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Click here to subscribeMignot Gerbeau Period mounted French infantry officer, Cuirassier officer, other officers (3), wagon team drivers without horses (3), post WW2 mounted (3) and foot (3) figures by other makers, generally G, 2 F, (14) 1 horse missing back leg and stirrup, 1 horse missing both stirrups, 1 head missing, 7 scabbards detached, 4 missing,
Dinky Toys Wagons & Trailers, 30n Farm Produce Wagon, green body, type 2 open chassis, black ridged hubs, VG-E, 25r Forward Control Lorry, orange body, green ridged hubs, G-VG, 33w Mechanical Horse & Trailer, grey, black ridged hubs, VG, 25g Trailer (2), early post-war, first fawn, second green, both smooth black hubs, VG, fawn lacks drawbar (5)
Britains boxed set no.2 18 inch Heavy Howitzer on tractor wheels, 1930s version, complete with 3 powers of cartridge and shells (4), additional pre (4) and post (6) WW2 version Britains guns, spare ammo in sealed bags (4), guns by other makers (5), F-G, a few P, (20), 18 inch howitzer, gun P, breech damaged, box lid with 2 split corners, shells G, all loose pre WW2 Britains guns with faults, post WW2 G, other makers playworn but complete.
Mignot post WW2 production horse drawn limber and ammunition wagon, with similar wagon by SR, field gun by another maker and seated US Confederate gunner, generally G, gunner F, (5), Mignot ammunition wagon with repaired damage to pin that connects wagon to limber. Gunner with repaired neck.
Mignot French troops in horizon blue comprising pre WW2 version marching in kepis, (8 inc bugler), pre WW2 version standing firing in Adrian helmets (11), marching in Adrian helmets (7 pre WW2 version, 9 post WW2 inc bugler, standard bearer and 3 empty handed), generally G, a few faults, (35) most with slight play wear but no damage, marching in kepis and standing firing with varnish residue, 1 pre WW2 marching in Adrian helmet repaired rifle, post WW2 with 2 repaired bayonets,
Mignot Musketeers (4), troops of Henri XIV (9), Romans (2), Crusaders (3), Gauls (2), Frankish knights (2), Greek and English Herald, all post WW2 production, F-G, a few faults, (24) 3 weapons and 1 shield require re-attaching, 1 Gaul incomplete, 2 Henri XIV standard bearers missing standards.
Haffner post WW2 recast horse drawn Canteen and limber, overall length 222mm, with additional gun, generally G, a few faults, 50mm scale Austrian gun and limber with 3 teams of horses, probably modern using some original horses, c/w 2 outriders and 2 seated figures, F-G, (2 sets), pip for outrider detached and stuck in horse. Horse' reins slightly worn but complete,
Britains post 1954 sets 1527 R.A.F. Band, all with gold stripe to trousers, restrung into original ROAN boxes, generally VG in VG boxes, some variation between contents, possibly incorrect, (2), 1 set contains boy fifer, boy side drummer with plastic drum, bass drummer with metal drum, cymbalist, clarinet, trumpet, trombone (2), tenor horn (2), euphonium, bandmaster. 1 set contains adult fifer, boy side drummer with metal drum, bass drummer with plastic drum, cymbalist, clarinet, trumpet (3), tenor horn, euphonium (2), bandmaster.
Collection Of Post-War Dinky Toys, including 564 Elevator Loader, in original box, loose Observation Coach, Leyland Royal Tiger, Single Deck Bus, 23j Alfa Romeo, 23g Cooper-Bristol, 641 Army Cargo Truck, Flying Boat, Viking, Market Gardeners Lorry, Morris Oxford, Lagonda, Royal Mail Van, Taxi with driver, 674 Austin Champ and others with a Tri-ang Minic Dust Cart, boxed Britains Height Finder and a few loose soldiers, P-VG, boxes F-G (35+)
German Third Reich Kriegsmarine Officer's dagger circa 1938-45 by Eickhorn, Solingen. The anchor etched blade with double fuller and to the forte the stamped cutler's post 1941 backward looking squirrel logo. Gilt metal mounts, twisted simulated ivory grip. Housed in gilt metal scabbard with engraved lightening bolts, oak leaf supports for the two loose suspension rings. dagger is 39 cms long Grip wire is missing, and ivory handle has a hairline crack along the length
Hilary Heron (1923-1976)Bird Barking (1959)Welded steel, 213cm long, 105cm high (83¾ x 41¼’’)Provenance: From the Collection of the late John Hunt who is thought to have been bought directly from the artist circa 1965 and thence by descent to the current owner.Exhibited: Hilary Heron, The Waddington Galleries London, 1960. Cat. No. 2 .Ulster Society of Women Artists, Belfast, 1961.Hilary Heron Sculpture, Queens University Belfast, Visual Arts Group. 1963. Cat. No. 2.Literature: ‘Irish Women Artists: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day’, National Gallery of Ireland/The Douglas Hyde Gallery. Illustrated Fig. 30. Page 44.Hilary Heron (1923-77) was the pioneering figure in modern sculpture in Ireland in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. She attended the National College of Art in Dublin in the early 1940s and as a student she won the Taylor Art Scholarship Prize in three successive years. Heron exhibited at the first Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1943 and continued to show with them for over twenty years. Winning the IELA Mainie Jellett travelling scholarship, she spent most of 1948 in Paris and was influenced by the Post War existentialist art she encountered. She was related by marriage to playwright Samuel Beckett and he accompanied her to galleries and introduced her to the Paris art world. It was here that she became enamoured with welding as a sculptural medium having seen works by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, and Julio González. The medium of ambitious modern sculpture between 1945 and 1960 was welded iron and Heron was the first Irish artist to exhibit welded sculpture. In doing so she influenced future generations of Irish sculptors. She was also something of a pioneer in two dimensional relief work using lead and other media. When her gallery Waddingtons moved to London in the mid-fifties she and Jack B. Yeats were the only two artists from their Dublin gallery who had London solo shows with them. By this time reviewers and commentators were universally positive, writing that Heron was Ireland’s only modern and most promising sculptor and in touch with outside influences. Her stature as Ireland’s foremost sculptor was re-enforced when she was selected with Louis le Brocquy to represent Ireland at the important Venice Biennale in 1956 where she exhibited nine carvings and three welded pieces. In the late 1950s and early 1960s she shared a studio in London with the English sculptor Elisabeth Frink. It was here that Heron completed this current work. It was exhibited in her first London solo show which the review in The Observer newspaper described as ‘bringing something fresh, diverting, and also very genuine to our inbred world of sculpture’. Birds were a theme in Heron’s work and Bird Barking, 1959, in welded steel is one of the largest sculptures she made. This surreal work was prompted by a comment made by a city friend of hers, who couldn’t sleep while staying in the countryside, because of the “cuckoo barking”. Heron is an important sculptor in Irish art history and she is under-represented in Irish public galleries, The Observer review suggested that her work should be bought for a public collection, that opportunity now presents itself again.Billy Shortall March 2018
Paul Henry RHA (1877-1958)Looking Towards Achill from the East of Achill Sound (c.1925)Oil on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 16)SignedProvenance: Private UK Collection. In this view, which looks towards Achill Island from the East of Achill Sound, the sky already appears as if rain is approaching, although there are gentle reflections in the water. The note of running fences in the foreground is a typical ‘Henry’ feature, as is the feature in the lightness of the background, which contrasts with the foreground and the mountain in the background. The area is literally strewn with mountains, as a trip through it will confirm. Also the principal mountain, which dominates the scene, is Slievemore. Before going to Achill, Henry was a plain-dweller and the abruptness of the mountain contours he tells us in his Irish Portrait (Henry, 1951, p. 50) now ‘disturbed’ him. On Achill, too, the sea was constantly encountered, its sudden changes of mood and temper often affecting life and fortune. The fragility of man’s survival in the face of the powers of nature, which made such an impact on Henry’s perceptions of the island, are clear to be seen in this striking picture. The simplicity of the composition, which dominates no more than three separate elements-the sky, the mass of the mountain which dominates all, the narrow strip of sea in the background-illustrates the severity of the artist’s Post Impressionism and the force of his compositional technique. On the reverse are labels of James Bourlet, with the number 58538, also the number ‘30’ and the address of ‘Bregazzi, Dublin. Also on the reverse it is numbered 1320-the next number, with the title, in Dr. S. B. Kennedy’s ongoing catalouguing of Henry’s oeuvre.Dr. S.B. Kennedy February 2018
Seventeen files, stamp albums and stock books containing a very good quantity of first day covers, franked and unfranked stamps from GB and other parts of the world. One stock book contains a good quantity of pre and post decimal unfranked GB Commemorative stamps, some in panes including cylinder and traffic light blocks together with some blocks of high value Machin Definitives, the total value of the unfranked definitive stamps exceeding £50. Another book contains a number of envelopes with Penny Red stamps attached, print plate numbers included are 73, 78, 81, 98, 120, 121, 124, 154, 156, 190, 191, 193, 194 and 201. The exterior of some of the books is rather grubby and some may have an odour from long term storage however otherwise appear F to G.
Three unboxed Tri-ang Minic clockwork tinplate vehicles, including Post War long bonnet versions of the 32M Dust Cart and 21M Minic Transport Delivery Van, together with a Pre-War version of the Delivery Lorry carrying a load of six wooden barrels. Overall models appear F to G with some corrosion to plated parts, all missing keys and mechanisms untested. (3)
A collection of approx 37 stereo scope photographs relating to the front during WWIScenes to include a German being captured by two Tommy's, bombed churches, people in trenches, artillery, German prisoners, dead bodies, Scottish troops in kilts, explosions, German being frisked by two British British soldiers, The Labyrinth of Arras, concrete machine gun post, mortar's being fired, HRH the Prince of Wales in uniform, black watch and Indians hold advance positions in a trench, cavalry, zeppelin shot down near Colchester, etc, complete with a stereoscope for viewing
Ransome, Arthur, 12 1sts in the Swallows & Amazons series, all lacking d/ws and comprising Swallowdale, Great Northern, Winter Holiday, Swallows & Amazons, Peter Duck, Missee Lee, Pigeon Post, Secret Water, The Picts & the Martyrs, The Big Six, Coot Club and We Didn't mean to go to Sea to/w another vol of Swallows & Amazons, New Illustrated edition 1931 and three leather-bound vols in the Flyfishers Classic Library Series, also by Arthur Ransome, in slip-covers (16)
A good collection of vintage postcards including humour, military, novelty, greetings, topography, warships, etc., to/w a quantity of cigarette and other trade cards, including Wills, Rothmans, Carreras, Savory, Gallaher, Players, Millhoff, Ogdens, Cepes, Godrey Phillips, Churchman, Cavanders, Sunripe, etc., in albums and boxes, Rothmans portfolio of Rex Whistler cartoons 1950, Francis Chichester Planisphere, two Royal souvenir programmes and Post Office savings bank
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