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Lot 3
3/4 inch scale DRM Mercer, Birmingham live steam traction engine, finished in dark blue and red with brass detailing, fitted to run on compressed air and spirit fuel use, easy access to back head controls with reverse lever, sight gauge, and other expected fittings, with burner, little use in perspex display case (VG)
Lot 60
A very well made model of a approximately quarter scale travelling caravan, finished in cream, green and maroon, with nicely detailed walnut style interior, fitted with spoked and metal bound cart wheels, with draw bar for horse to pull, with handmade wooden ladder for access to interior, to measure Main Body Length 51 inches, full length approximately 90 inches, and height 54 inches
Lot 1117
MODEL STEAM TRACTION ENGINE - MAXWELL HEMMENS a 1'' scale model of a Showmans Traction Engine, of copper construction and with a working pressure of 50 psi. Made by Maxwell Hemmens Precision Steam Models, and supplied to Mervyn Miles Models, Gillingham, in 1983. With the original Boiler Test Certificate in 1983, and apparently unused. 56cms long
Lot 369
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (Mexican/New Orleans, c. 1750-1802), "Don Antonio Mendez (1750-1829)", oil on canvas, unsigned, black painted inscription identifying sitter as "Antonio Mendez" and handwritten pencil inscription "....Don Antonio Mendez, Mort le 5, Dbre 1829, natif de la Havane" on stretcher bars, ink inscription regarding restoration by Gregor's Beaux Arts, Hartford, CT in May 1945 en verso of relining canvas, 40 1/4 in. x 31 in., antique frame. Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter. Note: The sugar trade has long been an important element of the Louisiana economy, from the introduction of sugar cane to the New Orleans area in the 1750s to today, when Louisiana is presently the second largest sugar producer in the country. For both the culinary and economic benefits of the cane sugar business, much recognition and gratitude is indebted to Antonio Mendez, the first to successfully create granulated sugar in colonial America. Although Etienne de Boré is well known for his large-scale production and commercialization of granulated sugar, the efforts of Mendez, as well as Josef Solis and Antoine Morin, are often overlooked in the history of cane sugar. Sugar cane, which is indigenous to Asia, was first brought to the New World by either the Spanish or the Portuguese in the late 1400s, and the first harvest occurred in 1501 on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Over the next two centuries, the crop was successfully planted throughout the Caribbean islands and South America, and in 1751, Jesuit priests visiting Hispaniola brought samples back to Louisiana and planted them. In 1759, Joseph Dubreuil built a sugar mill and attempted to granulate sugar without success; by the 1780s, cane was widely planted for chewing and for producing “taffia,” a rum-like liquor widely imbibed by the citizens of Louisiana. It was thought that the growing season in Louisiana was too short and cold to produce adequate crops for granulation. However, Josef Solis, who had come from Saint-Domingue, planted Otaheite, a more common and heartier variety of sugar cane. Antonio Mendez, whose Magnolia Plantation in Terre aux Boeufs (now St. Bernard Parish) was adjacent to Solis’, eventually bought much of Solis’ lands and sugar crops, and hired Antoine Morin, a Haitian sugar maker who had fled Saint-Domingue during the revolution, to attempt to produce granulated sugar. The account of their success in finally granulating sugar is given by J.B. Avequin, who wrote in the Louisiana Sentinelle de Thibodeaux, “He made but a few small barrels of sugar, and it is certain that he experimented also in refining them, for in 1792, Mendez presented to Don Rendon, who was then Intendant of Louisiana for Spain, some small loaves of sugar refined by him. It required one of these little loaves to sweeten two cups of coffee.” In 1794, Etienne de Boré, seeing the destruction of the Louisiana indigo crops due to an insect infestation, decided to invest in sugar cane and bought a large quantity from Mendez and Solis. He planted these crops on his plantation on the Mississippi River (now the location of Audubon Park), and hired Morin to help produce the sugar. From this crop, he created sugar in large enough quantities to earn $12,000 and convinced more plantation owners to invest in sugar cane. De Boré’s success certainly bolstered the sugar industry in Louisiana, however, Mendez and Morin’s experiments in sugar refining were undisputedly seminal. Don Antonio Mendez arrived in New Orleans in the 1780s upon accepting the position of Procurer de Roi (Attorney General) for the Spanish Colonial government of Louisiana. He quickly purchased land grants and built a home known as Magnolia Plantation in the early 1790s; several notarial acts of 1794 and 1795 mention this particular structure. Later in his career, Mendez became a clerk at the Cabildo and was appointed parish judge of St. Bernard Parish by Governor William C. C. Claiborne. Mendez married Felicité Ducret on March 25, 1790 in St. Louis Cathedral, officiated by Father Antonio de Sedella (known to the New Orleans community as Père Antoine). The couple had six children, two of whom were depicted with their parents in a family portrait, also by Salazar, sold in these rooms, December 4, 2004. In the individual likeness of Mendez offered here, Salazar uses the half-length format within a painted oval similar to his portraits of other notable figures such as Major General James Wilkinson, Daniel William Coxe and Colonel Thomas Butler, Jr. Although history books have sometimes overlooked the contributions of Mendez, Morin, and Solis in favor of the story of Etienne de Boré, the Mendez family always sought to correct that impression. Don Antonio Mendez’ daughter, Magdalena Theresa Mendez Landier, told her daughter until her dying day: “Dire que c’est mon père qui a fait le premier sucre en Louisiane.” (Tell everyone that it was my father who made the first sugar in Louisiana). Ref.: Abbott, Elizabeth. Sugar: A Bittersweet History. London: Penguin House, 2008. American Sugar Cane League. A Story of Louisiana Cane Sugar. New Orleans, 1939. Buman, Nathan. “Two Histories, One Future” (PhD diss., Louisiana State University, 2013). Butler, W.E. Down Among the Sugar Cane. Baton Rouge: Moran Publishing Company, 1980. Hyland, William de Marigny. Tour of Historic St. Bernard Parish. St. Bernard, LA: Los Islenos Museum, 2012. Mims, Sam. Trail to a Pot of Gold. Homer, Louisiana: The Guardian-Journal, 1967. Rightor, Henry, ed. Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1900. Stubbs, William C. Sugar Cane. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1900. Taggart, W.G. and E.C. Simon. A Brief Discussion of the History of Sugar Cane. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Immigration, 1938.
Lot 373
Charles F. Zimpel (Prussian/American, 1801-1879), "Topographical Map of New Orleans and its Vicinity, Embracing a distance of twelve miles up and eight and three quarter miles down the Mississippi River and Part of Lake Pontchartrain, representing all Public Improvements existing and projected and important Establishments, accompanied by A Statistical Table, containing the most accurate Illustrations; prefaced by A Splendid View of New Orleans, & Compiled from actual surveys and the best authorities, by Chas. F. Ximpel, Deputy City Surveyor of New Orleans, Chief Engineer of the New Orleans & Carrollton Rail Road Company and late Engineer in the Prussian Service, Scale six inches to the mile, New Orleans March 1834", lithograph, on six sheets, original folio, vignettes showing: Orleans Cotton Press Co., City Hotel, Levee Steam Cotton Press, City Hall (Cabildo), St. Louis Cathedral, Presbytere, Bank of the Canal and Banking Co., City House and Market of the City of Lafayette, Bank of New Orleans, Union Bank, American Theater, Sugar Refinery, Charity Hospital, State House, "Defeat of the British Army...", "Plan of the Banks of the Mississippi and Adjacent Country...", and "Mouth of the Mississippi at the South West Pass", six sheets (combined) 63 in. x 64 in. Note: Zimpel, Charles F. (Karl Frederick Zimpel) and the subject map are best summarized in Ellen Merrill’s Germans of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. 2005: “Zimpel was a young Prussian aristocrat who soon established a lucrative career in the city as a surveyor, engineer, and architect. His tastes were mainly classical, in keeping with the style in vogue in both Europe and America. He was highly successful in those areas in which he was trained and, for a short time, became deputy surveyor and chief engineer for the city. In 1833 he laid out and developed the City of Carrollton. Perhaps his most important achievement was the detailed map of New Orleans he produced in 1834. Dissatisfied with the quality produced by the lithographers in New Orleans, he sent his original drawing back to Germany. On the return trip the lithographic stone and reproductions were lost at sea, making the Zimpel map a collector’s item. As chief engineer of the New Orleans and Carrollton Railway, which ran from Canal Street to Carrollton Avenue along Nayades Street (now St. Charles Avenue), he got involved in land speculation. Having little experience in this area, he soon fell into debt and fled the city. After only seven years of working in New Orleans, he returned to his native Prussia.” Zimpel also designed and oversaw construction of several important buildings in New Orleans during his tenure here, three of which are shown in vignettes above his map: the Bank of New Orleans, City Hotel, and the Orleans Cotton Press. Only six copies of the Zimpel map have been located, five of which are housed in institutional collections.
Lot 1354
Three boxed Diecast Corgi vehicles to include; Queen Mothers Centenary 1900 - 2000 State Landau Coach & Horses 37003, Heavy Haulage Limited Edition 1:50 scale ERF EC Series Low Loader & Steel Casing Load CC11909, Premier Model Limited Edition International Transtar with King Trailer and Submarine - Texas Pipeline US51402
Lot 1214
The Great Northern Hielan Lassie 3.5" scale model locomotive and tender, made from sheet brass and steel, iron and bronze castings, a copper boiler and brass fittings just as an operating model would be except that it is intended for display purposes only as a boiler could not be made by the builder. 1.5 meters long and weighs approximately 45kg.The machining has been done to an extremely high standard the motion for all three cylinders is in polished steel and has a lovely paint finish
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