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Victorian figured walnut card table, serpentine foldover top enclosing a tooled leather playing surface, melon fluted baluster column, four carved scrolled legs on brass casters, width 91cm, depth 44cm, height 74cm.Condition report:Various patches of veneer along the serpentine front of the top leaf, with some extending splitting. Colour fading across the top surface. The base half of the inner surface has a large patch of veneer to the bowed front that doesnt match very well. The leather is split along the entire crease. Splitting and feathering to the veneer throughout. Old restorations and repairs through the column, base section and supports. Stability is good.

Football Joe Mercer signed vintage Wills Cigarette card pictured during his playing days with Everton. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

A mixed group of militaria, including a complete set of WWII playing cards/card game, with caricature images of Churchill, Chamberlain, Goering, Hitler, Goebbels, Ribbentrop, Army, Navy and RAF, together with three WWII propaganda papers, miscellaneous first aid treatment and air raid precautions pamphlets, post cards, motor car ration book, and a collection of books, many first editions, including 'The Hump' by Jack Barnard MC, 1960 (first edition); 'The Wooden boxes' by Derek Kinne, 1955 (first edition); toen 1940 - 1945, 1960 (first edition). (1 bag)

A fascinating Qajar lacquered papier-mache box with playing card. The side of the box is painted with flowers and birds while the top of the box has a hunting scene and a musical scene. There are 29 cards al with different pictures, some more vibrantly colored than others.The set was made in Persia in the 18th century or earlier.The box is 15,8 by 5 by 2.7 cm.

Nicole Freres: A Swiss inlaid rosewood music box, circa 1856-57Of rectangular outline, the top inlaid with a marquetry panel of scrolling foliage, the movement stamped Nicoel Freres and numbered 33525, playing eight airs from range number 1485, with winding key.43cm wideFootnote:Nicole Frères were recognized makers of quality musical boxes in Geneva, Switzerland. They were established 1815 and continued in production until 1881 when the business closed on being purchased by a Mr. Charles Brun and transferred to London. Over the years the Geneva business produced some 48,000 cylinder musical boxes, the exact number is not known.Condition:The case has been professionally and sensitively cleaned and restored. There are four small areas of fill to the marquetry panel. Small chips to the base of the case at the back adjacent to the right 'foot'. Movement winds, runs and cycles through the airs. The comb is in good order with evidence of five teeth being replaced. The music card is intact, in original condition with some creasing to the top left corner.

A cased set of sterling propelling bridge card game playing pencils, with four enamelled suits to the finials, a Victorian silver vesta case, by Colen Hewer Cheshire, Birmingham, with engraved scrolling foliate decoration, and a gold plated Sheaffer pen, weighable silver 16gms (3) Condition Report:Available upon request

λ λ A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS INLAID CARD TABLEEARLY 19TH CENTURYthe swivel fold-over top inlaid with marquetry, revealing a baize lined playing surface, on a simulated rosewood stem and splay legs terminating in leaf decorated brass caps and castors75cm high, 89.9cm wide, 43.5cm deepProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

A GEORGE I WALNUT CONCERTINA ACTION CARD TABLEC.1720-25the fold-over burr veneered top with protruding front corners revealing a gros and petit point needlework playing surface, decorated with playing cards, tokens and a gaming purse within a leaf and flower border, above a frieze drawer72.8cm high, 90cm wide, 44.7cm deepProvenanceSotheby's House Sale, Groombridge Place, Kent, 15th and 16th September 1992, lot 30.

A SWISS WALNUT 'BELLS IN VUE' MUSICAL BOXBY BARNETT HENRY ABRAHAMS, LATE 19TH CENTURYwith a 6 1/4in brass cylinder and three bells, with enamelled flowers and butterflies, stamped 'B.H.A.' playing ten airs, with a title card, in a crossbanded and ebonised case, the hinged lid inlaid with a basket of flowers21.2cm high, 47cm wide, 27.5cm deep Previously retailed through Rita Ford Music Boxes, New York

A RARE STANDARD DECK OF ENGLISH PLAYING CARDSBY C.HEWSON, LATE 17TH CENTURYthe fifty-two woodblock playing cards comprising: four suits of thirteen cards including three full-length court cards with hand-colouring, the Jack of Clubs inscribed 'C HEWSON', with gilt edging and plain backs (52)9.2 x 6cm (max)Catalogue NoteThis lot is being offered with the remains of a wrapper with a printed label inscribed 'Primemall Superfine Cards made by Robert Whitfield at the home of ye Knave of Diamonds in Cranborn-Street Inst by Lester Square Who was Cardmaker to King Queene & Prince'. A separate section of wrapper is inscribed in ink 'Cards that King Charles & Queen Catherine played with'. A further note states 'Cards that King Charles and Queen Catherine played with at my great Grandfathers Mr Amherst of Riverhead in their way to Tunbridge Wells. Margaret Perkins'. Both pieces of wrapper and the note have been mounted on backing paper, one has a 'GR crowned' watermark.The Mr Amherst in question is almost certainly Jeffery Amherst (1649-1713) a lawyer who lived at Brook or Brooks Place, Riverhead. His father John Amherst (1619-1691) who was also a lawyer, was financially successful and and had political ambitions standing for parliament unsucessfully for Seaford in 1671. Jeffery married Elizabeth Yate in 1670 and had eight children. Their daughter Margaret married a John Seyliard and they had five children, their daughter Annabella marries John Perkins but she died without issue. John Perkins then marries the widow of Annabella's brother Thomas Seyliard. They have two children, a son John and a daughter Margaret Perkins, who wrote the note in the late 18th century stating that the playing cards were played with by King Charles II and Queen Catherine of Bragana. Queen Catherine by all acoounts was a keen card player and they could well have stayed with the Amhersts on they way to Tunbridge Wells c.1663.

A carved oak playing card box

Indian / Royal Interest: VERNON & CO. Souvenir, The Imperial Visit to Delhi. Calcutta: Bombay, Vernon & Co, [1912]. the album with 85 individual gelatin silver prints of various sizes on 26 grey heavy card mounts, including a panorama of the Coronation Durbar on five sections, the larger prints mounted mostly one-per-page, others mounted in various patterns, each page with printed tissue interleaves bearing titles and the Vernon & Co. imprint. Original red calf gilt, the covers elaborately bordered in gilt, overall 40 x 52cm A record of the Coronation Durbar and the tour made by King George V and Queen Mary to Dehli in 1912. This copy was probably given to Sir William Wilson Hunter at Christmas, 1912, by Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (1872-1933), one of the foremost cricket batsmen in England. Ranjitsinhji, as Maharaja and famous international cricketer, played his part in the Dehli celebrations. Ranjitsinhji moved easily between India and Britain, kept a house on the Thames in Middlesex and was very much part of the international set. As a cricketer he was the first Indian to win a Cambridge blue, in 1893, and appeared in four Test series against Australia, playing at his best between 1899 and 1904. He left England in 1904, returning to India, but did play in County cricket in 1912.Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (15 July 1840 – 6 February 1900) was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.He is most known for The Imperial Gazetteer of India on which he started working in 1869, and which was eventually published in nine volumes in 1881, then fourteen, and later as a twenty-six volume set after his death.***CONDITION REPORT***Gilt morocco binding scuffed around the eddges of the front board, damaged along the sides of the spine, with further scratching and scuffing to the back, most of the pages with varying degrees of foxing around the edges, title sheets in most cases are now loose, some a little creased but all seem to be present, photographs range in size from 11 x 20cm to 28 x 34cm with one notable panorama titled 'General View at the Durbar Indians collecting dust', which measures 18.5 x 142cm and is torn to the left of one of the sections. Comes with a copy of The Times of India Illustrated Weekly Royal Durbar No.1911.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

° ° Indian Interest: CAXTON WORKS. Souvenir. 'Kathiawar Tour of His Excellency Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Bombay, 1910', a leather bound album of photographs by Bourne & Shepherd, presentation copy to Sir William Hunter from Ranjitsinghi of Nawanagar, the album with 160 individual gelatin silver prints of various, the larger prints mounted mostly one-per-page, others mounted in various patterns, each page with printed interleaves bearing titles, with inscription dated 1911-1912 to W.S. Hunter Esq. from Ranjitsinghi of Nawanagor, Original red calf and cloth, sold with a Christmas card to Sir William Hunter from Thakore Sahib Sir Daulat Singh of Limbdi, Kathiawar, in original envelope postmarked 1911, 47 x 37cm A fascinating record of the Kathiawar Tour of His Excellency Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Bombay in 1910. This copy was given to Sir William Wilson Hunter at Christmas, 1912, by Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (1872-1933), one of the foremost cricket batsmen in England. Ranjitsinhji, as Maharaja and famous international cricketer, played his part in the Tours, and this album was probably one of a few copies commissioned from Caxton Works for presentation to celebrate the Tour. Ranjitsinhji moved easily between India and Britain, kept a house on the Thames in Middlesex and was very much part of the international set. As a cricketer he was the first Indian to win a Cambridge blue, in 1893, and appeared in four Test series against Australia, playing at his best between 1899 and 1904. He left England in 1904, returning to India, but did play in County cricket in 1912.Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (15 July 1840 – 6 February 1900) was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.He is most known for The Imperial Gazetteer of India on which he started working in 1869, and which was eventually published in nine volumes in 1881, then fourteen, and later as a twenty-six volume set after his death.***CONDITION REPORT***Binding rather faded and scuffed, with half calf, cloth boards equally faded and rubbed, internal pages foxed and discoloured around the edges, improving as one goes inwards, green paper pages with photographs tabbed down in good order.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

A Swiss bells in view music box,late 19th to early 20th century, the 9.4cm cylinder playing six ayres, complete with three bells, with polychrome moth hammers, and lyre form tune marker, 37.5cm wide25cm deep17.5cm highCondition ReportThe tune card is missing. No visible teeth missing to the comb. The leavers do not immediately change repeat and are a little temperamental. Strikes and plats but cannot guarantee it will continue. Knocks and wear to the case. Only the central bell seen striking.

A tray of vintage playing cards and card games

A pair of early 1970's 18ct gold novelty playing card suite cufflinks, 16 grams, together with three yellow metal and cat's eye chrysoberyl set dress studs.***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

A William IV rosewood card table, the revolving top opening to reveal a baize lined playing surface, over a tapered octagonal column, raised on a quatrefoil base with bun supports moving on castors. H76cm, 97cm x 47cm / 94cm.

A Late Victorian Silver Card Box, by Nathan & Hayes, Chester 1898, with domed top, the top and sides embossed with floral and scroll ornaments, 1.375ins x 1.5ins x 2ins high, containing two sets of playing cards

Regency Rosewood Card Table, the rectangular fold-over top with round corners and opening to a playing surface, raised on an octagonal support and a shaped platform base with carved scrolling feet terminating in castors, 90cm long x 45cm deep x 73cm high

A late Regecny mahoganyt card table, the fold over revolving top opening to a baize lined playing surface, above a baluster column and quatrefoil base standing on carved claw supports H76cm, W89cm, D44cm

An Edwardian walnut card table, the fold over revolving top opening to a baize lined playing surface, raised on tramline moulded square section supports united by an under tier H76cm, W53cm, D39cm

Playing Cards - Goodall & Son.Twenty-eight decks of playing cards produced by Charles Goodall & Son (1820-1922).The late previous owner had identified the following dates for some of the decks: 1835, 1863 (x2), 1864 (x2), 1875 (x2), 1880 (x2), 1885 (x2), 1897 and 1900. Predominantly 52 card packs, a few 32 card packs, an 1820 set is partially incomplete. Some in original boxes. Includes an 1863 Frizzle Ace deck and an undated ‘Exportation’ deck may be particularly scarce. (28).

Playing Cards - Games.John Wallis, Historical Cards Exhibiting the History of England, no date, [late 18th or early 19th century], thirty cards, each with a portrait and facts about English monarchs (hole in Queen Elizabeth I card), original printed slipcase (worn and torn); John Jaques & Son, The Kingdoms of Europe, Second Series (covering Eastern and southern Europe), no date (late 19th cent.), 45 cards, (two cards with loss to corners), with the ‘Rules for the Game’ (folded and torn);Anon., [Illustrated Proverbs], no date, sixty-four cards;J.W. Spear & Sons, The Game of ‘Round the Globe’, no date [early 20th century], sixty cards, worn slipcase;With nine Besique packs, containing cards by Hunt and Sons, Willis & Co. (X3), De La Rue (x2), Joseph Reynolds and Reynolds & Sons, worn boxes, contents not inspected. (13).

Playing Cards - Overseas. Pere Rotxtxo (Spain), Thirty-three Spanish suited cards (? of 48), believed 18th century, one card signed, one with maker’s name;Real Fabrica de Madrid (Spain), 1774, Eighteen Spanish suited cards (? of 48), Maker’s card is indistinct but appears to be ‘Por Edrevn. S.; [Gustave Lenssens] (Netherlands), fifty-two ‘Costume’ cards, believed 1852-1863;J.Y. Humphreys (USA), [Philadelphia: c.1816], forty-eight Spanish suited cards, monograph to 7 of coins. (4)

Playing Cards - Joseph Hunt and Successors.A collection of playing cards, comprising:Hunt (1790-1801), 34 (of 52) cards, dust marked;Hunt & Son, Successor to Gibson, [c.1803], 32 (of 32) piquet cards;Gibson Hunt & Son, [c.1803], 52 cards, Hunt & Sons (1821-1840), six decks of playing cards, four considered earlier than 1821 by the late previous owner, with an incomplete seventh packBancks Brothers (1849-1889), nine decks of playing cards including two in a worn leather Besique case with De La Rou dial boards and an incomplete set in a Whist case.Joseph Hunt & Sons, [?1880], 52 cards.Hunts Playing Card …Ltd. [late 19th cent.], 52 cards. (21)

Playing Cards - Various Makers. Sutton & Co., Fifty-one playing cards (of 52, lacking 5C), AS dated 1703 [but later], a typed card with the pack suggests sometime between 1703 and 1712 and states ‘almost certainly the only surviving pack of its kind in the world’. The worn slipcase holding the cards is inscribed ‘published 13th year of reign of George III’ (c.1773) though it is not known if this relates to these cards; Gibson & Gisborne (1780-1801), thirty-two Piquet cards (of 32), Garter Ace; Gibson (1769-1801), Garter Ace, No. 140, no date, thirty-two cards (of 52); Josiah Stone (1812-c.1825), Garter Ace, No 19, Geo III, [c.1815], fifty-two cards; T. Wheeler (1799-1821), Garter Ace No. 77, Geo III, fifty-two cards; W. Wheeler (1821-1828), Garter Ace, fifty-two cards. (6) Since the lot has appeared online, we have received correspondance from a collector, advising that the Sutton deck is likely to be post 18th century. The 51 cards been photographed for the benefit of prospective bidders.

A Second World War "Gift of the Red Cross" set of playing cards by The United States Playing Card Co, together with a pack of British Universal Playing Card Co cards in a carton emblazoned with a Victory V device and caption "For Freedom"

A collection of antiques and other reference books, Jane A Wight, Mediaeval Floor Tiles, Angela & Barry Corbett, Tiles Tell a Tale, Gas Station, Il Design Nell Stazioni Di Servizio 1900-1960, William Fenton, Railway Printed Ephemera, Janice Anderson and Edmund Swinglehurst, Ephemera of Travel and Transport, Gordon Gardiner and Alastair Morris, The Price Guide and Identification of Automobilia, Dominique Collon, 7000 Years of Seals, Kathleen Wowk, Playing Cards of the World A Collector's Guide, W. Gurney Benham, Playing Cards, History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets, Detlef Hoffman, The Playing Card, An Illustrated History, Hugh Johnson, The World Atlas of Wine, Robin Butler & Gillian Wakling, The Book of Wine Antiques (12)

A file of pen pal correspondence and photographs from Manchester United's Duncan Edwards, hand written and sent by Edwards to Peter Ings in Southampton in 1953 and 1954, together with a few interesting privately taken photographs including with the Dorman family with whom he lodged while playing for United; also a signed birthday card; and also an official England itinerary for the match v Scotland at Wembley 2nd April 1955 includes four letters handwritten from Edwards. 

An Edwardian satinwood heart-shaped bijouterie table in the manner of Druce & Co of London, inlaid with feathery scrolls, supported by slender shaped legs with an elliptical stretcher, 52 cm long x 45 cm deep x 76 cm overall height, together with an unusual 1920s circular walnut card table the inner portion of the decorative veneered top flipping to reveal a baize lined playing surface, supported by four slender cabriole legs. 69 cm diameter x 72 cm overall height.Qty: 2The display table is in very good order with no cracks or chips to the glass, the table is wobbly, as they all tend to be given the spindly nature of the legs.The flip top card table is in good structurally good with just a few slight bubbles on the veneer of the top, and a couple of small marks on the baise lining.

An Edwardian walnut playing card compendium, by Charles Goodall, c.1910, the hinged lid and fall-front marked in gilt on black C. G & S., LONDON / THE "MARLBOROUGH", the incomplete fitted interior with Rubicon Bezique marker, various playing cards and Royal Auction Bridge score sheets, 13cm high, 23.7cm wide. 12cm deep

A copper-gilt-mounted Meissen porcelain rectangular snuff-box and cover, c.1755-60, the mount probably circa 1800, the cover and base painted to simulate playing cards enriched with meandering flowering branches, the cover interior with three gentlemen and two ladies observing a comet with telescopes, the comet centred by a playing card, 8.5cm wide overall Footnotes: Note: A box with similar decoration is illustrated by Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine, Fribourg, 1985, p. 305, no. 252, where the author attributes it to Fürstenberg.  The results of an X-Ray Florescence (XRF) test conducted on the present box in 2023 by Cranfield University are consistent with 18th century Meissen porcelain.  Beaucamp-Markowsky notes that the decoration is probably inspired by the card game comet, which was highly fashionable in the 18th century.  An old French card game, previously called Manille, it was renamed Comet after the appearance of Halley’s Comet in 1682.  A version of the game appeared in 1752, in which the 9 of diamonds was one of the ‘comets’. Condition Report: Overall this box is in very good condition. The mount probably dates to the end of the 18th century or the first years of the 19th century, so in all probability the box originally had a gold mount, possibly with a jewelled thumbpiece, which was removed and sold (this was common practice in the 18th century).There are some areas of minute wear to the underside, particularly to the corners this is to be expected and is minor.  

A hallmarked 9ct gold bracelet, four panels with enamelled playing card suits, length 21cm, wt. 11.8g.

A Regency rosewood and parcel gilt 'scissor-action' card table attributed to George OakleyCirca 1820, the sliding hinged top enclosing a baize lined playing surface, on an X-form support comprised of four C-scroll legs each applied with beaded pendants and intersected by a roundel mounted block, the undertier surmounted by an urn finial, the scrolled and roundel capped feet terminating in brass cappings and castors, 92cm wide x 45cm deep x 73cm high, (36in wide x 17 1/2in deep x 28 1/2in high)Footnotes:The present lot is similar to a pair of Regency rosewood card tables, generally attributed to George Oakley, which form part of the Royal Collection, RCIN 3201. These closely comparable examples were probably acquired for Buckingham Palace by Queen Mary (1867-1953), www.rct.ukThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Box of card and other board games to include: Uno, Chinese Checkers, Scrabble, Christmas Race Game, Sorry, 'Shipping' an Ahoy series game, Waddingtons Lexicon card game, various sets of playing cards; Ellerman Lines set, Halma box containing wooden counters, leather dice thrower, dice, Monopoly pieces etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A Collection of Golf Games and Golf Related Advertising Playing Cards, a period garden golf made by Adams Montgomery London, 3 boxed sets of card golf Pepys, Bunkered, Gopher Greens board game, 4 more Karo card golf games, advertising cards Jacksons hats and boots, Black & White Scotch whiskey, Nell Gwyn cards, Pesco Sportswear cards, a pair of unused 1982 111th Open Golf Championship Royal Troon Golf Club and more

St Margaet Underwear - for every occasion - a good period advertising card, featuring a golfer in plus four -playing golf on a links course - with scuff marks to edges - size #48cm x 29cm

Victorian figured walnut card table, serpentine foldover top enclosing a tooled leather playing surface, melon fluted baluster column, four carved scrolled legs on brass casters, width 91cm, depth 44cm, height 74cm.

Victorian walnut card table, serpentine foldover top enclosing a baize lined playing surface, melon fluted column on four scrolled and carved legs, brass casters, width 91cm, depth 45cm, height 70cm.

French walnut and brass inlaid card table, 19th Century, serpentine foldover top enclosing a baize lined playing surface, cabriole legs, width 85cm, depth 43cm, height 75cm.

PT Barnum: Edwardian miniature silver playing card box of pillar shape, the square top engraved with the coronet of a baron and initials 'NBA', having glazed front, the sides stamped with leafy scrolls, 5cm, hallmarked Samuel Jacob, London 1905, containing two packs of fifty-two contemporary playing cards, published by Goodall, London.  Provenance:  Phineas Taylor Barnum and Nancy Fish Barnum,  Mellors & Kirk 2018

A bag containing a quantity of assorted collectable items comprising two boxed playing card sets a set of advertising cards for Maclachlan's iona and a quantity Kensitas silks

OGDENS, Birds of Brilliant Plumage, playing card inset, complete, overseas issue, Ruler brand, G to VG, 52

MONTY GUM, Anon, Manchester Utd, Bobby Charlton Four Of Diamond playing card, G to VG

WILLS, Beauties, playing card inset, complete, Scissors issue, red lattice back, P (1), rest few FR, mainly G, 52

WILLS, Birds of Brilliant Plumage, playing card inset, complete, overseas issue, Four Aces brand, G to VG, 52

A 19th century walnut card table in the George I style the rectangular top with projecting corners opening to a baize lined playing surface with four counter pockets and projecting candle stands, over an inlaid frieze with drawer and a shaped apron with a carved anthemion decoration, raised on cabriole legs with pad feet, 33¼ x 17½in. (84.4 x 44.4cm.) closed, 33¼ x 33¼in. (84.4 x 84.4cm.) open, 28½in. (72.3cm.) high. *Frieze drawer is a replacement, repairs to veneer, baize - worn.

A George III satinwood card table, the demi-lune fold over top enclosing a green baize lined playing surface raised on ring turned and tapered legs75 x 92 x 45cm closed73 x 92 x 89cm openProvenance:W. R. Harvey & Co., London, 1983Colour faded to front, general condition good

A Thomas De La Rue & Company plastic playing card box containing two sets of playing cards and a boxed set of Walkers playing cards

An Edwardian cased set of four novelty silver playing card suite shaped ashtrays, William Mammatt & Son, Sheffield, 1904, heart dish 94mm.

Victorian mahogany card table, the shaped fold-over top reveals baize playing surface and sunken counter wells, the shaped frieze rail mounted by carved leaf motif, double gate-leg base, on cabriole supports Dimensions: Height: 74cm  Length/Width: 82cm  Depth/Diameter: 39cm

Edwardian silver mounted playing card case, hallmarked William Harrison Walter, Birmingham 1903, the sides each with a period playing card set behind a bevelled glass panel, the hinged cover with later engraving 'Presented to Norman T Crombie Esq by the officers & men of the 31st WR Detachment for services rendered 1917-1918', with red leather lined interior, the three compartments upon a sprung base and containing two later wooden Whist markers, case H12.5cmCondition Report: Approximate total weight 17.10 ozt (531.8 grams)General wear commensurate with age and use, in the form of surface scratches, nicks and small knocks. Bevelled glass panels all loose within silver mount. Case closes flush. Wear to red leather interior, some folding and creasing. Hallmarks clear and legible.

George III Mahogany and Cross-banded Demi-lune Card Table, the folding top opening to a green baise playing surface, raised on square tapering legs with spade feet, 91cm wide x 45cm deep x 76cm high

The Clash, a collection of 7" vinyl to include Train In Vain / Bank Robber CBS 8370, English Civil War / Pressure Drop CBS 7082, Hitsville U.K. / Radio One CBS 9480, London Calling / Armagideon Time CBS 8087 (in associated card sleeve), Rock The Casbah / Long Time Jerk CBS A2479, Remote Control / London's Burning CBS 5293, The Magnificent Seven / The Magnificent Dance CBS A1133, Clash City Rockers / Jail Guitar Doors CBS 5834, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais / The Prisoner CBS 6383, Tommy Gun / 1-2 Crush On You x 2 CBS 6788, The Call Up / Stop The World CBS 9339 (card sleeve), Bankrobber / Rockers Galore CBS 8323, This Is Radio Clash / Outside Broadcast and The Cost Of Living E.P. (15)London Gallery - has sweated in the sleeve which has marked the vinyl. White Man - has a scratch at 9 o'clock, but unlikely to affect play. Others all in good order and would suggest a light clean before playing.

A VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT VENEERED EBONISED FOLDOVER CARD TABLE  with shaped rectangular top concealing red baize playing surface over brass mounted apron with inset porcelain plaques on turned supports with out swept feet terminating in ceramic casters joined by turned stretcher adorned with brass urn, 76cm high x 92cm wide x 46cm deep Condition Report:Available upon request

An early 18th century mahogany and marquetry shaped rectangular table box, hinged cover with stuffed-over upholstery, enclosing a divided interior, the side inlaid in bone and ebony with playing card suits, crosses and eight-pointed stars, 29.5cm wide, c.1720Provenance: Inscribed to verso of cover Bought at Abbeville, Aug 1917; silk covering procured at same time, Gordon HomeAlthough one must be wary of the temptation to indulge in conjecture, the English Artist Gordon Cochrane Home (1878 - 1969) was in France at points during 1914 and 1920 while serving as a Major in the Royal Army Service Corps.

A Kashmiri rectangular playing card box, decorated in the Persian Islamic taste with hunting scenes and calligraphy, enclosing twin compartments, 11cm high, paper label

Y&nbspA FINE SWISS FIGURED WALNUT INTERCHANGEABLE CYLINDER MUSIC BOX ON TABLEUNSIGNED BUT PROBABLY BY NICOLE FRERES, GENEVA, CIRCA 1870Each 12.75 inch pinned cylinder with a choice of six tunes playing on a 122 tooth comb, set within a gilt painted steel bed with large ratchet-crank wound going barrel, governor, and start/stop mechanism to the left hand end opposing tune selection shunt mechanism to the right, with pivoted screw clamps for the barrel arbor pivots (to allow removal/changing of the cylinders), set beneath a glazed hinged cover with REPEAT/CHANGE and PLAY/STOP operating levers to right hand side, the hinged lid applied with card sheet listing each of the six tunes per cylinder including Le Talisman, William Tell and La Traviata to cylinder no. 3; Home Sweet Home, Auld lang syne, The blue bells of Scotland and God save the Queen to no. 4; and On the beautiful blue Danube and La Polka des Oiseaux to no. 6, the lower margin of the sheet inscribed No. 23694, G'me 34 within the decorative line borders, the box with tulipwood banded top over conforming front applied with elaborate grotesque mask and scroll cast escutcheon and gilt scroll handles to the conforming side panels, the table with ebonised moulded edge to the conforming banded top incorporating rounded angles, over central panelled frieze drawer containing two additional cylinders over further lambrequin-shaped apron drawer containing the three further cylinders, on part-ebonised faceted tapered supports with inverted baluster-shaped feet, complete with a printed card instruction sheet.94cm (37ins) high, 106cm (41.75ins) wide, 61cm (24ins) deep.  Condition Report: Mechanism is complete, original and in working order with no visible damage or loses to the comb (including the resonator weights). The only fault is the start-stop lever connection requires attention. The brass shows overall light to moderate discolouration and the gilt bed has ben re-painted at some point. The spare cylinders are all present and appear to be in good original condition with no visible damage.The case is in very good original condition with faults very much limited to very slight movement/lifting to the veneers (no losses) and some slight rubbing/wear to the ebonised finish. The ebonised interior of the drawers have some slight marks/bruises but are generally in very good original condition. Table has a key for the drawers. Condition Report Disclaimer

A 1919 ‘North Russia’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major, late Lance Corporal, W. G. Butteriss [M.M., Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class], 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, attached 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘2nd Lt. W. G. Butteriss: Leic’s Regt.’, last ‘s’ of surname corrected; 1914-15 Star (13234 Pte W. G. Butteriss Leic: R.) details, with the exception of the regiment which is officially impressed, erased and recently engraved; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. W. G. Butteriss); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally very fine or better (6) £800-£1,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 15 July 1919: ‘On 23rd March, 1919, he led his platoon as advanced guard commander with energy and decision. When less experienced troops were temporarily thrown into confusion under heavy fire he continued to advance his platoon and forced the enemy to quit their position. He then by his example and leadership gave the greatest help in restoring the situation until it was possible to continue the advance. He showed great gallantry and devotion to duty.’ The citation included with the lot also adds the following to the above: ‘During the trying conditions of the next week, he and his men were an example to all the troops under my [Ironside] command and in the actions of March 31 - April 2nd, the steady defence put up on the advanced flank post for which Lieut Butteriss was responsible prevented the enemy piercing our exposed flank.’ M.M. London Gazette 8 January 1917. Walter George Butteriss was born in Uppingham in 1896, and served during the Great War in the ranks with the 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 29 July 1915 (M.M.). He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in May 1918. Buterriss was subsequently attached to the 13th (Service) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment for service in North Russia - with the Battalion arriving in Murmansk in November 1918. A local paper gives the following with regards to his service: ‘Medals adorned the chests of many ex-Servicemen taking part in Melton Armistice Sunday church parade, but Mr. Walter Butteriss, Melton building contractor, although not in the parade, holds a Russian decoration which he believes to be unique in this country - the Order of St. Anne with sword and ribbon. It was awarded to him while he was an officer with a company mounted on skis at Murmansk and Archangel in Northern Russia towards the end of the First World War. Mr. Butteriss, who is 67, joined the Army in 1914. He served with the Leicestershire Regiment in France and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Medal. This was presented to him by General French just outside Ypres. In November, 1917, he went to a cadet training school and after receiving his commission was seconded to the Green Howards and sent to Russia where he won the Military Cross and the Russian Order of St. Anne [3rd Class with Swords]. At the beginning of the second world war Mr. Butteriss was a major in the Home Guard for three years, before being called up. He then became a captain attached to General Services in Leicestershire.... The only medical attention Mr Butteriss received during his Army career was when he sprained his ankle after entering a burning house in Russia in an attempt to put out the fire. When he was in Russia his company went overland led by Macklin and Stenhouse, who were both with Sir Ernest Shackleton on his expedition to the South Pole. Mr Butteriss met Shackleton at General Ironside’s house. Shackleton was then naval officer in charge of supplies.’ The Regimental History adds the following for Butteriss’s service in Russia: ‘The transfer of the 13th Green Howards from what was known as the “Syren” to the “Elope” Force had been carried out under tolerably favourable conditions and the health of the men remainder good. The strength of the Battalion in these parts was now twenty-three officers and six hundred and eighty-four non-commissioned officers and men, while ten officers and one hundred and seventy-five other ranks had been retained with the “Syren” Force on the Murmansk front attached to various units. Almost immediately after arrival on this front the services of a portion of the Battalion were called for: on the 14th March three officers and eighty other ranks of “B” Company with four Lewis guns were sent to Rialka and Lutchino on the Dwina River front to give support to a small force there operating under Colonel Carrol; between the 15th and 18th - on which latter date the Company returned to Shred Mekhrenga - the enemy made three attacks upon Lutchino, but these were all easily repulsed. Then at midnight on the 19th Second Lieutenant W. G. Butteriss, M.M., and fifty non-commissioned officers and men were sent to Obozerskaya to take part in certain operations in the neighbourhood of Bolshiozerky, coming while there under the orders of the Vologda Force. During March there was no special activity on the Seletskoe front, but the detachment patrolled the country frequently and on two occasions encountered strong bodies of the enemy which were driven off without any loss being incurred by The Green Howards.’ After the war Butteriss played for the 2nd XI, Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties and coached cricket at Melton Mowbray Grammar School. He also played hockey for Melton Mowbray and Leicestershire, as well as playing rugby for Melton Mowbray. Major Butteriss died in 1966.’ Sold with contemporary typed citation for the award of the recipient’s M.C., signed by Major General W. E. Ironside, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Archangel, this mounted on card; 2 photographic images of recipient - one in uniform wearing his medals; and copied research. Note: M.I.D. unconfirmed. Another representative group including the recipient’s M.M. and 1914-15 Star is known - presumably a classic case of the family splitting the group between different members, or branches, of the family upon inheritance.

A William IV rosewood card tablecirca 1830the foldover top revealing a blue baize playing surface, the tapered column with a lotus leaf collar, on a quatreform base with scroll feet and castorsheight 74cm, width 91cm, depth 45cmCondition: In good houseworn condition overall with some old marks and scratches. The swivel action is a little slow, splits to carcase wood visible below baize.