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Lot 133
A large quantity of books to include Het Binnerhof, a folio of 17 Dutch lithographs, Vitgare HC Susan CH 212, lithographers Lankhout & Co S Hage; Thomas Barker - 'His life and Work' by Frank Bradlow, pub AA Balkerna, Cape Town/Amsterdam 1967, first limited edition 777/1100 and signed by the author; Claude Lorrain - 'Leber Veritatis' by Michael Kitson, pub British Museum Publications 1978; 'The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh' by Monica Poole, pub Gresham Books 1985; 'The Family History of England, Civil, Military, Social, Commercial and Religious' Ed. Rev James Taylor, pub William Mackenzie, London, illustrated with gilt pictorial boards; 'Milton's Paradise Lost' illus Gustave Dore, pub Henry Altemus, Philadelphia; 'The Old Testament in Art' Ed by W Shaw Sparrow, published by Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1905, and 'Philips Systematic Atlas' circa 1899
Lot 171
Large Family Archive to the Conway Poole’s, a Military Family with Strong Links to India. Predominantly the items relate to Brig Ivan Maxwell Conway Poole (b. 23/02/1878, d. 24/12/1963), his daughter Hazel Teresa St Clair Conway Poole (by deed poll to Goodbody) (b. 05/06/1905, d. 1998), and some items to the son, Col Robert George Conway Poole, CBE (b. 09/01/1902, d. 11/11/1964) and IMCP’s grandfather Col Thomas Henry Somerset Conway (b. 22/05/1779, d. 14/05/1837). Large quantity of loose (some pinned) extensive diary notes by IMCP (some in envelopes sent home), pencil on gridded paper covering WWI: France 1915, Jan 1915 ‘today I took supply waggons to the troops in the trenches’, Feb 1915 ‘a German biplane passed overhead this morning, a British one chasing’, ‘marked the 15th anniversary of my wedding day acting as pall-bearer at the funeral of one of our officers’, ‘a party of 185 prisoners was marched in…the officer looked very glum…they were all of the 76th Regiment’, 09/05/15 ‘woken up this morning at 4.35 am by a terrific cannonade’, ‘I sleep under a tarpaulin’, ‘the 15 Lancers are just outside my bivouac’ (at Neuve Chapelle), ‘I’m afraid our attack was a failure’, ‘working on a tramway line by which rations…are sent up. The tramway has wooden rails to deaden the sound’, 11/10/1915 ‘We have been carrying on a heavy & continuous bombardment the last 3 days – chiefly on the Hohenzollern Redoubt’, 19/11/1915 ‘Handed over command of the company & bade farewell to all the men, who gave me a great send off.’, sailed for middle East Nov 1915, stopping at Alexandria 29/11/1915, 11/12/1915 ‘astride the mouth of the Shat-al-arab’, arrived Basrah 12/12/1915. Mesopotamia 1916: picks up 15/01/1916 and immediately writes about Turkish forces on their front, 23/02/1916 ‘My birthday today – several parcels arrived yesterday’, 18/03/1916 ‘A new aeroplane of the enemy’s – a biplane – was over again…dropped two bombs in a camp ¾ mile away’, 30/04/1916 ‘Kut surrendered yesterday’, 10/06/1916 ‘sat down in a trench a little way off with another fellow. The next shell hit the ??? and there was a ??? explosion that nearly blew one over. Mules bolted…’, 14/06/1916 ‘we are now digging funk-holes outside our tents’, 14/08/1916 ‘We brought down a Fokker a couple of days ago’, 31/12/1916 ‘Disembarked Bombay today.’ Mesopotamia 1917: 22/01/1917 ‘This is an amphibious sort of warfare – transports by river supplementing the land forces.’ Wonderful caricature sketch of two old men in the Home Guard (the Brig being one?) entitled “The Second Front”, dated 1942, approx. A3 size; Record of Services Officers, Indian Services for I M Conway Poole, from cadet at Sandhurst 1896/97 to retirement 1932, includes War Services WWI; Various photographs of Brig I M Conway Poole: in Edwardian dress, in cavalry dress signed and dated 1901(7), mess dress with awards (DSO & WWI medals) signed and dated Jan ‘21; group photo of officers in India (rank of Captain); Single photo of Robert G C Poole (son) in KOYLI uniform; Photo of Wilfred Owen in officer’s mess dress, signed ??? Willie; Collection of material relating to Col Thomas Henry Somerset Conway (b. 22/05/1779, d. 14/05/1837), Adj-Gen of the Army - framed portrait (13” x 17”) black and white sketch wearing Companion of Bath and Army of India Medal, small booklet ‘General Summary of the services of Colnl. Thomas Henry Somerset Conway, dated 1846; Large circular (c.24” diameter) WWI ‘roll call’ handwritten on velum (possibly a drum skin) of “B” Company, unit unspecified. Approx. 250 names with service number, rank, surname and initials listed by platoon, signal section, etc; Also present are many typical family items: various contemporaneous genealogical tables (Poole, Conway, Thompson and Cobbe families) and birth/death clippings and a selection of birth, death and marriage certificates from 1866 to 1963 inc. the Brigadier’s death cert; personal letters, many from suitors to HTG from the 1930s; considerable quantity of financial documents and correspondence including: The Howie Gold Mines, Sumatra Gold Mines, Lautaro Nitrate Company, for IMCP & HTG; various invites, etc. for official functions attended by IMCP and HTG in India during the 1930s; British passports to IMCP (1938 & 1947) with Turkish visa and HTG (1923); wills and related documentation for IMCP and HTG; Fascinating petition for compensation for HTG following a car accident in 1929 in which HTG was thrown from the motor car of her suitor Capt Douglas Richard St John Shannon. She received severe injuries and was claiming for medical costs; Ministry of Aircraft Production pass, 1943, to Mrs H Goodbody; photographs and personal effects such as leather wallet; a surveyor’s report on 59 West St, Faversham, July 1958, IMCP & HTG’s final home; a quantity of letters from Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, 1980s airmails from Mauritius, Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean and 1960s from Africa as Bishop, to Mrs H Goodbody (He was a major beneficiary in her will); Handwritten letter summarising the career of Hazel’s brother, Robert G C ‘Bob’ Poole CBE, served with the KOYLI, during WWII in Burma, was Chief Recruiting Officer, Southern Command; ADC to HM Queen 1953, retired 1955; Probate of the Will of Lt-Col Matthew Conway Poole dated 16th March 1885, written on vellum, together with attached Affidavit confirming date of death, 28th February 1885, and estate valuation of £598-10-7. Viewing highly recommended.
Lot 2436
A slip ware terracotta bowl, homemaker saucers a Lustacraft (Newcastle, Staffs), Art Deco Ashtray, two Poole Pottery plates, Pomander, Hazel Thumpstone (Foley china) plates 1978 Holly Hobby plates, Myott Art Deco, Pinky & Perky cruet, plus Italian glass and 19th century glass etc (1 box), including tree decorations
Lot 860
Dolphin of Poole: A detailed fully planked and framed ketch rigged model of the motor/sailing yacht 'Dolphin of Poole, measuring 87.5 cm x 94 cm approx. with mast, rigging and stitched linen sails and deck detail as well as interior furnishings, the hull with a single shaft, four blade propeller, rudder and lead keel finished in green, white, blue and varnish with brass deck fittings one stand.Provenance: Christie's Maritime sale, 17th May 1990 Lot 660
Lot 274A
A collection of modern books to include - Bauhaus by Magdalena Drost, Playing the Gallery by Grayson Perry, Moorcroft by Paul Atterbury, Ercol Furniture in the Making by Lesley Jackson, Poole Pottery by Hayward and Atterbury, Art Deco & Modernist Ceramics by K McCready, Chris Ofili, and Raku by Tim Andrews. (8)
Lot 1004
CR Stock after CR Stock, Cock fighting (plates I-IV) coloured engravings, together with a collection of approx 16 portrait engravings including ''Sarah Duchess of Marlborough'' after Kneller, PA Gunst after Werff ''Jacques Premier'', ''Latimer'', ''Polus'', ''Thomas Crammer'', Taylor after Kneller ''John Duke of Argyle'', W Dickinson after RE Pine ''The Right Hon.ble John Wiles Esq. of the City of London'' etc, a watercolour attributable to Falconer Poole and a group of later 20th century ornithological watercolour and bodycolour studies, all unframed (qty)
Lot 399
Mather Brown (American, 1761-1831) Portrait of Sir Edward Astley, 4th Bt. (1729-1802) of Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk oil on canvas, unlined, oval 73 x 60cm (28 x 23in) Provenance: Westacre High House, Norfolk, and by descent to the present owner Literature: Sir Frederick Duleep Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, Norwich: Jarrold and Sons, 1928, Volume 2, p.372; Dorinda Evans, Mather Brown (1761-1831) - An Early American Artist in England, Middletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Press, 1982, p.68 (in the Library at Westacre High House) Other Notes: Mather Brown was a portrait and historical painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, but active mostly in England. Brown was the son of Gawen and Elizabeth (Byles) Brown, and descended from the Reverend Mr Increase Mather on his mother's side. He was taught by his aunt and around 1773 (age 12) became a pupil of Gilbert Stuart. He arrived in London in 1781 to further his training in Benjamin West's studio, entered the Royal Academy schools in 1782 with plans to be a miniature painter, and began to exhibit a year later. The present portrait was painted in 1790 when Sir Edward Astley was 61 years of age. Tax stamp on the back of the canvas. Canvas maker's stamp "J Poole, High Holborn, British Linen. 1508-23-85". Cleaned in June 1958. Cleaner reported: "Unlined canvas, two small patches on back of canvas". Chips to the frame. Two old repaired tears. Oil on canvas which is unlined. There is an artist's suppliers stamp for J Poole on the reverse and a tax stamp. The canvas has two patch repairs on the reverse. The painting is attached to a rectangular wooden stretcher, some keys are missing and canvas tension is slightly slack. Apart from the small tears in the canvas, the paint layer is in a good condition. There are small areas of retouching covering the areas of damage. The varnish is dull and yellowed, but even. There is a layer of surface dirt present. The frame is missing a section of the moulding along the upper edge. There are a few scattered losses to the gilding.
Lot 336
A quantity of ceramics to include mid-20th century floral decorated teaware, two Carlton ware red cups and saucers, a c1930s Crown Devon kidney-shaped bowl, a 1930s floral decorated shallow bowl, retro-style cake plate, a Poole teapot, various collectors' plates etc, also a quantity of plated flatware and vintage glassware to include a ribbed blue vase etc.
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