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Click here to subscribeJohn Carter, London. A rare silver inking chronograph watch, signed on the white enamel dial John Carter, 61 Cornhill, London, Maker to the Admiralty, signed dust cap and numbered 5073, in a plain case, stop/start lever in the band, the pendant with push piece to operate the inking sweep seconds hand. London 1871, 50mm dia.
An 1821 Pattern Royal Artillery Officer’s Sword by Henry Wilkinson, serial number 55934, with a 86.5cm straight, single-edged spear point blade, etched with foliage and artillery devices, regulation plated hilt with wire-bound fish-skin grip, in its field service brown leather scabbard. A Rare Victorian 1821 Pattern Bombay Artillery Officer’s Sword, retailed by Nicholls & Sons, with a 88cm slightly curved, single-edged spear point blade, etched with foliage, VR cypher below crown, artillery device and ‘Bombay Artillery‘, regulation hilt, wire-bound fish-skin grip (worn), in its steel scabbard. An Indian Kukri, single-edged blade 35cm long, walnut grip, in its decorated wooden sheath, (3)
A Rare 36-Bore Silver-Mounted Percussion Sporting Carbine, Built for a Russian, by Forsyth & Co. Birmingham Silver Hallmarks for 1808. Rebuilt from a Forsyth Patent magazine primer system, with short two-stage smooth-bore barrel with bayonet lug and silver ‘spider’ fore-sight, engraved percussion breech, engraved breech tang, engraved bevelled lock signed ‘Forsyth & Co. Patent’ (hammer missing), walnut half-stock (chipped on one side at the fore-end), short butt fitted with an extendable shoulder-piece entirely encased in silver, decorated with an engraved band of leaf ornament over the sides and with the skeletal figure of Death in low relief over the end, the figure framed within a Russian cyrillic inscription, with belt hook, ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap all in silver, engraved silver trigger-guard decorated on the bow with a figure of the Devil, enclosed by the inscription ‘A Quelque Chose Malheur Est Bon’, original silver-mounted ramrod, in unrestored patinated condition throughout, barrel forger’s stamp ‘Papson’, Birmingham private proof marks, 30.25 inches (76.8cm)
A Very Rare Gilt-Copper Gorget Made For An Officer Of The 2nd Bn.The Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch), a part of the Neo-Historical 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot Uniform Made For Wear at the Regimental Celebrations in Honour of King George V, Calcutta, 1912, of near-flat form, the outer face engraved with scrolling foliage enclosing the regimental number ‘42’ and retaining nearly all of its original gilding. The 2nd battalion served in India in 1911-12 and took a prominent role in George V’s Imperial Coronation Durbar in Delhi, 12th December 1911. His Majesty presented the battalion with new colours in that year and on that occasion made reference to their extraordinary valour at Waterloo (the 2nd Bn. the Black Watch was formed from men of the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot). At Waterloo the 42nd repulsed eleven French cavalry charges, in doing so they lost 289 of their 498 officers and men. On 28th September 1912 the sergeants and officers of the battalion took part in a dinner at Fort William, Calcutta, in honour of His Majesty having become Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment. For both the dinner and subsequent officers’ ball in December the battalion officers wore an elaborate uniform based on the style of that worn in 1815. A group photograph dated December 1912 shows the battalion officers (15, including Lt. Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon, brother of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) assembled in their neo-historical uniform, each wearing a gorget, of which this example is one. See Patrick Mileham, the Scottish Regiments 1633-1996, Staplehurst 1988, p.188
A Third Reich Coastal Artillery War Badge, marked to reverse ‘Fec. Otto Placzek Berin - Ausf. C.E. Juncker. Berlin’, A Third Reich Sports Badge in Bronze, (swastika removed), marked to reverse ‘Wernstein, Jena’, An Aluminium I.D. Tag ‘Gunther Klien N7941/40K’, A Rare Lappland Shield of cast aluminium construction, (4)
A rare bakelite night clock/bedside table lamp, probably British, 1930s, the revolving shade with numerals, a centrally fixed marker, on a brown bakelite base, indistinct registration no. to base plate, 32.5cm high. This lot is being sold as a decorative item only and not for use. Should the purchaser wish to use this item he should satisfy himself as to its functioning by seeking the services of a qualified professional
Rare 18ct rose gold Omega Seamaster XVI gentleman`s wristwatch to commemorate the XVI Olympic Games in 1956, the restored white dial with gold baton markers, dauphin hands and sweep centre seconds, with the Maltese Cross and Olympic emblem, cal. 471 19 jewel automatic movement, no. 15289395, the original case back branded Seamaster XVI with matching Maltese Cross and Olympic emblem, 34mm, modern Omega box
Rare and impressive early Italian ebony and ebonised bracket clock, the 8.5" pierced arched dial inscribed Antonio Lanzoni Fece Anno 1771 on a plate below six o`clock; also inscribed... Quartiere Pala... Christino Dcuip on a plate to the arch over another plate inscribed Il Contadino, the silvered chapter ring enclosing a gilded foliate strapwork centre, within an architectural Pietra Dura ormolu mounted architectural case with two Sienna marble columns decorated overall with vases of flowers, foliate motifs, coloured marble panels and ormolu mounts, surmounted by an ormolu standing figure of a mother and her two children within a recess under a broken arch surmounted by an eagle with outstretched wings, 38" high *This clock does not retain its original movement*
Rare heavy 12" circular silvered brass longcase clock dial signed Alexander Bain, Patentee, with subsidiary seconds dial; also a 4.75" circular enamel dial signed Ste des Horloges Electriques, Systeme Hemmequin... E Guenot & Cie, 12, Rue du Mont-Thabor, Paris, within a gilded metal bezel (2)
Rare and interesting electric mantel clock, the worm driven movement and 5" white enamel dial within a gilt brass drumhead casing supported by two tapering ebony columns to the black marble stepped base with Hipp toggle mechanism with two coils, numbered 4 under contact support pillar, 16.5" high (pendulum missing) *There are various references to this clock in Horological books. See Lloyds - Dictionary of Clocks page 108; also Electrifying Time, page 9 and Electric Timekeeping, page 64 etc.
Pink Floyd: A very rare autographed 1968 of the band, including Syd Barrett, signed by all photographed members and David Gilmour (who is not photographed) at the Lewes Town Hall Concert, 19th January 1968, in aid of Lewes Football Club This is one of only four concerts where Dave Gilmour and Syd Barrett both appeared.
Ireland from the Best Authorities original hand-coloured lithographed map in sections linen-backed slightly browned slight creases around some section edges a few small stains [cf. Bonar Law 301 a later issue without the compass point below Waterford] 798 x 750mm. Dublin M.H. & J.W. Allen 1834. *** Rare.
Nihusius (Bartoldus) Epistola Philologica...de Nav first edition 12pp. device on title name on title modern red morocco gilt small 4to Frankfurt Lucas Jennisius 1630. *** Rare work on the wonders of an African island called Gorgades (Cape Verde Islands) described in Pomponius Mela and discovered by Hanno. According to Howgego Hanno was a “Carthaginian navigator who in about 470BC sailed through the Straits of Gibraltar and along the coast of West Africa. The purpose of the voyage was the colonization of the coast of Africa.” He also discovered the Senegal River Cape Mesurado and Mount Cameroon.
`Elfin Palace` a rare Wedgwood Fairyland lustre plaque, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, rectangular printed and painted in colours and gilt, in original wooden frame, printed mark to reverse, facsimile signature and date 20 to the front 27 x 20cm.Literature: Una des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, page 195 for an example of this plaque in the black and gold colour way.
`Ballet Russe (Vaslav Nijinsky) - Theatre de Monte Carlo 1911` a rare poster designed by Jean Cocteau for the first performance, published by Eugene Verneau and Henri Chachoin, Paris, framed signed in the print image 90 x 56.5cm. Diaghilev arrived at the Monte Carlo Opera House in 1911 as a dancer and immediately began to direct his own productions. He organised a troupe of 80 artists including Nijinsky, Fokine and Lifar, with stage sets by internationally recognised artists including Matisse, Braque and Picasso, he was also able to use Bakst`s costume designs and for the first production he used Cocteau to provide the graphic art for his posters. The poster depicts Nijinsky wearing the costume of roses designed by Leon Bakst for Le Spectre de la Rose. Although this production transferred to Paris the poster was reduced in size to fit the smaller billboards.Literature: Charles Spencer The World of Diaghilev, Elek, page 79 for the image used as a later poster for 1913
A rare and important George III oak nocturary, 10cm silvered dial inscribed Whitehurst, Derby, edge pins with trip to top, recording pull, un-numbered 30-hour movement, the rectangular case quite plain, plinth base, 197cm high, c.1807 Provenance: Supplied to the Sikes family at The Chauntry, Newark in 1807 John Whitehurst II (1766-1834) pioneered the watch clock or noctuary, prompted by William Strutt FRS, who, as the scientific eleve of Erasmus Darwin FRS, had developed the concept, apparently from an idea that had originated with the maker`s celebrated uncle, John Whitehurst, FRS (1713-1788) who had established the firm in Derby in 1736/37. The earliest recorded examples were supplied to the elder Whitehurst`s friend Josiah Wedgwood (now in the Wedgwood Museum at Barlaston, Staffordshire) and to Henry Cecil, 10th Earl of Exeter (soon to be created Marquess of Exeter) at Burleigh (where it remains) in 1801. These instruments had their pegs (depressed when the recording lever was operated by the watchman, and later re-set by the supervisor) on the edge of the dial and small dials. By about 1810, the dials had been enlarged and a further refinement in which the pegs were set on the face of the dial was evolved in the next decade, the design remaining current until the firm ceased to exist in 1855/1862. All of the clocks by the firm were, from 1809 when John Whitehurst III joined his father in the business, signed Whitehurst & Son/Derby and numbered (from 001). The present example therefore can be dated from the period 1801-1809, and is therefore very early. William Strutt positioned 19 of these clocks around Derby to regulate the patrols of the watch, thus being able to reduce their numbers by more than 50%, gaining thereby the commendation of the Municipal Corporations Act Commissioners in 1834. Literature: Sylvester, C., Domestic Economy (London 1819) 4-6 & n. (the first published description of these instruments) & Craven, M., John Whitehurst of Derby, Clockmaker and Scientist (Mayfield, Staffs., 1996) 203-209, plates IX/71-72 & IX/77.
A rare delftware spice or tobacco jar, probably Lambeth, with associated cover, later enamelled with bands of flowers and foliage in green, blue and red, c.1710-20, some damages, the cover Chinese porcelain, 22.5cm. (2) Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Pottery, pl.66 for a jar of similar shape.
A rare Grainger`s Worcester campana ice pail and cover, well painted with a large panel of English flowers, on a rich cobalt blue ground picked out with feathery gilt foliate scrolls, the handles issuing from gilt lion masks, the cover with a pineapple finial, early 19th century, the cover broken and repaired, 34.5cm. (2) Cf. John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, p.205 for a pair of the same shape.
* A rare Doccia figure of Il Capitano, from the Commedia dell`arte, wearing a short red tunic under a flowing yellow coat, his left hand placed theatrically on one hip, raised on a small square base, c.1760-65, a little good restoration to his right hand, 13.5cm. Il Capitano (The Captain) is typically a cowardly figure, masking his many negative traits under feigned bravado. He is usually portrayed as Spanish - a reference of the Spanish domination of Italy during the Renaissance and into the 18th century. Provenance: from a distinguished private European collection.
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