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Lot 402
JEAN-PIERRE VIOT (born 1936); a large raku chawan covered in grey glaze with wax resist and gold lustre decoration imitating kintsugi repair, impressed JPV mark, diameter 16cm. (D)JB - Originally trained in architecture, Jean-Pierre has worked on major building projects creating ceramic walls, fountains and architectural features. More often sculpting on a 'domestic' scale he is continually exploring the idea of the Japanese teabowl, with an ever-changing investment in the potential of the form and of the raku firing process. For many years, as curator of the Chateauroux Biennale, Jean-Pierre has travelled the world selecting work for what is one of the most important international ceramic events in Europe. Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 522
EDWARD TEASDALE (born 1945); a wavy chest made of planked panels of reclaimed lime-washed wood on block feet with three detachable lids, 232 x 29 x 32cm. (D)Provenance: Purchased from the artist.JB - I contacted Edward Teasdale to discuss the possibility of commissioning a second wave chest of the same length, but half the size of the first one, a size and scale about which Ed expressed some doubts. He was more persuaded when I explained my intention to use this box for the storage of some of the more special examples of my collection of chawan, the bowls used in the Japanese tea ceremony, which traditionally must be quiet, unassuming, have a natural grace, be lacking in any sophisticated artifice. Gaining in value with use. Fitting Ed's aesthetic.Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 376
Double-sided ‘Luft-Navigationskarte’ (‘Air Navigation Map’), 26.5 x 24 in., printed on weatherproofed canvas and produced by the General Staff of the Luftwaffe, circa 1941. Both sides are titled at the top edge and additionally marked with Luftwaffe eagles. The front presents a 1:2,000,000-scale view of the entirety of Germany, while the verso depicts the English Channel, the southern portion of the British Isles and the northwestern sector of France, at the same scale. Such a map would have been standard equipment for Luftwaffe crews on bombing raids against England, with important industrial targets such as Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield and London all well marked. Moderately toned all over, showing light staining and folds, else very good.
Lot 425
REPORTS ON THE HAMBURG-NUENGAMME CONCENTRATION CAMP (3) Incredibly detailed grouping of three retained carbon copies of prisoners' statements, likely collected for use at the Nuremberg Trials ca. 1946, each providing chilling details of the shocking conditions at the Nuengamme concentration camp and the atrocities committed therein. INCLUDES: a statement from witness 'Hagenah', 1p. 8vo., concerning the brutality of camp commander SS-Oberscharfuhrer Emanuel Eichler. In part: '...Eichler was brutal and coarse; he used to boast, among other things, that he was the executioner of Husum. This was the impression he produced on us also. He gave orders for amusement to prisoners who did not need to work - there were, in the final weeks, only about 100 of them. In addition, Eichler, together with some SS guards, beat a man who apparently attempted to escape so severely that the latter suffered four wounds in the head, a broken left arm, a displaced left kidney and several fractures from kicks. Eichler gave orders that no bandaging was to be applied. The doctor and I, however, bandaged him immediately. Eichler came back around 2300 hours, and wanted to see the man. When he set eyes on him, he tore the bandage from his face, and struck both the doctor and myself for doing it...He plundered the Red Cross parcels, and shared the booty with SS Rottenfuhrer Maas; E....'; WITH: a similar statement, 1p. 4to., Aug. 23, 1945 by Franziska Turowski, in part: '...Report on the conditions at the firm of Jung, in the Witternstrasse, Hamburg Wilhelmsburg, where prisoners from the Neuengamme Concentration Camp...were employed...the treatment of prisoners by the foremen and the SS was mean and brutal. The firm demanded an output from our people which could not be attained, on account of their weak physical condition which was further affected by deficiencies in food; they got only a litre of thin soup from the firm, as they themselves have testified. In order to drive the workers on to still greater efforts, the firm gave special privileges on a generous scale to the foremen who, on their part, incited the prisoners to work by the well-known methods. The firm of Jung must also be held responsible for failing to observe the required safety practices in connection with the clearing-up work done by prisoners. For this reason, it came about, (among other things), that one prisoner lost his life and another was severely injured...'; WITH: a similar statement, 1p. 4to., by political prisoner Michael Muller, in part: '...Report on Unterscharfuhrer/Rapportfuhrer Dreimann...for several years a hut commander in the Neuengamme camp, and finally became company sergeant-major...Dreimann behaved particularly brutally in respect of the ill-treatment and killing of prisoners. He took special pleasure, when he rode his bicycle across the parade ground...carrying a rawhide whip and striking out indiscriminately at the prisoners standing there. He behaved particularly cruelly towards sick prisoners, lashing them if they wished to transfer from the barrack block to the hospital with his riding whip. He had great sport with prisoners who were to be hanged, when he was taking them to the place of execution. Out of purely depraved pleasure he called those condemned to die by insulting names, such as 'filthy swine', 'Communist sow'; he himself regularly struck them in the face with his riding whip. He also distinguished himself on the occasion of the shooting of 59 Russian officers; he came out of the bunker dripping with blood, and took pride in having shot 21 of them personally. On the next morning, the heroes of this massacre...boasted about how many each of them had killed...he had beaten to death, out of completely sadistic pleasure, prisoners in the Wittenberg working party...' Some copy just a little blurred, else ver`y good. With full translations.
Lot 484
OPERATION OF NATZWILER DESCRIBED BY AN SS ADMINISTRATOR Retained carbon copy of a statement made by SS-Ostuf. KARL FASCHINGBAUER (b. 1904), a senior camp administrator at Natzwiler concentration camp who had previously served on staffs at Dachau, Sachsenhausen and Nuengamme since at least 1941. The 2pp. 4to. typed statement was taken at Sanbostel on Nov. 16, 1945. Sandpostel was a notorious P.O.W. camp converted by the Allies for the imprisonment and interrogation of former members of the SS. His statement reads, in part: '...In April 1941, I was posted to Natzweiler as head of administration. The headquarters was organized as follows: Section 1. Camp commandant Hauptsturmfuhrer HUETTIG. Guard unit: 1 company. (Their names have disappeared from my memory)...Section Ia. Commandant's private office - the commandant's secretary, telephonist and teleprinter operator. These were all members of the SS. Section II. Political section. The head of the section was a civilian official of the Gestapo from Stuttgart, whose name I do not know...The interrogations were carried out by the Gestapo official. Identification service: photography and fingerprinting. Carried out by SS men, whose names I do not know. Section III. Detention camp. In charge of detention camp - Hauptsturmfuhrer KRAMER. The number of detainees varied, between April 1941 and December 1942, from 200 to 2000. In charge of blocks in the camp: SS man, whose names I have forgotten. Sentry posts: I have forgotten who was in charge of these. I did not know the nationality of the inmates; when the camp was built, however, the first convoys came entirely from Dachau. Administration. Section IV. My section was reorganised I was in charge of administration. to cover : 2) Food 1) Payments 4) Accommodation 3) Clothing 5) Stewardship of money and effects...Sub-section 2. foods In charge Sergeant THIEME. He bought food for the guard unit and for the prisoners' camp...provisioning of the prisoners was good, since they got the same scale as the civilian population...Sub-section 4. Accommodation. In charge: Oberscharführer BAYERLEIN. This sub-section dealt with all accommodation, for the camp control staff as well as for the prisoners. Tasks: provision of bedclothes and fuel, for both soldiers and prisoners; hut disinfection; washing of clothes and maintenance of hut accommodation; arrangements for the camp library; radio equipment. Sub-section 5. Stewardship of prisoners' effects and money. I have forgotten the name of the man in charge. Effects and valuables were taken in there and stored. Doctor for troops and camp - Obersturmfuhrer EISELE. Section V. Section V had charge of the troops' hospital and of the prisoners' hospital. I cannot say anything about its activities, since my office was one kilometre away. My period of duty there stretched from April 1941 to December 1942. Subsequently, I was posted to the commissariat of 15th (Volunteer) Latvian Division, i.e. combatant troops, in Riga...' File holes in margin, else very good. It seems remarkable that Faschingbauer's memory was so faulty after such a short period of time.
Lot 220
NO RESERVE Gloag (John) Manna, light spotting to endpapers, jacket with 7/6 price sticker to spine, light toning to spine, light creasing to head, 1940 § Gloag (Julian) Our Mother's House, signed presentations inscription from the author to John Baxter, American Library in Paris invitation loosely inserted, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1963, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies generally, 8vo (2)⁂ John Gloag was a science fiction writer and friend of Olaf Stapledon. Manna, in which a journalist uncovers a plan to create a fungus to cure world hunger, is notable for its prediction of an imminent large-scale European war.
Lot 281
Architecture.- Corbusier (Le) Le Modulor. Essai sur une Mesure Harmonique a l'Echelle Humaine..., first edition, numerous illustrations, bookplate of J. D. H. Catleugh, bookseller's label to front free endpaper, margins toned, occasional splitting at gutter, original wrappers, lower cover detached, upper cover working loose, dust-jacket, light toning and surface soiling, a few small chips to extremities, some repairs to verso, loss to foot of spine, Boulogne, 1950 § Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, one of 250 copies signed by the artist, 14 full-page colour screenprints by Ronald King, original signed print loose in folder at end, slip-case (rubbed and lightly soiled), Circle Press, Guildford, 1978 § Halász (Gyula) "Brassai". Camera in Paris, photographic illustrations, folding table, occasional light soiling, some foxing to endpapers, cloth with surface soiling, spine sunned with ends chipped, lower joint split, 1949, all but first original cloth; and others, many art and photography related, including 4 vol. of The Art Workers' Quarterly, v.s. (15)⁂ "Le Modular" is a scale of architectural proportion, designed by Le Corbusier to calculate the correct amount of living space needed in a building. This copy contains the bookplate of abstract artist J. D. H. Catleugh, designed by Scottie Wilson.
Lot 324
Group of three fine "Dr. Wall" First Period Worcester porcelain dishes, circa 1770, including two oval and one circular dish with a scalloped rim. Each hand painted with colorful garlands of flowers within gold mirror shaped cartouches flanked with additional gold decoration reserved on a scale blue ground. Each marked along the underside.(Oval dishes, each) height: 1 1/4 in x width: 8 in x depth: 6 1/2 in. (Round dish) height: 1 in x diameter: 8 in.
Lot 206
A stainless steel wristwatch by Longines, the circular black dial with arrowhead, bead and baton markers alternating with Arabic numerals, centre seconds hand and outer scale 0-60, to a jewelled manual wind movement numbered 7130948 and 12.68N, the case back numbered 23241, the case back and shoulder lugs numbered 36, dial, movement and case signed, on an unassociated strap, case width 3.55cm (without crown)The dial has an uneven finish, with scuffs, nicks and fibres/dust residue to the surface. The numerals and hands have patchy brownish staining, corrosion and spotting. The case, glass and winder have scuffs, scratches, chips and nicks, commensurate for use, with tool marks to the case back. The winder is currently functioning but may be later replaced and operates the hands/winds the movement. The shoulders are fitted with sprung bars that are not fixed. The movement is currently running but is untested for working order, which cannot be guaranteed. Case dimensions approx. 3.55cm width x 4.6cm length (excluding crown). General wear to strap.
Lot 212
A silver pair case pocket watch, the circular white dial with black Roman numerals and outer minute scale, to a key wind verge movement signed Sam' Dalton, Rugby and numbered 350, the inner and outer cases with Birmingham hallmarks (date letters rubbed), accompanied by a fancy-link chain and seal fob, outer watch case diameter 5.5cmHairline fractures, surface wear and nicks/chips to dial. Dial diameter 4.45cm. The inner case has dents, dings and solder repairs and the glass has scuffs, scratches and nicks/small chips. Usual signs of wear to outer case, cover closes fairly tightly. Loop fitting appears to be later replaced. Marks are rubbed, especially the date letters, although one of these is possibly 'O'. The movement does not run and is not currently in working order. Gross weight of watch approx. 138gm. Usual signs of wear to chain and to seal fob, which was possibly used as a watch key but the aperture is heavily worn. Chain length 32cm.
Lot 215
An 18ct gold open face fob watch, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, to a keyless wind movement numbered 442896, the case numbered 476548, with worn import marks, monogrammed, case diameter 3.55cmMultiple hairline fractures and chips to dial, large area of repair to enamel at 5 o'clock with loss to outer scale. Heavy wear to case and rubbing to monogram on case back, dings to rim of case back. Case back is slightly loose fitting. Deep scuffs, scratches and shallow dings to dust cover, which has heavily worn import marks. Loop fitting is gilt metal, with wear to the finish. Scuffs and chips to glass. Movement runs when wound but is untested for working order, which cannot be guaranteed. Approximate gross weight 38.9gm.
Lot 216
A late Victorian 18ct gold chronograph open face pocket watch, the white dial with black Roman numerals, outer scale 0-60 and centre seconds hand, to a keyless wind ¾ plate movement inscribed 'Coventry Philanthropic Society Sports, Aug 6TH 1900', signed C J Wareham, the case hallmarked for Chester 1899, case diameter 5.1cmScuffs, nicks and spotting to dial, no obvious hairline fractures. Dents, dings, creases, pitting and scratches throughout case. Light wear to marks. Surface wear to glass, which may be later replaced. Cover closes fairly tightly. The movement winds and runs and the slider operates the seconds hand, but full functionality and working order of the movement has not been tested and cannot be guaranteed. Gross weight approx. 94.2gm.
Lot 408
A Selection of Great War Maps. Five cloth Trench Maps at the scale 1:20,000, comprising Sheet 57C S.W.; Sheet 57D N.E.; Sheet 62C N.W. (2); and Sheet 62D S.E.; and two cloth General Maps at the scale of 1:100,000, comprising Belgium Sheet 5A (Hazebrouck); and France Sheet 17 (Amiens), reasonable condition commensurate with age and use (7) £80-£100
Lot 49
Sergal Thermopylae Tea Clipper 1:124 Scale Model with Perspex case. Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co., of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. This model took the maker over 200 hours to make and is an almost exact replica which measures 70x102cms. Thermopylae was designed for the China tea trade. Her outbound passage was usually to Australia. On her maiden voyage, starting November 1868, she set a speed record of 63 days from Gravesend to Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, or 60 days measured from the Lizard. On the return trip, leaving Fuzhou on 3 July 1869, she was 89 days to the Lizard, or 91 to London. Her first 10 outward passages to Melbourne averaged 69 days (starting from the Lizard) and her eleven homeward voyages with a cargo of tea averaged 106 and a half days. After her sale to Portugal, she was use as a naval training ship and renamed Pedro Nunes. On 13 October 1907, the Portuguese Navy towed her down the Tagus river and sunk by naval gunfire.
Lot 566
Victorian Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment Officers Full Dress Busby, fine example of a large officers pattern bearskin busby complete with its original gilt and enamel officers busby grenade to the centre with the silver Hannover horse to the lower section as worn by officers from the City of London battalions of the Royal Fusiliers. White feather hackle plume to the side. Complete with its leather backed linked chin scale strap. Leather sweatband to the interior with wicker basket frame. Housed in the original japanned metal storage tin with Edward Smith, London retailers plaque to the top. Remains in excellent overall condition. Remains of a paper label to the tin giving the name Major J Brittain and a London address, some of the label is missing so possibly more of the name is now absent.
Lot 750
Victorian Lothian & Berwickshire Yeomanry Officers Epaulettes, fine linked brass shoulder scale with bullion border and oval emblem to the lower section with initials within laurel wreath. Red cloth underlay to the boards. Some wear but generally good condition. Later became the Lothian & Border Horse.
Lot 893
Excavated Grappling Hook, relic grappling hook with large circular end. Used to scale the walls of the defences. This item was found around the Waterloo battlefield in the 1970’s when it was still legal to remove items from the battlefields. Items from the same collection were sold in our Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria auction on 17th November 2021.
Lot 1424
Large Scale German Helmet from Memorial or Promotional Manufacturer, a very interesting large scale Imperial German style M-18 helmet probably produced in the early stages of the Third Reich or earlier Reichswehr. Made from a black painted galvanised steel. Mount fittings to the inside which has had a modern chain fitted. Very unusual item for any German helmet collector. Photographed next to a standard German helmet for comparison, other helmet not included in the lot.
Lot 615
Collection of 1:64 scale mounted model fire service vehicles each displayed on a plinth with name of vehicle including 9 Del Prado models in original bubble packaging, 40+ with no packaging (a few have come unstuck from base), and a further 6 similar in unbranded unopened packaging (in excess of 55)
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