A rare set of twelve early George II silvergilt dessert spoons, decorated Hanoverian pattern with single drops and wavy borders, engraved initial 'B' below an Earl's coronet, unmarked, London c.1735, 27oz. (12). Literature see Pickford, I: Silver Flatware, English, Irish and Scottish 1660-1980, pp 84 and 87 for details of the pattern and illustrations of two very similar spoons, where Pickford notes 'This sort of design, one would expect from Paul De Lamerie'.
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A rare and interesting George IV Britannia standard snuff box, of plain reeded oblong form, the lower inscribed 'W H Smith from his friend Vincent Ambler 1879', the gilt interior inscribed 'The produce of Hudgill Burn Lead Mine' . 3.25in (8.2cm) long, 3.25oz. Literature Luddington, J: Starting to Collect Silver, pp 147-149. "In The Connoisseur of August, 1975, I described my discovery of what might be the rarest of all nineteenth century hallmarks. On a vinaigrette made by Thomas Shaw, with the normal Birmingham assay marks for 1823, there was an oval shield enclosing the figure of Britannia, denoting the higher standard of silver. (The Assay Master at Birmingham was unaware that such a mark had been struck in Georgian times but, during an unsuccessful search through the archives and vaults of the Assay Office for this very punch, another similar Britannia mark, which had been used in the year 1844-6, was discovered.) Proudly engraved within the lid of this vinaigrette and carefully unimpinged upon by hallmarks, there were the words 'The Producers of Hudgill Burn Lead Mine' and as this as my clue I decided, if possible, to discover the history of my box, hoping the there was a romantic story attached to it. In the south of England, no one had heard of Hudgill Burn for it is a very tiny stream, even in the spates of spring, but after a comprehensive search in a nineteenth century edition of 'Bartholomew's Citizens' Atlas' of those districts in which lead had been mined in the past, I spotted the name of a hamlet called Leadgate, situated a few miles south west of Alston in Cumbria. The location and history of the mine were well known to the Abbot Hall Museum, Kendal, for the opening and closing of the Hudgill Burn mine and made significant social impact over the surrounding countryside. The locals seemed gratified to see and handle the little vinaigrette and I felt that by right it should belong to Alston. Everyone confirmed that the opening of the mine in 1814 was extremely fortuitous as the worthy brothers, John and Jacob Wilson, who were financing the project, had decided at long last that they could afford no further expenses in search of lead and had reluctantly given notice to their workers. But these resolute men, the ancestors of some of the present inhabitants of the town and neighbouring district, had faith and they greatly respected the Wilson bothers, who lived at the Manor House (now the hospitable Hillcrest Hotel) situated almost at the foot of the hill. The men elected to work on without wages until their candles were exhausted. Literally at the last moment, on their thirteenth day underground without pay, they struck a massive vein of lead. The joyous workers downed tools, and, descending the cobbled streets of Alston in high spirits, announced their find by hurling a brick of lead through the front window of the Wilsons' home. In 1821, alone, some eight thousand pounds worth of silver was extracted from the lead and this was sent to be refined at Nenthill, some two miles from the mine"
Channel Isles: a rare 18th century wine taster or miniature marriage bowl, with two pierced scroll handles and a shallow bowl, gilt interior, initialled 'I P' on one side, struck only with two 19th century French duty marks, no maker's mark, Jersey, 1st third of the 18th century, 2.1in (5.3cm) diameter bowl, 0.6oz.
Dr Christopher Dresser: a rare late Victorian teapot and matching milk jug, globular, on three feet with curved handles, the teapot with a straight spout, flat, hinged cover and button finial, hallmarked by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1882, incuse model no on teapot 2273 N30 - scratchweight "12-9", incuse model no on jug 2273 N32 - scratchweight "3-15" both also with incuse registered design lozenge and Dresser's stamped facsimile signature. The pot 4.25" (10.7cm) high, approx 16oz (2)
A Rare Brass Corkscrew - "G Dowler's Patent Self Adjusting", with ebony handle, plain inner penetrating shaft and two corresponding brass snail faces, each side of the brass frame stamped "G.Dowler's Patent Self Adjusting", 22.5cm. **This is an English example of the very rare Charles Chinnock 1863 Patent Corkscrew, U.S. Patent No.38,147, see page 134 of Mechanical Corkscrews by Ferd Peters.
“The Bush-Velt” a rare Carter, Stabler & Adams Poole Pottery vase designed by John Adams, pattern LZ and painted by Anne Hatchard, painted with a lion leaping to attack a gazelle, in shades of brown, green, red and yellow on a white ground impressed and painted marks, damages 38cm. high Literature Hayward & Atterbury Poole Pottery Richard Dennis Publications, page 55 for a comparable example.
Chinese Porcelain: a famille-verte dish, Kangxi, riveted; a famille-verte bowl c.1700, chips, cracks; an Imari dish; a plate in an unusual pink and blue palette, rare mark yueh chuan (Moon River!) repaired; a delicately enamelled saucer dish, hair crack and a blue and white plate, 5.2 to 24.5cm (6)
A 17th century English rapier the wooden grip bound with a double twist of silver wire and with silver wire ferrules, round section knuckle and hand guard, thumb ring, one small and one large pierced shell guard, the slender double edge blade with short signed fuller, 89cm blade; and a rare early 17th century English hunting hanger, replacement grip, half round section wrist and knuckle guards attached to the large round pommel with round headed screws (one an old replacement), the short curved single edged blade with three fullers the broad centre fuller pierced with holes and cruciform decoration, 71cm blade -2
A Pair of Royal Worcester Porcelain Two-Handled Ovoid Vases, circa 1900, decorated in raised gilt with delicate weeping branches, blossoms and roses on a pink and blue shaded shot enamelled ground within strapwork moulded borders, rare "Shot Enamel" mark in puce, shape number "1654", 20cm high
A Rare Sunderland Pearlware Pottery Remembrance Obelisk, Southwick, 1879, the front two registers painted with a continuous inscription in black "In affectionate remembrance of William Coultard who died at Southwick March the 17th 1878 in his 57 years. Farewell dear friend my life is past may you and I unite at last, Mourn not for me nor sorrow take, but keep this token for my sake", painted with bouquets of flowers in vivid enamels, edged with pricked and dentil incised detail, the base inscribed "Nov 12 1879", 25.5cm high See illustration
A Rare Transfer-Printed Worcester Cabbage Leaf Jug, circa 1760, finely decorated with three scenes of pastoral couples, a swain resting beneath a tree and teaching a shepherdess the flute, a shepherd bringing a lamb to a lass, and a swain giving a knowing look as he approaches a shepherdess asleep beneath a tree, roses above, 18.4cm [no corresponding prints recorded by Cook] See illustration
"Shakespeare between Tragedy and Comedy": A Rare Transfer Printed First Period Worcester Cylindrical Pint Mug, circa 1760, decorated with the Scheemakers monument to the Bard flanked (as in the Joshua Reynolds portrait of Garrick) by the tragic and comic muses, grooved strap handle, 15.5cm [c.98 and 111] See illustration
Bernard Leach (1897-1978) and Michael Ambrose Cardew (1901-1983): A Rare Earthenware Pitcher, rich toffee-brown glaze with old Cornish inscription "EVEUGH TOS DHO GERNOW TEG" and "One & All", St Ives seal, circa 1926, 23cm See illustration A similar example sold Bonhams International Contemporary Ceramics sale, 20 March 2007, lot 16. "If (Staite) Murray stands for the most cloistered virtue amongst our potters, Cardew is the most racy of the soil"-Wingfield Digby (George): The Work of the Modern Potter in England
A rare 1905 centenary bronze portrait plaque of Nelson by L.F. von Roselieb with three-quarter shoulder-length profile of Nelson in full-dress hat with chelengk, uniform with decorations and inscribed HORATIO NELSON / 1805 • THE TRAFALGAR CENTENARY • 1905, mounted on plush backing within oak frame 16 x 14½in. (40.5 x 37cm.)
A rare broadside commemorating the Battle of the Nile engraved and published by Thomas Tomkins, 18th January 1799 and comprising a transcript of Nelson's letter describing the action, including lines of battle, Admirals and Captains and the ships' fates (foxing, spotting) 26 x 18in. (66 x 46cm.) Framed.
A rare collection of photographic prints from the Swan Hunter archive of the R.M.S. Mauretania, circa 1907-1916 comprising thirty-five original prints of various views throughout passenger and crew areas, including some of her construction and fitting, some stamped and dated from Swan Hunter, some inscribed in pencil, all measuring approximately 10½ x 13½in. (27 x 34cm.) Provenance: Retained by an employee in the late 1960's when Swan Hunter ejected much of its surplus archive.
An exceptionally rare and finely carved French chandler's emblem, circa 1750 depicted as a full-length figurehead of a young uniformed Chef de Marin sporting a cockaded tricorn hat, powdered wig tied with a bow, laced chemise, regulation red braided waistcoat with blue overcoat with red cuffs, gold braid and breeches, white stockings and buckled black shoes, holding and navigating via a model octant (later), mounted astride a prow-formed support with brass back brace for wall securing 52in. (132cm.) high. A carving of this style and quality is almost certainly the product of an experienced figurehead carver who appreciated the genre sufficiently to set the correct angles for it to work as a whole. The face, with one eye closed, is particularly delicately handled and painted, and it is remarkable for a carving of this age to retain its arms and much of the original finish. Only one other example of this type is recorded to date, and is located in a private collection, Parigi, Italy.
A rare 13½in. radius v-framed mahogany vernier sextant, circa 1775, attributed to Gilbert, London with ivory scale divided to 125°, braced index arm with vernier scale with arcseconds centered '0' and top-mounted fine-screw adjustment, maker's plate inscribed J GILBERT TOWER HILL LONDON (later), pin hole sight hinged over threaded tube port, three hinged and one swivelling shades, the reverse with pin feet and rosewood handle (restoration) 16¼in. (41cm.) diameter.
A rare builder's half model of the paddle steamer Duchess of Devonshire, built by R.H. Green, Blackwall, for the Devon Steamship Company, 1892 the carved hull painted black over the waterline, gold lining and finely decorated paddle box and stern, gilt fittings including wood-capped deck rails, cut-away funnel and masts, mounted on a polished contrasting wooden board divided at the waterline and inscribed in gilt BUILT BY / MESSRS R&H GREEN / BLACKWALL / 1891 P.S. DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE FOR THE DEVON STEAMSHIP Co. / Length overall 178'6"/Breadth Mld 20'0"/Depth Mld 8'3"/Draught mean 4'8D”/I.H.P. 400 overall measurements 11½ x 52½in. (29 x 132cm.) Built for the South Devon coast, during World War One she was armed with 2-12pdr guns and patrolled between Cardiff and Weston on the Bristol Channel between 30th September 1914 and 6th November 1919. Returning to peacetime service in 1920, she continued in her pre-War capacity until laid up in 1930. Sold to the South Devon and West Bay Steamship Co. operating out of Exmouth in 1933 and the nearby Torquay in 1934, she was beached and wrecked in August 1934 when her kedge anchors failed to hold whilst calling at Sidmouth beach.
An extremely rare and fine builder's mirror-backed half model of the passenger paddle steamer Tantallon Castle (ex-Westonia, ex-Rhos Colwyn, ex-Sussex Belle, ex-Tintern), built for the Galloway Saloon Steam Packet Company by J Scott at Kinghorn, Fife, 1889 with carved hull painted pink below the waterline and lavender grey over, decorated paddle box with feathering wheel, lined deck and superstructure complete with silvered fittings and twin raked stayed funnels in company livery, mounted on a front-silvered mirror with angled end mirrors and builder's plate within mahogany display case for wall hanging 23 x 68½ x 11in. (58.5 x 174 x 28cm.) Built for the Galloway Saloon Steam Packet Company and serving the Firth of Forth, Scotland, in 1901 she was stationed at Brighton as the P.S. Sussex Belle, under the ownership of Captain Lee. By 1902 she was registered with the Sussex Steam Packet Co. but by the end of her first season she was sold for service in North Wales and renamed P.S. Rhos Colwyn. The emerging Barry Railway Company purchased her in 1905, and she was renamed again as the P.S. Westonia where she operated mainly on the Cardiff-Weston ferry. She remained with the railway company until 1910 until her sale to P & A Campbell at the end of 1911 who reboilered her. Emerging with one funnel instead of two and now renamed P.S. Tintern, she only worked for the 1912 season in the Campbell fleet before being sold for use in Portugal, surviving there until 1929.
A COLLECTION OF LP RECORDS AND ONE BOX SET FROM PINK FLOYD, to include Umaguma (1st press Harvest), Obscured by Clouds (1st press Gramaphone company on outer of record label, SHSP 4020) (very rare). Sid Barret, Madcap (G/F SHSP 4042, Deadwax A1/B1). Wish You Were Here (3 copies). Various first pressings. (45).
A rare publisher’s proof album of 14 mounted photographic postcards, all views of Forest Row and the Ashdown Forest, Sussex, including 7 of the Boy Scout Headquarters in the Ashdown Forest, all published by Harold H. Camburn of Tunbridge Wells, contained within original wrappers, together with a letter mounted in an envelope within the album, from the ?proprietor of Highgate Green Cash Stores, Mr Lund, addressed to Mr Camburn, dated ’19 July 39’ placing an order for the postcards.
COACHING & TOLL ROADS. – A very rare George II toll pass. [Great Britain:] 1744. A folding dark-brown calf and paper pass (69 x 54mm.) The left inner cover with applied paper label with 19 lines of letterpress text beneath the letterpress heading ‘Gate-Keepers Orders’ with manuscript signature at foot ‘Tho: Ripley’, the right inner cover with gilt tooled border incorporating ‘The Kings Private Roads’, ‘G II R’, ‘MDCCXLIV’ and ‘No 1020’ all surrounding a central area blocked in blind with an official stamp. The outer covers with borders decorated in single fillet and dog-tooth roll tools, contained within original black shagreen two-part slip-case, lined in red velvet. Provenance: the Tyrwhitt Drake family and thence by descent.
AFTER OF SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS BORROWING A LIGHT Inscribed, oil on canvas 91cm x 74cm (36in x 29in) Provenance: Glendoune, Ayrshire Note: The inscription at the bottom of the canvas identifies this work as after an etching which Rubens engraved from the original painting, now is a Private Collection. Rubens kept the original canvas in his personal collection until his death. The night-time scene is a rare subject matter for the artist.
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