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Lot 365
A group of commemorative silver medals, to include the Apollo-Soyuz Space Mission, the Apollo 13 1970 space mission, a Franklin Mint United Nations twenty-fifth anniversary medal, a first day issue 60th anniversary Captain R F Scott, Day of the Concorde, a Hampton & Son Limited cased set of three medals for the Sailing of the Pilgrims 1970, and a Michelangelo first day cover medal
Lot 364
A collection of Royal Commemorative silver coins and medals, to include two John Pinches cased The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh silver wedding anniversary medals, with certificates, two cased Royal Mint silver crowns commemorating the Silver Jubilee 1977, a John Pinches cased Silver Jubilee commemorative silver medal, a Royal Mint cased silver Silver Jubilee medal 1977, a John Pinches cased silver medal commemorating Edward Duke of Windsor 1894-1972, together with other commemorative coins
Lot 480
A Victorian Fire Brigade Long 21yrs Long Service medal to J Calderbank Chorley Fire Brigade, eight National Fire Brigades Association Long Service medals, two National Fire Brigade Union medals, three British Fire Service Association medals and two London Private Fire Brigade Association medals. (16)
Lot 174
1948 Olympics medal winners multiple signed 12 x 8 inch Wembley Stadium photo. Signed by six GB medal winners David Bond, Bert Bushnell, Dorothy Tyler, Robert Lindsey, William Griffiths (slight smudge), Mike Lapage. Condition 8/10. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 46
Bartholomew Colles Watkins RHA (1833 - 1891) Driving Cattle, Upper Lake, Killarney Oil on canvas, 85 x 119cm (33½ x 46¾'') Signed and dated 1869 Bartholomew Colles Watkins, described by Julian Campbell as the most prominent Irish academic landscapist of the second half of the nineteenth century, was born in Dublin in 1833, the son of Joseph Dowsley Watkins and his wife Louisa Jane. He attended the RDS schools where he was awarded a medal in 1849. As a young man and while living in Dublin he made regular painting trips to the surrounding counties specialising in river landscapes in the Romantic tradition of James Arthur O'Connor. By the late 1850s he had begun visiting the south west of the country, particularly West Cork and Kerry. Julian Campbell notes that he was inspired by the dramatic scenery around Glengarriff, Killarney, the Gap of Dunloe and the Mangerton Mountains. The present work, painted in 1869 is a view in the Gap of Dunloe and sees Watkins return to the Romantic tradition which he had experimented with in his younger years. In 1860 he visited Norway and was apparently inspired by its panoramic scenery. The drama of the snow-capped peaks and the brooding sprawling Kerry mountains convey a Continental feeling, and one not generally associated with the Irish landscape while the narrow winding road with the stone bridge and with the addition of the cattle drover and his herd, coupled with the roadside cottage in the distance grounds the composition, adds scale and provides a unique Co. Kerry identity. Watkins' remarkable attention to detail is what sets him apart from his peers but it was this quality that Walter Strickland seemed to be critical of when he wrote 'He carefully built up his pictures, working on small portions before he touched the rest, with the result that his pictures are over-elaborated, the details too minutely painted, and are wanting in breadth and artistic feeling'. We are grateful to Dr Julian Campbell, whose writings formed the basis of this note.
Lot 53
Eugene Laurent Vail (1857-1934) 'Leonie' Etaples c.1887 or 1893 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54.5cm (25½ x 21½'') Original exhibition label verso with artist's name, title and number 26 Eugene Vail was a cosmopolitan artist of American-French background. He was one of a close-knit circle of young painters in the ateliers in Paris and at the artists' colonies of Grez-sur-Loing, Concarneau and Etaples during the 1880s. He was a close friend of Irish artists Frank O'Meara and John Lavery. His pictures enjoyed great success at the Paris Salon and he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Eugene Laurent Vail was born of an American father and French mother in St. Servan, near St. Malo, Brittany, in 1857. He gained and engineering degree at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. He worked as a cartographer on a scientific expedition in the West of America. Vail was also a keen sportsman and had an interest in theatre and art. He began to study at the Art Students' League, New York, in the studios of William Chase and Carol Beckwith. He travelled to Paris c.1882 and became a pupil at the Academie Julian. He became a close friend of John Lavery's there. In March 1882, he entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts, studying in the atelier of Cabanel. He was also a pupil of Collin and Dagnan-Bouveret. Vail first exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1883. In common with many of his contemporaries, Vail was impatient to paint from nature. Many years later, Lavery acknowledged the influence of his comrade in introducing him to Grez: I came to know Gres-sur-Loing through Eugene Vail. We were both at the Academie Julian and we decided to go there to spend the weekend. I remained there for nine months. Hawkins also met Frank O'Meara there. In 1883, Vail first exhibited at the Paris Salon. In the same year he visited Brittany: Pont-Aven, and Concarneau, in the company of American students Harrison and Simmons. Vail favoured marine and harbour subjects. His best-known Breton painting, 'Le Port de la Peche, Concarneau' (Musée des Beaux Arts, Brest), is a large, low-key study of the harbour and fishing boats. Although sombre in tone, there is a glowing twilight atmosphere, that was, perhaps, to influence Charles Cottet's paintings of Brittany. The picture was exhibited at the Salon in 1884. It was purchased by the French State for the Musée Luxembourg. In 1887, Vail moved to Etaples, Pas-de-Calais. He spent the winter there, lodging with his friends from Grez, O'Meara and Scottish artist Middleton Jameson. Although less well known than the great art colonies, and less picturesque than Concarneau, Etaples was convenient to reach, being close to Boulogne, and living was cheaper there than at Grez. O'Meara wrote: Etaples is a very convenient place - lots of motifs about, plenty of models and studios to be had cheap. French artist, Cazin, a native of Pas-de-Calais, gained inspiration from the landscape around Etaples. Amongst the artists there in Vail's time were Jameson and O'Meara, French painters Boudin and Tattegrain, the Belgian Faradyn, the Americans Walter Gay and Birge Harrison, Dudley Hardy and a contingent from Cork: William G. Barry, Egerton Coghill and Edith Somerville. Sarah C. Harrison was there in 1890 and E.M. Synge and Frida Moloney in 1909. A large number of British and Australian artists continued to work there up to the First World War. While O'Meara studied figures at the harbour and Barry and Coghill painted woodland scenes, O'Meara wrote to Lavery that: Vail is painting the deck of a fishing boat in a heavy sea, life-size, and I think that it will be very fine. Vail exhibited at the Salon again in 1886 and in 1888, when he was awarded a 3rd class medal. His work was praised by Albert Wolff, art critic of 'Le Figaro'. Vail served on the international jury of the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. Four of his pictures were also exhibited there and he received a gold medal. Some of Veil's paintings were known for their dark tonality. Like Welden Hawkins, some of his subsequent work became more decorative and Symboliste, showing the influences of Whistler, Japonisme and the Nabis. Vail may have visited Etaples again c.1893, for his painting 'Soir d'Automne Etaples', which was exhibited at the Salon in 1894. Veil was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 1894. Six of his paintings were exhibited at the Salon Nationale in 1899 and his work was praised by Gabriel Mouray in 'The Studio'. The present portrait shows an attractive young woman, wearing a headscarf or bonnet and she is viewed in profile. On the reverse of the stretcher, the words 'Leonie' and 'Etaples' are written, probably by the artist himself. Leonie evidently is the name of the model. The word 'Etaples' and an art supplier's stamp 'Caron Cousin. Peintre Couleurs et Toiles - Etaples' on the back of the canvas, indicate that the picture was painted in this town, probably c.1887 or c.1893. Leonie has a fine profile and healthy red cheeks, set against the simple white costume which she is wearing. Vail enjoyed a profile view, as can be seen in 'A Breton Sunday', c.1890 (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution), which shows a pious woman in scarf, standing in front of a harbour. On the one hand, 'Leonie' has the heroic quality of a peasant woman viewed in profile by Realist painter Jules Beton, for example 'Repose', 1864 (Musée des Beaux Arts, Arras) and 'Jeanne Calvet', 1865 (Francine Clarke Art Institute, Williamstown). But, on the other hand, Leonie is an ordinary country girl, whose rosy colouring reveals her hardworking, healthy life in the open air and by the sea. Her face is well modelled, with the dress indicated in a simple manner, with relaxed, criss-cross brushstrokes. Vail follows the 'Academie Julian' manner, combining a carefully represented face against a more sketchy treatment of clothing. But this relaxed manner also suggests the influence of Impressionist painters, such as Manet and Berthe Morisot. Julian Campbell
Lot 88
Mixed proprietary blends comprising (10):Swing Superior, 75 cl., 43%, Old Parr-12 year old, Old Parr Superior, 75 cl., 43%, Johnnie Walker Premier, 75 cl., 43%, Logan De Luxe-12 year old, litre, 43%, Johnnie Walker Pure Malt-15 year old, 75 cl., 43%, Johnnie Walker Gold Label-18 year old, 75 cl., 43%, Gold Medal, 75 cl., 40% volume, Buchanan's De Luxe, badly damaged label and Dimple-15 year old, 75 cl., 43%. Some damages to labelling. Blended, strength as stated10 bottlesFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 255
A George III mahogany cartonnier, circa 1780, the shaped top and sides surmounted overall by a foliate terminal, enclosing three bowfronted shelves, on foliate carved feet, 80cm high, 93cm wide, 20cm deep Provenance: Sold Christie's, London, Important English Furniture including The Mermaid House Collection, 12th November 1998, Lot 8 (£3,910)In England this cartonnier type can be traced to a tall medal case pattern which Batty Langley issued in the City and Country Builders and Workman's Treasury of Designs, dated 1740. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits and chips. Some veneer losses to back edge. Sections of veneer at both back corners have been re-stuck. Some old glued repairs to splits through moulded front edge. Later hanging fixtures to back. Condition Report Disclaimer
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Lot 521
Bloody Sunday First Anniversary TournamentExcessively Rare Gold MedalG.A.A. Football: A magnificent and excessively rare 9ct gold circular Medal, the obverse finely engraved with an Irish sportsman, togged out and standing in front of a goalpost 'holding a rifle in his hands, two hurley sticks, a sliotar and a football lying in foreground, and decorated with shamrocks overhead, the reverse inscribed "Presented by The Irish Natl. Assurance Co., 1921 Anniversary T'ment. Won by Tipp. J. Kickham." The loop suspension flanked either side with engraved shamrock. In immaculate condition. (1)* This medal was awarded to Jack Kickham (C.J. Kickhams Club of Mullinahone) who played full forward for Tipperary on that faithful day. Jack was born at Ballydavid, Mullinahone into a farming family and community where he remained up to his death. He was a member of the Mullinahone Team that brought the first ever Senior County Football Title to the Village in 1912. He progressed to become a full member of the Tipperary County Team along with his club mate Ned Egan. They were narrowly defeated by Kerry in the Munster semi-final of 1919, a match that took place on May 25th, less than a fortnight after the Knocklong Rescue of Sean Hogan by Sean Treacy, Dan Breen and others, in which two policemen were killed. After this incident, South Tipperary became an armed camp and all G.A.A. and other Sporting Activities ceased. Jack was a quiet man and reputed to be one who avoided the limelight at all costs, but one who would have surely won more honours from his sporting prowess except for the turbulent times that existed when he was in his prime. Nevertheless, he will forever be remembered with pride in his native village.An extremely rare memento of this extraordinary day in G.A.A. History.
![1897 All-Ireland Hurling ChampionshipMedal: G.A.A. 1897 [Co. Kilkenny] An attractive and unusual silver Medal of pierced and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2843c40-b03d-4015-b4ef-ac7c00a68a23/d359a354-4d3c-47e0-a0d8-ac7d00bc12cd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 519
1897 All-Ireland Hurling ChampionshipMedal: G.A.A. 1897 [Co. Kilkenny] An attractive and unusual silver Medal of pierced and etched design, the obverse with central rose gold and monogram, the reverse inscribed "Won at Ballycallan 3/10/97 (1897)" hallmarked. (1)* The All-Ireland Championship of 1897 took place between Tipperary (Kilfane) and Kilkenny (Tullaroan) with Tipperary prevailing as winner. This Medal was the Provincial Medal won by Kilkenny (Tullaroan) for the same championship.
Lot 522
1939 All-Ireland Hurling Winners Medal"The Thunder and Lightning Final"Medal: G.A.A., Hurling, 1939, a 9ct gold Celtic Cross design Medal, the obverse with pierced and engraved design with central harp overlay "Eire" across the centre, and "Cumann Luith Chleas Gaedheal," the reverse inscribed "Craobh Iomana na hEireann Sinsear 1939, Cill Choinnigh a bhuaidh," hall marked. (1)* On September 3rd 1939, hours after W.W.2 had been declared, both Kilkenny and Cork under the captaincy of Jimmy Walsh and Jack Lynch, took to the battlefield in a different sense. The Cats prevailing on a score line of 2.7 to 3.3, claiming their 12th All-Ireland Title. (1)
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Lot 527
Medals: [Swimming (Ireland)]: A 9ct gold circular Medal, the obverse with engraved sunset over sea and shaped clasps, hallmarked; together with another similar silver Medal, hall marked (uninscribed), awarded to Laura Dunne for Deep Sea Swimming. (2)Provenance: By Family descent to the present vendor.
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