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[§] PAUL LUCIEN MAZE (BRITISH/FRENCH 1887-1979)EIGHT PIPERS Signed, watercolour46.5cm x 59cm (18.25in x 23.25in)Note: Paul Lucien Maze was an Anglo-French painter and has been referred to as 'The Last Post-Impressionist'. His father was an art collector and his circle of artistic frineds included Monet, Renoir, Dufy, and Pissarro. Maze learned the fundamentals of painting from Pissarro and, as a young boy, sketched on the beach with Dufy.During the First World War, Maze served in the army and met Sir WInston Churchill in the trenches. Their shared love of painting led to a lifelong friendship. For his bravery in the front line, Maze was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal by the British and the Croix de Guerre and Legion D'honneur by the French.After World War 1, Maze immersed himself in the Parisian art scene and became friends with Derain, de Segonzac, Bonnard and, in particular, Vuillard.Maze became one of Churchill's artistic mentors, encouraging him to develop his drawing and painting techniques. Maze's work is held in many galleries, including Tate, and in private collections worldwide.
Boxes and Objects - an Edwardian Mappin & Webb silver pepper pot, mustard pot and salt cellar; a Women's Institute 'FOR HOME AND COUNTRY' badge, others; George IV shilling, Victorian 1899 half crown, other coinage; Premier Soap Co. Ltd brass cased cigarette lighter; George VI medal; Elizabeth II five pound coin, etc
CLOISONNÉ DEMONSTRATION SETMEIJI PERIOD the six miniature vases illustrating the various stages of production from the copper base to the finished enamel vase with a flowering chrysanthemum spray on a midnight-blue ground, in original fitted wooden box; together with a HONOUR MEDAL OF THE PATRIOTIC WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, the association founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, in fitted wooden box (2)vase 6.8cm highProvenance:Private Scottish collection.Note:For a much more elaborate cloisonné enamel demonstration set, see Christie's sale in their London rooms on 18.05.2012, lot 229, sale 4140.
WWI "Old Contemptibles" medal trio together with related badges and paperwork. Sapper J.A Smith, Royal Engineers 13049. Trio comprises: 1914 Star (Mons Star) with clasp, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal. Also Princess Mary gift tin, Old Contemptibles Association pin badge, Royal Engineers cap badge, Services rendered pin badge & R.E. enamel pin badge. Paperwork includes Honourable Discharge certificate, a red Army Reserve folder, certificate of Discharge, 1914 Star entitlement letter, testimonial by officer slip for services rendered badge, pensions slips, post service carpenters tools receipts and family "In Memoriam" cards.
ALF MARTIN MEDAL GROUP TO INCLUDE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND MEDAL WITH BOMBER COMMAND CLASP. THE LOT INCLUDES THE MEDALS AND THEIR MINIATURES, GOLD & RUBY CATERPILLAR, PAIR OF GOLD CUFFLINKS, LONGINES WRIST WATCH, CIGARETTE BOX & 2 CIGARETTE CASES, BOOK WRITTEN BY ALF MARTIN, DVD OF AN INTERVIEW BY BBC NEWSLINE WITH ALF MARTIN AND OTHER ASSOCIATED EPHEMERA. ALFIED MARTIN WAS BORN AT FINAGHY, BELFAST IN 1920. IN 1938, LIKE MANY YOUNG MEN AT THAT TIME, HE WAS HIT BY A FEELING OF PATRIOTISM. FORBIDDEN BY HIS MOTHER FROM JOINING THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE - IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS! - IN JANUARY 1939 HE INSTEAD JOINED THE ANTRIM FORTRESS COMPANY, RPYAL ENGINEERS. THIS WAS A TERRITORIAL ARMY COMPANY TRAINING ONE EVENING A WEEK IN CENTRAL BELFAST. CALLED UP IN AUGUST 1939 HE SERVED WITH THE ENGINEERS AT KILROOT, HELENS BAY AND MAGILLIGAN BEFORE JOINING THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN MAY 1941. IT WAS WHILE SERVING WITH NO 102 SQUADRON RAF, AT POCKLINGTON, YORKSHIRE, AS AN OBSERVER ON HALIFAX BOMBER HR663, THAT HIS AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE FRENCH-BELGIAN BORDER. THE BOOK WITH THIS LOT TELLS OF HIS REMARKABLE TALE OF ESCAPE FROM GERMAN-OCCUPIED FRANCE AND THOSE WHO HELPED HIM.
WW1 TRIO & 1937 KING GEORGE VI CORONATION MEDAL - PRIVATE JOSEPH CLARKE 17TH BATTALION AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY. ORIGINALLY FROM ROCKCORRY, MONAGHAN. EMIGRATED TO LIVERPOOL, NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA. ENLISTED AND RETURNED TO EUROPE TO FIGHT IN FRANCE. PRIVATE CLARKE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 6TH JUNE 1916 AGED 28 IN THE BUILD UP TO THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HE IS BURIED IN THE BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETARY, BOIS-GRENIER FRANCE. WITH THE TRIO IS HIS DEATH PENNY & ORIGINAL SCROLL POSTED FROM FRANCE STATING WHERE HIS NAME HAS BEEN CARVED IN MEMEORIAL.
QUANTITY OF MILITARY WAR MEDALS WW1 BRITISH WAR & VICTORY MEDALS - PTE W TROKE - NO.2988 MIDDX RMGT - KILLED IN ACTION 11TH APRIL 1918 AGED 19 YEARS. WW2 MEDAL PAIR - NAMED TO N NGOBO A MEMBER OF THE ZULU NATIVE CONTINGENT SOUTH AFRICAN FORCE. THIRD REICH - WOUND BADGE IN BLACK RUSSIAN - WW2 RUSSIAN CONVOY MEDAL - 2OTH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL 1945-1965 COMPLETE WITH AWARD DOCUMENT.
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