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Click here to subscribeLESLIE HARRADINE FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a figure, HN1335 'Folly' (Balloons), rare colourway, introduced 1929, withdrawn by 1938, impressed date 2.1.29 (First year of production), height 21cm.Footnote: For a similar figure please see page 219 of 'The Royal Doulton Figures Book' by Eyles, Dennis and Irvine (Third Version)Additional InformationFaint hairline crack to the base, which runs up the figure (plinth), the odd minor scratch to the paint on the base.
LESLIE HARRADINE FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a rare figure, HN 774, 'The Bather' (second version, Model 486), introduced 1925, withdrawn by 1938, height 18cm.Footnote: Footnote: For a similar figure please see page 188 of 'The Royal Doulton Figures Book' by Eyles, Dennis and Irvine (Third Version)Additional InformationThe figure is presented well, minor glaze crazing throughout the figure, restoration to her head and neck, no chips or cracks.
LESLIE HARRADINE FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a rare figure, HN1289 'The Midinette' (first version, Model 598), introduced 1928, withdrawn by 1938, impressed date 2.10.29, height 21.5cm.Footnote: Footnote: For a similar figure please see page 209 of 'The Royal Doulton Figures Book' by Eyles, Dennis and Irvine (Third Version)Additional InformationThe figure is presented well, there is a small sliver chip to the yellow bow, light glaze crazing, vertical glaze crack running through the handwritten script. There is a crack which starts on the corner of the base and runs into the plinth of the base and across her left ankle/leg. Light wear to the paintwork in parts. Small crack to the underside of her dress which does terminate into the main body of the dress. There is also unusual glaze gather/joining point where the figure meets the plinth. There is a definite colour change from white to yellow, although this does not show up under UV light.
ROYAL DOULTON; a rare figure, HN1749 'Pierette' (third version, Model 659), with playing cards, introduced 1936, withdrawn by 1949, impressed date 3.2.36, complete with original label, height 22cm.For a similar figure please see page 230 of 'The Royal Doulton Figures Book' by Eyles, Dennis and Irvine (Third Version)Additional InformationThe figure is presented well, in good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration.
LESLIE HARRADINE FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a rare figure, HN1249 'Circe', introduced 1927, withdrawn by 1937 (this figure is a larger model of HN1233 'Susannah'), height 19.5cm.Footnote: Please see page 201 of 'The Royal Doulton Figures Book' by Eyles, Dennis and Irvine for a similar example.Additional InformationLight glaze crazing, restoration to her dress and possible touch-ups to the paintwork.
LESLIE HARRADINE FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a figure, HN1699 'Marietta' (green, pink and spotted cloak), very rare colourway, introduced 1939, withdrawn by 1949, impressed date 4.4.35 (first year of production), height 19.5cm.Footnote: For a similar figure please see page 222 of 'The Royal Doulton Figures Book' by Eyles, Dennis and Irvine (Third Version)Additional InformationThe figure displays very well, there is minimal wear to the paintwork to the reverse of the cloak, there are two cracks which starts from the edges of the cloak and runs horizontally into the main body of the figure, the figure has been sprayed near the cracks to conceal the damage.
CHARLES JOHN NOKE AND HARRY NIXON FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a rare earthenware 'Chang ' vase of bulbous form vase with flat neck, decorated with an uneven variegated polychrome glaze running down the vase in tones of blue, red and green, circa 1925-1940, shape no.1466, signed NOKE and with HN monogram for Harry Nixon, impressed 1.12.20 and with Chang scipt mark, height 16.5cm.Additional InformationLight scratches to the glaze. There is a firing mark/blemish to part of the glaze.
A large and rare Chinese bronze censer with simple loop handles, three tapering supports and Xuande Reign mark to base, diameter 20.5cm, approx. 3876g, sold with associated modern stand, 17th/18th century.Provenance: private collection in Surrey. Additional InformationWe believe the censer to be 17th/18th century rather than of the period. It has an even brown tone with some rubbing in parts revealing a darker colour, noticeably around the bellied section. The interior shows signs of heavy use.
A large and rare Chinese Tang Dynasty (618 - 906 AD) model of a camel with unusual grotesque mask saddle bags and raised on integral rectangular base, height 70cm.Please note: This lot has been thermoluminescence dated by Oxford Authentication and has been confirmed to be period. Certificate accompanies the lot.Provenance: private collection, North Yorkshire. Additional InformationOverall in good condition and retaining traces of the painted decoration.The certificate does say ‘consistent’.
A Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.S.O. and M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Lloyd, commanding 1/1st Denbigh Yeomanry, later re-designated as 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R. C. Lloyd.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. R. C. Lloyd. Denbigh Yeo.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, the last five mounted as worn and contained in a contemporary fitted glazed display case with the D.S.O. still on its original integral ribbon brooch, obverse centre depressed on the D.S.O., otherwise good very fine, the TFWM rare to unit (6) £3,600-£4,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 2 April 1919; citation published 10 December 1919: ‘Captain (acting Major) Roderick Croil Lloyd, M.C., 1/1st Denbigh Yeomanry, attached 24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. During the successful operations of 31st October 1918, in the vicinity of Tieghem, he showed great gallantry and able leadership in command of his Battalion. At one period of the operations he went forward to the leading Company Commander, and with him so effectively reorganised the Company under heavy fire that he was able to order it forward to the attack on the second objective. He then found the supporting Company, who had lost direction, reorganised it and placed it in position’. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘Captain (acting Major), 1/1st Denbigh Yeomanry.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1918 (Egypt) and 5 July 1919 (France). Roderick Croil Lloyd was born in Flint, Mold, on 3 July 1885, the son of Major Edward Lloyd and his wife Ethel Mary. Educated at Cheltenham College, he was first commissioned in the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry as Second Lieutenant on 30 August 1902; Lieutenant, 1 April 1908; Lieutenant, Denbigh Yeomanry, from T.F. Reserve of Officers, 19 August 1914; Temporary Major, 7 May 1916; Acting Major whilst employed on H.Q. of a Yeomanry Regiment, 20 June 1918; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 9 November 1918, whilst commanding a Yeomanry Battalion. Relinquishing the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 December 1918, he was promoted substantive Lieutenant-Colonel on 7 March 1921. Post War he commanded the 5th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 10 September 1920. Serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 3 March 1916 with the Denbighshire Yeomanry, on 1 March 1917 whilst in Egypt it was re-designated 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Territorial Force. Leaving Egypt on 30 April 1918, the Battalion arrived in France on 18 May 1918. On 21 June 1918, it became part of 94th Brigade, 31st Division and took part in the following actions: battle of St Quentin, battle of Bapaume, battles of Arras, Estaires, Hazebrouck, defence of the Nieppe Forest, attack at La Becque, capture of Vieux Berguin, battle of Ypres including the action at Tieghem. War Services of Army Officers (1920) records that Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd was wounded. Post War he returned to his estate and probably continued his former career as a Land Agent. He married Joan Tate on 29 April 1924, whose family owned the well-known Tate & Lyle Company. He was a J.P. of Denbigh and died there in 1971 aged 86 years.
Eight: Sick Berth Petty Officer A. Bennison, Royal Navy, who served with the British Naval Mission to Serbia 1915-16 1914-15 Star (M.4003, A. Bennison, S.B.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.4003 A. Bennison. 2 S.B.S., R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.4003 A. Bennison. S.B.P.O. H.M.S. Revenge); Serbia, Kingdom, Medal for Zeal, silvered bronze, most silvering lost from obverse; Medal for the Retreat from Albania 1915, bronze, mounted as worn, some edge bruising, fine or better and a rare group (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Alan Bennison was born in Dulwich, London on 13 January 1894. A Mechanic by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy on 22 January 1912 as a Provisional Sick Berth Attendant. He was confirmed at that rank in October 1912 when based at Haslar Hospital. During the war he served at Malta Hospital, June 1914-February 1915; Egmont (Malta), February 1915-February 1916; from Malta Bennison was sent out with the British Naval Mission to Serbia under Rear-Admiral Troubridge in 1915. It consisted of a torpedo and mining party and eight 4.7” guns. Each gun had 3 seaman gunners in the crew to train the Serbians. The unit also had a picket boat which was used to attack Austrian Monitors. Peter Singlehurst records that the crew of the picket boat all received Serbian awards (OMRS Journal 2000 p60 refers). He returned to Haslar Hospital, February 1916-November 1917; and the repair ship Assistance, November 1917-September 1920, being advanced to 2nd Class Sick Berth Steward in January 1918 and Leading Sick Berth Attendant in August 1920. For his services during the defence of Belgrade he was awarded the Serbian Medal for Zeal in silver. He was promoted to Sick Berth Petty Officer whilst on the battleship Revenge in October 1924 and was awarded the Long Service Medal whilst on the same vessel in 1927. Sold with copied record of service which confirms Serbian Medal for Zeal.
A rare and well-documented campaign group of seven awarded to Group Captain W. H. Dolphin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Indian Marine, who was one of the World’s pioneer aviators, being awarded the Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate No. 82, 9 May 1911. A hugely experienced pilot, who was mentioned in despatches for his services during the Great War and on the North West Frontier in 1919, and who was bestowed with the Order of the Nile by King Fuad of Egypt 1914-15 Star (Asst. Engr. W. H. Dolphin, R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. H. Dolphin. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Ft-Lt. W. H. Dolphin, R.A.F.) 2nd and 3rd clasps riveted together and loose on riband as issued, surname and unit partially officially corrected; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge by Lattes, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, generally very fine or better (lot) £1,800-£2,200 --- Approximately 117 ‘Mahsud’ clasps awarded to the Royal Air Force, 66 of which appear in 3 clasp medals. Wilfred Herbert Dolphin was born in Duddeston, Birmingham in May 1882. The following was provided by the Victoria Times, B.C. in 1936: ‘One of Great Britain’s pioneer aviation pilots, Wing Commander W. H. Dolphin, who recently retired from the Royal Air Force is an interesting visitor to Victoria in the course of a holiday tour of the world. Wing Commander Dolphin is visiting this continent for the first time after a life spent mostly on service in the Far East, India, Afghanistan, Mesopotamia or Iraq as it is now known. Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Malta, each in turn having been the scene of his activities during the last thirty years. Wing Commander Dolphin has the distinction of having worn the uniforms of all three services. Originally serving in the Royal Indian Marine, now the Royal Indian Navy, as an engineer officer, he later transferred to the Indian Army in search of more excitement, and from there was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps seeing active service with all three forces. It was in 1910, while on leave from India, that Wing Commander Dolphin made his first flight with Claude Grahame White, flying in what he describes as “a sort of flying bird cage.” He decided to master the art of flying and in May 1911, was granted his pilot’s certificate by the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain, his certificate being number 82. He associated himself with the well known pioneer of aviation, Gordon England, and the late Col. James Valentine during the early part of 1911 and had many interesting experiences with them, both in England and in France. But it was not until he was seconded for service with the Royal Air Force that he was able to make use of his knowledge of aircraft and skill as a pilot. On the formation of the R.A.F. he was gazetted to a permanent commission and has been largely concerned with the technical development of that service, although he continued active flying until shortly before his retirement last January. Among the many interesting personalities he was associated with during his R.A.F. service was Air Commodore Raymond Collishaw, the former Nanaime boy who after a distinguished career during the war is now one of the outstanding figures in the air force in Great Britain. Wing Commander Dolphin has had a career of great interest which, although arduous was full of excitement and adventure. He numbers among his many experiences life in the palaces of various Oriental rulers, expeditions against tribesmen of the Northwest Frontier, and of Kurdistan, and epic flights over inaccessible mountain country where a forced landing generally meant instant destruction, as well as tiger shoots in Bengal and big game hunting in many other parts by way of diversion. Twice mentioned in despatches, Wing Commander Dolphin has in addition to the 1914-18 war medals, the Indian Northwest Frontier medal with three clasps and the Egyptian Order of the Nile, presented to him personally by the late King Fuad of Egypt at an investiture at the Abdin Palace in Alexandria in 1922.....’ Dolphin had initially been employed as an automobile engineer, and learned to fly in a Hanriot Monoplane at Brooklands, gaining his Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate, 9 May 1911. Prior to this he had spent time in India, and was a Freemason and member of the Deccan Lodge. He initially served during the Great War as an Assistant Engineer with the Royal Indian Marine, before ultimately transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force (M.I.D.). Dolphin advanced to Captain in April 1918, and served as a pilot on the North West Frontier (M.I.D. for Afghanistan 1919). Dolphin advanced to Squadron Leader in June 1923, served in Egypt the following year [Order of the Nile, 4th Class], and was appointed Commanding Officer, Marine Section, Basrah, Iraq in 1926. During the latter posting he was in charge of RAF vessels using the waterways of Iraq. Dolphin advanced to Wing Commander in July 1931, and retired in January 1936. After carrying out his ‘World Tour’, Dolphin was recalled for service at the outbreak of the Second World War. He retired as Group Captain in August 1941. Sold with the following related original documentation: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 23 October 1918; Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate, numbered ‘82’, dated 9 May 1911, and complete with photograph - this rare; Royal Indian Marine enclosure addressed to recipient at H.Q., R.A.F. Middle East, Egypt forwarding his 1914-15 Star from R.I.M Dockyard, Bombay, dated 21 December 1922; Air Ministry enclosure addressed to recipient at the Aircraft Depot, R.A.F. Aboukir, Egypt, forwarding the I.G.S. with ‘Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919’ clasp, dated 3 May 1923; Bestowal Document for the Order of the Nile, with R.A.F. Middle East enclosure, dated 19 August 1919; passport, photographic images of recipient in uniform including attending to the Duchess of Gloucester during an official visit in 1941, and copied research.
Three: Private J. Hazan, Zion Mule Corps 1914-15 Star (625 Pte. J. Hazan. Zion Mule C.); British War and Victory Medals (T4-232813 Dvr. J. Hazan. A.S.C.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly extremely fine, rare to unit (3) £500-£700 --- Joseph (Joussef) Hazan was born in 1897 and attested in Egypt for service with the Zion Mule Corps, the first Jewish military unit to be raised during the Great War. The idea of a Jewish regiment had been formulated by the Zionist activist, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who had been instrumental in persuading expelled Palestinian Jews, of both Ashkenazi (Eastern European) and Sephardic (North African, Portuguese and Spanish) heritage, to enlist to fight against the Turks. Together with Joseph Trumpeldor, a one-armed veteran of the Russo-Japanese war, he had lobbied the British Commander in Egypt, General Sir John Maxwell, of the need for a Jewish regiment, but the only suggested response was the Zion Mule Corps, the first draft of whom, left for Gallipoli in April 1915. Although the Corps was only employed in a transport role, some 650 Jewish men enlisted under their first commander, Colonel John Patterson, an Irish Protestant, who was well versed in both Jewish history and the Bible stories of his youth. He ensured that daily orders were given in Hebrew, Kosher food was provided for his men, (including unleavened bread during Passover), and encouraged the depiction of traditional Jewish symbols throughout the unit. Acutely aware that the Jewish people had not possessed an army for almost two millennia, as a boy, Patterson had read about Joab who had been appointed by King David to command his army. He saw himself in a similar light, even looking the other way when some of the Muleteers actually took up arms and fought, during a charge on Turkish positions, alongside the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Yet their role as Muleteers led them to become increasingly frustrated and distant from their aim to oust the Turks from Palestine. In June 1915, just two months following their April arrival in Gallipoli, 75 members of the first draft requested repatriation to Egypt. Patterson, much to Trumpeldor’s exasperation, had the three ringleaders tied to the wheels of a wagon, flogged and put on a punishment ration of bread and water for three days, explaining that, if the Zion Mule Corps was to become the nucleus of a Jewish army, then there had to be both unity and discipline. He recalled the example of Moses berating the wandering and squabbling children of Israel before entering the Promised Land. Due to heavy losses, a second draft left for Gallipoli in September 1915, of which Hazan appears to have been a member, as the date of entry on both of his Medal Index Cards is noted as 3 September 1915. At the end of the Gallipoli campaign, the Zion Mule Corps returned to Egypt before being disbanded on 26 May 1916. Some of their men appear to have transferred to the Army Service Corps, and over a hundred travelled to London to enlist in the 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. After the Great War, and taking the surname of ‘Chazan’, he settled in Glasgow, Scotland, where he died, aged 84, on 10 January 1961. Sold with copy Medal Index Cards, copy medal roll extracts and a scanned photograph of the recipient, with his wife, in later life.
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Corpl. A. Dyasson. Northn. Bord: Horse.) virtually Mint state, rare to unit £500-£700 --- A. Dyasson (also recorded as Dyason) appears on the most recent published transcript of the medal roll as having served with the Jansenville Yeomanry, one of only 6 Officers and men of the unit to receive the medal, and the only man to receive it with the clasp 1877-8-9. He does not appear on the roll for the Northern Border Horse (15 medals awarded to this unit), although in common with a lot of the men who served with the smaller Colonial units it is likely that he served with both the Jansenville Yeomanry and the Northern Border Horse.
Imperial Service Medal, E.VII.R., Lady’s badge with wreath (Johanna Phelan) mounted on original lady’s bow riband with Elkington pin brooch, good very fine and rare to a female Irish recipient £400-£500 --- I.S.M. London Gazette 14 October 1910: ‘Johanna Phelan, Assistant Supervisor, Post Office, Dublin.’
A rare Great War Posthumous D.C.M. group of four to Sapper A. W. Kay, 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for endeavouring to rescue a wounded man under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, at Kemmel, near Ypres on 12 March 1915; Sapper Kay was killed in the attempt and so was the wounded man he went out to save Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23921 Sapr. A. W. Kay. 57/F. Co. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (23921 Sapr: A. W. Kay. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (23921 Sapr. A. W. Kay. R.E.) together with Memorial Plaque (Arthur William Kay) in its card envelope with Buckingham Palace enclosure and outer O.H.M.S. transmission envelope addressed to his father, and named Memorial Scroll (Sapr. Arthur William Kay, D.C.M. Royal Engineers) extremely fine (4) £2,000-£3,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in endeavouring to rescue a wounded man under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. Sapper Kay was killed in the attempt and so was the wounded man he went out to save.’ Arthur William Kay was born in Birmingham and joined the army before the war. He landed in France on 16 August 1914, with the 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers, as part of the original British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action on 12 March 1915, whilst attempting to rescue a wounded comrade, 23356 Sapper H. S. Regan, who unfortunately also died. The War Diary for 57th Field Company R.E. indicates that from March 7th to March 13th the unit involved in laying out and supervising the digging of new trenches near Kemmel. During that period five other men were reported as being wounded but Kay and Regan were the only two fatalities. Both men are commemorated in Wytschaete Military Cemetery, their graves originally known to have been in the R.E. (Beaver) Farm cemetery but could not be found when these small cemeteries were amalgamated after the armistice. The cemetery is located about 7k south of Ypres. Kay was aged about 20 when he died and was the son of Mr & Mrs A. E. Kay of 49 Cartland Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Sold with copied research including photographs of the headstones of both men buried close to each other.
Shipping Federation Medal for Meritorious Service, 1st (1910) type, silver (A. Hellman 12th. January 1922) unmounted, small test-mark to edge, nearly extremely fine, rare £300-£400 --- Arthur Hellman, an Able Seaman in the S.S. Dalton of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was, along with Second Officer Robert Spencer; Boatswain Martin Wennerburg; Able Seaman Arthur Edward Clerk; and Donkeyman Henry Fudge, all of the Dalton, awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in Bronze; the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal in silver; and the Shipping Federation Medal for Meritorious Service. ‘On the 12th January 1922, the S.S. Tidal of Cardiff, laden with coal, was in distress about 8 miles off the Corton Lightship, near Lowestoft, the vessel having shipped tremendous seas, which caused her to take a heavy and increasing list. In response to signals of distress the S.S. Dalton of Newcastle-upon-Tyne came to her assistance, and although the weather conditions were very bad the master of the Dalton decided to try to launch a boat. Volunteers were called for, and after the Dalton had been manoeuvred about 50 yards to the windward of the Tidal a life-boat, in charge of Mr Robert Spencer and manned by the seamen mentioned, was launched and succeeded in rescuing the crew and passengers consisting of ten men, two women, and three children, and safely transferred them to the Dalton. The rescuing boat had only gone some 30 yards on the return journey when the Tidal foundered.’ (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scrlett refers). A piece of Plate (Salver) value £15 was awarded by the Board of Trade to James J. Shaw, Master of the Dalton, and a pair of Binoculars value £8.2.6 to Robert Spencer, Second Officer. Henry Fudge was subsequently selected for the ‘Emile Robin’ award for 1922.
Egypt, Republic, Order of National Merit, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 82mm including surmounting eagle suspension x 52mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with mint mark and silver marks to reverse; Star, 82mm including surmounting eagle suspension x 76mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with mint mark and silver marks to reverse and to retaining pin, with neck riband, gilding slightly rubbed on Star, generally very fine and rare (2) £800-£1,000
A rare Irish Merchant Marine Medal awarded to R. Grimes, a merchant seaman who was killed when the S.S. Kyleclare was torpedoed by a German U-Boat on 23 February 1943 Ireland, Free State, Merchant Marine Service Medal 1939-46, with 3 Additional Award Bars and integral top riband bar, good very fine, rare £600-£800 --- Only 508 Merchant Marine Medals were ever awarded, 299 of which had no clasp, 122 with one clasp, 34 with two clasps, and 58 with three clasps. As the award criteria for clasps to the Merchant Marine Medal was two years service per bar between 1939 and 1946, the fact that Grimes died in 1943 would suggest that he could have qualified for no more than two clasps. The Steamship Kyleclare was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-456 whilst about 100 miles west of the mouth of the River Douro, Portugal on 23 February 1943. Eighteen men, including the Captain were drowned. Grimes is confirmed on the roll of the casualties for the Kyleclare. The Commander of the U-456, Kapitan Leutnant Max Teichert, later claimed that he could not see the Kyleclare’s neutral markings as she was low in the water, listing to starboard and his periscope was awash. Just a few weeks later the U-456 was herself sunk with all hands in the mid-Atlantic by a Canadian escort vessel. Sold with an original photograph of recipient in uniform; and two original letters to his widow, the first from the Limerick Steam Ship Company Limited, dated 4 March 1943, ‘We very much regret to inform you that the above mentioned vessel [S.S. Kyleclare] is considerably overdue, and we have no news of her since leaving her last port. We are therefore gravely concerned as to her whereabouts...’; the other from the Department of Industry and Commerce (Transport and Marine Branch), dated 3 June 1943, ‘I am directed by the Minister for Industry and Commerce to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo enquiring as to the safety of your husband who was serving on the missing S.S. Kyleclare, and to inform you that no news regarding the ship has come to hand.’, the letters, photograph and medal all mounted on a display board overlapping one another, causing some damage to the second letter.
A rare Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ R.E.8 Aerial Gunner’s M.M. group of nine awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class T. A. H. Lea, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.). He was wounded in action serving with the Army in Gallipoli in 1915, prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and becoming 1 of the first 12 R.F.C. gunners to be formally trained at Hythe in December 1916. He distinguished himself as an Aerial Gunner whilst serving with 52 Squadron in France, in particular when attacked by 6 hostile enemy aircraft south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. On the latter date he helped fend off the swarm of enemy aircraft, forcing one down, prior to succumbing to the same fate with his pilot Second Lieutenant S. Canning. Lea re-engaged for service as Lieutenant with the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) between the wars, and advanced to Major during the Second World War Military Medal, G.V.R. (49338 2. Cl. A.M. T. H. Lea. 52/Sq: R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (3071 Pte. T. H. Lea. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, loose (401031. 2. A.M. T. H. Lea. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with 2 additional G.VI.R. long service award bars, mounted court-style by Spink & Son Ltd as originally worn, with related miniature awards similarly mounted, the last lacking additional award bars, all housed in a leather Spink & Son Ltd case, lacquered, generally nearly very fine or better (lot) (9) £2,000-£3,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lea. Thomas Henry 2nd A.M. Aerl. Gunr. No. 52 Squadron, R.F.C. Has shown conspicuous ability in action since joining the R.F.C. in the Field as an Aerial Gunner on 8.5.1917. He has had several combats with hostile aeroplanes and has proved himself to be a gunner upon whom his pilot can rely for protection with absolute confidence. On the eighteenth ultimo [September] he put up a very fine fight against heavy odds, defending his machine against a simultaneous attack by six hostile aeroplanes, and by good shooting succeeded in forcing one of them to land close to the enemy’s front line. Recommended for the Military Medal 4.10.17.’ Approximately 167 M.M.’s, and 2 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Royal Flying Corps for the Great War. Thomas Alfred H. Lea was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire in January 1898. He enlisted in the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.), 12 November 1914, aged 16 years and 10 months. Lea served with the Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 11 June 1915, and received a gun shot wound to the right thigh the following month being admitted to the Clearing Hospital on ‘W’ Beach, 12 July 1915. Lea transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 5 September 1916, and was one of the first 12 Royal Flying Corps gunners to be formally trained. He graduated from Hythe, 22 December 1916, and was posted for operational service as an Aerial Gunner with 52 Squadron in France in May 1917. The Squadron was equipped with R.E.8’s and mostly tasked with reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Lea flew with Second Lieutenant S. Canning as his pilot, and they engaged 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. Lea successfully forced one of the enemy aircraft down, before he and Canning were forced down themselves, landing at an Allied Advanced Landing Ground. Their aircraft was claimed as the 6th ‘Victory’ of Leutnant V. Schobinger of Jasta 12 (he went on to add another 2 to his score, and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, and the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order). Lea transferred to the Royal Air Force as Private 1 in April 1918. He was posted to No. 1 Officer Cadet Wing in May 1918, and graduated as a Flight Cadet, 5 October 1918. Lea was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Unemployed List in February 1919. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) in August 1931, and advanced to Major in July 1939 (awarded his Efficiency Decoration in September 1944, and the additional clasps both in January 1955). Major Lea retired in March 1948, and died in Bangor, Wales in October 1966. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.
Miscellaneous German Tinnies and Lapel Pins. Comprising a German Lutheran Church Day 10 November 1933 with all original finish. A further Lutheran Church Day November 1933, finish dull. Unidentified sports tinny with 4 sewn fixing holes. 25 year Veterans Association multi enamelled lapel pin with its correct lapel pin fixing. 2 DAF lapel pins with their pins. A further DAF lapel pin with pin missing. A German Graves Commission lapel pin with the lettering VDK in enamels. An unidentified work lapel pin in enamels showing the 5 Olympic rings with hammer and wheat sheaf below. A very interesting 10mm circumference enamel tinny of the rare Freikorps Werewolf Organisation. 4 lapel pins, 1 in enamels 1 in plastic colour, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
Miscellaneous German Second World War Lapel Pins and Membership Badges. Comprising a Luftschutz tinny with pin back. 2 Hitler Youth Membership lozenge badges, both of the later period non enamelled type with fitting pins on the reverse side. A rare individually numbered Lufthansa lapel pin numbered 725 in blue enamel. German Turnerbund lapel badge with mobile swastika. Stalhelm badge with pin back. 4 veterans pins both lapel and pin back fixing. A large swastika lapel pin. 12 mixed organisational lapel pins and tinnies, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
Three: Chief Sick Berth Steward O. Fearnley, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (O. Fearnley, S.B. Std. H.M.S. Alecto.); British War Medal 1914-20 (137407 O. Fearnley. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Owen Fearnley. Sk. Bth. Stewd. H.M.S. Gladiator.) together with Silver War Badge No. ‘RN34623’, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and rare to sick berth personnel (3) £400-£500 --- Owen Fearnley was born in Mile End, London in June 1870. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1886. Fearnley was posted as a Sick Berth Attendant to Haslar Hospital in June 1888, and advanced to Sick Berth Steward in June 1893. Subsequent service included H.M.S. Alecto, from March 1897 - April 1898 earning his East & West Africa Medal. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in October 1907, and was discharged on 7 January 1909. Mobilised on 2 August 1914, Fearnley served the entirety of the Great War as a Chief Sick Berth Steward at Chatham Naval Hospital, and was eventually invalided from service on 24 December 1918.
A rare 1963 Watkins Copycat echo unit, with twin inputs, Swell, Reverb, Gain one and Gain two controls and Halo, Echo and Repeat buttons, two-tone vinyl covered case. Sold with the original receipt for £34.00 from Yardleys (Birmingham) Ltd, dated 26/9/63.*From the collection of Alan Wilkes, Midlands session guitarist and teacher.
A rare set of four Charles II carved walnut armchairsCirca 1675The pierced top rails decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves and birds above caned backs and seats, the front stretcher carved with acanthus leaves and putti, stamped with the ownership initials IS, 62cm wide x 68cm deep x 123cm high, (24in wide x 26 1/2in deep x 48in high) (4)Footnotes:Comparative literature: Early British Chairs and Seats 1500 to 1700, T.Jellinek, illustrates a similar English walnut caned armchair, p.159, pl.187. In the description the author makes particular reference to the elegant vase finials and the simple but effective carved wild rose with leaves on the front of each of the squares of the front legs; a similar distinguished detail can be found on this example.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ARKWRIGHT (JOHN STANHOPE) and DAVID WILSON'Missing! To the Sisters of the Red Cross who Have Perished in Hospital Ships Sunk by German Submarines', World War I poster with a large lithographed illustration by David Wilson of a red cross shining over a calm sea, with a 2-verse poem by 'J.S.A[rkwright]' below, creases where folded with short tears at edges, 757 x 500mm., Banks Ltd., 4 July 1918Footnotes:Rare World War I poster by the Irish artist and illustrator David Wilson (1873-1975), issued in commemoration of the Red Cross nurses who lost their lives on board hospital ships. Copies are held in the archives of the Red Cross, The Imperial War Museum and the Hoover Institution, none of them identifying J.S.A. as Arkwright.Sir John Arkwright (1872-1954) was a Conservative politician and M.P. for Hereford, but he is perhaps best remembered for supplying the words to 'O Valiant Hearts', a hymn remembering the fallen of the First World War which often features prominently in annual Remembrance Day services. It was first published under the title 'The Supreme Sacrifice' in Arkwright's The Supreme Sacrifice, and other Poems in Time of War (see Lot 121), several family copies of which are included in the sale. The Supreme Sacrifice includes a poem (p.22) 'Missing! To the memory of Red Cross Nurses drowned at sea' with facing illustration that closely resembles this poster.With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MASON (SIMON)The Nature of an intermitting Fever and Ague, FIRST EDITION, some old ink marginalia, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, J. Hodges, 1745--GAY (JOHN) Fables, 2 vol., title with engraved vignette, illustrations, bookplate of the Countess of Tyrconnel, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, J. and R. Tonson & J. Watts, 1753--WOODWARD (JOSIAH) An Account of the Societies For Reformation of Manners, in London and Westminster... With a Persuasive to Persons of all Ranks, to be Zealous and Dilligent in Promoting the Execution of the Laws against Prophaneness and Debauchery, engraved portrait, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, B[rabazon] Aylmer, 1699; and another, 8vo (5)Footnotes:The first book is a rare work on malaria, only two copies of which have appeared in auction records over the last fifty years.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
MILLER (PHILIP)The Gardener's Dictionary... Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory and Vineyard..., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates (of ?19, some folding, one trimmed, one torn without loss), with the rare second volume but without Appendix to volume 1, some worming in volume 2 margins, contemporary calf, worn, folio, for the author, by C. Rivington, 1731-139; together with an incomplete copy of the sixth edition, 1752 (3)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 mid-Victorian figured walnut and walnut music tableThe square top with canted corners with frieze drawers (one missing) fitted with folding music stands on octagonal supports united by an under tier, the top mounted with presentation plaque which reads: PRESENTED TO / J. H. Arkwright Esq. / BY THE / HEREFORDSHRIE / Philharmonic Society / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS / Marriage / 12th June 1866, 136cm wide x 136cm deep x 76cm high, (53 1/2in wide x 53 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high)Footnotes:The Herefordshire Philharmonic Society (HPS) was founded by John H Arkwright in 1863 to encourage instrumental and vocal practice among amateur musicians in Herefordshire. He acted as both Secretary and Treasurer in its opening year, and remained Secretary until the Society's demise in 1899. He played first violin on a Stradivarius that he bought the same year (for £200). By 1872 the 'band' included Edward Elgar's father and uncle, Henry; Elgar himself joined the HPS in 1883 and led the orchestra from 1891-1895; the HPS premiered at least one of his songs. After the Society folded in 1899, Arkwright began to collect material for an account of its rise, progress and eventual decline all of which can be found at the Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre. Arkwright married Charlotte Lucy, daughter of John Davenport of Foxley, Herefordshire, by whom he had one son and three daughters. Lucy had been a member of the HPS, so this made a particularly appropriate gift. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the HPS, the members presented Arkwright with a grand piano.This music table would have been used by the family at their previous home of Hampton Court before it was moved to Kinsham Court by Arkwright's son, Sir John Stanhope Arkwright, when downsizing to this property. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON JEWELLERY BOX, 1902 silver, later suede-lined interior, indistinctly stamped L&Co/ CYMRIC, indistinctly hallmarked Birmingham 1902Dimensions:16.8cm wide, 16.5cm deep, 3.5cm highNote: Note: This rare box will be included in the forthcoming monograph on Archibald Knox, edited by Stephen Martin.
ANN MACBETH (1875-1948) GLASGOW SCHOOL COLLAR, CIRCA 1900 padded silk ground, with appliqué of silk, embroidered in silk threads in satin stitch and couchingDimensions:54cm wide, 45cm high, approximate depth 19.5cmNote: Exhibited: The Crafts Exhibition, Old Bluecoat School, Liverpool, 1912Literature: The Studio Yearbook, 1908, p. 291, where illustratedNote: An inspiring artist, teacher and women’s rights activist, Ann Macbeth’s embroideries continue to charm and captivate those who set their eyes upon them. Skilfully executed, her work typically features young female figures encased within an array of stylised roundels and openwork banding. However, as a teacher at the School of Art, she continued to uphold Jessie Newbery’s views and encouraged students to explore women’s fashion and artistic dress. This rare surviving example of a collar, very likely worn by her for a portrait taken in 1900, captures the organic essence and vibrancy of the Glasgow style.In an age of rapid change and industrialisation, Glasgow was transforming into a prosperous city; a model of pioneering design and manufacturing, especially within the shipbuilding and textile industries. Whilst the School of Art’s main focus was to foster fresh young designers to strengthen city’s key trades, the director Fra Newbery equally believed in the importance of nurturing individuality amongst his students. A hub of exciting creative experimentation, Ann Macbeth enrolled at the School in 1897 and immersed herself in this stimulating and progressive environment; a space in which women could actively pursue an artistic career and financial independence.By the late nineteenth century, embroidery was enjoying somewhat of a revival, however, the country’s contribution to the medium was largely machine-made. Handcrafted embroideries were limited to Berlin wool work: sold as ready-made printed designs for the consumer to stitch onto with coloured wools. Unimaginative, laborious and completely lacking in originality, embroidery was reduced to a stereotypical domestic craft of no real artistic merit. With Jessie Newbery at the helm of the School’s Embroidery department, she sought to transform such ideas and teach embroidery as a design subject in a variety of forms, including artistic dress.Arguably Jessie Newbery’s most talented student, Ann Macbeth’s striking embroideries were a regular feature in The Studio and the present lot was no exception. Well-received and much admired, it was illustrated in the Magazine’s 1908 edition on page 291. The design of this collar illustrates both Newbery and Macbeth’s interest in producing non-restrictive womenswear of an artistic aesthetic. Far removed from the tight-corseted dresses which shaped bodies into the desired aesthetic under a male gaze, Macbeth advocated designs for free-flowing garments that gave way to a natural waistline. Belts, collars and cuffs were a particular focus for the pair since they offered women several options to accessorise a variety of outfits; a highly economical approach to emerging fashions of the day.As a teacher, taking inspiration from William Morris’ Arts & Crafts ideals, Macbeth encouraged students to be inspired by nature as a source of ideas, a view which is clearly demonstrated in the design of this collar. Filled with friezes of intertwined leaves, petals and stylised rosebuds, Macbeth looks to traditional stitching methods of the past in a bid to achieve an expressive, yet elegant garment; the design of which is entirely original. Whilst Newbery’s earlier pieces take inspiration from the simple and delicate designs of the Renaissance, Macbeth tended to embellish her pieces with elaborate metal clasps and other decorative fastenings. Richly embroidered in brightly coloured threads, her pieces became popular for their practicality as well as their beautiful designs.In 1908, Macbeth succeeded Newbery as Head of the Needlework and Embroidery Department at the School; she also taught bookbinding and ceramic decoration in the years that followed. Both women designers held strong views that art embroidery should be accessible to all classes and often encouraged the use of cheaper materials in their designs, such as hessian and less expensive silk threads. A champion of honest and original designs, executed with a good level of craftsmanship, her students’ work was both stylistically distinctive and of very high quality.It must be said that whilst this design of this collar may appear simple to the eye it is deceptively so, as it demands a remarkable level of skill and creativity from the embroiderer. The arrangement of abstracted plant forms and expressive linear patterns come together in perfect symmetry and sit in harmony with the pastel-coloured silk threads chosen. The complexity of the stitching techniques employed also speak to the unique skills and knowledge of the embroiderer. Each component in the design has been worked with a great deal of silk threads and yet every rose bud and petal appears entirely uniform: the expressive stitching no doubt helps the design achieve a certain feeling of weight and energy which brings the piece to life. A careful balance of practicality and beautiful decoration, this rare collar showcases the enchanting designs of Ann Macbeth which were a significant contribution in the evolution of the iconic Glasgow style.
SIR ROBERT LORIMER (1864-1929) (DESIGNER) WILLIAM WHEELER, ARNCROACH (ATTRIBUTED MAKER) RARE ARTS & CRAFTS ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1910 oak, stamped ARU Dimensions:61.5cm wide, 106cm high, 44cm deepNote: Literature: Jones D. Robert Lorimer's use of timber, Regional Furniture Society 2017, p.75, pl. 6 where a similar chair, in the collection of the National Trust for Scotland at Kellie Castle, is illustrated.
A.W.N. PUGIN (1812-1852) OR E.W. PUGIN (1834-1875) FOR THE NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER RARE GOTHIC REVIVAL COAL BOX, BY BENHAM & FROUD, LONDON, CIRCA 1855 brass and copper, one hinge lid engraved with portcullis cypher and initials H.A/S and b(?)iDimensions:33cm wide, 34cm high (handledown), 61cm long
Rare American Civil War 1902 reunion flag for the 1st Irish Brigade Veterans of The Battle of Antietam 1862 (Battle of Sharpsburg). The flag is one sided and baked with a 1900 Pears Christmas Annual. Approximately 33” by 27” (84cm by 69cm)The 1st Irish Brigade was made up of 63rd, 69th & 88th New York Infantry and 29th Massachusetts (the latter replaced by 28th Mass after Battle)
A very rare and possibly unique Dam-Busters archive of ‘The Dambusters’ Print signed by Pilots and Crew of 617 Squadron includes Bill Reid VC, Mick Martin DFC, AFC, Les Munro DFC and 10 other members of 617 Sqn, along with a bag containing autograph book Signed by Barnes Wallis dated 28th July (19)56 with other war time signatures of airmen and civilians, a Blue-ray of the film ‘The Dam Busters’ signed by Squadron Leader G.L Johnson MBE, DFM who is the last surviving original member of 617 Sqn, A Latin Primer book belonging to Guy Gibson signed and dated 1934 by him and letter of provenance from his cousin. With postcards and charity cards.All proceeds of this lot will be going towards the ‘Bomber County Gateway Trust’ (see last picture for details)
Rare (possibly unique) British medal group to 5720 A/RSM A.W. Stapleton 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment of DCM, Queens SA, Kings SA, 1914 Star with Rosette & Aug 22nd=Nov bar, 1914-18 War medal, Victory medal with Mentioned in Dispatches Oak leaf, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (post 1917 ribbon) and Imperial Russia Medal of St George. Sadly it also comes with his Death Plaque (Killed in action 21st March 1918, buried at Pozieres Memorial). With research documents on his military history.
Scarce & Unusual British WW2 medal group to CH.O.A MX 60330 A. Utting Royal Navy Medic of 1939-45 star, Atlantic Star with France and Germany bar & rosette, Pacific star with Burma bar & rosette, Italy star and 1939-45 War medal with Mention in Despatches Oak leaf with corresponding paperwork showing they are the correct medals for this man (rare combination)
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