Leeds Volunteers Georgian Officer’s Coatee. circa 1820 A scarlet cloth coatee, with yellow collar, plastron and cuffs. The upright collar and fronts fastened with hooks and eyes. The collar edged all round with half-inch silver “check” lace. The plastron fully reversible, with scarlet underside, edged with narrow white piping, fastened on each side with 12 small silvered regimental buttons in groups of three, the button-holes forming twist loops across the front. Round cuffs edged with lace as on collar. 3-button scarlet slashes to cuffs and skirts. White skirt-lining and turn-backs, with a pair of white metal bugle-horn skirt ornaments on yellow backing. The buttons bear a rose within a crowned circlet inscribed Leeds Volunteers all on a star resembling the Thistle Star. The coat complete with its detachable wings, the straps of tapering white metal chain, edged with silver embroidery on scarlet cloth. Small bugle horns at the junction of the strap and wings. A double row of short silver bullions along the outer edge of the wings. The coatee with slight fading and some moth damage, mainly to the skirt-linings but GC for its age; the linings underneath the wings somewhat defective. Until 1816 a great mass of infantry volunteer corps in various guises existed (including in Leeds) but these had been promptly disbanded when Napoleon ceased to be a threat. However, in 1819-20 there was a very limited and now little known movement to form new infantry volunteer units. Only around 6 such corps seem to have been raised in England and these mostly disappeared within 5 or 6 years. Commissions in the Leeds Volunteers were issued from 17th July 1820. Several of the officers had served in the Leeds Local Militia up to 1816. The unit originally had 3 Bn. Coys. one Grenadier Coy. and one Light Infantry Coy. and received its Colours in July 1821. There is a lack of evidence of the corps continuing after 1825, by when it had become known as the Leeds Light Infantry. The uniform had several striking, advanced features, namely slash cuffs, closed collar, lace trimming and the plastron front.Vendor states associated with the Georgian waist sash Lot 427.
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A good WW1 period Gordon Highlanders silver Glengarry badge, brooch pin to the reverse, maker's mark for 'George Edwards & Sons, Buchanan Street, Glasgow', 6.5cm. long; together with a Gordon Highlanders silk tartan sash; and a frame sepia photograph of the owner, ????????????, by MacMahon of Aberdeen & Strathpeffer. (3)
A George III mahogany concertina action folding card table, circa 1760, attributed to Paul Saunders, the hinged serpentine shaped top with moulded edge opening to inset baize playing surface, above a plain frieze, on acanthus and scroll carved reeded cabriole legs, terminating in scroll feet, 73cm high, 95cm wide, 47cm deep Provenance: A notable Private Collection, Channel Islands Previously sold Sothebys, London, Fine English Furniture, 10th February 1989, Lot 68.For a further near identical table see Christie's, South Kensington, 27th May 2010, Lot 74 (£7,500). The provenance of the table offered was Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (d.1869) Fonthill, Wiltshire.The same distinctive leg design incorporating Roman acanthus wrapped cabochons and flutes, features on a number of pieces attributed to the Soho firm of cabinet makers and upholsterers established around 1751 by Paul Saunders in partnership with George Smith Bradshaw. Among these is a set of chairs delivered in 1757 to the 1st Earl of Leicester for Holkham Hall, Norfolk, illustrated in A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London 1968, pl.369, and a suite of furniture almost certainly supplied to Thomas, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, later 1st Marquess of Bath (1734-96), between 1757 and 1759 for Longleat, Wiltshire. The latter included eight armchairs and two sofas, of which two armchairs were sold by The Trustees of the Longleat Chattels Settlement: Christie's, London, 13th June 2002, lot 338. A serpentine sofa attributed to Paul Saunders was sold by the late Mr & Mrs Patrick Radford, Christie's, London, 22nd January 2009, lot 32. Several fine pieces of 18th century furniture are known incorporating concertina action hinges bearing the stamp 'H. TIBATS' including a related table in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The stamp is almost certainly that of Hugh Tibats who is recorded in 1781 as a 'hinge and sash fastening maker, Bell St'. Hinges bearing this stamp from the same period include a pair of card tables supplied by Thomas Chippendale for the 5th Earl of Dumfries at Dumfries House, Scotland in 1759.
Naive School. Portrait of a seated girl with spaniel, possibly American, late 18th century, oil on canvas, depicting a young girl wearing a lace-trimmed white gown with wide blue sash, and cap with blue bow, seated in a ladderback chair, holding some strawberries in her right hand, her left hand reaching out to a spaniel seated on the floor beside, against a landscape of trees and sky, overall craquelure, professionally cleaned and re-lined, 76 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 ins), framed (Qty: 1)
Domestic Architecture. A Georgian house with figures in the garden, circa 1810, naive watercolour, showing a large country house with sash windows and pedimented front door, adjoined by red-roofed buildings, flanked by trees and shrubs, and fronted by a pathway and lawn, with figures in the foreground, comprising a young lady in a blue gown with watering can, a male figure with wooden wheelbarrow, and a small girl in a white dress, 15 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8.75 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
English School. Portrait of a girl with a doll, circa 1820, watercolour on paper, full-length portrait of a young girl with dark curled hair, wearing a white puffed-sleeve gown trimmed with lace and a blue sash, yellow shoes, gold earrings, and a coral necklace, cradling a doll attired in pink dress and shoes in her arms, against a landscape of hills, trees, and river, faint central horizontal crease, and closed tear to right hand side, 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9.75 x 6.5 ins), framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
Adrien Étienne Gaudez, (French 1845 - 1902), Retour des Hirondelles, (Return of the Swallows), circa 1900, a patinated bronze model of a maiden, portrayed as standing and diaphanously draped, her head inclined to dexter, a billowing sash held up above her, with swallows alighting variously overall; the integrally cast base inscribed A.GAUDEZ in the maquette and with applied title plaque, 97cm high, 35cm wide CATALOGUE NOTES: Gaudez was born in Lyon on 2 February 1845 and went on to study under Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1862, making his debut at the Paris Salon in 1864. He worked almost exclusively in bronze and produced a wide array of sculpture, ranging from genre subjects to military and patriotic themes. His earlier work was mostly of a classical nature but in the latter part of his career he produced some pieces that can be categorized as Art Nouveau, such as the elegant and impressive model offered here
A leather case containing Masonic regalia, to include Past Master jewel for Defence Lodge 1221, marked 18c on the jewel and top and bottom bars, inscribed on reverse " Presented to W. Bro: Arthur E. Wood W.M. 1950, by the Brethren of Instruction Lodge", in presentation box from Z Barraclough & Sons Ltd, Leeds; a Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee jewel by Kenning & Son, silver and gold, in presentation case; a silver gilt Defence Lodge 1868 jewel, bar inscribed No. 1221; a silver gilt Steward's jewel for the Royal Masonic Institute for Girls; another silver gilt jewel, inscribed on reverse "A.E. Wood Prudence Ch. 2069"; and a sash with West Yorkshire jewel, marked 9ct on reverse with presentation inscription to W. Bro. James H. Ford from Defence Lodge 1221.
Circle of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (1566-1641). Oil on Oak Panel: Portrait of Prince Maurice of Nassau wearing armour, ruff and embroidered red sash, holding a baton with later inscription, 30" x 24" (77 cm x 61 cm). Contained in a moulded frame gilt & ebonised frame 34½" x 28¾" (88 cm x 73 cm). [Provenance; The estate of Mary Duchess of Roxburghe].
A 9ct Gold Figaro Style Chain, (damages), suspending patterned cross pendant (indistinctly stamped), two 9ct gold oval shaped lockets and another circular locket, stamped "9ct B&F", a 9ct gold globe charm, 9ct gold fancy link chain etc, together with a mixed lot of ladies and gent's wristwatches, including Sekonda, Accurist, Royal and assorted costume jewellery pieces, commemorative coins, etc, "Ancient Order of Foresters" medal and sash:- One Tray
FERDINAND I: (1861-1948) Tsar of Bulgaria 1887-1918. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Ferdinand I in a head and shoulders pose wearing a ceremonial uniform, sash and medals. Signed twice, in both English and Bulgarian, in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background and dated 1933 in his hand. VG
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer to Dimitrios Rallis (five times Prime Minister of Greece) with certificate of award dated June 3rd 1916; the neck badge (5.8cm in width), breast star and sash in their original Georges Pomonis case; the brim of the crown of the badge unusually set with three micro rubies and two emeralds on both sides; the 9cm breast star, which is marked ‘Georges Pomonis – Bijoutier - Athènes’ to its reverse, is at fault with paint flaked away from the face of Christ. Provenance: from the estate of Niky McIntyre, the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) sabotage operative and grand-daughter of the awardee, Prime Minister Dimitrios Rallis (1844-1921)
The Ottoman Empire, the Order of Osmanieh - First Class; the (6cm wide) badge, 9cm breast star and sash in their original case. Provenance: from the estate of Niky McIntyre, the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) sabotage operative and grand-daughter of the awardee, Prime Minister Dimitrios Rallis (1844-1921)The enamels are not perfect, on the main order the large star at the bottom of the box on close inspection appears to have a small hairline crack running from the front to the back of the green circular enamel border, approx. 5mm. There are also losses to the smaller top order to the enamel mostly at the tips at the end of the star points.
AN HISTORIC 1974 TOUR DE FRANCE WORN YELLOW JERSEY FOR LEGENDARY MOLTENI RIDER EDDY MERCKX TOGETHER WITH AUTOGRAPHS & WINNERS RIBBON SASH The Le Coq Sportif cotton jersey with original zip, stitched silk 'Almentari Molteni' sponsor label and cotton 'Miko' label front and back and with three section lumbar pocket. The green white and red banded sash signed by Merckx. Black and white photos etc It is said of Edouard Louis Merckx that he is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pelé is to football.... simply the best there has ever been. For 14 years between 1965 and 1978, cyclist Eddy 'The Canibal' Merckx was a machine that dominated in what is regarded as cycling's golden age with many memorable characters who, at any other time, would have gone on to become legends. Merckx amassed 445 victories by simply crushing rivals, ruining their hopes and their careers. The Canibal's legacy resides as much in the careers he ruined than his five Tour de France wins. So dominant had Merckx become by 1973 that he was ordered to stay away from the Tour for the good of the event. The 61st edition of the Tour de France in 1974 was notable for Merckx equalling French cyclist Jacques Anquetil's five tour victories and he winning his fifth, and last, Tour de France five races. He won a record number of stages (32 surpassing the previous record of 25) and became the first man to win the Triple Crown of Cycling in the same year (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Tour de Suisse). The 1974 tour was also memorable for staging in the UK for the first time and for Basque separatist placed bombs on press and team cars. Merckx was favourite leading up to the Tour despite for the first time in his professional career not winning a Classic Tour leading up to the main event and despite being absent for the 1973 tour but the odds were not improved by surgery on his perineum only five days before the 1974 Tour commenced! The following year, Merckx was subject to violence by a spectator during a stage preventing him winning the Tour de France for a record sixth time and beating the shared record of Tour victories. Provenance: entered directly from Belgium by female Belgian vendor who was 20 years old in 1974. The vendor's father was very friendly with Jean Crahay, the driver of the car of a Belgian sports newspaper. Crahay became good friends with Eddy Merckx and fellow Belgian cyclist Joseph Bruyère, they both gave Crahay yellow jerseys from the tour. The jersey were then in turn gifted to the vendor's father who passed them on to the vendor who was a big fan of Eddy Merckx and the Tour de France at the time
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