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Click here to subscribeA Queen's South Africa Medal with 'Relief of Ladysmith' and 'Tugela Heights' clasps awarded to 2506 Sgt A. Owens 2:R. Scots. Fus. with accompanying Army Form B.73 noting 'The accompanying medal granted for his service in South Africa to the late 2506 Sgt. A. Owens Royal Scots Fusiliers to be kept as a memorial of him' dated 1903 and with contemporary Boer War tin.
A Queen's South Africa Medal with 'South Africa 1901' and '1902' and 'Cape Colony' clasps and WWI 1914 Mons Star and bar medal trio awarded to 4298 Spr. R. Shuttleworth Royal Engineers.Additional InformationAll with general surface wear, scratches and nicks, the South Africa medal with edge knocks to reverse 4 o'clock and 9 o'clock, War medal minor knock 5 o'clock obverse, further general small nibbles at edges, etc.
Five Queen's South Africa Medals awarded to the 21st and 22nd (Cheshire) Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry, the two four clasp medals awarded to 35789 Tpr. W. Lines 21st Coy. and 29939 Tpr. A. Earlam 21st Coy., the two clasp medal awarded to 27467 Tpr. W. Beedles 22nd Coy. and the two single clasp medals awarded to 1912 Pte. R. Yates 21st Coy. and 1754 Pte. F. Larerty 22nd Coy., also a WWI Victory medal awarded to 870 Pte. R. Corbett Ches. Yeo., two cap badges and six buttons.Additional InformationGeneral surface wear throughout, some edge knocks, some surface nicks and scratches, etc. Please judge from images and request additional if necessary.
A renamed Queen's South Africa, WWI duo and Voluntary Service Overseas medal group to Lt. Col. R. W. D. Phillips Brocklehurst Ches. Yeo (all medals renamed)., with coronation medal and Edward VII hallmarked silver medal.Additional InformationAll medals renamed as stated, general wear throughout.
An 18ct white gold opal and diamond ring, the cushion shaped opal measuring 10 x 10mm, diagonally set within a border of eighteen brilliant cut diamonds and four marquis cut diamonds, size R 1/2, approx 7.7g, sold with copy of Boodles insurance valuation and presented in a Boodle & Dunthorne box.Additional InformationThis is a doublet, which is sealed.
A mixed group of medals comprising WWI War and Mercantile Marine duo awarded to Edward Roberts, single WWI Victory Medal awarded to 2.Lieut. R. Lister R.A.F., a Canadian Silver Issue WWII War Medal, War badge no. 448428 and a Royal Life Saving Society medal awarded to H. Burton Nov 1922, also a coloured print depicting Lieutenant General Sir Henry Havelock Allan, a South Wales Borderers souvenir The Great War signed certificate and a Working Men's Club Institute Union signed membership certificate, also a two door glazed wall hanging medal display cabinet, 57 x 113cm.
A WWI Distinguished Conduct Medal and War and Victory duo, the former impressed '291238 Pte. J. Dixon 1/7 Ches. R.-T.F.' and the two latter '3826 Pte. J. Dixon Ches. R.', also two further Cheshire Regiment Victory Medals awarded to 290703 Pte. A. Vigrass and 2188 Pte. H. Moss and four Cheshire badges.Accompanied by a letter relating to the DCM 'When in charge of ammunition and water convoys, he repeatedly took them up to the firing line under heavy fire. On another occasion he averted a stampede under sudden and unexpected artillery fire and his coolness and ready presence of wind on all occasions inspired those under him with the greatest confidence.'Also accompanied by a photocopied letter stating that the brother of Pte. Vigrass was KIA at Sulva Bay Gallipoli and that Pte. Moss was gassed in Flanders early 1918 and suffered PTSD, sometimes going to bed believing that he was under an artillery barrage.Additional InformationDistinguished Conduct Medal with two edge knocks obverse 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock and edge knock reverse 5 o'clock though does display some toning, the War Medal also displaying toning, the Victory Medal with edge knock 7 o'clock obverse, more heavily worn, all with some surface scratches and nicks, the two single Victory Medals more heavily worn with some discolouration, rubbing to the gilt finish, etc. The letter and photocopied information referred to in the description cannot be substantiated by ourselves, the buyer is encouraged to do their own research and satisfy themselves.
AFTER FREDERICK DE WIT; 'Novissima et Perfectissima Africae Descriptio', a late 17th century copper engraved hand-coloured map of Africa, later issued by R. & J. Ottens, 48.8 x 56.8cm, framed and glazed.Additional InformationWaviness to the paper, central vertical fold/crease, spotting and foxing particularly to corners and edges but present in varying degrees throughout.
AFTER JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN; 'Totius Africae Nova Repraesentatio [...]', an early 18th century hand coloured engraved map of Africa, circa 1720, title cartouche decorated with native peoples, wildlife and landmarks, pub. Nuremberg, 48.5 x 57cm, framed and glazed with Frank R. Thorold Ltd of Johannesburg label verso.Additional InformationCentral fold/crease, some foxing, spotting and minor discolouration but colours remain distinct.
AFTER MARTIN WALDSEEMÜLLER; 'Tabula Nova Partis Aphri', an early to mid-16th century map of South Africa with Latin text and illustrations, uncoloured, map approx 30 x 42cm, unframed.Provenance: Purchased from Frank R Thorold of Johannesburg in 1997.Additional InformationCentral fold, some foxing, spotting and marks, the right hand side is lifting from the central joint at both the top and the bottom of the vertical fold with a few small surface losses.
AFTER EDWARD WELLS; 'A New Map of Africk Shewing its Present General Divisions Chief Cities or Towns, Rivers, Mountains &c Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Gloucester', a circa 1700 copper engraved hand coloured map, R. Spofforth sculp., 36.8 x 50.7cm, framed and glazed.Additional InformationCentral vertical fold/crease, some spotting and foxing particularly to edges, colours remain distinct.
AFTER NICOLAS SANSON; 'A Mapp of the Higher and Lower Aethiopia Comprehending ye Several Kingdomes [...] by Monsieur Sanson Geographer to ye French King', a late 17th century copper engraved hand-coloured map of Africa, dedication 'To the Right Worshipful S. R. William Glynne of Bissister in Oxfordshire [...]' upper right, Francis Lamp sculp., 29.8 x 40.7cm, framed and glazed. Additional InformationBrowning to paper, foxing, some fading to colours, some waviness to paper and crease/fold marks.
AFTER THOMAS ROWLANDSON, NAPOLEONIC INTEREST; an early 19th century coloured engraving, 'Execution of the Two Celebrated Enemies of Old England and their Dying Speeches November 5th 1813', depicting Guy Fawkes and Napoleon hanging above a bonfire with jeering crowd watching on and pastiche dying speeches below, 'Pub. Nov-27-1815 by R Ackermann no. 101 Strand', 34.5 x 24cm, framed and glazed.Additional InformationFrame worn with some chips, colours remain relatively strong although there is some discolouration and staining to the engraving.
An Elizabeth II silver pill box, C. S. R. Ltd., London 1973, with repoussé decoration of cherubs and foliate scrolls, gilt interior, 1¾in. (4.5cm.) long; together with an Edwardian silver propelling pencil and dip pen with carnelian seal top, Francis Webb, Birmingham 1903, hexagonal with chased foliate decoration, 4in. (10.2cm.) long; and a miniature propelling button hook, Birmingham 1895, gross weight 1.35 tr.oz.. (3), *Condition: - Box: VG, - Pencil: VG. Initialled., - Button hook: Marks slightly rubbed but legible. Good.
A collection of four antique powder flasks, comprising a horn version with brass mounts, stamped 'PARQUE DE GOSSET INV - 1834', applied letter 'R' to main body; a copper and brass flask with pivot top; a leather flask with embossed hanging game decoration; and another. (4), *Condition:the small horn version with crack to main body, others showing wear, good.
A 19th century set of the Eight Daoist Immortals carved in Chinese hardwood, the robes of each finely inlaid in silver wire with Oriental symbols of Good Fortune, each standing approximately 13½in. (34.5cm.) high, two with minor chips and one with a split down the abdomen. (8), *Condition: Figure 1) Chips to headband, whiskers and instrument over left shoulder., , 2) 'Han Xianzi' Tiny chips to nose, chin and costume., , 3) 'Li Tieguai' Small chips to hands, piece mising on instrument over r/h shoulder., , 4) 'Lan Caino' Body length split in wood, small chip to edge of costume, split to head and right arm, small base cracks., , 5) 'Lu Dongbin' Large chip to hat, piece missing from knife hilt over l/h shoulder., , 6) 'He Xiangu' Tiny chip to costume., , 7) 'Zhang Guolao' Stained chip to sheath over l/h shoulder, tiny chip to rear of costume., , 8) 'Gao Guojio' Two possible re- stained chips to base.
LALIQUE, FRANCE CLEAR AND FROSTED GLASS VASE, POST 1945 moulded with a band of fruiting foliage, script-etched maker's mark LALIQUE, 15cm high; and a LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS BOWL, moulded with entrelac decoration, etched maker's marks, 10cm diameter; and a R. LALIQUE 'FONTAINEBLEAU' PATTERN VASE, with original blue staining (damaged), etched maker's marks, 17cm high (3)
BETTY JOEL (1894-1985) FOR TOKEN FURNITURE ANDOMAN PADOUK WOOD CHEST OF DRAWERS, DATED 1926 the top with inset glass preserve above two short over three graduated drawers raised on tapering legs, bears hand-written and printed maker's label to rear of top drawer TOKEN HANDMADE FURNITURE/ REGD. TRADE MARK/ BETTY JOEL/ C.W. KEMP/W. R. HAMILTON/ 1926 75.5cm wide, 97cm high, 45.5cm deep Provenance: Purchased directly from Betty Joel in 1926 By family descent Note: The original receipt for this piece, dated October 14th 1926, states that 10% was added to the price for making up the pieces in 'Andoman Padouk'. Betty Joel set up her furniture making business in 1918 with her husband David Joel and initially has their workshops in factory at Hayling Island where these pieces would have been made. The firm rented a showroom at 177 Sloane Street in London. Such was the popularity of Joel’s designs that by 1929 the factory moved to bigger premises at Portsmouth. Many of England’s social and corporate elite commissioned her to design interiors and furniture for their homes and offices.
Collection of antique maps, comprising: Mappe Monde, map of the northern hemisphere, by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794), copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer's watermark (heart and initials 'RB'); 19th-century street plan of Birmingham engraved by J. Henshall; six 19th-century county maps engraved by S. Hall (Isle of Wight, Huntingdonshire, Cumberland, Rutlandshire, Norfolk, Westmoreland); two 19th-century street plans of Oxford and Cambridge; two 19th-century maps of Surrey and Middlesex engraved by R. Scott; 19th-century map of Shropshire for The British Gazetteer; a coaching road map showing Shropshire, Laurie & Whittle, 1806; two c.1820s engraved maps of Norfolk and Cumberland with etched inset topographical views; an etched bookplate/frontispiece topographical view of Ingestrie; four 19th-century engraved maps by J. & C. Walker, Ancient France, Ancient Italy, and two of Ancient Britain (England/Wales, Scotland); five facsimile maps after Hondius; many of the maps are mounted or in protective wallets, all housed in clip folder
Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler, second Major edition, London: John Major, 1824. Full green leather binding with gilt angling motifs, all page edges gilt, lilac endpapers, armorial bookplate for Richard Willan. The book includes a letter from R. L. Marston, signed, on headed paper (The Fishing Gazette, Beckenham, Kent), dated July 31 1944, explaining to Willan that this book is not a second edition but a second Major edition. Occasional spotting and light creasing to endpapers. Together with another copy of the second Major edition in worn half-calf. (2) [Coigney 25]
Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, second Ticknor & Fields edition, Boston: 1866. 24mo, original blue cloth, blind-embossed boards with gilt title to spine, all edges gilt, contents good with slight foxing to plates. Originally purchased from James Cummins Bookseller, New York (paperwork loosely inserted). Together with another three copies of the same in varying condition; two copies with the scarce 'J R Stephenson' at base of spine (4) [Coigney 86]
Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler, Lea and Dove edition, Royal Quarto Edition De Luxe, numbered 68 of 250, signed by the editor, R. B. Marston, in two volumes, London: Sampson Low, 1888. Publisher's quarter-cloth with paper covered boards, original paper title labels to spines, untrimmed page edges (some pages uncut), illustrated throughout, the photogravure plates with protective captioned tissue-guards. The bindings as in Coigney's demi-quarto 2nd variant. Contents good, clean, bright; bindings tight and solid with some faint wear/discolouration. (2) [Coigney 139]
Walton, Izaak. Collection comprising: The Complete Angler, Haakon Ameln, Oslo: N. W. Damm & Son, 1943, limited to 400 copies, publisher's paper wrappers; The Chronicle of The "Compleat Angler" of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, by Thomas Westwood, London: W. Satchwell 1883, quarter-calf; Waltoniana, Indebted Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton, by Richard Herne Shepherd, London: Pickering, 1878, gilt olive green cloth; Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing, by R. B. Marston, London: Elliot Stock, 1894, gilt green cloth; The Lives...by Izaak Walton, a New Edition, in two volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1805, full contemporary calf; The Lives...by Izaak Walton, London: Henry Washbourne, 1847, full crushed morocco; The Lives...by Izaak Walton, OUP, 1956; Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton, A Sketch of Their Lives, by E. Marston, London: Longmans, 1908, gilt blue cloth; Izaak Walton and His Friends, by Stapleton Martin, London: Chapman and Hall, 1903, gilt green cloth; The Art of The Compleat Angler, by John R. Cooper, Durham: Duke University Press, 1968, green cloth with dust-jacket; Izaak Walton, A Drama in Four Parts, by Charles Dance, Meadow Run Press, 2000, red cloth with slipcase; Izaak Walton's Literary Legacy, by Robert Guiver, 2012; Staffordshire Worthies, by Frederick Wm. Hackwood, Stafford & Birmingham: Chronicle, 1911 (the first two chapters on Walton and Cotton), publisher's cloth (14)
Visitors book for The Links, Hythe, formerly belonging to Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield (1859-1941), bound in full leather (worn) bearing raised initials, 'CCW', to upper board, along with armorial crest and 'The Links Hythe'. The book is partially filled, containing ten pages of entries dated 1922 to 1924, including the signatures/autographs of distinguished politicians, industrialists, pioneers of the motor industry, WW1 veterans, authors and royalty. To include: Sir William Letts, pioneer of the light steam car; W. R. Inge, English author nominated for the Nobel Prize three times; Sir Maurice Jenks, Lord Mayor of London; Sir Robert Perks, Liberal politician; Sir H. B. Cohen, 2nd Baron of Highfield; Douglas Vickers, industrialist; Louis Greig, Equerry to Prince Albert; Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI); lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (wife of King George VI); Herbert G Ponting, photographer on the Terra Nova South Pole expedition with Captain Scott; Group Captain Lionel W. B. Rees VC, and others
Collection of Victorian Valentine cards, to include examples embellished with gilt and silver decoration and romantic motifs (cupids, arrows, flowers); six "Vinegar Valentines" (cartoons with vulgar or insulting verse, for example, 'Of little snobs I've seen a few, But none that I like less than you; This gentle hint I hope you'll take, And eyes at me no more you'll make', or, 'If you should ever be a wife, Oh dear what a life, You'll lead your husband, for I'm sure, Your tongue not many would endure'); a "Kissogram Post Card", postmarked 1906, with instructions to 'moisten the lips and and impress them on red heart', with a boldly impressed kiss and smudged red marks from the sender; a paper lace card decorated with chromolithographic flowers, 'My heart is thine for Evermore', complete with envelope addressed to Master W. H. Welsh at Haileybury College in Hertford, postmarked Feb 14 1867 (Penny Red stamp); a postcard with chromolitho design, 'To my sweet Valentine, Of all the girls that are so sweet there's none with you that can compete', addressed to Miss R. Atkins of Somerset Villa, Devon Road, Salcombe (postmarked Feb 14 1913); a large paper lace card with hand-painted flowers in a heart-shaped centre, inscribed, 'Love after steals a heart, And thou hast stolen mine, But I'll forgive thee, dear, If thou will give me thine'; a large paper lace card with embossed hand-painted cut-outs representing shells, inscribed 'Ocean Gems', and others, approx. 50, housed in a modern red binder
Travel / Exploration Interest. Forster, John Reinold. Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World, on Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethic Philosophy, London: G. Robinson, first edition, 1778. Quarto, full marbled calf with 'Book Club Boston' in gilt to upper board, red morocco title label, errata and list of subscribers at rear. Folding table present, lacking folding chart/map. Contents generally good, clean and bright, some discolouration/spotting to opening leaves, contemporary owner inscription to front free endpaper, 'Samuel R Fydell', remnants of old label to front pastedown
Travel / Exploration Interest. Percival, Robert. An Account of The Island of Ceylon, containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of its various Inhabitants; to which is added, The Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy, first edition, London: C. and R. Baldwin, 1803. Quarto, handsome later half crushed morocco with marbled boards, gitl title, raised bands, untrimmed page edges, engraved folding map frontispiece (with a few reinforcements) plus three folding charts within the text
Collection of books, comprising: Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on The Progress and Prospects of Society, by Robert Southey, in two volumes, London: John Murray, 1829, half-leather with marbled boards, rebacked, oxblood title labels; Saints and Sinners, A New and Original Drama of Modern English Middle-Class Life, by Henry Arthur Jones, one of 100 copies on English hand-made paper, London: Macmillan, 1891, full vellum; King's Letters, by Robert Steele, London: Alexander Moring, The De La More Press, 1903, quarter-vellum; Nonesuch Dickensia, Retrospectus and Prospectus, Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937, blue cloth & gilt; Poems by the Rev. Josiah Relph, Carlisle: J. Mitchell, 1798, full calf (disbound); The Life of William Hutton, London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817, half-calf; Our Native Land, A Series of Watercolour Sketches after Rowbotham, Read, Needham, London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1879, full calf (splitting); La Passion, Essai Historique, Le R. P. M. J. Ollivier, Paris: P. Lethielleux, 1891, full leather; The Orchid Grower's Manual, by Benjamin Samuel Williams, London: Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 1894, publisher's pictorial cloth (10)
Gill, Eric (Illus.). God and the Dragon, Rhymes by H. D. C. P. [Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler], Engravings by A. E. R. G. [Eric Gill], Printed and Published by Douglas Pepler, Ditchling Sussex, 1917. Original cream card wrappers, red & black title page, 15 woodcuts, two pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Scarce
Collection of books relating to Warwickshire & Birmingham, to include: A New and Complete History of the County of Warwick, by William Smith, Birmingham: William Emans, 1829, illustrated throughout with numerous steel-engraved topographical plates, later half-calf with raised bands, gilt title, and marbled boards; History and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon, by R. B. Wheler, Stratford-upon-Avon: J. Ward, no date [c.1810], illustrated with aquatint plates, full contemporary calf with oxblood title label, marbled endpapers; Bygone Erdington, by A. H. Saxton, 1928; Baddesley Clinton, by Rev. Henry Norris of Tamworth, 1897; Sutton Coldfield, by W. Midgley, 1904; Traditions of the the Old Crown House, by Toulmin Smith, 1863; Men and Names of Old Birmingham, by Toulmin Smith, 1864; The Book Makers of Old Birmingham, by Joseph Hill, 1907, limited edition numbered 257 of 275, sigend by the author, armorial bookplate for Herbert Elkington (and signed by the same); A History of Aston Manor Past and Present, by H. A. Botwood, 1889; Solihull and its Church, by Rev. Robert Pemberton, Exeter: William Pollard, 1905, Subscriber's Edition signed by the author and numbered 83 of 100, and other titles (21)
Early 19th century banded onyx cameo ring, the black and white carved rectangular cameo 16mm x 8mm, closed back, decorated shoulders, 18ct rose gold, cameo cut approx 16mm x 8mmring size R, total gross weight approx. 3.9 gmsCondition: Good- minor nibbles to edges of cameo, no visible sign of damage or repairCONDITION:Condition: good, minor nibbles to edges of cameo. general wear and tear
A set of twelve Royal Worcester coffee cans and saucers, painted with ornithology, the cans depicting Teal, Wild Duck, Mallard, Wood Pigeon, and Ptarmigan, the saucers depicting Blackcock, Snipe, Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse, Golden Plover, eleven saucers signed by several artists to include G Banks, and R Platt, printed brown marks (24)
Another collection of German/Swiss lace folios including; Praktische Vorbilder (lace industry) 20 plates of lace designs by C.F Schultz and Co. A folio of 20 plates of lace designs including coloured designs. Folios by Von R Schauss; 15 plates of Phantasie forms fur Spitzen und Stickerein; Neue Motive by Franz Haller, 15 plates, complete. Another folio with a combination of European lace designs including Portuguese, Valencia, Brussels, Flemish, Italian, Irish and French (6)
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