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Lot 1778
A good steam powered Lake Windermere steamer - Josephine - built by renowned model builder Robert Dudley, 1 - 12 scale with radio control servo fitted, run on compressed air and steam with centre flue boiler having pressure certificate made with great attention to detail utilising copper, brass and other quality materials with butane tank mounted under fore deck - Length 112cm - with display and launching cradle also with full sized plywood case for transport and storage supplied with fuel and spares enabling the buyer to launch the ship - with a current boiler certificate Condition report: Good condition throughout, though due to the nature of the sailing craft being hand built we would advise viewing to any potential bidder
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Lot 201
TOPOGRAPHICAL ALBUM including more than 300 photographs, mainly albumen prints as well as images produced by mechanical process and post cards: three photographs of Turkey by Robertson & Beato: Entrance of the Sultan's New Palace of Dolma 1861, signed in the negative, albumen print, 26cm by 31cm , Fountain of Sultan Selvin, signed in the negative, albumen print, Mosque of Dophanek Constantinople 1861, albumen print 25cm by 30cm; four photographs of Niagra falls, albumen print, 1884, 18cm by 24cm, and views of Egypt; four large scale photographs of Rome, albumen print, c.1860; three photographs of Pisa, albumen print, 1865, 17cm by 23cm; two photographs of Naples, albumen print, c.1861, three photographs of Messina, albumen print, c. 1862, 21cm by 19cm, together with some views of Continental Europe and Britain showing Nice and Cannes, c. 1880, and a small group of photographs produced by mechanical process and post cards depicting the English Hospital Haifa, c. 1902 ++Fountain of Sultan Selvin, signed in the negative, scratched on the right border of the photograph Oblong folio, spine broken
Lot 325
Edward Patry (British, 1856-1940) Portrait of Francis Barring Bt 1740-1810, inscribed en verso 'Sir Francis Baring, Study for picture in the Payal Exchange painted by Edward Patry', signed lower left and dated 1927 oil on canvas, unframed, 127 x 81 cm Baring, Sir Francis, first baronet (1740-1810), merchant and merchant banker, was born at Larkbear, Exeter, on 18 April 1740, third of the four surviving sons and one daughter of John Baring (1697-1748) and his wife, Elizabeth Baring daughter of John Vowler, a prosperous Exeter 'grocer' who dealt largely in sugar, spices, teas, and coffee. Despite being partially deaf from an early age, in 1762 Francis Baring established the London merchant house of Barings. He emerged as a powerful merchant banker and by the mid-1790s reckoned that his concerns had been 'more extensive and upon a larger scale than any merchant in this or any other country'. Baring's father, the son of a Lutheran pastor, emigrated from Bremen in 1717 and settled at Exeter, where he became a leading textile merchant and manufacturer, and a landowner; other than the bishop and the recorder, apparently he alone in Exeter kept a carriage. His premature death in 1748 resulted in Francis, aged eight, being brought up and strongly influenced by his mother. Her sound business head doubled her firm's worth and in 1762 she extended the business to London. Notwithstanding these private reverses, the City of London quickly recognized Baring's special qualities and in 1771 the Royal Exchange Assurance, a giant public business, appointed him to its court. He underpinned his directorship, which continued until 1780, with a holding of £820 in the company's stock, no mean sum when his assets totalled £13,000. This appointment was important to hold; for the first time he was marked out from the throng of merchants populating the courts and alleys of the City. The partnership capital grew steadily from £20,000 in 1777 to £70,000 in 1790, and to £400,000 in 1804. Baring came to contribute the major share, providing 12 per cent in 1777, 40 per cent in 1790, and 54 per cent in 1804. Annual profits rose to £40,000 in the 1790s and peaked, untypically, at over £200,000 in 1802; they were calculated after payment to partners at 4 per cent interest, sometimes 5 per cent, on their capital. Baring's share of the profits increased steadily from a quarter in the mid-1760s to a half from 1777 and to three-quarters from 1801. His total wealth, business as well as private, rose accordingly, from almost £5000 in 1763, to £64,000 in 1790, and to £500,000 in 1804. Hope & Co. of Amsterdam, the most powerful merchant bank in Europe's leading financial centre, was Baring's most valuable connection. Their association is said to have begun in the 1760s, when Hopes passed Baring some bills to negotiate and ended up 'exceedingly struck with the transaction which bespoke not only great zeal and activity, but what was still more important … either good credit or great resources … From that day Baring became one of their principal friends'. The link was consolidated in other ways, in particular through the marriage in 1796 of Pierre César Labouchère Hope family a leading figure at Hopes, to Baring's third daughter, Dorothy. Baring's work from 1782 as an adviser on commercial matters to cabinet ministers propelled him from relative obscurity to the inner circles of British political life, underlining how in these early years his influence was entirely disproportionate to the resources he commanded. The catalyst for this advancement was his Devon connections. His brother John was elected to parliament as a member for Exeter in 1776; more importantly, in 1780 his sister, Elizabeth, married another MP and fellow Devonian, John Dunning. A rich and influential lawyer, Dunning was allied to Lord Shelburne, a powerful whig politician who held progressive views on political economy and whose borough of Calne Dunning represented in parliament. In July 1782, following Shelburne's promotion to prime minister and Dunning's appointment as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Baring fulfilled the new prime minister's need 'to have recourse from time to time to mercantile advice'. Baring, by instinct a whig, became Shelburne's confidential adviser on commerce, or his 'handy City man', according to a discontented William Cobbett. Baring's ideas on political economy and commerce were well ahead of his time; in 1799 he rightly defended the Bank of England's decision (in 1797) to suspend specie payments as both correct and inevitable, in the face of hostile opposition from many of his peers. Baring was not nearly as close to the tory leader William Pitt, who followed Lansdowne as prime minister and who held office almost continuously until Baring's retirement from active business. Their views were far apart, and on Pitt's death Baring was quick to stress their lack of concurrence 'on any great political question for above 20 years, our political opinions and principles being different' (The Times, 6 Feb 1806). In particular he disagreed with Pitt's policy for the seemingly endless continuation of a wasteful war; they also suffered differences over government policy towards the East India Company. Baring's personal influence in government waned but his expert advice, always fairly delivered, continued to be provided on such matters as trade with Turkey, the importance of Gibraltar, and the funding of the national debt. As part of Pitt's cleansing of abuse from public office, in 1784 he appointed Baring a commissioner charged with investigating fees, gratuities, and prerequisites for holding certain offices. Britain's European allies needed funds and came to Baring who, with Hopes, now organized some of the first marketings of foreign bonds in London. Believing fervently that 'it may be desirable not to have the subject to discuss with our own Ministers, as you know very well how ignorant they are of foreign finance', in 1801 he dispatched P. C. Labouchere of Hopes and his son George to negotiate a loan to the court of Lisbon. The resulting 'Portuguese diamond loan' of 13 million guilders was shared between Barings and Hopes on the usual 25:75 basis. Baring died on 11 September 1810 at Lee and was buried in the family vault at Stratton, Micheldever, on 20 September. He was survived by five sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Thomas, succeeded to the baronetcy and country estates; Thomas's son Francis was to enter political life and in 1866 was created Baron Northbrook. His second son, Alexander, succeeded him as senior partner and was later created Baron Ashburton for his political services. The third son, Henry, was also a partner, albeit an unremarkable one, while the other surviving sons, George and William, never rose to prominence. After Baring's death tributes included one from Lord Lansdowne, son of his political friend, who reckoned Baring was a 'prince of merchants'. Another political ally, Lord Erskine, wrote: 'he was unquestionably the first merchant in Europe; first in knowledge and talents and first in character and opulence'.
Lot 1328
ROYAL NAVY - The Grand Fleet; an original scale drawing prepared for the construction of HMS. 'Iron Duke' (battleship, at Jutland carrying the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Jellicoe ) * launched Oct. 1912 & commissioned March 1914; the drawing is for the torpedo store room; see internet catalogue for details. Illustrated
Lot 20
HALO OF FLIES - Wicked pack of limited edition 7" singles from the cult Minneapolis rockers. Includes the bootlegged pressing of Rubber Room b/w Thoughts In A Booth / Three More Quarters that was seized by the band and re-issued (HOF-45-02) as well as a SERIOUSLY X-rated picture sleeve version of No Time b/w You Get Nothing SCALE 13). Also a great copy of Snapping Black Roscoe Bottles (SCALE 03). Condition is EX on all three.
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Lot 1327
ROYAL NAVY - The Grand Fleet, some of the original scale drawings prepared for the construction of the following capital ships - HMS. Neptune (7 drawings), Dreadnought (2), Hercules & Colossus (1), Bellerophon (17), Glorious (1), Indefatigable (1), i.e. 29 in all, & 7 others of a more general application. * several of the ships were present at Jutland; all drawings (various sizes, some very large) have the appropriate Admiralty / Dockyard / Shipbuilders dated stamps, initials & notes; see internet catalogue details.
Lot 303
RED SOLDIER'S TUNIC WITH ACCESSORIES, HELMET & EPNS BOWL, believed to be Georgian period and later, relating to an M E Walker, complete with crested brass buttons, scale-decorated epaulettes, fine brass helmet plate with the French motto 'HONI SOTT QUI MAL Y PENSE' bearing centre cipher, also a braided chin-strap and pair of brown-leather ankle boots etc. On the reverse of the epaulettes is a label for the outfitter 'Wm Webb - Gold Laceman to the King, Duke of York, 48 Piccadilly, London'. Provenance: all the items were discovered together in an attic by the vendor, the hat-box has a label to the lid interior bearing heraldic crest with the name 'M E WALKER' (the same family name as the bowl which is dated 1896) Condition: although apparently complete there are problems with the tunic, but the accessories are in excellent order
Lot 122
A mid 19c observatory barometer by J J Hicks, 8, 9 & 10 Halton Garden, London in black metal case with tubular silvered scale with vernier adjustment. A Fahrenheit mercury thermometer is mounted on the front of the case and the instrument is hung on a backboard which has a levelling shoe at its base and an opaque glass reflector behind the scale for easier reading, board 44 tall overall
Lot 129
A clinometer by Heath & Co Ltd of London and dated 1915 in a bronze lacquered case. It has its adjustable sighting arm and vernier adjusted degree scale with reflecting mirrors and was used for surveying degrees of inclination in the landscape. Complete in its leather box by T J Weeks & Sons which is dated 1916.
Lot 121
A mid 19c marine sextant with reflecting mirrors, set of filters and two lenses. The scale is silvered and it has a wooden hand grip. It is very salt corroded and has an indecipherable inscription around the scale on which is the date 1862. It is contained in a battered fitted mahogany box, 11l.
Lot 214
The John Wood Drawing Set - A fine set of 18th Century drawing instruments, the silver and fish skin case bearing the script 'John Wood, Architect' together with the Coat of Arms of this famous son of Bath. Dating from around 1745 the set comprises: white metal scale rule, white metal mounted ivory sector rule, compass, dividers, bow, two pens and a pencil, the two rules bearing the name of the maker Thomas Heath of London, there is one vacant aperture which would suggest that there is one piece missing, 13cm high John Wood Senior was born in Bath in 1704. His first important projects were the North and South Parades in 1728, followed by Queen Square, Prior Park (1735-48) and the Royal Mineral Water Hospital in 1738. Of course the developments for which he will forever be remembered are The Circus, completed in 1764 after his death by his son John Wood The Younger and The Royal Crescent 1767-76, executed by the younger Wood from his father's designs. His major works outside Bath were both the Bristol and Liverpool Exchanges. He died in his home city in May 1754 Condition: The hinge has snapped and so the lid is not connected to the main case, there is one empty aperture where there may have been an instrument/ink phial, the crest panel has a few shallow knocks and the panel is lifting slightly, see images - **General condition consistent with age
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