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Lot 231
A BOER WAR MEDAL awarded to 21085 TPR: A. EVANS 59th Coy IMP: YEO with the TRANSVAAL, ORANGE FREE STATE, and CAPE COLONY bars, the 1914-18 British war medal and Great War of Civilisation medal to 485108. PTE. A. EVANS 12-LONDON. R. with Ribbons, the memorial plaque to Arthur Evans, together with war correspondence, family letters, photographs, marriage certificates and others (see illustration).
Lot 376
BAKER Samuel White, 'The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of The Nile and Exploration of The Nile Sources', Macmillan, 1866. 4to. frontis map with closed tear. Illus. a.c.f. glt. cl. bd. 2 vols. Tog.with FITZPATRICK, J.P. 'The Transvaal From Within', Heinemann, 1899. 5th imp. cl. bd. Plus BROOKS, Henry, 'Natal; A History and Description of The Colony', ed. Dr. R..J.Mann, 1876. cold. frontis. illus/photo. a.c.f. cl. bd. plus other Africana. 8
Lot 215
Walsh (R. Raymond) Stonyhurst College, War Record 1939-45, 1989, 4to., signed presentation copy, numbered ltd. edition, dust wrapper; id., Roll of Honour, The Great War, 1914-18, The East Lancashire Regiment, 1999, 4to., dust wrapper; Kirby (Henry L.) & Walsh (R.Raymond) The Seven V.C.s of Stonyhurst College, 1987, signed and numbered ltd. edition, dust wrapper; with a quantity of Folio Society books, including sets in slipcases; and four other volumes (qty)
Lot 597
A Victorian silver parcel gilt Greek Revival vase by R. Hennell & Sons, London 1871, of Amphora shape, with an everted nulled rim, twin shoulder handles and a circular pedestal foot, finely engraved with a two-horse chariot to the front and back, Greek key, volute, arcaded and palmette bands, engraved 'Amoy Races Challenge Cup' and 'Won By', 45cm (17.75in) high, 1618g (52 oz) (several dents)See Brett, Vanessa 'The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940' London 1986, p. 306, no. 1433 for a silver gilt example of 1870 sold in Belgravia 18th October 1979 Amoy (Xiamen) is a city in southeastern Fujian province of China and was the port of trade first used by Europeans in 1541. Xiamen was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanking signed in 1842 at the end of the first Opium War between China and Great Britain. During the 19th century it was the main port for the export of tea
Lot 65
A FINE AND RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, PATALLAH, 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HOYSALA OR CHOLA with double-edged blade swelling to a rounded tip, steel hilt formed with a pair of finely engraved attenuated beaded langets extending over almost a third of the blade's length on each side, figure-of-eight shaped dish-guard up-turned on each side, with beaded border and engraved with further designs of foliage, the base incorporating a finely chiselled lion on each side enclosing the forte, up-turned cup-shaped pommel and solid grip each engraved en suite with the guard, retaining traces of red pigment and in fine untouched lightly patinated condition throughout 86cm; 33 7/8in blade The use of Lions or Tigers on the hilt are strongly suggestive of royal ownership as written in the Sinhala Vaijayanta. See R. Elgood 2004 pp. 113-114. A related sword, of lesser quality, is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum (rn.no. 1425-1855) See P.S. Rawson 1968, ill, 40.
Lot 122
A FRENCH HUNTING SWORD LATE 18TH CENTURY, AND AN AUSTRIAN EPÉE, MID-19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade double-edged over its upper half, and shaped ivory grip with moulded borders (rivets missing), in a later velvet-covered wooden scabbard; the second with etched blade signed by 'R. W. Ohlig, Wien', and brass hilt cast in low relief including down-turned shell-guard the first: 41.7cm; 16 3/8in blade (2)
Lot 164
A HALBERD, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS with slender central spike, forward-leaning axe-blade pierced with three groups of holes and with a pair of vestigial lugs behind, rear spike pierced en suite and stamped three pellets back and front and a mark on one side, a pair of long straps, on an early wooden haft enriched with small brass flowerhead nails 53.5cm; 21in head A halberd stamped with same mark is preserved in the Solothurn Zeughaus. See R. Wegeli 1905, cat. no. 487.
Lot 272
ARMS AND ARMOUR SOCIETY VOLUME 1; The Art of the Armourer (1963); AZIZ, ABDUL: Arms & Jewellery of the Indian Moghuls (1948); CIMARELLI, ALDO: Arms & Armour (1973); CREPIN & LEBLOND: Les Couteaux de Jet (1978); GRUND: Encyclopedie des Armes (1993); HELD, R. A Review of 162 Antique Arms and Pertinent Objects (1976); HELD, ROBERT: Arms and Armor Annual; HUBER (PUBLISHER): Hand und Faust-feuer-waffen, Schweizerische Ordonnanz 1817-1975 (1971); KOSAR, FRANZ: A Pocket History of Artillery Light Fieldguns (1974); NICKEL, HELMUT (INTRODUCTION): The Art of Chivalry; OGAWA, MORIHIRO: Japanese Master Swordsmiths: The Gassan Tradition (1989); PAYNE-GALLWEY, SIR RALPH: The Crossbow (1986); PITOUS, J.-P. & CREPIN-LEBLOND: Le tir aux armes anciennes (1979); SARGEAUNT,B.E: Weapons (1908); TARASSUK, LEONID & BLAIR (ed): The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons (1982); THE SCOTTISH ART REVIEW: Scottish Weapons (1963); VENNER, DOMINIQUE: Les Armes de Cavalerie (1977)
Lot 323
AN ENGLISH MORTUARY SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a slender fuller along the back edge and stamped with a mark on each side, symmetrical steel hilt chiselled with foliage and grotesque masks (worn), comprising solid guard with scrolling quillon, knuckle-guard joined to the frontal guard by a pair of curved bars, a further bar joining the frontal guard towards the quillon, and spherical pommel, and with an early wire-bound fishskin-covered grip 85.7cm; 33 3/4in blade Inv. no. E032 A Scottish sword stamped with the same mark on the blade is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See A. R. Dufty 1975, pl. 108, no. 53a.
Lot 353
**A DOG-LOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY I. BRAZIER, CIRCA 1740 with heavy brass barrel formed in four stages, belled towards the muzzle and formed with a pronounced moulding behind, stamped with London proof marks and the barrelsmith's mark over the breech, steel tang, signed flush-fitting lock with flat cock fitted with dog-safety-catch and faceted pan, blackened hardwood full stock (wormed), impressed with a mark, 'R' crowned, on the right, brass mounts comprising solid side-plate, butt-plate with short rounded tang, trigger-guard with globular finial, a single ramrod-pipe, later brass-tipped ramrod, and the middle of the stock with provision for a swivel mount (now missing) 107.5cm; 42 1/4in
Lot 661
An Indian Colonial silver coloured melon shape tea pot by Lowe & Co, Madras, with a bud finial, a leaf-capped scroll handle and on four leaf and flower feet, 28cm (11in) long, 724g (23.25 oz) grossSee Wilkinson, Wynyard R. T. The makers of Indian Colonial Silver ... 1760-1860 London 1987, p. 119 for the mark
Lot 124
J T R SHARROCK: SCARCE MIGRANT BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND, T & A D Poyser, 1974, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + J T R AND E M SHARROCK: RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND, T & A D Poyser, 1976, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + J T R SHARROCK AND P J GRANT: BIRDS NEW TO BRITAIN AND IRELAND, T & A D Poyser, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (3)
Lot 143
P A D HOLLOM, R F PORTER, S CHRISTENSEN AND IAN WILLIS: BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA A COMPANION GUIDE, T & A D Poyser, 1988, 1st edn, orig pict laminated bds + R F PORTER, S CHRISTENSEN AND P SCHIERMACKER-HANSEN: FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, T & A D Poyser, 1996, 1st edn, orig pict laminated bds (2)
Lot 191
B P HALL AND R E MOREAU: AN ATLAS OF SPECIATION IN AFRICAN PASSERINE BIRDS, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1970, 1st edn, fo, orig cl, d/w + D W SNOW: AN ATLAS OF SPECIATION IN AFRICAN NON-PASSERINE BIRDS, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1978, 1st edn, fo, orig cl gt (2)
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