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Lot 663
Rare German Third Reich Albert Leo Schlageter Commemorative medal, to the front a Maltese cross with swastika to the centre surrounded by the legend ' Schlageter Gedachtnis Bund E.V.', in a border within an oak leaf wreath the words ' Albert Leo Schlageter, 1923 26.Mai 1933 ', on the reverse the makers name ' R. Wachtler & Lange, Mitteweide ', Association name ' Schlageter Gedachtnis Bund E.V. Sitz Hannover ' and issue number ' 350 ', Albert Leo Schlageter, 12 August 1894 – 26 May 1923, was a First World War veteran and member of the German Freikorps, his activities sabotaging French occupying forces after WWI led to his arrest and eventual execution by French forces at the age of 28, his manner of death made him a martyr to German Nationalist organisations, particularly the Nazi Party, and this badge was issued on the tenth anniversary of his execution, in plated brass/tombac, the medal is missing the retaining hook and pin from the reverse and black enamel inlay between the Cross arms at the front and is priced accordingly, still a very rare item, dimensions 52 mm top to bottom, 40 mm across, weight 51.4 grams
Lot 493
Royal Doulton Extremely Rare - Unique One Only Miniature Character Jug ' Santa Claus ' Miniature - Style Six, Handle - Candy Cane. Never Produced In This Size Only Large and Tiny Sizes, Produced Colour Blue Hat, Gold Band to Front of and Back of Hat with Gold Bauble, Candy Cane - Dark Green and White Stripes, This Doulton Miniature Jug Never Produced In This Size or Colour way, Only One In Existence, Low Estimate. Height 3 Inches - 7.5 cm. 1st Quality and Mint Condition.
Lot 11
A 1942 Willys Slat Front JeepRegistration number MXS 602Chassis number MB108867Engine number MB473152GreenV5CMOT exemptLeft hand driveRebodiedOriginal Data Plates: Date of Delivery 02.01.1942 Its chassis number would indicate it was built between 31st December 1941 and 1st January 1942. It was fully restored in the USA by the Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota and first registered on 17/05/2013. Authentic replacement wiring loom fitted but needs final connection During 2019/20 - Rebuilt gearbox, generator and regulator Of the 635,000 Jeeps built during WW2 only 25,808 were Slat Grills, of those just 20,680 were produced without Glove Boxes like this one. They are a marque that is becoming scarce. Some of the Slat Grill Features on this Jeep: 1. No Glove Box 2. Early steering wheel 3. Original data plates which matching chassis number 4. Narrow neck fuel filler 5. Split/two-part manufactured front seats 6. Single hinge locker box covers 7. Key ignition 8. Low windscreen 9. Round muffler 10. AC Pancake Air filter 11. 3 bolt spare wheel carrier 12. Early military pattern oil filter 13. Correct Pintle Hook 14. Stubby rear drive shaft 15. Square petrol tank housing 16. Brass windscreen catchesA rare opportunity to acquire an early wartime JeepVehicle location: near LangportAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions
Lot 20
A rare 1999 BMW E39 B10 AlpinaRegistration number M5 TGAChassis No GF10462V5CMOT expires November 2020Maroon with a cream leather interiorFrom a private collection 347bhp V8 autobahn stormerPeriod mobile telephone Service history 135,672 recorded miles at its MOT in May 2019, having covered very few miles over the past five years Vehicle location: Bovey TraceyAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions
Lot 3
A 1961 MG MidgetRegistration number 117 ASVV5MOT exemptYellow with a black interiorBought as a project 33 years agoFor full restorationBeing sold without reserveA rare opportunity to buy a Mk I Midget and build to your own specificationVehicle location: ColchesterAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions
Lot 30
A 1969 Singer Vogue EstateRegistration number VYA 838GV5CGreen with a black interiorMOT exemptRegistered on 1st April 1969Very clean interior, overdrive, wooden dashboard and door cappingsA very rare car and believed 1 of just 7Vehicle location: BridgwaterAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions
Lot 31
A 1950 Sunbeam-Talbot 80 Drop Head CoupeRegistration number MTT 553RedLater 2 litre engineGarage storedRestoration project Very rare opportunityNote from the Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Register Membership Secretary: The car sits on a chassis A3505227 from a scrapped 1957 Sunbeam 90 Mk III Saloon, the engine is from another 1955 Sunbeam 90 Mk III carVehicle location: To be collected form near BathAll lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and conditions
Lot 122
Extremely rare WWI female Spanish Flu casualty death penny/memorial plaque named to Alice Emily Dawes, (impressed "She-died-for-freedom-and-honour" Emily Dawes). Of the 2/RES.D.369 - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service reserve. Note: Parents Arthur John Dawes (1856-1900, mother Emma Lane 1857 - ? and one sibling William B Dawes 1886-?, Alice Emily Dawes was born in London on 7 December 1889 and at the age of 28 on 15 October 1917 enlisted in the Army where she was posted to the Queen Alexandra Hospital at Vincent Square, London SW in the Spanish flu/influenza ward, caring for sick patients. Unfortunately, due to close contact with the infected, she died of influenza and pneumonia on 23 October 1918. Alice Emily Dawes is buried and remembered with honour at Bedford Cemetery in Bedfordshire Grave F/S 169 and is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This Lot also includes photocopies of the registration report form, CWGC certificate, comprehensive report of a headstone inscription and death register documenting the death of Alice Emily Dawes
Lot 163
Rare and important mid-18th century Bow porcelain figure of Kitty Clive in the character of "The Fine Lady" from David Garrick's farce "Lethe", she stands with a small dog under her right arm, her flounced dress painted with floral sprigs above a yellow bodice with purple edges. Note: the figure is modelled from a print published in 1750 by Charles Mosley, for an example with the companion figure from the Godden collection, was sold by Bonhams in April 2010 Lot 88. Most examples are found in the white and coloured versions are very rare and may have been outside decorated. 27cm high
Lot 170
Rare early Lowestoft porcelain saucer circa 1760, the body with an unusual moulded floral design within a geometric border, the centre with typical floral sprig, 12cm diam, indistinct workman's mark to inside of foot rim, Note: for a similar example see Corson "Varieties in Lowestoft Porcelain"
Lot 4
Rare early 19th century pearlware silver lustre jug decorated with a portrait of Nelson at Trafalgar, the reverse with a cartouche of Britannia weeping over the funeral urn of Nelson with inscription below, the front with an inscription "John Shaw" dated 1810 (restored), 18cm high. Provenance: Phillips Sale of The Tristan Jones Collection, 26 Jan 1991 Lot 32.
Lot 42
Mixed Lot: a rare Nelson brass medal box by Peter Wyon (1797-1822). His initials appear at the base of the bust of Nelson to the lid. The surround to the lid stamped "Admiral Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronte". Note: it is not included in the list of medals and boxes in Thomas Hardy's "Nelson Commemorative Medals 1797-1905", R.C.F. together with a Nelson Memorial box medal in card with brass bezel and copper inner, embossed with a portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson. Note: the head appears to be struck from the same die as T A Hardy's box 49 (Nelson Commemorative Medals 1797-1905) but varies in that it does not have Nelson's date of birth and M & P below. The first 6.5cm diam, the second 7cm diam (2)
Lot 44
Rare Admiral Lord Nelson silver snuff box by Joseph Willmore of Birmingham, circular shaped with hinged lid, with embossed portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson by Peter Wyon (1767-1822), initialled PW F beneath the bust, fully hallmarked Birmingham 1806 to inside of lid and base of gilt interior. Note: extremely rare and believed to be unpublished, R.C.F. 5.5cm diam. Provenance: Bonhams "Nelson and the Royal Navy" sale, 5th July 2005, Lot 249, via Christopher Eimer 6.August 2005
Lot 5
Rare Staffordshire pearlware tea bowl and saucer plus saucer dish, decorated in blue and white with a design to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar, with military trophies to the centre surrounded by mermaids, the dish 21cm diam. Provenance: purchased Lyon & Turnbull, Lot 308, 9 & 10 July 2008.
Lot 148
A rare Lemania British Military RAF issue single pusher chronograph pilot's wristwatch, the black dial with Arabic numerals and luminous markers denoting hours, 'fat' broad arrow and Incabloc markings, chronograph centre seconds with twin subsidiary dials for thirty minute recording and constant seconds, the case back marked with broad arrow and '6BB/924-3306 671/56', 40mm stainless steel case
![[American Civil War]. Seat of War in America, 6d. London: Bacon & Co. 1863, wood-engraved map with contemporary hand colo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/6cecb253-c1e3-468d-b937-abf40101548b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 118
[American Civil War]. Seat of War in America, 6d. London: Bacon & Co. 1863, wood-engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, engraved by Waters & Son, New York, with publisher's advertisement above map, near contemporary marginal annotation to lower right margin which reads 'Position of Federal Army under General Maclellan [sic] July 1862 stretching towards the James River', two long closed tears affecting image, some fraying to old folds causing slight loss, old folds, 555 x 325 mmQty: (1)NOTESA scarce broadside map, surmounted by an advertisement for J. H. Colton's maps. The map shows the region from Baltimore in the north to Petersburg and Norfolk in the south and from Charlottesville in the west to Chesapeake Bay in the east. It contains extensive military information, including batteries, navy yards, forts, railways, roads and fortifications. The Federal and the Confederate flags are shown next to the cities of Washington and Richmond respectively. A list of Union and Confederate Generals together with export information for 1860 is displayed next to the map advertisement. Rare. A copy is held by the Library of Congress; Worldcat lists just four examples.
![Berry (William). [Composite atlas], London: sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charing-Cross and White Ha](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/e721d746-58d4-4d69-94c8-abf401015937/468x382.jpg)
Lot 124
Berry (William). [Composite atlas], London: sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charing-Cross and White Hall, 1680-9, containing: 1. A Mapp of all the World. In two Hemispheres in which are exactly Described all the Parts of the Earth and Seas. Described by Sanson. Corrected and amended by William Berry, 1680, 2. Asia. Divided into its Principall Regions, 1680, 3. Africa. Divided according to the Extent of its Principall Parts, 1680, 4. North America. Divided into its Principall Parts where are distinguished the several States which belong to the English, Spanish and French, 1680 [i.e. c.1681], 5. South America. Divided into its Principall Parts where are distinguished the several States which belong to the Spanish, English, Portugals [sic], and French, 1680, 6. A New Mapp of the Kingdome of England and Wales, c.1685, 7. Spain … Portugal, 1682, 8. Italy, 1682, 9. The Empire of Germany, c.1685, 10. The Kingdom of Hungary, c.1685, 11. Poland, c.1685, 12. Russia Alba or Moscovia, 1682, 13. Scandinavia and its Confines, 1684, 14. The United Provinces of the Netherlands, c.1685, 15. The Catholick Provinces of the Low Countries, c.1685, 16. The Kingdom of France, c.1685, 17. The States of the Empire of the Turks in Europe, 1683, 18. The Empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Divided into all its Beglerbeglicz or Governments, c.1685, 19. Mediterranean Sea divided into its Principall Parts or Seas, c.1685, 20. The Course of the River Rhine, c.1685, 21. The Circle of Swabia, 1685, 22. The Circle of Bavaria, 1685, 23. The Dukedom of Pomerania, 1685, 24. The Circle of Westphalia, 1685, 25. The Mountains of the Alpes, 1683, 26. Principality of Catalonia, c.1685, 27. Part of the Circle of Austria viz. the Archdukedom of Austria, c.1685, 28. Part of the Circle of Austria in which are the Dukedomes of Stiria … and other Heriditary [sic] Countrys of the House of Austria, 1688, 29. The Dukedom and Electorat [sic] of Brandenbourg, c.1680-5, 30. The Circle and Electorat [sic] of the Rhine, 1689, 31. The Archbishoprick and Electorat [sic] of Colen, c.1685, i.e. 31 engraved maps, each on two conjoined sheets (except Colen, on one sheet) mounted on guard, various sheet sizes (approx. 58 x 90 cm to 61 x 96 cm), strip-titles to head, titles and dedications within large elaborate cartouche incorporating royal arms and ethnographic and allegorical elements (Spain with title and dedication within separate cartouches), all except England and Wales with secondary cartouche containing bar scales and imprint, contemporary outline colour throughout (except Asia, uncoloured; Africa colouring with modern enhancement including to cartouche, North America, South America, England and Wales and Pomerania colouring minimal, now faded), variable toning, various nicks and tears, professionally repaired and consolidated throughout, most closed up without loss, sometimes with visible but generally light disruption, margins often extended or consolidated several maps backed on archival tissue, Empire of The Turks in Europe and The Empire of the Great Turke both with old linen backing (outline colour showing through), a few maps closely trimmed, many with creases, bound with (between 1 and 2): Moll (Herman), To Her most Sacred Majesty Ann, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland. This Map of Europe according to the Newest and most Exact Observations is dedicated, London: for H. Moll, D. Midwinter and T. Bowles, sold by H. Moll and P. Overton, 1708, and (between 13 and 14): Jaillot (Hubert), Le Royaume de Danemark. Subdivisé en ses principals provinces, tiré de plusieurs mémoires par le Sanson, Paris: Hubert Jaillot, 1692, each on two sheets, conjoined, with cartouches, contemporary outline colour, toning, creasing and repairs, modern full calf binding, gilt red morocco label to front board, atlas folioQty: (1)NOTESBurden II 532 (for North America: 'very rare'); Chubb p. 420; Shirley British Isles 1650-1750 p. 29; Shirley World 501; Tooley Africa p. 56 ('uncommon'); Tooley America p. 122 (for North America). A near-complete set of Berry's series of maps known as 'the English Sanson', 'very rare' (Chubb), and with Europe and Denmark, the only missing maps according to the list at the foot of The Circle and Electorat of the Rhine , appositely replaced with contemporary examples by Moll and Jaillot. Based on Jaillot’s Atlas nouveau (1674), a reworking of Sanson, they were published separately between 1680 and 1689, which may account for their high attrition rate. Berry’s version of the North America map is especially important, being the first or at least the second map to name Pennsylvania, which was founded on 4 March 1681 (Thornton and Seller's map appeared in the summer of that year). Certain features of Jaillot's map are retained, including the easterly slant to the Mississippi River, and the omission of Montreal, but there are notable differences other than the inclusion of Pennsylvania. 'Much of it is the anglicising of the continent, New England's boundaries being pushed to the St Lawrence River and New Scotland laying claim to all of the territory to the Gulf and Acadia ... Penn's main rival Maryland is not ignored and the town of Baltamore [sic] is identified. The southern claims of England are also extended with the inclusion of Charles-Towne and Carolina. In the west one notable addition is a Straits of Anian. The engraver of the map is not known although it bears many ofthe hallmarks of Herman Moll. If his work it would be one of his earliest known' (Burden). The world map exhibits similar changes: 'Berry has patriotically marked the islands discovered by Drake just off Tierra del Fuego and has added New Albion in the northern part of California, shown as an island' (Shirley; California is depicted in the same manner in North America ). North America is in Burden's first state (it was re-issued in 1718); The New Mapp of the Kingdome of England and Wales is in Shirley's first state; the Moll map of Europe was also re-issued c.1730 with a re-engraved dedication to Caroline, consort of George II.
![Europe. Stumpf (Johann), [Untitled map of Europe], Zurich, circa 1548, uncoloured woodcut map of Europe, orientated to the so](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/129b7303-f5a1-4a67-80fb-abf4010165ec/468x382.jpg)
Lot 146
Europe. Stumpf (Johann), [Untitled map of Europe], Zurich, circa 1548, uncoloured woodcut map of Europe, orientated to the south so that the map appears to be 'upside down', a rare variant with no title above the map and with the title blocks blank, three small wormholes to image, very slight marginal staining and creasing, 280 x 390 mm,Qty: (1)NOTESOriginally published in the Schweytzer Chronick , the first edition appearing in 1548. It is based on Sebastian Munster's map but is much more decorative with the seas being filled with galleons and fanciful sea creatures. Scarce.
Lot 162
Holland/Low Countries. Blaeu (Willem), Novus XVII Inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum Typus, circa 1640, hand coloured engraved map orientated to the west, allegorical cartouche and mileage scale, elaborate compass rose and extensively decorated with galleons and sea monsters, short split from base of central fold, very slight abrasion to printed image, 400 x 505 mm, Dutch text on versoQty: (1)NOTESThe third state of this famous map with the name Willem Janszoon changed to Willem Blaeu. Only the rare first state of this map had the decorative panels on three margins.
Lot 215
* Ornithology. Four prints from Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, by William Hayes, London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1794, four hand-coloured engraved plates (by Ann and Emily Hayes) comprising: Numidian Crane, The Secretary (with paper flaw), The Crane and Crowned African Crane (caption burnished away), image dimensions 27.5 x 21.5 cm - 30.5 x 24 cm, each in matching window mounts (43.5 x 36.5 cm), plus a 19th century ornithological watercolour study of a jay? approximately 23 x 20.5 cm, mountedQty: (5)
![[Paterson, William]. An Enquiry into the State of the Union of Great Britain, and the Past and Present State of the Trade and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/17df59ce-8503-4a70-b486-abf40101befc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 300
[Paterson, William]. An Enquiry into the State of the Union of Great Britain, and the Past and Present State of the Trade and Publick Revenues thereof, by the Wednesday's Club in Friday-Street, 1st edition, printed for A. & W. Bell... and J. Watts, 1717, initial blank [A1] present, a little minor spotting, contemporary panelled calf, gilt-lettered spine label, rubbed, slightly cracked at head of upper joint, 8voNOTESGoldsmiths' 5339; Kress 3030. Rare with the initial blank. This is the last work written by Paterson, the founder of the Bank of England, possibly at the request of Robert Walpole who based his 'Sinking Fund' (a fund for the discharge of the capital of the national debt) on the measures advised by Paterson. As part of this scheme, the South Sea Company agreed to accept a decrease of one per cent in the interest due to them from the government in return for trading privileges.
Lot 41
* McDonald (James Ingram, 1865-1935). Maori Warrior, 1903, full-length portrait of Maori warrior holding rifle against background of hills and vegetation, grisaille watercolour with bodycolour on wove paper, signed ('J McDonald') and dated lower left, slightly rubbed in places, minor losses at corners (probably from removal of mount), creased at lower left corner, two closed tears and one small hole repaired verso, 37.1 x 25.4 cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Herefordshire, UK. A striking portrait dating from the formative period in McDonald's artistic development and his engagement with Maori culture. Having failed to make a living as an artist in Australia, McDonald returned to his native New Zealand in 1901 and embarked on a three-year tour of the country, taking photographs for the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts in Wellington. 'These trips were often made in the company of the historian James Cowan, who was writing publicity material for the department. He may have encouraged McDonald's growing fascination with Maori art and culture' ( Te Ara, Encyclopaedia of New Zealand ). The rifle held by the warrior appears to be a Pattern 1853 Enfield, the key weapon of colonial forces and allied Maori during the Maori Wars (1845-1872). Original watercolours by McDonald are rare, with one other traced in auction records.
Lot 5
Army Lists. A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordnance and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George. With an Index, [Madras]: compiled for the benefit of the male asylum, and printed at the Government Gazette Press, by the boys of the charity, 1821, pp. [2] 200 xviii [8], woodcut arms to title, errata leaf, interleaves throughout most of volume, restoration to pp. 101/2 (the leaf containing blank columns only), closely trimmed at foot, frequent contemporary manuscript additions to text and interleaves, contemporary inscriptions 'Charles Wahab, the first army list in which my name appeared' to initial blank, and 'Nagpore, Received 7th June 1812, J. Cross' to title-page verso, all edges gilt, later 19th-century hard-grain red morocco, 8vo (17.2 x 10.6 cm), together with 24 other army lists, 19th and 20th century, not collated, some evidently defective, crude rebindingsQty: (25)NOTESProvenance: Jack Webb (1923-2019), D-Day veteran and London antiques dealer. Rare early iteration of the army list for the Madras presidency, not on Library Hub or WorldCat.
![[Royal Navy]. Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, and sold by the bookse](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/a6e39a57-7848-40c3-b3ee-abf401011a72/468x382.jpg)
Lot 53
[Royal Navy]. Advice to the Officers of the British Navy, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers in town and country, 1785, [4] 116 pp., spotting and soiling, manuscript date 'March 11th 1785' to front free endpaper, later ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary boards, spine perished, boards held by cords, 8vo (18.5 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC N29842. Very rare satirical work, ESTC traces one copy world-wide (Huntington), and two copies with the variant imprint 'sold by A. Flexney'. Captains are instructed that 'In the West-Indies, if any negro slaves from the enemy's plantations, escape on board your ship, led by the hope of partaking British liberty, when under the British flag; as this example might hurt the sugar trade, if it encouraged the slaves of our islands to fly to the enemy, sell them at the first port, and put the money in your pocket' (p. 39).
Lot 30
Rare Victoria Cross winners autograph collection in album. Great War and WW2 autographs. Collected many years ago by our vendor who wrote to them as a boy in 1960s asking for their autographs. All neatly laid down to black album pages. This includes some very scarce and highly collectables autographs. Mainly signed cards, few letters, clippings. 1. Letter from VC & GC Association signed by Sir John Smyth- 18 May 1915 France, 2. Charles Newman-28 March 1942 St Nazaire France, 3. Victor Turner -27 October 1942 El Alamein Egypt, 4. John Barrett-24 September 1918 France, 5. Dudley Johnson-4 November 1918 France, 6. Leonard Cheshire- RAF June 1940-July 1944- over Europe, 7. Signed photo William Reid (also unsigned photo from later years-3 November 1943 Dusseldorf Germany, 8. Charles Upham VC & bar-22-30 May 1941 Crete 14-15 July 1942 Egypt, 9. Geoffrey H Woolley- 20-21 April 1915 Hill 60 Belgium, 10. Harold Ervine-Andrews- letter commenting on public school (we both went to Stonyhurst College-31 May-1 June 1940 France, 11. Lorne Campbell- 6 April 1943 Tunisia, 12. A Roden Cutler-19 June-6 July 1941 Lebanon, 13. Tasker Watkins-16 August 1944 France, 14. Rambahadur Limbu-21 November 1965 Sarawak Borneo, 15. Ian Fraser 31 July 1945 HMS XE3 Singapore, 16. Richard R Willis-25 April 1915 Gallipoli Turkey, 17. Anthony C Miers-4-5 March 1942 Corfu Greece, 18. James Huffam- 31 August 1918 France, 19. Brett Cloutman-6 November 1918 France, 20. Robert E Ryder- 28 March 1942 St Nazaire France, 21. John Cruikshank 17-18 July 1944 Atlantic Ocean, 22. Arthur Procter- 4 June 1916 France, 23. Stephen H Beattie letter- 27 March 1942 St Nazaire France, 24. Norman Holbrook -13 December 1914 Dardanelles, 25. Phillip Neame-19 December 1914 France, 26. Robert Sherbrooke-31 December 1942 North Cape Norway, 27. Basil Place- 22 September 1943 HMS X7 Kafjord Norway, 28. Archie White-21 September-1 October 1916 France, 29. Richard Annand- 15-16 May 1940 Belgium, 30. Augustus Agar- 17 June 1919 Kronstadt Russia, 31. Percy Storkey- 7 April 1918 France, 32. Eric Wilson-11-15 August 1940 Somaliland, 33. Richard Wakeford- 13 May 1944 Cassino Italy, 34. (Thomas) Gordon Steele-22 February 1917 Mesopotamia, 35. George Findlay-4 November 1918 France, 36. Tom Adlam-27-28 September France, 37. Peter Roberts 16 February 1942 HMS Thrasher Crete, 38. F W Gould letter- 16 February 1942 HMS Thrasher Crete, 39. Victor Crutchley- 9 May 1918 Ostend Belgium, 40. Robert Cain 17-25 September 1944 Arnhem Holland, 41. Herbert Le Patourel -3 December 1942 Tunisia, 42. Edward Courtney Boyle- 27 April 1915 Dardanelles Turkey, 43. Arthur Cumming 3 January 1942 Malaya, 44. Reginald Hayward 21-22 March 1918 France, 45. David Jamieson - 7-8 August 1944 France, 46. Cyril Martin-12 March 1915 Belgium, 47. Manley James- 21-23 March 1918 France, 48. George Roupell- 20 April 1915 Hill 60 Belgium, 49. Henry Foote- 27 May 15 June 1942 Libya, 50. John Craig- 5 June 1917 Egypt, 51. Donald Dean -24-26 September 1918 France52. Arnold Walters-4 November 1918 France. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Lot 599
RAF Official VIP signed First Day cover collection. Complete series of the RFDC official covers 1 - 100, Mainly official First Day Covers with BFPS postmarks; these were each individually flown by the RAF with details on a flight cachet on the cover. They are also signed by VIPS, dignitaries, WW2 aces and many more. Includes Rare covers RFDC39 British Film Year signed Richard Todd Cat £50, RFDC87- 11/09/90 Gallantry Awards - 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Flown by HS125 & signed by WWII hero Wg Cdr R Learoyd VC. Biggin Hill Westerham pmk. Cat £50, RFDC49 - 16/09/86 Royal Air Force - 50th Anniversary of the reorganisation of the RAF into Operational Commands. Flown by Lancaster PA474 and signed by WWII Pathfinders CO & bomber pilot AVM Don Bennett DSO. BFPS 2114 Official pmk. - £30, RFDC5 1981 Royal Wedding Cat £25, RFDC22 1983 Fairs flown by Red Arrows Cat £15, RFDC26 Urban Renewal Concorde Flown Cat £15, RFDC31 1984 British Council signed James Lacey Cat £50, RFDC42 - 18/02/86 Halley's Comet - Launch of Skynet 4a Communications Satellite. Flown by Tornado, signed by Sqn Ldr N Wood. Launch of Skynet 4a BFPS 2109 official pmk. Cat £14, RFDC43 - 21/04/86 60th Birthday of HM The Queen - 50 Years of Royal Flying. Flown in Wessex from Buckingham Palace with HM QEII on board. Signed by Wg Cdr Schofield OC Queens Flight & Grp Capt A Willis OC RAF Benson. 50 Years of Royal Flying BFPS 2106 Official pmk. Cat £15, RFDC47- 23/07/86 The Royal Wedding - Royal Wedding RAF Benson. Flown by CONCORDE and Bae146 carrying the Royal Couple. Signed by Wg Cdr Schofield OC Queens Flight. Double pmk, RAF Benson & BFPS2120 - £20, RFDC54 - 12/05/87 British Architects in Europe - 200th Anniversary of the Royal Engineers Flown by Gazelle. Signed by Brig. R Kelly Director Postal services200th Anniversary of the Royal Engineers BFPS 1987 official pmk. Cat £10, RFDC70 - 31/01/89 Greetings - Greetings from the Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Appeal. Flown by Piper twin & signed by WWII fighter pilot Air Marshal Ivor Broom DFC, DSO, AFC Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Appeal BFPS 2192 official pmk. Cat £20, RFDC86 - 2/08/90 90th Birthday of the Queen Mother - Flown by Wessex & signed by WWII fighter ace and later CO Queens Flight Air Cdr Archie Winskill DFC. Congratulations BFPS 1990 official pmk. Cat £25, RFDC94 - 11/06/91 Sport 1991, Rugby World Cup - England's Grand Slam. Flown by Canberra & signed by Flt Lt Rory Underwood. 1991 Rugby Union Twickenham special pmk. Cat £15, RFDC100 - 6/02/9240th Anniversary of HM The Queen's Accession - 40 Years of Flying the Queen. Flown by Bae146 & Signed by Wg Cdr Beresford OC Queens Flight. 40 Years of Flying the Queen BFPS 1992 official pmk. Cat £12. Catalogue value must be over £1200. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Lot 23
Rare four coin set, Scotland Ayrshire, set of four silver pattern, Half Crown, Shilling and Sixpence, George IV. As Prince of Wales and High Steward of Scotland, 1762-1820, John Milton for Colonel William Fullerton. Dated 1799. GEORGIVS • P • S • S • C • D • 1799, bareheaded bust of George IV, as Prince of Wales and High Steward of Scotland, left; script M below bust / • BR • L • PR • E REG • SC • PR ET • SEN COR • DUX, cruciform coats of arms around the badge, the set housed within the Spink & Son red leather and velvet lined case
Lot 112
A rare set of eight early 19th century Rod or comb Back Painted Windsor ChairsPossibly New JerseyWith nine spindles above a solid seat and four turned legs united by a H-stretcher, 47cm wide x 41cm deep x 83cm high, (18 1/2in wide x 16in deep x 32 1/2in high) (8)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's New York, The Jean and Kenneth Chorley Collection, 25 January 1993, lot 238This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 140
An exceptionally rare and extensive late Victorian and later Collection of Specimen WoodsComprising of approximately four hundred and forty six specimens of timber species, enclosed in seven mahogany and eight satinwood hinged volumes of conforming size.Included are twelve volumes devoted to wood samples, mostly with type-written paper labels, two volumes containing examples of marquetry work and a further volume with samples of stained woods together with a selection of marquetry. Together with two hand-written notebooks indexing the contents of the volumes and a third notebook and a lecture on the subject of woods, Each volume - 31 x 21 cm. closed and 31 x 42.5 cm. openFootnotes:PROVENANCE: Christie's, London, South Kensington, European Works of Art, Decorative Objects, Carpets and Furniture including Chess, 25 June 1997, lot 693Formed in the late 19th century by Thomas Henry Ivey (b.1862) who was a ship's joiner and former Mayor of East Ham. It was inherited by his son, Wearne Ivey, who maintained and added to his father's collection and who was the author of the lecture sold together with this lot.The two notebooks sold with the lot provide a numerical and an alphabetical indexThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 198
A rare Charles Bruguier silver, parcel gilt and champlevé-enamel fusee singing bird box, Swiss, circa 1840,Signed Charles Bruguier á Géneve, stamped to bottom plate Charles Brugier and serial number 97 The brightly coloured and feathered bird, flapping wings, turning head and body, opening beak and bobbing tailfeather to the synchronised sequential birdsong, rising through finely pierced and chased gilt grille, lid interior with full enamel study of a floral bouquet surrounded by multi-tone enamel inlaid Rococo C-scrolls, the top study of an Alpine lake landscape with sailing boats and dwellings with guilloche sunburst above snow-capped mountains beyond, the main lid mounted with raised gilt bronze Rococo mounts and rose heads with interlacing trails of vari-tone hard and translucent enamel swags, leaves and flowers, the sides with complex geometric and fielded frames with enamelled inlay, and the underside with complimenting wave-line rose-engine turned ground amongst further floral highlights, gilt start/stop slide to front-right and with rear hinged compartment, movement with early pattern cartwheel governor and eight cam-stack, together with the original ratchet winding key and hand-written German operating instructions, 3 1/2in wide x 2in deep x 11 1/4in high.Footnotes:Provenance: Sotheby's, Geneva, Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu, Russian Works of Art and Fabergé, 11 May 1989, lot 112This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 259
A rare late 18th century French striking Capucine travelling clock with alarm.Janvier l'Aîré, A St ClaudeSurmounted by a loop handle and bell over four turned finials and rectangular glass panels the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with gilt hands, and blued steel alarm setting hand, the movement with vertical verge escapement mounted on the backplate, striking on the bell, the alarm sounding via a double headed hammer. 19cms (7ins) high (1)Footnotes:Provenance: Antiquorum Geneva, Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks, 19 October 1997, lot 499.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 260
A rare second quarter of the 19th century rosewood veneered and ebonised wall-mounted regulator with pivoted detent escapement and remontoir, calendar, equation of time and centre secondsBernard DoyhanartThe rectangular case with ogee top and urn finial over an integral bracket, the engraved and silvered Roman dial with blued-steel moon hands, outer ring for year calendar, equation sector, gilt sun equation hand and sweep centre seconds, the movement with square brass plates and pivoted detent escapement with weight driven remontoir with going barrel, wound by a lever and pull cord. Sold with a steel and gilt-brass gridiron pendulum. 70cms (27 1/2ins) highFootnotes:Provenance:Antiquorum Geneva, Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks, 17 October 1992, Lot 347.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 261
A fine and rare late 18th century English oak and faux-mahogany Journeyman regulator with passing strikeEllicott, LondonThe typical case with arched hood over canted front angles and a waisted trunk with long door on a panel base, the substantial arched plates united by five knopped pillars, the frontplate silvered and engraved with the maker's signature framed by subsidiaries for the running seconds (with Observatory Marks) over the Roman and Arabic time dial with matching blued steel spade-shaped hands, the motion work mounted between the plates, all four train wheels with six crossings and with high count brass pinions, the centre arbor with friction-fit cam to activate the bell once an hour, the bells stand and hammer mounted between the plates, with deadbeat escapement to a wooden rod pendulum with substantial brass bob. 33.5cm wide x 19cm deep x 169.5cm high (13in wide x 7in deep x 66.5in high) 169.5cms (5ft 6.75in) highFootnotes:Provenance: Christies London Important Clocks, Watches and Marine Chronometers, 5th December 1995, lot 71.Bibliography:RABSON, Norman L. 'Journeyman Clocks', Antiquarian Horology, June 1959HOWSE, Derek, 'Captain Cook's Minor Clocks and Watches', Antiquarian Horological Journal, Autumn, 1987This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 262
A very rare early 19th century silver and silvered brass English striking spherical skeleton clockBarraud, Cornhill, LondonIn the form of a globe on a turned column set to the front with the letter S (for South), the three folding tripod legs each with a levelling screw to the top, the time read against a fixed gilt sunburst between twin horizontal revolving bands of Arabic five-minute numerals and twice I-XII Roman numerals, the horizon ring marked in degrees 0-180-0, the solid silver meridian ring with engraved signature, the twin gut fusee movement set within the lower half of the globe, the top plate intricately cast and skeletonised with visible rack strike work activating the hammer and bell to the underside, both spring barrels with pierced caps, the going train terminating in a horizontal deadbeat escapement to a 8.5 inch pendulum with lacquered rod and lenticular bob. 31cm high x 15cm diameter (12in high x 6in diameter) 31cms (12ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance: Sotheby's London, Important Clocks 3rd October 1991, lot 194.The first spherical skeleton clock is thought to have been devised and made by Henry Gratte of London in the late 18th century, see 'The Horological Journal', February 1951, page 94, a feature entitled 'Sphere Clock by Henry Gratte' which illustrates a similar clock with moonphase and perpetual calendar signed with the makers name and the legend 'Invenit & Fecit', denoting that he was the first to devise and make such a clock. The Gratte clock was originally in the private museum of the Earls of Buckingham at Stowe House. The contents of the museum were sold by auction in 1848, and the clock's current whereabouts is unknown. It would appear that Gratte supplied other makers with these clocks, including Horne & Ash (working 1808-1817), George Jamison (an example is illustrated and discussed in Derek Roberts, 'Skeleton Clocks', Woodbridge 1987 Figs 1/2 a to c.), and Paul Philip Barraud.Jamison and Barraud were well known to one another – along with William Howells they produced precision timekeepers based on the principles of Thomas Mudge until 1799. Another spherical clock by Barraud with additional world time chapter ring is illustrated in Cedric Jagger 'Paul Philip Barraud', Ramsgate, 1968 Fig XIX, a) and b). As far as we are aware, the current lot is the only extant clock with a solid silver signature arc.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 263
A very rare early 19th century lacquered and silvered brass English striking spherical skeleton clockBarraud, Cornhill, LondonInspired by a globe on a turned column set on the three folding tripod legs each with a knurled levelling screw to the top, the time read against a fixed gilt sunburst between twin horizontal revolving bands of Arabic five-minute numerals and twice I-XII Roman numerals, the silvered horizon ring marked in degrees 0-180-0, the meridian ring with engraved signature (old repair), the twin chain fusee movement set within the lower half of the globe, the top plate intricately cast and skeletonised with visible rack strike work activating the hammer and bell to the underside, with manual lever to effect strike/silent acting on the fly, both spring barrels with pierced caps, the going train terminating in a verge escapement to a 8.5 inch pendulum with lacquered rod and lenticular bob 30cm high x 15cm diameter (12in high x 6in diameter). Together with the original winding key with extended shaft, and galleried stand 31cms (12ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's London, Clocks, Watches and Barometers, 30 September 1992, lot 53See footnote on previous lotThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 270
A rare mid 18th century Swedish Vernis Martin bracket clockClaes Berg, Stockholm, case signed P.G BolinderThe waisted case of scrolling Rococo form surmounted by a pediment with an asymmetrical finial of flowers and rocaille scrollwork in carved wood, over a yellow ground decorated with gold flowers with serpentine side panels on raised cabriole feet, the signed 10.5 inch painted Roman and Arabic dial with gilt rocaille style hands secured to the case via a pair of latches the twin barrel movement united by five baluster pillars with anchor escapement and silk suspension striking the hours on a bell. (The bell stamped with a crown within a circular disc). Sold with a brass silk suspension pendulum and a large winding key. 81cms (31 1/2ins) high (4)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's London, Clocks and Watches 22 March 1989, lot 28.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 285
A rare W & S Jones Brass Portable Equatorial Transit telescope, English, Early 19th Century,signed W S Jones, Holborn, London, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, supported in a trunnion with vertical circle of degrees, silvered scale, magnifiers and verniers, the whole mounted on a trunnion supported by A-frames, racked quadrant and counter weight and base engraved with circle of hours and degrees, above tripod stand with leveling screws in original mahogany case of triangular section, 23in (55.5cm) high Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 154Literature: J.A. Bennett 'The Divided Circle', 1987Nicholas Goodison, 'English Barometers 1680-1860', 1985This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 287
A rare Smith & Beck Brass Compound Binocular Microscope, English, Mid 19th Century,signed on the foot, Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St. London no.759, with eyepiece adjustment and rack and pinion focusing, later micrometer fine focusing, mechanical stage and substage, plano/concave reflector, supported in a trunnion above twin columns and tripod base, together with large mahogany case of microscope accessories including objectives, parabolic reflector, condenser and a smaller case fitted with two stage reflectors, four lieberkuhns and another case of eyepieces, 19in (49cm) high, (Qty)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 183Literature: TURNER G.L.E., The Great Age of The Microscope, 1989, (p.171-176)This microscope is an example of a large Smith & Beck monocular microscope that has been converted to binocular use by F.H.Wenham.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 288
A rare Ducrétet Tin Foil Phonograph, French, 1881-1885,the bronze painted cast iron base mounted with a 3 1/2in diameter mandrel supported by two brackets and operating handle at the side, reproducer/speaking trumpet at the front, 9 1/2in x 7in (24cm x 18cm) Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's New York, Fine Clocks, Watches, Scientific Instruments and Mechanical Music, 17 December 1986, Lot 189Ducretet is understood to have taken over the tooling and parts of the Fondain company which made a very similar style of phonograph from about 1879 but it filed for bankruptcy in 1881. He continued making this model until the 1890's, but after 1885 they were stamped Ducretet-Lejeune on the underside of the base when he formed a partnership with Léon Lejeune.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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