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Lot 1300
WW1 & WW2 Military Interest Comprising Three First World One Medals Awarded To 5479 Pte J Cavendish E Lan R Together With 1939-45 War & Defence Medals + Long Service And Good Conduct Medal. Awarded To 619494 Ch.Tech J Cavendish R.A.F, Together With A Collection Of Silver And Base Metal Award Medals Mostly Engraved SGT Cavendish R.A.F El-Firdan 1951. Together With Buttons, Cigarette Case And Lighter
Lot 222
ASSORTED COLLECTABLES comprising a German enamel car badge, '3. Polizeisternfahrt 1932 in Die Bayer.Pfalz.'; various pen knives; a novelty cigarette lighter in the form of a leather-bound book; a quantity of enamel pin and lapel badges, including those for The Mid Somerset Naturalist Society and the Women's League of Health & Beauty; and other items.
Lot 72
Various bygones and jewellery, comprising a Parker pen set in gilt coloured textured metal, the fountain pen with arrow clip, 13cm wide, a ladies Rotary cocktail watch with baton and part Roman numeric numerals and baton pointers, a Zippo lighter and two chrome plated cigarette cases. (a quantity)
Lot 364
A quantity of decorative ceramics; a pair of Wedgwood Jasperware vases; a table lighter; a jug; a jar and cover; three ballerina figures; a Noritake bulbous vase; a soapstone carving of monkeys; an 18th Century Chinese tea bowl and saucer with Imari floral decoration; and other collectables.
![David Roberts (British, 1796-1864) Thebes Great Hall at Karnac. Novr. 28. 1838 [&] Ruins of the Memnonium_ Thebes_ Decr. 5t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/135cbed6-2ea5-4f55-bfb2-a73d00f710c4/57ab7374-71ed-4626-f458-974d47c2dcca/468x382.jpg)
Lot 112
David Roberts (British, 1796-1864) Thebes Great Hall at Karnac. Novr. 28. 1838 [&] Ruins of the Memnonium_ Thebes_ Decr. 5th 1838 [&] Temple at Esneh Novr. 25th.1838, [1846-1849], London, F.G. Moon; three tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe with hand colouring, from the deluxe subscribers' edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot'. Some very light foxing visible in lighter areas; unexamined out of gilt frames (3)
Lot 264
A SMALL COLLECTION OF AVIATION INTEREST BOOKS - BIOGRAPHIES OF SECOND WORLD WAR FIGHTER PILOTS including Tom Dalton-Morgan - 'Tommy Leader', Special Limited Edition in slipcase, No. 232/700, Vincent Orange - 'The Road to Biggin Hill', 1986 with pasted in autograph of Wing Commander Johnny Checketts, Christopher Foxley-Norris - 'A Lighter Shade of Blue', 1978 signed by the author, 'Paddy The Life and Times of Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp', 1987 signed by the author etc. (14)
Lot 3
OBVERSE: In field: Armoured bust to right, holding sheathed sword in right hand, with name of the Sasanian ruler Khusraw in Pahlawi to right and gdh apzwt (‘may his glory increase’) to left. In border: bismillah la i- laha illa Allah wa – hdahu Muhammad ra – sul Allah, divided by stars-in-crescents except above the bust, where the star-in-crescent is replaced by a pellet-within-annulet. REVERSE: In field: Arch supported on columns, within which is a vertical barbed spear which has two pennants floating to the left just below the head; to right and left of the columns: khalifat Allah - amir al-mu’minin; to either side of the spear-shaft: nasr – Allah. In border: Four stars-in-crescents, with Pahlawi ap (‘praise’) at one o’clock. WEIGHT: 3.54g. REFERENCES: Treadwell 2005, 2 same dies; Walker p.24, ANS.5, same reverse die = Gaube 2.3.2.4. CONDITION: Very fine to good very fine, excessively rare and a type of considerable historical significance. One of the greatest and most sought-after rarities of the Arab-Sasanian series, the ‘Mihrab and ‘Anaza’ drachm has been rightly described as ‘extraordinary’ (Grabar, O., The Formation of Islamic Art, revised and enlarged edition, Yale, 1987), and ‘a very valuable little archaeological document’ (Miles, ‘Mihrab and ‘Anazah’). Many of the difficulties of interpreting this piece stem from the fact that it lacks both date and mint-name. Most scholars have assumed that it was struck at Damascus. Firstly, the mean weight of extant specimens is about 3.6-3.7g, which is somewhat lighter than the standard maintained at mints in the East but consistent with other Arab-Sasanian issues struck at Damascus in the early-mid 70s. Secondly, Damascus was the Umayyad capital where other experimental drachms were struck, including the Standing Caliph type with which the Mihrab and ‘Anaza drachms have often been compared. This may very well be correct, although it will be suggested below that other possibilities should also be considered. The latest study of this issue is that of Treadwell (2005), who plausibly interprets the imagery on this coin as a reaction to perceived problems with the design of the Standing Caliph drachms, which he argues must have been struck immediately before the Mihrab and ‘Anaza type. On this analysis, the Standing Caliph type was produced to accompany the Standing Caliph dinars and fulus introduced in Syria in the previous year. Treadwell notes that the gold and copper issues conformed to ‘the traditional numismatic formula that located the ruler on the obverse and a religious symbol on the reverse,’ while the ‘Standing Caliph’ drachm ‘contained two conflicting images of rulership…it is the Shahanshah’s imposing bust that dominates the imagery of the coin, not the cramped figure of the caliph on the reverse’ (Treadwell, p.11). The Mihrab and ‘Anaza type rectifies this by changing the design of the Sasanian bust so that it is recognisably the Caliph who appears on the obverse, and by replacing the standing figure on the reverse with an image of the Prophet’s spear mounted within an arch. Unfortunately, while this argument neatly explains the imagery, it clashes awkwardly with the legends. The bust which Treadwell identifies as the caliph himself is in fact labelled in Pahlawi as that of Khusraw, while the spear on the reverse carries the legends khalifat Allah – amir al-mu’minin. It is possible to argue, as Treadwell does, that ‘the Standing Caliph drachm was an unsuccessful hybrid that had been cobbled together at speed [and so] it would not be surprising if its hastily executed substitute were also deficient in some respects.’ But the addition of nasr Allah beside the spear on the reverse shows that the legends were not merely slavishly copied from a preceding type, and it seems hard to imagine that such sophisticated thought should have been given to the imagery only for the legends to have been applied so inappropriately. Furthermore, closer examination reveals that the images on both sides of this type are less straightforward then they may first appear. The figure on the obverse, whom Treadwell identified as being the caliph, wears a peculiar type of headgear, has cross-hatching across his breast to represent a different type of dress from the norm, and rather awkwardly carries a sheathed sword. Treadwell notes that the figure on the reverse of the Standing Caliph drachm, like that on the obverse of the gold and copper Standing Caliph types, similarly carries a sheathed sword, and he therefore suggests that this feature identifies the Mihrab and ‘Anaza bust as that of the caliph also. He has no explanation for the design of the crown or helmet, beyond noting that it is does not look like any other crown seen on the coinage of any Sasanian ruler. As for the cross-hatch pattern on the figure’s breast, Treadwell’s explanation is that this is chiefly an artistic rather than a naturalistic feature, designed to allow the sheathed sword to feature more prominently. Unfortunately, neither the cross-hatching nor the headgear looks even remotely like the dress of the Standing Caliph figure and so, much as with the problematic legends, these features do nothing to support to the suggestion that the Mihrab and ‘Anaza drachm was designed to improve and rectify the Standing Caliph type. The object on the reverse, to which Miles devoted most of his attention, has traditionally been identified as a spear or lance within a mihrab. It was Miles who refined this, specifiying that the spear was the ‘anaza of the Prophet himself, and suggesting rather more cautiously that the mihrab could be identified more precisely as the niche type (mihrab mujawwaf). If so, this coin would be the earliest depiction of this important Islamic architectural feature. Miles’ interpretation of the arch as a mihrab has met with a mixed reception among later scholars. Some have endorsed his view that the feature is indeed a Muslim mihrab rather than any other kind of arch, while others (including Treadwell) have pointed out that arches of this type are found on coins struck by all three Abrahamic religions. Connections with the Christian sacrum in Jerusalem (the arch which stood over the True Cross) have been suggested. In this way, this remarkable coin would have played its part in the so-called ‘war of images’ between the Christians and Muslims during this period. It is perhaps worth remembering, however, that the Mihrab and ‘Anaza type is not so securely tied to Damascus during the mid-70s Hijri as some might imply. Treadwell reports that Miles himself ‘did not consider that the coin, as he had described it, fitted smoothly into the series of Damascus silver coinage of the mid-690s.’ The type is not dated, and while the metrology does argue against these drachms having been struck as part of the main series produced in the East, Damascus was not the only place where lighter Arab-Sasanian drachms were being issued at this time. Drachms struck in Armenia and the North (see lot 1) during the 70s seem to have been struck to a weight standard in the region of 3.3g, and like the Mihrab and ‘Anaza type carry on the obverse a bust which is clearly Sasanian but is obviously different from the familiar Khusraw II type which had become the standard in the East for decades. Another curious feature of the Mihrab and ‘Anaza drachms is the large number of dies used: the seven specimens listed by Treadwell were struck from seven obverse and six reverse dies. Is this consistent with a short-lived, experimental type concocted hastily in Damascus and quickly abandoned, or might this be better explained in the context of a short-lived, specific event such as a military campaign?For the full version of this footnote please see the PDF at www.mortonandeden.com/pdfcats/85.pdf
Lot 1720
A mid eighteenth century topaz pendant, designed as a cushion-shaped topaz cluster set with lighter coloured and smaller topaz, suspending a further cushion-shaped topaz and an open work foliate cluster and with a larger pear-shaped topaz within lighter coloured topaz surround closed back silver mount. 7.2cm high.
Lot 176
A 1914 PRINCESS MARY TIN, containing an original greeting slip, two bullet pencils, a small escape type compass, a Trench Art lighter, tooled with design, October 1916 Verdun, a further tin containing a Gents wrist watch, small silver coloured pocket watch, France & Germany Star & WW2 War medal with award slip, also included is a small folding case with a gents Tie pin, enamel shield design with 1897, together with a pin brooch Isle of Man Convention 1907, and a black and white photo in card folder of a small boat, Royal Naval Air Station Arbroath, Christmas 1945
Lot 65
A GEORGE V HARRODS LTD GREEN LEATHER DRESSING CASE, peach silk liner (s.d.), incomplete contents, includes silver backed brush and five silver topped glass jars, Birmingham 1920 and London 1921, together with other dressing table requisites, inkwell, mirror, jotter and case for a lighter, the case with gilt initials M.E.W. to the top and Broadstairs to area of handle, with green canvas outer cover
Lot 395
A 'Park Lane De-luxe' compact, 1930s, rectangular faux crocodile skin case with clasp lock, hinged lids to both sides, one with mirror to underside, gold plated interiors for make-up and cigarettes, fold out comb holder with two faux tortoise shell combs, fine mesh metal loop carrier, 4 x 5in. (10.25 x 12.75cm.); together with an Art Deco style ladies cigarette lighter; and a gilt metal handbag form compact. (3)
Lot 157
A small quantity of silver items, comprising an Aladdin's lamp table lighter, Birmingham 1919 by Charles S. Green & Co. Ltd., engraved; a silver mounted perpetual calendar, Birmingham 1953; a hat pin box, hallmarks rubbed; a silver lid with embossed cherubs, Birmingham 1903; an engined turned cigarette case marked Sterling; and a silver handled button hook and shoe horn. (7)
Lot 1003
A French novelty silver table cigar lighter, retailed by Cartier, Paris, modelled as a street gas lamp, on a spread circular base inscribed, 'Belgische Maatschappij voor gas en electriciteitsbedrijf in West -Vlaanderen', translates as 'Belgian Society for gas and electricity company in West -Vlaanderen', height 25cm.
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