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Lot 256
Two Bamileke Kam masks, Cameroon, each covered in strung cowrie shells on a material ground, with strung blue glass beaded eyes, one with further strung glass beads around the tip of the nose and with a fibrous hair beard, a larger shell fragment behind the coiffure, the other with an ink inscribed label 'Mr. Roger c/o Rev. H. Knopfli, Basel Mission', 34cm & 37cmRoger Todd Collection, London, UK.
Lot 1164
Prager Groschen o. Jahr Deutsches römisches Reich, Johann I. von Luxemburg (1310-1345). D. ca. 2,8 cm. Gew. ca. 2 g. Beigegeben: Piaster. 1799. Ferdinand III. Sizilien. D. ca. 3,5 cm. Gew. ca. 14 g. Und: Kirchenstaat 1773. Papst Clemens XIV. D. ca. 3,4 cm. Gew. ca. 14 g. (Alle Gebrauchsspuren). (57076)
Lot 943
Ovale Strohintarsien-Dose Wohl Lübeck, Anf. 18. Jh. Nachfolger Carl Hinrich Hering (1690-1730) Allseitig belegt mit poliertem und gefärbtem Stroh. Auf dem Deckel Kavalier mit geschultertem Anker an tropischer Küste mit Palme und Inselschloss. Eingekratze Umschrift: O viel zu leicht Staub heut Freude Morgen kränken ich suche festen grund den Anker wohl zu senken. Im Deckelinneren farbige Hügel-Flußlandschaft. Im Vordergrund gestürzter Reichsapfel und darauf stehend Herz mit dem gekreuzigten Jesus. Sinnspruch: "Ja gleich mein hertz gekränckt mit Trübsal angst und Schmertzen so hab ich doch das heil der Welt in meinem Herzen." Im Boden Fruchtmotiv und Sinnspruch: "Denk in Zeiten auch an mich wenn Dir wohl wird gehen bei mir wirst du Ewig im Gedächtnis stehen hörst du oftmals Föglein Denke dass es sollen sein dies mit ihnen singen Einen Gruß dir bringen." D. ca. 3,5×10×8 cm (wenig Gebrauchsspuren). (59860)
Lot 348
Berlin 18. u. 19. Jh. Das Neue (Alte) Museum. Kol. Lithographie von T. Zänkert, bei Trowitz & Sohn in Frankfurt/O. Ca. 20,5×34,5 cm (gebräunt, berieben, fleckig). Um 1830. R. Dazu: Das Berliner Stadtschloss. Guckkastenbild. Kol. Kupferstich, wohl von Remondini verlegt, nach Vorlage v. J. D. Schleuen. Ca. 28×41 cm (aufgezogen a. Karton, mit schmalem Rand um Bildfeld beschn., berieben, gebräunt, fleckig). Um 1780. R. Sowie: Cadettenhaus in Berlin. Farbiger Druck nach Lithographie v. Lütke, nach Zeichnung v. Eduard Gärtner. Ca. 26×36 cm (Randläsuren, gebräunt, fleckig). Alter R (besch.). (59805)
Lot 266
Rheinischer Meister des 15. JahrhundertsSTIFTERTAFEL MIT MADONNA UND HEILIGEN Öl auf Eichenholz, verso zwei Festigungsklötze. 60 x 52 cm. Rheinisch, zweite Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts.Die nahezu quadratische Bildtafel war ehemals wohl Mittelbild eines Haus- oder Kapellenaltars. Maria mit dem Kind ist im Zentrum zwischen seitlich je zwei Heiligen gezeigt. Vor einem roten Brokat-Baldachintuch ist sie stehend wiedergegeben. Das Kind in ihren Armen hält eine Rosenkranzkette und blickt auf den links unten knienden Stifter. Die Heiligenfiguren im Sinne einer Sacra conversazione nahezu gleichrangig nebeneinandergestellt. Links der Heilige Joseph mit seinem Attribut, einem Winkel, das seinen Zimmermannsberuf andeutet, gefolgt von Katharina, hier mit Krone, in goldfarbenem Brokatkleid und Hermelin und mit einem goldenen Ring zwischen den Fingern, Attribut der Heiligen, gleichzeitig ein deutlicher Hinweis darauf, dass sie als Namenspatronin der Gattin des Stifters gemeint ist, dementsprechend auch in der Vertikale zu diesem positioniert. Rechts steht Barbara mit dem Turm, sowie Johannes Evangelist, hier in rotem Mantel und mit dem Schlangen-Kelch. Am Boden das Familienwappen. Die Wahl der Heiligenfiguren stehen üblicherweise in Bezug zu den Taufnamen der Stifterfamilie. So ist Josef als Taufpatron des Stifters zu sehen, auf den er auch mit dem Finger weist. Bei der Wiedergabe der Gesichter handelt es sich daher auch um Portraits der Familie. Der Stifter selbst trägt einen weißen Mantel, was auf seine Zugehörigkeit zu einer Kongregation hinweist. Die gotischen Minuskeln der Aufschrift: „O fili(us) dei miserere mei“ (O Sohn Gottes erbarme Dich meiner) nennen sein Gebet. Die Gesichter sind weich modelliert, das Inkarnat zartfarbig. Der helle Gesamtton des Gemäldes lässt sich in der Stilphase der Kölner Schule während des sogenannten Weichen Stils beobachten. Die ebenfalls weiche Hügellandschaft im Hintergrund zeigt vor allem in der Wiedergabe der Bäume italienischen Einfluss. A.R. (1321463) (11)Rhenish School of the 15th centuryDONOR PANEL WITH MADONNA AND SAINTS Oil on oak panel, two parquetting slats on the back. 60 x 52 cm.Rhenish, second half of the 15th century.
Lot 298
Jusepe de Ribera, genannt „lo Spagnoletto“, 1588/91 Xàtiva/ Valencia – 1652 Neapel, und WerkstattBILDNIS DES PHILOSOPHEN THALES MIT PAPIERROTULUS Öl auf Leinwand. 120 x 94,5 cm. Verso Provenienz-und Ausstellungs-Etikett.Beigegeben Expertise von Claudio Strinati o. J. sowie Prof. Riccardo Lattuada, Juli 2021. Das in Variationen vom Künstler wiederholt gemalte Werk ist mehrfach dokumentiert. (Dokumente beigegeben). Dargestellt ist die Gestalt eines Philosophen in Dreiviertelfigur, der aus dem dunklen Hintergrund hervortritt, von links oben beleuchtet. Das Gesicht, mit tiefliegenden Augen und kurzem, dunklem Bart, ist dem Betrachter zugewandt, während er uns demonstrativ einen aufgerollten Papierrotulus zeigt, auf dem geometrische Zeichnungen mit Kreisen zu erkennen sind. Mit dem rechten Arm nach unten gerichtet hält der Dargestellte eine Sanduhr in der Hand. Aufgrund der Zeichnungen auf dem Rotulus mit Kreisdarstellungen, aber auch von Beschriftungen weiterer Versionen, ist die Identifizierung als „Tales von Milet“ gesichert. Der Philosoph hat bekanntlich im 6. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. neben anderem den Satz formuliert: alle Winkel in einem Halbkreis sind rechtwinkelig. Bildnisse bedeutender Philosophen kennen wir auch von anderen Malern, wie etwa „Thales“ von Luca Giordano, mit der nämlichen Zeichnung. Die Annahme, es könne sich um den Skeptiker Sextus Empiricus des 2. Jhdts. handeln, stellt sich daher nicht mehr. Nicola Spinosa erwähnt weitere Versionen der Darstellung, so zum Vergleich etwa in der Sammlung Wemys, London, in der National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, eine weitere „replica autografa“ in einer Pariser Sammlung aus der Collection des Marchese di Remisa. Darüber hinaus ist ein Gemälde bekannt geworden, das nur den Kopf zeigt, in einer Privatsammlung Kopenhagen. Auf Seite 296 f. des Werkverzeichnisses von Spinosa (2003) ist eine dem vorliegenden Gemälde vergleichbare Version abgebildet (A 89), am Oberrand beschriftet „TALES MILESIO“. Letztlich folgert Riccardo Lattuada in seiner hier beigegebenen Expertise aus den ebenfalls beiliegenden Unterlagen, dass es sich hier um ein Werk Riberas unter Mitwirkung seiner Werkstatt handelt. Bevor Ribera nach Neapel ging, studierte er bei Francisco Ribalta (1565-1628) in Valencia. In Rom setzte er sich mit den Werken Raffaelo Santis (1483-1520) und Agostino (1557-1602) und Annibale Carraccis (1560-1609) auseinander, in Parma und Modena mit denen von Antonio Allegri Correggio (um 1489-1534). Später stand er stark unter dem Einfluss von Michelangelo Merisi il Caravaggio (1570/71-1610). Die Qualität seiner Bilder erhoben ihn zum Hofmaler des Herzogs von Osuna sowie des Königs von Neapel. Im Jahr 1644 wurde er durch den Papst zum Ritter des Christusordens geschlagen. 1630 war er bereits Mitglied der Accademia di San Luca in Rom. Neben Caravaggio ist er der bedeutendste Naturalist der Neapolitanischen Malerei mit Betonung des Chiaroscuro. Ein Hauptmerkmal seines Wirkens ist die bewusste Wahl der Darstellung von meist alten, asketisch knochig-schlanken Gestalten wie Einsiedlern oder Philosophen.Provenienz: Sammlung Matarazzo di Licosa, Neapel (bis 1974). Ausstellung Galleria Previtali, 1974. Das Gemälde in der Literatur besprochen und abgebildet: S. Ortolani, in: Ausstellungskat. „La mostra ella pittura napoletana del ’600 – ’700 – ’800, Neapel 1938 scheda 215. Ganzseitige Abbildung S. 71. F. Parlato, La collezione del Conte Giuseppe Matarazzo di Licosa, Neapel 1950, S. 64-75, Teil p. 71 (vermutet als: „L‘Architetto“). Katalog: Galleria Privitali, Bergamo, Dipinti Antichi, 1974, S. 32, Abb. S. 33 Nicola Spinosa, Ribera, L‘Opera Completa, Neapel 2003: La obra completa, Fundaciòn Arte Hispánico Madrid. 2009. Weitere Literatur: August Liebmann Mayer, Jusepe de Ribera, Leipzig 1908. Nicola Spinosa und A.E. Perez Sánchez, Jusepe de Ribera 1591-1652, Ausstellungskatalog; Neapel – Madrid – New York 1992. G. Papi, Ribera a Roma. Soncono/Cremoa, 2007. J. Milicua und J. Portús (a cura) Il giovane Ribera tra Roma, Parma e Napoli, Ausstellungskatalog, Madrid – Neapel 2010-2011. (13207829) (2) (11)Jusepe de Ribera, also known as "lo Spagnoletto",1588/91 Xàtiva/ Valencia – 1652 Naples, and workshopPORTRAIT OF THE PHILOSOPHER THALES WITH PAPER ROTULUS Oil on canvas.120 x 94.5 cm.Provenance and exhibition label on the reverse. Accompanied by an expert’s report by Claudio Strinati, n.d. and by Professor Riccardo Lattuada, July 2021. Provenance: Collection Matarazzo di Licosa, Naples (until 1974).Exhibition Galleria Previtali, 1974.The painting is discussed and illustrated in:S. Ortolani, in: La mostra ella pittura napoletana del ‘600 – ‘700 – ‘800, exhibition catalogue, Naples 1938, file card 215. Full-page illustration p. 71.F. Parlato, La collezione del Conte Giuseppe Matarazzo di Licosa, Naples 1950, pp. 64-75, part p. 71 (assumed as: “L’Architetto”).Dipinti Antichi, exhibition catalogue, Galleria Privitali, Begamo 1974, p. 32, ill. p. 33.Nicola Spinosa, Ribera. L’Opera Completa, Naples 2003: La obra completa, Fundación Arte Hispánico, Madrid 2009.
Lot 509
Gaspare Diziani,1689 Belluno – 1767 VenedigARCHITEKTURCAPRICCIO MIT FIGURENSTAFFAGE Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 96,5 x 130 cm. In vergoldetem Rahmen.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Dario Succi, o. J., welche das vorliegende Gemälde zwischen 1725 und 1730 datiert und es somit in die erste Reifezeit des Künstlers eingliedert, in Kopie vorliegend. Eine von links als Repoussoirarchitektur in den Raum hereinragende, verschattete Säulenarchitektur gibt den Blick frei auf eine halbrunde Kolonnadenarchitektur mit Triumphbogen und gesprengtem Giebel, welchem ein klassizistisches Denkmal eingestellt ist. Die Figurenstaffage, teils als Pilger ausgewiesen, wird von links oben partiell erleuchtet. (12901044) (13)Gaspare Diziani,1689 Belluno – 1767 VeniceARCHITECTURE CAPPRICCIO WITH FIGURE STAFFAGEOil on canvas. Relined.96.5 x 130 cm.In gilt frame.A copy of the expert´s report by Dario Succi, n.y. is enclosed, dating the painting on offer for sale in this lot between 1725 and 1730 and thus in the first maturing period of the artist.
Lot 742
Oskar Mulley, 1891 Klagenfurt – 1949 GarmischJAGDSTILLEBEN Öl auf Leinwand. 73,5 x 55 cm. Rechts oben signiert und ortsbezeichnet: Mulley / Garmisch. Verso signiert O. Mulley und datiert 1935. In breitem Holzrahmen.Der für seine zerklüfteten Berglandschaften mit alpiner Architektur bekannte Maler fertigte in seltenen Fällen auch Stillleben an, die nur selten auf dem Kunstmarkt angeboten werden. So ist es ein Glücksfall, dass wir aus einer österreichischen Sammlung dieses Jagdstillleben mit Auerhahn, Hut und Gewehr anbieten dürfen. Der Künstler war ein österreichischer akademischer Landschaftsmaler und Absolvent der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien. Er gehört zu den führenden Vertretern der „Tiroler Kunst der Zwischenzeit“ (u.a. Albin Egger-Lienz (1868-1926), Alfons Walde (1891-1959). In seiner Kufsteiner Periode herrschen Gebirgsmotive vor, die stets frei von Figuren sind. Seine heroischen Landschaften mit pastosem Farbauftrag in Spachteltechnik waren seit Mitte der 1920er-Jahre sehr geschätzt und erzielen auch heute noch hohe Preise.(1321924) (13))
Lot 097
An antique 18ct yellow gold & platinum scroll design ring set with five old round cut diamonds, approx. total weight 0.82 carats, approx. colour G-H and SI2 clarity, interspaced with ten small old rough cut diamonds, 3.77gm, size O 1/2, (stones measured within the restrictions of the setting).
Lot 101
A 9ct yellow gold halo design ring set with a central oval cut emerald, approx. 0.78 carats, surrounded by a row of small baguette cut diamonds and then a row of small round brilliant cut diamonds, approx. total diamond weight 0.75 carats (stones measured within the restrictions of the settings), 2.33gm, size O.
Lot 161
A mixed lot to include a pair of 9ct yellow gold paste stone hoop earrings, 3.00gm, a 9ct yellow gold ring set with three paste stones, 3.67gm, size O, a yellow & white gold eight stone diamond ring, (no hallmarks & not tested), 2.20gm, size O 1/2, an 18ct yellow & white gold single stone diamond ring, 2.05gm, size K and an 18ct yellow & white gold multi-stone diamond cluster style ring, 2.00gm, size L, (5).
Lot 394
Ferdinand Max Bredt1860 Leipzig - 1921 RuhpoldingDer BrautschmuckR. o. signiert und 1908 datiert. Rücks. auf dem Keilrahmen Etikett "Ständige Ausstellung der Münchener Künstler-Genossenschaft". Öl auf Lwd. 85 x 70,5 cm. Rahmen min. besch. (107 x 92 cm). Ferdinand Max Bredt begann seine Kariere in Stuttgart bei Bernhard Neher d. J., bevor er 1880 an die Akademie nach München zu Wilhelm Lindenschmit d. J. wechselte. Spätestens dort ist er mit orientalischen Themen in Berührung gekommen, die ihn nachhaltig beeindruckt haben. In der Folge reiste er in den 1880er Jahren häufiger nach Griechenland und in das Osmanische Reich, sowie nach Italien und Tunesien. Die Einflüsse seiner Reisen in diese Länder durchziehen sein ganzes Schaffen. Mit seinen Frauendarstellungen in orientalischen Szenerien, insbesondere den Haremsszenen, konnte er seine größten Erfolge verbuchen. Sein Stil blieb lange der Orientmalerei der europäischen Akademien, insbesondere der Pariser Akademie, treu. Bredt war einer der Mitgründer der Münchener Sezession 1892, ohne allerdings die Verbindung zur Münchener Künstlergenossenschaft zu verlieren. So finden seine Werke immer wieder ihren Weg in die Ausstellungen der Münchener Künstlergenossenschaft im Glaspalast, wie auch vorliegendes Gemälde. Seine Arbeiten wurden auch in Berlin, Paris, London oder Chicago ausgestellt. Provenienz: Von den Vorfahren der Einlieferer auf der Kunstausstellung erworben (Rechnung vom 28. Oktober 1909 im Original vorliegend). - Seither im Süddeutschen Privatbesitz. Ausstellung: Münchener Jahres-Ausstellung 1908, Glaspalast, Nr. 121.
Lot 216
Garnitur: Collier und Ohrstecker besetzt mit Brillanten und SmaragdenParis, O. J. PERRIN, 1980er - 1990er Jahre Gelbgold 750/-, gestempelt, Feingehalt Punzen, Juwelier Punze: E. B. sowie O. J. Perrin. 198 Brillanten, zus. ca. 11ct., TW F-G), VVS 1-2, sehr gute Schliffausführung. 8 ovale und 2 Smaragde im Cushion Cut, Cabochonschliff, zus. ca. 8 ct. lebhaft tiefes sattgrün. Im guten bis sehr guten Zustand. Collier L. ca. 45 cm, Ohrstecker L. ca. 3,6 cm. 43,57 g. Goldschmiedetechnische Ausführung: beim Collier sind die Brillanten in Zargen gesetzt und wabenmäßig angeordnet, die Smaragde wurden in Zargenblenden eingefasst. Verdeckter Steck-Ziehverschluss. Bei den Ohrsteckern wurde die Brillanten ebenfalls in Zargenchatons gesetzt und mit Smaragd-Cabochons in Zargenblenden-Chatons oberhalb und unterhalb begrenzt, rückseitige Stiftung mit Steckmontur. Das Juwelierhaus O. J. Perrrin wurde 1947 gegründet und zählt bis heute zu den großen Juwelieren Frankreichs am Place Vendome, dem historischen Zentrum des Welt - Edelschmucks. BK
Lot 259
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo1727 Venedig - 1804 ebendaNessos und De�aneiraR. u. signiert "Dom. Tiepolo f", l. o. nummeriert 61. Rücks. Nummerierung 409. Feder und Pinsel in Braun, laviert, auf Bütten. 19,5 x 27,5 cm. Mit Japanpapier angerändert. Min. fleckig. Rahmen (41 x 50 cm). Der Kentaur Nessos tat am Fluss Lykormas Fährdienste. Als Herakles mit seiner Gemahlin De�aneira den Fluss überqueren wollte, trug Nessos diese durch das Wasser. Als er sich an der jungen Schönheit vergriff, eilte Herakles zu Hilfe und tötete Nessos mit einem Giftpfeil. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo interpretiert diese Szene aus der antiken Mythologie mit großer künstlerischer Freiheit. Das Hauptaugenmerk des Künstlers liegt auf der bewegten Darstellung des vor Kraft strotzenden Nessos, der die sich heftig wehrende De�aneira zu entführen versucht. Die Szene spielt sich in einer idyllischen norditalienischen Landschaft ab, im Mittelgrund ist die Silhouette einer kleinen Stadt erkennbar, Pinien und Zypressen flankieren eine breite Landstraße, auf der in gewisser Entfernung zwei Personen zu erkennen sind. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, einer der berühmtesten venezianischen Künstler des 18. Jahrhunderts, war ein unermüdlicher Zeichner. Seine Blätter waren bereits bei den zeitgenössischen Sammlern sehr begehrt. Adelheid M. Gealt bezeichnet in ihrer Stellungnahme das vorliegende Blatt als "a particularly fine example" aus einer umfangreichen Serie von Zeichnungen Tiepolos, in welcher er sich mit der Darstellung von Kentauren befasste. James Byam Shaw, der große Kenner der Zeichnungen unseres Künstlers, sah in diesen Darstellungen seine "most delightful and original mythological subjects" (Byam Shaw, s. u., S. 41). Tiepolo scheint das Thema der Kentauren sehr geschätzt zu haben, nach Cailleux' Zusammenstellung von 77 vergleichbaren Blättern im Jahre 1974 konnte Gealt 2016 weitere 29 Zeichnungen des Sujets dem Themenkomplex hinzufügen. Auf dem vorliegenden Blatt sehen wir eines der bevorzugten Bewegungsmotive Tiepolos: der muskulöse Nessos, von hinten gesehen, seine kräftigen Arme umklammern das unglückliche Opfer seiner Attacke. Eine Szene, der sich der Künstler - stets variierend - mehrmals gewidmet hat. Als Beispiel für die motivische Kontinuität aber auch Variation verweist Gealt auf eine Zeichnung, die erst jüngst versteigert wurde (Auktion Tajan, Paris, 16. Dezember 2021, Kat.-Nr. 7). Diese "Entführung der De�aneira" zeigt die Gruppe der Hauptfiguren spiegelbildlich, mit sehr vergleichbarer Darstellung des Nessos. Dennoch variiert Tiepolo auf spielerische Weise: Während Nessos auf unserem Blatt in energischer Bewegung gegeben wird, er in die Landschaft hineinsprengt, hält er bei der erwähnten Vergleichszeichnung in der Bewegung inne und ist bemüht, De�aneira (hier von vorne gezeigt) die sich mit beiden Armen gestikulierend wehrt, zu halten. Ein in unserem Kontext hochinteressantes Blatt des British Museum, London (Inv.-Nr. 1885,0509.7) zeigt einen Kentauren, der auf seinem Rücken eine Satyrfrau trägt. Der Kentaur entspricht wiederum spiegelbildlich dem Nessos unserer Zeichnung, aber im Gegensatz zu De�aneira, die schließlich Opfer einer Entführung ist, schmiegt sich das Satyrweibchen liebevoll an den Pferdemenschen, der ihr seinen Oberkörper zuneigt. Fast könnte man von einem Gegenstück sprechen: hier der dramatische Raub einer menschlichen Frauengestalt, dort liebevolles Miteinander mit einem halbtierischen Mischwesen. Von gewisser Bedeutung könnte in diesem Zusammenhang auch die Nummerierung des Londoner Blattes sein: Es trägt links oben die Nummer "62", unsere Zeichnung ist "61" nummeriert. Es ist verlockend, zu unterstellen, dass die Nummerierungen vom Künstler selbst aufgebracht worden sind und wir hier die künstlerische Absicht Tiepolos wiedergespiegelt finden, De�aneira und den weiblichen Satyr in ihrem Verhalten bewusst zu vergleichen bzw. zu kontrastieren. Als andere Möglichkeit sieht Gealt aber auch die Nummerierung der Zeichnungen nach dem Tod des Künstlers durch seine Erben (seine Witwe), die sie an Sammler verkauften. Oder aber, als dritte Erklärung: Erst ein Sammler hat den reizvollen thematischen Zusammenhang erkannt und die Blätter selbst mit aufeinander folgenden Nummern versehen. Den Beginn von Giovanni Domenicos extensiver Beschäftigung mit dem Thema "Kentauren - Satyrn - Faune" könnte man zeitlich - aufgrund thematischer Parallelen - mit der Arbeit an den Fresken in der Villa Zianigo (ab 1757) festlegen. Der selbständige Kunstwerkscharakter der Zeichnungen spricht aber gegen eine Zuordnung zu einem bestimmten Projekt und so hat sich die Wissenschaft darauf verständigt, den Beginn dieser an die hundert Blätter umfassenden Serie mit der Rückkehr von Vater und Söhnen Tiepolo vom großen Würzburger Auftrag gleichzusetzen (1753). Bis in die 1790er Jahre scheint sich Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo dann mit dem Thema Kentauren und Satyrn beschäftigt zu haben Vgl. Byam Shaw, James, The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo. London 1962. - Cailleux, Jean, Domenico Tiepolo: Centaurs, Fauns, Female Fauns and Satyrs among the drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, in: L'Art du Dix-huitième siècle. Supplement des Burlington Magazine, Bd. CXVI, Juni 1974. - Gealt, Adelheid M. (Hg.), Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo. Master Drawings from the Anthony J. Moravec Collection. Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington 2016. Wir danken Prof. Adelheid M. Gealt, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, für Ihre großzügige Unterstützung im Rahmen der Katalogisierung. Als Datei liegt eine Stellungnahme Gealts vom 12. Mai 2022 vor, die ergänzt wird von einer Zusammenstellung verschiedener Vergleichszeichnungen. Provenienz: Süddeutscher Privatbesitz.
Lot 329
Christian Mali1832 Broekhuizen b. Utrecht - 1906 MünchenHolländische Küstenlandschaft mit heimkehrender SchafherdeR. u. signiert, Ortsbezeichnung München und 1871 (o. '77) datiert. Öl auf Lwd. 104,5 x 138 cm. Craquelé. Rest. Rahmen min. besch (150,5 x 181 cm). Ein Gemälde vergleichbarer Darstellung, datiert 1869, wurde bei Nagel, Stuttgart, in der Auktion vom 6. Juni 2012 unter Kat.-Nr. 740 angeboten.
Lot 145
TapisserieFlandern, 16. Jh. Wolle. Ineinander verschlungene, wuchernde Blattranken mit Blüten und eingestreuten Vögel. Beschnitten, rest. und in Teilen ergänzt. Hinterfüttert. 230 x 379 cm. Zentren der Herstellung derartiger Tapisserien mit bildfüllenden Darstellungen der ungezähmten Natur in Gestalt von großblättrigem Rankenwerk waren im Flandern des 16. Jahrhunderts vor allem Enghien, Grammont und Audenarde. Provenienz: Kunsthandel Konrad O. Bernheimer München (Rechnung vom 1. Dez. 1992).
Lot 388
Gabriel von Max1840 Prag - 1915 München"Fabiola"R. u. signiert, r. o. betitelt. Öl auf Lwd. 59 x 43,5 cm. Rest. Rahmen min. besch. (71,5 x 56 cm). Der Künstler bezieht sich bei dieser Darstellung auf den 1854 erschienenen Roman "Fabiola oder die Kirche der Katakomben" von Nicholas Patrick Stephen Kardinal Wiseman. In Rom zur Zeit der Christenverfolgungen unter Kaiser Diokletian findet Fabiola, reiche und schöne Patriziertocher, letztlich zum Christentum.
Lot 89
‡ A JAPANESE ARMY OFFICER~S COURT SWORD IN BLACK LACQUERED SAYA (SCABBARD), LATER MEIJI PERIOD, 1875-1912with copper gilt fittings with decoration of karakusa (Chinese grasses) on a nanako ground (~fish roe~ pattern of small dots beaten out with an indented chisel); hilt wrapped in gilded copper alloy wire; guard of pieced clam-shell form decorated with a kiri (paulownia) crest, a motif used in various forms by the imperial court and by important samurai families, and with an inner folding plate for easier wear; the knucklebow has a ho-o head (phoenix) quillon - the ho-o is an imperial symbol; the hilt wrapped in gilded copper wire (hilt pommel present but detached, chape missing)56 cm; 22 in bladeThe blade is possibly western which has then been decorated in Japan with etched details of stylised flowers and the kiri (paulownia) crest.
Lot 101
A LONG JAPANESE MATCHLOCK, ALSO KNOWN AS TANEGASHIMA, TEPPO OR HINAWAJU, CIRCA 1700-1800with octagonal steel barrel inlaid with silver mon (family crest) of the Tachibana family in the form of a citrus tachibana flower; applied brass and silver decoration of ho-o (phoenix), kiri (paulownia), kiku (chrysanthemum) and shishi (lion dog). Pierced block rear-sight, fore-sight with silver inlay; brass lock (working condition) with stamped maker~s mark105.5 cm; 41 1/2 in barrel
Lot 136
˜AN OTTOMAN SWORD (SHAMSHIR), TURKEY, 19TH CENTURYwith curved single-edged blade of wootz steel, encrusted with gold over the forte on each face with calligraphic cartouches and traditional designs, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief with vines and trophies-of-music in foliate frames all against a finely matted ground, a pair of rhinoceros horn grip-scales shaped for the fingers and rising to a bulbous pommel, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver locket, chape and two middle-bands, all cast and chased in low relief en suite with the hilt, and the two bands each with a ring for suspension78.3 cm; 30 7/8 in bladeProvenance; On loan to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (1936-2022), inv. no. 54-264; ; The inscriptions include, cartouches on the blade: ~ma sha~a allah~ (Whatsoever God wills), and ~tawakkaltu ~ala allah~ (I put my trust in God), in the six-pointed star ~ya fattah~ (O Conqueror!), in the large, teardrop cartouche ~ma sha~a allah~ (~Whatsover God wills), in the oblong cartouche ~bismallah sunqur~ (In the Name of God. Sunqur).;
Lot 239
Collection of jewelleryconsisting of a Victorian 18ct gold turquoise ring, siz P/G, 2g approx overall, a 9ct gold opal triplet ring, size N/O, 3g approx overall, a butterflies wing pendant in white metal mount, a cluster ring, the central pearl (untested for natural/cultured origin) bordered by diamonds and white stones, stamped '9ct', size J, 5g approx overall, a silver propelling pencil, a Longine pocket watch in white metal mount on a base metal chain, two loose opal type stones and one otherAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a full condition report.
Lot 63
A fine and extremely well documented Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ DH4 pilot’s D.S.C. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. F. Brewerton, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who served as a Flight Commander of 2 Squadron, R.N.A.S., and flew countless reconnaissance missions over Belgium - often engaging enemy aircraft, with his aircraft being hit by machine gun and anti-aircraft fire, and two observers suffering wounds as a consequence. Brewerton went on to fly BE2b’s with 20 Squadron on the North West Frontier, with his letters home providing valuable insight into the extreme dangers of flying during that conflict. He commanded No. 423 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, Malta, and was killed in a flying accident whilst piloting a Bison, 18 January 1927 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London ‘1917’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. F. Brewerton. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (F/O. C. F. Brewerton. R.A.F.) with unofficial retaining rod between clasps, mounted for wear, edge bruising, very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 17 April 1918 (in joint citation with H. A. Furniss, R.N.A.S.): ‘For skill and courage displayed by him in carrying out many long and valuable photographic reconnaissance's over enemy territory, particularly over Ostende, on 21 February 1918.’ Cyril Fraser Brewerton was born in Sevenoaks, Kent in 1898. He was appointed Flight Sub Lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Naval Air Service in July 1916. Brewerton carried out pilot training at R.N.A.S. Chingford, and gained his ‘Wings’ in December 1916. He was posted as a pilot to R.N.A.S. East Fortune at the end of January 1917, and subsequently to Pembroke and Dover in the following months. Brewerton was posted for operational service with 2 Squadron, R.N.A.S., on the Western Front, 1 September 1917. The Squadron was employed primarily in DH4’s on photographic reconnaissance and light bombing operations. Brewerton’s Log Book shows him as flying numerous photographic reconnaissance operations over Ostende and Nieuport throughout September 1917, including carrying out spotting for Monitors. He continued in a similar role, also covering Bruges, the following month - including 27 October 1917, ‘Photos: Attacked by 5 E.A. at long range on return.’ (Log Book refers) Four days later Brewerton was carrying out another reconnaissance over the same target, ‘Escort to photo m/c. Attacked two E.A. on return, gun jammed and just before crossing the lines was attacked by high patrol of 6 E.A. Gunlayer wounded in arm after shooting one down.’ Brewerton carried out a large number of reconnaissance missions into the New Year, including a two and half hour flight to Ostende, 21 February 1918. In a letter to his mother dated, 30 March 1918, Brewerton writes: ‘I got the D.S.C. the other day so I am quite pleased with life. I expect it will be in the papers in a day or two so look out for it...’ 2 Squadron was renumbered 202 Squadron with the formation of the Royal Air Force in April 1918. Brewerton, who had advanced to Captain, stayed on with the squadron and was flying DH4 A7632 when his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Ostende, 13 June 1918. His Observer, Lieutenant M. G. English, was wounded. Brewerton’s letters home hint at difficult times, including one written, 15 June 1918: ‘I have got some fairly interesting news for a change and that is that I have been given a home job for a few months at Dover for a rest. I have had some rather rotten trips just lately ending up with my observer getting a piece of shell in his head over Hunland, so the CO put in for me to go to a home job for a bit...’ Brewerton was appointed to the command of No. 491 (Light Bomber) Flight in June 1918. The latter flew DH9’s from Guston Road, Dover, and Brewerton’s Log Book states, ‘total time at Guston Road on Submarine Patrols 70 hours.’ Brewerton advanced to Flying Officer in August 1919, and was posted for operational flying with 20 Squadron (BE2b’s) in India in February 1920. In a letter to his mother, dated 24 January 1921, Brewerton offers the following insight: ‘We ‘beat up’ some tribesmen yesterday and had the satisfaction of killing two women as well as several men. The women are much worse than the men up here if you are captured, one day I will tell you some stories about them.’ To put the above into context, there were examples of women carrying out castration amongst other atrocities on those being unfortunate enough to be captured. Brewerton was subsequently appointed to the command of No. 423 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, Malta, and was killed in a flying accident, 18 January 1927. The following official statement was issued by the R.A.F. at the time: ‘The Air Ministry regrets to announce that as a result of an accident at Malta to an Avro Bison of No. 423 Flight on January 18 Flight Lieutenant Cyril Fraser Brewerton, D.S.C., Royal Air Force, the pilot of the aircraft; Edwin Chafe, Lieutenant, Royal Navy; Lieutenant Guy Owen Owens-Jones, Royal Navy and J.39729 Leading Telegraphist George William Burton, Royal Navy, were killed. The aeroplane had just taken off, and, still flying directly into the wind, approached the coast where the cliff is about 300 feet high. Here the air was unusually disturbed by a gusty wind blowing seawards at about 30 miles an hour. The machine, at a height of 50 feet was thrown out of control, the starboard lower wing struck the ground near the cliff edge, and the machine plunged into the sea. There is no indication of any defect in the aircraft or engine. Flight Commander C. F. Brewerton, who commanded the Flight, was a most skilful pilot, with many years’ experience, both during and since the war.’ Brewerton’s brother Eric, who had been awarded a D.F.C., was officer commanding of No. 440 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight also based on Malta, at the same time as the accident. Flight Lieutenant Brewerton is buried in Pieta Cemetery, Malta. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with the following original documentation: Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book (8 September 1916 - 11 February 1919); R.N.A.S. Pilot Graduation Certificate, dated 13 December 1916; 3 Service and Conduct Certificates; Gunnery and Bomb Dropping Qualification Certificates; 6 Appointment and Posting Certificates; several photographs of recipient from service; a large number of letters, predominantly written to recipient’s mother and mostly on R.N.A.S. Station East Fortune letter headed paper, from wartime service including on the North West Frontier; with other ephemera.
Lot 75
A Second War D.F.C. and Second Award Bar attributed to Lancaster and Mosquito pilot Flight Lieutenant L. L. Fletcher, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 77 operational sorties, with 100 and 571 Squadrons - the latter as part of the Light Night Striking Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’, and reverse of cross additionally engraved ‘P/O L. L. Fletcher’, very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 19 October 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Pilot Officer Fletcher has now completed his first operational tour of duty during which he has completed 24 sorties. As a captain of a heavy bomber he has attacked all the more important heavily defended industrial areas in Germany and Italy. These include Hamburg, Cologne, Essen and Spezia. Despite intense flak opposition he has pressed home his attacks and can be relied upon to successfully complete the most difficult tasks. His personality inspires confidence and commands respect which has led his crew to have complete confidence in him and to follow his direction. It is recommended that P/O Fletcher be rewarded for his valuable qualities and devotion to duty by the award of the D.F.C. Remarks by Station Commander: P/O Fletcher is a conscientious and determined captain of aircraft. His courage, skill and devotion to duty have been an inspiration to his crew and to other aircrew personnel of his Squadron throughout his operational tour. He is strongly recommended for the award of the D.F.C.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 12 January 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer Fletcher has completed 50 operational sorties (in this squadron) as a pilot. He has shown himself to be possessed of great determination and courage and his keenness to operate against the enemy has been most marked. I strongly recommend him for the award of a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross. Remarks by Station Commander: I agree, this officer has taken part in attacks against all the most heavily defended areas in Germany including 13 sorties on Berlin. Very strongly recommended.’ Leslie Leonard Fletcher served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and advanced to Sergeant in June 1943. After carrying out initial training he was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 100 Squadron (Lancasters) at Grimsby in March 1943. Fletcher flew in at least 24 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Nurnberg; St. Nazaire; Frankfurt; Pilsen; Spezia; Stettin; Duisburg (2); Bochum; Dortmund; Dusseldorf (2); Essen (2); Wuppertal (2); Oberhausen; Gelsenkirchen; Colgone (3); Turin and Hamburg. Fletcher was commissioned Pilot Officer, and advanced to Flying Officer in December 1943. He retrained as a Mosquito pilot, and was posted for operational flying to 571 Squadron at Oakington as part of No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group in May 1944. The Squadron carried out night raids as part of the Light Night Striking Force, and Fletcher flew in at least 50 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Cologne (4); Berlin (13); Dusseldorf; Ludwigshaven (4); Hannover (2); Leverkusen; Gelsenkirchen (3); Kiel; Scholven (2); Cuxhaven; Bremen (3); Mannheim (3); Frankfurt (2); Castrop Rauxel; Dortmund Ems; Karlsruhe; Hamburg (2); Nuremburg; Brunswick; Bochum; Wilhelmshaven and Wiesbaden. He relinquished his commission as Flight Lieutenant in February 1964.
Lot 78
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal W. Cookney, ‘Pom-Poms’ Royal Horse Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (88540 Cpl. W. Cookney. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (88540 Cpl. W. Cookney. R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (88540 Cpl. W. Cookney. R.H.A.) all slightly later issues with small impressed naming, toned, extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902. William Cookney was born in Bermondsey, London, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, on 19 January 1892. He transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery the following month, and was advanced to Bombardier in January 1894. He served in India from December 1892 to December 1897, and suffered a ‘wound right cheek (on duty) 8 September 1897’ (Service Papers refer). Cookney initially served with ‘O’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery during the Boer War, before transferring to L/L Section Pom-Poms in February 1900. He was advanced to Corporal in May 1900, and returned to the UK in August 1902. He was discharged on 18 January 1904, after 12 years’ service. Note: The recipient’s original D.C.M. was sold in these rooms in March 2017.
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A scarce Great War 1917 ‘Airship Coxswain’s’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2, later Flying Officer, F. Miller, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, present in the aftermath of the Messina Earthquake disaster, he later flew DH9A’s with 55 Squadron during operations in Kurdistan Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (223410 F. Miller, C.P.O. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917.); 1914 Star, with clasp (223410. F. Miller, A.M. 1 GR. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (W.O. 2 F. Miller. R.N.A.S.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F/O. F. Miller. R.A.F.) surname officially corrected; Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, mounted on card for display, last with edge bruising, remainder generally very fine or better (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty during the period 1 July - 31 December, 1917.’ Fred Miller was born in Cheshire in July 1887. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in November 1902, and Miller transferred to Air Service duties as a Coxswain Airships, 23 October 1913. He advanced to Air Mechanic 1 in July 1914, and to Petty Officer Mechanic in August 1915. Postings included to H.M.A.S. Pembroke III, H.M.A.S. President II, Killingnorth, Inchmore and Barrow Airship Station. Miller’s service record shows him as a Balloon Pilot and Airship Coxswain, and he advanced to Warrant Officer Class 2 in December 1917. Miller was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in April 1918, and subsequently qualified as a fixed wing pilot flying DH9A’s with 55 Squadron from Hinaidi during operations in Kurdistan. Having advanced to Flying Officer, Miller retired in 1932. He re-engaged for service during the Second War, and died in June 1946. Miller wore the Messina Earthquake Medal throughout his entire service, and was present in H.M.S. Aboukir after the disaster. The Admiralty, however, ruled against the ship being eligible for the medal. It is clear that Aboukir’s role in the Messina affair was no more than that of a royal yacht, taking HRH The Duke of Connaught from Malta to the scene of the disaster. However, there were other ships and personnel who also did nothing in the way of rescue and who were permitted to accept the award. No doubt Miller, along with many others felt aggrieved and obtained a medal and wore it accordingly. Thus adding to what was already a rare group.
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An important Crimea and Indian Mutiny group of four awarded to Major J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders, much of whose ‘active service correspondence’ survives in the Regimental Museum: it was he who supported the mortally wounded Brigadier Adrian Hope in his arms during the disastrous attack against Fort Rooyah in April 1858, a selfless act that nearly resulted in his own demise, with both his bonnet and kilt being shot through Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol, the reverse of each privately engraved ‘20th. September 1854’, ‘25th October 1854’, and ‘8th September 1855’ respectively (Capt. J. C. Ross Grove, 42d Royal Highlanders) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow, the reverse privately engraved ‘14th March 1858’ (Capt. J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders) ‘C. Ross’ privately corrected; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse with contemporary and privately engraved inscription, ‘Captain J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders’, enamel damage to Crescent suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’ (Captain J. C. Ross Grove, 42nd Royal Highlanders) contemporary engraved naming, all fitted with contemporary top silver riband bars or buckles and housed in a fitted leather case, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- Joseph Charles Ross Grove was commissioned into the Black Watch as an Ensign in September 1851, and was advanced to Lieutenant in May 1854. As verified by relevant sources, and his own surviving correspondence, he served throughout the Eastern Campaign of 1854-55, and participated in the Kertch and Yenikale expeditions, in addition to the battles of Alma and Balaklava. The following account, taken from a letter home, describes his experiences at Alma on 20 September 1854: ‘Meanwhile, the First Division (our own), deployed on our side of the river and were ordered to lie down to avoid the shell and shot which came like hail amongst us. Many of us had narrow escapes but only three men were knocked over then. In half an hour after we deployed we got the order to advance. We crossed the river and got into a vineyard. The whistling of the bullets was perfectly astonishing. The thickness of the foliage, the river, half a dozen dykes to cross and five or six houses broke us completely. I am now speaking of my cause. We formed line as quickly as possible under a most fearful fire of shot, shell, grape and canister, and musketry. How we escaped I know not. Immediately we got into order we opened fire and continued advancing up a tremendous steep brae so rapidly that their artillery could not get our range - we were only two hundred yards from full regiments and a battery of seven guns! So the heavy shot now went over our heads ... We now came up with the 79th which were, I am sorry to say, wavering. We broke through them - cheering, they gave way to us, saying “Let them go they are mad.” We were now with fixed bayonets and were ordered to cease firing. The Duke and Sir Colin Campbell were with our Colonel riding in front, waving their swords. Oh it was splendidly exciting and we cheered again and again, and then went laterally and determinedly up the hill as quick as we could march. It was too steep to double. The fire was as heavy as ever. When we came within 50 yards of the top of the hill we cheered. They gave us a parting volley and scuttled down the other side. We then got to the top of the heights. We were the first regiment of the Army who gained the position!’ It would seem Ross Grove’s obvious enthusiasm added to his reputation in the ranks, a contention supported by the following extract from the memoirs of a fellow Black Watch veteran: ‘There was another duty to perform, which was no joke. That was to take down the shot and shell to the batteries through the open ground, exposed to all the fire that came out of Sebastopol, as we could not drag the waggon in the trenches. I was twice on that duty - once under Captain M’Leod, now Sir John, and once under Captain Ross Grove. I will say there could not have been better officers for that duty. They were cool and collected, and both nights there was a tremendous fire kept up, and the Russians were firing what was called “happy family” - that was a cluster of small shell that were sent in one gun together.’ Ross Grove himself refers to at least one near squeak in the trenches before Sebastopol in a letter home dated 31 July 1855: ‘On Thurday afternoon a shell burst in the air almost 100 yards from me. I saw a fragment coming straight at me. I considered for a moment and determined not to move. If I had done so I would have lost my left arm. The piece in descending smacked a man’s thigh and I calculate would have caught me about the elbow. We are too much used to these things now for them to affect us. It was amputated next day and he is doing well ... after a beef broth pudding and a glass of port and some brandy and water I enjoyed bed tremendously.’ Again before Sebastopol, in the final operations against the Redan, we find Ross Grove experiencing further close shaves: ‘The minute after we got to our ground I had my men posted. We were so close we had to crawl on our bellies and speak in a whisper without daring to lift a head or move a joint, for about 200 of the enemy’s riflemen discovered us and kept up a fearful fire of musketry on us. I can only attribute my preservation to the Almighty. I got up for one moment and immediately a ball struck where I had been. This continued up to lunch, when all of a sudden the firing ceased and we came to the conclusion that something was going to be done. A thought came over me that the enemy had evacuated the place and it might be a grand thing to enter the Redan by oneself and return to Sir Colin and say it was ours. It had hardly entered my brain before there was a rumbling in the earth and then a fearful explosion followed by others in quick succession. We were all nearly killed. The stones from the batteries falling round us like hail. The enemy at midday saved us the trouble of storming her. The bitter cold that night I shall never forget ...’ For his services in the Crimea Ross Grove was awarded the Fifth Class of the Ottoman Order of Medjidie and was advanced to Captain. Seeing further service during the Great Sepoy Mutiny he witnessed extensive active service, not just in the engagements at Cawnpore and elsewhere which led to the fall of Lucknow - when he was present at the assault on the Martiniere and on “Bank’s Bungalow” - but afterwards in several of the “mopping up” operations fought by the Highland Brigade under Brigadier Adrian Hope, not least the attack on Fort Rooyah in March 1858. Ross Grove’s part in this action is mentioned in several relevant accounts, the unenvious task of commanding the storming party largely falling on his shoulders, in his capacity as C.O. of No. 8 Company: ‘The rebels were prepared to evacuate the fort, and they had intended to fire a few rounds and retreat. But, when they saw the British general sending his infantry in skirmishing order against the face which could be defended, they changed their minds and determined to show fight. Meanwhile, Walpole had ridden up to a company of the 42nd that was in advance, commanded by Captain Ross Grove, and had directed that officer to extend and pass through the wooded ground in his front; then to close on the fort, hold the gate, and prevent the enemy from escaping. Another company o...
Lot 199
Three: Private J. O. Biggs, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 1914 Star, with clasp (13464 Pte J. O. Biggs. 4 R/Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (13464 Pte J. O. Biggs. R/Fus.) Star & clasp both gilded, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- John Owen Biggs served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as part of the 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps with the original British Expeditionary Force, arriving at Havre, France on 13 August 1914. Ordered to advance forward towards Mons with the rest of the expeditionary force, the battalion reached the Mons-Condé Canal on 22 August where B (or X) and C (or Y) Companies were positioned at a broad loop in the canal as it skirted around Mons, thus creating a salient which was far from ideal to defend. Here also were two bridges, a rail bridge and a road bridge, which, if captured by the Germans, would necessitate a withdrawal of the entire British front line for fear of being surrounded. Positioned then at the critical point, the following morning, 23 August 1914, they were the first British unit to face an infantry attack in the Great War as the Germans launched their assault at 9am, flinging four battalions at the railway bridge. F. Gaunt describes the scene facing the 4th Royal Fusiliers in the Mons Salient in his first hand account, The Immortal First:
‘Then came the sound of trumpets from the enemy’s lines, which was the order to advance, and they came on in vast numbers, ten to our one, and ten machine guns to a battalion to our two to a battalion. Each one of our men was equal to three of the enemy as regards shooting, the Germans firing from the hip, therefore causing the shot to go high. They were met by a very deadly fire from our two machine guns which were on the railway bridge...’ Despite the tremendous gallantry shown by the Battalion’s machine-gunners, especially Lieutenant M. J. Dease and Private S. F. Godley, casualties mounted steadily, and shortly after 1pm the orders came for the Battalion to withdraw from their dangerous position across 250 yards of exposed open ground swept by shrapnel and machine-gun fire. Private Godley alone remained at his gun, maintaining a covering fire until all the Battalion had been successfully evacuated with minimal additional casualties. For their supreme valour both Dease and Godley were subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross- the first V.C.s awarded during the Great War. Taking part in the retreat from Mons, the battalion then held reserve positions at Le Cateau and fought at the Marne and the Aisne in September 1914. The war diary for 26 October 1914 describes a failed night attack by the battalion at Neuve Chapelle, during the Battle of La Bassée, which incurred high casualties. The very heavy losses in this period are also mentioned by Gaunt, ‘We had suffered very heavily during the Battle of La Bassée from 19th to the 25th. When the Roll was called we had a total of 345 men and 5 officers left out of 975, which was the total strength before going into the battle.’ He saw later service with the Labour Corps.
Lot 211
Three: Chief Petty Officer J. Banks, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (227623, J. Banks, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (227623 J. Banks. P.O. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine Three: Ordinary Telegrapher R. Stell, Royal Navy, who was present in H.M.S. Russell when she struck two mines laid by U-73, and was sunk off Malta 1914-15 Star (J.37287, R. Stell, Boy. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.37287 R. Stell. O. Tel. R.N.) good very fine (6) £70-£90 --- John Banks was born at Magheramourne, Co. Antrim, on 18 November 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Black Prince on 23 July 1903. He was advanced to Boy First Class, H.M.S. Emerald, on 25 February 1904, and to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Russell, on 18 November 1905. Promoted Able Seaman on 21 December 1906, he was posted to H.M.S. Devonshire in June 1911, and was advanced to Leading Seaman. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Vivid I, and was further promoted to Petty Officer on 1 January 1917, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1920. Promoted Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Delhi, on 5 March 1925, he was shore pensioned in November 1927, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled for was service in November 1939, he served in H.M.S. Drake I, H.M.S. Royal Arthur, and H.M.S. Glendower. He was invalided out of the service in August 1945. Reginald Stell was born at Morecambe, Lancashire, in April 1899 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Powerful on 31 March 1915. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Russell and H.M.S. Pembroke I, being appointed Boy Telegrapher on 29 November 1916, and Ordinary Telegrapher, H.M.S. Dreadnaught, on 26 April 1917. He also served in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, H.M.S. Erin and H.M.S. Cyclops. He was demobilised on 25 April 1919. He would have been serving in H.M.S. Russell when she struck two naval mines off Malta that had been laid by the German submarine U-73, and sank early on the morning of 27 April 1916.
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Three: Second Lieutenant E. P. Gordon, 104th Wellesleys Rifles, Indian Army, who was killed in action at Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915 1914-15 Star (2/Lt. E. P. Gordon, I.A.R.O. 104/Rifles.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. E. P. Gordon.); Memorial Plaque (Eldred Pattinger [sic] Gordon); Memorial Scroll, ‘2/Lieut. Eldred Pottinger Gordon 104th. Wellesleys Rifles’, the ‘o’ in Pottinger corrected from an ‘a’, and additionally annotated ‘Killed in Action, Chesiphon, 22nd. November, 1915.’, all mounted for display in a glazed frame, extremely fine (5) £300-£400 --- Eldred Pottinger Gordon was born at Killyleagh, Co. Down, Ireland, on 13 April 1891 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, Special Reserve of Officers, from the Cambridge University Contingent, O.T.C., on 26 June 1912. He served during the Great War with the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached to 104th Wellesleys Rifles, and was killed in action at the Battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915, the first major engagement on the advance to Baghdad. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Lot 273
Pair: Stoker Petty Officer W. C. Vincent, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (148771 W. C. Vincent. S.P.O. R.N.) very fine Pair: Leading Stoker J. C. Gibbon, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (K.7270 J. C. Gibbon. L. Sto. R.N.) very fine Pair: Telegrapher P. I. Stone, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.86584 P. I. Stone. O. Tel. R.N.) edge bruising, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair Pair: Boy First Class A. E. H. M. Searle, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.70298 A. E. H. M. Searle. Boy 1. R.N.) very fine (8) £100-£140 --- William Charles Vincent was born at Brixham, Devon, on 10 January 1870 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Indus on 2 April 1889. He was advanced to Stoker, H.M.S. Cambridge, on 24 April 1890; Leading Stoker Second Class, H.M.S. Vivid II, on 18 September 1900; and Leading Stoker First Class at Keyham Torpedo Stores on 18 December 1902. He was further advanced to Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Cornwallis, on 1 July 1906, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1907. He was shore pensioned in March 1911, but was recalled for War service in 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Vivid II, H.M.S. St. George (Beaver) and H.M.S. Europa, but does not appear entitled to the 1914-15 Star. Joseph Charles Gibbon was born at Lambeth, London, on 8 September 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II on 24 June 1910. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Impregnable, on 17 August 1911, and to Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Lord Nelson, in March 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Attentive, H.M.S. Victory II, H.M.S. Exmouth, H.M.S. St. George (Lady Betty) and H.M.S. Kent. He was discharged to shore on 30 July 1921. Percy Ivan Stone was born at Paddington, London, on 3 June 1900 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Powerful on 21 March 1918. He was advanced to Boy Telegrapher, H.M.S. Ganges, on 6 August 1918, and to Ordinary Telegrapher,on 3 June 1918. He was further advanced to Telegrapher, H.M.S. Victory I, on 30 September 1921. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1933, he remained in naval service until 2 June 1940 when pensioned from H.M.S. St. Angelo, but was re-employed the following day, and was advanced to Temporary Leading Signaller on 7 August 1941. He was released from Service in September 1945. Albert Edward Henry May Searle was born at Paignton, Devonand joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 10 May 1917. He was advanced to Boy First Class on 20 October 1917, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Curlew and H.M.S. Pembroke I. He was invalided out of the Navy in August 1918.
Lot 281
Pair: Acting Stoker First Class H. Reeve, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (K.45055 H. Reeve. Sto. 2 R.N.) very fine Pair: Able Seaman J. H. Edwards, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.4107 J. H. Edwards. A.B. R.N.) light contact marks, good very fine Pair: Cook’s Mate O. Brice, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.16004 O. Brice. Ck. Mte. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class B. L. Andow, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.23520 B. L. Andow. Act. E.R.A.4. R.N.) very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Herbert Reeve was born in Norfolk on 20 July 1887 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II on 11 August 1917. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Attentive II (Syren), H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Princess Royal. He was advanced to Acting Stoker First Class on 17 March 1919, and was demobilised on 16 May 1919. John Herbert Edwards was born at Malvern, Worcestershire, on 9 December 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges on 24 March 1909. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Hawke, on 9 December 1910, and to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hermes, on 26 July 1912. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Britannia, H.M.S. Victory I, H.M.S. Dolphin, and H.M.S. Ambrose (Submarine L3), and post-War in H.M.S. Titania (Submarine G2) and H.M.S. Platypus. He was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy for a three year period from 25 March 1919. Oliver Brice was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 10 October 1896 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Probationer Second Cook’s Mate in H.M.S. Vivid I on 27 October 1915. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Lion and was advanced to Cook’s Mate on 27 August 1916. He was demobilided from H.M.S. Vivid I on 10 March 1919. Bernard Lewis Andow was born at Street, Somerset, on 6 March 1897 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Engine Room Artificer Fifth Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 23 October 1916. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Constance, and was advanced to Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 6 March 1918. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Vivid II on 17 February 1919.
Lot 286
Pair: Able Seaman F. Bray, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who served in both Nelson and Hawke Battalions of the Royal Naval Division, and was captured and taken prisoner of war on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 7643 F. Bray. A.B. R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Signaller C. J. Cuddehay, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (L.Z.8414 C. J. Cuddehay. Sig. R.N.V.R.) contact marks, polished and worn, therefore good fine Pair: Ordinary Telegrapher F. R. Hobden, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (L.Z. 9051 F. R. Hobden. O. Tel. R.N.V.R.) VM partially officially corrected, very fine Pair: Ordinary Seaman H. C. Elliott, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 2610 H. C. Elliott. Ord. R.N.V.R.) edge nick to BWM, otherwise good very fine Pair: Ordinary Seaman W. L. Thompson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 10639 W. L. Thompson. Ord. R.N.V.R.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (10) £120-£160 --- Frank Bray, a native of Hebburn New Town, Co. Durham, was born on 24 May 1896 and enrolled into the Tyneside Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 4 October 1915. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 30 June 1917, and to Acting Leading Seaman, on 27 September 1917. He was drafted to the Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in February 1916, landing at Mudros on 28 February 1916. In June 1916 he was posted to the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, rejoining the Nelson Battalion on 16 June 1916. In early 1917 he suffered from severe trench feet and was evacuated to hospital at Etaples. He was posted to 7th Entrenching Battalion in February 1918, and was posted to the Hawke Battalion, in March 1918, but was capture and taken prisoner of war on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive. He was held at Limburg Camp and was repatriated in January 1919. Clarence George Cuddehay was born at Stepney, London, on 31 March 1900 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 8 January 1918, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Signaller, H.M.S. Victory VI. He was advanced to Signaller on 26 July 1918, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Hannibal, H.M.S. Duke, and H.M.S. Vivid III. He was demobilised on 26 February 1919. Frederick Roberts Hobden was born at Luton, Bedfordshire, on 19 March 1900 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 6 May 1918, for hostilities only, as Ordinary Signaller, H.M.S. Victory VI. He was appointed Ordinary Telegrapher, H.M.S. Gunner, on 30 August 1918, and then sent to H.M.S. Louise. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Pembroke I on 10 February 1919. Herbert Charles Elliott was born at Brislington, Bristol, on 17 December 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 16 July 1918. He served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Victory VI, H.M.S. Research, H.M.S. Sarepta, and H.M.S. Venerable, and was demobilised in February 1919. William Lawrence Thompson was born at Birmingham on 4 October 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Victory VI, on 16 July 1917. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Victory I, H.M.S. Patuca, and H.M.S. Victory X, and was demobilised in February 1919.
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