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Lot 565
Good large 19th century Swiss bells-on-view music box, retailed by Keith Prowse & Co. Cheapside, London, probably by Nicole Freres, playing eight popular airs with 28cm long, 6cm diameter reel and two piece steel comb stamped Nicole Freres, with nine bells with glazed hinged cover, in mother of pearl and marquetry inlaid rosewood case, 63cm wide CONDITION REPORT Case - generally a little wear, top very slightly bowed. Interior, label lacking, locating pin for cover lock has been moved, mechanism appear to be in good order
Lot 1146
Mid-Victorian burr walnut and Tunbridge Ware inlaid games / work table, top centred by rectangular marquetry depiction of a castle, folding over to reveal inlaid playing surfaces with drawer below and work-in-progress basket below, raised on carved columns and splayed cabriole legs and castors, 58cm wide
Lot 577
19th century gold mounted, enamelled ivory counter box of cylindrical form, screw cover, the slightly domed top centred by depiction of a playing card within borders, housing five ivory counters CONDITION REPORT Box 3cm wide, counters 2.6cm wide. Some of the enamel cells are not entirely filled on cover, unclear whether these are slight losses or just absent since construction, otherwise ok. Tokens are smaller than cylinder and do not fit snuggly but stylistically in keeping.
Lot 566
Good very large 19th century drum on bells-on-view music box by G. Baker Troll & Co., numbered 15273, playing ten popular airs by Sullivan and others with 28.5cm, 6cm diameter reel and three piece steel comb, with drum and six bells below glazed cover, with original label to lid in line-inlaid rosewood box, 69cm wide CONDITION REPORT Case with minor wear to extremities. Mechanism appears in good order, functions well, drums and bells functioning well, slight tear to paper label
Lot 567
Fine and large 19th century bells-on-view music box by Nicole Freres, playing ten popular airs by Sullivan and others with 23cm long, 6cm diameter reel and two piece steel comb with six bells under glazed cover, original trade label to lid, in good amboyna and walnut veneered case, 66cm wide CONDITION REPORT Case with minor scratches, generally presents well. Original label slightly foxed, generally a little wear to interior, teeth fine and mechanism functions well
Lot 3999
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Groups to Men Awarded The Victoria Cross, The Campaign Pair to Lieutenant Duncan Charles Home, V.C., Bengal Engineers, Hero of the Kashmir Gate at the assault of Delhi, who was killed in an explosion shortly afterwards, comprising Punjab Medal 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (2nd Lieut. D. C. Home, Engrs. 3rd Cy. Sappers); Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lt. D. C. Home, Bengal Engrs.). First with some edge bruises and surface marks, very fine, the second nearly extremely fine. (2) Acquired by Roger Perkins directly from the family in 1982; the catalogue of his sale in 1990 states that the “Cross, unfortunately, was lost in the 1920s. The children took it out of the house while ‘playing soldiers’ and it was lost in a field. Intensive searches then and later failed to locate it. After so many years it seems unlikely that it will ever be recovered.” Victoria Cross London Gazette, 18 June 1858 Duncan Charles Home, the third son of Major-General Richard Home, Colonel of the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry, and Frances Sophia, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fraser, 7th Light Cavalry, was born at Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, on 10 June 1828. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, from January 1841 to 1843, and afterwards for 1½ years by Messrs Stoton and Mayor at Wimbledon. He attended Addiscombe from 1845 to 11 December 1846, on which day he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, but undergoing the usual course of instruction at Chatham did not sail for India until 20 June 1848. He arrived at Calcutta in the Barham in the middle of October, and within a few days was despatched to the Upper Provinces to do duty with the headquarters of the Corps of Sappers and Pioneers then employed in operations before Mooltan. He was present at the siege and capture of that place and was afterwards present with the corps at the battle of Goojerat. He was subsequently posted to the 3rd Company of Sappers at Lahore. In October 1849 he was appointed to the Public Works Department, and became Assistant Executive officer, 3rd Division, Ganges Canal, until April 1852, when he was placed at the disposal of the Superintending Engineer, Punjab Circle, for employment in the Civil Engineers Department, being appointed Assistant to the Executive Engineer of the Bari Doab Canals at Malikpur. A year later he was appointed Executive Engineer of the first division of the Bari Doab Canal, and on 15 February 1854 was promoted Lieutenant. He was serving in this capacity at Madhopur when the Mutiny broke out in May 1857. The insurrection did not at first affect him in his duties, he was soon ordered to raise three companies of Punjab Sappers (or Pioneers) for service at Delhi from the Mazbi Sikh workmen employed on the Grand Trunk Road. He received the order one morning and the companies marched away the following evening under Lieutenant H W Gulliver, Bengal Engineers. At the start of July, Home raised two more companies of Punjab Sappers, and was later himself summoned to augment the small number of Engineer officers on the Ridge. Home arrived at Delhi in August and, on the 22 August, was appointed a Field Engineer in orders. As part of the plan for the final assault on 14 September, Home and Lieutenant Philip Salkeld, also of the Bengal Engineers, were assigned to lead the Explosion Party which was to blow in the Kashmir Gate in advance of Colonel Campbell’s No. 3 Column. At day break just as the British siege guns had ceased firing, Brigadier Nicholson gave the order to advance, leading Nos. 1 and 2 Columns himself from the Kudsia Bagh, while No. 3 Column issued from the vicinity of Ludlow Castle. Two hundred skirmishers of the 60th Rifles ran out to cover the storming columns, and instantly the walls of Delhi blazed with rebel musketry. At the front of No. 3 Column, Home and Salkeld led forward their detachment which, carrying ladders and powder bags, comprised three British NCO’s, 14 Indian soldiers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners, 10 men of the Punjab Sappers (or Pioneers) and a British bugler. When there was no more cover, the actual Explosion Party, consisting of all the Europeans and 8 of the Indian Sappers, rushed in two small parties towards the gate. There are conflicting accounts of the heroic deed that followed but the most reliable should be those of the men who were actually there. Duncan Home reported to Baird-Smith, the Chief Engineer, Delhi Field Force: ‘Serjeants John Smith and Carmichael, Mahdo Havildar, all the [four] Sappers and myself arrived at the Cashmere Gate untouched a short time in advance of the remainder of the party under Lieutenant Salkeld, having found the palisade gate on the outside of the ditch and the wicket of the Cashmere Gate open, and three planks of the bridge across the ditch removed. As Serjeant Carmichael was laying his powder bag [containing 25lb] he was killed by a shot from the wicket. Havildar Mahdo was, I believe, also wounded about the same time. Lieutenant Salkeld, carrying the slow match to light the charge, now came up with a portion of the remainder of the party ... the fire from the wicket which was very severe [and] I slipped down into the ditch. Lieutenant Salkeld being wounded in the leg from the wicket, handed over the match to Corporal Burgess who was mortally wounded while completing the operation, Havildar Tillok was at the same time wounded while assisting Corporal Burgess into the ditch; Sepoy Rambeth was also killed at the same time. As I was assisting Lieutenant Salkeld into the ditch I think he was wounded a second time. The charge having exploded blew in the right leaf of the gate, on which I caused the regimental call of the 52nd Regiment to be sounded as the signal for the advance of the storming party. I caused the bugler [Hawthorne] to sound the call three times, after which the column advanced to storm and the gate was taken possession of by our troops.’ Sergeant John Smith recorded: ‘As soon as the dust cleared I saw Lieutenant Salkeld and Burgess covered with dust. Lieutenant Salkeld’s arms were broken. Lieutenant Home got out of the ditch leaving me in charge of the wounded, and went to the front after the Rifles had gone in.’ Colonel Sandes in his Military Engineer in India records: ‘Carmichael and Burgess died almost immediately. Salkeld, Home, Smith and Bugler Hawthorne were awarded the Victoria Cross. But Salkeld lived for only two days. Before he died, when he was too weak to do more than whisper “It will be gratifying to send it home,” he received the red ribbon ... The Indian Sappers and Miners were rewarded with the Indian Order of Merit, promotion or grants of land; none was forgotten. This is the story of the bravest deed ever performed in India by Engineers or Sappers and Miners.’ In 1876 Lord Napier of Magdala placed a memorial to the Explosion Party outside the Kashmir Gate. Following the fall at Delhi, Home was attached to the pursuing column under Colonel Edward Greathed, and was present at the successful action at Boolundshuhur on 28 September against the rebel force under Walidad Khan who had assumed authority over the district. Greathead’s force rested that night at Boolundshuhur and next day Home was sent with a detachment to blow up Walidad Khan’s fort at Maolghur. However, while engaged in that work one of the mines exploded prematurely and he was killed on the spot. His Victoria Cross was sent to his father by post on 7 July 1858. Sold with extensive research and a copy VC. ex Roger Perkins Collection, Sotheby’s, 18 December 1990, lot 534 ex Brian Ritchie Collection, 2005 ex DNW auction, 18 May 2011, lot 541
Lot 112
OROLOGIO DA TASCA SVIZZERO CON RIPETIZIONE A QUARTI E CARILLON, FIRMATO ACHARD PÈRE, PERIODO 1820 Cassa a quattro corpi in oro, cuvette dorata firmata “G.e Achard Père & fils a Genève n. 2136”, bordi decorati con applicazioni a motivi floreali, carrure zigrinata e retro ornato a guilloché; anello ad arco. Quadrante in smalto bianco, numeri arabi; lancette Breguet brunite. Meccanica con carillon a pettine, suoneria ad ore e quarti a richiesta su gong, carica a bariletto, scappamento a cilindro. Diametro Ø: 60 mm Note: suoneria funzionante ma da revisionare. SWISS KEY-WINDING POCKET WATCH, MUSICAL AND QUARTER REPEATER, SIGNED ACHARD PÈRE, 1820 Four body gold case, gilded cuvette signed ”G.e Achard Père & fils a Genève n. 2136”, decorated edges, reeded band and guilloché back. White enamel dial, arabic numbers; blued Breguet hands. Musical teeth playing movement, quarter repeater on gong, going barrel, cylinder escapement. Diameter Ø: 60 mm Note: repetition working but to be inspected. € 2000
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Lot 99
Basil Ivan Rákóczi (1908-1979) LE JEU DE LA LUNE, 1952 oil on canvas signed lower right; titled, numbered [1750] and dated on reverse 22 x 15in. (55.88 x 38.10cm) Family of the artist With a second work on reverse. This oil was painted by Basil Rákóczi in April 1952 in Menton, on one of his many stays on the south coast of France in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. The title refers to the mythical creatures, part human and part beast, cavorting or playing to the light of the moon. These creatures, with their trademark square heads, were first referred to by the artist as 'wooks', or 'wookies'. He later called them his lantern figures, reflecting their other-worldly, or ghost-like, nature.We are grateful to the artist's family for their assistance in cataloguing this work. P
Lot 648
A Mahogany & Satinwood Cross-banded Fold-over Card Table inlaid with decorative stringing. The serpentine top on square tapering legs; one rear leg swinging out to support the fold-over leaf, opening to reveal a green baize playing surface, 29½ ins (75 cms) high, 36 ins (91 cms) wide, 17½ ins (44 cms) deep.
Lot 147
Two Card Cases, An Antique Chinese Folding Lantern and a decorative Japanese Pen Tray. One card case being Anglo-Indian sandalwood intricately carved with temples and birds amongst scrolling foliage. The other micro-mosaic card case with bands of fine geometric inlay. The Chinese lantern with round wooden base and hinged top 3¼ ins (8 cms) in diameter, capping pleated paper shade (A/F). The cast metal tray of rectangular form decorated with gold and brown patinated monkeys playing amongst wisteria boughs, 9¾ ins x 3¾ ins (25 cm x 9.5 cms).
Lot 582
A Fine Mid 19th Century Boulle-work Fold Over Card Table having red tortoiseshell panels of elaborate scrolling brass inlay, within ebonised borders. The serpentine top swivelling around and folding out to reveal the baize playing surface, above a swept apron adorned with a gilt bronze bearded face mask. Standing on square tapering cabriole legs with decorative gilt bronze mounts.
Lot 202
An 18th Century Oil on Oak Panel depicting Saint Cecilia depicted within an arch playing a spinet. Printed label on verso: 'Sainte Cécile peintre par M:Pitzer peintre allemand', with a Charles H.V. Bramley Collectors label numbered 103, 11½ ins x 8½ ins (29 cms x 21.5 cms). Contained in a beaded giltwood frame, 15 ins x 12 ins (38 cms x 31 cms).
Lot 128
A mid-Victorian inlaid walnut games and work table, the moulded edge top with rounded ends and ebonised band and inlaid in burr walnut, opening to reveal a playing surface inlaid for chess and backgammon, over a slide-out work basket, raised on columnar legs and trestle feet. 73cm by 69cm by 42cm
Lot 772
A Swiss musical automaton, with a figure playing a banjo 21.5 cm high Condition report Report by GHThumbs broken off on both hands. Some lifting and small loss to veneer around the plinth. Various age related small chips and worn areas. Some wear, discolouration and light cracking to painted areas. Probably early to mid 20th century.
Lot 790
A 19th century Swiss cylinder music box, serial no.5666, with 24cm brass cylinder and single steel comb movement playing eight airs, under glazed cover, with ratcheted brass winding arm opposite Stopping/Going and Change/Repeat levers, with hand written tune sheet to inside of lid, in a walnut case with foliate inlaid rosewood lid, 48cm by 21cm, working order Some tips replaced, restored. All teeth/tips present. In working order.
Lot 520
A 19th century Swiss cylinder music box by Bremoud, serial no.23336, with a 20.5cm brass cylinder and single steel comb movement playing six airs, under a glazed cover, with ratcheted brass winding arm opposite stop/start and change/repeat levers tunesheet to underside of lid, in an ebonised rosewood case, 43cm by 21cm, working orderWorking order. Comb & tips complete, restored.
Lot 789
A 19th century Swiss cylinder music box, serial no.42994, with a 23cm brass cylinder and single steel comb movement playing eight airs, under a glazed cover, with ratcheted steel winding arm opposite stop/start and change/repeat levers, in a stained case with inlaid rosewood lid, 55cm by 28cm, working orderComb and teeth complete, restored. In working order
Lot 419
A German Schierholz candlestick base centrepiece in the form of four dancing children above flowers, with blue Schierholz mark underneath, height 21cm and a further Continental ceramic figural group of three children dancing and playing, marked verso, height 18cm, plus a matched pair of Royal Worcester blush ivory and gilt floral decorated twin handled posy vases, shaped no.942 with impressed marks to base, Z11 and Z9, with puce Royal Worcester mark for 1888 and 1889, height 17cm and a Mintons cabinet plate decorated with wild roses with pierced Greek key rim, pattern PA2805 with puce Mintons mark to base, diameter 24cm (5). CONDITION REPORT: The centrepiece appears to be the base of a candlestick as the top of the central stem is rough as if another piece should lead from it. A couple of the flowers have tiny pieces of petal missing, otherwise the figures are in good condition. The other figure group has a very small amount of rubbing to the gilding enhancing the figures otherwise in good condition, Two Royal Worcester vases have rubbing to the gilding particularly to the shoulders of the twin handles and on one the shoulder is chipped. Mintons plate is in good condition.
Lot 2058
A Victorian rosewood card table, the shaped leather set top with swivel action and hinged leaf enclosing the playing surface and covering a shallow storage space, raised on turned and carved bulbous supports united by a stretcher with outswept carved scrolling legs to castors, top 93.5 x 92cm when opened, height 73cm.
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