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Lot 637
A DIAMOND AND EMERALD RING Claw-set to the centre with three rectangular-cut emeralds with a combined weight of approximately 3ct, the sides claw-set with 12 round brilliant-cut diamonds, with a combined weight of approximately 1,20ct, colour F-G and clarity VS-SI, in a 18ct yellow gold ring, size R
Lot 3079
WWI Victory medal, awarded to '260077 PTE. W. Elvidge. W. York. R.', British War style medal similarly named and a special constabulary medal awarded to the same recipient, accompanied by certificate of demobilization and certificate of employment during the war Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 508
WW1 British Military Medal Group comprising of GR V Military Medal, 1914 Mons Star with 5th Aug - Nov 22nd Clasp, War Medal 1914-18, Victory Medal, WW2 Defence Medal, War Medal and RAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to 3818 Pte R Tandy, 2/Notts & Derby Regiment. Pte Tandy left the Army after the Great War, but being bored with civilian life joined the RAF in 1923 and rose to the rank of Squadron Leader and retired in 1949. Medals are mounted on a bar with new ribbons. Comes complete with a photocopy photo of Pte Tandy wearing his MM and a full copy of his RAF Service records. He died in 1977.
Lot 531
WW1 British Victory Medals, four in total awarded to: 41749 Pte G Smyth, Royal Lancashire Regiment: 3-8303 Pte WH Griffiths, Yorkshire Regiment: T4-275173 Dvr WJ Osbourne, ASC: 28506 Pte R Gaulton, Somerset Light Infantry. All complete with ribbons. Along with a modern miniature 1914 Star with 5th Aug -22nd Nov Clasp. (5)
Lot 738
WW2 Third Reich NSDAP Armband in cotton, three part separately sewn construction. Complete with B series printed RZM paper label Hersteller 4/427. Serial number R 057555. War souvenirs of a British Soldier who served with the Intel Platoon, Coldstream Guards, Guards Armoured Div who served 1944-1945 in Belgium, Holland, Germany inc Berlin. Proceeds of the sale are being donated to the Woodland Trust.
Lot 26
A single stone diamond ring claw set with an emerald cut diamond, each shoulder channel set with tapered scissor/baguette cut diamonds, to a plain platinum shank; with accompanying GIA report, dated 13.06.17, numbered 16177854, stating that the principal diamond is 1.54cts, F colour, VS2 clarity (Dimensions: Ring size: Q/R, principal diamond weight: 1.54cts)(Ring size: Q/R, principal diamond weight: 1.54cts)Condition report: In good overall condition, only minor surface marks and wear to metalwork. Fully hallmarked, Estimated total secondary diamond weight: 2.50cts For more details regarding the principal diamond, please see an image of the report. IMPORTANT: Please note that we do not have a hard copy of the certificate, details were obtained using the refernece number on the GIA's report check facility via their website. Please note that diamonds and gemstones can not be accurately graded and measured when mounted in jewellery.
Lot 65
A 1960s/1970s tourmaline and diamond set ring claw-set with three emerald cut green tourmalines and three round brilliant cut diamonds, with cast organic openwork band (Dimensions: Ring size Q/R, estimated total tourmaline weight 5.31cts, estimated total diamond weight 0.75cts) (Qty: 1)(Ring size Q/R, estimated total tourmaline weight 5.31cts, estimated total diamond weight 0.75cts)Condition report: Apparently unmarked. Minor chips to some facet edges of the tourmalines. Gross weight 16.9 gr. Please note that diamonds and gemstones can not be accurately graded and measured when mounted in jewellery.
Lot 177
Newton (John) Mathematical Elements in III parts, The first being the discourse of Practical Geometry... The second, a description and use of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. The third, the delineation of the Globe upon the Plain of any great Circle, according to the Stereographick, or Circular projection, engraved slide rule on *4 verso with advert on recto for Anthony Thompson as maker, 13 engraved plates only (of 15, lacking frontispiece and 1 plate to part 1), closely shaved, touching foot of imprint on title, occasional browning, occasional damp-staining, 20th century calf, spine faded, [Wing N1066], 4to, R. & W. Leybourn for R. Horn, 1660.
![Shakespeare's Treacherous Aumerle.- Edward [Edward of Langley, Edward of York], second Duke of York, Duke of Aumale, magnate,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bb10b0b1-e524-449f-b40e-aaf5010d3b68/0d571bfe-a794-4739-99b4-aaf501203aba/468x382.jpg)
Lot 200
Shakespeare's Treacherous Aumerle.- Edward [Edward of Langley, Edward of York], second Duke of York, Duke of Aumale, magnate, the eldest son of Edmund 1341-1402, the fifth son of Edward III, and Isabella of Castile d. 1393, second daughter of Pedro the Cruel r. 1350-69, c. 1373-1415) Indenture by the most puissant prince Duke of Aumale Earl of Rutland & Cork and Constable to William Peytevyn esquire, and Joan his wife of the Manor of Oxeye [Oxhey] and its appurtenances in the county of Hertfordshire without waste of wood on the estate, the duke also agrees to pay William £10 at Michaelmas and Easter, manuscript in Anglo-French, on vellum, 13 lines, in brown ink, indented chirograph at head, 4 small wormholes, folds, browned, red wax seal of Aumale's signet, edges chipped with loss but image strong, 135 x 297mm., housed in a full morocco box, London, 16th October 1398.⁂ "Take it, brave York." - Shakespeare. Henry V.A document by one of the most important members of the Royal Family in the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V. A firm favourite of Richard II, "Jean Creton considered that there was no man alive whom Richard loved better" (Oxford DNB). Despite this favour Aumale nevertheless acquiesced in Henry IV's usurpation of the throne, and was present when Richard was detained at Flint Castle in north Wales. At the first parliament of Henry IV Aumale was subjected to much hatred by the new king's supporters and narrowly avoided being attacked physically. The king resisted his impeachment but he lost many of his titles, including Aumale, and the constableship of the Tower. In 1399 he was caught up in a conspiracy to kill the king, and at least knew of another plot in 1405. Despite this he held several important offices during the reign of Henry IV. In 1402 Edward became duke of York after the death of his father, and in 1403 was appointed lieutenant of South Wales. The future Henry V, fighting against the Glendower rebellion, praised York in Parliament, he "had served and laboured in such a way as to support and embolden all the other members of the company, as if he had been the poorest gentleman in the realm wishing to serve him in order to win honour and renown". York was also a noted authority on hunting, his Master of Game, dedicated to the prince of Wales, translated the Livre du chasse of Gaston Phébus, count of Foix, with the addition of several extra chapters of his own. With the advent of the reign of Henry V, York fought in the Normandy campaign, commanding the van of the army at the battle of Agincourt, where he was killed, either by a head wound or in "much heat and pressing". His bones were buried in Fotheringhay Church, Northamptonshire.Aumale/York, as the character Aumerle occupies a central position in Shakespeare's play, Richard II. In the play Aumerle is portrayed as a man who is loyal to King Richard and one of the main conspirators against the newly crowned King Henry IV. When his father, the Duke of York, discovers his part in the plot, he immediately informs the king. Aumerle, however, reaches the king first and begs for pardon, which he is given due to his mother's intercession. Aumerle's character makes a brief appearance in Henry V before the battle of Agincourt, this time as Duke of York, requesting that he be given charge of the vanguard, which the king grants. "My lord, most humbly on my knee I beg/The leading of the vaward/Take it, brave York/Now, soldiers, march away: And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!" - Shakespeare.
Lot 299
Spiders.- Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects, first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 53 plates, list of subscribers, a little spotted and soiled, some offsetting, bookplate of Thomas Wakeman, handsome contemporary diced russia with elaborate gilt border of flowers and thistles, a little rubbed, light staining to lower cover, rebacked,[Nissen ZBI 60], 4to, John Tilly for R. Montagu [&c.], 1736.
![Americas.- [Burke (Edmund)] An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 vol., first edition, half titles (before tex](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bb10b0b1-e524-449f-b40e-aaf5010d3b68/a3b7273b-ef1b-4732-9a98-aaf501211ff7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 305
Americas.- [Burke (Edmund)] An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 vol., first edition, half titles (before text), 2 folding engraved maps, a few contemporary ink annotations to vol.1, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, a couple of small worn patches, [Sabin 9282], 8vo, for R. & J.Dodsley, 1757.⁂ Covering the history, agriculture, trade, and politics of the colonies, including those in South America and the West Indies, as well as the customs and manners of the native peoples on the eve of the American Revolution.
Lot 339
Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, manuscript on vellum, in Latin and French, 98 leaves including initial and final blanks: fols. 1, 22v, 59v, 98v also blank, Modern foliation in pencil on the upper right corner (not taking into consideration first blank leaf), single column, 20 lines, ruled in brown ink, written in brown ink in a regular textura, major feasts in Calendar in gold, others alternating blue and mauve, 14 lines of prayers on fol. 98r in a different and slightly later hand,14 fine full-page miniatures, mostly in arched compartments, with full floriate and foliate borders, inhabited by birds, squirrels, monkeys and fantastic animals or occasionally flanked by multi-coloured marbled columns, smaller illuminated miniatures in Calendar, each page of text with illuminated floriate and foliate border on one side, in gold and colours, including some animals, numerous decorated illuminated initials in varying sizes, line-fillers throughout, a few small spots and stains but generally in bright and fresh condition, 20th century dark brown morocco by Baum, spine gilt, gilt-stamped morocco pastedowns, earlier gilt edges, 8vo (165 x 108mm.), Rouen, [1480s].⁂ An excellent example of an illuminated book of hours, the intimate prayerbook for the laity, produced in Rouen in the last quarter of the 15th century (possibly c.1480-1485): a mixture of devotion, literacy and luxury executed for a patroness. The style of the illumination and iconographical features allow us confidently to attribute its production to the workshop, or a close follower of the Maître de l'Échevinage, so named after a group of manuscripts he illuminated for the library of the Council of Aldermen (échevins) of Rouen, and now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. This highly esteemed and influential artist worked in the Norman town from 1450 to c.1485, and is also known as the Master of Latini Geneva, from a Brunetto Latini manuscript in the Geneva Library. The manuscript opens with the Calendar, in which the names of local saints are included - among others, Ansbertus (9th February), the patron of Rouen Romanus (23rd October), and Martialis (3rd July) - and further confirm its place of production. Each month is framed within an illuminated border containing vignettes representing the relevant sign of the zodiac and seasonal labours respectively. Landscapes and details are rendered with great care. Moreover, the manuscript contains 14 full-page miniatures, each introducing the traditional sections of the Book of Hours. The elaborate carved architectural structures or thrones, the draperies shaded in gold, and the landscapes visible beyond, with views of a walled town (possibly Rouen), are remarkable. The miniature opening the Gospel sequences (fol. 14r), which depicts all four evangelists, is particularly noteworthy. It departs from the standard iconography: while the four evangelists are normally all the same size, here the emphasis is placed on St. John, seated on Patmos island and in the act of writing on a scroll. Luke, Matthew, and Mark on the other hand are depicted in smaller marginal vignettes, and are represented in different activities: Luke writes, Matthew reads, and Mark examines the point of his pen. This unusual iconography is distinctive of the Échevinage Master, and is repeated - in slightly variant forms - by his followers. Other stylistic or iconographical characteristics are recognisable in the eight miniatures illustrating the Hours of the Virgin, and or in the macabre image of the Three Living and Three Dead introducing the Office of the Dead (fol. 72r), a set of prayers for the dead and dying. More specifically, the manuscript shows striking similarities with the MSS Walters 224 and 241 of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, both produced in the 1480s by a follower of the Échevinage Master. Occasionally customers paid for having special miniatures in their Book of Hours, usually one representing themselves kneeling before the Virgin or a particular saint. This is the case in this manuscript: the miniature on fol. 91r depicts its unknown patroness, dressed in a rose-madder robe and wearing a black headdress, kneeling before a seated Virgin Mary holding the Christ child. The manuscript is therefore the issue of female patronage, and the coats of arms on fol. 96v, which, in a certain sense, signs the manuscript, is also possibly related to the family of this woman.Text (for the use of Rouen):Fols. 2r-13v: Calendar, in French; fols. 14r-17vr: Gospel sequences; fols. 17r-19v: Obsecro te; fols 19v-22r: O Intemerata; fols. 23r-54r: Hours of the Virgin: Matins (fol. 24r: Lauds; fol. 31r: Prime; fol. 40r: Terce; fol. 43v: Sext; fol. 46r: None; fol. 48r: Vespers; fol. 50r: Compline; fol. 51v); fols. 54v-56v: Hours of the Holy Cross; fols. 57r-59v: Hours of the Holy Spirit; fols. 60r-71v: Seven Penitential Psalms, Litanies; fols. 72r-90v: Office of the Dead; fols. 91r-96v: Marian hymns (Fifteen Joys of the Virgins), in French.Illustration:Calendar. Fol. 2r (January): The Water Carrier; Feasting; fol. 3r (February): The Fish; Warming by fire; fol. 4r (March): The Ram; Pruning; fol. 5r (April): The Bull; Hawking; fol. 6r (May): The Twins; Riding; fol. 7r ((June): The Crab; Shearing sheep; fol. 8r (July): The Lion; Reaping; fol. 9r (August): The Virgin; Winnowing; fol. 10r (September): The Balance; Sowing; fol. 11r (October): The Scorpion; Treading Grapes; fol. 12r (November): The Archer; Slaughtering a Pig; fol. 13r (December): The Goat; Roasting a Pig.The subjects of the 14 full-page miniatures are as follows: 1. fol. 14r: St. John in Patmos at centre, the other evangelists in smaller vignettes; 2. fol. 24r: Annunciation, episodes from Virgin's life at base; 3. fol. 31r: Visitation, drollery at base; 4. fol. 40r: Nativity, drollery at base; 5. fol. 43v: Annunciation to the Shepherds and Shepherdess; 6. fol. 46r: Adoration of the Magi; 7. fol. 48r: Presentation in Temple, drollery at base; 8. fol. 50r: Flight into Egypt; Miracle of Cornfield at back; 9. fol. 51v: Coronation of Virgin, drollery at base; 10. fol. 54v: Crucifixion with thieves; 11. fol. 57r: Pentecost; 12. fol. 60r: King David penitent, admonished by Nathan, Combat of Goliath at base; 13. fol. 72r: Three Living and Three Dead, a man run through by skeletal Death with his dart at base; 14. fol. 91v: Virgin and Child enthroned with the female manuscript owner kneeling.Provenance: first female owner depicted on fol. 91v; two coats of arms on fol. 96v; the German collector George Nestle-John (1839-1895; see Bibliothek George Nestle-John. Illustrierte Bücher des xiii.-xix Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt, 6 October 1931, lot 81, and pl. lxiib; estimated 1,500 Reichs-Marks), copy of catalogue included in the lot.Literature: G. Swarzenski- R. Schilling, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Einzelminiaturen des Mittelalters und der Renaissance in Frankfurter Besitz, Frankfurt 1929, no. 125 and pl. lxiib; R.S. Wieck, Time …
Lot 353
Talbot (John, second Earl of Shrewsbury and second Earl of Waterford, magnate, c. 1413-1460).- Deed of gift from Ranulf Bromley of Wyco Malbans [Nantwich] in the County of Chester, gentleman, to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir Hugh Egerton, Lord William Hassall and Ralph Rayner, of all his lands, tenement, rents and services in the County of Chester and elsewhere and all his portable goods, living and dead, witnesses: Thomas Masterson; Thomas Brayne; Thomas Broke, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 8 lines, calligraphic "S" at beginning, in a fine secretarial hand, folds, slightly creased, fine red wax seal with initial "R" within floral design, housed in a modern custom made box, document 90 x 260mm., Nantwich, Feast of St Matthew the Apostle, 1457.⁂ Talbot was killed at the Battle of Northampton defending Henry VI.
Lot 475
Beardsley (Aubrey) Roses encircling a Bust of a Female Figure, original illustration for Le Morte d'Arthur, pen and Indian ink with thin piece of buff paper affixed over the text box, wove paper without watermark, sheet 90 x 78 mm. (3 1/2 x 3 in), indistinct ink inscription verso, tape affixed verso with stain showing through, light spotting and surface dirt, marginal pin hole in each corner, unframed, [1893].Provenance:J.M. Dent;Tregaskis 1898, Catalogue 420 (possibly 483G);Anonymous sale;Sale. Sotheby's, 25th June to 6th July, 1932, lot 18;bought by R. A. Walker;Elkin Mathews Walker sale Quarto 8, May 1950 (6);bought by G. F. Sims, London;Private collection, London;Then by descent to the present ownerLiterature:Vallance 1897 (p. 202), 1909 (no. 59.xx);Gallatin 1945 (nos. 345-624);Samuels Lasner 1995 (no. 22)Zatlin 2016, no. 495Illustrated:Le Morte D'Arthur 1893-94 (p. 305) ⁂ Zatlin notes 'the woman has the nude bosom, hair and stare of the woman in Rosetti's Venus Verticordia, who is also framed in roses'. [p. 309]
Lot 50
Officina Bodoni.- Wasson (Valentina Pavlona and R. Gordon) Mushrooms Russia and History, 2 vol., number 504 of 512 copies designed by Hans Mardersteig, 82 plates, most in colour, folding chart in pocket at rear of vol. 2, leather book-labels of Haven O'More, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, a fine set otherwise, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, New York, printed by the Stamperia Valdonega of Verona for Pantheon Books, 1957.
![Harting copy.- H[owlett] (R[obert]) The school of recreation: or, a guide to the most ingenious exercises of hunting, riding,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bb10b0b1-e524-449f-b40e-aaf5010d3b68/06f2b30c-2974-4d3a-bf69-aaf5012103fe/468x382.jpg)
Lot 513
Harting copy.- H[owlett] (R[obert]) The school of recreation: or, a guide to the most ingenious exercises of hunting, riding, racing...hawking..., engraved frontispiece, advertisement f. at end, some worming / chipping to outer margin of frontispiece, with a little loss, upper corner of title repaired, with part of 1 letter supplied, e11&12 outer margin repaired with loss of a few letters r&v on E12, trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline, woodcut head-pieces and music within text, occasional spotting, lightly browned in places, 20th century calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Harting 43 ('seldom to be met with'); W&S p.110 (note); cf. Schwerdt p.225 (first edition)], 12mo, printed for A. Bettesworth, 1732.⁂ ''a scarce and comprehensive booklet on a great variety of British sports' (Schwerdt). As well as field sports it includes fireworks, tennis, campanology, self-defence and music. Provenance: James Edmund Harting (1841-1928) English ornithologist and naturalist, founder of London's New Hawking Club, and compiler of Bibliotheca Accipitraria (engraved armorial bookplate).
Lot 145
Selection of New Zealand Badgescap badges include KC gilt 15th North Auckland Reg ... QC gilt 15th Northland Reg by “J R Gaunt London” ... KC bi-metal 1st Regiment New Zealand Infantry ... KC brass 1st Regiment New Zealand Infantry ... KC gilt New Zealand Signal Corps by “Stokes & Son Melb” ... KC brass 12 & 13 Reg ... Pair brass 1st Batt Auckland Infantry ... 3 x gilt 15th Northland collars, all by “J R Gaunt”. 19 items
Lot 188
WW1 Family Casualty Groupsconsisting silver War and Victory medals named “202649 Pte E Govan. R. War. R.”. Together with his Casualty plaque named “Ernest Govan”. Complete with card envelope ... 1914-15 Star named “T-120. S. S. Mjr. H Govan ASC”. His silver War & Victory named “T-120 Sjt. H Govan ASC” ... Miniature 1914-15 Star trio and Volunteer LS & GC ... KC white metal Imperial Service badge.
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