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Lot 380
A rare Scottish provincial silver Fiddle pattern teaspoon, the terminal with engraved script initials `WSD`, Stonehaven circa 1840 by Alexander Glenny, marked `A.G, S, T, O, N, H, N`, length approx 13.5cm. Note: items of Stonehaven silver that can be confidently ascribed are extremely rare with only a handful known to survive. Only items with this combination of marks should be considered of definite Stonehaven manufacture. This must be considered among the rarest of all Scottish provincial town marks.
Lot 237
A rare Doulton Lambeth stoneware `cherub` mustard pot and pepperette, with electro-plated covers, each sprigged with three differing figures of putti, impressed marks, 9.5cm and 9cm high; and two similar three piece cruet sets, each in a traditional pattern. Catalogue amendment: Additional silver mounted cherub mustard pot, not by Doulton, London 1828; one of the traditional three piece sets is silver mounted by Saunders & Sheppard, Birmingham 1889
Lot 16B
WWI – Zeppelins a rare example of a WWI era walking stick inlaid with a metal insignia taken from and showing the ill fated L-15 Zeppelin which came down into the sea off Margate on the night of March 31st 1916. Under the command of Kaptainleutnant Joachim Bulhaupt the majority of the crew were rescued though one crew member drowned. The half sunk remains of the Zeppelin were taken under tow but broke up off Westgate and only small parts were hauled ashore where they were liberated by souvenir hunters – our example being one of those pieces. Rare
Lot 39
Autograph – exploration – polar – Frederick A Cook explorer and claimant to the North Pole autograph manuscript (unsigned) in his hand entitled ‘The Walk indicates character’ written in pencil on a single leaf of American quarto paper spilt across a fold (easily repaired in our estimation). Rare. Together with a German issue satirical postcard lampooning the claims of both Cook and Peary to having reached the North Pole first – the postcard shows a German party reaching the North Pole by Zeppelin while Cook and Peary fight it out on the ice watched by a walrus and polar bear. Cook an American explorer and physician claimed to have reached the North Pole on April 21st 1908 a year before a similar claim by Robert Peary. Cook had also claimed in 1906 to have reached the summit of Mt McKinley – which was denounced as fraudulent by Peary. When Cook claimed the North Pole in 1908 his claim was immediately discredited by Peary – but Peary’s own claim has long been disputed.
Lot 49
Autograph – Lord Randolph Churchill original membership application form for the Amphitryon Club London signed in pencil by Lord Randolph Churchill as sponsor for Prince Dolgoroukoff the Imperial Attache for the Russian Ambassador (who has also signed) with two further signatures. Dated March 31st 1894. Together with a similar application form for Prince Boris Priatopolk-Czetwertynski dated August 24th 1891 signed by Lord deGrey and Count Andes Kreutz. Rare. The Amphitryon Club was in its day the most sought after Gentleman’s Club in London boasting by far the highest prices for food and drink. It was the venue for the most lavish dinner ever seen at the time when it hosted a send-off party for Lord Randolph Churchill on the eve of his departure to South Africa. Its opulence couldn’t be sustained however and it went bust in 1897.
Lot 89
Industrial Revolution – autograph – Samuel Oldknow rare autograph letter signed addressed to Morris Lievesley Secretary of the Foundling Hospital London (now St Bart’s) with autograph endorsement signed with initials by Lievesley. 2pp 4to plus integral address panel dated Mellor January 31st 1821. The letter refers to a medical case of venereal disease involving a woman named Isabella Pintard who ‘...is now on her way back an inside passenger in the Regulator Coach from Mr Hancock’s – Disley...on my return from Manchester last night I found the establishment thrown into consternation & wo[e] – the Matron – Mary Wheelden discovered a sad loathsome sore on the person of Isabella yesterday morning and on sending for our medical attendant he pronounced the disease to be which it is – then conceive the distraction of the matron – she did nothing all day but cry...’ Oldknow a close associate of the Arkwrights and was also the main driving force behind the building of the Peak Forest Canal as well as a considerable number of roads coal mines and housing for his workers.
Lot 90
Napoleon – ephemera three rare broadsides issued in 1804 at a time when this country was under real threat of invasion by Napoleon. All in near mint condition they include notice of a General Meeting of the Lieutenancy of the East Riding of Yorkshire to take the necessary steps for the general defence and security of the realm; a copy of the address and prayer at the height of the crisis and a copy of the articles of enrolment for the Grimston Yeomany Cavalry East Yorkshire set up to act as the last line of defence against the threat of invasion. By 1804 Britain lay open to the real threat of invasion by Napoleon. As in 1940 the country’s defences were poor to say the least and hurried measures were drawn up to protect the country. In the first broadside contingency measures are announced for the mass evacuation of the coast: ‘...that as many wagons as are necessary and not et apart for military purposes be provided in each division of Holderness for the purpose of removing sick and infirm persons and others not capable of removing themselves and that all such wagons shall take a north direction for the bridge at Frodingham...that the clerk of the general meetings do apply immediately for and procure rockets for the use of the riding at the rate of twelve for each Beacon ...’
Lot 98
Egyptology a rare double thick fragment of an ancient Egyptian textile measuring approx 4x5ins probably the lower portion of the sleeve of a child’s garment. The fabric reddish-brown in colour is lightly sewn to a card captioned in ink ‘Ancient Egyptian Woollen Textile ...from the Cemetery of Hawara... Age uncertain but probably New Kingdom.’ Together with a registered envelope addressed to Mrs James Fields & Miss Jewett [the author Sarah Orne Jewett] postmarked 1890 with pencil inscription from Jewett ‘I looked at these most touching most interesting things what shall we do with them? S.O.J.’
Lot 154
Space Exploration – the Apollo-Soyuz Project an official Earth Observations Book from the Project dated May 28th 1975 ring bound American Quarto size divided into 12 sections with appendices. Each section deals with sections of the world and enumerate tasks which the members of the Project had to carry out in flight in the form of questions either relating to a particular land mass on the globe a particular feature such as the Orinoco Delta the Great Salt Lake etc or to other global features such as the progress southwards of icebergs etc. As such this excessively rare volume demonstrates the sort of tasks which formed part of the Project.
Lot 170A
WWI – The Surrender of the German Fleet a rare broadside entitles ‘DerTag’ commemorating the surrender ceremony of the German Fleet to the British Navy at Scapa Flow on November 21st 1918 designed by Samuel Brooks RN and Clarence Burd and printed in Glasgow. The broadside shows the disposition of the British Fleet and the Germans with hand coloured flags and insignia to show the various ships involved. Overall size approx 22x17ins some water staining to bottom left hand corner not affecting the image some light foxing and evidence of original folding. This is an extremely rare production – we are informed by the vendor that he knows of only one other copy of this broadside in the collection of the Imperial War Museum London.
Lot 203A
Anti Capitalists rare poster issued in the 1930s by the Non Party – a sort of cross party alliance – aimed at attacking the appalling poverty which was experienced by large sections of the community with arguments eerily reminiscent of those which are being put forward today against the bankers. Under the headline ‘It’s no use just being sorry you can end all this’ it features a striking illustration of poverty a contrasting with food being thrown away for economic reasons and via a detachable second half providing a returnable petition form
Lot 248
Nazi Propaganda an original printed schedule for the infamous ‘Germany Calling’ broadcasts of Lord Haw-Haw and others covering the period September 22nd – 28th 1940 – perhaps the darkest days of the war. Printed on one side of an A4 sheet and listing a considerable number of broadcasts. A rare survivor.
Lot 269D
WWII –– Renee Charron three ‘pin up’ glamour prints by Charron produced during WWII – which boosted morale amongst the troops. Included is a reclining nude girl looking lovingly (and somewhat provocatively) at an RAF cap she is holding (approx size 14x8ins) a girl being pursued by a Cupid and in her rush showing a good deal of leg while losing her gas mask torch and map up with the title ‘Take Cover’ (approx 11x8ins) and a reclining girl shooting perfume spray at a cupid figure who as a result is losing his arrows under the title ‘Anti Aircraft’ (approx 10x9). All framed and glazed. Prints of this nature are now somewhat rare on the market.
Lot 286
WWII – The Holocaust ‘Bon France’ a remarkable French anti-Semitic pamphlet 16pp 12mo featuring somewhat crude cartoons each with an anti-Semitic verse. This was produced by the Vichy government and intended for consumption by French Children. A little dusty but a remarkable survivor. Extremely rare.
Lot 317
Presbyterians – Oliver Heywood important series of 18 autograph letters signed and four fragments of autograph letters signed by Heywood and one autograph letter signed by his second wife Abigail 1685-1702 with one fragment notated as being written just nine days before his death. All written to Heywood’s cousin James Lomax in Bolton. A fine and rare series of letters by one of the leading English Presbyterians of the 17th c. Heywood was unusually a Royalist supporter and was largely responsible for introducing the ‘Happy Union’ between Presbyterians and Congregationalists in the North during the 1690s. Letters from such an early period of this nature are rare on the market. Together with a copy of the Memoirs of Oliver Heywood 1827. Bearing the bookplate of Peter Rothwell the Bolton industrialist and also bearing a tipped in fragment of an autograph letter by Heywood.
Lot 322
Olympic Games 1936 the two volume ‘sticker book’ set devoted to the winter and summer games in 1936 Hitler’s showpiece of Arian talent which was for him somewhat ruined by the outstanding performances by Jesse Owens whom he famously refused to acknowledge. The winter games book is somewhat rare while the summer games book given the context of the Owens incident is remarkably generous in its praise of his achievements.
Lot 323
Palestine 1948 40 Commando R M in Haifa January to June 1948. Compiled by the Intelligence Section 40 Commando R M with photographs by Marine D M Dilbert. Malta 1948. Privately printed as a souvenir for all those members of the Regiment who took part in the withdrawal from Palestine – leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. 8vo 51pp green card covers a little tanned but interior contents seem good. Although a printed booklet this was clearly for distribution to members of the Regiment and is therefore considered extremely rare. It details the events leading up to the withdrawal and the eventual withdrawal itself. Details include terrorist attacks fighting movement of Jewish and Arab citizens etc. An important historical source.
Lot 330
Korean War a rare copy of the US Intelligence Handbook No 65 dated August 16th 1950 prepared for the Korean War. Marked ‘Restricted’ 39pp 8vo with paper covers including text and folding maps aerial photographs etc. In an ‘as used’ condition but unblemished otherwise. A significant document for the Korean War. This was issued by the Military Intelligence Section of the US Army and contains basic essential geographic and topographical information intended to provide operational information to officers and non commissioned officers in the combat zone and as such as the primary blueprint for the American military involvement in the war. The main thrust was the invasion involving some 350 warships and 70000 men into the dangerous tides of Inchon harbour. Regarded as a strategic masterpiece the invasion succeeded and within two weeks the North Korean army was largely destroyed or made ineffective. This was to lead to the establishment of the UN force which effectively recover South Korea as a nation in its own right.
Lot 340
Stalin and the Soviet Union rare poster dated1936 celebrating the record harvest of 1935. By Aminadav Kanevski extolling the bumper Kolhoz (collective farm) harvests under Stalin’s supervision. The poster shows ragged peasants gripped by the talons of a two headed eagle with the inscription ‘How it was under the Tsar’. Framed approx 37 x24ins.
Lot 345
Stalin and the Soviet Union rare poster dated 1921 showing a Red Army soldier looking at his boots. The poster stresses the fact that equipment is in short supply and urges the soldier to take great care in looking after his property. Issued by the State Chromo-Lithograph works. Approx 24x18ins.
Lot 366
India and the Punjab Bhagat Singh and his comrades – rare pubilcation by Ajoy Ghosh – 36 pages in English 1946. A rare insight into the great Sikh freedom fighter talks about his character his time in prison etc. Bhagat Singh was an Indian nationalist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh the Urdu word Shaheed meaning “martyr”. He belonged to a patriotic Jat Sikh family some of whose members had participated in Indian Independence movements and some others who had served in Maharaja Ranjit Singh`s army. On March 23 1931 at 7:30 pm Singh was hanged in Lahore jail with his fellow comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev. Spine is worn and repaired overall a good reading copy.
Lot 377
India and the Punjab – Sikh Wars – The Life of John Nicholson 1898 Sikh wars – Brigadier-General John Nicholson (11 December 1822 – 23 September 1857) was a Victorian era military officer known for his role in British India. A charismatic and authoritarian figure Nicholson created a legend for himself as a political officer under Henry Lawrence in the frontier provinces of the British Empire in India. Involved in the First Anglo-Sikh War as a junior officer he was taken under the wing of Henry Montgomery Lawrence along with several other similarly-aged officers such as Herbert Edwardes. Chapters include – The Punjab in 1847 – The Punjab Campaign – The Punjab Conquest. Also chapters in Indian Mutiny. A few illustrations and a map of the Punjab. 333 pages – good condition. A rare account of a soldier who served in the British Army during the Sikh wars.
Lot 378
India and the Punjab The Sikhs by John Clark Archer – 1946. A great in-depth study of the Sikh religion. Provenance – Welsh Collection good condition – some wear to the edges and corners but overall very good. 353 Pages. Chapters include – The Central Homeland of the Sikhs – A heritage of Swords – The Khalsa of Guru Gobind Singh – Nanak – and much more. The book also has 12 great illustrations including : The Golden Temple Armed Akali The Akal Takht The Darbar Sahib Worshippers at Tarn Tarn The Arjun Deva Mela The treasury of the Golden Temple etc. A rare early study by a European.
Lot 387
India and the Punjab Prachin Panth Parkash by Rattan Singh Bhangu. In Punjabi dated 1962 approx 300 pages. In the beginning of the 19th century the British East India Company approached the Punjab frontier. They wanted to know about the Sikhs and their rise to power in Punjab. The policy of British imperialists was to seek to compile a history of the locals in the region which they held colonial ambitions over. In the early 1800s Sir David Ochterlony entrusted his deputy Captain Murray with the compilation with collecting a legitimate history of the Sikhs. In a chance meeting between Rattan Singh Bhangu and Captain Murray the latter convinced him to compile a history of the Sikhs. Rattan Singh Bhangu belonged to a very prestigious family of Nihang Singhs. His grandfather was the famous warrior Mehtab Singh who killed Massa Ranghar for desecrating the Sikh holy shrine of Harimandir Sahib. The leader of Mehtab Singh’s Dal or battalion was Sham Singh – the other grandfather of Rattan Singh Bhangu. The full scale involvement of his family in the Sikh struggles of the 18th Century thus allows Rattan Singh Bhangu to give an insightful account of the historical events and the philosophy of the Nihang Singhs. Rattan Singh spent more than thirty years preparing a historical volume for his Khalsa brethren. At the very beginning of his work he states : ‘Now I narrate the saga of the Singhs as my own elders narrated to and as I have heard from other ancient Sikhs the old Sikhs had many virtues.’ A rare title. Good condition.
Lot 420
India and the Punjab Rare 1853 edition of ‘The History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej’ in original blind stamped cloth binding. The complete non-bias history of the Sikhs written by Capt Jospeh Davey Cunningham of the British Indian Army. Cunningham stated that Sikh Generals were in the pay of the British in the Sikh Wars. For this reason the 1849 edition was suppressed by Dalhousie and replaced with this edition. Cunningham was ordered to revise the book and was demoted causing his death soon after. The book is widely seen as the epitome Sikh study and is extremely scarce especially in original binding.
Lot 424
India and the Punjab Department of Archaeology in Pakistan 1962 1st ed pp 143 illustrations. The earliest book and compilation of Sikh related sites in the newly formed West Pakistan post 1947 putting together an early history and photograph of Sikh shrines many of which today do not exist or have been defaced or destroyed. This rare book has 76 photo plates including the Samdhi of Maharajah Sher Singh Mahan Singh Suchet Singh Teja Singh Jawahir Singh Phula Singh and Charhat Singh. A most valuable account and record. Bound in original green cloth. Very good condition.
Lot 429
India and the Punjab First Edition 1904 236pp with colour frontis of Maharaja Ranjit Singh seated after a sketch by Emily Eden. With 15 illustration including Khem Singh Bedi Sher Singh and Ranjit Singh reviewing his army. A fascinating account starting from the origin of the Sikhs with Nanak Guru Govind Singh Struggles of the Khalsa Sikh Confederacies Ranjit Singh Decline of Monarchy Sikh Wars The Granth and Sikhs under the British Crown. Rare. Orig blue cloth worn.
Lot 438
India and the Punjab Privately printed book for private circulation amongst British Officials and the Maharajahs sympathisers. A large detailed bound book containing statement with numerous hand coloured pull out maps and plans of major districts in the Punjab where the private family property of Maharajah Duleep Singh was inherited from his father Ranjit Singh. These being lands and property in Ranjit Singh’s possession before he became Maharajah of the Punjab and illegally confiscated by the British alongside State property from Duleep Singh in 1849. The book begins with a ‘Letter from the Maharajah Duleep Singh to the Earl of Kimberley of the India Office’ dated 10th March 1885 reading ‘I have the honour to transmit the accompanying statement showing that the British Government is in possession of large landed Estates in the Punjab to which in 1849 at the time of the annexation of the Punjab I was entitled in my private capacity as one of the Sirdars or Chiefs of the Sikh Nation’ he further adds ‘These Estates were not affected by the treaty of annexation...’ The book was compiled on the Maharajah’s instructions by his solicitors Farrer & Co of Lincolns Inn Fields with initial research conducted by Thakur Singh Sandhawalia. Mr Talbot of Farrer & Co. States due to the limited time at his disposal the capitals of only seven districts of the Punjab were visited and at each the revenue records of a number of villages selected...’ Only those lands procured by Ranjit Singh before the year 1800AD have been included. Districts covered with coloured pull out maps and tables are Goojranwalah Goojrat Jehlum Sealkot Goordaspoor Lahore and Umritsur. A rare record of Ranjit Singh’s private landed estates before the founding of the Sikh Kingdom. Bound in later cloth with gilt titles to front. From the collection of the Login family. Scarce.
Lot 440
India and the Punjab – Sikh Wars – The Storming of Mooltan. January 2nd 1849 – large mounted litho print by Henry Martens and published by Rudolph Ackerman of London. Stunning and very rare item depicting the Second Sikh War. Light wear only in margins centre and borders in excellent condition. Overall measures 25 inches by 19 inches.
Lot 441
India and the Punjab Alexander Burnes – Sikh Empire Ranjit Singh Lahore 1835. A fascinating account of the Lahore Sikh court by Alexander Burnes published whilst Ranjit Singh was alive and well. These rare books were owned by the brother of Alexander Burnes he states the books are bound in leather used from of the boots by Sir Alex to his journey into Bokhara and Lahore. Sir Alexander Burnes (1805-1841) British traveller explorer and writer was born on 16 May 1805. He joined the Bombay infantry in 1821. Upon his arrival in India he devoted himself to the study of the local languages and was while still an ensign selected for the post of regimental interpreter. In 1829 he was transferred to the political department as assistant to the Political Resident in Cutch. In 1831 he was sent on a complimentary mission to Lahore in charge of English horses including a team of carthorses four mares and a stallion sent by the King of England as presents for Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The real object of Burnes’ mission was to survey the River Indus and assess the power and resources of the Amirs of Sindh then being threatened by the Maharaja. He submitted to his government a geographical and military memoir on Sindh which formed the basis of Lord William Bentinck’s Indus navigation scheme. He describes Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s habits and government; his passion for horses his troops and horse artillery his dancing girls and the Koh-i-Noor diamond. In January 1832 Burnes visited Lahore again to solicit from the Maharaja facilities of travel through the Punjab to Afghanistan Central Asia and Baikh and Bokhara. Burnes (Sir Alexander) Voyages de l’Embouchure de l’Indus a Lahor Caboul Balkh et a Boukhara; et retour par la Perse 3 vols and Atlas bound together in two 1st French edition half-title in vol 3 lithographed portrait of Burnes and 10 plates one folding of Bamyan buddhas folding engraved map light foxing and browning contemporary half diced calf rebacked preserving gilt spines new endpapers rubbed corners worn 8vo Paris 1835 354pp 375pp 392pp. With manuscript note in ink on front free endpaper of vol.1: “Memo – This book is bound in the leather of the boots with which my brother Sir Alex performed his journey into Bokhara. James Burnes.” A very rare copy of this great work.
Lot 442
India and the Punjab – Mahatma Gandhi A rare large portrait drawing from life of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Winsten c1930. Provenance – from the estate of Clare Winsten’s daughter Ruth Harrison. Drawing titled – Gandhi Meditation. A very rare drawing of the great Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) is often referred to as the father of the Indian Nation. Clare Winsten (1894-1989) was an Anglo-Jewish artist illustrator portraitist and sculptor. Clare Winsten came to the Slade as a student in 1910 the year when Roger Fry’s “Manet and the Post-Impressionists” exhibition changed the views of many artists in London and caused others dismay as life-long convictions were brusquely challenged. She showed academic and artistic talent early at school gaining a scholarship to the Female School of Art. The artist`s daughter Theodora recalls my parents life-time active involvement in social humanitarian causes as well as the arts brought them into touch with likeminded people from many spheres. This affinity produced portraits of among others D H Lawrence Montessori Catherine Lonsdale Mahatma Gandhi Bernard Shaw.... My parents first met Mahatma Gandhi in the 1930s when living at Hampstead (and this) led to a remarkable series of paintings and drawings. There was such an empathy between them that Clare was invited to be there whenever she wanted She also sketched Gandhi during his visit to England for the Round Table Conference of 1930-31. Pencil on woven paper 11 x 13 inches image. 12 x 15.25 inches in frame overall. A very rare drawing of Gandhi from life.
Lot 443
India and the Punjab – Mahatma Gandhi A rare portrait drawing from life of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Winsten c1930. Provenance – from the estate of Clare Winsten`s daughter Ruth Harrison. Drawing Titled – Gandhi Meditation. A very rare drawing of the great Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) is often referred to as the father of the Indian Nation. Clare Winsten (1894-1989) was an Anglo-Jewish artist illustrator portraitist and sculptor. Clare Winsten came to the Slade as a student in 1910 the year when Roger Fry’s “Manet and the Post-Impressionists” exhibition changed the views of many artists in London and caused others dismay as life-long convictions were brusquely challenged. She showed academic and artistic talent early at school gaining a scholarship to the Female School of Art. The artist’s daughter Theodora recalls my parents life-time active involvement in social humanitarian causes as well as the arts brought them into touch with likeminded people from many spheres. This affinity produced portraits of among others D H Lawrence Montessori Catherine Lonsdale Mahatma Gandhi Bernard Shaw.... My parents first met Mahatma Gandhi in the 1930s when living at Hampstead (and this) led to a remarkable series of paintings and drawings. There was such an empathy between them that Clare was invited to be there whenever she wanted She also sketched Gandhi during his visit to England for the Round Table Conference of 1930-31. Pencil on woven paper Signed in ink by Clare Winsten 6 by 9 inches image. 12 by 15.25 inches in frame overall. A very rare drawing of Gandhi from life.
Lot 444
India and the Punjab – Mahatma Gandhi A rare large portrait drawing from life of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Winsten c1930. Provenance – from the estate of Clare Winsten`s daughter Ruth Harrison. Drawing Titled – Gandhi Meditation. A very rare drawing of the great Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) is often referred to as the father of the Indian Nation. Clare Winsten (1894-1989) was an Anglo-Jewish artist illustrator portraitist and sculptor. Clare Winsten came to the Slade as a student in 1910 the year when Roger Fry`s “Manet and the Post-Impressionists” exhibition changed the views of many artists in London and caused others dismay as life-long convictions were brusquely challenged. She showed academic and artistic talent early at school gaining a scholarship to the Female School of Art. The artist`s daughter Theodora recalls my parents life-time active involvement in social humanitarian causes as well as the arts brought them into touch with likeminded people from many spheres. This affinity produced portraits of among others D H Lawrence Montessori Catherine Lonsdale Mahatma Gandhi Bernard Shaw.... My parents first met Mahatma Gandhi in the 1930s when living at Hampstead (and this) led to a remarkable series of paintings and drawings. There was such an empathy between them that Clare was invited to be there whenever she wanted. She also sketched Gandhi during his visit to England for the Round Table Conference of 1930-31. Pencil on woven paper mounted signed in ink. 15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm.). A very rare drawing of Gandhi from life
Lot 445
India and the Punjab A large military battle plan showing the actions of the 14th November and 1st December 1844 and 7th April 1842 fought by the troops under the command of Major General Sir Robert Sale KCB by Hamlet Wade Capt HM 15th Lt infantry Major of Brigade to the Force. Major General Sir Robert Henry Sale was a British Army officer who commanded the garrison of Jalalabad during the First Afghan War. After severe fighting Sale entered Jallalabad on 12 November 1841. Ten days previously he had received news of the murder of Sir Alexander Burnes along with orders to return with all speed to Kabul. These orders he for various reasons decided to ignore; suppressing his personal desire to return to protect his wife and family he gave orders to push on and on occupying Jalalabad at once set about making the old and half-ruined fortress fit to stand a siege. At last General Pollock and the relieving army appeared only to find that the garrison had on 7 April 1842 relieved itself by a brilliant and completely successful attack on Akbar Khan`s lines. Sir Robert Sale was promoted within the Order of the Bath to Knight Grand Cross (GCB); a medal was struck for all ranks of defenders and salutes fired at every large cantonment in India. At the end of the war Sale received the thanks of parliament. In 1845 as quartermaster-general to Sir Hugh Gough`s army Sale again took the field in the First Sikh War. At Moodkee he was mortally wounded and he died on 21 December 1845. A rare military map unusually large measures approx 60cms x 50cms.
Lot 448
India – A rare cast model of the famous Sikh Cannon Zamzama. An early 20th Century vintage cast model of the famous Sikh Cannon the Zamzama. Inscription reads – ‘WHO HOLD ZAM-ZAMMAH THAT ‘FIRE BREATHING DRAGON’ HOLD THE PUNJAB’ The base also has images of Sikh soldiers. Length 30cm. Known as the BHANGIAN DI TOPH or the gun belonging to the Bhangi Misl known as Zamzama is a massive heavyweight gun an 80 pounder 14 feet 4 1/2 inches in length with a bore aperture of 9 1/2 inches cast in Lahore in copper and brass by Shah Nazir at the orders of Shah Wali Khan the wazir of Ahmad Shah Durrani. It is perhaps the largest specimen of Indian cannon casting and is celebrated in Sikh historical annals more as a marvel of ordnance than for its efficiency in the battlefield. In 1762 Hari Singh went into battle with Khawaja Ubed. Bhangi attacked the then-village of Khawaja Said two miles from Lahore (now part of the city of Lahore) where the Mughal governor Khawaja Ubed had his arsenal and seized his artillery arms and ammunition. Amongst the guns captured was the Zamzama Gun itself. It was renamed by its Sikh captors Bhangi Toap. In 1802 Maharajah Ranjit Singh after defeating the Bhangis captured the famed gun. He used it in the battles of Daska Kasur Sujanpur Wazirabad and Multan. In the siege of Multan the gun was badly damaged.
Lot 464
Admiral Lord Nelson, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Token Penny, commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1798, issuer uncertain, bust left with short hair, rev., IN MEMORY OF THE ACTION OFF THE NILE AUGT I 1798 / TAKEN 9 SAIL OF THE LINE, 3 DISTROYED, edge, I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE PENNY (DH 8). Good extremely fine, with much redness, very rare. The Battle of the Nile took place east of Alexandria, in Aboukir Bay, on the night of 1 August 1798, the victory giving Britain complete command of the Mediterranean.
Lot 485
Italy, Girolamo Querini (1461-1543), Venetian Senator, a cast bronze Renaissance medal, by Andrea Spinelli, bearded and robed bust left, rev. Saint Jerome in the desert, kneels before a crucifix, a lion at his side, 38mm (P. Attwood, Italian Medals, c. 1530-1600, no 210; Voltolina I, 320; Armand I, p. 154, 2; Trésor Numismatique, Italy, II, pl XXI, 5). A contemporary cast from a struck original, very fine and very rare. Andrea Spinelli (1508-1572) was born in Parma but was principally active in Venice. He used the same reverse with Saint Jerome for the medal of another Senator, Girolamo Zane.
Lot 486
U.S.A., Charles II, London or Elephant Halfpenny, undated, struck in copper, elephant with curved tusks standing left, ground below, rev., arms of the City of London, sword in first quarter, six pointed star below, : LONDON : GOD : PRESERVE:, toothed border to both sides, edge plain (BMC [Peck] 503). Fine and rare. The obverse die was later used on the Carolina and New England Halfpennies circulating in the USA c.1694 in the reign of William and Mary. This, however, is associated with the Royal Company of Adventurers and the later Royal African Company, that supplied African gold silver and seemingly copper for the purpose of coinage, hence the use of the elephant as a design.
Lot 502
The Duke of Wellington, |Record of British Valour|, a gilt-bronze box medal, 1815, by I. Porter and published by Edward Orme, the lid, uniformed bust of the Duke left, the base, Victory seated below tree inscribing a tablet, the box containing the complete set of 13 hand-coloured roundels, 12 depicting a Peninsular battles, the last |Waterloo|, 75mm, in original red leather case, stamped in gilt, RECORD OF BRITISH VALOUR. Extremely fine and rare. These box medals are seldom found gilt and the roundels in this set, with the battle name below the image, are the scarcer variety. When issued, the roundels were joined to each other in series, by a tape running through them, from the base to the lid. References: Laurence Brown, British Historical Medals, 1760-1960, Ringwood 1980, 206, No 866 (RR); Christopher Eimer, Medallic Portraits of the Duke of Wellington, London, 1994, No 80.
Lot 445
A box of various Beatles and Beatles related CD`s including "Live At The BBC", "Anthology", "The Beatles Juke Box", George Harrison "Living In The Material World" "Talkology-The Lost Press Conferences", "Mythology", "Press Conference 1964-1966", "Ringo Rama", "Band On The Run", "The Beatles Ultra Rare Tracks Volumes I-V", "Butchering The Beatles", "The White Album 30th Anniversary Documentary", "Plastic Ono Band", "Lennon & McCartney Collectors Box" (3 x CD set), etc. (approx. 120)
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