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Lot 781
Three good Scandanavian diesel aero engines: including a Norwegian David Anderson 2.5 Mk.2 2.5cc, No 02650, c 1954, LN, with box and instruction leaflet; a rare Danish Bensen Thorning 2.4cc, with streamlined body and tank, No. 2926, c 1947, G; and a Norwegian David Anderson `Drabant` 2.5 Mk.1, 2.5cc (vice marks on engine mounting brackets), otherwise G, c 1957 (3)
Lot 795
Three American model aero engines: a Delong 30. 5.cc spark ignition engine, No. 33901 with ribbed sump, the crankcase embossed Super Motors Inc, c 1946, EXC-LN; an O.K. `Cub` 074, 1.cc, D, with red anodised fuel tank and prop` hub, c 1953, LN-IB; together with a rare Arden 09 fixed head diesel, 1.5cc, with radial mount, c 1948, EXC-LN (3)
Lot 43
John (King of England, 1199-1216) with the witnesses named in the document as the Bishops of Ely, Bath, Bayeux and Lisieux, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, Roger de Thoen and Richard Humez, manuscript charter in Latin, written in a fine early gothic documentary cursive hand with elaborately flourished ascenders and descenders, on vellum, in dark brown ink, single membrane, 14 lines, c. 195 x 192mm, irregularly cut at head and clipping of the heads of the text for indenting (indenture enabling the two copies of the document to be fitted together as proof of authenticity), small inverted V cut from foot where seal was suspended (thus showing it to be the original), small easily repaired tear in blank area at foot, fine fresh condition, formerly folded into a small packet, evidence of creasing, contemporary endorsement "Regis John...", given at Caen, France, 6 July 1 John [1199] ***Twelfth-century royal charters in fine condition are becoming increasingly rare. Authorised within three months of John`s accession to the throne. Having been crowned King of England at the end of May 1199, King John arrived in Normandy in late June with a considerable army to enforce his claims to the French part of his inheritance and shortly afterwards secured the first of a series of unsteady truces with King Philip of France. The monastic foundation whose rights are the subject of the present charter is probably the Cistercian Abbey at le Valassse or le Voeu near Bolbec in the diocese of Rouen, whose church had been consecrated in 1811 by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, one of the witnesses to this charter. A possible alternative foundation is the Augustinian Abbey at Cherbourg, founded in the mid twelfth century, which was also known as Notre-Dame du Voeu. Hubert Walter (d. 1205),justiciar, chancellor and archbishop of Canterbury, named herein as Chancellor, had been appointed to that office on 27 May 1199, five weeks before the date of this document. Walter had been a faithful servant of Richard I in the Holy Land (as bishop of Salisbury) and was the first to find him in captivity. A key player in the negotiations for Richard`s release Walter was made Archbishop of Canterbury at Richard`s behest, helped to end John`s rebellion and vigorously re-established the royal authority by the use of judicial visitations throughout the country. In 1198 Walter resigned as justiciar and after the king`s death was a prominent advocate of John`s acceeding to the throne. Walter crowned John king on 27 May 1199 and was appointed chancellor on the same day. William Marshal (c. 1146-1219), fourth earl of Pembroke; called the "Marshal"; a close collaborator of Hubert Walter and probably the best known knight in English medieval history..
Lot 72
Physick.- Copy of the Decree signed and confirmed by C. Talbot, William Smith & Thomas Cremer, manuscript, 44pp., some corners creased, slightly browned, unbound, 11th June 1734. ***"... he [Sherard] had donated £500 towards the cost of enlarging the conservatory at the Oxford Physic Garden, along with many duplicate specimens and rare books for its library. In his will he further underlined his debt to his alma mater by bequeathing it his herbarium of some 12,000 sheets, his library of more than 600 volumes, his paintings, drawings, and the manuscript of the Pinax. However, a series of conditions was attached: a new chair of botany was to be established at the botanic garden (for which £3000 was offered as its endowment), Dillenius was to be its occupant for life, and the university was to pay £150 annually towards the upkeep of the garden and its library. Seven years of wrangling over the details followed before his intentions were eventually realized and Dillenius took office as the first Sherardian professor. By thus inserting into this key position one of Europe`s ablest botanists, Sherard arguably achieved more for the study posthumously than all he accomplished during his lifetime." - Oxford DNB. .
Lot 191
Wiggins (Joseph, explorer 4pp., 8vo, Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, 11th July 1895, explaining why he should not review the book [Ice Bound on Kilguev] by the Arctic explorer Trevor Battye (1855-1922), partly because of his own preparations for leaving on his last voyage to Siberia and because the "whole thing SEEMS so absurd - and his [Battye`s] being left on that Is[lan]d so mysterious an affair when he ought to have been taken off by his companion", that he fears that any review he could write would not be taken well, particularly any strictures he might write about the passages concerning Russian officials which seem insulting or at least injudicious, folds. ***Letters by Wiggins are rare; he travelled to Kilguev Island in 1875. Henry Currie Marillier (1865-1951), friend and correspondent and possibly lover of Oscar Wilde, journalist, expert on tapestries and scientific correspondent of The Pall Mall Gazette; Managing Director of Morris & Co., and a benefactor of the Bodleian Library. .
Lot 291
Tostado (Alonso) Super Leviticum 1529 title printed in red and black with magnificent coat-of-arms, paragraph cut from f.2, F5 holed with loss of several words, without the last leaf (F6), presumably blank, few leaves browned and minor marginal defects, contemporary Spanish vellum, title lettered on fore-edge, printed ownership inscription on title, foot of n8, and last page, of the library of the monastery of St. Francis, Zaragoza, folio, Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, 1529. ***Rare; not in Adams or Copac and only 2 copies on EDIT16 - the Vatican & a library in Urbino..
Lot 377
Newcastle.- Sykes (John, bookseller) A Collection 2 vol., a rare collection of broadsides, poetry, literary magazines, obituary notices and topographical and historical works printed for John Sykes, engraved portrait frontispieces, ornate wood-engraved general titles and c.30 individual works, many with wood-engraved illustrations or portraits, some limited editions, a few folding, some offsetting, but generally in very good condition, contemporary half morocco and calf, morocco vol. rebacked, preserving original backstrip, calf vol. lower joint cracking, housed in a modern board box, rubbed, 8vo, c.1821-1831. ***Includes: Report of the Trial of Watson against Carr, for an Assault against False Imprisonment, 1823; Stanzas on the Intended New Line of Road, from Poticar Lane to Leyburn Hole, 1825; Account of the Statue of King Charles II, formerly on the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, with the Pasquinade, on its Removal to the Exchange, 1826; Verses on the Earl of Northumberland`s Restoring Alnwick castle from a State of Great Dilapidation, 1829; and An Account of the rebellions in the Years 1715 and 1716...so far as Relates to the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, 1831..
Lot 417
Maugham (W.Somerset) Of Human Bondage, 1931 later printing, edges spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly soiled, neat repairs, corners rubbed, 8vo, 1931. ***A rare example of the dust jacket, which is almost identical to the suppressed jacket of the first edition, with Carey`s club foot drawn on the wrong foot..
Lot 466
Hofland.Desc...Mansion/Gardens..White-Knights a Seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, large paper copy, 8 aquatint and 15 etched plates after T.C.Hofland, all on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, foxed affecting some plates, engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Baring, original half vellum over drab boards, green morocco label on spine, uncut, rubbed and spotted, [Abbey, Scenery 425; Tooley 268], folio, privately printed for the Duke of Marlborough, [1819]. ***White-Knights, near Reading, was a seat of the Marquis of Blandford (later 5th Duke of Marlborough) who entertained there lavishly. As well as a magnificent library and collection of paintings the estate was renowned for its gardens, full of rare and unusual plants. In 1819 the Duke went bankrupt and retired to Blenheim, causing the estate and contents to be sold off and the house demolished. .
Lot 357
* LOWE (E.J) Our Native Ferns, 2 volumes, London: Groombridge and Sons 1867, large 8vo, coloured plates, fore edges dusty and spotted, cloth gilt; A Natural History of British Grasses, third edition, London 1891, coloured plates, recent morocco; A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, London 1864, coloured plates, cloth gilt, spine slightly worn (4)
Lot 229
A FINE AND RARE NAVAL PATTERN SWORD OF AN ELDER BROTHER OF TRINITY HOUSE C.S.& S., CIRCA 1905 With spear-point fullered blade etched with the cypher of Edward VII, the entwined 'S' Spencer monogram beneath an Earl's coronet and the arms of Trinity House, gilt-brass solid 'Gothic' hilt of naval pattern with applied arms of Trinity House, folding inner-flap and wire-bound shagreen-covered grip, blue and bullion sword-knot, in original gilt-brass mounted black leather scabbard with two suspension rings 31½ in. (80 cm.) blade View on Christie's.com
Lot 848
A Set of Rare and Interesting Early Technical Engineers Drawings for Boulton & Watt, c.1827 Steam Engine- "Single Engine for a Steam Boat by Bolton(sic) & Watt"; pen and brown ink and grey wash on laid paper watermark 1819, extensively inscribed, "Scale 1 inch to a Foot" each indistinctly signed, 37.5x52.5cm, ea., (2) Note: Matthew Boulton, FRS 1728-1809 and James Watt, FRS FRSE 1736-1819; The first working steam engine had been patented in 1698 and by the mid 18th century Newcomen engines were employed in mines all over the country. In 1764, Watt was given a model Newcomen engine to repair, inefficient he began to work to improving the design. A separate condensing chamber for the steam engine prevented enormous losses of steam. His first patent in 1769 covered this device and other improvements on Newcomen`s engine. Watt`s partner and financier was the inventor John Roebuck. In 1775, this backing was taken over by Matthew Boulton,owner of an engineering works in Birmingham. They began to manufacture steam engines under the name Boulton & Watt and became the most important engineering firm in the country, meeting incredible demand from a country in the grip of the industrial revolution. originally from Cornish mine owners, later extending to paper, flour, cotton and iron mills, as well as distilleries, canals and waterworks. In 1785, Watt and Boulton were elected fellows of the Royal Society. From 1775-1800 the firm possessed almost a monopoly on steam engines that were erected in Great Britain. The company retain records of all there engines the dates, power and the owners, it is comparatively easy to discover which trades employed steam-power when and to what extent. (LP)
Lot 246
A rare bisque headed Character Boy Doll by Hertel Schwab Co, features weighted blue sleep glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth with painted lips, and painted light brown moulded hair, over five piece bent limb composition body, impressed mark to back of head for Hertel Schwab Mould No 754/5, height approximately 14”
Lot 729
A pair of cork grips, with patterned handle marked "CORDON ROUGE" "CHAMPAGNE G.H. MUMM"; a grip marked CHAMPAGNE MORIZET REIMS twice; a rare small pair of steel cork grips; a stopper grip and two wire cutters both marked CHAMPAGNE NIPPERS &c BY WT&S with sun trade mark (William Tong & Sons). (6)
Lot 258
`Shakespeare`s Comedy of A Mid Summer Nights Dream` with illustrations by W Heath Robinson, published by Constable & Co Ltd, London 1914, First Edition, bound in green and beige cloth, complete with the rare original dust jacket, illustrated with scenes of A Mid Summer Nights Dream (illustrated)
Lot 188
A PEARLWARE JUG transfer printed in sepia with an `Indian` sporting scene, the solitary figure blowing a French horn, amongst luxuriant vegetation, the handle and prow lip outlined in ochre enamel, 21.5cm h, c1810 In fine condition 189. A RARE CREAMWARE GENERAL ELIOTT FLASK decorated in coloured glass, moulded to either side with the General`s portrait in high relief, details of his uniform picked out in green glaze, bordered by large sponged spots of manganese, 16.5cm h, c1786 General Sir George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790) was feted for his brilliant defence of Gibraltar, which was besieged by the Spanish fleet from July 1779 to February 1783. The portrait is copied from a caricature of "The Cock of the Rock" based on a drawing by G F Kochler of 1786. Both it and a similar flask are illustrated Lewis, op cit, p164. Small chip on the neck cordon, tiny firing blemish with minor hairline crack in consequence on the hat on one side, no restoration
Lot 256
A DAVENPORT CREAMWARE SUPPER SET of two pairs of segmental dishes and covers and two handled oval centre-bowl transfer printed in blue and painted onglaze in red with a floral/geometric pattern, one of the covers in the Dragons No 2 pattern, in oak tray with brass handles, 54cm w, impressed mark, c1820 (9) Davenport wares in this unusual pattern are rare; see Lockett (T A) and G A Godden, Davenport China Earthenware and Glass 1794-1887, 1989, p164. One of the larger segment dishes with riveted crack
Lot 442
A RARE KERR & BINNS WORCESTER PLATE FROM THE SHAKESPEARE SERVICE modelled by William Boyton Kirk and painted by Thomas Bott, the seeded gilt border moulded with cherubs` heads and grotesques flanking portrait medallions of Shakespeare and muses, 24cm diam, impressed mark, 1853 Several stress cracks, mainly visible on the underside, no restoration
Lot 453
A RARE ROYAL DOULTON VASE BY CHARLES COLLIS of shouldered form with flared neck, boldly incised with stylised flowers and entwined foliage glazed in yellow ochre, brown and turquoise all in the manner of Della Robbia , on stepped foot, 58cm h, impressed DOULTON IVORY 6218, incised signature, 1900-02 Socle with repaired break with tiny loss but substantially in fine condition, no professional restoration
Lot 886
FREIHERR JOHANN HEINRICH VON HURTER (1734-1799) AFTER THOMAS HARDY (1757-1805) THE COMPOSER JAMES NARES (1715-1783) half length in powdered wig, white stock and plum coloured coat, enamel, oval, 11.5 x 9cm, signed with initials JH conjoined on the turquoise and white counter-enamel, contemporary silver gilt frame engraved on the hinged reverse JAMES NARES MUS. Doct. in engraved border ames Nares was born in Stanwell, Middlesex and in 1756 was appointed Organist and Composer to the King. The following year he graduated Mus. Doc. at Cambridge and was appointed Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, a post he held until 1780. One of the finest 18th c painters in enamel, the copyist and miniaturist Johann Heinrich Hurter was born in Schaffhausen and settled in London in 1777. He exhibited at the RA between 1779 and 1781. The presence of a number of his enamels in the Royal Collection lends credence to his reputedly having been appointed a Court Painter. Enamel miniatures by Hurter are rare and it is perhaps of note that the present, unusually large, example should be of a sitter so closely involved with the musical life of the Court. George Engleheart (1750/3-1829) also made at least one copy of the present portrait of Nares. It was sold, Bonham`s Fine Portrait Miniatures, 21 November 2007 (lot 166, as a portrait of "A Gentleman"). Damaged on right hand side, almost clear of the figure with small loss and glue residue where most of the pieces have been restuck back into position. Entirely free from any professional restoration, the frame original
Lot 14
A RARE NORTH INDIAN SWORD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade stamped with the bladesmith`s mark at the forte, steel hilt comprising a pair of short bulbous quillons chiselled with expanded flower heads on the terminals, recurved knuckle-guard, an additional outer-guard formed of a small basal guard pierced with stylised birds, two bars converging at the top and recurved en suite with the knuckle-guard, a pair of attenuated langets, fluted compressed spherical pommel, applied over its full surface with gold koftgari scrollwork and flowers on a russet ground (small losses), and solid grip decorated en suite 82cm; 32 1/4in blade A similar sword was sold in these rooms, 9th December 2009, lot 26 (£4,200 including premium), another is illustrated L. Southwick 1982, p. 187, no. 531.
Lot 51
A RARE EASTERN SNAP MATCHLOCK CARBINE, PROBABLY MALAYSIAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with octagonal barrel retained by three silver bands and a decorated copper band at the breech, engraved steel pan with pivot-cover, chiselled brass action with pierced shaped terminals, fitted with chiselled brass serpentine, blackened full stock inlaid with geometric patterns opposite the lock, brass trigger-guard chiselled en suite with the lock, and steel ramrod 104.7cm; 41 1/4in barrel
Lot 65
A RARE 25 BORE CAUCASIAN FLINTLOCK AND PERCUSSION GUN, 19TH CENTURY with etched twist sighted barrel retained by four slender brass bands and with traces of gold koftgari, the tang with a gold koftgari inscription, engraved lock fitted with percussion hammer alongside the cock jaws (nipple replaced), the steel spring with screw for adjusting tension, full stock with characteristic slender butt of near oval section, brass mounts, and steel ramrod 89cm; 35in barrel
Lot 82
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY with broad blade curved and double-edged over the upper half (patinated), brass hilt including a pair of robust shaped panels extending over the lower portion of the blade, petal-shaped guard, square cushion-shaped pommel fitted with a pair of circular beaded rattles and integral brass grip 52cm; 20 1/2in blade A similar sword is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai, no. 2057. See R. Elgood 2004, p. 83. It is likely that the blade is 17th Century and remounted onto an 18th Century hilt.
Lot 84
A VERY RARE DECCANI SWORD, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY with unusually long curved fullered blade made in the Firanghi style, double-edged towards the point, punched with Bikaner Armoury mark at the forte, integral steel hilt formed of a broad figure-of-eight shaped plate at the base and large disc shaped pommel with faceted bud-shaped finial 108cm; 42 1/2in blade Provenance The Bikaner Arsenal, Rajasthan The blade is unusual in that it splits into three at the tang to provide the ridged upper part of the basket guard. This detail can be seen on a small number of swords with a similar provenance in the Ganga Government Museum, Bikaner. This group was captured by Raja Anup Singh of Bikaner who was present with his Rajputs as part of the Mughal army besieging Adoni, the last fortress to hold out in the Mughal campaign against Bijapur state which fell in 1689. The Raja took his booty home to Bikaner where it was inscribed with the word Adoni. The arms in the armoury included weapons captured from Vijayanagara at the battle of Talikota in 1565 and subsequently. See R. Elgood 2004, p. 97.
Lot 86
A RARE INDIAN DECCAN BROADSWORD (KHANDA), 16TH CENTURY with broad flat blade widening at the tip, steel hilt comprising a pair of shaped panels extending over the lower portion of the blade, two short arms probably for blade catching, figure-of-eight shaped guard applied beneath with a pair of silver lines, cup-shaped pommel, bud-shaped button fitted with a foliate washer, integral steel grip, and the lower part of the hilt engraved with scrolls and flowers 83cm; 32 5/8in blade A sword of very similar form is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, (1425-1855). See P.S. Rawson 1968, ill. 40.
Lot 87
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN BROADSWORD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY with tapering blade retaining traces of an inscription within a long slender fuller on each side, widening at the base and punched with two brief armoury inscriptions on one side, the forte enclosed by a pair of long tapering panels extending from the hilt, steel hilt including a broad curved plate top and bottom, faceted bud-shaped pommel fitted with a petal shaped plate beneath and integral moulded grip 78.8cm; 31 in blade Similar swords are preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai, the British Museum, London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. See R. Elgood 2004, pp. 88-89. The inscriptions appear to be Devanagri and Persian.
Lot 90
A RARE WESTERN INDIAN SWORD (SOSUN PATTAH) EARLY 17TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a wide clipped-back point and cut with a slender and broad long fuller on each side, punched with two brief inscriptions, probably including the owner`s name, steel hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade, including figure-of-eight shaped guard, rising to a broad knuckle-guard, shallow cup-shaped pommel and bud-shaped button 63.5cm; 25in blade
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