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Lot 1283
A William IV old Sheffield plate two handled wine cooler, by Matthew Boulton & Co, circa 1830, of baluster form on knopped pedestal circular foot with shell and scroll borders, with presentation inscription `To Thos. Hamilton Esqr. Architect of the Pavilion for the Banquet to Earl Grey 15th Septr. 1834`, crested, 25cm high Thomas Hamilton (1784-1858) was a renowned Scottish architect, responsible for many buildings throughout Edinburgh. They include the Burns Monument and Martyrs Monument, both on Carlton Hill in Edinburgh. Lord Grey had retired as Whig prime minister in July 1834 and the banquet on 15th September was planned in his honour. There was no suitable venue in Edinburgh at the time for a banquet on such a grand scale and so a temporary structure was chosen. The description of the pavilion provided in the Transactions of the Institute of British Architects by Thomas Hamilton explains that the structure was only decided upon a mere fortnight before the date of the dinner.
Lot 1521
A Chinese export porcelain square form bulb pot, 18th century, with twin handles, painted and gilt with panels of flower sprays, together with a grilled cover, 16.5cm high, together with another similar bulb pot, lacking cover, decorated with panels of figures in formal gardens and landscapes, framed in blue scrolling and scale borders(2) CONDITION REPORT: Flower pot and cover..please note restoration to body, over painting, discolouration. Other flower pot has rubbing to gilding
Lot 1283
A William IV old Sheffield plate two handled wine cooler, by Matthew Boulton & Co, circa 1830, of baluster form on knopped pedestal circular foot with shell and scroll borders, with presentation inscription `To Thos. Hamilton Esqr. Architect of the Pavilion for the Banquet to Earl Grey 15th Septr. 1834`, crested, 25cm high Thomas Hamilton (1784-1858) was a renowned Scottish architect, responsible for many buildings throughout Edinburgh. They include the Burns Monument and Martyrs Monument, both on Carlton Hill in Edinburgh. Lord Grey had retired as Whig prime minister in July 1834 and the banquet on 15th September was planned in his honour. There was no suitable venue in Edinburgh at the time for a banquet on such a grand scale and so a temporary structure was chosen. The description of the pavilion provided in the Transactions of the Institute of British Architects by Thomas Hamilton explains that the structure was only decided upon a mere fortnight before the date of the dinner.
Lot 54
TWO LINEN BACKED WAR OFFICE 1941 MAPS OF HARROGATE AND HULL, FOUR OTHERS WITHOUT LINEN BACKING, including Buxton and Matlock and York, all folded (one inch to one mile), THREE LARGE SCALE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS, Northern Europe, United States and Eastern South America, folded TOGETHER WITH AN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY BOOKLET `ASA LEES AND CO. - SOHO IRON WORKS, OLDHAM - DETAILS OF COTTON MULE, with parts diagram and numbered lists, TWO SOUVENIR PROGRAMMES CORONATIONS OF KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH II (12)
Lot 455
Massive Printed Poster Army Recruiting Poster: New Scale of Separation Allowance For Soldiers Wives and Children ... Enlist To-Day and your Dependant's will be well Provided For. Poster No. 39, ptd. in red & blue by David Allan & Sons, approx. 152cms x 102cms (40" x 60"), some tears, and a couple of pieces loose (but present). Very Rare. As a poster, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 19
A Worcester teapot and cover, c.1770, the lid with flower finial, overall painted with panels of flowers and foliage in the Kakiemon style, within gilt scrolling borders, on a blue scale ground, 15cm high CONDITION REPORT: the flower head finial on lid has a minor crack / possibly restored minor rubbing to gilding minor fritting to base
Lot 23
A Lowestoft Porcelain sparrow beak cream jug in a variation of the "Curtis" pattern painted with a floral spray within a green and iron red wreath, border with a lilac scale pattern and trailing flowers, height 9cm CONDITION REPORT: Slight surface scratching to glaze, exterior chip to top rim border, hairline crack to interior and exterior of 2.5cm and a small glaze chip to foot rim
Lot 712
‘…my proposed Air Conference…’ CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. T.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Air Ministry, Kingsway, 2nd July 1920, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Secretary of State for Air. Churchill states that it was kind of Northcliffe 'to have taken so much trouble over my proposed Air Conference' and adds that his memorandum 'is most valuable and comprehensive'. Churchill further adds that he appointed a committee, with Lord Londonderry as Chairman, to consider where the conference should be held and on what date, remarking 'It is improbable that Parliament will re-assemble before October 15th, and therefore I propose to have the conference in the second week of October…instead of on the dates suggested by the committee.' He concludes 'Your suggestion that all information as to what has been done in the development of civil aviation should be circulated to those invited, should certainly be adopted, and I hope that you will consent to take the Chair on the day allotted for the discussion on Civil Aviation.' With blank integral leaf. A couple of pencil and blue indelible pencil annotations to the left margin. An 8vo typed summary of Churchill's letter is neatly affixed to the upper left corner. Together with two original typed carbon copies of letters to Churchill from Northcliffe, 5th June & 8th July 1920, both directly relating to Churchill's letter. Also including John Moore-Brabazon (1884-1964) English Aviation Pioneer & Politician, the first Englishman to pilot a heavier-than-air machine under power in England, Minister of Transport and Minister of Aircraft Production during World War II. T.L.S., J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, one page, 4to, Kingsway, 29th July 1920, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Air Ministry, regarding the proposed Air Conference and stating 'Mr. Churchill desires me to ask whether you would be so good as to preside on the first day of the Conference, which it is proposed to devote to Civil Aviation' and a second T.L.S., J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, one page, 4to, Kingsway, 6th August 1920, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Air Ministry, stating that he has shown Northcliffe's letter to Churchill 'and he is much upset', further writing 'He has told me to write you again to see whether you could see your way to alter your decision, as he considers that for you not to preside on the first day would be a calamity and prejudice the whole Conference. He suggested that anything you would have said at the opening could be read out, so as not to tax your throat. I do hope, as a great patron of Aviation, you will try and alter your mind and come, to avoid, so to speak, the performance of Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark'. The letters are accompanied by the original typed carbon copies of the letters to Moore-Brabazon from Northcliffe, 3rd & 12th August 1920. Further including two original typed copies of Northcliffe's Notes for Syllabus, sixteen pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1920), stating, in part, 'It would seem desirable that members of the Conference, before assembling, should have an opportunity of studying, in the form of circulated abstracts and summaries, what has and is being done in the development of civil aerial transport, not only in this country but in others. It is a short time only since the Armistice. Yet what has already been accomplished is very suggestive as to future progress…The Conference might…quite usefully discuss how best to shorten the period of inertia between the provision of air transport on a comprehensive scale and its general and unhesitating use by the community…in order to obtain greater reliability and safety, pilots require the assistance of a more perfect land organisation. Here, obviously, the Conference will have a fruitful field for inquir
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