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A rare 'Shift' table by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll International designed 1986 the square beech veneered top supported on four "shifted" columnar legs 72cm. high by 165cm. sq. The Shift table forms the centrpiece of the Sottsass Collection for Knoll. Intended as a high-quality limited-edition dining or board table it was handmade and produced for only five years. In 1988 the Shift table won a prestigious Roscoe Award (Resources Council USA) for "excellence and innovation in product design". W
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A Martin brothers vase 1891 the bulbous body decorated with flowers and insects on a speckled brown ground underside inscribed with 'St Andrew's Hall Norwich 10-1891 Martin Brothers London & Southall 16cm. high This rare mark denotes that this vase would have been made in Norwich during an industrial exhibition held at St Andrew's Hall in October 1891 see Malcolm Haslam Martin Brothers Potters London 1978 p.82.
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A Martin Brothers jug 1898 with two character birds on a yellow ground underside inscribed '2-1898 Martin Bros. London & Southall' 20cm. high Literature Illustrated Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters London 1978 p.109. This jug was fired in the 'Palissy' kiln which was installed in 1896 in an attempt to save money by making earthenware rather than stoneware. The results were mostly unsuccesful and consequently only two firings were attempted. Well fired examples from this kiln are rare.
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A rare thirty hour hooded wall clock movement and dial circa 1740 the four pillar countwheel bell striking movement with 6in brass break-arch dial with matted centre and applied Roman numeral chapter ring with diamond half hour markers the angles with mask and scroll cast spandrels beneath circular boss signed ‘Isa’c Nickals Wells’ to arch between Indian mask and scroll cast mounts.. Isaac Nickals is recorded in Baillie G H ‘Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World’ as working circa 1750.
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1931 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Sedanca de Ville Coachwork by Park Ward & Co Registration Number: LGY 665 Chassis Number: GFT 72 Engine Number: S7Q Launched in 1929, the 20/25 followed established small' Rolls-Royce practice in that it was conceived and built to the same exacting standards as its larger Phantom II stable mate. The 20/25 quickly drew praise from the contemporary press, Autocar noting that it had great refinement of power, and a gentleness and quietness in doing its work, which makes results deceptive. Sedanca de Ville coachwork is regarded as one of the most desirable styles in today's market. Even in period it was extremely costly due to the combination of open and closed designs and the associated build costs and this exquisite example was built by the most respected of quality coachbuilders, Park Ward and Co. An extremely rare car, it is one of just 12 cars built by them in the Sedanca style and the only example built without a boot to upset the line of the D' back, whilst still carrying a spare wheel. A long chassis car, it was commissioned by Sir Stratti Ralli, of Upper Brook Street W1 for his wife, Lady Ralli. With the chassis tested by the factory in early November 1931, a very short build time was given to Park Ward and the car was registered to her on New Years Eve, 1931. Finished to a very high standard in blue over black with a black fabric roof covering, the car appears to have been the subject of a quality restoration in the past. The chauffeur compartment is trimmed superbly in black hide and the rear compartment in pale grey leather with interlocking RR logos on the door trims and a complimenting light grey wool carpet. The walnut door cappings feature light wood inlay and are in excellent order and vanity mirrors are placed for the convenience of passengers. The driver and passengers are separated by a wind up glass division. The roof section over the chauffeur operates with a simple, but very effective mechanism and stows neatly into the fixed roof section with just a few moments work. Twin side-mounted spare wheels are now carried and the original rear mounted luggage rack is retained and quality Lucas Bi Flex headlights feature. A buff continuation logbook, V5 registration document and a number of expired MOT certificates are included in the paperwork. Copies of the Rolls Royce build sheets, a letter from the RREC confirming the car's rarity, sundry invoices from Archers of Dunmow and P&A Wood together with an original handbook complete the file. It is worth noting that the car also features in Those Elegant Rolls-Royce by Lawrence Dalton. Last on the road circa 1993, careful re-commissioning of the car following its long period on display is strongly recommended. The successful purchaser will also have to apply to the DVLA for a new-style V5C document
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British Military Badges, a rare good quality white metal cap to the 17th (Tower Hamlets) Bn. The London Regt (KK2421), two scarce other ranks pagri badges Grenadier Guards (GVR) (KK896), T/5/RH shoulder title in brass (distorted), BEDFORD two brass shoulder titles and a similar MIDDLESEX Grenade/RF two shoulder titles and Lewis Gunner's arm badge, Cloth, scarce embroidered COMMANDO (red on black), HOMEGUARD printed white/khaki, together with two pairs 10ESX printed blue/khaki; Polish Pilots breast badge, brass eagle with enamelled laurel wreath, with screw back by JRGAUNT. Sons London (lacking chain), a silver gilt ID bracelet to C L RICHARDS R78572, Royal Canadian Airforce engraved on the reverse Love and Luck Ena, a bronze and enamel Third Reich Mother's Cross, dated 16 DEZEMBER 1938. Good overall conditon (19)
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A boxed Third Reich infantry assault badge, in silver, together with a Close Combat clasp in silver, an Anti-Aircraft badge, a Hitler Youth Proficiency badge, a WWI Iron Cross (boxed) and a mounted group of medals comprising WWI Iron Cross, 14-18 Medal and two Third Reich Long Service awards, and two rare early Hitler Youth lapel badges (11)
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GIBSON "CROMWELL" GUITAR CIRCA 1940, labelled made in U.S.A by Gibson Inc., with original sunburst finish and mother of pearl slot inlay to the finger board, also stamped made in U.S.A to the back of the head, cased *This Guitar is sold with a certificate of authenticity from Vintage & Rare Guitars dated 24th November 2005*
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MacGregor-Mathers, S. L. (translator) Dr, L. W. De Laurence (Editor) The Book of Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin, the Mage, As Delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his son, Lamech, A Grimoire of The Fifteenth Century. From an Old and Rare French Manuscript In the Bibliotheque de lArsenal at Paris, Chicago, The de Laurence Companyce, 1948, third printing, 4to, red cloth covered boards, gilt
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A RARE B.S.A. MILITARY PATTERN UNDERLEVER .177 AIR RIFLE, serial no. 185, circa 1908, 20 3/4in. barrel, military pattern ladder rear-sight, dovetailed fore-sight, air chamber engraved 'THE B.S.A. AIR RIFLE (MILITARY PATTERN) THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY LIMITED SOLE MANUFACTURERS', the stock stamped with stand of arms trademark, trigger-block with dummy bolt, the underlever engraved 'LINCOLN JEFFERIES' PATENT. 8761/04', loop for sling swivel on barrel and trigger-guard, in good working order and condition (very light surface rust to trigger-guard and block, non-original loading tap screw).
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A RARE COCO-DE-MER. Sometimes called the double coconut, the Coco-De-Mer palm produces the largest seed in the world and is endemic to only two of the one hundred and fifteen Seychelle Islands and is now a rare and protected species. It was highly revered and used as a medicine and as an aphrodisiac.
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A 19TH CENTURY OAK BRASS-CORNERED PERCUSSION GUNCASE, with a Lacy & Reynolds trade label, fitted for a double barrelled gun with 30in. barrels, lined in green baize with close fitted compartments for shot-belt, powder-flask, turnscrews, card punch etc., retaining a rare cardboard carton for Eley Bros 'Elastic Cloth Gun Wadding' which was apparently '…guaranteed not to wear in the pocket or blow to pieces in the barrel'.
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A RARE 32-ROUND 'SNAIL DRUM' MAGAZINE FOR A GERMAN MODEL P.08 1914 MILITARY PATTERN ARTILLERY 'LUGER' SELF-LOADING PISTOL, serial no. 401356, retaining some blacked finish (some scattered surface corrosion, springs weak). Please note VAT at 17.5% is applicable on the hammer price and buyers premium.
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A RARE BRITISH PATTERN 1855 SWORD BAYONET for the Royal Sappers and Miners Lancaster oval bore carbine, by R. & W. Aston of Birmingham, of post-1858 type with screw retained spring locking-catch, with 23 3/4in. pipe-back blade with Ordnance mark to the ricasso, the brass pommel with engraved unit marking 'V LD E1 410', in its original brass-mounted black leather scabbard with buff leather Slade-Wallace type bayonet frog.
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A FINE AND RARE GERMAN 25-BORE WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL DATED 1610, 27in. overall, with three-stage barrel with slightly flared muzzle, the muzzle section round with chiselled girdle, the middle section octagonal to round and decorated in low relief with slender tapering ‘blades’ with sunken dots between, engraved dated octagonal breech section struck with the shield-shaped maker's mark, and short iron tang, flat lock struck with a mark on the tail, flat wheel engraved with scrollwork and retained by a bracket, and manual pan-cover, the wheel, pan fence and cock all lightly engraved with scrollwork, blackened full stock with straight grip and fish-tail-shaped butt, the whole decorated with bone panels engraved with foliage inhabited by monsters and on the side-plate with a mythical scene involving a young (virgin) woman with a unicorn, and a coat of arms, the panels bordered by a thin inlaid bone line, engraved bone ramrod-pipes, iron baluster trigger and plain trigger-guard (possibly replaced), and later bone-tipped ramrod.
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A RARE CASED 15-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 72 OLD BOND ST., LONDON W., serial no. 2197, circa 1830, with 30in. twist sighted barrels signed in full on the rib, foliate engraved patent breeches each with pierced platinum plug and inlaid with platinum line, scroll engraved tang and signed back-action locks, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruising) with chequered grip, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with flat-front fitted with a patent bar safety, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod with worm, Birmingham proof marks, in relined and fitted oak case, the lid with trade label naming William Bishop as agent, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon.
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A RARE .65 P.42 PERCUSSION CARBINE ISSUED TO THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR, the lock dated '1853', with 26 1/2in. barrel, dated lock marked 'TOWER' and with 'VR' cypher, walnut three-quarter stock stamped 'HOLLIS & SHEATH' on the toe of the butt, brass mounts including butt-plate marked 'LTC / I / 37' on the tang, Lovell bayonet catch, and iron sling mounts and ramrod, Ordnance inspection marks throughout. The Land Transport Corps were formed in January 1855 and sent directly out to the Crimea. The Corps were not issued with the same rifled arms as the front line troops, but rather whatever else happened to be in store. The Corps was disbanded in August 1856 once the war was over.
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RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED FN .32 (7.65MM) BROWNING 'M.1900' SELF-LOADING PISTOL, serial no. 251411, 4in. barrel, the slide and frame with scroll engraving and retaining some original blued finish, chequered grips (one hard rubber, the other horn), and spare magazine. Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price and buyers premium.
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A FINE & RARE WAFFENFABRIK LOEWE, BERLIN 7.63MM BORCHARDT SELF-LOADING PISTOL, serial no. 313, circa 1893-98, 7 1/2in. barrel, frame marked 'SYSTEM BORCHARDT. PATENT.' on the right side, smooth wooden grips, matching numbers including the magazine, the last named 'B.Q. CALLOW', retaining much original blued finish throughout, registration number 'J748', with original stock-board serial numbered to the pistol, original leather holster (leather flaking), and later brown leather holster. Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on the hammer price and buyers premium.
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A VERY RARE PRE-WAR MAUSER 6.5X54 KURTZ-ACTION BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 97023, circa 1926 / 7, 21 3/4in. octagonal to round barrel with full length matt sighting rib signed 'WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER A-G. OBERNDORF AM NECKAR', ramp-mounted bead fore-sight, rear-sight of one standing and two folding leaves calibrated to 300 metres, receiver with matt ring and mounted with a Hensoldt 4x32 telescopic sight in quick detachable mounts, 14 3/4in. figured pistolgrip stock with chequered grip and schnabel fore-end, raised cheek-piece, set triggers, magazine floor-plate with lever locking catch, the underside of the butt with later hinged trap cover, butt-plate with Mauser banner.
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BOSS & CO. - A VERY RARE PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6099 / 6100, 29in. nitro reproved barrels, no top-ribs, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp cyl and 1/4 choke, Boss 1909 patent actions with improved 1905 patent single triggers, hold-open toplevers, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/8in. highly-figured stocks, weight 6lbs. 5oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather double case. The maker's have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1911
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**A RARE J. DICKSON & SON 20-BORE ROUND-ACTION EJECTOR, serial no. 4930, 27in. nitro damascus barrels, right wall-thickness at 18, rib engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 63 PRINCES STREET. EDINBURGH' (slightly loose), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp cyl and 1/4 choke, Dickson patent round action, use number 651, automatic safety, gold cocking-indicators, profusely engraved with fine scrolls and with strapwork details, the fences with fleur-de-lys motifs, retaining traces of original finish, the barrels with much original browning, 14in. well-figured pistolgrip stock with horn pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, weight 5lbs. 8oz., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case. Please note VAT at 17.5% is applicable to the hammer price and buyers premium
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A RARE WILLIAM BAKER PATENT 12-BORE DOUBLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER BOXLOCK EJECTOR BY J.W. LEWIS, serial no. 3870, 28in. nitro barrels with raised game rib and wooden side-fillets, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 3/4 choke, W. Baker patent action of 1912, incorporating patents 4922 of 27th Feb, his unique striker mechanism (reducing the angle of striker required and therefore reducing the potential for mis-firing) and 9768 of 25th April, the side-extension bars which act as the barrel locking mechanism, carved fences, fine scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 13 5/8in. well-figured stock, weight 7lbs. 2oz., in a canvas case. The gun was the subject of an article by Geoffrey Boothroyd in the 1990 December issue of the 'Shooting Times' and a copy of the article comes with the gun. Footnote: William Baker (1858-1932) was a prolific inventor and patentee in the Birmingham gun trade. His most well-known patent was his 1906 lightweight sidelock action which would be developed into the Lancaster '12/20'.
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A RARE G.E. LEWIS 12-BORE LIGHTWEIGHT 'ARIEL' BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 13080, 28in. nitro reproved barrels with sunken rib, tubes engraved 'G.E. LEWIS & SONS. 13080. 32 & 33 LOWER LOVEDAY ST. BIRMINGHAM.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp cyl and 1/4 choke, treble-grip action with beaded border and bold scroll engraving, the toplever gold-inlaid 'ARIEL', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 15in. highly-figured semi-pistolgrip stock with teardrops, 1in. wood extension and horn buttplate, Deeley and Edge fore-end release catch, weight 6lbs. 4oz. Footnote: The Ariel was released by G.E. Lewis in the 1920's when it became apparent that there was a market for lightweight guns, marked by the success of the Churchill XXV lightweight gun. The barrel length of 28in. was standard, although shorter barrels were available if requested. The 'Ariel' was promoted as an ideal gun for use "in a hot climate", especially as it had the advantage of having "a larger killing circle than a smaller bore of the same weight".
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PLYMOUTH TOWN MISSION, 7 manuscript diaries of Robert A. Mack of the Plymouth Town Mission, half calf, marbled boards, 8vo, 1852 - 69. * This unique set of diaries with copious entries provides a rare insight into the Evangelical work of the Mission in Plymouth. Many entries relate to victims of the cholera epidemic (7).
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Ashburn (Addison). The Family Director; or Housekeeper's Assistant: containing upwards of Three Hundred original Receipts, in Pastry, Pickling, Preserving, Collaring, Making Wines etc., 1st ed., printed for the Author, Coventry, 1807, half-title present, contemp. sheep, rubbed, rebacked, 12mo in 6's Rare. Not in Cagle, Bitting, Maclean or Vicaire. Oxford, p.135. (1)
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Accomplished Lady's Delight in Cookery; or, the Complete Servant-Maid's Guide, Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow-Lane, London, c.1780, 24pp., crude woodcut of servant-maid and gentlemen diners to title, somewhat soiled, and frayed at top edge and inner margin with some loss of lettering to imprint details and first line of title, first leaf of text and a few page numbers, sewn as issued, 12mo, contained in cloth folder within cloth solander box with leather label to upper cover Rare. This edition not in ESTC which lists only a Wolverhampton printing also of c.1780. Virginia Maclean, 'A Short-title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books', 1701-1800, p.3, locates one copy (British Library) of the Wolverhampton edition only. (1)
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