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Lot 145a
LINDT, John William (1845-1926, photographer). 12 fine albumen photographic prints by J. W. Lindt, 3 taken on board H.M.S. Dart, the remainder of scenes in New Guinea, mounted in an album. PRESENTATION COPY. Please see the full description below.LINDT, John William (1845-1926, landscape and ethnographic photographer). 12 fine albumen photographic prints by John William Lindt comprising three taken on board the H.M.S. Dart and the remainder of indigenous people and scenes in New Guinea, each mounted on thick card and captioned in manuscript by the photographer, in a contemporary oblong 4to cloth album, gilt edges, the upper cover lettered in gilt, "Australian Scenery. I. W. Lindt. Photographer, 7 Collins Street, East Melbourne", the albumen prints 152 x 206mm., [1885]. PRESENTATION COPY, the front pastedown of the album inscribed, "To Captain Field, H.M.S. Dart, in remembrance of the pleasant trip from Dinner Island to Sydney, J. W. Lindt, 23 [?]Sept. 1885." The albumen prints are captioned in manuscript by Lindt as follows: "On the job, H.M.S. 'Dart'"; "On board H.M.S. 'Dart'"; "Leisure H.M.S. 'Dart'"; "[?]Herepunu Women on the Market Place at Kalo (Kemp Witch R.N.G.)"; "Tupuselai nr Port Moresby (New Guinea)"; "Lakatoi or Motu Trading Vessel, Port Moresby"; "Koiari Chiefs, Saddera Martera, N.G."; "Tree Houses, Koiari District, N. G."; "Ka Kalo Creek, Kapa Kapa, N.G."; "Digaragara Is. from Cape Ventenat Normanby Is. Scene of Captn. Miller's Murder"; "Dinner Island, China Straits, N.G." and "Native Women, Port Moresby, N.G." In addition, the New Guinea prints are inscribed lower left "(Copyright)". "John William Lindt ... was born at Frankfurt on Main ... At 17 he ran away to sea and joined a Dutch sailing ship. He deserted at Brisbane ... and then worked in a photographic studio ... Using the wet-plate process he photographed the Clarence River district and its Aboriginals, producing albums in 1875 and 1876. He then ... went to Melbourne where he opened a studio in Collins Street. He soon won repute for his society, theatre and landscape portraits. In 1880 he photographed the capture of the Kelly gang at Glenrowan ... In 1885 Lindt went with Sir Peter Scratchley's expedition to the Protectorate of British New Guinea as official photographer. He presented an album of his New Guinea photographs to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London in 1886. He went to Europe to publish his Picturesque New Guinea (London, 1887) ... He was elected a judge at the international photographic exhibition at Frankfurt, received a gold medal from the Photographic Association of Vienna and became a member of the Royal Geographical Society, London" (from the Australian Dictionary of Biography). The recipient of this presentation copy was Captain Arthur Mostyn Field (1855-1950), an officer in the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of Admiral. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905 in recognition of his work as a "distinguished Hydrographic Surveyor" chiefly in Australia, the Pacific Islands and the South China Seas.
Lot 25
A late 19th century English gilt brass carriage timepieceJenner & Knewstub 33 St. James's St. & 66 Jermyn St.Surmounted by a facetted floral handle and knurled finials over a stepped cornice and reeded uprights between solid side panels and a signed hinged rear door with spring catch. The engraved silvered Roman dial with elaborate floral scroll surround and fine blued steel moon hands.The single chain fusee movement with four ringed pillars and large underslung, jewelled English lever escapement with three-arm monometallic balance. Ticking with a small, brass winding key. 13.5cms (5ins) highFootnotes:Frederick Jenner and Fabian Knewstub entered into partnership around 1856, working out of 33 St. James Street, London. They specialised in making dressing cases, though they also offered clocks, toilette cases, wallets, etc. Additionally, they offered a range of silver and gold smithing objects and services, including gem engraving. Fredrick Jenner was born around 1823 in Beddingham, Sussex. At some point he moved to Newington in Surrey, where he married Charlotte Theakston Chaffey in 1849, who was 8 years his junior. It is unknown how he was employed, as he is not listed in relevant trade directories. Based on later records, it is tentatively suggested he was a stationer. The couple had a child, Frederick, around 1851, followed less then two years later with another child, George, and then another, Robert, in 1855. By this point, it seems likely that the growing Jenner family had moved to London, as Jenner and Knewstub went into partnership in 1856.Fabian James Knewstub was born in Kent around 1825/26 to William and Susan Knewstub. He had seven siblings, including Elizabeth, who may have been his fraternal twin, based on birth date. Fabian and Elizabeth were the eldest of the siblings. It is unclear when Fabian moved to London; based on later records it appears he was a trained jeweller, though the nature and location of his apprenticeship remain unclear. He was certainly in London by 1856, when he entered into partnership with Frederick Jenner.Two years after the formation of the partnership, the pair began advertising a selection of bags for sale, as well as the ability to engrave monograms on the bags. That same year, Knewstub and his partner Susan Dines, six years his junior and originally from Essex, had their first child, Harry, followed in 1860 by Walter. Oddly, the 1861 census records Fabian living as a boarder with his younger brother Walter, in 15, Kensington Square, Kensington, Middlesex. There is no mention of Susan, Harry, or baby Walter. Why this should be the case remains unclear. At the International Exhibition of 1862, Jenner and Knewstub exhibited in several categories, receiving two medals for their leather craft and were noted as 'exhibitors of very superior work'. That year, Annie Jenner was born, followed the next year by Edward Jenner and Frank Knewstub. 1863 also saw the partnership expand to operate from both 33 St. James Street and nearby 66 Jermyn Street, suggesting they must have been doing well at this time. The following year, the partnership expanded again, to 69 Jermyn Street. Jenner also took a patent out that year, for an invention which provided 'Improvements in purses, cigar cases, bags and other similar receptacles'. Unfortunately, the exact nature of the device is unknown.In 1865, Jenner's youngest child, Frederica, was born. George Knewstub was born the following year. An interesting notice was taken out in 1866, advertising the fact that Jenner and Knewstub were selling off their entire stock, 'prior to enlarging their premises'. The advertisement details what stock they have: 'Dressing cases, Travelling bags, cutlery, despatch boxes, albums, photographs, envelope cases, jewellery, elegancies in mounted china, or-moulu, gold, silver, enamel, etc.'. The stock offered seems fairly evenly split between jewellery/metal work and stationary goods, tentatively suggested as representative of Knewstub's and Jenner's skills, respectively. However, the presumed revenue they accrued from this sale doesn't appear to have been spent on new premises; contrarily they appear to have downsized, occupying only 33 St. James Street and 66 Jermyn Street. They did, however, present a new, patented writing case (the Elgin Writing Case) and dispatch box (the ABC Dispatch Box) to the 1867 Paris Exposition, for which they received an award. Both the writing case and dispatch box were very warmly reviewed by the literary establishments of the day, including Punch and the Times. Shortly after, in 1869, Bessie Knewstub was born, followed less then two years later by the youngest Knewstub, Ethel. Around this time, a patented 'Jewel Case' was also added to the firm's celebrated products. The census of 1871 recorded Fabian and Susan Knewstub, and their six children, living in Peterborough Villas, Middlesex. Frederick, described as a stationer, and Charlotte Jenner, and their six children, were living in St. James Street, possibly above the shop, though this is not certain. By this point, Jenner and Knewstub were describing themselves as 'Dressing case and Travelling Bag makers' as well as 'Jewellers, Goldsmiths, Silversmiths, Designers, Heraldic and Gem engravers'. Not only did they employ 45 people between the two shops, they appear to have received royal patronage, advertising as makers to 'the Queen, the Royal Family and Principal Courts of Europe'. They also had a new form of keyless work, in their patented 'Eunomia watch' which boasted that their 'improved keyless action cannot be overwound', the watch also contained a 'perfectly safe mainspring' and was described by the Times as 'a perfect timekeeper'. Unfortunately, no further details can be found about the exact nature of the keyless works. The firm exhibited in the 1878 Paris Exposition, seemingly in quite a few sections, including clocks and watches. The British Horological Institute's correspondent at the expo was bracingly dismissive of the partnership, describing them as 'Jenner and Knewstub, the extensive advertisers of the 'Bag of Bags,' also exhibit clocks and watches, perhaps very good ones, too, though we did not trouble to examine them. The man who invents or improves can never be content to be classed with the one who is only a tradesman. It is a pity that the latter cannot be penetrated with a sufficient sense of the fitness of things to confine himself to the shop and the bazaar.' Despite this dismissal, the firm received an honourable mention for their jewellery exhibit and a silver medal for their stationary exhibit. Less then two years later, the firm took out a design patent for a metal purse. The census of 1881 lists the Knewstubs living at 20, St George Square, Pancras, London and Fabian himself as a publisher of books. Interestingly, in 1884, the firm fulfilled another royal contract, this time for Empress Eugénie of France. The contract was for the manufacture of an ebony and silver mounted book, with vellum pages containing the names of all the subscribers to a memorial established for the late Prince Imperial, her only son. The book was 'made in ebony, with silver mounts, with a raised carved silver 'N' and Imperial Crown in the centre, and raised silver eagle at each corner'. 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Lot 77
An important third quarter of the 18th century mahogany table clock with phases of the moon, time of high water, automatic representation of the state of tide, and date. Together with an 18th centuryoak box.Designed by James Ferguson, circa 1764, made by Samuel Northcote, Plymouth shortly afterThe bell top case with handle and four cone finials over shaped and circular glazed side apertures to a moulded base on later brass ogee bracket feet, the front door with brass edging and cast seashell quadrants. The 7.5 inch tall rectangular dial set to the arch with a rotating spherical moon, half-silvered/half-blued to represent the state of the moon in the night's sky, set over a hand-painted panel depicting a standing couple with goats by their side looking across the sea to a castle flying the Union flag on the opposite bank; the scene is centred by a painted sea inhabited by a manned rowboat, the sea panel is set on a vertical arm which is geared to the clock movement and automatically raises and lowers itself to indicate the relative height of the tides each day. The silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with inner concentric date set over a pair of subsidiary dials; the left hand side with twice I-XII scale around the moon's age 1-29.5 one hand gives the age of the moon, the other the time of high tide; the right hand side dial is divided into eight sections, the single hand geared to rotate and show the ebbs and flows of the ocean, each three-hour sector engraved variously for High Water - Half Ebb - Low Water - Half Flood - High Water - Half Ebb - Low Water - Half Flood, framing the engraved signature Samuel Northcote, Plymouth.The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement now with anchor escapement, and rack striking on a bell, the gearing for the falling and rising sea level is set between the front plate and the dial. The backplate repeat signed Saml. Northcote, Plymouth with interlaced straps and foliage. Ticking, tide automaton, spherical moon and subsidiary dials all apparently working. Together with a pendulum and two case keys. Together with a contemporary oak travelling box, the slightly tapering case with a deep top lid set over a pair of front doors opening to reveal a felt-lined interior, set with iron handles to the sides and a large shaped escutcheon plate and sliding bolt to the front. With the brass ogee feet removed, clock sits within this case. Presumably for travel, padded felt 'cushions' would have been used to give additional protection and provide a tighter fit. The travel case 58cms x 40cms x 24cms. (2)Footnotes:Literature:Ponsford, Devon Clocks and Clockmakers, 1985, pp109-111; Plates 36 and 37. Samuel Northcote senior (c1709-1791) was the son of a painter; two of Samuel's sons survived childhood, Samuel junior (c.1742-1813), who followed in his father's footsteps and James (1746-1831) who became a successful painter, though he had completed, on his father's insistence, a full horological apprenticeship in his own workshop. In his autobiography James says of his father that he was 'valued by all who knew him for his great integrity, abilities, and general knowledge...he was a pious, studious, humble and ingenious man.' Plymouth was a busy port in the 18th century, and Devon was home to many gifted minds. In 1740 Northcote and his good friend Lyne Brett were founder members of the Otter Club - a group of twelve men who would take morning baths in the sea, and once a fortnight meet for supper. Dr John Mudge, (1721-1793) brother of the celebrated horologist Thomas Mudge (1715-1794) was also one of the twelve members. John was a Fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded its Copley gold medal in 1777. Doubtless Mudge would have discussed the latest London experiments and events with his fellow Otters. It is worth noting too, that Thomas returned to Plymouth in 1771 in order to work on the problem of finding longitude at sea. Ponsford illustrates this clock by Samuel Senior in his definitive book and states 'Another bracket clock has a plate in the dial arch which rises and falls to indicate the state of the tide. Signed 'Samuel Northcote, Plymouth, it was made to a design by the astronomer James Ferguson, who visited Plymouth and stayed for several months as a guest of Northcote's friend, Dr John Mudge. The original clock of this kind was contrived by Ferguson in 1764 for Captain Hutchinson, dockmaster at Liverpool, but it was from Plymouth in May 1766 that Ferguson sent a detailed description of it to the Royal Society, together with a large drawing of the dial and its mechanism.' Ferguson himself described it as follows; 'a table clock, showing the hours and minutes, the day of the month, the moon's phases, age, and time of coming to the meridian, with the time of high water every day, and the state of the tide at any time of the day or night, by inspection.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 18
A fine and rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass, grande sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with chaff-cutter escapement, gilt numerals, original travel case and numbered keyPaul Garnier No. 2228. The frontplate stamped H.L.The one piece case with slender tapering handle on hinged baluster uprights, over large bevelled glass panels, (the uppermost with repeat button passing through the panel), framed by cast moulded members engraved with delicate foliate scrolls, the hinged rear door with shuttered apertures for setting and winding, opening to reveal the punched number along the backplate, repeat numbered on the shaped aperture cover. The white enamel dial with rare gilt Roman numerals and minute track over a gilt Arabic alarm-setting dial, with original tapering, trefoil hands. The spring barrel movement with jewelled chaff cutter escapement with plain three-armed gilt balance, with rack striking and repeating on a pair of nested bells and brass hammers. Signed Paul Garnier Paris on the backplate and further set with selection levers to opt for 'silent or sonnerie' and 'grande sonnerie and petite sonnerie' , the frontplate stamped H.L. for Holingue Freres. Contained in the original tooled leather travelling case with brass catches and central swing handle, the interior with bespoke recess to accept the original numbered gilt key. 18cms (7ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance:This clock was the property of William Eve, mayor of Stoke Newington 1902-1903, and could well have been in his family ownership since new. The Holingue family, also sometimes spelt Hollingue, were generational clock manufacturers, whose workshop was thought to have been established by Jean-Baptiste Holingue in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, possibly in the early 19th century. It was taken over by his two sons, Jean-Francois and Louis, around 1845, or possibly a bit earlier. It appears there was a period when Jean-Francois, presumably the elder of the two brothers, was running the workshop on his own and trading under the name of Holingue fils. This period seems to have begun around 1845, when Holingue fils is mentioned in a civil service journal, and continued at least until 1849, when Holingue fils were awarded a Bronze Medal at the Universal Exposition of that year. The workshop was only mentioned as manufacturing clock movements. It is known that Louis and his partner had a son, Louis Albert, around 1848, which may explain his initial absence from the workshop. It has been suggested that Holingue fils briefly partnered with Emile Martin to form Holingue et Martin, possibly just to exhibit together in the 1851 Exposition. Both workshops were based in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, but this potential partnership couldn't be verified. By 1855, however, Louis seems to have joined his brother, as the workshop had been renamed to Holingue frères. They were advertising as 'makers of rough movements, carriage clocks, 8-day clocks, alarm clocks, etc.' and reference was also made to the bronze medal won in 1849.A year later, at the 1856 Universal Exposition, they received an honourable mention and seemingly had expanded their offerings to include regulators, chronometer blanks, calendar complications, and telegraph movements. In 1857, they listed their business simply as makers of movements, and this description continued until at least 1864. Whether they had stopped producing chronometer blanks, telegraph movements, etc. or they felt it unnecessary to advertise the breadth of their output is unknown. The workshop did exhibit in the Rouen Exposition of 1857, and their entry was described as a 'perfected movement' which struck the quarters and alarm on a carillon. In 1875/76 Louis Albert, Louis' son, appears to have sold the workshop to Drocourt, which was one of the main firms they supplied movements to. It is likely that this sale was due to Louise Albert not wanting to take up the family workshop; he had married in Paris, in 1870, to Victor Reclus' daughter, Henriette Clarisse Amélie Reclus. As the Reclus family had a workshop in Paris and a home in the Parisian suburbs, it is understandable that Louis Albert would not relish the prospect of taking on a workshop in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont. It remains unknown if either his father or uncle were alive when the workshop was sold. Drocourt continued to supply rough movements to the Holingue frères former customers, in addition to using the old stock in his own clocks.The following firms and workshops are all known to have used movements by Holingue frères: Moser, Paul Garnier, Moise Bollviller, Drocourt, Leroy et Fils, Athanase Bourdin, Dent, and Victor ReclusNormandy Association (1856) Annuaire des Cinq Départements de la Normandie. Paris: Derache. p.504.Extence, L. (2022) Holingue frères: An Engraved Gorge Carriage Clock with Subsidiary Dials. Available at: https://www.extence.co.uk/1440-holingue-gorge-carriage-clockFrench Empire (1846) Bulletin des Lois de la République Française. Nos. 793-820. Paris: Imprimerie Royale. p. 498.Bères, É. (1850) Liste des Exposants Auxquels Ont Été Décernées des Recompenses. Paris: G. Gratiot. p. 262.Wotruba, T. (2020) 'Carriage Clocks Identified with Dent and Paris in Their Signatures', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 41 (1), pgs. 68-75.Extence, L. (2019) 'Story of a Carriage Clock', Horological Journal, Vol.161 (11), pgs. 462-463.Firmin-Didot, A. (1855-1863) Annuaire-Almanach du Commerce, de l'industrie, de la Magistrature et de l'Administration. Paris: Ambroise Firmin-Didot.Willot, B. (2018) Victor Reclus, Inventeur et Homme de Cœur. Available at: https://polmoresie.over-blog.fr/2017/09/victor-reclus-inventeur-et-homme-de-coeur.htmlExtence, L. (2014) Pierre & Alfred Drocourt: An Exhibition of Carriage Clocks. Available at: https://www.extence.co.uk/_files/ugd/401715_28a0b07365c34b97bf1b22c078f5417e.pdfBordeleau, P. (2020) 'Les Grands Moments de l'Horlogerie Française', Collectionner Des Horloges Anciennes. Available at: https://clockworks-horloges.com/300-histoire/307-france/For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 288
The Boys Scouts Association Gilt Cross For Gallantry awarded to Henry Acarnley, Acting Assistant Scout Master, 3rd Reddish (St. Agnes) group, 'awarded in recognition of his gallantry in rescuing a young woman from drowning in the sea, Portmeirion, Merionethshire, 1st September 1949', with box and certificate in tube, together with Acarnley's Second World War medal group comprising 1939-45 War Medal, The 1939-1945 Star, The Italy Star and Royal National Lifeboat Institution 'The Duke of Northumberland's Essay Competion' Certificate of Merit
Lot 290
19th century salt glazed portrait jug by Doulton & Watts Lambeth Pottery, modelled as Admiral Lord Nelson, half length, in bicorn hat, one medal inscribed 'Nile 1798', to the base 'Trafalgar 1805, England expects every man to do his duty', impressed Doulton & Watts Lambeth Pottery, London to underside, 41.5cm high. Minor small chips to the galze. Age related stress cracks to areas. Age related staining and colour fading throughout glaze. Further chips and crazing to underside. Inscriptions and stamps clear and visible.
Lot 510
Comics - Collection of mainly Dark Horse Comics & Marvel featuring Star Wars, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Battlestar Galactica, James Bond, Jade Warriors, etc, to include ltd edn & signed examples along with Simpsons Animated Cells, Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Medal Action Wall Chart, Graffiti James Bond Goldeneye Trading Cards, sealed Universal Monsters Of The Silver Screen & James Bond Trading Cards
Lot 279
WWII MEDAL GROUP AND RELATED ITEMS the medal group comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, another France and Germany Star and war medal pair, along with assorted cloth patches relating to the Scots Guards, ties and salver with presentation inscription, also Brimingham Mint regimental coin and cap badge and further commemorative coins, also photographs
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