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Lot 744
1st-2nd century AD. A hollow-formed bronze lamp formed as a porpoise, with arched back and ribbed tail; loop handle beneath the tail, filler hole to the abdomen and nozzle beneath the mouth; two lateral fins pierced for suspension. 163 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Fine condition. Extremely rare. Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. See Bailey, D.M. A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum. IV. Lamps of Metal and Stone, London, 1988, item Q3591 for discussion.
Lot 3001
1st century BC. Obv: wreath design with hidden face. Rev: triple-tailed horse right with beaded mane with pellet sun above, pellet-in-annulet before and sideways S over crescent below. 1.27 grams. S. 48 variant. BMC 489-494 variant (symbols below horse); ABC 500 variant (ditto). Chris Rudd (ABc). lists these uninscribed quarter staters to the 'Regini and Atrebates'. Good very fine. Extremely rare variant.
Lot 2556
Mid-17th century AD. A pair of carved bone scales for the handle of a knife, each with upper and lower bands with pellets, reserved stylised heater shield with cross of St. George. 25 grams total, 74mm (3"). Found on the Thames foreshore; 1990s. See discussion in Ritchie, C.I.A., Bone and Horn Carving: A Pictorial History, New Jersey, 1975. Fine condition, usage wear. Rare. [2]
Lot 1988
21st century BC. A marble cylinder seal with figures; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Pink Marble, 29.5 x 16.5 mm. On the right is a god seated on an angular throne, wearing a long flounced robe, a horned tiara, and holding up in one hand an overflowing vase. Facing him is a goddess in a long robe falling in creases. She raises one hand and with the other grips the wrist of a worshipper standing behind her. He raises one hand. A vertical fringe of his garment hangs down in front of him. This is a seal of the Ur III Dynasty, c. 2050-2000 B.C. It is large for the period and in an unusual stone.' 14.92 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. This lot is part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined in the 1980s by Professor Lambert and most are accompanied by his own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 62
1st millennium BC. A clay mask of a male with short hair, heavy brow, pieced eyes, open mouth and beard; large ears and with suspension hole to the back of head. 404 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980-1990. Terracotta masks and protomes form a rare category of Phoenician art that spans the Late Bronze Age through the first millennium BC without major chronological gaps. Most masks, and some protomes, have suspension holes at the top or along the sides. Masks dating to the Late Bronze Age are found at Hazor, Beth Shean and Gezer. By the seventh century BC some Levantine masks began to copy Greek attributes. There are Greek parallels for these masks, especially at the sanctuary of Artemis Ortheia in Sparta. Fine condition. [No Reserve]
Lot 2657
A parallel growth specimen of three transparent, vividly coloured, scalenohedral rhodochrosite crystals, from South Africa, in old white card tray with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'RHODOCHROSITE, N'Chwaning, Kalahari Manganese Field, Cape Province, South Africa'. 4,32 grams, 20mm (3/4"). From Cape Province, South Africa; from the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981"). and previously J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. See Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis, Rocks & Minerals, 2008, p.179. The firm Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd (Gregory's), was acquired by TimeLine Auctions in 2016. London-born James Reynolds Gregory (1832-1899"). founded the company, which is the second longest-running gem and fossil dealership in the world. James was educated at Archbishop Tennison's School, and afterward found employment in a jewellery company on Regent Street. In 1858 he established his own business in King William Street. A few years later he moved to ‘very extensive premises’ in Golden Square, Soho. He was one of the best known dealers in London, exhibiting at major commercial shows throughout the world and winning awards for excellence in Paris in 1867, Sydney in 1879 and London in 1862, 1883 and 1884. James primarily bought his stock at auction, from collectors and other dealers, and supplied many major collectors and scientists of his day. He built superb personal collections, a selection going to the British Museum. He wrote many papers and was a member of several learned societies including the Society of Arts. The business became known as J.R. Gregory & Company in 1896, still under James' management with the assistance of his son Albert Gregory (b.1864). When James died three years later, the business passed to Albert. At the end of the 19th century most London dealers had folded or retired, many selling out to J.R. Gregory & Co. Albert continued by acquiring Russell and Shaw (Est. 1848"). in 1925 and Francis H. Butler (Est. 1884"). in 1927. Percy Bottley (1904-1980"). took over the company in 1931, renaming it Gregory, Bottley & Company with respect to his predecessors. Percy’s company survived the 2nd World War by buying out all of its competitors, including the supplier to Pitt-Rivers, Samuel Henson (Est. 1840"). and G.H. Richards (Est. 1897"). in 1936. Percy also added many important collections to his stock including those of Rev. F. Holmes in 1940, and the Graves collection in 1943. Following Percy's death in 1981, the business was sold to Brian Lloyd, whereupon it became Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd. Brian had been Sotheby’s main Natural History expert in the 1960s and 1970s, and subsequently traded from Pall Mall. The business continued to thrive, and Brian purchased the Joseph Neeld (1789-1856"). collection in 1974 and the historic gold collection of H.S. Gordon, first exhibited at the Empire Exhibition, South Africa in 1936. Brian moved the business to 12-13 Rickett Street in 1982, and to 13 Seagrave Road in 1993. He carried on the company's specialization in historic collections, most recently acquiring that of Robert Ferguson (1767-1840"). in 2000. The business moved to Walmer in Kent in 2008, and was acquired by TimeLine in April 2016. Trading History Est. 1858 (59 Frith Street, Soho"). 1859 - 1861 (3 King William Street, Strand). 1862 - 1866 (25 Golden Square, Covent Garden"). 1866 - 1874 (15 Russell Street, Covent Garden"). 1874 - 1895 (88 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square"). 1896 - 1906 (1 Kelso Place, Kensington"). 1907 - 1926 (139 Fulham Road, Chelsea"). 1926 - 1981 (30 (Old). Church Street, Chelsea"). 1982 - 1993 (12-13 Rickett Street, Fulham"). 1993 - 2007 (13 Seagrave Road, Fulham"). 2008 - 2015 (59 Liverpool Road, Walmer, Kent"). 2016 - (363 Main Road, Harwich, Essex"). Extremely fine condition. Extremely rare in this clarity and crystal form.
Lot 668
4th-5th century AD. A silver parcel-gilt military belt suite comprising: three articulating rectangular panels, each with a beaded border and four attachment lugs to the reverse, central rectangular plaque with low-relief image: an ithyphallic faun (Pan"). with stick and pan-pipes; a facing Bacchus (Dionysus"). with thyrsus and raised horn, lion at his feet and wine jug; a dancing maenad with pipes and swirling drapery; each in a pointillé tendril and leaf frame; buckle loop formed as a pair of opposed gilt lion-heads on textured curved necks, the tongue formed as a rectangular block with geometric ornament, protruding tail and flanking curved legs terminating in gilt claws. 256 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). Very fine condition. Extremely rare. Property of a London gentleman, acquired in 1980s from a European professional; acquired by him from Countess Ellendorf, Munich, in 1970s. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. Bacchus was the Roman name for the Greek deity Dionysus, a god who originally came from Thrace. He was closely associated with wine, fertility and the harvest, as well as being patron god of theatres and actors. A mystery cult developed around him that was extremely popular in the Greek and Roman periods, but which was viewed with suspicion by the authorities for its bending of social conventions. The mystery cults were based on sacred stories that often involved the ritual re-enactment of a death-rebirth myth of a particular divinity. In addition to the promise of a better afterlife, mystery cults fostered social bonds among the participants, called mystai. The followers of Dionysus derived many of their eschatological beliefs and ritual prescriptions from Orphic literature, a corpus of theogonic poems and hymns. The mythical Thracian poet Orpheus, the archetypical musician, theologian, and mystagogue, was credited with the introduction of the mysteries into the Greek world. References by Herodotus and Euripides attest to the existence of certain Bacchic-Orphic beliefs and practices: itinerant religion specialists and purveyors of secret knowledge, called Orpheotelestai, performed the teletai, private rites for the remission of sins. For the Orphics, Dionysus was a saviour god with redeeming qualities. He was the son of Zeus and Persephone and successor to his throne. When the Titans attacked and dismembered the baby Dionysus, Zeus in retaliation destroyed the perpetrators with his thunderbolt. From the Titans’ ashes the human race was born, burdened by their Titan inheritance which could only be destroyed through the ecstatic worship of Dionysus.
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Lot 999
1st-2nd century AD. A flat-section bronze fragment with incised text to both faces: in seriffed capitals 'II[...] / [...]TINA[...] / [...] ET CALC [...] / [...]RONIOI[...] / [...]RITANA[...]' and in rustic capitals perpendicular ' [...]AENSI[...] / ET[.]MT[...] / [...]T' . 2.55 grams, 22mm (1"). Property of a London, UK collector; acquired London market, 1990s. Fair condition. Extremely rare. [No Reserve]
Lot 2514
Published 1919 AD. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; first edition, comprising: a large stiff portfolio (fabric ties damaged, flaps with some tearing at hinges"). with printed title and details; a printed label on inside of front board confirming this set is number fifty-four of five hundred 'first proofs' and signed by the artist, containing twenty-four fine colour plates mounted on card backing with printed border, titled respectively 'Yellowhammer', 'Goldfinch and Blue Tit', 'Herring Gull', 'Heron', 'Woodpigeon', 'Golden Plover', 'Black Leghorn Chick', 'Green Woodpecker', 'Chaffinch', 'Bullfinch', 'Moorhen', 'Barn Owl', 'Wren', 'Nightingale', 'Lapwing', 'Jay', 'Songthrush and Long-Tailed Tit', 'Skylark', 'Hare and Rabbit', 'Squirrel', 'Dormouse', 'Hedgehogs', 'Edible Crab and Smelts' and 'Lobster', each from life in a detailed natural setting, with a tissue guard bearing the title of each picture printed in brown; the colour plate areas 23.5 x 37cm (14 3/4 x 9.6). 3.10 kg, portfolio 40 x 53cm (15 3/4 x 21"). Property of a Kent collector; by inheritance. Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957), with his twin brother Charle Maurice Detmold (1883-1908), was a prolific Victorian artist and book illustrator; he exhibited at the Fine Art Society in 1900 and his work was used in many famous editions, including Kipling's The Jungle Book and Aesop's Fables; it is rare to find a complete set of all twenty-four plates still in the original publishers portfolio, as issued, with many sets having been broken up and framed to hang (a similar full set is presently on offer for a retail price of £3,900"). Fine condition; outer surfaces of portfolio lightly soiled; mount edges lightly browned; rare. [No Reserve]
Lot 3471
Coins dated 1968-1975 AD. Group comprising 87 different coins mounted in five coloured display cards with text (last two with original shrinkwrap): FAO money, set 1 (19 coins; Algeria, Bolivia, Burundi, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Lebanon, Madagascar (2), Rwanda, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, Yugoslavia (2)); FAO money, set 2, 10,000 sets issued (16 coins; Bahrain, Barbados, Ceylon, Cyprus, Guyana, Jordan, India, Iraq, Nepal, Somalia, Sudan, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Zambia); FAO money, set 2a, 3,000 sets issued (15 coins; Algeria, India (4), Panama, Poland (2), Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania (2), Uruguay (2), West Africa); FOA money, set 3a (15 coins; Egypt (2), India (2), Morocco, Nepal, Swaziland (2), Tonga (5), Yemen Arab Republic, Zambia); FAO money, set 5 (22 coins; Brazil (3), Haiti (2), India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Nicagua (2), Oman, San Marino, Swaziland (2), Tonga (6), Turkey (2)). 1.70 kg total, cards 28 x 22cm. These sets, mounted in presentation cards, were sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations in the 'Grow More Food' series. Brilliant uncirculated or as struck; mostly proofs, with some patterns. Set 2a rare. [5, No Reserve]
Lot 1793
9th-11th century AD. A miniature gold situla with strap handle, undulating band of filigree and granules to the sidewall, granule clusters to the underside. 1.58 grams, 12mm (1/2"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. Cf. Meaney, A. Anglo-Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones, Oxford, BAR British Series 96, 1981, p. 166-168. Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages. Fine condition. [No Reserve]
Lot 790
1st-4th century AD. A stone plaque with arched top and flat base; in the centre a wreath enclosing the image of Mithras wearing Phrygian cap, cloak billowing behind, kneeling on the back of a bull and plunging a dagger into its neck; to either side of Mithras' head the bust of Sol and Luna; to the left hand side of Mithras is Cautes holding a torch up, and to his right is Cautopates holding a torch down; below the bull a snake and scorpion, at the neck of the bull a dog; around the wreath a number of scenes relating to the myth of Mithras; traces of pigment. 6.24 kg, 25.5 x 30cm (9 3/4 x 12"). Property of a Finchley, London, UK gentleman; acquired from a sale in Denham, Oxfordshire, UK, in 2014. Cf. Clauss, M. The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and his Mysteries, London, 2001. Mithras had his origins in ancient Persia and was adopted by the Romans who developed a mystery cult around him based on salvation and the revealing of secrets. The cult was only open to men and was extremely popular with soldiers, with the majority of his shrines being associated with military sites, such as along Hadrians Wall. Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation through which the initiates moved. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those united by the handshake which is based on the pact between Mithras and Sol. They met in underground temples, called Mithraea, which survive in large numbers; these were small buildings that imitated the cave in which Mithras slew the cosmic bull and where the members celebrated the rites of the god and shared a sacred communal meal. The majority of the information that we have about Mithraism comes from the reliefs, and other images, that have been found in the shrines. In every Mithraeum the centrepiece was a representation of Mithras killing a sacred cosmic bull, called the tauroctony, that was housed in a screen at the apse of the shrine; the tauroctony scene could also have other narrative images relating to the myth of the god. Mithras is shown wearing Persian clothes, such as a baggy tunic and trousers and wearing a Phrygian cap, and kneeling on the exhausted bull, holding it by the nostrils with his left hand, and stabbing it with his right. As he does so, he looks over his shoulder towards the figure of Sol. A dog and a snake reach up towards the blood that pours from the neck; a scorpion seizes the bull's genitals. A raven, the messenger of Sol, is flying around, or is sitting, on the bull. Three ears of wheat are seen coming out from the bull's tail, sometimes from the wound. The god is sitting on the bull in an unnatural way with his right leg constraining the bull's hoof and the left leg is bent and resting on the bull's back or flank. The two torch-bearers are on either side, dressed like Mithras, Cautes with his torch pointing up and Cautopates with his torch pointing down. The event takes place in a cavern, into which Mithras has carried the bull, after having hunted it, ridden it and overwhelmed its strength. Sometimes the cavern is surrounded by a circle, on which the twelve signs of the zodiac appear. Outside the cavern, top left, is Sol the sun, with his flaming crown, often driving a quadriga or depicted as a bust. A ray of light often reaches down to touch Mithras. At the top right is Luna, with her crescent moon, who may be depicted driving a biga, or again, as a bust. In some depictions, the central tauroctony is framed by a series of subsidiary scenes to the left, top and right, illustrating events in the Mithras narrative; Mithras being born from the rock, the water miracle, the hunting and riding of the bull, meeting Sol who kneels to him, shaking hands with Sol and sharing a meal with him, and ascending to the heavens in a chariot. The interpretation of the images is problematical due to the secrecy of the cult and the lack of literature relating to it. The slaying of the cosmic bull clearly has a beneficial role for mankind due to the life giving blood that is shed and the ears of corn that grow from the bull's tail. Some reliefs have been found with the paint surviving and show the inside of the cloak of Mithras decorated with stars, such as that from Marino, Italy . This, and the presence of the encircling zodiac signs, has been interpreted as relating to specific points in the year that were celebrated as key festivals and were depicted in a cryptic manner. Another theory is that the Mithraic mysteries began in the Graeco-Roman world as a religious response to the discovery by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus of the astronomical phenomenon of the precession of the equinoxes – a discovery that the entire cosmos was moving in a hitherto unknown way and interpreted as the existence of a powerful new god capable of shifting the cosmic spheres and thereby controlling the universe. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 3392
1216-1218 AD. Obv: facing bust with sceptre with HENRICVS REX legend with pellet-barred N. Rev: short voided cross and quatrefoils with +R.OGERON.CANT legend with first pellet set high and pellet-barred second N for the moneyer Roger at Canterbury mint. 1.32 grams. S. 1355D; N. 977: SCBI 56 (Mass), 1889 (same dies). Fine. Very rare type; believed two other specimens recorded from these dies. [No Reserve]
Lot 1649
Early 12th century AD. A circular brooch made from a silver penny of king Stephen (or Henry, Earl of Northumberland). of the Scottish borders mint at Bamborough, trimmed to the inner circle to display the cross on the reverse; with pendant loop and pin attached to the obverse of the coin showing a profile bust and sceptre. 1.00 grams, 15mm diameter (1/2"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired from a jewellery collector in London, in the 1970s. For coin, see Spink 1307 or 1311. The use of coins having a cross as the dominant design to one side as brooches is known for pennies and other coins from the middle Saxon period until late in the medieval period; most likely for their perceived Christian symbolism and, at least in later times, probably as as a better type of pilgrim's souvenir; examples from the Norman period are comparatively rare with no others from the reign of Stephen and the Anarchy period apparently recorded. Fine condition; very rare.
Lot 3302
1106 AD. BMC type V. Obv: facing bust with sceptre and star to right with +HENRRIC REX legend. Rev: voided short cross with trefoil in angles with +AHEMVND.ON.CA. for the moneyer Aghemund at Canterbury mint. 1.15 grams. Found near Wickhambreaux, Kent, 2015. S. 166; N. 861; see Allen, Dr. Martin, The Mints and Moneyers of England and Wales, 1066-1158, BNJ 82, 2012, p.87, table (the moneyer listed for BMC types I and II only and the type otherwise only known at Canterbury for the moneyer Winedi). See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2016.0149 (this coin"). The moneyer Aghemund at Canterbury is recorded during the reign of Henry I for BMC types I, II , XI, X and XV only and type V is only otherwise recorded at Canterbury for the monyer Winedi. Near as struck; slightly flat in places, with cracking to flan. Extremely rare; the moneyer not recorded for this type.
Lot 748
1st-2nd century AD. A hollow-formed bronze terminal formed as a youthful male bust on a balustered pedestal with ivy-leaf detail to the chest; the hair neatly dressed with a forelock, socket to the underside. 136 grams, 79mm (3 1/4"). Fine condition. Found Stelling Minnis, Kent, 2013. A rare UK find. Recorded with the Portable Antiquity Scheme (PAS), reference number KENT-FE87D8, with a copy of the PAS report.
Lot 3550
Dated 1843 AD. Obv: crowned cipher of Wilhelm IV with ?? / ???????????? in two lines below. Rev: ??????? ???? 1818 20.I??? 1843 ??????? legend within wreath. 18.92 grams, 34mm. Diakov 570 (R4); Chep 434; Werlich 90. This medal is often mistakenly attributed to the 4th Kaluga Infantry Regiment. Extremely fine. Extremely rare (8 struck in silver-gilt).
Lot 266
3rd-5th century AD. A Kiev culture necklace and pendant suite comprising: two trapezoidal openwork plaques with loops to the rear, red and white enamelled panels, bar with rings to the broad end; two rectangular openwork plaques with red enamel geometric detailing, lateral square-section bells; C-shaped openwork collar with red enamel panel supporting a crescent plaque with white enamelled discoid centre and transverse bar, two pendant discoid plaques with lateral lugs and openwork red-enamelled pendant discs with T-shaped radiating lugs. 492 grams total, 52cm (20 1/2"). Very fine condition. Rare. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. The Kiev archaeological culture was located in the basin of the rivers Dnieper and Visla between the 3rd and 5th centuries; archaeologists connect this culture with the historical ancestors of the Slavs. However, there are suggestions that in different regions of the Kiev culture the ethnogenetic processes were not the same. In some cases, the Slavic component prevailed, whilst Baltic and others were dominant elsewhere.
Lot 1868
9th century AD. A gilt-bronze tongue-shaped convex plaque with two pierced lugs to the underside; the upper face with applied silver plates forming a stylised animal-head. 7.09 grams, 28mm (1"). Property of a gentleman, acquired in 1999 by descent; formerly in a 19th century collection. See facing mask on the Danish Aarhus runestone in Jesch, J. Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse, Woodbridge, 2001. Fine condition. Very rare.
Lot 3325
Dated 1666 AD. Second bust. Obv: profile bust with elephant below and CAROLVS II DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform shields and interlinked Cs with date and MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX legend. Edge: with raised DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI XVIII legend. 28.58 grams. S. 3356; ESC 33. Fair; date, legends and details clear. Very rare.
Lot 3063
37-41 AD. Rome mint. Obv: GERMANICVS CAESAR legend with Germanicus in quadriga right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Rev: SIGNIS RECEPT / DEVICIS GERM legend in two lines with Germanicus standing left, holding legionary eagle; S - C at sides. 14.67 grams. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction IV, lot 523 (with lot label). RIC 57; BMC 93; Sear 1820. Extremely fine. Rare.
Lot 3437
Dated 1948 AD. Struck in London. Obv: arms within wreath with partial REPUBLICA COSTA RICA legend and date. Rev: with 2 / COLONES in two lines within wreath with partial AMERICA CENTRAL legend and initials B N C R below. 3.22 grams, 24mm. See KM# 183 for type. A spacer piece is a flan (this one is in the wrong metal and smaller/thinner than normal flan"). placed between the die faces while the minting machinery is being set up, to prevent 'clashing' of the dies; they very rarely leave the mint. As struck. Rare. [No Reserve]
Lot 301
2nd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze discoid mount, with lentoid eyes, vertical bar for the nose and scaphoid mouth, radiating lines to the upper edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 69 grams, 55mm including stand (2 1/4"). Property of a Scottish gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 3560
Late 19th century AD. Military division (with swords), with suspension ring. Obv: red enamelled Bath cross with red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials within green enamelled wreath; double-headed imperial eagles to angles over crossed swords. Rev: similar red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials; back of main cross with imperial hallmark and 'AK' maker's mark, hilts of swords of yellower gold, each with 'profile right bust' hallmark; the suspension loop with '?95' hallmark. 12.12 grams, 55mm maximum. See Dorling, p.280, for information. The Order of St Stanislas originated in Poland in 1765, it was adopted in Russia in 1831 and was incorporated into the Chapter of Russian Orders as part of the honours system of the Russian Empire by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. In 1839, the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus received new statutes, including granting status of nobility on its recipients in all three classes. Extremely fine. Rare.
Lot 96
Garson, Yvonne (Compiler) VERSATILE GENIUS: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND THEIR MAPS 1822 - 1876 Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 1992 First edition; African Series No. 3; No. 36 of 200. Manuscript Maps and Plans of the Eastern Frontier 1822 - 1870. Pictorial card covers. A very rare publication in mint condition. Col. illustrations.
Lot 31
Schreiner, Olive TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897 First edition with President's Reitz's signed library label on front endpaper. With rare frontispiece of hangings that was removed from subsequent editions. Cloth, small split to top edge of spine, gilt top page edges.
Lot 19
Mentzel, O. F. LIFE AT THE CAPE FOR MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BEING THE BIOGRAPHY OF RUDOLF SIEGFRIED ALLEMANN Cape Town: van Riebeeck Society, 1919 First edition. B/w frontis. Inscribed to E. (Bess) Reitz from her father Frank Reitz, Christmas 1919, grey cloth with figure of van Riebeeck on cover board. The very rare Vol 2 of the first series of the van Riebeeck Society. Far rarer than the Darter's or Maskew Miller editions. Translated from the German by Margaret Greenlees.
Lot 60
Edwards, Dennis THE ANGLO-BOER WAR OCT 1899 - MAY 1902 Cape Town: Dennis Edwards & Co., 1902 Final edition. Album of over 500 photographic plates. Decorated cover boards, wear to corners of covers, internal hinge split, front free endpaper creased and foxed. This is the rare edition that contains photographs to the end of the war and does not stop short at the end of 1900! The photos record the movements of British, Colonial and Boer Forces engaged in the war.
Lot 97
Garson, Yvonne (Compiler) VERSATILE GENIUS: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND THEIR MAPS 1822 - 1876 Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 1992 First edition; African Series No. 3; No. 36 of 200. Manuscript Maps and Plans of the Eastern Frontier 1822 - 1876. Pictorial card covers. Crease to front corner of cover. A very rare publication. Col. illustrations. ? CARTWRIGHT, MARGARET (Compiler) - Maps of the South Western Cape of Good Hope, 1992, softback. (2)
Lot 981
Albert Sammt, Oskar Rosch, Albert Thasler signed Zeppelin cover. 80th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Zeppelin RAF cover. A rare Hans Rossbach variation, limited edition numbered 5 of just 58 signed by Albert Sammt (officer on board the LZ129 Hindenburg during the Lakehurst disaster), Oskar Rosch (LZ127 and LZ130) and Albert Thasler (LZ127 and LZ130). Six photos accompany this rare signed cover. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
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