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Lot 101
A RARE FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN SCONCE, QIANLONG PERIOD Size: 15.9 cm (D)The branch is in the form of an arm, with the hand clutching the candle-holder, issuing from a teardrop-shaped bracket decorated with cloud scrolls in bright enamels. The arm is glazed white with a gilt bracelet and a gilt base to the candle-holder. See Clayton, The Collector’s Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, pl. 38, for a pair of silver-gilt sconces with branches in the form of human arms, bearing London hallmarks for 1684, in the collection of the V&A Museum. Provenance: A Well-known Private British Collection
Lot 24
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE CUPSTAND?PERIOD OF HONGWU Size: 19.5 cm (D) With shallow rounded sides divided into twelve bracket foliations, rising to a barbed everted rim, exquisitely painted in shades of grayish blue with ‘heaping and pilling’ depicting blossoms and foliage, encircled around the sides by detached sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, all framed by a border of cresting waves emitting white foam.
Lot 89
A rare pair of 19th century Minton porcelain twin-handled wine coolers, impressed marks, one hand painted with frieze of rural life, the other with marine scene, within borders, footed bases, 16.5cm high First example with hairline crack to rim, approximately 3cm, slight rubbing to the gilt lining. From the evidence of the interior glazing there also appears to be some restoration but it is difficult to identify exactly where. Second example with rubbing to the gilt lining and overall crazing to the blue ground. Interior with hairline crack across base, considerable scratching and similar evidence of possible restoration.
Lot 657
BREWERIANA - ASSORTED TAUNTON CIDER & OTHER MEMORABILIA comprising a rare Wade twin-handled mug, Silver Jubilee 1977, limited edition of 2500, produced in error with the words 'Her Royal Highness' rather than 'Her Majesty' (most of the production run is believed to have been destroyed), 8.5cm high (chip to lower side of one handle); Wade twin-handled mug, 1981, limited edition of 4000, 8.5cm high; and assorted other items, including further mugs; pump handles and plaques; and bottles, (21).
Lot 110
* Louis Bleriot Monoplane Car Mascot. A rare fine & large radiator embellishment, c. 1909, a good representation of the famous Bleriot IX aeroplane in which the constructor-pilote made the first Cross-Channel powered flight from Cap Gris Nez to Dover in July 1909, of nickelled brass construction with lattice-work open fuselage and detailed rotary engine, mounted upon a matching radiator cap, 22 cm span (Qty: 1)
Lot 127
* Propeller. A rare WWI BE2c four blade mahogany propeller circa 1915-16, stamped B.E.2.C., D2770, P.3690, G938, R.A.F. 1.A., with war department stamps, green sheathed tips, some damage notably to the tips, approximately 280 x 280cm (Qty: 1)NOTESRAF1A produced 90 HP engines, around 1300 BE2c and d's were made during WWI and were in service between 1915 and 1917.
Lot 128
* Propeller. A rare WWI FE2b 4-blade mahogany pusher propeller c.1916, brass sheathed tips, various stamps including 160 HP BEARDMORE D2665 P2O20 C87IN73 A2325, approximately 267 x 267 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare pusher propeller which was produced in very limited numbers mid 1916 to accommodate the Beardsmore engine. They were quickly superseded by a Rolls Royce upgrade. There are approximately 7 known, 3 of which are in the RAF Museum collection and one is in the Shuttleworth collection.
Lot 172
* WWII RAF/FAA Flying Helmet Type C. A rare white leather B/C-pattern flying helmet as used by the Fleet Air Arm circa 1942 , vertical zippered ear pieces and C-pattern fixings & stud fastenings, complete with intercom headset, wiring loom & jack plug: also with G-type oxygen mask with intercom microphone, and a pair of Mark VIII goggles, good overall condition, showing mild discoloration and wear commensurate with age, neck flap truncated. (Qty: 3)
Lot 247
* Napoleonic Era Naval Archive. An important archive of personal papers relating to Admiral Sir George Augustus Westphal (1785-1875), from the Battle of Trafalgar and after, containing interesting and rare correspondence from many of the greatest naval heroes of the day, as well as a most complete account of Westphal’s services, composed by himself, signatories to correspondence include Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, Prime Minister George Canning, The Duke of Kent and his wife, Princess Victoria (parents of Queen Victoria), Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, Admiral Sir Edward Pellew (First Viscount Exmouth), General De Lacy Evans, The Marquis of Anglesey and others, the collection includes approximately sixty original contemporary orders, letters, commissions and other documents, plus other sundry documents to include three further copies of Westphall’s petitions/statements of service; The Duchess of Wellington, printed invitation, with ms. details, to a soiree: ‘La Duchesse de Wellington prie Le capitaine Wesptphal R.N. de lui faire l’honneur de venir passer la Soiree chez elle le Jeudi prochain, le 2nd November 1815.’; a hand-coloured printed map of the Battle of Trafalgar labelled on reverse: ‘For Model Plan of Trafalgar Fight... The ships to be placed as per this plan at 20 Minutes past Noon compiled from the Logs & accounts of the Battle strictly examined. F.P.’, further correspondence from various individuals re social and business affairs, advancement of their protégés, and so forth, including the Duke of Richmond, Duchess of Bedford, Admiral Sir T. Williams, Sir G. Grey, et al. (13 items of contemporary correspondence.), plus two Government Bonds (1829 and 1830) of Westphal’s, an Income Tax statement for 1842, Admiralty circular re Statements of Service, the collection arranged with a catalogue in eleven stiff blue paper folders with gilt-titled headings, the whole in a bespoke drop-back cloth book box, gilt titled spine and upper cover, 36.5 x 24.5 x 10 cm (Qty: an archive)NOTESThe important Napoleonic era naval archive relating to Captain Sir George Augustus Westphal (later an Admiral on the Retired List) – one of the heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar where he was a Midshipman aboard Nelson’s Flag Ship, HMS Victory , and upon whom command of the Main Deck devolved at about 3pm, until he himself was severely wounded in the head, taken below and laid by Admiral Nelson: Nelson’s tunic was rolled up beneath his head as a pillow and when it came to treating his wounds it had adhered to the dried blood on his head such that part of it had to be cut away. Westphal long treasured this memento of his sponsor and commander. Westphal saw much more distinguished service in Home Waters and in the North Americas, notably during the battle of New Orleans, where he was one of few senior officers to emerge with credit. He was ‘under fire against the Enemy, it is no exaggeration to say, upwards of One Hundred Times. His conduct upon all occasions has merited the approbation of his superiors’. Upon his death in 1875, aged ninety, he was the last surviving Royal Navy officer to have fought at Trafalgar on board HMS Victory . A detailed listing of the principal contents is available on request.
Lot 255
* Unconditional Surrender of Germany. An original copy of the Telex notification from Shaef Forward G-3 070410B, Copy to the CSO [7 May 1945], single sheet, printed in black, the header titled 'Copy to the CSO', 'Soutco V Gsn '00' Nr 106 qvr 7', marked from JEJO, to DAB, LAL, WAROF, ADM, AMY, SELSOR, SOUTCO, JTB, HQAB, HABM, QHR BT, the text begins: 'Para one p.d. a representative of the German high command signed the Unditional [corrected to Unconditional in pencil] paren from Shaef Forward signed Eisenhower site SHGCT unparen surrender of all German land CSM sea CMA and air forces in Europe to the Allied expeditionery force and simultaneously to the Soviet high command at zero four one [corrected in ink to one four] one hours central European time CMA 7 May under which all forces will cease active operations at zero [additional 'zero' inserted in ink] zero one baker hours 9 May p.d. para [inserted in pencil] to p.d effective immediately all offensive operations by Allied expeditionery force will cease and troops will remain in present positions... ', contemporary initialled pencil note in an unidentified hand at head of sheet, 'N.B. I have asked for a check and repeat on para 1', a little rubbed and soiled along old folds, verso blank, 48 x 21.5 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare survival of this historic Telex sent by Eisenhower from his Forward HQ to commanders in the field informing them of the German surrender and ordering them to cease fire and to hold their positions.
Lot 279
ARR* Beddoes (Ivor, 1909-1981). A rare group of 21 watercolour and pencil drawings on paper of scenes mostly from the London Blitz, many taken from life, 1940-41, including 14 drawings in watercolour and pencil on paper of the blitz from a series marked 'ARP', all 38 x 56 cm, together with a related charcoal drawing of the same size and 3 smaller watercolours of blitz scenes, plus 3 further watercolours from a series made by Beddoes in North Wales in February 1941, the majority of drawings in mounts with window apertures, and with pencil titles, notes and dates to margins, mounts and sheet versos, some signed or initialled by Beddoes in pencilNOTES1) Stretcher party - collecting bodies, Hampstead, depot 1 30 October 1940, ARP no. 2; 2) Rescue party cutting through to trapped people, Hampstead depot 1, memory drawing, 30 October 1940, ARP no. 3; 3) Incendiary bomb in the street, Westbere Road, NW2, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 4; 4) Stretcher bearers waiting for the mortuary van, Hampstead, Nov. 1940. ARP no. 6; 5) Scene sketched in Tube - Midnight, during London Blitz, Oct. 1940. ARP no. 7; 6) Memory drawing after the bomb, Nov. 1940. ARP no. 8; 7) Rescue party calling for the living, memory drawing, London, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 9; 8) Fordwich Road incident - taking body on stretcher over garden wall, Nov. 1940. ARP no. 10; 9) WVS Canteen giving tea, from notes made on the spot near Swiss Cottage station, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 11; 10) Recreational depot no. 1. SPs playing snooker, from notes made on the spot, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 12; 11) Another body, composite picture from rough notes taken when no one was looking, hospital in Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 13; 12) Depot lecture on incendiary bombs, memory drawing, Nov. 1940, ARP no. 18; 13) Drawing from rough notes made on the spot. RE removing DA bomb (Belsize Avenue - 11.40), Nov. 1940. ARP no. 19, 38 x 56 cm; 14) SP at work, Nov. 29 1940. ARP no. 20, all watercolour and pencil, 38 x 56 cm; 15) Smoke from fires, after raid, as seen from roof - Piccadilly Circus. Drawing started during actual raid, approx. 6 o'clock, 7 September 1940, charcoal drawing, 38 x 56 cm; 16) In the first two weeks after the declaration of the war 1939 ARP shelters were built with borough labour & civilian help, Finchley, North London, watercolour, 28 x 39 cm; 17 & 18) Two untitled drawings of sand bagging, green wash and pencil, 20 x 27 and 20 x 18 cm; 19) AC post observation, Prestatyn, 20 February 1941, 2nd STC series no. 1, watercolour and india ink, 23 x 25 cm; 20) Sand dunes and barbed wire looking towards Great Orme Head from Prestatyn, 2nd STC series no. 2, 23 February 1941, watercolour, 30 x 41 cm; 21) Rhyd Farm, North Wales, 2nd STC series no. 18, watercolour, 35 x 51 cm.Ivor William Gilmour Beddoes (1909-1981) was a British painter, sketch and storyboard artist, costume and set designer, dancer, composer and poet. He is best known for his film work, spanning more than thirty years, from Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes to Star Wars and Superman. Prior to his being called up at the end of 1940, and then serving with the Royal Signal Corps, Beddoes had been working at the Windmill Theatre in London's West End. In an autobiographical made some written shortly before his death, Beddoes wrote: 'one night in 1940 I walked off the stage to become a stretcher-bearer in the blitz on London. Then I went into the army. I never went back into the profession.' In a letter to the Artist's Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Information, (dated 10 October 1940), Beddoes explains how he came to make these remarkable drawings: '… [I] submit to you the accompanying sketches in the hope that they might be of use as documentary evidence or, in any other way that you might think useful. I am a scenic designer, and happened to be watching the raid last Saturday afternoon from the roof of a building in Piccadilly Circus. I was able to make a quick sketch of the effects of fires caused by the bombs dropped on South London, and again, later in the evening I made two sketches with colour notes of the fire, and added the colour afterwards. Should the sketches be of any use to you, I should be pleased if you would accept them and perhaps any future sketches I may make when I join the army in the very near future.'In 1999 Maggs Bros., London, issued Catalogue 1271, in which they offered the Ivor Beddoes El Alamein archive of 108 works on paper and noted, in reference to Beddoes' blitz drawings, that 'sadly, the sketches of that raid were not accepted and their whereabouts are unknown'. A copy of this catalogue is included with the lot, with Bob Wyatt's added manuscript footnote indicating that he now has these blitz drawings in his collection. NB. ARR will not apply to this lot.
Lot 298
Crimean War. Further correspondence relative to the military expedition to the East, parts 5 & 7-9 only, February 14 - June 30 1855 & October 1855 - August 1856, p rinted solely for the use of the Cabinet August 1855 - August 1856, printed on blue paper, 1 hand-coloured lithographic plate to volume 8 and 9 folding plates to volume 9, discreet embossed library stamp at foot of all plates, volumes 7-9 with armorial bookplate of the War Office Secretary of State's library, contemporary calf, white china ink manuscript markings and 'War Department' gilt titles at foot of spines, somewhere, upper cover to volume 9 detached, folio (Qty: 4)NOTESRare. Part of 5 - 8 are held by the University of London, Institute of Historical Research. A part (covering 1854 only) is in The National Archives.
Lot 316
Jardine-Blake (W.V.). General Headquarters, Far East Command. Operations of the Allied Geographical Section GHQ, SWPA, volume 6, Intelligence Series (restricted), 3 volumes including Appendices, [Tokyo, 1948], numerous monochrome plates, illustrations and maps, some folding and coloured, compiler's printed note pasted to front free endpaper of each volume and signed by Major General C.A. Willoughby, original printed boards, some browning, corners bruised, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESRare; probably 75-100 copies published.
Lot 328
Moberly (Brig.-General F.J.) History of the Great War based on Official Documents. Military Operations Togoland and the Cameroons 1914-1916, 1st edition, HMSO, 1931, 14 folding colour maps (10 contained in rear pocket), half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting front and rear, original red cloth, dust jacket, small nicks at spine ends, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESA fine copy and rare in the dust jacket.
Lot 332
Reilly (William Edward Moyses). Memorandum on the Prussian Army, in Relation to the Campaign of 1866, 1st edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1867, 13 uncoloured lithographic plates, 3 mounted albumen prints (10 x 18 cm), folding map, a little spotting, original printed wrappers, some soiling, crudely rebacked and relined, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESRare. WorldCat locates only one copy at the University of Michigan.
Lot 340
Vickers Ltd. A group of 4 confidential albums printed by Vickers Ltd., circa 1922, including 'Vickers Anti-Aircraft Artillery', 'Vickers Field and Anti-Aircraft Artillery', 'Artillerie' and 'Vickers 40 m/m Automatic Gun on High Angle Mounting', the first two bilingual, the third in French only and the last in English, black & white plates including illustrations from photographs, the final item comprising 'Title' and 3 plates only and possibly incomplete, original cloth portfolios, gilt-stamped 'Vickers Ltd.' to upper covers lower right, contents of final album detached, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (Qty: 4)NOTESRare.
Lot 37
* Adolphe Pegoud. Brooklands Automobile Racing Club ‘Flying on a Bleriot Monoplane including Upside-down Flying’ multi-signed rare Invitation ticket c.1913, printed cardstock with autographed signatures of the leading aviators of the day who attended the event and witnessed the first man to ‘loop-the-loop’ in a live demonstration, including B.C. Hucks, Norbert Chereau, Spenser Grey, Louis Bleriot, Harry de la Combe, James Valentine, Perrin, Rolph and other VIPs, and Pegoud himself signed upside down, together with a contemporary photograph postcard depicting the aviator with his Bleriot aeroplane, postmark stamped Munich 13 th May 1914, and two reprinted RPP similar images (Qty: 4)
Lot 90
* Flying Club Car Badges. Two rare interwar period Aero Club badges circa 1930-40s, Cardiff Aeroplane Club & Surrey Flying Club, depicting De Havilland Moth & Tiger Moth respectively, highly decorative enamel on chrome/brass, the former depicting the original Club aircraft registered GABRO in 1931, later passed to the Cotswold Flying Club until sequestered by the RAF in December 1939 for decoying duties, the Surrey Club based at Croydon Aerodrome (Qty: 2)
Lot 31A
Seiko 7A28 - 7020 Quartz Chronograph Stainless Steel Wrist Watch as worn in the James Bond Film 'A View to a Kill'. This is the first analogue-quartz chronograph ever made. Now a rare collectors item. All original condition - requires battery. Excellent in all aspects, low estimate. Please see images.
Lot 332
Golden Lustre Sapphire Statement Ring, a 22ct elongated cushion cut solitaire of the rare variety, natural, golden lustre sapphire, mined in Kenya, with a frosted golden, inner shimmering light which glows from each facet of the stunningly large gem, here set in 14ct gold vermeil and silver, in an openwork scrolled gallery with open weave shoulders; this natural sapphire is also known as Zawadi sapphire; size M
Lot 402
Capodimonte - Early And Rare Superb Hand painted Novelty Porcelain Figures Of A Gentleman - Half Man - Half Cockerel Signed 'Coppe' Hard To Find In This Condition. Height 15 inch - 37.5 cm. Slight Discolouration towards top of Trousers, Very small chip to end of hair, 1 Inch chip to Sleeve, Large Chip to end of the Tail.
Lot 650
Poole Pottery Rare Stoneware Fawn. Small seated fawn by Poole Pottery. A very appealing Poole Pottery stoneware sculpture of a fawn. It stands approximately 3.9'' tall and is about 5'' long. It is in excellent condition without damage or repair. This gorgeous little Poole Pottery fawn was designed by Barbara Linley-Adams and produced from 1979 to 1989, please see photographs.
Lot 1440
Rare First Edition Long Out Of Print 'Close Encounters' Promo Signed By 2 Legends. This is something really rare and a must for any film music or Sci-Fi fan. It is a first edition rare & long out of print Academy Award For Your Consideration Promo from 1978 for 'Close Encounters OfThe Third Kind', it was signed at 2 events by 2 legends. John Williams signed it in 1998 at the LSO concert at the Barbican in London and Steven Spielberg signed it at the 2008 War Horse Premiere in London. It has been in storage and only came out for the signings so it is in incredible condition andwould look sensational framed.
Lot 1094
Pinder Et La R.T.F. - La Nouvelle Piste Aux Etouiles 63 Une Realisation De Gilles Margaritis - An original rare vintage 1960's circus point of sale ticket advertising poster featuring Les Rivels The most famous clowns of the time. The poster showing three clowns each with instrument and a flapper girl around a a globe. Measures; 65cm x 42cm.
Lot 1007
A very fine ivory netsuke by Masanao of Kyoto, carved as an acolyte, or other figure, seated on the back of a recumbent water buffalo, 6cm long, signed in a wavy reserve beneath the right haunch, Masanao. Edo Period, late 18th Century.Provenance: The Property of a Lady. From a Private Collection, acquired by her Great-Grandfather, and all collected prior to his death in 1944. This rare subject for Masanao is thought to be both the only example of its type, and unrecorded hitherto. For another example of Masanao's late 18th Century water buffalos, compare Lot 119 from the Harriet Szechenyi sale at Bonham's on 8th November, 2011.PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM CONTAINS OR IS MADE OF IVORY. Buyers must be aware that regulations of several countries, including USA, prohibit the import of ivory, or any goods containing ivory. Ewbank's advise prospective purchasers who intend to ship this lot to another country that they must familiarise themselves with the relevant import/export regulations prior to bidding. They are responsible for their shipping arrangements, and the onus is therefore on them to arrange their own shipping .AMENDED CONDITION REPORT. Please note that there are some areas of deterioration. These include: prominent age cracks across the left and right sides of the animal's body. These extend round to the rear and across the tail. The right horn has some detail that is either repaired, or chipped and cracked. The seated acolyte is either repaired, or the carving associated. There are 13 images online to assist, but please inform Ewbank's if further assistance is required.
![OSSIP ZADKINE [1888-1967] Daphne Treeform, 1964.lithograph on Barcham Green paper, edition of 150, published and printed at C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/875bdcaf-981c-4553-b4eb-aadb00e3a0de/b1c4f5f9-9689-46f8-b884-aadb00e48cd1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 20
OSSIP ZADKINE [1888-1967] Daphne Treeform, 1964.lithograph on Barcham Green paper, edition of 150, published and printed at Curwen Studio, signed in pencil [very rare, the majority of the edition was signed in the plate only] and signed in the plate, and numbered 32/150. 79.5 x 57cm [sheet size]. Unframed.Provenance: publisher's archive. [very good condition]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable on hammer price of all lots in this auction. Artists Resale Rights [ARR] of 4% are payable on the hammer price of all lots selling for the UK £ equivalent of 1000 euros or more. Bidding via The-Saleroom.com incurs a fee of 4.95% + VAT on hammer price.
![MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Sleeper in Flight, 1943. oil on board, signed. 60 x 74 cm [overall including frame 81 x 93 cm]. Pro](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/875bdcaf-981c-4553-b4eb-aadb00e3a0de/359c6af0-3f9b-4734-adef-aadb00e4d4ae/468x382.jpg)
Lot 240
MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Sleeper in Flight, 1943. oil on board, signed. 60 x 74 cm [overall including frame 81 x 93 cm]. Provenance: Redfern Gallery, London, January 1945 [one-man exhibition]; Robert Donat [the actor]; private collections, UK. Literature: 'Paintings by Michael Ayrton', 1948, James Laver, Grey Walls Press, pl. 12 [illustrated]; 'Michael Ayrton..', P Cannon-Brookes, 1978, Birmingham Museums Press, p. 17, pl. 23 [illustrated]. One of Ayrton's most important Neo-Romantic paintings - his early Neo-Romantic oils are very rare. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT payable + 4% ARR.
![MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Minotaur Rising, 1971. etching, edition of 75, artist's proof X/X. Signed in pencil [rare, most of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/875bdcaf-981c-4553-b4eb-aadb00e3a0de/c428165c-1932-4689-beac-aadb00e52ef3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 88
MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Minotaur Rising, 1971. etching, edition of 75, artist's proof X/X. Signed in pencil [rare, most of the edition was signed with the studio stamp signature]. 40 x 54 image cm [overall including frame 65 x 85 cm]. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable..
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