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Click here to subscribeA quantity of mixed sundry items including a carriage lamp, a bust of Winston Churchill, a fragment of a Messerschmidt 109 engine, shot down over the English Channel, an Ark Royal cap band & a W.D. oil can 1944. Provenance: Submitted by Mrs. Lauraine Sadleir MBE & the late Mr. Michael R. Sadleir
RENÉ LALIQUE (FRENCH, 1860-1945)A 'NAIADE' CAR MASCOT, DESIGNED IN 1920, clear glass, frosted and polished, engraved no. 832, engraved 'R. Lalique France". 13.5cm highThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.No chips or cracks, in generally very good condition.
RENÉ LALIQUE (FRENCH, 1860-1945)A 'DANAIDES' VASE, DESIGNED IN 1926, opalescent glass, press-moulded, frosted and polished, engraved no. 972, engraved 'R. LALIQUE / FRANCE'. 18.5cm highThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.In generally good condition. A few minute fleabites to the footrim which can only be felt with a fingernail. The top rim with one similar fleabite. Good opalescence.
RENÉ LALIQUE (FRENCH, 1860-1945)A LARGE 'BACCHANTES' VASE, DESIGNED IN 1927, opalescent, frosted and polished glass, engraved no. 997, engraved 'R. LALIQUE FRANCE'. 24.5cm highThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Very good opalescence. Few minute fleabites around the foot which can be felt with a fingernail. Small air bubbles in glass visible and a surface scratch to the interior and some scratches to top rim. Some minute fleabites to the top rim which can be felt with a fingernail. In generally good order. Breasts and noses appear ok.
RENÉ LALIQUE (FRENCH, 1860-1945)A 'VITESSE' CAR MASCOT, DESIGNED IN 1929, clear satin glass, no. 1160, moulded 'R. LALIQUE FRANCE' with a double-tailed Q. 18cm highThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.A couple of absolutely minute fleabites to the edge of the base. A few clusters of air bubbles visible, but minor. In generally good condition.
RENÉ LALIQUE (FRENCH, 1860-1945)A 'BISON' PAPERWEIGHT, DESIGNED IN 1931, clear glass, frosted and polished, no. 1196, stencilled 'R. LALIQUE / FRANCE'. 9cm highThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Excellent with no obvious damage, cracks or chips.
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, of small proportions, the eight inch steel dial signed R Stewart, 4 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, and with switches for silent/chime and Wellington Westminster, the hood with blind fretwork-carved frieze over a pair of columns, the long trunk door with fiddle-back mahogany panel, raised on ogee bracket feet, complete with weights and pendulum. 183.5cm high
AN ART NOUVEAU SILVER BACKED HAIR BRUSH, by William Devenport, Birmingham 1906, embossed with green man mask and foliate scrolls; AN ART NOUVEAU COMB, Birmingham 1899, embossed with lilies; A SET OF SIX ROYAL COMMEMORATIVE 1935 SILVER JUBILEE SILVER TEASPOONS, by R. Bond & Co, Sheffield 1935, with royal cypher tops; A SILVER QUEEN'S PATTERN PICKLE FORK, by Robert Pringle & Sons, Birmingham 1901; and A MINNESOTA FALLS SOUVENIR SPOON, stamped 'sterling'. Gross weight of spoons 2.94 troy ounces
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY GREEN GLASS RUM DECANTER, with gilded label, the flattened tear-drop stopper gilded to each side with an R. 22cmThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Gilding is rubbed, the stopper is chipped, there is an oval shaped blemish in the glass on the neck of the bottle
A George III period helmet-shaped neo-classical-style hallmarked silver cream jug; gadrooned rim and high arched handle, the main body with oval cartouche engraved with monogram, the body further bright-cut engraved with flowers and swags etc., maker's mark CH, assayed London probably 1792, with interesting presentation inscription to the underside 'From her Godfather Capt. R. Fitzmaurice RN. January 1918' (13.5cm to tip of handle)The marks are clear and good, slight misshape to the handle, overall tarnish and the stepped base is indented causing the jug to lean off centre. The base underside is also engraved.
The India General Service Medal with Hazara 1888 clasp to the Venerable Archdeacon W. H. Tribe Eccl. Estt.. Contained in its original box with printed label and handwritten inscription Walter Harry Tribe MA (1832-1909) was the father of the notable aviator, ornithologist and hospital manager, Mary Duchess of Bedford, ‘the flying Duchess’ and Charles Tribe.Born at Fittleworth, Sussex, he was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1854. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1857 by the Bishop of Winchester (Dr. C. R. Broughton) to the curacy at Broughton, Hampshire. In 1860 he accepted from a private patron the rectory of Stockbridge and married in 1861 Sophie Lander, daughter of the Consul-General in the Dardanelles. In 1867 began his long service as an Indian Civil Service chaplain in the Bengal Establishment. He was stationed successively at Bareilly, Agra, Delhi Camp of Exercise, Nynee-Tal Allahabad, Sealkote, the Rawalpindi Durbar and at Simla. In 1885 Bishop Valpy French appointed him Archdeacon of Lahore. In January 1888 his daughter, Mary, married Viceroy Dufferin’s ADC, Lord Herbrand Russell (the 11th Duke of Bedford from 1893 to 1940) at Barrackpore. That October he joined the First Hazara (Black Mountain) Expedition, as one of its four chaplains, which he recorded in a series of drawings. After leaving India in 1892 he was for a time chaplain at Algiers, and in 1895 he was nominated by his son-in-law, Herbrand Russell 11th Duke of Bedford, to the vicarage of Awliscombe, Somerset, which he resigned ten years later.
The American Military Order of the Dragon to Captain Charles Walter Tribe, No. 1328, cased and with corresponding framed and glazed certificate signed by the President and Secretary of the Order, Lt.-Gen. Adna R. Chaffee (Chief of Staff of the United States Army) and Captain Charles D. Rhodes, and dated April 21st 1906; together with the awardee's framed Amara War Cemetery printed memorial. (The order contained in Spink & Son Ltd. red-leather fitted easel case)(3)
A mixed lot of port and wine: a bottle of port with label missing and postcard attached to the neck reading ‘I think this could Croft 1960'; Burmester 2001 LBV port with label detailing the winner of a National Hunt flat race, Battonier ridden by R Thornton; 2 x Savigny-les-Beaune 2002 1er Cru – Les Serpentieres; Chanoine grand réserve champagne with Cheltenham Racecourse label detailing the winning trainer of race 5, Oct 27 1999, as D. Nicholson; Paul Gobillard premier cru champagne with Pitchall Stud label (6)
A collection of nine Ornithology titles, mainly association copies, comprising E.W. Hendy: 'Here and There with Birds', 1933, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to FFEP, original cloth; Bengt Berg: 'With the Migratory Birds to Africa', 1931, 1st edition, inscription to FFEP "To Jim Vincent, thanking him for the wonderful evening of June 1st 1932 from Nesta Bevan [?]", original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (worn); Hartert, Jourdain et al: 'A Hand-List of British Birds', 1912, ownership signature of Percy R. Lowe (1870-1948), English surgeon and ornithologist, to FFEP, original cloth gilt; C.A. Gibson-Hill: 'Birds of the Coast', 1949, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth; Frances Pitt: 'Birds and the Sea', 1935, 1st edition, inscribed from Denys Watkins-Pitchford to R.B. Talbot Kelly (both taught art at Rugby school) on FFEP, Talbot Kelly bookplate to front paste down, original cloth gilt; Niall Rankin: 'Haunts of British Divers', 1947, 1st edition, ownership signature of ornithologist and author P.R. Westall to FFEP, original cloth; Bentley Beetham: 'The Home-Life of the Spoonbill', 1910, 1st edition, ownership signature to FFEP of ornithologist E.G.B. Meade-Waldo, original cloth gilt; Walter E. Higham: 'Birds in Colour', 1946, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to FFEP to Arnold W Boyd, ex B.T.O. lending library with inkstamp to FFEP, original cloth gilt worn; Kirke Swann: 'A Concise Handbook of British Birds', 1896, bookplate of ornithologist and author W.H. Mullens to front paste down, original cloth gilt; plus one other similar (10)
Alfred Russel Wallace: 'My Life A Record of Events and Opinions', London, Chapman & Hall, 1905, 1st edition, 2 volumes, signed and inscribed presentation copy "To Edwin A. Harris, with the best wishes of the author Alfred R. Wallace - Broadstone Jany. 15th 1911" to FFEP, portrait frontis + plates, maps, facsimiles etc as called for, original cloth gilt. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858. This prompted Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species.
Six titles Woodbridge and environs, including Major Peter Carthew: 'A Short History of Woodbridge', [1950], original cloth; Vincent B. Restone & others, a composite bound album of extracts on Woodbridge etc from 'Booth's Almanack', circa 1897-1904, Vincent redstone's copy with his ownership signature to FFEP, contemporary quarter calf gilt; plus 2 George Booth view albums Woodbridge circa late 19th/early 20th Century, larger format album (19 x 28cm) with 20 plates including Seckford Hall, Ufford Church and Martlesham Red Lion, the other (17 x 24cm) with 18 views on 8 leaves, each oblong, original boards gilt (worn); plus 'The Story of Ufford' by R W Maitland, 1879, printed by W E Harrison of Ipswich, colour image of Ufford Place pasted in, original cloth gilt; plus Dudley Symon: 'Woodbridge in Suffolk', [1934], original pictorial cloth (6)
Four titles Ipswich and environs including Clarke: 'The History and Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich', Ipswich, Piper, 1830, engraved frontis, engraved title page plus numoerous engraved plates, pp211-214 supplied in facsimile, contemporary calf gilt; R. Green: 'The History...of Framlingham and Saxsted', London, 1834, 2 plans (1 folding) + 1 plate, old quarter calf (very worn), ex library; Vincent B. Redstone: 'The Annals of Wickham Market', Woodbridge, 1896, original printed wraps (top wrap detached but present), inscribed by Redstone to top wrap, Norman Scarfe's copy; E.D.H. Tollemache: 'The Tollemaches of Helmingham and Ham', 1949, original cloth, bookplate of William Ewert Viscount Camrose (4)
Five titles Norwich related including P. Browne: 'The History of Norwich', Norwich, R. Chipperfield, 1814, 1st edition, 3 aquatint plates as called for, contemporary calf boards, later rebacked calf gilt; plus Henry Ninham: 'Views of the Ancient City Gates of Norwich', 1864, 23 engraved plates as called for, old cloth gilt; plus Samuel Woodward: 'The History and Antiquities of Norwich Castle', Norwich, 1847, added litho vignette title + 31 plates (of which 12 hand coloured) as called for, 4to, original cloth gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip; plus Kirkpatrick: 'The Streets and Lanes The City of Norwich', 1889 (a/f) and E.P. Willins: 'Quanit Old Norwich', 1884 (a/f) (5)
Six Norfolk interest titles including Martin: 'The History of Thetford', 1779, lacks title page and port frontis, 9 other engraved plates present, copy of R. Manby of Thetford, 4to, contemporary calf worn, top board detached but present, "R. Manby" in gilt to top board; Lubbock: 'Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk', 1879, new edition, large folding map, original cloth gilt; Bloom: 'Notices of the Castle and Priory at Castleacre', 1843, as found working copy; Walter Rye: 'Cromer Past and Present', 1889, limited edition (12/500), numbered, crown 4to, original half calf gilt, top board/spine crudely reinforced with tape externally; plus Wortley: 'Downham Market', original cloth gilt; plus Steers: 'Scolt Head Island', 1934, large folding map + numerous other folding plates etc, original cloth gilt (VGC), scarce in good condition (6)
Collection assorted Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Berkshire maps and prints, including R. Blome maps of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire c.1673 (2); Bowen 'Buckinghamshire' c.1760 (toned/worn); J. Blaeu: 'Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire', c.1650 (very toned); Blaeu 'Berkshire', c.1645 (close trimmed at vertical margins), + Moll, Kitchin, etc etc
Rupert Annual 1937, Daily Express, [1936], 2nd Rupert Annual, original cloth backed pictorial boards slightly worn, small surface paper losses to top board near hot air balloon and just below/slightly affecting second 'R' in the word 'Rupert' in title, corners bumped and edges slightly rubbed
An 18ct white gold diamond solitaire ring, set with an estimated approx 1.10ct brilliant cut diamond, finger size R, weight 3.2gms Condition Report: Diamond is a little on the yellow side possibly L/M colour, a tiny bit hazy but I cannot see any inclusions at all with a loope, there is however a ring of dirt around the setting that I cant clean away it needs an ultrasonic clean and this does show in the photos, there are no chips.
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