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1931 Bentley 4-Litre Three-Position Drophead CoupéCoachwork by Freestone & WebbRegistration Number: ALC 250Chassis Number: VA4100Engine Number: BM7860/VP4028As the Depression took hold, sales of Bentley's celebrated 4½ -Litre model declined. While Rolls-Royce were producing the highly successful 20/25hp model, Bentley's newest offering, the extravagant 8-Litre, was desperately out of step with the times. Bentley urgently needed a new model to try to turn their fortunes around.On the Management Committee's instruction, and much to W O Bentley's disdain, a 4-Litre six-cylinder engine designed by Ricardo was utilised in a chassis closely based on their contemporary 8-Litre, and offered in two wheelbase lengths, 11ft 2in and 11ft 8in. The new engine had an inlet-over-exhaust design, of a similar arrangement that would power Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars after the war until the late 1950s.The 4-Litre has been much maligned and seems to be little understood, most probably as so few were built, but it's worth remembering that Bentley boss, Cpt. Woolf Barnato, used a 4-Litre as his personal transport in period. All of this said, many consider the 4-Litre to have perhaps the best chassis, gearbox and rear axle combination of all pre-War Bentleys, and as such, many were converted into 6½ and 8-litre specials.Extremely rare cars - only fifty 4-Litres were completed before the original Bentley company's liquidation - ALC 250 is reputed to be the last of those cars built and one of just 39 short-chassis cars produced.With stunning original 3-position drophead coachwork by Freestone & Webb, this is a highly attractive car.Finished in dark green over black paint with silver-painted wire wheels. The interior is in lovely mellowed condition with very dark green leather with green carpets and a fabulous wooden dash.Running and driving very well at our recent inspection, the car sounds glorious with a positivity addictive deep vintage exhaust note, and performance is said to rival the Derby 3½-Litre cars.The history file includes photographs of comprehensive restoration work, some old MoTs, previous ownership history and a copy of chassis records etc. Chassis VA 4100 was the last 4-litre chassis built by Bentley Motors and probably the last W O Bentley built by the old company.Note: A spare 4-Litre engine is available to purchase by separate negotiation. Enquiries should be directed to Sworders.

A Bentley inlet manifold and rare 5-jet carburettor

2008 Bentley Brooklands CoupéRegistration Number: LJ08 UARChassis Number: SCBCCC42M89CH13810Engine Number: 201394Finished in anthracite metallic this stunning Brooklands Coupé is believed to be one of only 105 right-hand drive examples built. An extremely rare car, it had been in Alex's ownership since purchase at Jack Barclay in February 2010, for £170,000, with just 1200 miles on the clock. The car remains in generally excellent condition throughout.With a twin-turbocharged V8 producing 530bhp at just 4,000rpm and over 1,000 Nm of torque, the car is stated to reach 60mph from standing in just 5 seconds.The heavenly interior is trimmed in diamond stitched Burnt Oak Hide throughout with walnut dash fascia and is, again, excellent throughout. The wheels are the desirable 20in two-piece sport wheels.HPI-clear, the car is presently MoT-tested until 23 May 2024 and a current V5C Registration Certificate is present. With only 23 miles covered since the last MoT, recorded mileage was 28,624 miles at the time of cataloguing.The two most recent services include Schedule 7 service in August 2022 with P&A Wood, and Schedule 6 service on 24 August 2018, again with P&A Wood.

13 Teile alter Christbaumschmuck H 6,5 - 16 cm. Verschiedene seltene Teile, darunter Gablonzer Schmuck, Watte-Bär, Aladin und Wickelkind aus Glas, Pfeifenputzer-Weihnachtsmann etc Altersspuren, kleine Defekte. 13 parts old Christmas tree ornaments H 6,5 - 16 cm. Various rare parts, including Gablonz ornaments, absorbent cotton bear, Aladdin and wrapped glass child, pipe cleaner Santa Claus etc Signs of age, small defects. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltenes Biedermeier-Collier mit Muschelkameen und Saatperlen.  Gelbgold 750 geprüft. L 37,5 cm. 29,3 g. 4 zargengefasste Kameen mit antikisierend geschnittenen Bacchanten-Profilköpfen, umgeben von blau emaillierten Rändern und aufgezogenen Perlchen, zwischen Zierglieder- und Ankerketten, an perlchenbesetzter und partiell emaillierter Kastenschließe. Rare Biedermeier necklace with shell cameos and seed pearls.  Tested yellow gold 750. L 37.5 cm. 29,3 g.4 frame-set cameos with antiqued cut bacchante profile heads surrounded by blue enameled borders and strung pearls, between decorative link and anchor chains, on pearl-studded and partially enameled box clasp. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Paar Biedermeier-KerzenleuchterUm 1830. Bronze. H 29 cm. Bronzeleuchter in selten gutem Zustand, mit feinen Ornamentfriesen am Rundfuß, Säulenschaft und der Vasentüllen Pair of Biedermeier candlesticksAround 1830. Bronze. H 29 cm. Bronze chandelier in rare good condition, with fine ornamental friezes on the round base, column shaft and the vase grommets .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Sehr seltener Biedermeier-Schulkasten Nadelholz polychrom gefasst. 36 x 20 x 7 cm. Vorläufer des modernen Schulranzens mit Tragegriff und gemaltem Reiter auf dem Schiebedeckel Deckel gewölbt, 1 Deckelkante fachgerecht ergänzt, Trockenriss am Tragegriff, einige Alters-/Gebrauchsspuren. Very rare Biedermeier school box Coniferous wood polychrome set. 36 x 20 x 7 cm. Predecessor of the modern school satchel with carrying handle and painted rider on the sliding lid Lid domed, 1 lid edge professionally supplemented, dry crack on the carrying handle, some signs of age/use. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltener Krug vom Stiftungsfest des Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg 1895 mit UnterschriftenMettlach. Mettlachmarke, Verkaufsmarke "Jul. Wettstein Nachfl. Heidelberg". Steinzeug, farbig staffiert sowie Kupferumdruck-Unterschriften, Zinn. H 22,5 cm. Studentischer Halbliterkrug mit Profilierung am Fuß und Henkel sowie Zinndeckel mit Wappendrücker und Zirkel auf der Keramik. Wandung umlaufend mit Unterschriften der Anwesenden "Alten Herren und Activen" Provenienz : Aus Thüringer Adelsbesitz. Rare mug from the foundation festival of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg 1895 with signaturesMettlach. Mettlach mark, sales mark "Jul. Wettstein Nachfl. Heidelberg". Stoneware, colored painted as well as copper overprint signatures, pewter. H 22,5 cm. Student half-liter jug with profiling on the foot and handle and pewter lid with coat of arms pusher and compass on the ceramic. Wall circumferentially with signatures of those present "Alten Herren und Activen" Provenance : From Thuringian nobility. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

"No. 5, Ein runder zierlicher Tisch mit dreyfachen Veränderungen" von Friedrich Gottlob Hoffman. Um 1800. HOFFMANN, Friedrich Gottlob(1741 - 1806) Mahagoni oder Nussbaum furniert und maserfurniert, Eingerichte Eiche, Birnbaum? marketiert. Ca. 85 x 90 x 44 cm (ausgeklappt Ø ca. 89,5 cm). Seltener Verwandlungstisch "No.5": Beschreibung aus dem Warenkatalog von 1789 "[...] Bey einem Haushalt ist unstreitig der möglichst vielfache Nutzen, die genaueste Ersparnis des Raumes, die größte Vollkommenheit. [...] ist der in einem halben Zirkel zusammengelegte und verschlossenen Tisch, wie er in einem Zimmer auf drey Füßen steht. Zieht man den 4ten Fuß hervor und schlägt das obere Blatt auf, so hat man einen ganz runden Spieltisch mit einem Damen- und Schachbrete. Schlägt man das zweyte Blatt auf, so hat man einen Theetisch oder Spieltisch zu Karten. Schlägt man endlich das dritte Blatt auf, so hat man ein mit grünem Tuch beschlagenen Schreibtisch mit Dintenfaß und Sandbüchse. Hebt man eine hier angebrachte Decke auf, so wird diese Abtheilung des Tisches eine Toilette.". Alt restauriert mit Ergänzungen, Furnier kratzspurig und trockenrissig.Der Leipziger Kurfürstlich sächsische Hoftischler Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann galt neben Abraham und David Roentgen als einer der wichtigsten Möbelhersteller des Frühklassizismus in Deutschland; seine "Multifunktionsmöbel" kennzeichnen sich durch verblüffende Wandelbarkeit in Ausführung und Material. Diese individuelle Gestaltung ermöglichte verschiedene Preiskategorien, die den unterschiedlichen Bedürfnissen der Kunden aus Bürgertum und Adel entsprachen. Im Jahr 1789 gab er den ersten bebilderten "Warenkatalog" der Welt heraus, der die Verbreitung seiner Möbel und weite Käuferkreise sicherte.Literatur : Sulzbacher / Atzig (2014), S. 124ff, vgl. Abb. 8 S. 127.Shipping not available."No. 5, Ein runder zierlicher Tisch mit dreyfachen Veränderungen" von Friedrich Gottlob Hoffman. Around 1800. HOFFMANN, Friedrich Gottlob(1741 - 1806) Mahogany or walnut veneered and burl veneered, inlaid oak, pear? markiert. Approx. 85 x 90 x 44 cm (unfolded Ø approx. 89.5 cm). Rare transformation table "No.5": Description from the goods catalog of 1789 "[...] In a household is indisputably the most multiple use, the most accurate saving of space, the greatest perfection. [...] is the table folded and closed in a half circle, as it stands in a room on three feet. If you pull out the fourth foot and open the upper leaf, you have a completely round table with a queen and chess board. If you open the second leaf, you have a card table. If you finally open the third sheet, you have a desk covered with green cloth with a dinto barrel and a sandbox. If you lift a blanket attached here, so this partition of the table becomes a toilet.". Alt restored with additions, veneer scratched and dry cracked.The Leipzig Electoral Saxon court cabinetmaker Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann was considered one of the most important furniture manufacturers of early classicism in Germany, along with Abraham and David Roentgen; his "multifunctional furniture" is characterized by amazing changeability in design and material. This individual design allowed for different price categories that met the varying needs of customers from the bourgeoisie and aristocracy. In 1789, he published the world's first illustrated "catalog of goods", which ensured the distribution of his furniture and wide circles of buyers.Literature : Sulzbacher / Atzig (2014), p. 124ff, cf. fig. 8 p. 127.Shipping not available.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Jugendstil-Likörglas und Zwischengoldbecher 1x seltenes Likörglas Josephinenhütte, um 1900: Glockenkuppa aus farblosem Glas mit goldkonturiertem und stilisiertem Irisdekor in transluzider Transparentemailmalerei, grün staffierter Stängel und Rundfuß (H 10 cm). / 1x Lobmeyr?: 12-fach facettierter, konischer Becher mit emailgemalter und sich 2-fach spiegelnder Gänseblümchenblüte auf dem Zwischengoldboden (H 6,5 cm) Art Nouveau Liqueur Glass and Intermediate Gold Cup 1x rare liqueur glass Josephinenhütte, c. 1900: bell-shaped cup made of colorless glass with gold contoured and stylized iris decoration in translucent transparent enamel painting, green painted stem and round foot (h 10 cm). / 1x Lobmeyr?: 12-fold faceted conical cup with enamel-painted and 2-fold reflecting daisy flower on the intermediate gold base (h 6.5 cm) .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

3 Jugendstil-LikörgläserTheresienthal. Theresienthaler Krystallglasfabrik. 1x Likörglas um 1902, Form "1528", Dekor "1723/3": Kuppa aus farblosem Glas mit floraler, goldkonturierter Malerei in Transparentemail, Stängel und Rundfuß aus dunkelgrünem Glas (H 14,5 cm). / 1x seltenes Likörglas um 1907, Form "1757", Dekor "1869": konische Kuppa, Stängel und Rundfuß aus farblosem Glas, auf der Kuppa ein geometrisches Muster aus rotem Transparentemail und weißem Opakemail, Goldstaffage (H 14 cm). / 1x Likörglas um 1920, Form "175": längsoptisch geblasene, in den Schaft übergehende Kraterkuppa, Rundfuß, auf Kuppa und Fuß polychrom emailgemalte Rosenfestons, Goldstaffage mit teils geätzter Lorbeerranke (H 11,5 cm) 3 Art Nouveau liqueur glassesTheresienthal. Theresienthaler Krystallglasfabrik. 1x liqueur glass circa 1902, form "1528", decor "1723/3": Dome of colorless glass with floral, gold contoured painting in transparent enamel, stem and round base of dark green glass (h 14,5 cm). / 1x rare liqueur glass around 1907, form "1757", decor "1869": conical dome, stem and round foot made of colorless glass, on the dome a geometric pattern of red transparent enamel and white opaque enamel, gold staffage (h 14 cm). / 1x Liqueur glass c. 1920, form "175": longitudinally optically blown crater dome merging into the stem, round foot, on the dome and foot polychrome enamel painted rose festoons, gold staffage with partly etched laurel tendril (h 11.5 cm) .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltene FreundschaftstasseWallendorf. W-Marke, Ende 18. Jh. Sepiamalerei, grüner Fond, Goldstaffage. H Tasse 8,5 cm, Ø originale Untertasse 13,5 cm. Gefußte Glockentasse mit Tierkopfhenkel. Grüner Teilfond, in goldgerahmten Rechteckkartuschen braungemalten Landschaften, innen vergoldet. Im Spiegel der Untertasse die Widmung "An der Elbe, Donau, Rhein, oder wo Du sonst magst seyn - Lebe glücklich! - Denke mein. -" Minimaler Abrieb im Untertassenspiegel. Rare friendship cupWallendorf. W mark, late 18th century Sepia painting, green background, gold staffage. H cup 8,5 cm, Ø original saucer 13,5 cm. Footed bell cup with animal head handle. Green partial background, brown painted landscapes in gold-framed rectangular cartouches, gilded inside. In the mirror of the saucer the dedication "An der Elbe, Donau, Rhein, oder wo sonst magst du seyn - Lebe glücklich! - Think of my. -" Minimal abrasion in the saucer mirror. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltene Barock-Figurengruppe: Jupiter (Satyr) und Antiope mit Eros Höhe: 21 cm. Antiope, die schöne Tochter des Königs Nykteus von Theben, wird von Zeus (in der römischen Mythologie Jupiter genannt) in Gestalt eines Satyr im Schlaf überrascht und verführt. Die Gruppe mit ihren zierlichen Figuren repräsentiert ein sinnliches Lebensgefühl, die Liebe mythologischer Gottheiten. Farbig bemalt. Undeutliche Blaumarke Einige Brandrisse im Sockel, Sockelrand, Blätter, Stab bestoßen, Flügel, Amor-Rücken, eine Satyr-Hand, ein Tuchzipfel, Schilf restauriert. Motiv nach der Gemälde-Vorlage von Tizian (Tiziano Vecollio, 1490 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) im Louvre, Paris. * Partnerauktion Bergmann. Provenienz : Hessische Privatsammlung. Rare Baroque figural group: Jupiter (satyr) and Antiope with Eros Height: 21 cm. Antiope, the beautiful daughter of King Nykteus of Thebes, is surprised and seduced by Zeus (called Jupiter in Roman mythology) in the form of a satyr in his sleep. The group with its delicate figures represents a sensual attitude to life, the love of mythological deities. Painted in color. Indistinct blue mark Some burn cracks in the base, base edge, leaves, staff bumped, wings, Cupid's back, a satyr's hand, a cloth tail, reed restored. Motif after the painting template of Titian (Titiano Vecollio, 1490 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venice) in the Louvre, Paris. * Partner auction Bergmann. Provenance : Hessian private collection. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltene Figur: RuhendeNymphenburg. Modell-Nr. 853. Breite: 34,5 cm. Modell von Roland von Bohr 1939. Weißporzellan, Pressmarken, Bodenmarke Eine Zehe bestoßen. Bohr, Bildhauer, studierte an der Kunstgewerbeschule in München und an der Akademie in Wien. Schüler von Josef Wackerle. Wechselnd in Salzburg und München tätig * Partnerauktion Bergmann. Literatur : Ziffer (1997) Seite 460. Provenienz : Hessische Privatsammlung. Rare figure: RestingNymphenburg. Model no. 853. Width: 34.5 cm. Model by Roland von Bohr 1939. white porcelain, press marks, bottom mark One toe bumped. Bohr, sculptor, studied at the School of Applied Arts in Munich and at the Academy in Vienna. Pupil of Josef Wackerle. Alternately active in Salzburg and Munich * Partner auction Bergmann. Literature : Ziffer (1997) page 460. Provenance : Hessian private collection. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltene Jugendstil-Figur: Paar SchlittschuhläuferENS. KVE-Marke, um 1905. Bezeichnet. Modell-Nr.: 4144. BÜSCHELBERGER, Anton(1869 Eger – 1934 Dresden) Unterglasurbemalung. H 29,5 cm. 1 Kufe bestoßen. Rare art nouveau figure: pair of skatersENS. KVE mark, circa 1905. Inscribed. Model no.: 4144. BÜSCHELBERGER, Anton(1869 Eger - 1934 Dresden) Underglaze painting. H 29.5 cm. 1 runner bumped. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltenes Speiseservice "Blau-bunte Blume". Meissen. Schwertermarke, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1. Wahl. Dekor-Nr. 1462/6110. Entwurf: 1972/1975 von Ludwig Zepner (1931-2010; Form); Volkmar Bretschneider (*1930) und Heinz Werner (1928-2019; Dekor).Unterglasurblaue Malerei, polychrome Aufglasurmalerei. 35 Teile. Form "Großer Ausschnitt". 6 Suppentassen mit 6 Untertassen, 6 Speiseteller, 6 Salatteller, 6 Dessertteller, 3 Schüsseln (Ø 14,5, 16,5 und 19 cm), 1 Sauciere und 1 Saliere. Die Blumenmalerei in Meissen hat eine lange Geschichte und eine große Tradition. Jede Epoche brachte große Meisterleistungen hervor, die die besondere Handschrift der Künstler, des Designs und der Mode jedes Jahrzehnts trugen. Der wohl größte Wurf der Postmodere der Siebzigerjahre hinsichtlich formaler und dekorativer Gestaltung ist die 'Blau-bunte Blumenmalerei', Eine beeindruckende Tafel mit diesem Speiseservice war der Höhepunkt der Standgestaltung der Manufaktur zur Leipziger Herbstmesse 1974. (vgl. Meissener Konturen 1960-1990, S. 253) Ausführlich beschreibt J. Schärer in 'Meissener Konturen' welche große Herausforderung die Entwicklung und Herstellung dieses Porzellans erforderte: Nur besonders begabte Blumenmaler konnten diese Malerei, die das Normalmaß der Blumenmalerei weit überstieg, umsetzen. Hinzu kamen hohe technische Herausforderungen. Die Folge dieser höchsten Ansprüche war, dass der Dekor nur relativ selten gemalt wurde und demzufolge sehr rar ist (a.a.O., S. 254). Die Malerei auf diesem Speiseservice erscheint außerhalb jeden Regelwerks der Porzellanmalerei und besitzt eine Lebendigkeit, die so nur auf Einzelkunstwerken, nicht aber auf Gebrauchsporzellan zu finden ist. Den Granden Heinz Werner und Volkmar Bretschneider verdanken wir, das auf diesem Service der ganze Reichtum sommerlicher Blütenpracht zur Geltung kommt. Aquarellartig, ungebunden und doch fein nuanciert und in der Kombination von Unterglasur- und Aufglasurmalerei erreichen die Künstler eine beeindruckende Tiefe und Räumlichkeit. Hier ist jedes Serviceteil ein besonderes Unikat und erlesenes Kunstwerk. Flower-Power auf allerhöchstem künstlerischen Niveau. (vgl. Meissner Konturen 1960 -1990, S. 84/85 und S.253f).Literatur : Ausstellungskatalog: Meissener Konturen (1991), 1991, S. 84f. und S. 253f.Provenienz : Erworben 2005 bei der Auflösung der Meissenhandlung ABT in Ulm.Rare dining set "Blue colorful flower". Meissen. Heavy mark, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1st choice. Decor no. 1462/6110. design: 1972/1975 by Ludwig Zepner (1931-2010; form); Volkmar Bretschneider (b. 1930) and Heinz Werner (1928-2019; decor).Underglaze blue painting, polychrome onglaze painting. 35 pieces. Shape "Large Cutout". 6 soup cups with 6 saucers, 6 dinner plates, 6 salad plates, 6 dessert plates, 3 bowls (Ø 14.5, 16.5 and 19 cm), 1 sauce boat and 1 saliere. The flower painting in Meissen has a long history and a great tradition. Each era produced great masterpieces that bore the particular signature of the artists, design and fashion of each decade. Probably the greatest throw of the postmodernism of the seventies in terms of formal and decorative design is the 'Blau-bunte Blumenmalerei', An impressive table with this dinner service was the highlight of the stand design of the manufactory at the Leipzig Autumn Fair 1974. (cf. Meissener Konturen 1960-1990, p. 253) In detail, J. Schärer describes in 'Meissener Konturen' what great challenge the development and production of this porcelain required: Only particularly gifted flower painters were able to realize this painting, which far exceeded the normal scale of flower painting. In addition, there were high technical challenges. The consequence of these highest demands was that the decoration was painted only relatively rarely and is consequently very rare (loc. cit., p. 254). The painting on this dinner service appears to be outside any set of rules of porcelain painting and possesses a vividness that can only be found in this way on individual works of art, but not on utility porcelain. Thanks to the greats Heinz Werner and Volkmar Bretschneider, this dinner service displays the full richness of summer blossoms. Watercolor-like, unbound and yet finely nuanced, and in the combination of underglaze and onglaze painting, the artists achieve an impressive depth and spatiality. Here, each service piece is a special one-of-a-kind and exquisite work of art. Flower power on the highest artistic level. (see Meissner contours 1960 -1990, p. 84/85 and p.253f).Literature : Exhibition catalog: Meissen Contours (1991), 1991, p. 84f. and p. 253f.Provenance : Acquired in 2005 at the dissolution of the Meissenhandlung ABT in Ulm.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltene Teekanne "Tausendundeine Nacht". Meissen. Schwertermarke, Jahreszeichen 2014, 1. Wahl. Entwurf: Form vor 1985 und Dekor 1967 von Heinz Werner (1928-2019).Polychrom bemalt, goldstaffiert. H 13 cm. Form "Japangeschirr". Zylindrische Teekanne mit hohem Bügelhenkel, bemalt mit orientalischen Szenen. Rare teapot "One Thousand and One Nights". Meissen. Sword mark, year mark 2014, 1st choice. Design: shape before 1985 and decor 1967 by Heinz Werner (1928-2019).Polychrome painted, gold decorated. H 13 cm. Form "Japangeschirr". Cylindrical teapot with high handle, painted with oriental scenes. .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

HAGER, Hermann "Handbuch der Pharmaceutischen Praxis" 3 Bände"Für Apotheker, Ärzte, Drogisten und Medizinalbeamte". Verlag von Julius Springer. Berlin. 1887. 24,5 x 17 cm. 6. Auflage, mit seltenem Ergänzungsband. 1122, 1352 und 1429 Seiten, im Halbledereinband Rücken defekt. HAGER, Hermann "Handbuch der Pharmaceutischen Praxis" 3 Volumes"Für Apotheker, Ärzte, Drogisten und Medizinalbeamte". Published by Julius Springer. Berlin. 1887. 24.5 x 17 cm. 6th edition, with rare supplement. 1122, 1352 and 1429 pages, in half leather binding spine defective. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Seltenes figürliches Siegel mit Edelsteinen und Gemmen. Frühes 18. Jh.Silber vergoldet, bemalter Keramik(?)-Kopf, verschiedene Farbsteine, Türkis-Cabochons, Halbperlen und Altschliff-Diamanten in Zargenfassungen, Fußplatte Bergkristall(?)-Gemme, an den Armen Gemmen aus Nicolo-Lagensteinen. H 5,5 cm. 37 g. Wohl aus dem Umkreis von Johann Melchior Dinglinger stammende Petschaft in Form einer vollplastischen "Mohren"- bzw. Maori-Büste mit Ziersteinen auf dem fein gravierten Prachtgewand sowie gemalte Tätowierungen auf dem Inkarnat. Die oktogonale Fußplatten-Gemme mit mythologischer Szene: Mehrere Frauen am Kessel mit Kelchen, wobei eine trinkt (Sophonisbe?). An den Armschnitten ovale Gemmen: Sitzender Faun/Satyr mit Amphore(?) bzw. geflügelte Figur mit Zepter(?). Rare figural seal with gemstones and gems. Early 18th centurySilver gilt, painted ceramic(?) head, various colored stones, turquoise cabochons, half-pearls and old-cut diamonds in bezel settings, footplate rock crystal(?) gem, on the arms gems of Nicolo layer stones. H 5,5 cm. 37 g. Probably from the circle of Johann Melchior Dinglinger, petapiece in the form of a fully plastic "Mohren" or Maori bust with ornamental stones on the finely engraved finery, as well as painted tattoos on the incarnate. The octagonal footplate gem with mythological scene: several women at the cauldron with goblets, one drinking (Sophonisbe?). On the arm sections oval gems: Seated Faun/Satyr with amphora(?) and winged figure with scepter(?). .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

2 bewegliche silberne SchwertfischeBeide an den Vorderflossen Beschauzeichen/undeutliches Meisterzeichen gepunzt. Ab 1934. Spanien. Silber (Feingehalt 915). L 28/37 cm. 282 g. Seltene Gliederfische mit Cabochonaugen in Rot und Grün, als Brieföffner nutzbar Minimale Altersspuren. 2 movable silver swordfishBoth hallmarked on the front fins Beschauzeichen/undeuterliches Meisterzeichen. From 1934.Spain. Silver (fineness 915). L 28/37 cm. 282 g. Rare articulated fish with cabochon eyes in red and green, usable as letter openers Minimal signs of age. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Versilberte SpardoseWürttembergische Metallwarenfabrik. Straußenmarke WMF gestempelt. Um 1900. Metall, versilbert. 5 x 9,5 x 5,5 cm. Seltene Spardose in Form einer Schatzkiste mit Vorhängeschloss. Die Münzen werden über den rechten Seitenschub nach innen transportiert Schlüssel wohl innliegend. Ohne Schüssel. Silver-plated money boxWürttembergische Metallwarenfabrik. Straw mark WMF stamped. Circa 1900. Metal, silver plated. 5 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm. Rare money box in the form of a treasure chest with padlock. The coins are transported via the right side drawer inside Key probably inside. Without bowl. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

DUNN (SAMUEL)The Description and Use of the Universal Planispheres, or Terrestrial and Celestial Globes in Plano. Being Compleat Substitutes for a Large Pair of Globes... Second Edition, with Additions and Improvements, imprimatur leaf before title, 5 large folding engraved maps ('S. Dunn & W. Owen, December 1st 1757'), one slightly shaved just touching caption, untrimmed and unopened in contemporary boards, rebacked preserving original spine, housed in morocco-backed book box, 8vo, for the Author, 1759Footnotes:COMPLETE WITH THE FIVE RARE CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL MAPS, UNCUT AND BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY BOARDS, with no complete copies traced on Rare Book Hub. Dunn (1723-1794), a teacher of mathematics and navigation, was the inventor of the 'universal planispheres, or terrestrial and celestial globes in plano, an economical method of teaching spherical geometry without the expense of purchasing actual globes', the use of which is explained in this work. Provenance: ?C.S. Lockhart, early ownership signature on the 'Recommendations of the Universal Planispheres' leaf.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS)][A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain], FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, half-title, letterpress dedication to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, 33 hand-coloured aquatint plates, lacks title-page, contemporary half morocco gilt lettered on spine, worn, covers detached with some loss to spine [Abbey Scenery, 12; Colas 172; Tooley 71], folio (468 x 315mm.), [W. Miller, 1807, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1805']Footnotes:'A very fine and rare book that has not been sufficiently appreciated, according to Hardie one of the most charming books on costume' (Tooley).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MURCHISON (RODERICK IMPEY) The Silurian System, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE WITH ENGRAVED HAND-COLOURED MAP, 3 engraved maps, 14 lithographed plates (2 folding, 3 hand-coloured), 9 folding hand-coloured geological sections by Murchison, 31 engraved plates of fossils, one large hand-coloured engraved geological map on 3 sheets (laid down on linen, institutional blind-stamp to margins), light spotting and some damp-staining, occasional marginal pencil annotations, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving the original spine, rubbed, the geological map sheets housed separately in an slightly later half morocco solander box, 4to, John Murray, 1839 (2) Footnotes: FIRST EDITION OF A SEMINAL WORK ON FOSSIL CLASSIFICATION, COMPLETE WITH THE RARE LARGE GEOLOGICAL MAP, often missing. Murchinson established the Silurian system following research he carried out in 1831 along the border between England and Wales. He grouped for the first time a remarkable series of formations, which were very different from those of the other rocks of England. Provenance: Wigan Public Library, stamp on map and box. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WALCOTT (DEREK A.)25 Poems, second edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'TO ROY FULLER, COMPLIMENTS OF DERECK WALCOTT. GRATEFULLY' on the half-title, publisher's green cloth, printed spine label and additional printed label ('25 Poems. Walcott') loosely inserted, original white printed dust-jacket (spine soiled), 8vo, Bridgetown, Barbados, Advocate Company, 1949Footnotes:IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNING DEREK WALCOTT'S VERY SCARCE FIRST BOOK OF POEMS, INSCRIBED BY HIM TO FELLOW POET ROY FULLER.'My first book of poems was published privately in 1949,' Walcott recalls, smiling. 'That was my mother. The book was 25 Poems. It cost 200 dollars.' (interview with James Campbell, The Guardian, 4 Oct. 2008). First published in January 1949, the second edition appeared April. Both are extremely rare, especially in the dust-jacket, with no copies traced on ABPC.Roy Fuller was an important early champion of Walcott, helping him reach an international audience by reviewing his works in two episodes of the BBC's Caribbean Voices, which 'may have helped determine Walcott's subsequent direction. For instance, in his review of 25 Poems, broadcast on 22 May 1949, Fuller was as enthusiastic as any West Indian about the new 'find' [Walcott], but he was critically and analytically so... he assessed Walcott on equal terms, so to speak, without any condescension...' (Edward Baugh, Derek Walcott, 2006). Sold with the lot is an uncorrected proof copy of Derek Walcott's The Gulf and Other Poems (1969, with one-page of pencil notes by Roy Fuller loosely inserted), and Volume 3, No. 10 of BIM (1949), which includes a poem by Walcott ('A Way to Live'), and advert for the second edition of 25 Poems, and an article about him and the book written by Harold Simmons.Provenance: Roy Fuller (1912-1991), gift inscription from the author; John Fuller, poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PALESTINE - MARTIAL LAW IN JERUSALEM Rare poster proclamation from General Allenby addressed 'To the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Blessed' establishing martial law in the City, text printed in English, Judeo-Arabic, and French, with border printed in red, 733 x 485mm., [c.1917] Footnotes: RARE PROPAGANDA POSTER IMPOSING MARTIAL LAW IN JERUSALEM issued by General Allenby, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Palestine, following 'The defeat inflicted upon the Turks by the troops under my command'. He notes that 'Guards have been placed at Bethlehem and at Rachel's tomb. The tomb at Hebron has been placed under exclusive Moslem control...', but insists that 'it is my desire that every person should pursue his business without fear of interruption', contrasting this with the behaviour of the previous Ottoman regime. That one of the languages used is Judeo-Arabic suggest that the target audience for the poster includes the old yishuv, Sephardi Jews and others of the Ottoman Empire. Alongside the proclamation is a copy of one issued by the Germans after their occupation of the city of Holnon, France, in 1915, to emphasize the positive differences between the policies the British in Palestine to those of the Germans. Saleroom notices: This lot is exempt from VAT This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

OXFORD MALTON (THOMAS) Views of Oxford, engraved title, mezzotint portrait of Thomas Malton by W. Barney after W. Stuart, 24 aquatint plates, 6 etched plates, half morocco over cloth by T. Aitken, upper cover tilt lettered 'Views in Oxford' [cf. Abbey Scenery 272], folio (402 x 300mm.), White & Co., and Oxford, R. Smith, 4 June 1810 Footnotes: RARE. First published in 4 parts in 1802 this expanded edition includes a title-page, portrait of the author, and 6 additional etched plates in outline. Provenance: Sir Charles Locock, 1st Baronet (1799-1875), inscribed 'Sir Charles Locock, Bart. with Capt. Malton's kindest regards, Nov. 1860' on front free endpaper. A noted obstetric physician, who in 1840 'was appointed first physician accoucheur to Queen Victoria, and attended at the births of all her children' (ODNB); Sir Manson M. Beeton; Sir Richard Farrant, bookplates. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FORESTRY - WOOD SAMPLESTHIL (ANDRE) Sections transversales de 120 espèces de bois indigènes et exotiques, FIRST EDITION, text (with folding table) in publisher's green printed wrappers, 6 stiff plates exhibiting 120 window-mounted actual wood specimens (20 per sheet, one with small loss), loose as issued in publisher's green cloth book box, metal clasps and catches, the wooden sides split but complete, folio (320 x 240mm.) , Grêz-sur-Loing, J. Tempère, and Paris, Lucien Laveur, 1904Footnotes:SCARCE AND ATTRACTIVELY PRESENTED STUDY OF RARE WOODS, illustrated with 120 examples of wood types, both native and exotic species from Japan, India, Australia, Reunion, Guinea and Central America. Thil was a French forestry engineer who, having studied at the Imperial School of Forestry at Nancy, subsequently worked for the Régiment forestier de Paris.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCHUBERT (FRANZ)TELTSCHER (JOSEF) Portrait drawing of Schubert, Anselm Hüttenbrenner and Johann Baptist Jenger, black and red chalk on paper, tipped onto mount with 2 small tabs on reverse, 160 x 206mm., [c.1827]Footnotes:ONE OF A SMALL NUMBER OF SCHUBERT LIFETIME PORTRAITS: JOSEF TELTSCHER'S 'DIE DREI FREUNDE' REDISCOVERED.The image of the 'three friends', Schubert, Anselm Hüttenbrenner and Johann Baptist Jenger, is well known and often considered to include one of the most accurate depictions of Schubert. The exact dating of this portrait remains unclear, as does its relationship to Teltscher's lithographs of Schubert on his own, but it was certainly drawn during Schubert's last two years, which were spent largely in Vienna but with one excursion to Graz in September 1827. It was a period of great creativity and compositional innovation, the composer reaching new artistic heights with works such as the Winterreise cycle, the Impromptus, the Piano Trio No. 2 and the two last symphonies. It was also a period with huge ups and downs in terms of his physical and mental health, his pecuniary situation, and his social life. Luckily Schubert had a circle of close friends and advocates around him, and the frequent 'Schubertiads', were immensely important in sustaining him through the difficult times and in fuelling his creativity.Two of Schubert's closest friends from Graz were the composer Anselm Hüttenbrenner, a friend of Beethoven, and his brother Josef. Anselm wrote his memoirs of Schubert in 1854, and though he admitted that many names had slipped his memory and that he had burned his Vienna diary, he stated that he had 'made Schubert's acquaintance in the year 1815 at the Imperial Court Kapellmeister Salieri's [sic]... we visited each other very frequently, are fond of one another, and became intimate friends and brothers' (Schubert. Memoirs by His Friends, edited by Otto Erich Deutsch, 1958, p.178). Schubert composed a fine set of variations on a theme of Anselm's, who also helped him by arranging symphonies for piano and handling some of his affairs. It was Hüttenbrenner's requiem in C minor that was chosen to be performed at Schubert's memorial service on 23 December 1828.The third of the 'friends' is Johann Baptist Jenger, composer, musician and board member of the influential Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Like the Hüttenbrenner brothers in Graz, he worked hard to make Schubert's works known in Vienna, and he also arranged the trip to Graz in 1827 to introduce him to the pianist Marie Pachler and her husband Karl, a trip that was postponed from 1826 because Schubert didn't have the money. An entry from Karl Pachler's cash-book dated 16 September 1827: 'several Schubertiads were held in the Pachler house. But for the most part Schubert had to be his own singer... and he frequently played pianoforte duets with Jenger' (Otto Deutsch, Schubert: A Documentary Biography, translated by Eric Blom, 1946).The artist Josef Eduard Teltscher was also an integral member of the Schubert circle of friends. Born in Prague in 1801, he was considered a very gifted portrait painter, but little is known about him before he came to Vienna, where from 1825 to 1829 he mainly devoted himself to the relatively new process of lithography, working from his studio. After Schubert's death, Teltscher went to live with the Pachlers in Graz, developing his own technique of watercolour miniatures to some acclaim, but in 1837 he was to drown during a trip to Greece which he had undertaken with Jenger. Amongst the sketchbooks he left is one containing his pencil drawings of the dying Beethoven on his bed in March 1827, now held at the British Library (Stefan Zweig MS 207). Some accounts state that Schubert was also present with the Hüttenbrenner brothers, but there is no evidence to suggest the two great composers ever met, although Schubert was one of the torch-bearers at Beethoven's funeral.Given that Teltscher was devoting himself to the art of lithography at the time, it is not surprising that his first recorded portrait of Schubert is a lithograph which can be dated to late 1825 from the diaries of the Viennese salonière Sophie Müller. Numerous extracts from these are quoted by Deutsch, including 'In the evening... there was singing... Teltscher brought Schubert lithographed' (11 January 1826, op. cit., p.503), and 'Teltscher, Jenger and Hüttenbrenner came at midday; they brought me the lithographed portrait of Schubert' (24 January, p.505). The following day Jenger and Schubert returned again for dinner, and the latter 'sang new songs' - this on the same day as the first rehearsal of the Death and the Maiden quartet at the home of the violinists Karl and Franz Hacker, two years after it was composed (p.506).According to Maurice J.E. Brown (Essay on Schubert, 1966), the lithograph referred to was the one published by Mansfeld & Co. after Schubert's death, adding that 'copies of the original pressings and of the two later editions are extremely rare'. However, in her 1993 article on the Teltscher portraits ('Schubert und der Maler Josef Teltscher,' in: Schubert durch die Brille, 11 June 1993, pp.118-132), Rita Steblin suggests that the one published in 1828 is a second version dating from that year. Whether it was made in 1825 or 1828, it was the image chosen by his friends to sell in aid of raising funds for Schubert's memorial, and as their abiding memory of him. Certainly, the Wiener allgemeine Theaterzeitung of April 23, 1829 considered it the most successful in 'depicting the true character of Schubert, that of an innocent, childlike, pious and upright spirit'.The present chalk portrait of 'Die Drei Freunde' is generally described as having been drawn in around 1827. Deutsch dated it to that year because Hüttenbrenner visited Vienna in March, but he used to make the journey frequently and the drawing may equally have been made in 1828, the year the resulting lithograph was published by Mansfeld & Co.Although Teltscher had produced lithographs all of the three friends individually, Rita Steblin points out that he clearly drew Hüttenbrenner and Jenger anew for this portrait, both men appearing slightly older, and speculates that the same might be true of Schubert ('Ist es dann nicht wahrscheinlich, dass Teltscher auch Schubert neu ge­zeichnet hat?').Provenance:According to different accounts the portrait was either drawn for Karl von Schönstein, or was bought by him after the composer's death. Schönstein (1797-1876) was one of the Esterhazy circle and considered the finest singer of Schubert's songs - the 'Schöne Müllerin' were dedicated to him. By 1892, when the drawing was photographed in order to make the colour print by which it is generally know, it was in the possession of his niece Ida von Schweitzer (née von Keyle), of Lengefeld near Krems, Schubert having been a frequent visitor to the family. The drawing was included in the 1897 Vienna Schubert Exhibition and subsequently hung at the family home at Gneixendorf; in 1966 it was recorded as being in the possession of Baron Otto von Schweitzer of Sterbfritz-bei-Schlüchtern in Germany. Despite often being described as 'lost', it has passed down by descent to the present owners.Illustrated: Otto Erich Deutsch, Schubert: A Documentary Biography, translated by Eric Blom, 1946, plate XXVIII.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COLQUHOUN (ITHELL)Archive of 'magical writings', manuscripts, typescripts, original illustrations and printed material, comprising: i) Manuscript and typescript essays and lecture notes, including typed essays on Qabalah with manuscript amendments ('The Crown and the Kingdom' in four parts '...The ten circles, centres or concentrations of force are the Sephioth or Divine Emanation...'), Druidry and Gnosticism, 'Fire and the Pyramid of Flame' ('...the progeny of Electricity... the essence of our divine ancestors, the celestial hierarchies...'), typescript of her one-act play 'The Pilgrimage', essay on Aleister Crowley ('Heaven & Earth: The Dying Kick of the Dying-God'), on ritual ('Ceremony Connected with the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram... The altar is arranged as for the Neophyte Grade of the G.D... Rose and Dagger in E., Incense, lamp and Fire-Wand in S., Cup in W.... if the pentacle is not ready, a gold coin may be substituted...'), on interior stars ('De Astris Interioribus'), a long descriptive essay on 'The Isiac Tablet of Bembo', also 'The Taro as Colour', 'Zodiacal Rulership of the Taro Court Cards' and descriptions of 17 of the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot ('The Fool', 'The High Priestess', 'The Hanged Man', etc.), and much else; illustrated with some 23 original diagrams in biro, some coloured in gouache, including 'The Cube' (5), the Tree of Life (10), 'Tatwass Through the Day' (collection of loose coloured-paper shapes), 'Taro Trumps in the Cube of Space' (4), c.244 pages, typed or written in blue or black biro on lined paper, many annotations and amendments, illustrations and diagrams in biro and gouache, mostly 4to, [undated]; ii) File of incoming correspondence, some published as appendices (Dorothy Empson, Maxwell Armfield (3), Robert Temple (3), Colin Murray of the Golden Section Order), typed article by Mrs Armer on 'Worship of the Old Deity', printed matter concerning Colquhoun's Masonic affiliations, and 4 pages of unpublished notes and diagrams, 80 pages, various sizes, etc. [1970's]; iii) Colquhoun's research material pertaining to W.B. Yeats, Maude Gonne and Ireland, including notes taken at the Yeats International Summer School at Sligo, her 'Irish' address book (including those of Jack Yeats and Mrs W.B. Yeats), various photographs, maps, guidebooks, timetables etc., c.47 pages of notes, c.1966-1968; with first edition copies of Ithell Colquhoun's Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn, London and New York, 1975, one inscribed by the author to Kitty (2), The Crying of the Wind, Ireland, 1955, and The Living Stones, Cornwall, 1957, [second half twentieth century] (collection)Footnotes:'THE OPENING OF THE SEALS IS FOLLOWED BY THE SOUNDING OF SEVEN TRUMPETS & THE POURING OF SEVEN VIALS': MAGICAL WRITINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE IMPORTANT BRITISH SURREALIST PAINTER, OCCULTIST & AUTHOR.Until recently the surrealist works of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) have been somewhat overshadowed by better-known contemporaries such as Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar, but interest in her art and writing is now firmly in the ascendant. Indeed, the scholar Amy Hale has noted that Colquhoun '...is becoming recognized as one of the most interesting and prolific esoteric thinkers and artists of the twentieth century...' (Amy Hale, 'The Magical Life of Ithell Colquhoun' in Nevill Drury, Pathways in Modern Western Magic, 2012) and argues that through Colquhoun's work '...we can see an interplay of themes and movements which characterizes the trajectory of certain British subcultures ranging from Surrealism to the Earth Mysteries movement and also gives us a rare insight into the thoughts and processes of a working magician...'.The magical material in this archive, save for four pages of notes and diagrams, was gathered together and published as The Magical Writings of Ithell Colquhoun in 2007 by Steve Nichols, a copy of which is included in the lot. It serves as a complement to Colquhoun's 1974 work, Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn, her only published book on magical theory. The four essays entitled 'The Crown and the Kingdom' were also published by Steve Nichols as a separate volume in 2006. Much of it was delivered as lectures, notably to Countess Tamara Bourkhoun's Golden Dawn-inspired Order of the Pyramid and Sphinx in the 1960's, of which she was a prominent member, or articles in such publications as Prediction. She was an initiate of several different orders representing Hermetic and Pagan traditions including the OrdoTempli Orientis, the Masonic Order, the Fellowship of Isis and the French Gnostic Church. Colquhoun discovered surrealism through the work of Dali and Magritte whilst studying at the Slade under Henry Tonks, and joined the English Surrealist Group in 1939, exhibiting with Roland Penrose at the Mayor Gallery the same year. Her involvement with the British Surrealist movement, however, was to be brief as she was soon expelled from the group for refusing to abandon the occult research which had become central to her work. She was interested in the occult from an early age, particularly the principles of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, introduced through her cousin Edward Garstin, and she infused her art with elements of occult colour theory and sacred geometry, both of which she returned to in her later writings as evidenced here (see Amy Hale, The Magic Surrealism of Ithell Colquhoun, Art UK online, June 2020).The present collection represents many of her wide-ranging interests, drawing together her magical and artistic careers. In her short article of 1977, 'The Taro as Colour', a modern typed copy of which is included in the archive, she talks of her magical theory of colour and the surrealistic painting technique of automatism: '...It renders the essence of each card by the non-figurative means of pure colour, applied automatically in the manner of the psychomorphological movement in surrealism...' she explains. Also evident is her admiration for Celtic lore (one letter is from a Deaconess of the Ancient Celtic Church) and in particular W.B. Yeats, a Golden Dawn Adept who also used automatism in his work ('...Through his hermetic studies under MacGregor Mathews, Yeats was deeply embued with Qabalistic thought...'). Ithell's influential article about Aleister Crowley which appeared originally in the London Broadsheet, no.4, April 1955, is also present, typed and amended by the author: '...Ithells' attitude to Aleister Crowley was ambivalent. He chased her around a house once, but she managed to escape his advances...' (Nichols, p.3). Amongst the wealth of material here is a detailed description of a ritual, 'The Outline of Preliminary Ceremony Connected with the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram', running to some five handwritten pages with red and black inks used to clarify which are spoken words and which are actions. As might be expected, there are also several striking illustrations, including a series of colourful painted diagrams depicting various configurations of The Cube. Provenance: Steve Nichols, editor of The Magical Writings of Ithell Colquhoun, 2007.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FLEMING (IAN)Thrilling Cities, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, with Jonathan Cape printed slip loosely inserted, publisher's buckram-backed grey boards, a little light toning at ends of buckram, FIRST STATE DUST-JACKET with laminate covering entire width of rear flap, slight foxing to front flap, more prevalent on reverse [Gilbert A16a (1.1), note on p.479], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1963Footnotes:A VERY GOOD COPY WITH THE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CAPE ADVANCE REVIEW SLIP. 'Copies were sent out to the editors of various publications including Books and Bookmen, The Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, The Sunday Times and The Listener' (Gilbert).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CASTIGLIONE (BALDESSARE)Il libro del cortegiano, second (first 8vo) edition, italic letter, woodcut printer's device on title and verso of final leaf, light old stain to some leaves, early ink marginal note in 2 side-margins, small hole touching woodcut device on title and a couple of letters on leaf Aii, later vellum, retaining original final blank free endpaper with early ownership inscriptions, and binder's waste including 5-lines of an early 15th century illuminated manuscript [Adams C925; Olschki 17581], 8vo, Florence, heirs of Filippo Giunta, October 1528Footnotes:The scarce second edition of Castiglione's celebrated courtly manual. Giunta's octavo edition was printed in the same year as the Aldus folio edition, and is rare at auction. The work was written from the author's personal experience at the court of Urbino, and his description of the ideal courtier helped it become one of the most influential literary works of the High Renaissance.Provenance: Andrea Balestra, ink ownership inscription on binder's waste at front; Several verses, including 'O sfortunata Ricolina/non saro mai piu contenta', in an early Italian hand on final blank.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ORDONEZ DE CEVALLOS (PEDRO)Viage del Mundo, FIRST EDITION, woodcut coat-of-arms on title, full-page woodcut portrait of the author, final leaf supplied in manuscript facsimile, soiling to title, occasional light damp-stains (mostly marginal to table at end), later half calf over marbled boards, gilt morocco spine label [Palau 03651; Sabin 57524, 'Rare'; Streit I:345], small 4to, Madrid, Luis Sanchez, 1614Footnotes:Scare first edition of this account by Ordonez de Cevallos' (c.1557-1635) of his circumnavigation of the world from 1589 to 1593, the first to commence from the Americas, when he travelled throughout the Spanish colonies there. He devotes two chapters to one of the earliest accounts of Bermuda before it was settled by the Somers Islands Company in 1612. Provenance: ?Eighteenth century ownership inscription to verso of the front free endpaper; Antonio Canovas del Castillo (1828–1897), Spanish historian, statesman, and prime minister, bookplate; his sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1975, lot 277.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare 17th century Dutch blue and white tile depicting a mermaid, circa 1660, 13cm square and an early 18th century Biblical tile depicting Joseph being lowered into a pit, circa 1700, mounted in a gilded frame, overall 15cm square (2)Signs of crazing, small edge chips

A rare 18th century English Delft bowl with initials and possible date of 1781, 32cm diameter x 9.5cm highRestored cracks

A rare English Delft wig bowl London circa 1710, 22cm diameter x 9.5cm highFilled crack, rim chip, glaze marks

Pearson, R.C & M.K. 'The First Twenty', A catalogue of a small private library of English and Foreign Literature offered for sale by R.C. Pearson M.A. 32 Hobson Street, Cambridge, half blue calf, 8vo. plus Maggs Bros Ltd, Rare Books Manuscripts Centenary Catalogue no. 812, 1953 plus an associated collection of five reference books (7)

A collection of approximately 45 rare pamphlets, booklets, magazines, broadsheets, tracts etc by or relating to George Bernard Shaw. Mixed condition (c.45)

Hipkins, A.J. 'Musical Instruments', Historic, Rare and Unique, William Gibb (Illustrator), Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1888, limited edition, to 1040, Fo. full blue calf with gilt tooling and red label plus 10 History of Music and Musical Instrument titles (11)

Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother DEMO - A rare example of this 1966 78rpm record, an edited version recorded by the Sound Section at Rediffusion Television Limited, London. The playing surface of the record is in Ex Library condition with various scratches, thumb prints and wispy markings. There is no wear to the label or matrix numbers on one side and there is no label or markings to the reverse side. Complete with original company sleeve with hand written label in marker pen. Location:PortersCondition-Refer to additional photos for condition report.

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Lebanon (WEM (R) 1 T M Vincer D192540Y RN) nearly extremely fine, rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004. T. M. Vincer served as a Weapons Engineering Mechanic (Radio) First Class.

An extremely rare ‘Northern Kurdistan’ group of five awarded to Major Duncan Brown, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. Brown. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major D. Brown.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, Northern Kurdistan (Lieut. D. Brown.); Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Fourth Class breast badge, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamels, with rosette on ribbon, complete but badge detached from suspension ring; Iraq Active Service Medal, 1 clasp ‘Barzan 1932’, mounted as worn, minor enamel chips to the Iraqi Order, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £900-£1,200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 December 1918 (Major, 211th (East Lancashire) Brigade, R.F.A.). Iraq, Order of the Two Rivers, 4th Class (Military) London Gazette 20 January 1933 (Captain Duncan Brown, Royal Army Ordnance Corps). Duncan Brown was one of 5 sons of Colonel O. Brown, Chief Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, R.A. Second Lieutenant Duncan Brown served with 21st A.A. Battery R.F.A., B.E.F. from September 1915 to October 1916. His Medal Index Card confirms 1914-15 Trio, G.S.M. for Iraq and clasp for ‘Northern Kurdistan’, and ‘Iraq Active Service Medal for operations against Sheik Ahmed of Barzan 1932’.

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (6335226 Pte. A. E. Deacon, R.W. Kent R.) good very fine, rare to unit £140-£180 --- Provenance: John Etkins Collection, Glendining’s, September 1986. Albert Edward Deacon attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment and served attached to the 43rd Combined Field Ambulance in Iraq from 10 December 1919 to 17 November 1920. This is his sole entitlement; he did not receive any Great War medals. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private T. Robinson, Hampshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (41875 Pte. T. Robinson. Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (41875 Pte. T. Robinson. Hamps. R.) good very fine and rare to unit (2) £300-£400 --- One of only 16 ‘S. Persia’ clasps awarded to the Hampshire Regiment. Thomas Robinson attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 2/7th Battalion in India during the Great War, and also on attachment to the 34th Sanitary Section and Persian Gulf Sanitary Section in Persia. Sold with copied research.

A rare Great War July 1917 ‘Canal Bank, Ypres’ Tunneller’s M.C. group of four awarded to Captain E. J. Q. Dickson, 255th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. J. Q. Dickson R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E. J. Q. Dickson.); Memorial Plaque (Edward John Quayle Dickson) in card envelope, some verdigris to plaque, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dreweatt Neate, October 2007. M.C. London Gazette 17 September 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on two occasions, in entering a dug-out which had been wrecked by hostile shell fire, extricating the victims, carrying them to the dressing station 300 yards away, under heavy and continuous shell fire. By this prompt and gallant action he and his N.C.O. were the direct means of saving many lives, as the place was again hit directly after his work was completed. He has frequently proved himself an extremely gallant officer, with an utter disregard for danger when assisting others.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘‘Canal Bank, Ypres 2nd July 1917’. Edward John Quayle Dickson was born on 30 of January 1889, the son of Captain John Quayle Dickson, D.S.O., of Castletown, Isle of Man, and was educated at King’s College School London, where he was part of the Cadet Corps and had shot a Bisley, before attending St Andrew’s College, Grahamstown, South Africa between 1908 and 1912. He then studied at Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, gaining a diploma, prior to taking up work as a Mining Engineer. In 1912 he worked for a time in Mexico as Assistant at the El Oro Mine, and then between 1913 and 1915 as Chief Assistant Manager at the Dos Estrellas Mine. Given his practical experience, when such skills became in great demand on the Western Front, Dickson was soon commissioned Second Lieutenant with the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers in late October 1915. His letters of application for a commission noted that ‘His knowledge of mining is sound, and includes Surface and Underground Surveying, Timbering, Blasting and Driving’ that ‘he had a wide experience of handling men’. Dickson was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Canal Bank (Boesinghe) in July 1917, having saved ‘many lives’ by evacuating casualties from the large dugouts there, which were being regularly shelled. He was subsequently killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with the recipient’s original commission document; a Bronze Prize Medal, in case of issue by Wyon, ‘Victor Ludorum’ reverse engraved ‘E. J. Dickson, 1908’; a bronze-gilt ‘For My Country’ brooch pin; various pages from ‘The Balkan News’, ‘The Times’ an ‘Yorkshire Post’ newspapers; a ‘Parliamentary Debates- House of Commons –Monday 3rd of August, 1914’ booklet detailing the declaration of war, and other copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father and uncle, see Lots 178 and 236.

Shanghai Municipal Council Rice Depot Official’s Badge, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘13’, fitted with a small loop and chain for wearing on a fob, some enamel damage, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £400-£500

Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, “Red Hot Shot” Medal, engraved on copper, 38mm with integral loop for suspension (T. Dodd) very fine and rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: From the collection of J. Lawson Whalley, which was sold in 1884. Sold again in 1887, this medal next appeared in the collection of Lieut.-Colonel J. Murray, which was sold at Sotheby in May 1926, and in the collection of H. J. Loxley, which was sold at Glendining in October 1949, when it was purchased by Seaby, from whom it was bought by John Tamplin in July 1951, and sold as part of his collection by Dix Noonan Webb in September 2002. Some ten examples of this unusual medal have been recorded, including two held by the National Maritime Museum and another in the Regimental Museum of The Royal Norfolk Regiment. Opinions differ as to the origins of these ‘awards’; some state that they were bestowed by commanding officers on deserving soldiers, others that they were privately purchased as souvenirs and that they were made by an armourer or enterprising jeweller in Gibraltar.

A Thomas Dodd is recorded in the Pay List and Muster Roll taken at Gibraltar dated 1 May 1781, for 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery, being in the Company commanded by Captain Vaughan Lloyd, R.A. His rank is given as Mattross and he was still serving in the same company in Gibraltar in April 1783. Thomas Dodd was born in the Parish of Dunce, county Berwick, Scotland, and was enlisted by Captain Donaldson in Edinburgh on 15 December 1779, aged 19. A cordwainer by trade, he could read but not write. Dodd was promoted to Bombardier on 9 October 1804, and transferred to the Invalid Battalion on 31 March 1806 (WO 69/75 and 10/588 refer). Sold with copies of the articles written on the Red-Hot Shot Medal by Lieut.-Colonel M. E. S. Laws, O.B.E., M.C., from The Gunner, May 1951, and by John Tamplin, M.B.E., T.D., from the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Winter 1953. The latter article cautions that ‘There is no proof that this is the same [Thomas] Dodd who had the red-hot shot medal, but it is possible that this is so.’

The rare ‘G.V.R.’ Military Division B.E.M. group of five awarded to Vernon wireless operator Aircraftman 2nd Class W. Howson, Royal Air Force, for his distinguished service during a crash in Iraq on the Desert Route, 16 October 1922 - his B.E.M. being one of the first 3 awards gazetted to the R.A.F. British Empire Medal, (Military) G.V.R. (No. 330130 Aircraftman 2nd Cl. William Howson. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, first worn, good fine, remainder very fine or better (5) £800-£1,000 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 3 June 1927. The original recommendation states: ‘This airman was wireless operator of a Vickers Vernon machine which crashed on the Desert Route on the 16th October 1922. He was pinned in the wreckage and when released was unconscious and very severely shaken. On regaining consciousness he immediately erected his ground set, and although in a dazed condition worked throughout the day, repairing his instruments and endeavouring to get in touch with Amman. He eventually succeeded in picking up messages from both Baghdad and Amman.’ Fewer that 200 G.V.R. B.E.M.’s were awarded to all military personnel, of which only 38 were awarded to the R.A.F. William Howson resided at 9 Radnor Drive, Wallasey, Merseyside in later life, and provided the following typed biography of his service career in August 1978: ‘I joined the R.A.F. in 1919. I was an apprentice of Campbell and Isherwood’s after serving a 2 years’ course of instruction at Toxteth Technical Institute. I broke my apprenticeship and then was posted to Halton where I received a Recruit’s Training. I then was posted to Flowerdown near Winchester where I was U/T Wireless Operator. I passed out with 84.5%. Then was posted to Uxbridge en route for overseas. I then went to Egypt via the Teutonic where I was posted to 56 Squadron while waiting posting. I then went to 70 Squadron and after a while there I was posted to Egypt Group Headquarters for a refresher course... The Group Signal’s Officer prevailed on me to go to Helwan (instead of my returning to 70 Squadron) where 47 Squadron was, in order to get the W/T Office removed and situated in the Headquarters Block. I then went to 45 Squadron serving at Helwan, and then at Almaza, and then at Hinaidi, I was first of all on the Vimy, and then on Vernons, both made by the Vicker’s Company. I was on the Vernon which attended the Prince of Wales when he went through the Suez Canal. I was on the rearguard when we went to Deolali, and then up the Persian Gulf to Basra, we then set out by train to Baghdad, and then on to Hinaidi. I was there under S/Ldr Murray, and after a while the C/O was moved, and the new C/O was S/Ldr Harris (afterwards called Bomber Harris) and the Flight Commanders were F/Lt The Hon. Ralph Cochrane [later Air Chief Marshal], and F/Lt Saunby. While there I flew to Kirkuk, and Mosul, and afterwards to Heliopolis on two occasions. I was on one when we crashed. It was a memorable occasion. We landed at Gaza, when we had engine trouble. After we had fitted a new pressure gauge we set off to Ziza. We then took off in company with one of 70 Squadron and we had a forced landing at L.G.I. when we had engine trouble again. We lost some aircraft at L.G.I. they D.H.9.A. We had some engine fitters with us and they decided we were due for an engine change. I went on with 70 Squadron and after we had transferred my W/T gear and the Airmail we took off. We could not get height owing to the load and the atmosphere. We had a passenger on board, a Brigadier General Dobbin, who on passing a message to me caught the... We had a couple of casualties. One of these was the pilot he had a back strain, and the other one was me. I had a blow on the head and it caused me temporary loss of memory. I do not know what happened to this day. When I recovered I rigged up an aerial after finding some of where it was strewn across the desert, and got in touch with Amman. They sent a doctor out and he landed at L.G.5. and made the way to us over the desert. We finally got the tenders out, and made the way back to base with the engines and the Airmail, and the passenger... On the Brigadier’s recommendation I was recommended for the B.E.M... I gained my L.A.C.... in 1 July 1923....’ (Copy included with lot). On cessation of awards of the R.A.F. M.S.M., it was decided to recognise special distinguished and meritorious service of a high standard by the Medal of the British Order (Military) - subsequently known as the British Empire Medal. The first 3 awards to the R.A.F. were gazetted on 3 June 1927 - A.C.2. Howson being one of these. Howson states that the passenger in the aircraft was one Brigadier H.. W. Dobbin - who at the time was Colonel Commandant of the Iraq Levies.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3278 Pte. A. Dearle. 11th. Hussars.) traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine, rare to unit £140-£180 --- Alfred Dearle was born in Twickenham and attested for the 11th Hussars at Canterbury on 7 July 1891, having previously served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He served with the 11th Hussars in South Africa from 11 May to 23 October 1892 and then in India from 24 October 1892 to 19 October 1895, and took part in the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895 attached to the Army Veterinary Department as a Clerk and Line Orderly. He was discharged on 19 October 1895. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

A rare Peninsula War Guelphic Medal group of three awarded to Corporal Henry Thiele, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Henry Thiele, 1st Hussars, K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Corporal Henry Thieb (sic), 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.); Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Heinr. Thiele. Corporal dehem 1t. Hus. Regt. K... Gladebeck) officially engraved naming but with some loss from edge bruising, the last two with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the first good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1956; Elson Collection 1963. Guelphic Medal, extract from Guelphic Archives No. 142 of 1818, attested by Major von der Wisch and Captain Teuto: ‘Corporal Henry Thiele, 1st Hussars - was on a foraging party under Lieutenant von der Wisch in the neighbourhood of Santarem, 28th of February 1811, and learned that in a village half a league from thence, was an enemy’s cavalry detachment of twelve men. Lieutenant Wisch, with four hussars, one of whom was Thiele, surprised the enemy. Thiele particularly distinguished himself; he captured alone, two of the enemy’s vedettes who were posted in front of the place, then rushed with the rest into the village, where two men and four mules were taken. At Quinta de Toro on the 9th of October 1810, during the retreat into the lines, the rear-guard of the 1st Hussars was severely pressed; the horse of Lieutenant Wisch fell, wounded, and the lieutenant himself was only saved from capture, by the sacrifice made by Corporal Thiele, who gave up to him his own horse, and escaped with great difficulty on foot.’

Carib War 1773, silver, cast and chased as usual, fitted with contemporary suspension loop, very fine and rare £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dr. A. N. Brushfield Collection, Glendining’s, July 1945; Morton & Eden, April 2002.

A rare Second War ‘Somaliland operations’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Askari Simon, 2nd Battalion, King’s African Rifles, for his gallantry during the famous defence of the Tug Argan Pass in August 1940 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5424 Askari Simon. K.A. Rif.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, contact marks, generally very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- K.A.R. D.C.M. London Gazette 11 February 1941: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Somaliland’ One of eleven ‘African’ D.C.M.s gazetted in 1941 (four to the King’s African Rifles; three to the Somaliland Camel Corps; and four to the Northern Rhodesia Regiment). On 18 June 1942 the African D.C.M. was abolished, with the Regiments concerned instead receiving the ‘Imperial’ (British) D.C.M., and the award of Simon’s King’s African Rifles D.C.M. was cancelled and replaced with the Imperial D.C.M. in the London Gazette 21 July 1942. The original Recommendation states: ‘Somaliland. Outstanding gallantry in the face of the enemy on 12 August [1940] in the Mirgo Pass. This young soldier displayed remarkable coolness and courage in returning with his section commander to retrieve a box of Bren Gun magazines left behind when the enemy had overrun his section position.’ Simon, son of Muhowa, a member of the Nguru Tribe, was born in Twanga Village, Mlanje District, and attested for the King’s African Rifles at Zomba on 12 October 1939. He served with the 1st/2nd Battalion during the Second World War in Somaliland, East Africa, and Ceylon, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry during the Italian invasion of British Somaliland in August 1940. Askaris at War in Abyssinia gives the following account: ‘A few weeks after the siege of Moyale, the Italians invaded British Somaliland with an army of 25,000 men, 27 tanks, 100 armoured cars, and at least 20 big guns. Our little army consisted of 1,500 men, who came from Britain, India, and East Africa. There were the Somaliland Camel Corps, the 1st Northern Rhodesian Regiment, the 2nd Battalion, King’s African Rifles, and the East African Light Battery. On came the Italians, through Hargeisa (the headquarters of our government), through Kodi Yera, into the mountains, and down towards the coastal plains. Here, on the road from Hargeisa to Berbera, they they had to pass through a narrow place called the Tug Argan Gap and there they found our forces waiting for them. We were outnumbered by 15 to 1, but our men were determined that the enemy should not get through the pass until they had had to fight for it very hard. At this time the Italians had not yet become demoralised by many defeats and they still thought that they were brave and skilful fighters. They surged forward like wildebeeste charging blindly, but the African Askaris were like lions - brave and cunning. Many of the African soldiers were awarded D.C.M.s for their courage in this battle. Private Ronald, 2/K.A.R., remained at his post with his mortar under heavy artillery fire, regardless of his own safety, and set a fine example to his comrades. Later on, when the only European available was in the observation post, he kept his mortar in action with the greatest skill and coolness. Then there were Lance-Corporal Raphael and Private Simon, both 2/K.A.R., who inflicted many casualties on the enemy by firing their Bren guns with great devotion to duty. Later on 12 August, when their platoon was forced to withdraw, they returned to their gun position, and rescued a box of Bren gun ammunition. In the end, in spite of the Italians’ efforts, nearly all the 1st Northern Rhodesian Regiment and 2nd King’s African Rifles got safely away to Berbera.’ For his defence of ‘Observation Hill’ at the Tug Argan Pass, Captain Eric Wilson of the Somaliland Camel Corps was awarded the Victoria Cross. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Five: Chief Petty Officer A. Newbery, Royal Navy South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (A. Newbury, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Boadicea); 1914-15 Star (97886 A. Newbery, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (97886 A. Newbury, C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. Newbery, Gr’s Mte., H.M.S. Excellent) note variations in surname spelling, mounted court-style for display purposes, the first and last with contact marks, otherwise very fine or better and a rare combination of awards (5) £700-£900 --- Alfred Newbery was born at Gosport in September 1861 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1876. Present in H.M.S. Boadicea during the operations off South Africa in 1879 (Medal), he was appointed Gunner’s Mate in April 1887 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1889. Pensioned ashore as a Chief Petty Officer in May 1904, he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve and was duly recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He subsequently appears to have served as a C.P.O. Instructor for much of the war and was demobilised from H.M.S. Mars in September 1919. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

An extremely rare ‘Northern Nigeria 1900’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major J. Heffernan, Royal Artillery, late West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (54705 Bty:-Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: J. Heffernan. R.A.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Serjt: J. Heffernan. R.F.A.) official correction to last four letters of surname; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria (54705 B.Q.M. Sgt. J. Heffernan, Royal Field Arty.) naming unofficially re-engraved; British War and Victory Medals (36076 W.O. Cl. 2 J. Heffernan. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (54705 Bty. Sjt. Maj. J. Heffernan. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (B.S. Mjr. J. Hefferman [sic] D.C.M. R.A.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine or better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 April 1902: ‘Battery-Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Heffernan, Royal Field Artillery, late West African Frontier Force (Tawari Expedition).’ Army Order 10 January 1903. L.S. & G.C. Army Order 172 of October 1904, with Gratuity. M.S.M. Army Order 227 of December 1941, with Annuity. The following report is taken from the despatch of F. D. Lugard, High Commissioner, to The Rt. Hon. The Secretary of State (London Gazette April 16, 1901): ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Lowry Cole, on the completion of the Mitchi operations, proceeded rapidly from Loko up the Okwa River to join the other two surveys at the rendezvous at Gierko. All three were concentrated there at the beginning of May. On the 9th Colonel Cole marched the whole force against a pagan town named Lemo, who had kidnapped a carrier. The people concerned (Kadaras) are a brave but lawless tribe, who had long defied the power of Zaria and the Fulanis. The town was defended by a 10 feet wall and deep ditch. The gate was breached by fire from the 7-pr. guns, and Colonels Cole and Morland and Captain Abadie charged it, but being unsupported by the troops, who had not apparently been concentrated for the charge, were forced back again. Colonel Cole was severely wounded by a poisoned arrow in the neck, and Colonel Morland took command. Colonel Morland made fresh dispositions, and formed a regular assaulting party 30 strong under Captain Bryan, who was followed by Captain Abadie with a subsection. These stormed the gate and entered the town, which was full of mud-wall enclosures, and where a sustained resistance was offered, the defenders being only slowly driven back to the rear of the town. The casualties among the enemy were very heavy, while those among our troops were Colonel Cole, severely wounded; and Captains Bryan and Abadio and Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], slightly wounded; four rank and file killed, nine wounded, as well as one carrier. The troops engaged in this affair were:- Lieutenant-Colonels Cole and Morland. Captains Bryan and Abadie. Lieutenants Dyer and Macarthy-Morough. Colour-Sergeants Hudson and Tucker. Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], R.A, and Sergeant Smith, R. A. Drs. Grant and Thompson. One hundred and eighty rank and file, with two Maxims and two 7-prs. Colonel Cole brings forward for special mention the names of Lieutenant-Colonel Morland, Captains Abadio and Bryan, Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], and Dr. Thompson (who sucked the poison from Colonel Cole's wound).’ Lugard also submitted a request to the Secretary of State for the Colonies at the Colonial Office, London, seeking promotion for Sergeant Heffernan, dated January 1st, 1901, which stated: ‘I have the honour to submit for your approval the name of Sergeant J. Heffernan R.A., Local Battalion Sergeant Major, for promotion in the R.A. to the rank of Battery Sergeant Major, or of Battery Quartermaster Sergeant. He is reported by the Commandant [W.A.F.F.] as “smart and energetic, has taken part in several expeditions, and in 2 actions has been in sole command of the guns; on one occasion of 3 guns and on this occasion of a section. He was wounded at Limu in May, and mentioned by Your Excellency in your despatch to the Secretary of State. He is one of the original members of this Force and has probably missed promotion in the Royal Artillery owing to his long absence in the Colonial Office.” I had the honour of favourably bringing him to your notice in my despatch, West African Frontier Force No. 99 of July 16th.’ Sold with copied London Gazette despatches and other research.

Three: Company Sergeant-Major L. W. Jones, Royal Garrison Artillery East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (79384 Serjt. L. W. Jones. R.A.) officially engraved naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Uganda 1900 (79384 Sgt. L. W. Jones. R.G.A.) high relief bust, officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (79384 C.S. Mjr: L. W. Jones. R.G.A.) the first two with contact marks, nearly very fine, the last good very fine and a rare group (3) £1,400-£1,800

A rare First Boer War 1881 ‘Siege of Potchefstroom’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Driver Alfred Pead, Royal Artillery, for gallantry in rescuing a severely wounded man under heavy fire and successfully bringing him into the fort in safety Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Driv: A. Pead. R.A. 22nd Jany. 1881.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (4754. Driv: A. Pead. 5th Bde. R.A.) scroll suspension on the second a little bent, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise about very fine (2) £8,000-£10,000 --- Provenance: City Coins Postal Auction, September 2003. D.C.M. Recommendation submitted to the Queen, 21 September 1882; Royal Artillery Regimental Order No. 59 of December 1882: ‘Her Majesty, on the recommendation of His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief, has been pleased to approve of the grant of... silver medals (without annuity or gratuity) to the undermentioned men in recognition of gallant conduct performed by them during the investment of Potchefstroom by the Boers, viz.:- No. 10205, Driver R. Gibson, N Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery. No. 10127, Trumpeter N. H. Martin, N Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery. No. 16832, Driver A. Pead, T Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Artillery.’ In a report submitted by Major C. Thornhill, Officer Commanding the Royal Artillery at Potchefstroom, dated 23 March 1881, he records as follows: “Further I have to bring to your attention the conspicuous gallantry of Drivers Gibson and Pead and Trumpter Martin, who on the occasion of the attack on the trenches on the 22nd January went out under the very heavy fire, and at great Personal risk carried in 2 wounded men. In the first instance Dvr. Gibson and Trumpeter Martin carried in Dvr. Walsh N/5 R.A. who I regret to say has since died of his wounds - and in the second instance Dvr. Gibson and Dvr. Pead carried in Private Colvin 2/21st Royal Scots Fus. - Dvr. Gibson thus being present in both instances which occurred within a few moments of each other. These acts speak of themselves without any further comment of mine.” Driver Alfred Pead was subsequently wounded at Potchefstroom on 1 February 1882. The medal was presented by the Queen at Windsor Castle on 8 December 1882, the following report being published in The Ipswich Journal, on 12 December: ‘THE GARRISON - On Friday last, Mr Pead, late driver F Battery 1st Brigade Royal Artillery, and formerly stationed here, received instructions to proceed to Windsor to receive the medal for distinguished conduct in the field, for an act of bravery performed during the late campaign in South Africa. The following is a brief account of the circumstances - In February (sic), 1881, a small detachment of the British Forces of the Royal Artillery and 21st Fusiliers occupied at fort at Potchefstroom. The Boers held a sap not far off and greatly troubled our small detachment. Volunteers were called for to try and dislodge the enemy. Twenty men, under command of Lieut. Hay, 21st Fusiliers, immediately came forward. The attack was on the whole successful. One man was severely wounded when Drivers Pead and Gibson and Trumpeter Martin, under very heavy fire from the enemy, succeeded in bringing the wounded man into the fort in safety. Driver Gibson and Trumpeter Martin shared the honour of each receiving a medal at Windsor. Mr Pead is, we believe, a native of Ipswich.’ Alfred Pead attested for the Royal Artillery on 13 October 1870, aged 19, and was posted to “F” Battery, 18 Brigade. He subsequently transferred to “M” Battery, 2 Brigade (No. 1899) and then to “A” Battery, 5 Brigade on 1 March 1879 (No. 4754); to Cape of Good Hope, 11 March 1879, and joined N/5 Brigade in South Africa, ‘being engaged against the Zulus’. “A” Battery subsequently became “T” Battery, 1 Brigade, and Pead served with this battery during the First Boer War (No. 16832) until invalided from South Africa on 3 June 1881, aboard the mail steamer Castle Duart to Netly Hospital and then to Depot 5 Brigade at Woolwich. On 7 October 1882, Pead was discharged time expired to Ipswich. Note: Awards for gallant and distinguished services during the First Boer War amounted to six V.C.s; one C.B.; four R.R.C.s; one C.G.M., and 20 D.C.M.s. No campaign medal, however, was issued. Sold original cutting from The Ipswich Journal, as quoted above, and with full research including muster details and copies of the relevant War Office records from The National Archives.

Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, no clasp (Cdr S E Foster RNR) in named ‘Operation Veritas’ card box of issue, extremely fine, rare £400-£500 --- A note with the lot states that Commander S. E. Foster was employed as a Royal Naval Liaison Officer with the United States Navy Central Command.

The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Private F. Howes, 20th Hussars, who was one of four members of the Regiment killed during the cavalry charge at Gemaizah on 20 December 1888 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2680. Pte. F. Howes. 20th. Hussars.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £1,400-£1,800 --- F. Howes attested for the 20th Hussars and was killed in action during the cavalry charge at Gemaizah on 20 December 1888: ‘It was indeed a glorious charge, though marred with grief and pain. For Newton, Thomas, Jordan, Howes, were numbered with the slain. We bore them from the field of strife with tenderness and love. And trusted that their souls had found a resting place above. Then our thoughts returned to Cairo camp, with mottoes and its flowers. With saddened recollections of its gay and festive bowers. We wept for our gallant comrades, as still in death they lay. And in the camp of our beaten foes we spent our Christmas Day.’ (The reflections of Trooper E. L. Wedlake, 20th Hussars, refer). The four men of the 20th Hussars were re-interred in the Khartoum Cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (25280. Gunr. S. McEwen. 5/1st Sco: Div: R.A.) toned, nearly extremely fine and rare £300-£400 --- Approximately 11 clasps for Tofrek issued to 1st Brigade Scottish Division R.A., the only artillery present at this action.

A most unusual family group to the three Hamilton brothers, all of whom were killed or died in the Boer War Pair: Lieutenant Alastair Hamilton, Royal Irish Fusiliers, wounded in the action at Pieter’s Hill and later killed by lightning at Machadodorp in December 1902
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Lieut: A. Hamilton, Rl. Irish Fus:) officially impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. A. Hamilton. Rl. Irish Fus.) officially engraved naming, extremely fine The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Mounted Infantry, who died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein in May 1900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein (299 Trpr: K. Hamilton, Ceylon M.I.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper Ernest Hamilton, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, who was killed in action at Sheeper’s Nek on 20 May 1900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (631 Tpr: E. Hamilton. Bethune’s M.I.) officially impressed naming, all contained in an attractive contemporary fitted leather breakfront glazed display case with ivorine name labels, extremely fine, the group as a whole very rare (4) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2012. Lieutenant Alastair Hamilton was wounded in the fierce fighting at Pieter’s Hill on 27 February 1900, the capture of which cleared the way for the relief of Ladysmith by the cavalry the following day. His medals are accompanied by a contemporary hand-written transcript of a letter to his mother, written during the action whilst he lay wounded, describing the attack: ‘My dear Mother
We advanced today about 9 a.m. to take a hill to our front, which we did without much trouble, only losing a few men.
About 5.15 p.m. we advanced to take a small hill to our right which was strongly held. The Dublin Fusiliers being unable to manage it, we had to advance about half a mile over an open space under a heavy fire. A shell burst about ten yards from me and knocked over one of the men, but he was not hurt. We lay down to get our wind and a shell hit the handle of my knob carry and smashed the knob in three places and made a great gravel rush in my wrist, but there was not much blood.
Then we advanced about 700 yards to a small kopie where the D.F’s were. We again rested, then we advanced over another open bit and about half way I was hit in the ankle, at about 6 p.m., and am now lagging behind and am with bullets dropping round me pretty thick. The Company is about 100 yards in front under a stone wall. We were first in, and no one else has gone in passed me, but now they come. I was afraid they were going to give it up, but they are going up splendidly under a heavy fire. I am not 500 yards from the hill it is hard not to be able to go in as I had hoped, but no such luck. I am not in much pain, but hope I shall not have to crawl in, as I do not think the bullet came out as there is only one hole in my boot, so the least movement hurts a bit. We seem to be making a turning movement there are a lot of our men returning on my right under a heavy fire which makes a cross fire for me, I shall not be hit again I feel sure, but the bullets throw dust and stones over me every now and then. I expect you will get a wire tonight, I hope they will only put slight, as I am sure it is not bad. The evening star has just come out, so it will soon be dark, we must be doing well as the firing is not nearly so heavy, but may break out again at any moment. I am very sick at being hit, but must make the best of it. I think we are getting in but I wish I could hear them cheer. Well it is getting dark and the firing less and our men out of sight. I shall soon make tracks and hope soon to fall in with the stretcher bearers so good bye. 7 p.m.’ Alastair Hamilton was killed by lightning at Machadodorp on 5 December 1902. Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Contingent, died of enteric at Bloemfontein on 13 May 1900. Trooper Ernest Hamilton, H Squadron, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, was killed in action at Sheeper’s Nek on 20 May 1900. There is a marble cross in the cemetery at Machadodorp dedicated to these three brothers:
"In loving memory Alistair Hamilton, late Royal Irish Fusiliers. Killed by lightning Dec. 5th 1902. Aged 28 years.
Also of Ernest. Killed in Action at Vryheid May 20th 1900. Aged 22 years.
Also of Kenneth. Died at Bloemfontein May 16th 1900. Aged 24 years.” This group is also accompanied by a contemporary cutting from the Black and White Budget, or similar, with portrait photographs of “Four Fighting Brothers”. The fourth brother was Sub-Inspector J. Hamilton, Natal Mounted Police. There was a fifth brother, Patrick, a Captain in the Worcestershire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who was killed on flying manoeuvres during Military Trials, when his machine fell from some 500 feet in Graveley, near Stevenage, Herts, on 6 September 1912. He was aged 30 years.