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Lot 2344
A Victorian green painted cast iron Garden Bench with Gothic pattern to back, semi-circular pattern to arms, possibly by the Val d`Osne Foundry. 55 1/2`` long, 35`` high. The company is understood to have exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London in 1851 and the radial decoration of the arms of this elegant seat is highly reminiscent of the great arch surmounting the front facade of the Crystal Palace which was subsequently destroyed by fire.
Lot 1236
Fifteen highly collectable period black and white photographs of scenes including action of World War II, each 10`` x 8`` approx. and most having a type-written label attached verso and including:- ``Baltimore bombers strafe fleeing German vehicles (picture radioed from Cairo by Cable & Wireless), Bombs bursting among retreating German vehicles in the western Desert``. ``Cologne Raid damage, first pictures. On the night of May 30th R.A.F. Bomber Command carried out the heaviest air attack of the war up to that time, the raiding force was well in excess of a thousand bombers and it`s target was Cologne - Picture shows: Widespread damage in this picture, which shows a section of the modern part of the city``. ``Secrets of captured German Focke Wulf 190 fighter disclosed to experts, - a Focke Wulf 190, one of the Luftwaffe`s newest single seat fighters was captured intact when it was forced down in England owing to lack of fuel, now with R.A.F. markings it is undergoing exhaustive flying tests and examination by technical experts``. ``Big U.S. Navy base in Ulster built by American and British workers in 6 months - nearly 800 American technicians with over 2000 local workers built it in six months, all the equipment down to the last nut and bolt, coming from the U.S.A. American and British sailors warmly fraternized during the building of the base, which includes receiving and broadcasting stations, a 200 bed hospital, and large camps. Picture shows:- An American destroyer being watched by British sailors from a passing ship as it steams into port``. ``Royal Marines make a landing - at various suitable points along the coast, the Royal Marines are undergoing extensive training with specially constructed invasion barges, - Picture shows:- Whilst travelling to the coast which they are to invade, the barges show no signs of the number of Marines, which they are to carry``. ``The Avro Manchester, now in service with Bomber Command of the R.A.F., The nose of the aircraft showing the bomb aimer`s window and the forward gun turret, - Not for publication before the morning papers on Thurs Nov. 13th `41``. ``Avro Manchester in flight``, an air to air photo` (pencil annotated verso). ``The Churchill, Britain`s new heavy infantry tank - so heavily armored is the Churchill that it can be used as a pill-box, but it possesses a speed that is startling. 6 pound guns give this addition to British tanks a formidable firepower. Picture shows:- A ``Churchill`` tank landed by the tank landing craft, moved off at speed``. ``Supplies for the Fifth Army - Picture shows:- British Transport and guns in the streets of Marjori``. ``Britain`s first army of girl corn threshers - the first threshing of corn undertaken by land girls in Britain is taking place at Coldblow Farm, ....., Kent``. ``Italians work with U.S. engineers, Picture shows:- Italian road parties working under the supervision of American engineers. U.S. transport is seen passing the spot``. ``In the thick of the Battle for Stalingrad - a Red Army trench mortar crew advanced under fire taking up a new position in the Stalingrad area``. ``British troops training in Libya``. (Pencil annotated verso). ``(Picture issued ....., 1942), - Official Chinese pictures just received, China`s resounding victory at Changsha. The Chinese General Li Yu-Tang stated on Jan 9 that a conservative estimate the Japanese lost 21,000 men in the Changsha area between Dec 31 and Jan 5, including the local Japanese Commander Kato, who was killed. Picture shows:- In their disorderly retreat from the shambles of Changsha many fleeing Japanese soldiers threw away their arms, which were collected by the advancing Chinese forces``. ``Italian prisoners waiting to be transported``. (Annotated in pencil verso).
Lot 1017
Dressel Bisque Socket Head `Jutta Baby` Doll called `John`, impressed `1920, 50, 12` with sleeping blue eyes, open mouth, brown wig on a composition bent limb body, wearing a white cotton embroidered dress and cap, 50cm; seated in a child`s beech framed American Rocking Chair with a woven carpet style seat and back, 72cm high (2)
Lot 2020
A 19th Century Anglo Indian carved walnut salon settee, profusely decorated in relief with stylized flowerheads and flowering tendrils, the shaped top rail and scroll arms with rosette and leaf supports, the seat upholstered in a machined tapestry, on outswept scroll legs, height approx 83cm, width approx 136cm.
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