AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT LOG BOOK FOR H.M.S. TRAFALGAR INCLUDING HER CRIMEAN WAR BOMBARDMENTS OF ODESSA AND SEBASTOPOL IN 1854. completed between 29th July 1850 with Admiral Montagu Stopford hoisting his flag, and 10th April 1855 with stores being returned to the Dockyard and main topmast being "struck", written in a tight neat hand with between one and two weeks of entries per page in ruled sections and detailing usual shipboard procedures and weather observation, including her period of service in the Black Sea for the Bombardment of Odessa, 23 April 1854: 4.30 "Fury" Opened fire on the batteries of Odessa, 6.30 Ditto, anchored; and a long entry for the Bombardment of Sebastopol, 17th October 1854: AM at 7h The Allied forces on shore commenced firing... Arrived five steam transports.. cleared for action and got up 100 Rounds of shot for each Gun.. Weighed in tow of "Retribution" lashed alongside Weighed in tow the "Britannia" and "Queen" weighed in tow of steamers the remainder of the Squadron following. Noon - standing in towards Sebastopol. Old French leading ship open Fire on the South Batteries, 1.45 "Terrible" opened fire on the North, lists further order of firing until The action becoming general, 3.18 "Trafalgar" opens fire... 3.25 "Trafalgar" drifting on "Rodneys" broadside, 3.35 the "Retributions" main mast shot away, 3.40 observed "Albion" being towed out of action, 4.50 set spanker and tried to take up station, 5h came to with steam anchor, and dropped B.B. ahead of "Britannia" and re-opened fire on the Large Fort... 5.15 After Main Shroud and Main Lift shot away, 5.39 ceased firing not being able to see the Object, 5.45 "Trafalgar" firing occasional Shots, Fleet in General proceeding out of the Action, 6.30 Small Batteries firing red hot shot on "Trafalgar", 7.40 Weighed and proceeded towards Anchorage, being the last ship out of the Action, 9.15 anchored in 25 fathoms; Squadron in Company, some of the spare pages after the logs' conclusion being used to list the crews for several other ships including Rattlesnake, Blonde, Excellent, Hastings, Pembroke and Monarch, bound between vellum-covered boards with marbled linings and page edges, 13 x 8Iin. (33 x 21.5cm.), The First Rate Trafalgar was ordered in February 1825 as the last of five 'Saint George' class three-deckers designed after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Her keel was laid in Woolwich Dockyard in December 1829 but she was not ready for launching until the summer of 1841, having spent 11I years on the stocks. A large vessel of 2,694 tons measuring 205I feet in length with a 53I foot beam, she mounted 120 guns of varying calibre required 1,000 men to crew her. Built by Oliver Lang at Woolwich, she was launched by him on 21st June 1841 with a crowd of 500,000 people said to have assembled to watch the spectacle. Initially employed as flagship to the Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness, she showed her mettle in the Crimean War when she took an active role in the twelve-hour bombardment of Odessa on 23rd April 1854 and the subsequent huge bombardment of Sebastopol on 17th October the same year. These triumphs also signalled the end of the supremacy of sail, as graphically illustrated by this lot, the great three-deckers which had successfully pounded the Russian defences had mostly been towed into position by steamships and it had become clear to the Admiralty that the future of the Pax Britannica lay with steam. Consequently, Trafalgar like most of her larger contemporaries, was docked for conversion and fitted with screw propulsion in a refit lasting a year from August 1858. Last at sea with the Reserve Fleet in 1869, she was then converted to a boys' training ship at Portsmouth and, when transferred to Portland in 1873, was renamed Boscawen Finally sold out of the service in July 1906, she was broken up on the Thames after sixty-five years afloat. Admiral the Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, KCB (1798-1864) was the nephew of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, GCB, GCMG, a flag officer of considerable fame who enjoyed a career of great distinction throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Young Montagu joined the Royal Navy in 1810 as a 1st class volunteer aboard his uncle's flagship Scipion for the conquest of Java (1811), and, thanks to his own talent, received rapid promotion to Lieutenant (1819), Commander (1822) and Post Captain (1825). Promoted to flag rank in 1853, on 4th August 1854 he was appointed Captain of the Fleet [in the Black Sea] and attached to Admiral Dundas's flagship Britannia With the main naval activity in the Crimean War over by the end of that year, Stopford was then made Superintendent of the Dockyard at Malta (Jan. 1855 - July 1858) and retired on half-pay in 1863. 'Captain of the Fleet' is essentially a temporary Admiralty post, the officer so appointed being required to carry out all the C. in C.'s orders and also to maintain discipline throughout the fleet, an area in which his rulings are "supreme".
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AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL MAINLY PERTAINING TO BLUEBIRD PROJECTS, comprising photographic Christmas cards from Sir Malcolm Campbell for 1930 and 1934, approximately thirty-five black and white photographs of Sir Malcolm, Donald and associates at land and water attempts and socially, a file of memoranda, minutes and bills from the mid-1950's, some annotated with notes and equations, three autograph letters and one testimonial for Philip Villa signed by Donald Campbell, a 1963 'World Challenge' brochure autographed by many of the crew on both covers and throughout by department (approximately seventy), a quantity of press cuttings and other items. (A lot)
A FINE LACQUERED BRASS SUNDIAL BY HENRY SHUTTLEWORTH, LONDON, CIRCA 1770. engraved to a latitude of 55º (Newcastle or Londonderry) with finely worked sixteen-point compass rose, outer minute scale, perspective radiused Roman hour numerals recording IIIIam to VIIIpm each separated by a decorative Fleur-de-Lys motif, signed at South Shuttleworth London, gnomen, three threaded pad feet, (retaining much original lacquered finish and black-waxed filling), 10in (25.5cm.) high, Lit: Turner, A: Early Scientific Instruments Europe 1400-1800, Sotheby's 1987, p.176, this dial illustrated fig. 182. Henry Raines Shuttleworth (w,1760-1797) was apprenticed to the famous London Maker John Cuff in 1746. Made a Freeman of the Spectacle Makers Company 1756 he subsequently established his own Mathematical Shop near the West end of St. Paul`s in Ludgate Street. Succeeded by his son, (also Henry, apprenticed to his father 1778) in Ludgate Street 1797-1811. His signature denotes some of the finest London mathematical Instruments of the Period.
A post-1902 Senior NCO's silver plated plaid brooch of The Highland Light Infantry, in the centre the regimental badge with copper crown, monogram, elephant and scroll, within a thistle wreath bearing 30 battle honour scrolls, to S. Africa 1899-1902, all on a circle with engraved border. Very Good Condition (tiny edge nick) Plate 18
A pair of candlesticks formed from the hilts of 19th Century German hunting hangers, ornamental copper gilt bases and candleholders, the centre sections consisting of a 3 in section of blade, turn down shell guard with hound holding bird in relief, S-shaped crossguard with deer's head and dog's head quillons, and central boar's head in oval, horn grips with 3 applied acorns, ornamental pommel, 12½" overall. Very Good Condition, (some gilt rubbed). Plate 23
†A continental naval officer's sword c 1900, straight fullered blade 32" marked W & S T Solingen at forte, etched with crowned fouled anchor within finely foliate scrolled panels, pierced foliate scrolled gilt guard incorporating fouled anchor with dog's head finial and similar into ornamental pommel, wirebound ebony grip (AF), in its gilt mounted leather scabbard, the locket embossed with fouled anchor and Gothic initials DSG, shell middle band, scrolled chape (bent). Good Condition (pitting stains to blade, scabbard leather repaired at base) Plate 25
A good late 1796 pattern light cavalry officer's service sword c 1820, plain, curved pipe backed blade 34½", double edged at tip, retaining much original polish, regulation steel stirrup guard with broad langets, plain pronounced forward sloping pommel and backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in its steel scabbard (one hanging ring missing), with an article from the London Antique Arms Fair Guide showing an almost identical sword made by G S Reddell, Piccadilly, London. Very Good Condition, with a pleasing patina to the hilt (light pitting and one or two shallow dents to scabbard) Plate 28
A brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss by Ketland & Co, c 1785, 30" overall, 2 stage bell mouth barrel 14½" with octagonal breech bearing early type Birmingham proof marks and Irish registration number "S 5039", large flat stepped lock with swan neck cock, the plate engraved "Ketland & Co" (partly obscured); elegant walnut fullstock with shell carving around breech tang, brass mounts including ribbon sideplate, classical escutcheon and trigger guard with acorn finial; original horn tipped wooden ramrod with steel worm. Good Working Order and Condition (some pitting to lock) Plate 35
Six: 1939-45 star, Africa star with 1st Army clasp, Italy star (all gilt overall), Defence and War (Plated, replacements ?), Army LS & GC Geo VI (1866588 W O Cl 2 S R Brown, RE), VF to EF, mounted for wear. With an emergency Warrant certificate to Sidney Reginald Brown, 22nd May 1942 dated 16.9.1942 (AF); an RE HM silver shooting medal, AE Life Saving Soc bronze medal, various photos of recipient including one as CSM at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Also a Staffs Yeo plume in oilskin cover; a S Africa field dressing of 1941 and a N Africa silk escape map; photo viewer and a cased bronze NRA medal un-named
WWII stars: 1939-45, Africa (2), Pacific, F & G (3), Defence medals (2), War medals (3). Average VF, all un-named as issued; 2 Safe Driving awards 1950-1970's period. Crowns: 1951 EF, 1965, 1977 (5), 1980 (2), 1981 (2); £5 1998, 2004 (2), £2 1994, 1996, coins largely EF and a few sundry other items.
Third Reich insignia etc: Tank assault badge in bronze by RS & S, "Spanish" type wound badge in silver; an unfinished WWII wound badge; 13th March 1938 medal (no ring or ribbon); SS/SA tin badge; 2 enamelled Deutscher Frauenwerk badges; 2 small tank badges as used on the award for destruction of a tank; on embossed bronzed RLB plaque inscribed "L - S Hauswart"; and another item. Average GC. (11)
An 1821 pattern heavy cavalry officer's sword of the King's Dragoon Guards, almost straight, fullered blade 34½", by Wilkinson, no 260 (1? unclear)8 on backstrap (for 1885), etched with crowned VR cypher, crowned regimental badge and 10 battle honour scrolls "Blenheim" to "S Africa 1879" within panels, and owner's monogram, regulation steel scrolled pattern guard, chequered pommel and backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in its plated scabbard with 2 hanging rings. Basically GC (some wear and dark rust stains). Plate 5
A RELIC OF THE ROYAL GEORGE’, Published by S. Horsey, 1844, seventh edition, bound in wood from the wreck; together with editions by John Miller (1840) and Henry Slight (1841) also bound in the ship’s timber; together with Wooden Books of the Royal George and Mary Rose, published by William Braithwaite, 2004, containing a complete survey of all known editions for this genre of relic. (4)
A Third Reich M84/98 Mauser Bayonet, single-edged fullered blade, 25cm, marked E.u.F. Horster, 5101, brown plastic grips with regulation seven grooved grips, in its black painted steel sheath and frog. A Third Reich K98 Parade Bayonet, single-edged fullered blade, bearing the Siegfried, Waffen, E.Pack & Sohne, Soligen, chequered black plastic grips, in its black painted steel sheath and leather frog. A Third Reich Mauser Bayonet, single-edged fullered blade, marked S/155, 8092, two-peice wooden grip, in its steel sheath and black leather frog, (3). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A Deactivated German 7.92mm Kar 98k Standard Service Rifle, serial number 6346, the sighted barrel stamped S/42, 1937 with various proof marks, fully stocked impressed hoheitszeichen devices, with brown leather sling. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A Deactivated Second World War German 7.92mm Kar 98K Standard Service Rifle, serial number 6454, the sighted barrel stamped S/42, 1937 with various proof marks, fully stocked with leather sling,. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A Group of Eight to Staff Sargeant W. Sneller, Army Ordance Corp; Egypt Medal 1882 (W.Snell), edge knock and abrasion to naming; Khedive's Star, undated 1891; Queen's South Africa Medal, one clasp Natal (1819. S/Serjt. W. Sneller. A.O.C.), very fine; Kings South Africa, two clasps 1901-1902 (1819 S.Qr-Mr-Serjt. W. O.Sneller.A.O.C.) very fine; 1914-15 Star (02320 Sub.Condr. W. O.Sneller. A.O.C.), very fine; British War and Victory Medals (02320 T.W.O.Cl. 1. W.O. Sneller. A.O.C.) very fine; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria 2nd type swivelling scroll suspension (1819 Staff Sgt W. Sneller. A.O.C.) fine if not better; together with related dress miniatures mounted for wearing and Princess Mary Christmas tin. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A Superb Tel-El-Kebir 1882, Distinguished Conduct Medal Group of Four to Sergeant Major Samuel Skelly, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2018 Cr. SGt. S. Skelly. 1/Gord:Highrs. Sept 13th 1882) Egypt 1882-89, dated, four clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (2018. Cr. Sergt. S. Skelly. 1/Gord. Highrs;); Khedive's Star 1884-6, marked GH 2018 to reverse; India Medal, one clasp Relief of Chitral 1895 (Sergt. Major. S. Skelly. 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A Great War Group of Five to Lance Sergeant F. Skelly, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, India Medal, one clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (5207 Pte. F. Skelly. 1st Bn Gord Hrs), 1914 Star, clasp Aug-Nov 1914 (5207 L.Sjt. F. Skelly. 1/Gord. Highrs), British War and Victory Medals (5207 Cpl. F. S. Skelly. Gord. Highrs.), Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, GR V (5207 L.Sjt. F.S. Skelly. Gord. Hdrs), fine mounted for wearing, together with related dress miniatures. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A Minton's China part dessert service (of Lord Milton type) painted with British views, some titled, comprising; two high comports, two low comports and twenty-three plates, all within pierced elaborate borders, verso impressed factory marks, iron-red script titles and printed retailer's mark for Phillips of New Bond Street, mostly last quarter 19th century (some old damage, staining). See Atterbury & Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (1990), p. 129 for the history of the original Lord Milton service from which this is copied and p.'s 130, 131 & 225 for illustrations. Note that the Milton service was commissioned with Canadian views whilst this one has British views. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Three various Derby (King Street) figures and groups, comprising; a group of a sleeping Cupid with two of Diana's nymphs before a tree, 25cm high, and two figures of a boy and a maiden, 17cm high, puce 'S' & 'H' script marks, first quarter 20th century (some damage and loss). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS CIRCUMFERENTOR, signed T. Heath Fecit, with evidence of original lacquered finish to the underside, the silvered compass dial with finely engraved pointers to the North, South, East and West points, the inner circle divided in four quadrants, the outer 0° - 360°, the blued iron needle with gilt N and S points and brass cap, the compass box mounted on a shaped base plate with arms for twin sights and lugs with crescent wing nuts to secure the semi-circular arm supporting a surveying level with fixed focus telescope, the eye-piece with dust-slide, (object glass dust-slide missing), with bubble level, the frame cut for top and side viewing, with fore and aft fine levelling screws, the mount with crescent wing nut, the primary cut-away plate with scale divided 0° - 360° the 300° point drilled for use with a string plumet, with four detachable sights and staff mounting, 12" (30.5cm) diam; together with an additional sight. See Illustrations.
A QUANTITY OF CHRISTIE'S MOTORING AND AVIATION SALE CATALOGUES; for prestige auctions including the Bugatti Royale (Royal Albert Hall) world record breaking sale; Monaco, BRM Collection, Stanley Sears Collection, Mercedes & Benz, Beaulieu, Duxford and John Lennon Rolls-Royce, etc; c.1980's (12).
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FLAT-TWIN AIR-COOLED ENGINE; horizontally opposed, pushrod overhead-valve, twin cylinder motor, having cast-alloy crankcase with steel machined finning to barrels, with detachable cast iron heads and exposed valve-gear; stamped Number "987" and "SC" to crankcase; complete with Fellows magneto, external oil-pump and metering-supply control and pipework; including inlet and exhaust manifolds (lacking carburettor); tapered crankshaft out-put with Woodruff-Key drive-fitting; English c1920's. See Illustration.
MACDONALD S-20 N106AB, a well built rubber powered flying model, the fine-fabric covered balsawood airframe with rubber-tyred undercarriage, dummy twin-cylinder engine and propeller, cockpit detail includes instrument panel and pilots head rest, finished in all-over silver with black registration letters, 28 1/2" wingspan, together with two non-scale flying propellers. See Illustration.
"THE LINDBERGH PROP" - A GOOD PRE-WWII AVIATION CAR MASCOT; in the form of a two-bladed propeller; heavy chrome-plated brass with ball-race mounted free-turning propeller; and clamp-bracket; c/w original manufacturer's card-stock box (one end lacking); American maker; c1930's. 7" (8cm). See Illustration.
9 unusual 1960's Italian Micro Miniature Politoys. in 1/41 scale plastic (similar to Norev of the same period) including Alfa Romeo Guilietta Spider in maroon No.27. Fiat 1100 Lusso Berlina in maroon with light brown roof No.29. Innocenti Austin A40 in light grey No.34. Fiat 1300 in pale turquoise No.40. Roulotte (Caravan) in pale grey No.44. Ford Taunus in pale turquoise No.66. Citroen ID19 Estate in pale blue No.70. Alfa Romeo Guilia in greyish blue No.71. Plus a Bianchina Panoramica in red No.77. All boxed minor/some wear.
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