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Click here to subscribeBritains Miniature Gardening forty-two flowers (some recast), seven trellis, eleven flower beds, three mowers, cold frame, two hose reels, three sundials (one fatigued), two wheelbarrows, five crazy paving, greenhouse, bench, seven balustrade pieces, three flower pots, Hill summer house and table, roller, dovecoat, pond, stand of flowers, shrubs and two training frames (Good-Fair, some damage) (96)
England and Wales. Wyld (James), Railway Map of England, Wales and Scotland, Drawn from the Triangulation of the Ordnance Survey, the Survey of the Railway Companies, and Other Information..., circa 1855, very large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on four sheets and laid on linen, heavily dust soiled and stained at base with numerous closed tears, mostly at base, presented on a contemporary wooden batten with gilt manuscript title 'England' on a separate panel affixed to batten, with large spring loaded roller at top of map, 1970 x 1310 mm, contained in a contemporary painted pine box, together with Wyld (James, publisher). An untitled Ordnance Survey map of most of Staffordshire and Warwickshire, circa 1845, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on twenty-eight conjoined sheets and laid on linen, heavily dust soiled and stained at base with several closed tears, mostly at base, presented on a contemporary wooden batten with a gilt manuscript title 'Staffordshire' on a separate panel affixed to batten with a large spring loaded roller at top of map, 1820 x 1460 mm (Qty: 2)
A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED COACHING BLUNDERBUSS SIGNED 'W. MILLS', no visible serial number, circa 1800, with octagonal to sixteen-sided to round 16in. barrel, flared and banded cannon muzzle, the top-flat at breech signed 'W. MILLS', London proofs, iron top-tang, flat bevel-edged curved lock with stepped and pointed tail, roller to the frizzen-spring, plain pan, walnut full-stock with chequered wrist, brass furniture and replacement ramrod
AN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HEAVY OVERCOAT PISTOL SIGNED WESTLEY RICHARDS, no visible serial number, circa 1810, with octagonal 7in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS', bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to the front of the acanthus scroll engraved top-tang, flat borderline and acanthus scroll engraved lock (mainspring at fault), en-suite cock with sliding safe behind, semi rainproof pan with roller frizzen, walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped grip, engraved blued trigger-guard bow and captive iron ramrod, strong amounts of colour and finish to all except barrel
STEYR MANNLICHERA .300 WIN. MAG. 'CLASSIC MANNLICHER' BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 1043843,25 3/4in. unsighted nitro barrel, the receiver with quickly-detachable telescopic sight mounts and rings, detachable box magazine, three-position roller safety, set trigger, figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece and hogsback comb, sling swivels14 3/8in. pull including 1/2in. rubber recoil pad, weight 8lb. 8oz.. S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act
A gold diamond bar brooch, the platinum faced bar with an applied floral sprig to the centre set with old European cut, Swiss cut and old eight cut diamonds, with hinged pin and roller catch, later replacement, tested as approximately 9ct gold, 75mm long, 4.26g, together with a pearl stick pin, tested as approximately 15ct gold, 0.80g, a pearl stick pin modelled as a claw, the pin tested as approximately 9ct gold, the finial tested as approximately 18ct gold, 1.15g, and a small quantity of pearls and simulation pearls
A 9ct gold and platinum, diamond and enamel Royal Engineers military sweetheart brooch, designed as a flaming grenade grain set with old eight cut diamonds, tested as approximately platinum, with the motto 'Ubique' to the blue enamelled scroll below, tested as approximately 18ct gold, with a plain pin and roller catch, tested as approximately 9ct gold, 25 x 180mm, 3.59g, in fitted case by 'The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd., 112 Regent Street, London, W1'
An early 19th century mahogany and oak long case clock, circular white enamel dial signed Deacon Leicester, with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, and date roller, twin train 8 day movement chiming on a bell, squared hood, case with fluted quarter columns and plinth door with inlaid paterae, modern modifications and restorations, with pendulum, two weights, key, and winder, 59.5 by 30 by 197.5cm high.
Durham.- Burleigh (Mark & Thompson) A Plan of the River Wear from Newbridge to Sunderland Barr as it Appeared at Low Water, chart showing the course of the River Wear, with ornate cartouch in the upper left, and with numerous reference and text-based information within inset boxes, engraving, on three sheets conjoined, total sheet 565 x 2250 mm. (22 1/4 x 88 1/2 in), laid onto old linen, surface dirt, spotting and browning, rolled with early wooden roller [?truncheon] decorated with metal crowns, 1737.
GEISEL, THEODOR ('DR. SEUSS'). 1921-1990.11 titles: 11 titles, 10 of which are signed and inscribed to the Kay family, all Random House except where indicated:If I ran the Circus. NY: (1956). 1st, DJ. Younger & Hirsch 43.On Beyond Zebra. NY: (1955). Y&H 63.How the Grinch Stole Christmas. NY: (1957). DJ. 1st. Y&H 33.Happy Birthday to You. NY: (1959). DJ. Y&H 28.Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book. 1962. DJ. 1st. Y&H 20.I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew. NY: (1965). DJ. 1st. Y&H 41.Horton Hears a Who. NY: (1954). DJ. 1st. Y&H 32.Yertle the Turtle. NY: (1958). Y&H 82.Scrambled Eggs Super. NY: (1953). DJ. 1st. Y&H 68. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. NY: Vanguard Press, (1938). Lacking DJ. Not signed. Later ptg. Y&H 22.With ANS of Dr. Seuss to Judy Kay, 1 p, 8vo, [March 10, 1984], on Cat in the Hat stationery, with original autograph transmittal envelope: 'My roller skates need oiling ... but your birthday greeting inspires me to try the hills again. / Thanks!'
A diamond full-set stylised bow brooch, with triple tassel drops, comprising round brilliant-cut and baguette-cut diamonds, channel, claw and grain set, hinged pin and roller loop brooch fittings, approx 7.5cm long x 4cm wide, assessed as 18ct white gold, circa 1950's, total gross weight approx 21.9gmsCondition report: Very good- all diamond settings intact, very minor wear and tear only
A JOUSTING HELM IN THE ITALIAN LATE 15TH CENTURY FASHION, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of heavy "frog-mouthed" form, comprising crown-plate, front plate and rear plate, all medially-ridged and rigidly secured to one another by large round-headed rivets, the rear plate decorated with a spray of flutes, and the lower edge of the helm flanged outwards at each side, fitted at its front with a long hinged rectangular hasp pierced distally with four square holes, and at its rear with a hinged slightly trapezoidal hasp having a roller at its distal end (lightly patinated overall) Height without hasps 35.0 cm; 13 ½ in Provenance Johannes Count von Moy de Sons, Schloss Anif, sold Sotheby's Amsterdam 17th October 2001, lot 684. The helm is a copy of one in the Hofjagd- und Rustkammer, Vienna, Inv. No. B2, made about 1490 for Gasparo Fracasso, Milanese ambassador to the Court of Innsbruck, and resembles two further examples in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Inv. Nos C5 & C6 (see Laking, 1920, figs 472-3; and Boccia & Coeho 1967, pls 145-52)
‡A 10 BORE FLINTLOCK WILDFOWLING GUN BY H.W.MORTIMER, LONDON, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1783-90 with lightly swamped barrel formed in two stages, fitted with silver fore-sight (small losses, previously of 'spider' form), signed in full over the breech, engraved with a band of beadwork, struck with London proof and the barrelsmith's mark, later gold-lined vent, signed stepped bevelled lock engraved with a bouquet on the tail and fitted with roller (later cock, steel refaced in its working life), figured walnut full stock (repairs), with 'take-down' fore-end and grip cut with pineapple chequering, border-engraved brass mounts including solid side-plate decorated with a rococo shell, trigger-guard with a bouquet on the bow and with acorn finial, butt-plate with foliage and a trophy-of-arms on the tang, and four ramrod-pipes (later ramrod) 151.6 cm; 59 3/4 in barrel Provenance Ken Drake 1976 Literature H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, Rhode Island 1992, pp. 42-3, plate 61. This is apparently the longest recorded gun by any of the Mortimers.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN A VERY RARE 60 BORE SEVEN-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK GOOSE RIFLE BY HENRY NOCK, LONDON, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1791-3 with browned twist barrels arranged as six around a central seventh, signed in full on the rib and rifled with seven grooves, fitted with silver fore-sight, engraved breech decorated with foliage and with gold-lined vent, engraved case-hardened breech block variously numbered on the face '2917 and '103', engraved tang decorated with foliage inhabited by waterfowl and incorporating a folding back-sight of two leaves set at right angles, stepped bevelled lock signed within a gold-lined oval, fitted with bolt safety-catch, gold-lined pan, and roller (restorations including later cock screw and gold), figured walnut half-stock (the underside cracked and expertly repaired diagonally from the beneath the lock to the rear ramrod-pipe), chequered grip, engraved blued iron mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a hound putting up a brace of birds on the bow and with pineapple finial, butt-plate with a further vignette, rear ramrod-pipe en suite with the trigger-guard, a further browned ramrod-pipe (the metal parts expertly refinished), and later brass-tipped ramrod 51.5 cm; 20 ¼ in barrels A similar rifle by this maker made for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in April 1793 is in the Royal Collection at Windsor. Colonel Thomas Thornton, perhaps the most flamboyant sportsman and falconer of the 18th century, author of 'A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England' and 'A Sporting Tour through France' was a notable exponent of Nock's goose rifles. For an account of Nock's seven barrelled naval and also sporting guns see Blackmore 1955, pp. 165-182 The engraving on the mounts is probably by the master engraver William Palmer (1737-1812). His accounts for the years 1791, 1792 and 1793 record 3, 9, and 7 volley guns respectively, decorated by him. See Clancy & Griffin (privately published), p. 18.
A 50 BORE PISTOL BY HILLCOX, WALLSAL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, WITH EARLIER SCOTTISH BARREL, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering brass three-stage barrel (shortened) divided by raised mouldings, engraved with traditional strapwork enclosing flowerheads over the forward section, two pairs of lines in the median, and further strapwork over the breech (worn), the latter inscribed 'Wallsal' and fitted with early back-sight, iron lined vent, engraved iron tang, signed stepped engraved bevelled lock, fitted with rainproof pan and roller (later cock), figured walnut full stock, and engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pointed finial engraved with foliage, a single ramrod-pipe (ramrod missing), and vacant brass escutcheon 23.0 cm; 9 in barrel A pistol with a similarly decorated barrel dated 1627 was formerly in the Renwick Collection, sold Sotheby & Co., 17th July 1972, lot 36. For other related examples see Hayward 1962, plates 55 - 58. Thomas Cox Hill, a bridle cutter, is recorded at Stafford Street, Walsall, in 1818. Another Cox Hill is recorded as a grocer, druggist and iron monger on the High Street at the same date.
A 22 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL BY WHEELER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 with rebrowned octagonal sighted twist barrel, platinum plug, engraved tang, signed engraved stepped lock fitted with bolt safety-catch (restored), and roller, figured walnut full stock, chequered grip, German silver mounts including engraved spurred trigger-guard with pineapple finial, lion mask butt-cap cast and chased in low relief, vacant silver escutcheon (later ramrod) 20.0 cm; 7 7/8 in barrel
A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL BY ARCHER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel, engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed stepped bevelled lock fitted with semi-rainproof pan and a roller on the steel spring, figured walnut full stock, chequered butt, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and iron-tipped wooden ramrod 22.5 cm; 8 ¾ in barrel
A quantity of various boxed toys and collectibles to include a circa 1960s rosebud style doll, a Wallace and Gromit set scene, Barry Norman's Extra TV and Movie quiz, an Airfix Hawk Spaceship model kit, a model of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, two boxed models of Magisterium Sky Ferry, a pair of boxed vintage Davies roller skates etc (3).
Seven boxed Dinky Toys diecast models to include 2 x No.266 E.R.F Fire Tender, No.192 Range Rover, No.123 Princess 2200HL Saloon, No.278 Plymouth Yellow Cab (box plasic discoloured), No.264 Rover 3500 Police, No.279 Aveling-Barford Diesel Roller (plastic bubble discoloured with slight damaged)
Nine boxed Britains Autoway models and accessories to include 9842 Liquid Tanker, 9836 Liquid Tanker, 9813 Unimog, 9818 Road Roller, 9837 Rear Dump, 9835 Tipping Trailer, 9832 Post Hole Digger, 9841 Road Gritter and 9801 4 Workmen Assorted Signs and Road Marker Cones, models appear un-removed from boxes, boxes gd with some foxing
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