinion focussing and fitted with mahogany sliding plate holder, the body hinged to allow adjustment of inclination, having side and rear opening door to access the now electrified light source, blued metal chimney, 18 3/4" (47.6cm) long lens closed down
Lot 213
19th CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS SLIDE PROJECTOR/MAGIC LANTERN WITH HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED CYLINDRICAL BODY on cast iron and brass stand with pivoting mount, having simple rack and pinion focussing, the body widening to the rear and possibly later adapted to take screw in electric light source, 16 1/2" (42cm) long lens closed down 13" (33cm) high
Lot 214
THE CITY SALE AND EXCHANGE, LONDON - SALEX LITTLE JUNIOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ENALRGER, oak and black japanned metal body, the light source sliding on the base and connected with bellows to lens body, the front with folding bellows and rack and pinion focussing (lacks objective lens and spirit lamp)
Lot 217
19th CENTURY BLUED METAL AND BRASS MAGIC LANTERN, the brass main tube with simple slide in and out adjustment, the objective lens with rack and pinion focussing, the body with brass plate, Patent No 245 and having spirit fired light source with four adjustable burners, extending square chimney, 16 1/4" (41.3cm) long with lens closed down, together with VERY SIMILAR BUT SMALLER MAGIC LANTERN, (incomplete) (2)
Lot 220
NINETEENTH CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS AND MAHOGANY MAGIC LANTERN, having original lime-light gas powered illumination including a box of `Mabor Indestructible` Lines` the mahogany body with side opening ventilated panel doors, brass objective lens with rack and pinion focusing, the rear aperture with black plush cloth curtain on rail, 24" wide approx, TOGETHER WITH A NINETEENTH CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS 7" ENLARGING OBJECTIVE with rack and pinion focusing and a VERY LARGE SELECTION OF GLASS LANTERN SLIDES, housed in THREE MAHOGANY SIX DRAWER CABINETS, many of the slides in sets to include comic `Adventures of a cyclist` 12 slides showing cyclists on penny farthings, Old Mother Hubbard, `Polar Expedition` 12 colour slides etc. as per vendors inventory showing in excess of 860 slides
Lot 222
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY `OPTISCOPE` NO. 8 BY HOUGHTON AND BUTCHER, LONDON having chromium plates and black metal body brass screw in Houghton and Butcher projection lens 10" focus on cruciform stand and the black metal storage box, TOGETHER WITH AN ELECTRIC HAND HELD LIGHT PROJECTOR, in the shape of a hair dryer (2)
Lot 240
RUNBAKEN EARLY 20TH CENTURY `ARDWICK H.T. CHARGER` OF CYLINDRICAL FORM WITH MILLI - AMPERES DIAL SET THE FRONT and surmounted by indicator bulb, a simple EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMPLIFIER UNIT with oak case and bulb surmounting, a battery powered indicator box to show `light on or out` and a MAELZEL METRONOME CONNECTED TO A CIRCUIT BREAKER ARM with battery power terminals on mahogany plinth base (4)
Lot 1136
TRIOLA GERMAN OFFICERS BATTERY POWERED TRENCH LIGHT oblong black metal with leather frog, bulls eye lens with selection of three filters together with a LATER PERISCOPE M6, the mottled green finish metal case with mounting bolt, 11" (28cm) x 6 1/2" (16.5cm) and LONG CYLINDRICAL FORM MESSAGE CONTAINER? possibly for use on board ship via internal tubs, the composition body with brass banding and having two revolving alphabetical code rings one end with hinged opening, soft felt discs/pads at either end, 17" (43.2cm) long x 3 3/4" (9.5cm) diameter overall
Lot 1142
GROUP OF FIVE WORLD WAR II MEDALS awarded to Warrant Officer E. Jones, Royal Air Force, viz Africa, Italy and 1939-1945 stars, 1939 - 45 War medal and Defence medal all with ribbons together with GEORGE VI ILLUMINATED SCROLL framed and glazed, medals postal box and COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH OF WAR GRAVES HEADSTONE for E. Jones Air Gunner RAF died 15th March 1944, a BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH IN UNIFORM, and a hard back copy of `THE STORY OF THE SEVENTH BATTALION, THE SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY`, by Captain J.L.J. Meredith (poor)
Lot 1185
FOUR PERIOD THIRD REICH LUFTWAFFE N.C.O.s METAL CAP BADGES, typical bare alloy and each retaining its two pins, together with the central eagle wing and swastika motif only from the very rare Lufts-Schultz-Geband Gonget (Flying Station Operational Controls), 1935 Pattenn, this retaining virtually all of its light-gilt lacquered finish
Lot 31
TRIANG MINIC FIRE STATION late 1930s of wooden construction, 10 1/2" x 9" x 12", detachable tiled roof, battery operated bell and flashing light connected to doors - cream/red (very good with remains of packing carton) plus DINKY BLAWKNOX BULLDOZER AND TRACTOR 29CD/D box, 25d TIPPER LORRY, TINPLATE AMBULANCE CAR, MONOPOLY AND CAMPHOR CRAFT SHIP TOY (7)
Lot 1823
An African female Ibeji figure from the Yoruba in Nigeria, with a stylised coiffure and scarification marks on the cheeks, with a black and red beaded necklace around the neck and also attached bead, glass and metal bands around the waist, left arm and legs, light brown patina with figments to the body. height 29cm An Ibeji is used as a container for the soul of a dead twin.
Lot 1852
An African Yoruba Ibeji female figure of Nigeria, with straight resting arms on her waist, abstract scarification to the face and hair coloured with indigo blue, single ring to the left ear and attached bead bands to the neck, wrists and hip, with light brownish pigment and aged brown patina, height 25.5cm
Lot 516
Chinese export, 18th century, tureen stands, all but three damaged CONDITION REPORT: Oval stand, fritting to rim. Pair of smaller stands, both broken in half and glued. Pair of stands 30.5cm across, some light rim fritting. A similar pair, each broken in half and glued. Shaped edge stand, broken in half, glued and riveted. Three large rectangular dishes, each with large sections broken and glued.
Lot 568
A pair of mid 19th century Chinese export pith paintings, depicting a wedding procession including musicians, lantern bearers, a hoho bird, etc, in gilt frames, 31 x 18cm (2) CONDITION REPORT: Main processional scene with a small hole to centre left, 5 - 6cm from edge. The other figure with some light surface indentations. Small central hole 4cm from centre of figure. Some back board staining.
Lot 137
A porcelain blue and white ribbed Bowl, Wanli, late Ming dynasty,c.1600, painted on the exterior with flowering and fruiting branches, below a border of ten galloping horses over waves, the base with four character seal mark fu gui jia qi within a double rectangle, 21.5cm For similar bowls, see Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. II, pl. 1280, p. 725, where it states a bowl of this type with silver gilt mount by Jacob Borch and with a Copenhagen hallmark of 1608, is in the collection of Grosserer Holger Drucken, Copenhagen. CONDITION REPORT: A 15cm section of body professionally restored. Light fritting to rim. Small rim chip and chip to foot interior.
Lot 148
A porcelain blue and white Brushpot: Bitong, Shunzhi (1644-1661), of cylindrical form painted with a qilin beneath the sun looking back and breathing fire in a fenced garden amongst pierced rockwork and banana plants, all in a continuous scene between bands of chevrons and petals, the base unglazed, revealing the white biscuit body, 21cm diameter Provenance: Purchased from S Marchant & Son in their exhibition of Seventeenth Century Blue and White and Copper-Red and their Predecessors, 1997, no. 43. CONDITION REPORT: Some light surface scratches to glaze.
Lot 159
Two Chinese blue and white Tureens and Covers c.1760, each canted rectangular with hare-head handles, painted with landscapes and borders, scroll knops, one tureen with crack, 34cm (4) CONDITION REPORT: One tureen with a large Y-shaped crack to the base, rim chip, one handle with ear missing, other handle with ear tip missing, the lid with glaze fritting throughout the rim. The other tureen has no obvious faults, the lid with rim glaze fritting and light surface scratches.
Lot 173
Chinese famille rose, 18th century, a tall Beaker with fowl, Yongzheng; another with fan-tail fish; a Coffee Cup with delicate flowers; a marriage Tea Bowl and Saucer with cupids holding initials WAJ; a Saucer with underglaze blue figures; and two eggshell Saucers with a tiger and eagle, Kangxi, all with some damage (8) CONDITION REPORT: FAN-TAIL FISH BEAKER - chips and fritting to the rim, chip to rim interior, 3cm fine hairline crack. FOWL BEAKER - hairline crack top to bottom and a further inverted T shape hairline crack. TEA BOWL - light gilt rubbing. SAUCER - two pieces loose and rim chips, gilding to monogram rubbed. EGGSHELL SAUCERS - both with restoration (one restored section loose), both with hairline cracks and rubbed gilding. SAUCER IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE - three hairline cracks, some enamel losses to flowers, two sections restored.
Lot 219
A pair of Canton large Vases, second half of the 19th century, each rouleau body painted with panels of dignitaries and attendants, the shoulders with chilong and with Buddhist lion handles, one with crack, 60.5cm (2) CONDITION REPORT: Fritting to underside of rim. Fritting and small chips to the underside of the rim. Other vase has a very fine 15.5cm crack to centre panel of main body. It also has some light fritting to underside of rim.
Lot 227
A pair of Food Bowls and Covers, Republic Period, enamelled and gilt with two ladies in a garden watching a flying insect, the cover with a lady reading in a moon window, red Tsu gi seal marks, and another finely enamelled with immortals and mythical beasts, repaired, 11cm diameter (4) CONDITION REPORT: One bowl with fine hairline crack running from side to side. Chip to rim. Lid interior with rim chip. The other bowl has no visible faults other than light gilt rubbing and firing spot near foot rim.
Lot 279
An attractive Lady's Coat, c.1920, the silver silk woven with precious objects and clouds, bordered in emerald green with florets, the cuffs in royal blue embroidered with butterflies, the buttons with gilt double xi CONDITION REPORT: Light fraying to the bottom edge, otherwise no obvious faults.
Lot 391
A jade Plaque, 19th century, carved in shadow relief with a basket of finger citron, 11cm, a smoky quartz Snuff Bottle, c.1900, carved with a prunus root and blossom, foot chip, 5.5cm, and a Cicada, brown-mottled on a pale-green ground, 5.8cm (3) CONDITION REPORT: PLAQUE - small surface scratches and grazes. SNUFF BOTTLE - inclusion to the neck and light surface marks. CICADA - small chip to rear of right wing tip.
Lot 200
A good quality 1970s calf length Russian squirrel fur coat, of loosely tailored form, the light beige/brown body with darker self lined collar, cuffs and front detailing, hook and eye closures, slit pockets, lined with patterned brown sateen with embroidered initials, from Browns of Chester, length from nape of neck to base, 116cm
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