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Lot 200
A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY YACHTING NOVELTIES, comprising a table bell in the form of a helm mounted on a block; a bridge telegraph cigar cutter and ashtray; a cigar cutter inscribed Yacht Garrion 1879 / Nouaille Rudge Esqr. D. L. Edinburgh 1876; a pocket watch-form barometer prize by Chadburn's inscribed on cover Royal Alfred Yacht Club Cruisers Handicap 12th June 1905 won by "Theta"; and a bulk head mounted matchbox holder, (5)
Lot 87
CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT, R.N. (1792-1848) JOINED THE NAVY IN 1806 AND, ALTHOUGH HE MISSED ALL THE BIG FLEET ACTIONS, HE ENJOYED A LIVELY NAVAL CAREER SEEMING TO TAKE HIS LEAD FROM HIS FIRST COMMANDER, LORD COCHRANE. BY THE CLOSE OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, HE HAD GUARDED NAPOLEON, PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL SPIRITED FRIGATE ACTIONS, SURVIVED SERIOUS FEVERS, SAVED FIVE LIVES IN ACTION AND HAD BEEN PROMOTED COMMANDER. DESPITE ALL THIS, HE FOUND LASTING FAME INITIALLY FOR HIS SIGNAL CODE, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1817. THE CODE OF SIGNALS FOR THE MERCHANT SERVICE BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS GOING THROUGH NO LESS THAN NINETEEN EDITIONS (NOT INCLUDING FOREIGN ONES) THROUGH TO 1879 AND WHICH WAS STILL USED BY SOME MERCHANTS UNTIL THE 1890S. WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE NAVY (OR RATHER HOT-HEADEDLY RESIGNED ON THE NOMINAL GROUNDS OF 'PRIVATE AFFAIRS') IN 1830, HE BECAME A MAN OF LETTERS AND IT WAS IN THIS PART OF HIS CAREER THAT HE BECAME A HIGHLY POPULAR AUTHOR. HE SPAWNED MANY FAMOUS WORKS DRAWN CLOSELY FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCES: NEWTON FORSTER, PETER SIMPLE, JACOB FAITHFUL, MIDSHIPMAN EASY, AND JAPHET WERE PUBLISHED TO GREAT ACCLAIM. THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF HIS LIFE WERE DEVOTED TO CHILDREN'S STORIES INCLUDING MASTERMAN READY, OR, THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC (1841) AND THE STILL-FAMOUS THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST (1847). HE ALSO COLLUDED WITH GEORGE CRUICKSHANK WHO WITTILY ILLUSTRATED HIS MIDSHIPMAN BEN BLOCKHEAD SERIES AND WHICH ARE OFTEN REPRODUCED IN MODERN REFERENCES. HE WAS APPOINTED A CB IN DECEMBER 1826 FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN BURMA. captain frederick marryat's GOLD pocket watch, early 19th century, an 18K gold open face quarter repeating verge pocket watch with calendar, 2in. white enamel dial signed and numbered Courvoisier Frères, 48446, with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, inner calendar ring with corresponding hand, blued steel Breguet hands; matte gilt movement, full plate, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation dial, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant; contained within a three-body, "Empire" case with polished bezels, reeded band, gilt metal counter-signed cuvette hinged to the movement ring engraved "Captn. Fredk. Marryat, RN" -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; together with a photocopied letter dated 1953 confirming the pedigree and line of descent, and a watch repairer's invoice dated 2010 stating the watch had been comprehensively overhauled at that time.
Lot 13
A Victorian hallmarked silver full hunter pocket watchThe cover lifts to enclose white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, marked J.W. Benson London, London 1882, with white metal chain, together with a Chester hallmarked silver pocket watch with roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial
Lot 547
A 19th century Russian silver 1 Ruble coin fob watchTogether with a Waltham silver plated pocket watch, the verso engraved with a steam train; and a silver cased pocket watch by E & E Emanuel, London, the case hallmarked for Chester 1873 and numbered 63726. The former 3.5 cm diameter. (3) CONDITION REPORTS: All generally in good condition, expected wear.
Lot 109
A Victorian silver cased open face pocket watch, hallmarked for Birmingham 1892, a similar silver cased pocket watch, Birmingham 1916, signed 'Waltham', a silver cased hunter pocket watch signed 'Favre Leuba & Co Bombay, a silver cased half hunter pocket watch, rolled gold open face and hunter pocket watches and a Roamer wrist watch (7).
Lot 3
A Victorian John Forrest of London silver pocket watch, hallmarks for Chester 1899, CH stamped to suspension ring, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, with engine turned decoration to front and back and plain cartouche to front, 6cm diameter, together with a silver Albert chain, hallmarks for Birmingham 1917, with 1819 George III silver coin fob, 24cm long (2) CONDITION REPORT: Lot 3 - When watch is shaked subsidiary goes, nice condition, no key.
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