A VERY RARE EARLY 19TH CENTURY BLUED AND GILT OFFICER'S MAMELUKE OF THE 5TH DRAGOONS, 71cm sharply curved blade decorated with scrolling foliage, crowned GR cypher and crowned Royal Arms, stands of arms, regimental devices and motto, battle honours, a mounted cavalry officer, the initials of Princess Charlotte of Wales and the owner's initials JW, all highlighted in gilt on a blued ground, characteristic gilt hilt with two-piece ivory grips, contained in its polished fishkin covered wooden scabbard with magnificent gilt mounts decorated with bold lion's head mounts. John Watson was commissioned as Coronet August 20th 1812 and departed as Lieutenant on the 20th of April 1826. Watson served with the regiment in the Peninsula campaign and was present at Vittoria and Toulouse. Only a very small number of these Mameluke exist, Royal Armouries IX.5441 which retains minor blue and and gilt, the Royal Dragoon Guards Museum 1987.332 and a third which appeared in Lyle Arms & Armour Guide of 1980 p.82 and passed through Bosley's as lot 1096 9th March 2005. This sword appears in The Companion Volume The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912 by Richard Dellar.
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A RARE 18TH CENTURY DRAGOON'S BACKSWORD BY HARVEY,91cm double fullered blade engraved with a crown over GR to either side of the forte and with the maker's name HARVEY, characteristic basket hilt with triangular form front plate with two side-bars, flattened bun-shaped pommel, wire bound fishskin grip. A good clean example. See The British Cavalry Sword from 1600 by Martyn page 29 for an illustration of a similar sword and discussion about further examples.
A VERY FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY SPANISH (CATALAN) MIQUELET-LOCK BLUNDERBUSS BELT PISTOLS, 11.5inch four-stage barrels with ringturned belled muzzles, engraved to the breech flats Babiray Tadilla, Joseph Manol, Solo demi Diana Sol, further decorated with a flower to the back of the breeches on each flat, the cocks and pan seat with scalloped engraving to the edges, full stocks finely decorated over all with pierced brass inlaid panels and interspersed with brass studs, characteristic angled butts, belt hooks mounted on the left side, brass capped wooden ramrods.
Rolex - An early 20th Century 1930's Art Deco 9ct gold and stainless steel two tone bi-colour military tank style wristwatch. The watch having a quartered silvered dial with original blue faceted hands and Arabic numeral chapter ring. The dial signed Rolex with subsidiary seconds dial aperture to six. Gold Rolex Patent winder to side of curved case. Details to outside of case reading Model Depose and Rolex crown with serial and model numbers 20720 and 2535. Inside of case reading Rolex 25 World Records Geneva Suisse with SAR crown mark and Robert Maylan RM Parachute mark. The 15 Rubies Rolex Prima watch movement being triple winding and signed with each ruby set in gold. Set to a later leather strap with plated Rolex clasp. Watch measures 9 inches. Case 20mmx30mm. Dial 20mm across. Weighs 20.43 grams gross. Marks on interior of case date watch to early 1930's. Appears to wind and function correctly but buyers are reminded to satisfy themselves prior to bidding. Rare.
A rare formal court robe of charcoal grey silk gauze, chao'fu, late 18th or early 19th century, embroidered in silks in counted stitch and in couched gilt thread, the upper half with four five-clawed dragons amidst clouds above a turbulent sea-wave border, the skirt with confronting dragons, the horse shoe cuffs and ren similarly worked, cuff to cuff approximately 210cm and hem to collar approximately 133cm Provenance: Property of an English collector, mainly buying in Portobello market, and various places in London, in the early 1950's and 1960's. 清18世纪晚期-19世纪早期 烟灰纱绣金龙纹朝服 拍品来源：英国私人收藏，主要于上世纪50-60年代购自伦敦
A rare Chinese qingbai 'Lotus' bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), the exterior finely incised with scrolling lotus flowers, underneath the rim decorated with a row of bosses, covered inside and out with a glaze of even pale blue color that stops around the unglazed, flat base, 19.5cm diameter A similar greenware example is illustrated by Lu Yaw, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Song Ceramics, 1983, p.80, no. 57.宋 影青刻花莲花纹钵
A Chinese archaistic Ge-type vase with ram handles, hu, underglaze-blue Qianlong seal mark and possibly of the period (1736-1795), sturdily and robustly potted after archaic bronze prototypes, of flattened lobed pear shape raised on a splayed base, the body decorated with pendent plantain leaves in low relief, the waisted neck applied with two ram-head handles, all under a pale grey crackled glaze with a lattice of larger rust crackles enclosing smaller regular crackles and stopping neatly around the foot, 26.6cm high While the shape of this piece is familiar, it is rare to find related vases with two ram-head handles and more common are those decorated with dragon handles or two zoomorphic ring handles. Compare with a similar vase of Qianlong period sold at Sotheby's London, Lot 247, 11 May 2011 清乾隆（可能） “大清乾隆年制”款仿哥釉蕉叶纹羊首壶
A rare Chinese gilt bronze funerary mask, Liao Dynasty (907-1125), this significant ritual and funerary object depicts the serene face of a male who was part of the elite Khitan tribe, a people who ruled north China over a thousand years ago, during the Liao dynasty, 24cm long x 23.5cm wide, on an acrylic stand and with Oxford laboratory report Provenance: Private collection purchased in London 29th August, 2003. Placing a metal mask on the face of the deceased was a unique tradition of the nomadic Khitan; they buried their high-ranking men and women with various amounts of metal body attire such as a mask like this one for the face and a suit “woven” from wire for the body. The masks were highly personalized and fashioned in a variety of shapes and sizes, the type of metal depending on the class of the wearer. The simplest were made of thinly hammered bronze, in rare cases, silver, gilt bronze and high karat gold were reserved for the elite. See similar examples in the Musée Guimet, Paris, reference no. MA 2352; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012-53-1.辽 铜鎏金面具（附牛津热释光报告） 拍品来源：土耳其私人收藏
A rare group of six small bronze Nepalese figures of deities, Nepal, circa 11th/12th century or later, probably five of the saptamatrikas, together with a figure of Kartikeyya, their guardian, each mounted on stand, the tallest 6.8cm high excluding stand (6) Provenance: The property of a Gentleman by family descent.
A rare Chinese yellow glazed dish with stylised floral designs, mid 17th century, the low tapering foot ring, covered inside and out with a rich 'egg-yolk' yellow glaze, the interior incised with floral foliage, 19.8cm diameter, Japanese wood box Provenance: Bought by Colonel W. R. Hodgson in Tokyo in the early 1950s on the advice of Professor Fujio Koyama (小山冨士夫) of Tokyo National Museum and by direct descent to the current owner. Compare with a similar dish at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, reference number BATEA 773 and another dated 1645-60, see Michael Butler et al, Shunzhi porcelain, Treasures from an Unknown Reign, no. 38, p.153. 17世纪 黄釉划花缠枝莲纹盘 拍品来源：W. R. Hodgson 上校于上世纪五十年代在日本知名的宋瓷学者、东洋陶瓷学会委员长小山富士夫教授指导下于东京所购
A rare large Chinese copper hand warmer and cover, late Ming-early Qing Dynasty, of quadrangular, slightly rounded shape, complete with handle and pierced cover, the base incised with a four-character Zhang Mingqi zhi mark, 23cm long x 16.5cm wide x 11.5cm high Compare with a similar hand warmer by Zhang Mingqi, sold Sotheby’s, 31st May, 2018, Lot 413 明末/清初 “张铭岐制”铜手炉
A rare Chinese qingbai vase, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), yuhuchunping, the pear-shaped body rising to a slender neck and flared rim, applied in relief with decoration forming the outlines of four ruyi heads, each head enclosing a character and forming the phrase shou bi nan shan, fu ru dong hai ('a wish for longevity as enduring as the mountains and fortune as vast as the sea'), 28.2cm high Porvenance: the current owner purchased the vase in the early 1990s See a vase of closely related form and with the same inscription, excavated in 1963 from Wotuo Chi's tomb near the Longtan lake and now in the Capital Museum, Beijing, published in Selections from the Capital Museum Collection. Beijing, 1991, cat. no. 72; a qingbai vase with similar decoration was sold at Sotheby's NY, 17 March 2015, Lot 102 元 青白釉福山寿海如意纹玉壶春瓶 拍品来源：现主人于上世纪九十年代早期所购
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Somerville 1:43 scale white metal model; five rare Austin Allegro 3, in met grey, bronze/ brown roof, met citroen/black roof, Denim blue, met bronze (body cracked), boxed The Allegro models were the only models to ever be withdrawn from production, they proved to be too difficult to assemble to be profitable. (Qty: 5)
Somerville 1:43 scale white metal model; a rare Fordson 5CWT. van, blue/gray commemorating The Battle of Britain memorial flight, boxed This model was produced at Billinghay by Roy McHard and staff commissioned by J.M.Toys in memory of Doug McHard 'The finest model maker the whitemetal car trade has ever seen'. Limited production to 43 final models. (Qty: 1)
Walt Disney Studios, a celluloid production cel from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , 1937, depicting all seven dwarfs Bashful, Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey peering through the rain, gouache on celluloid, multi-cel set-up, applied to a Courvoisier background, image size 178mm x 203mm, framed and mounted size 495mm x 600mm.Footnote: This rare production cel comes from the Disney Studios' first feature length animated film, and is rare to have all seven dwarfs in the one shot. Provenance: Heritage Auctions, Beverly Hills, Animation Art Signature Auction, 20th-24th November 2013, lot #95093
FAMILLE VERTE 'WATER BIRDS' CHARGER, KANGXI PEDRIOD, showing a kingfisher perched on a flowering plant on the edge of a pool, with further birds below, one perched on a rock and the other washing, the underside painted with landscape scenes, the base with a foliate mark, 34cm diam Provenance: Christie's 11th November 1985, lot 219. Note: this dish is rare in its open format without a border, which has more in common with famille verte narrative chargers of the period. A similar dish was extant at Clandon Park until it was stolen in 2010. Another is recorded in the Musee Guimet, Paris. The execution of painting can also be compared to a set of dishes in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
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