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Click here to subscribeA rare Henry VIII half groat, Canterbury Archbishop Wareham, a Henry VIII groat, posthumous Southwark Mint and an Elizabeth I shilling, Woolpack, together with eleven other English Renaissance silver coins, comprising groats, half groats, a penny and a threepence and two Medieval Jettons. (16 coins)
A rare Regency Gothic revival gilt brass and ebonised miniature wall timepiece Thomson, Edinburgh, early 19th century The four-pillar single train movement with long pendulum and standing barrel wound via a pulley linked to a pull cord and dummy weight hanging below the clock, the 2 inch single-sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed Thomson, PRINCES STREET within a chased gilt brass Gothic arch surround with pierced concave sided gabled pediment with foliate surmount flanked by spire finials, the case with grotesque dog’s mask decorated moulded under-brackets, 14cm high. Several makers with the surname Thomson are recorded as working in Edinburgh during the early 19th century however this clock was most likely supplied by either John Thomson who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working 1794-1814 or Archibald Thomson 1794-1836.
A rare oak cased Earth-driven electric longcase clock Bentley Manufacturing Company, Leicester, circa 1910. The visible skeletonised movement with six-spoke wheel crossings and rear mounted escape wheel with locking and impulse pallets linked to the steel rod pendulum with substantial brass encased coil oscillating over a fixed curved bar magnet and cylindrical bob to lower section and electrical switchgear mounted onto brackets signed EARTH DRIVEN ELECTRICAL CLOCK No.172, BENTLEY’S PATENT 19044/10, MFC’D LEICESTER ENGLAND to shaft, the 12 inch dial with silvered chapter ring and subsidiary seconds dial to the open centre, with full-height bevel arch glazed front door to the Arts & Crafts influence case with shaped crest and moulded cornice, on plinth base, 206cm high. Percival Arthur Bentley filed his patent (19044) on 13th August 1910. The clock was originally powered by an earth battery comprising a zinc and carbon couple buried in damp soil which provided approximately 1 volt at the terminals (the current lot contains a conversion box to enable the clock to be run from a standard D-sized cell). It is generally thought that no more than around 70 such clocks were ever made as the Company changed its production at the onset of the First World War. The scarcity of these clocks is further compounded by the fact that a consignment bound for the USA was lost with the sinking of the Titanic. The current lot was loaned to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Department of Science and Industry in 1959 where it remained until relatively recently. A file relating the history of the clock, including photographs of it in situ at the Museum, are included in the lot.
A rare George II red japanned eight-day longcase clock Joseph Herring, London, circa 1750 The five-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and twin bird and urn cast spandrels to angles beneath silvered boss signed Jos’h Herring, London flanked by dolphin cast mounts to arch, in a case with domed caddy and blind fret infill to the moulded stepped cornice above integral pilasters flanking gilt trail decorated hood door, the trunk with scallop shell and foliate painted throat moulding above break-arch door polychrome and raised gilt decorated with figures within an Oriental ornamental terrace landscape with pagodas on a faded red ground, the plinth further decorated with raised work of a courtier and attendants above stepped skirt, original decoration to case with wear and losses to finish, 229cm high. Joseph Herring is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as being Liveryman of the Clockmakers Company in 1767. It is possible that this clock was made either by Joseph earlier in his career (as a Freeman of the Clockmakers Company) or perhaps by Joshua Herring who worked from 1742 to 1763.
Hartman, George The true preserver and restorer of health. Being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies... Together with excellent directions for cookery; as also for preserving, and conserving and making all sorts of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine, &c. London: T.B. for the author, 1682. First edition, 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, full-page woodcut plate, contemporary calf, some light spotting, neatly rebacked Note: Wing H1004. A good copy of a rare work. The second part, Excellent directions for cookery has a separate title page. The third part covers recipes for metheglin, sider and cherry-wine. Between p. 6 and 9 in part 2 is a cancelled leaf 2A4, replaced by a woodcut plate depicting the 'engin for dressing of meat'. In some copies this is found on a wider stub and is therefore sometimes found folded.
Peters, Ellis The virgin in the ice, 1982; An excellent mystery, 1985; The raven in the foregate, 1986; A rare Benedictine, 1988; The rose rent, 1986; The potter's field, 1989; The heretic's apprentice, 1989; The summer of the Danes, 1991; The holy thief, 1992; Brother Cadfael's penance, 1994; first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets
Bibliography, printing & publishing--Hall, T.H. & P.H. Muir Some printers & publishers of conjuring books and other ephemera 1800-1850. The Elmete Press, 1976. 4to, limited to 430 copies, black quarter morocco, t.e.g., uncut; Stott, R.T. Circus and allied arts. A world bibliography 1500-1957. Derby: Harpur, 1958-62. 3 volumes, 4to, volume 3 presentation copy, original cloth; Diringer, D. The alphabet. 1968. 2 volumes, 4to, dust-jackets, slipcase; Coulthurst Trust. A catalogue of the Petyt library at Skipton, Yorkshire. 1964. 4to, plates, slipcase; Moran, J. Printing presses. 1973, 8vo, dust-jacket; Harrison, J. & P. Laslett. The library of John Locke. 1965. 4to, dust- jacket; Halkett & Laing. A dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language. 1980. Third edition, 4to, dust-jacket; Rostenberg, L. English publishers in the graphic arts 1599-1700. 1963, 8vo; Perkin, M. A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England and the Church in Wales. 2004, 8vo; Hotten, J.C. Bibliographical account of nearly fifteen hundred curious and rare books... relating to the history and topography of Yorkshire. Leeds, 1970. Limited to 250 copies, 8vo, quarter morocco; Billings, H. A bibliography of Edward Dahlberg. Austin, 1971. dust-jacket; Leslie, C. Bookplates, a brief history. 1979. 8vo, dust-jacket; Wright, E.P. A catalogue of the Joanna Southcott collection at the University of Texas. Austin, 1968. 8vo, dust-jacket; and 91 others on bibliography, printing, publishing and literary criticism (107)
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "It has seemed to me more pos-/ sible than I knew to carry a friend-/ ship greatly on one side. Why should/ I cumber myself with regrets - It / never troubles the sun that some/ of his rays fall wide and/ vain into ungrateful/ space./ Emerson." 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine-Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi- circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine"".
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "A friend loveth/ at all times./ Proverbs" 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine- Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "One God - and no more/ But friends good store.", unmarked 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine -Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine- Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "'A friend a companion/ never meet amiss.'/ Ec. - xi. 23." 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine -Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine- Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; ""Safe thou art on every/ side/ Friendship nothing finds to hide."" 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine -Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine- Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "'L'Amitie c'est lamour/ sans ailes.'/ G. Sand" 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine- Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; ""Les Fleurs les plus belles/ perdent un jour leur beaute,/ mais une amitie fi**/ dure etenite." (glaze chips) 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine -Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine- Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine- Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine-Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi- circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN MARKER, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground; "Dowager Countess/ of Airlie.", framed in wood Total height; 10.5cm Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine- Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "Flowers are lovely;/ Love is flower-like;/ Friendship is a sheltering / tree./ Coleridge" 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine-Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE GARDEN PLAQUE, CIRCA 1894. of heart shape, inscribed by Karel Nekola in blue enamel and reserved on a white ground with the legend; "My Friends have come to me/ unsought/ The great God gave them to me./ Emerson" 15cm wide, 15cm high Provenance; Mr Randolph and Lady Lillian Erskine-Wemyss, for the Friendship Garden at Chapel Gardens, West Wemyss, circa 1894. Lady Victoria Erskine-Wemyss Thence as a gift to the present owner. Literature; Andrew S. Cunningham 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation', published Leven 1909. Peter Davis and Robert Rankine 'Wemyss Ware', presented by Victoria de Rin and David MacMillan, pub. Edinburgh 1986. Note:The patronage of the Wemyss family at nearby Wemyss Castle was an enormous contribution to the success that Robert Heron & Son enjoyed with Wemyss Ware. Indeed as a tribute to the family two vases in the range were named for Randolph Erskine-Wemyss' sister Lady Henry Grosvenor (Grosvenor vase) and for his second wife Lady Eva Wellesley (Lady Eva vase). From the beginning of the project and throughout its heyday at the turn of the 20th century their continuing support ensured the success of the range. The following lots bear testament to their support as they were specially commissioned from Robert Heron & Son by the Erskine-Wemyss family to decorate the Friendship Garden which had been created within The Chapel Garden in 1894 by Mr Erskine Wemyss and his then wife Lady Lillian Wemyss. Each is painted by Karel Nekola, chief decorator at Robert Heron & Son, with a motto pertaining to friendship and can be seen in contemporary photographs attached to a tree in the middle of the garden (see illustration left and overleaf). Accompanying documents with these plaques show photographs of the completed garden as well as a list of donors to the garden and the plants donated dated 1894. The photographs show borders of donated plants surrounding the central tree and each donors plot is marked with a heart-shaped plaque - one of which survives in this group (lot ) and is inscribed 'Dowager Countess of Airlie'. The Chapel Garden had been created in 1894 by Randolph Gordon Erskine-Wemyss adjacent to the burial ground he had created for his family by the ruined chapel nearby in the same year. Andrew S. Cunningham in his 1909 publication 'Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss: An Appreciation' writes about the garden; "The garden is situated in a semi-circular creek in Red Rocks Bay, to the west of the village of West Wemyss….To get to the place of burial one has to pass through a pergola of ivy and hops and pretty creeping hops, and at every turn he meets rustic gateways and pretty creeping plants. In a pond constructed in the red rock there are some rare specimens of plants and roses grow in profusion. The old dovecote which takes the name of the East Tower, has been converted into a summer house, and above the entrance are carved the words: "I wish the sun would shine on all men's fruits and flowers as well as mine""
WEMYSS RARE SECTIONAL SHAVING SET, CIRCA 1900 decorated with cabbage roses and comprising a footed soap bowl, the interior with conical spiked prunts, a twin-handled water vessel, and a chamber candlestick, apparently unmarked, minor restoration to candle nozzle and base of water vessel (3) Total height; 25.5cm
Aberdeen - a Scottish provincial gilt table snuff box by Peter Ross (possibly), marked PR struck twice, of rectangular outline, the hinged domed lid with foliate and S scroll border, the base with ovolo and S scroll foliate rim 8.5cm x 5.5cm x 3cm, 5.2oz Notes: The style and construction of this box has obviously been made to try and resemble the high quality examples being produced in Birmingham, by such prolific makers as Nathaniel Mills. The proportions and decoration, while a close copy, do not have the refined skills that these manufacturers had mastered. There has been some debate over the origin of this box and particularly the maker's marks. Items struck with maker's mark PR only (struck twice or thrice) are not rare within Scottish flatware, and are attributed to Peter Ross of Aberdeen. It has only been with the find of this box that this rule has been questioned. Ross while a prolific maker is not known for larger wares and indeed any hollowware by him is scarce, a box of the accomplished nature would seem to stretch the scope of his work. The other possible candidate for the box (and in some ways more likely) is Patrick Robertson of Edinburgh. It seems hard to believe he would have been the manufacturer of the extant body of pieces all struck makers mark only, when such a highly regarded Edinburgh silversmith and his work would have been under much closer control from the Assay office compared to a provincial counterpart.
A rare early 18th century silver-mounted pocket ram's horn powder flask with an engraved inscription on the base 'Dunblain fight Nov. 13th 1715 Kings Gen: D Argile. Prenders & Mar Inv:At:Def: by Erl of Sur lnd: Prs:in: Takn: by Gen: Cartr: & Wills Pretender:Erl:Mar & ye rest of ye Party run away from Perth. M.CadogenYr Kings Gen. Jan 30th1715/6', the silver nozzle and turned mount decorated with incised line turning, secured by two screws, the base with screw top silver cap 14cm long The engraving refers to the aftermath of the Battle of Sheriffmuir, fought North of Dunblane in the 1715 Jacobite Rising led by the Earl of Mar in an unsuccessful attempt to regain the Stewart crown from the army of the Hanovarian King George 1st led by the Duke of Argyll.
A rare late 15th century two-handed sword with long double-edged tapering blade of flattened diamond section [old repair at tip], with original leather covered wooden grip [some worm damage] the slender straight round section quillons flared at the tips and with large globular pommel blade 117cm long Provenance: Fingask Castle, Perthshire. Notes: Large double-handed swords, such as this example, are encountered throughout the highlands and lowlands. Used by Scottish lairds since medieval times, these bearing swords were symbols of high office for the Barony courts and were carried in procession into the courtroom by the sergeant at arms. There were, circa 1400, over 400 Scottish Baronys0. Not all of these swords are Scottish in origin as trade with the Low Countries and central Europe brought many weapons into the north east of Scotland. This example is possibly from the north east of England.
Corgi, rare gift set No.40 Batmobile, Batboat on trailer, Batcopter with yellow missiles on sprue, foam lined box with card packing piece, card upstand has been folded by Corgi dispatcher who mailed the set in the plain card box to the Marketing Director or Mazak Ltd, the company supplying the raw zinc alloy for the casting shop (M,BNM)
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