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Click here to subscribeAn artillery dagger, dating: 17th Century, provenance: Italy, dating: 17th Century, provenance: Italy, Straight blade of a triangular sections, base with a scale from 1 to 120; moulded neck, iron hilt with quillons and pommel chiselled with spirals; wooden grip covered with iron wire binding, spiral as well., length 37 cm.
A rare artillery stiletto, dating: 17th Century, provenance: North Italy, dating: 17th Century, provenance: North Italy, Straight blade of triangular section, on the wider face a scale numbered up to '120', provided with a roundish, flattened knot on a square base; iron quillon with short arms chiselled with deep spirals, the pommel en suite. The grip decorated in the same style, with a disc at the centre. , length 35.5 cm.
A Corinthian aryballosLate 7th century BC; alt. cm 10,2; An aryballos with a wide flat lip, a short cylindrical neck, a piriform body tapering down and a ribbon handle stretching from the shoulder to the rim. A series of black rays encircle the lip, the shoulder and the foot; the body is decorated with a scale motif.PROVENANCE:Ex ACR Auctions 17 (London, 30 June 2015), lot 12; formerly in an English collection formed in the 1990s.
A 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD & INLAY CASED SWISS LEVER WOUND CYLINDER MUSIC BOX PLAYING 8 AIRS. .. CONDITION REPORT. THE CASE IN ORIGINAL AGE COMMENSURATE CONDITION WITH LIGHT WEAR AND TEAR. THE MOVEMENT IN FULL WORKING ORDER. THE COMB HAS SUFFERED AN IMPACT AT THE BASS END OF THE SCALE AND WHILST ALL TEETH ARE INTACT THE LOWER 15 DO NOT PLUCK CORRECTLY.( THE MOVEMENT APPARENTLY UNSIGNED)
An Automatic Calendar Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Heuer, ref: 750.501, circa 1982, (calibre 7750) lever movement, black dial with luminous baton markers, date aperture, three dials for seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachymeter scale, pvd coated case with buttons in the band to operate the chronograph, stainless steel screw back, pvd coated bracelet with a deployant clasp, 43mm wide, with a Heuer box and Heuer warranty booklet see illustration 18.01.17, Case back with a minor staining mark, watch is in good condition, pvd coating is in good order, dial is clean, movement and chronograph are working, winding smoothly and hand setting correctly.
An Unusual Chrome Plated BBC Correspondent Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Lemania, circa 1975, lever movement, blue dial with luminous markers, date aperture, outer fifths of seconds track, two dials for seconds and a 30-minute register, outer tachymeter scale, tonneau shaped case with buttons in the band to operate the chronograph, screw back engraved BBC 5844, 38mm wide see illustration The case back is stamped with BBC and a serial number. The BBC have serial numbers usually stamped on stopwatches used for programme recording.20.02.17, Case with the chrome plated worn in parts and with scratches and minor dents, crown is rubbed, later strap and buckle, plexi glass with scratches, small cracks and small chips, back cover with a engraved inscription ''BBC 5844'', date is changing correctly, chronograph is working, movement in going order.
A Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Bucherer, circa 1975, lever movement, silvered dial with luminous baton markers, outer fifths track and a tachymeter scale, three dials for seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, tonneau shaped case, buttons in the band to operate the chronograph, crown at 10 to rotate the inner 60-minute disc, screw back, 43mm wide see illustration 17.02.17, Case with surface scratches and small dents, later strap and buckle, case back is rubbed to the letters around the edge, silvered dial with some staining marks and small scratches, hand setting correctly, chronograph is working, movement in going order.
Gallienus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 260-268. GALLIENVS AVG, head left, crowned with reeds / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head left, holding two standards. RIC 38 var. (rev. legend); Calicó 3494-5 var. (same). 3.66g, 20mm, 1h. Mint State. A handsome portrait of Gallienus in fine style. Extremely Rare. Gallienus was named Caesar at the same time his father Valerian became emperor in AD 253. Within a month, he was promoted to the rank of Augustus and joint ruler. The responsibility for the western provinces was handed to him the following year as Valerian marched east to campaign against the Persian army. Gallienus proceeded to take military action to secure the Rhine and Danube frontiers from German attacks. His efforts were successful and he earned the title ‘Germanicus Maximus’ five times between 255 and 258, though he lost his eldest son during a campaign in the Danube early in 258. This loss was the beginning of a series of unfortunate events to befall the western emperor. Valerian was captured by the Persian king Shapur I in 260, significantly weakening Gallienus’ position and leaving a power vacuum in the east. The first to take advantage was Ingenuus, governor of Pannonia and Moesia, who was proclaimed emperor at Sirmium by the troops under his command but defeated soon after by Gallienus’ general Aureolus. Rebellion also broke out on the Danube frontier when Regalianus proclaimed himself emperor, requiring prompt and successful action from Gallienus. A further uprising occurred in 260, when Macrianus and Quietus were proclaimed joint emperors, making Antioch their capital with widespread support in the Eastern provinces. Macrianus marched against Gallienus but was killed by Aureolus in 261, while Quietus was murdered in Emesa where he was taking refuge. The following year saw Aureolus revolt, although he was swiftly convinced to make peace. Whilst the uprisings in the east had been successfully quelled, it had cost Gallienus dearly in the West. By the end of 261, Postumus had taken control of Gaul, Britain and Spain and assumed the title of Augustus, establishing an independent empire which would survive for almost 15 years. Unable to successfully challenge the Gallic Empire led by Postumus, Gallienus spent the following years dealing with minor invasions and rebellions until the Goths and the Heruli launched a large scale invasion of the Balkans in 268. Leaving Aureolus in charge at Milan, Gallienus advanced to counter the invasion, although he was unable to prevent the sacking of Athens before defeating the invaders at Naissus. Taking advantage of the Gothic War, Aureolus defected to Postumus, prompting Gallienus to return to Italy in September 268, where he defeated Aureolus at Pontirolo and laid siege to him at Milan. Gallienus was unable to bring matters to a decisive conclusion for he was murdered in his camp by the commander of his Dalmatian cavalry. The reverse legend of this beautiful aureus ironically bears the legend ‘loyalty of the soldiers’ and depicts Fides, the Roman goddess of trust and loyalty. Many reverse types depicting Fides were minted after 260 and Mark Hebblewhite (The Emperor and the Army in the Later Roman Empire, AD 235–395, 2016) has suggested this was in response to the uprisings of 260, reflecting Gallienus’ desire to show the army that he trusted in their continued support. Indeed, Gallienus had barred senators from taking military office after some had shown disloyalty in their support of the usurpers, and increasingly relied on the support of his existing officers.
Roman Republic AV Half-Stater. Circa 216 BC. Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri / Oath-taking scene: two warriors, one Roman and the other representing the Italian allies, standing facing each other, holding spears and touching with their swords a sacrificial pig held by a youth kneeling left between them; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 28/2; Sydenham 70; Bahrfeldt 2.2, pl. I, 13 (same dies); Biaggi 2; RBW 62. 3.43g, 15mm, 5h. Extremely Fine, and among the best preserved specimens known. Very Rare. From the collection of Gianfranco Galfetti; Privately purchased from Kunst und Münzen, Lugano in 1956. The first gold coinage ever issued by the Roman Republic, this half stater represents one of the most desperate moments in all of Roman history. The Second Punic War of 218-203 BC was waged at an unthinkable cost to Rome in terms of men, material and money. For nearly fifteen years the conflict was fought on Italian soil, bringing devastation to the peninsula on a scale it had never before endured. Yet the greatest shocks came in the opening phase of the war – Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps into the Po plain, considered one of the greatest achievements in military logistics, and the devastating defeats he inflicted on the Roman legions in a quick sequence of major battles, at the Trebia (December 218 BC), Lake Trasimene (June 217 BC), and Cannae (August 216 BC), brought Rome to her very knees. As a measure of the extent of the disaster, Hannibal had defeated the equivalent of eight consular armies (16 legions plus an equal number of allies), and within the space of just three campaign seasons, Rome had lost one-fifth of the entire population of male citizens over 17 years of age. Furthermore, the ruinous effect these defeats had on morale was such that most of southern Italy defected to Hannibal's cause, thus prolonging the war for a decade. In addition to the wholesale destruction of Rome’s armies, the most crucial damage inflicted by Hannibal’s invasion of Italy was the total collapse of Rome’s young monetary system. At that time, the Roman currency was based entirely on bronze, for which the demand in wartime was competing with the needs for weaponry. The weights of the bronze currency were radically decreased, and it therefore became necessary to make bronze convertible to silver, which, however, was also in short supply. The strain on the Roman treasury was extreme. The decision was therefore taken in c. 216 BC to issue a gold coinage as an attempt to provide further stability for and increase faith in the bronze coinage by creating the impression that bronze could be freely exchanged for gold, thus making the token bronze coinage acceptable. The types of this new gold coinage were evidently given some consideration, and in the event were highly appropriate. A Meadows (‘The Mars / eagle and thunderbolt gold and Ptolemaic involvement in the Second Punic War’ in Essays Hersh, 1998) writes: “the oath scene gold, as befitted its status as a creator of confidence in the new denominational system, was something of a showpiece. Its design reflected the ambience of ‘strength through co-operation’ that the Roman state sought to emphasise at the time of its production. That the unity of Rome and her allies was a very live issue in 216 BC is clear from the defections that followed the disastrous battle of Cannae in that very year.”
Moorcroft 'Dawn Landscape' Bowl on pewter base, the interior showing a large tree to the centre, at the top of a hill, flanked by two smaller trees lower down, in a moody, dark blue palette, against a pale blue sky; the exterior, reflecting the scene in a continuous band to the underside, below a double row 'fish scale' band rising to the Prussian blue rim; the bowl set on a hammered pewter stepped, flared base; blue script mat and Made in England to bowl, English Pewter, Hutton, Sheffield to the pewter; 7 inches in diameter x 3.25 high (restoration to inner top edge to about 1 inch down, almost invisible to exterior, good colour to interior; mottled firing to sky area)
Negretti & Zambra Instrument Makers to Queen Victoria Golden Oak Cased Attractive Carved Mercurial Wheel Barometer. c.1880, with Silvered Dial, Bevelled Glass and Set Adjuster, Encased Mercury Thermometer with Silvered Scale Plate, Supported by a Carved Double Scroll and Bobbin. 39 Inches High.
THOMAS MARTIN RANDALL (1786-1859) STUDY OF A ROSE signed verso with initials (in ink T.M.R.) and with faint pencil inscription W So...ry, watercolour, octagonal, 33 x 27cm There are several pencil studies of foliage on the reverse. Provenance: The artist's widow Louisa (Shipley, nee West, d1847) thence by descent in the West family to Mrs J Launder, from whom acquired by the present vendor, c1980. Exhibited: On loan to Clive House Museum Shrewsbury until 1997. Illustrated: Twitchett (J), Derby Porcelain 1980, col plt 42. Literature: Edmundson (R S), Thomas Martin Randall; China Decorator and Manufacturer, NCS Journal 1993, p26. This superb watercolour is of a scale and quality such that it may well have been intended for demonstration or copying in the same way as the famous Derby 'Prentice Plate' by William 'Quake'r Pegg. It is also of the utmost rarity, being signed. ++Grubby with old creases and handling marks, the edge of the paper with small tears and crease but entirely unrestored and not laid down
A LATE 20TH CENTURY 1:120 SCALE MODEL OF R.M.S. MAURETANIA, built 1982-86 by Fred Mew of Yorkshire, housed in a glazed display case standing on a yew wood finish unit with four drawer and cupboards, dimensions of display case approximately 92cm high x 44.5cm depth x 227.5cm length, The Mauretania was built in 1906 by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson for The Cunard Steam Ship Co, she remained in service until 1934 and scrapping commenced in 1935
A BOXED CONRAD NZG DIECAST VOLVO NL12 TRUCK MODEL, no. 3928, 1:50 scale, with a boxed Conrad NZG Rosenbauer Falcon Tank Fire Fighting Vehicle, no. 5512, 1:50 scale, complete with accessories still sealed in original packet, with a boxed Lion Cars diecast DAF3600 drawbar outfit, no. 76, and a similar unboxed DAF1900 box van, models all complete and in lightly playworn condition, boxes damaged (4)
A COLLECTION OF THREE BOXED MODEL SHIPS / BOATS (UNCONSTRUCTED), An Italeri model of Schnellboot S100, plastic construction, scale 1:35, length 999mm appears complete. A Trumpeter model of the Bismark, plastic construction, scale 1:200, length 1265mm and a Baukasten Schlachtschiff model of the Bismark, plastic construction, scale 1:200, length 1255mm, appears complete
A QUANTITY OF BOXED UNBUILT VINTAGE PLASTIC AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION KITS, assorted scales, to include Airfix 1:24 scale Hawker Hurricane MK1 kit, no. 09502-8, Matchbox 1:32 scale DH-82A/C Tiger Moth, no. PK-505 and Inpact 1:48 scale Bristol Boxkite from 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines', no. P105, Airfix, Matchbox, Revell, contents not checked, but all appear largely complete, some with components still sealed in original packaging (10)
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