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Lot 804
White, Gilbert - 'Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, published by Bickers and Son, London, 1884, gilt tooled burgundy leather boards, 4to, also Morris, F.O. - 'A History of British Butterflies', published by Groombridge and Sons, London, 1865, gilt tooled green leather boards, 4to. (2)
Lot 150
A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Gunner D. M. Williams, Royal Artillery, for his gallantry in rescuing the pilot from a burning Hurricane that had crashed at Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, on 4 June 1941 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (952357. Gunner David M. Williams. R.A.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £600-£800 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 17 February 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant conduct in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner.’ The original Recommendation (a joint one with Gunner J. A. Blamer, R.A. [also awarded the B.E.M.]) states: ‘On 4 June 1941, between Rigg and Eastriggs, a Hurricane aircraft spun to the ground and immediately caught fire. Gunner Palmer, who was about two miles away, mounted his motor-cycle and rod, first along the road, and then across a ploughed field, arriving on the scene a few minutes after the crash. He found that the Pilot had only partially been thrown clear and despite intense heat, at the third attempt extricate the body, with the assistance of Gunner Williams, who had arrived shortly after Balmer. During the time burning petrol was being splashed on the ground around the aeroplane, and machine-gun ammunition was exploding due to the heat.’ Sadly, the pilot of the Hurricane subsequently died of his wounds. David Morris Williams was a native of Trefriw, Caernarvonshire.
Lot 317
Three: Fireman F. W. Coppock, National Fire Service Defence Medal; British Fire Services Association Meritorious Service Medal, silver (F. W. Coppock 15.5.53.)National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, 1 clasp, ‘Twenty Years’ (6789 Fredrick W. Coppock) very fine and better (3) £60-£80 --- Frederick W. Coppock was born on 31 January 1912. In the 1939 Register he is shown as residing at 88 Lime Walk, Oxford, and is noted as being employed as a Service Storekeeper in the Motor Industry. He died in 1989, at Oxford. The French medal and badges were most likely being presented on fire brigade exchange visits. Sold with an Association of Conservative Clubs Distinguished Service Medal, gilt and enamel, with three additional 5 year long service clasps (F. W. Coppock 1938); a Sapeurs Pompiers Francaises, Membre Honoraire Medal, gilt and enamel; a French Fire Brigades cap badge in gilding metal featuring a fire helmet and crossed axes surrounded by a laurel wreath; a lapel badge of the Seine Inferieure, Union Departmentale des Corps de Sapeurs Pompiers, silvered, gilt, and enamel; two chrome plated shoulder titles of the Morris Motor Company Limited; a cap badge of the Austin Morris Motor Company in white metal and blue enamel, and a National Fire Service cap badge in white metal and enamel.
Lot 713
Renamed and Defective Medals: Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Algiers, Syria (Lewis Tobias Jones, H.M.S. Princess Charlotte.) naming re-engraved in upright serif and plain capitals, pitting to obverse, otherwise nearly very fine £200-£300 --- Original medal forms part of a group in the Douglas-Morris Collection at the Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.
Lot 81
An inter-War Knight Bachelor, Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain Sir John H. Morris-Jones, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, later Royal Army Medical Corps, who initially served as Medical Officer at Lady Hadfield’s Hospital at Wimereux, before being recommended for the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in the action on the Menin Road, 25-27 September 1917, whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. A prominent politician, he subsequently served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Denbigh, and as a Government Whip Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1935, significant damage to red enamel, in Royal Mint case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (J. H. Morris-Jones. B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leave (Capt. J. H. Morris-Jones); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued (7) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 6 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried on his duties at his aid post during an enemy attack under very heavy fire. He also visited wounded men who were lying out in the heaviest of the fire, and went up to the front line to attend to the wounded. He showed total disregard of his own safety, and encouraged all by his cheerful and courageous demeanour’. Sir John Henry Morris-Jones was born in Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire, on 2 November 1884 and was educated at Menai Bridge Grammar School and St. Mungo’s College, Glasgow, qualifying as a doctor in 1906. He practised as a General Practitioner in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire for some 20 years and took an active part in the public life of the town and county, becoming Chairman of the Colwyn Bay Urban District Council and a member of the Denbighshire County Council. During the Great War he served initially with the British Red Cross Society as Medical Officer at Lady Hadfield’s Hospital at Wimereux from 11 November 1914, and subsequently as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Attached to the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in the action on the Menin Road, 25-27 September 1917, and in the event was awarded the Military Cross Morris-Jones was elected as the Liberal M.P. for Denbigh in 1929, a seat he was to hold until he retired in 1950. He was Assistant Government Whip, 1932-35 and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1935-37. Knighted in 1937, he chaired the Welsh Parliamentary Party 1941-42 and served as a Parliamentary Delegate to Buchenwald Concentration Camp in April 1945. The author of Doctor in the Whip’s Room, 1955, he died on 9 July 1972. Sold with a copy of Doctor in the Whip’s Room, by the recipient (211pp, with index); a portrait photograph of the recipient, mounted in a glazed display frame; and copied research.
Lot 322
TALWIN MORRIS (1865-1911) TWO RARE GLASGOW SCHOOL PANELS, CIRCA 1893 brass with repoussé decoration, later framed(each panel 28cm x 12.5cm)Provenance: Walter W. Blackie, GlasgowFootnote: Note: After spending part of his early career working as an art editor in London, Talwin Morris took up a post as Arts Manager for Glasgow publisher Blackie & Son in 1898, a position he held until his death in 1911. He quickly became acquainted with Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the circle of artists associated with Blackie and the Glasgow School of Art, which had a significant influence on his work. Perhaps best known for his book designs, Morris also produced pieces of furniture, textiles and metalwork, which were incorporated into many of his decorative schemes, including his own home at Dunglass Castle and the refurbishment of W.W. Blackie's Printing Works where these panels formed part of an entrance screen. The panels demonstrate the key characteristics of the 'Glasgow Style', with their heavily stylised linear plant forms and 'Glasgow' roses.
Lot 346
JOSEPH HAYES (1869-1916) FOR ST. PETER'S CHURCH, MORNINGSIDE FIGURE OF SAINT JOHN, CIRCA 1907 plaster maquette, later mounted on a carved oak plinth(figure 111cm high, including plinth 139cm high)Provenance: St. Peters Church, MorningsideFootnote: Note: Regarded as amongst Sir Robert Lorimer’s most innovative architectural designs, St Peter’s, Morningside was built in two stages from 1906-7, with the nave completed from 1928-9. The church was designed by Lorimer in an Italianate style and includes stained glass by Morris and Gertrude A. Meredith Williams, Nina Millar Davidson, and Pierre Fourmaintraux, metalwork by Thomas Haddon and a fine Arts & Crafts lead font by G. P Bankart. On the exterior are carved stone sculptures by Joseph Hayes including The Crucifixion with Our Lady and St. John of around 1907. The current lot is the maquette for the figure of St. John. A polychrome carved wood sculpture in the apse of around 1908 uses the same figure. Joseph Hayes worked on several projects with Lorimer from around 1900, including the management of the carving for the Thistle Chapel in St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, built from 1909-1911.
Lot 75
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO. PAIR OF 'BIRD' PATTERN CURTAINS, CIRCA 1890 jacquard-woven woollen double cloth, lined with Morris & Co. 'Cray' pattern block-printed cotton fabric, designed by William Morris for Morris & Co., circa 1884(each 358cm long, 170cm wide)Footnote: Literature: Parry, L., William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, pp. 222-223, illus. Note: This textile was the first hand-loom jacquard woven at Queen Square in London and later at Merton Abbey. In November 1879, Edward Burne-Jones ordered a set of bed hangings in this pattern.
Lot 79
FORD MADOX BROWN (1821-1893) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR MORRIS & CO. PAIR OF ARTS & CRAFTS 'SUSSEX' ebonised wood, rush seats(43cm wide, 83cm high, 42cm deep)Footnote: Note: The artist, Ford Madox Brown, was one of the original partners in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., the firm founded by William Morris and his friends in 1861. Although not known as a furniture designer, it is thought he suggested this version of the Sussex range, which was also sold as an armchair.
Lot 24
Diecast: A collection of assorted unboxed, playworn diecast vehicles to comprise: Dinky Ford Cortina, Hudson Sedan, Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, Corgi Triumph Herald, Morris Crowley, Jaguar Mark X, Spot on Austin A40, Matchbox Bentley. All with some playwear. Please assess photographs. (one bag)
Lot 151
* PAT DOUTHWAITE (SCOTTISH 1939-2002),TWO RATScharcoal on paper, signed, titled and dated '91image size 53cm x 55cm, overall size 90cm x 90cmMounted, framed and under glass.Note: Pat Douthwaite was born in Glasgow in 1934. She began to study mime and modern dance with Margaret Morris, whose husband, J. D. Fergusson (Scottish Colourist) encouraged her to paint. This important influence apart, she was self-taught. In 1958 Pat lived in Suffolk with a group of painters, including the Scots Colquhoun and MacBryde, and William Crozier. From 1959-1988 she travelled widely, to N. Africa, India, Peru, Venezuela, Europe, U.S.A., Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Ecuador and from 1969 lived part of the time in Majorca, but more latterly in various properties across the Scottish Borders. She died in July 2002 at Broughty Ferry. Interest in Pat Douthwaite's work has seen a major resurgence in recent years.
Lot 285
* PATRICK ELDER (BRITISH b. 1953),UNTITLEDbronze sculpture, signed and numbered 3/49, stamped 'Morris Ginger Founders London', dated 1991 label to base14cm high.Note: In searching for peace and contentment in his life Patrick Elder came across Vipassana Meditation in 1989. Over the years of practising this profound technique, it became apparent that a great beneficial change had come about, not only in his daily life but also in his sculpture. In integrating the technique into his life it was to become the basis for all his work. Freeing up the mind allows a natural flow of creativity to occur. A natural result of this process is a sense of peace and harmony, which he tries to instil in his work. He says: "My purpose is to help create and promote a loving and peaceful world in which all may live happily and harmoniously together. To achieve this, I endeavour to work in a spontaneously creative manner, from a balanced centre of unconditional love, peace and harmony." Patrick Elder has exhibited widely and has work in collections throughout the UK, Europe, Australia, the USA and Switzerland.
Lot 149
Desmond Morris (British, born 1928)Night Figures signed with monogram (lower right); further twice signed with monogram, signed, titled and twice dated '26 Jan 04/26 JAN 2004/Desmond Morris/Night Figures' (on panel verso)oil on panel20.5 x 45cm (8 1/16 x 17 11/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Guillermo de Osma Galeria, MadridPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedMadrid, Guillermo de Osma Galería, Desmond Morris, Pintor Surrealista, 27 September-27 October 2005, no. 11, illustrated on p. 19Mechelen, Galerie Pack-Huys, Desmond Morris, 5 May-25 June 2006, no. 7Oxford, Saïd Business School, Desmond Morris Surrealist Painter. A Collection of Over Eighty Works, 4-12 September 2007, no. 70LiteratureS. Levy, Desmond Morris; Analytical Catalogue Raisonné 2000-2012, Sansom & Company, Bristol, 2012, no. 2004/10, illustrated on p. 174Please note that this lot is offered together with a copy of S. Levy, Desmond Morris, 50 Years of Surrealism, Barrie Jenkins, London, 1997, signed by Silvano Levy and Desmond Morris.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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