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Click here to subscribeA mid 18th century walnut veneered chest of North country origin, the top cross banded and having fine feather banded borders (some old patch repair), the dentil cavetto moulded edge above three short and four long graduated oak lined drawers with well figured veneered fronts, open brass plate handles and escutcheons, with front fluted angled corners, on later bracket feet. 3ft. 8in. (112cm).
A late 18th century Bilston enamel type oval patch box with interior mirror and blue decorated base, the lid having a centre design of female with inscription "Just then she reached with trembling step her aged mother's door, ÔHe's gone', she cried, ÔAnd I shall see that angel face no more", raised white jewelled surround, 5cm (some restoration)
A Sylvac pottery figure of a green glazed seated terrier holding a paw aloft and tied with a black bandage, model 1433, 3.5" high; another terrier figure in brown gloss glaze, 4.5" high, damaged; a similar terrier, 4.75" high; another seated brown patch marked terrier picked out in black, gloss finish, model 1378, 5" high.(4).
Two Derby figures circa 1770, one of Minerva wearing red and gilt floral dress, and a pink and red cloak, modelled standing beside a mask moulded shield and an owl perched on a pile of books, with floral bocage and pierced scrolling base, the second figure of boy holding a basket, patch marks (old restorations, Minerva lacking spear, her head restuck) (2) 16cm max height
A .177" BSA Lincoln Jeffries underlever air rifle, 433/4" overall, barrel 19" with BSA trademark and "Load" at breech, number 1483, walnut butt with chequered wrist and impressed trade mark; filled patch at wrist, fitted with BSA folding aperture sight. GWO & C (dark patina with small rust patches)
A pair of Derby porcelain figures of a young couple, the boy wearing a mauve coat and floral waistcoat holding a floral garland, the girl carrying a basket of grapes, both on circular bases, 10ins and 9.75ins high (girl broken and restuck, and both with damage and pieces missing - the bases each with three "Patch" marks - circa 1800)
A George IV mahogany linen press, the arched pediment above a pair of panelled doors, the lower part fitted with two short and two long drawers, on splayed feet, 215cm h; 121 x 52cm In overall very good condition, the panels to the doors not split the sides likewise, a couple of minor repairs near one hinge on the doors and a small patch at the lower part of the side. The trays missing and now with a rail
A pair of Derby candlestick figures of a piping shepherd and a lady with a mandolin, seated on a floreted stump and brightly painted in polychrome and gilt, on open scrolling turquoise and gilt edged base, 21cm h, William Duesbury & Co, incised G to one, patch marks, c1780 Of fine appearance but both figures with restoration which is now beginning to discolour with time
H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor's tropical safari suit, English, circa 1925 comprising: a jacket and shorts of medium-weight tough corded beige cotton, the jacket applied with four large pockets with buttoned flaps, belt button attached sleeve extensions; the wide baggy shorts with rear patch and side pockets, the legs with deep buttoned cuffs which can be lowered for extra leg protection; together with a pair of tan leather Derby boots, probably Peal & Co with wooden boot trees and brass plates inscribed H.R.H. The Prince of Wales K.G.; and a khaki Wolseley pattern foreign service helmet or solar topee by Edward Smith, chest 117cm, 46in, waist 76cm, 30in; boots 30cm, 11.5 in long, (size 8), helmet circumference 54cm., 21.25in; and an archive photograph of the Prince possibly wearing this suit (qty)
A German military wheel-lock musket,late 16th century with sighted barrel formed in two stages and slightly swamped at the muzzle, plain lock with external wheel retained by a flat cover and fitted with sliding pan-cover (the release button replaced, safety-catch missing), fruitwood full-stock sparsely inlaid with engraved horn plaques (two missing behind the breech), the butt with sliding plain patch-box cover, iron trigger-guard, and the ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap each of natural staghorn (ramrod missing) 109.8cm; 43.25in barrel
A German wheel-lock sporting rifle (Mullerbuchse),circa 1680 with strongly swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, plain rounded lock with integral low domed wheel-cover and fitted with sliding pan-cover released by a button, carved moulded figured walnut full stock of characteristic type inlaid with three bone rosette washers for the lock side-nails (very light worm at the muzzle, small chips behind the lock), the butt with sliding carved patch-box cover, plain steel mounts, moulded baluster ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, set trigger, and original ramrod (the latter with light worm) 77.5cm; 30.5in barrel
A rare flintlock regulation carbine (Jagerbuchse) for light infantry of the Prussian principalities of Brandenburg-Anspach-Bayreuth, by I.C. Stohr a Hanau,circa 1780-91. with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed bevelled lock (cock missing), full stock with incised mouldings, the butt with raised cheek-piece and sliding patch-box cover, regulation brass mounts including trumpet-shaped ramrod-pipes, brass fore-end cap, and original brass-tipped iron ramrod; another, very similar, by the same maker, circa 1780-91, (the cock, steel, sling-swivels and ramrod all missing, the stock with small chips, cracks and a glued repair); another, very similar, by the same maker, circa 1780-91, (the fore-sight, cock, steel , one swivel and the ramrod all missing, the fore-end extensively chipped); and a Catalan Miquelet-lock fowling-piece,
A continental flintlock service musket, probably German,circa 1770-90 with 101cm barrel retained by two brass bands, the forward band incorporating the sight and ramrod-pipe, and the breech struck with two small marks, plain bevelled lock, goose-neck cock, full stock, regulation brass mounts including bevelled solid side-plate, brass fore-end cap, and iron ramrod (the steel parts heavily patinated, the fore-end cracked and chipped); a flintlock service pattern JŠgerbuchse, Brandenburg-Anspach-Bayreuth, circa 1757-91, with 71.5 cm octagonal sighted rifled barrel, plain bevelled lock, full stock, and regulation brass mounts (the cock, steel, patch-box cover, fore-end cap, one swivel and the ramrod all missing, the fore-end extensively chipped to one side); a German percussion sporting rifle, converted from flintlock, circa 1760, with figured walnut full stock, the butt finely carved with rococo scrollwork in low relief and inlaid with a star of contrasting horn segments on the cheek-piece (the barrel and lock each lightly pitted, ramrod missing); a German flintlock Jagerbuchse, circa 1745-50,
A .650 calibre Baker flintlock service rifle,early 19th Century with 30 1/2in barrel rifled with seven grooves and fitted with later bar for a bayonet, border-engraved lock stamped 'GR' crowned (the cock associated), walnut full stock (numerous repairs), the fore-end slotted to the trigger-guard along the underside, the butt with raised cheek-piece and fitted with brass patch-box hinged at the rear (probably later), regulation brass mounts and iron ramrod; an 1801 pattern Baker sword bayonet, with brass stirrup-hilt; and a regulation stirrup-hilted sabre of Light Cavalry pattern, early 19th century, in a steel scabbard (3) the first: 117.5cm; 46.25in
A New York percussion target rifle,mid-19th Century with octagonal russet iron barrel rebated at the muzzle and fitted with tunnel fore-sight and adjustable tunnel back-sight, engraved lock inscribed 'Warren & Steele, Albany' (the hammer replaced), figured half-stock, the butt with circular patch-box, plain brass mounts, and wooden ramrod; an American percussion plains rifle, circa 1840, with octagonal sighted russet iron barrel stamped 'H.Wright' on the breech, engraved lock, wooden half-stock stained in imitation of maple and profusely inlaid with naive German silver plaques, brass mounts, and wooden ramrod (breech and lock pitted, the stock repaired and refinished); and Belgian d.b. percussion shotgun signed Ancion & Co. Liege, mid-19th century, with etched twist barrels signed on the rib (the breech pitted), engraved back-action locks, half-stock, and engraved German silver mounts (3) the first: 80.3cm; 31.875in barrel
An American percussion plains rifle,early 19th Century rebuilt from flintlock, with octagonal russet iron barrel rifled with eight grooves, brass fore-sight, engraved iron back-sight, and signed 'J Birkhimer', engraved lock (pitted), wooden full stock stained in imitation of figured maple, full brass mounts, the butt with pierced engraved toe-plate, engraved solid side-plate of shaped outline, three ramrod-pipes, brass fore-end cap, set trigger and wooden ramrod (the stock with chips and repairs); another, circa 1830, the barrel inscribed with a series of letters towards the breech, the lock signed 'Goulcher', with wooden half-stock, the butt with decorated large patch-box, and plain brass mounts (the breech and lock pitted, the stock with extensive chips and repairs); a German percussion rifled sporting carbine, circa 1750, rebuilt from flintlock, with octagonal sighted barrel, plain strongly bevelled lock, carved walnut full stock and brass mounts (the stock with extensive cracks and repairs, patch-box cover missing) (3) the first: 103cm; 39.5in barrel
A 15-bore d.b. percussion shotgun by Joseph Egg & Sons, no.1 Piccadilly, London,no.3170, circa 1835-41. with browned twist barrels signed in full on the rib, case-hardened breeched with platinum plugs, finely engraved breech tang, engraved back-action locks decorated with differing game vignettes and each signed 'Joesph Egg & Sons Patent', figured walnut half-stock, engraved steel mounts en suite with the locks, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's inital 'S' beneath a Count or Earl's coronet, original brass-tipped wooden ramrod, and the barrels retaining much original finish (the mounts rubbed, the forward ramrod-pipe detached); a German percussion sporting rifle by F. Jung & Sohne a Suhl, circa 1840, with signed octagonal sighted barrel swamped at the muzzle (rubbed), engraved breech tang, signed engraved lock with pivoted nipple-shield, carved figured walnut full stock (the fore-end cracked and chipped on one side towards the muzzle), chequered grip and fore-end, the butt with carved cheek-piece and chequered sliding patch-box cover, engraved German silver mounts, set trigger, and later wooden ramrod (2) the first: 72.2cm; 28.375in barrels
A 40-Bore D.B Percussion sporting rifle by J. Purdey, 314 1/2 Oxford Street, London, No.5597 for 1859 with browned twist barrels rifled for a winged bullet, signed in full on the rib, struck with barrel forger's mark of James Purdey and sighted to 300 yards, engraved case -hardened breeches with platinum line and engraved platinum plugs, case-hardened breech tang finely engraved with scrolls, the breech tang and the barrel rib each numbered 1, signed engraved case-hardened locks each with blued sliding safety -catch, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved steel mounts, including case-hardened hinged patch-box cover finely decorated with a circular arrangement of scrollwork on the outside and inscribed '2 1/2 Drms Rifle Powder' on the inside, the butt-plate and trigger-guard spur each cut with chequering ( the latter with small patches of light pitting), original brass-tipped wooden ramrod, and some original finish. 76.2cm; 30in barrels
A German .600 D.B sporting rifle by V. Funk and Sohne in Suhl, no.1833,circa 1858-65 with octagonal sighted barrels with differing rifled bores and signed in silver within a frame of scrollwork on the rib (acid-cleaned, back-sight missing), engraved breech tang, engraved locks signed in gold and decorated with differing game vignettes picked-out in gold, fitted with gravity-stops (hammers missing), figured walnut half-stock, the fore-end carved with a monster's head with inlaid eyes and horn mouth for the ramrod aperture, chequered grip and fore-end each carved with scrollwork in low relief, the butt decorated with a carved stag vignette behind the cheek-piece and fitted with sliding patch-box cover carved with a grotesque mask, carved horn trigger-guard, engraved steel butt-plate, one adjustable and one conventional trigger, and white metal escutcheon engraved with a stag (ramrod missing) 73.4cm; 28.875in barrels
BLYTON, Enid THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1944. First edition. 8vo. A bright copy. Previous ownership inscription, with one line of address amended by pasted strip of paper. Small faded patch to cloth at bottom of spine; browning to endpapers. In dustwrapper which is bright and clean but with loss to head and tail of spine. The small section of loss at the base of the spine has been replaced with facsimile photocopy. The first title in the Adventure series.
O'BRIAN, Patrick. H.M.S. SURPRISE. Collins, London 1973. First edition. 8vo. Small mark to front free endpaper, previous owner's signature, otherwise a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper with slightly faded spine and small patch of tape residue on front flap. O'BRIAN, Patrick. MASTER & COMMANDER. Collins, London 1970. Second impression. 8vo. Fine copy in near fine wrapper with chip at edge of spine. (2)
A George III stained sycamore and marquetry inlaid tea caddy, Sheraton period, of canted rectangular form, the hinged cover and front panel inlaid with a conch shell eliptical shaped reserve, within line borders, enclosing a pair of lidded canistors with turned bone handles, patch repairs, 18.5cm wide
A small tortoiseshell casket, 19th century, with canted cover and central metal plaque, lined interior on four turned ivory feet, 2" long, and an enamel patch box, 19th century, of oval form, the cover marked 'A trifle from Halifax', internal mirror, lobed oval body, restored, damaged, 1.5" wide (2)
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