A pair of Sevres-style claret-ground two-handled pedestal urns, 20th century, with two stylized swan handles and each painted with an oval bust portrait panel with Marshals of France, M.al Lannes and M.al Soult, within an elaborate gilt border and beneath Imperial eagles, 29cm high (one with repaired foot) Note: Marshal Lannes (1769 -1809), Duc de Montebello, Prince de Sievers, joined the L’armee d’Italie in 1796 as a humble volunteer and rose to be a Marshal of France under the First Empire, dying in action at the battle of Aspern-Essling. Marshal Soult (1769-1851), Duc de Dalmatie, similarly joined the ranks in 1785 rising to Marshal in 1804. Although principally remembered as the French commander in the Peninsular War, he was also Prime Minister of France three times.
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Isherwood, Christopher Oration at the funeral of Charles Laughton, 19 December 1962, two-sided ¼ inch reel to reel tape on a three-inch spool, approximately eleven minutes in duration, including Isherwood's testimony on the actor's character ("...you felt about him that he was not only powerful but a vehicle of power...") and three readings from The Tempest, sent to his brother Richard with a preliminary message to him, in a plastic box with autograph address panel and airmail stamps, postmarked 1966. [together with:] related material comprising an autograph postcard signed ("Christopher"), postmarked 5 July 1925, two postcards by Isherwood's mother, and a photograph of Isherwood and W.H. Auden Note: Laughton and Isherwood were neighbours in Santa Monica in the early 60s, and collaborated together on a projected dramatisation of the Socratic dialogues in which Laughton was to play Socrates.
Victorian lady's black full length dress, close fitting bodice, thirteen buttons on concealed opening covered by pleated and ruched panel with hook and loop fastenings, high neckline with stand-up collar, bustle back with trailing hemline, folded and pleated trimming at hemline, long slim sleeves with button and pleated trim, with bustle and matching underskirt (3)
Victorian lady's black jacket, short and very close fitting, inner chemisette with hook and loop fastenings, next layer is fastened with metal press studs, finally concealed with lace panel with hook and eye fastenings, silk ribbon braid and button trimmings, high neckline, stand-up collar, long tapering sleeves, boned bodice
A Scottish clan MacKay 18ct gold brooch by T K Ebutt, Edinburgh 1910 - 11, of shaped triangular form, the outer border formed from ribboned scrolls with emanating thistle leaves and heads, the central section with tartan behind glazed panel with applied crest and ams with enamel detail, contained within T K Ebbutt box 3.3cm at widest point Notes: the arms of this peice are the full coat of arms of MacKay, Baron Reay
A mid Victorian velvet casket, set with a memoriam locket of Mary Queen of Scots hair, the rectangular casket with rounded corners, and brass lock escutcheon, the slightly domed cover set to centre with oval glass panel with hair beneath with applied brass engraved Scottish royal crown above and ribboned garter below inscribed ''A LOCK OF QUEEN MARY'S HAIR WHICH BELONGED TO THE LATE LADY BELHAVEN', the interior of the casket simply lined with watered cream silk 15.5cm x 12cm x 9cm Provenance: Part of the lock found by 8th Lord Belhaven in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh (the main proportion bequeathed to Her Majesty Queen Victoria - see notes below) The widow of 8th Lord Belhaven This lock bequeathed to 9th Lord Belhaven Gifted to his father in law John Watson (later Sir John Watson 1st Bt.) Thence by descent to Sir Simon Watson 6th Bt. Exhibitions: 'Scottish National Memorials - a record of the historical and archaeological collection of the Bishops Castle'', catalogue edited by James Paton, Glasgow 1888, item 192, lent by John Watson (later Sir John Watson 1st Bt.) where described: 'Small Casket, containing a portion of the hair of Queen Mary. it belonged to the late Lady Belhaven and formed a small portion of the lock subsequently bequeathed by Robert, eighth Lord Belhaven, to Her Majesty the Queen, for a note on which see p. 45. (192) Lent by JOHN WATSON'. Notes: The lock of hair contained with this casket was part of a larger find made by the 8th Lord Belhaven in his position of High Commissioner of Scotland. The main of the lock was subsequently gifted to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and formed part of her collection of Queen Mary Stuart relics. The lock was found within his official residence at Holyrood in a secret drawer of a bureau in an envelope with the hand written note saying 'a lock of my own hair' and signed 'Mary R'. The signature was later authenticated as that of Queen Mary Stuart, believed to have been compared with original documents held in the Royal Collections. When its importance was realised the bequest by Lord Belhaven to Queen Victoria was made and the lock split in two. It is also believed that before this a butler at the Palace took a small section of the hair and possibly gave it as a token to a lady in waiting of the Palace. This piece sold within these rooms, lot 173, 31st March 2001, now in the Hawick Museum and Scott Gallery. Great discussion on the locks of hair (and their colour) was given in the 1888 Scottish National Memorials Exhibition catalogue. This exhibition was one of the early types of national historical exhibitions and began a trend in multi discipline exhibitions which followed on through the 19th century and could indeed perhaps be considered the forerunner of the modern day museum exhibitions. Similar exhibitions were held in 1894, 1911 and 1932 and all proved of great success and interest to the population, as the opportunity to see such collections had not been given before and the structure of public museums had not yet been fully established.
A late Victorian presentation casket by MacKay and Chisolm, Edinburgh 1896 - 97 , of rectangular outline with canted corners the corner columns with panes of flower emanating from twin handled vases, the side panels with foliate swags and pendant borders to rim and fluted and boss border, the central front panel with shaped cartouche engraved with presentation inscription, surrounded by foliate scrolls, the side panels with chased scene of 'Standing Stanes - Lundin and Aithernie Castle, the back panel with scene of Lundin Castle within shaped cartouche surrounded by foliate scrolls, the domed hinged cover with chased and engraved feathered effect panels, the cartouche with engraved coat of arms of Gilmour, the central raised section with beaded border and crest of a hand holding a quill set as finial, the corners of the casket each with a stag, in original fitted case 33cm x 18cm x 23cm Notes: the central cartouche to front panel engraved 'Presented to John Gilmour Yr of Lundin & Montrave and Walton by the Tenancy of the Estates on the occasion of his coming of age 27th May 1897'
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK having a circular steel dial signed Maple London, with engraved ribbon swag decoration and Westminster Whittington chime enclosed by a convex glazed door with carved acanthus surround, the case with scroll and gadrooned decoration, moulded panel base and bracket feet, with three brass weights and pendulum, 6 ft 8" high overall, dial 12 1/2" diameter.
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