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Lot 3395
China, collectie sancai geglazuurd aardewerk, Ming-dynastie (1368-1644), bestaande uit een rond vaasje gemodelleerd met band met lotus en met vierkante halsopening, een miniatuur tuinzetel, een trommel en twee watervaten (slijtage) h. 4,8-8,5 cm [5] China, collection of sancai-glazed earthenware, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), comprising a small rounded vase modelled with a band of lotus and square opening, a miniature garden seat, a drum and two water vessels (condition: surface wear, glaze wear, some encrustation, all as expected)
Lot 93
A .450 (40-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion D.B. Two-Groove Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 5716 For 1859With shortened rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels each rifled for a belted ball, matted along the rib at the breech and towards the fore-sight, signed in full and engraved 'Charge, 3¾ Drams No. 6 Powder.' forward of the folding leaf sights from '50' to '200' Yards, border engraved breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette, and decorated with symmetrical foliage on the flat between, case-hardened tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and stamped with lockmaker's initials 'J.G' on the inside, the mechanisms retaining their case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising chequered butt-plate, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur, trigger-plate with long slender finial, and hinged circular patch-box cover decorated en suite with the mounts and engraved '3¼ drams. R. Powder.' on the inside, engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons (head of barrel-bolt repaired), grooved forward trigger, sling mounts, brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining some original finish, London proof marks; together with its steel bullet mould serial numbered to the rifle (2)75 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 171, pls. 75-78. Recorded as sold on 5 November 1859 for £84.0.0. Unsworth notes 'Although recorded as 34 bore, it actually gauges as a 40. The charge 3¾ drams No.6 Powder is inscribed in the barrel rib; the rifling has a pitch of one turn in 6' and the one fixed and three leaf-sights are inscribed for 50, 100, 150 and 200 yards'. Built for the Earl of Tankerville Dallas, p. 192Charles Augustus Bennett, 6th Earl of Tankerville (1810-1899), styled Lord Ossulston between 1822 and 1859 was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Member of Parliament for North Northumberland in 1832 and held his seat until 1859. On 8 March 1833 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at-arms between 1866 and 1867, and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1867 and 1868. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He died at the family seat of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland in December 1899. See lot 80Purdey's records reference buying locks from a Grainger of Wolverhampton. See Tony Gibbs-Murray, British Gunlock Makers, 2019, pp. 157 and 158For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 96
A Cased .450 (40-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion D.B. Two-Groove Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 6028 For 1861With rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, each rifled for a belted ball, and with recoloured leaf-sights for '150' to '250' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved breeches retaining traces of case-hardening and each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette, decorated with symmetrical foliate scrollwork in the flat between, and engraved 'No.' and '2' respectively on the breech-hooks, case-hardened tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage and '2' between the apertures for the hooks, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and stamped with lockmaker's initials 'J.G.' on the inside, the mechanisms retaining their case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts (some loss of finish) decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising chequered butt-plate engraved '3⅓ drms. No.6 POWDER' on the heel, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with foliate scrollwork between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with long slender finial decorated with two flower-heads, and hinged circular case-hardened patch-box cover with a flower-head centred on a circular arrangement of scrolling foliage within a border en suite with the trigger-guard, engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons (barrel-bolt chipped), sling mounts, and original serial numbered brass-mounted ramrod: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons white-metal mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped body covered in black pigskin, the top stamped with registration mark for 1856, original brass bullet mounted serial numbered '6027.8', steel sprue-cutters, bullet swedge numbered '5796' and two reproduction bullet starters, japanned powder magazine painted 'Improved Rifle Powder.' in gilt, steel combination tool, in its leather wallet, and leather sling, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, and with its original outer leather travelling cover, London proof marks 72.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceL. Patrick Unsworth CollectionLiteratureUnsworth, pp. 98-101 and 172, col. pl. 46, pls. 83-86. Recorded as sold on 9 August 1861 for £168.0.0. Unsworth notes 'Purchased by Col. Farquharson of Invercauld. 6028 still exists complete with outer leather cover and oak case with many accessories.'Dallas, p. 192Colonel James Ross Farquharson (1834-1888) was 13th Laird of Invercauld, an estate in Aberdeenshire which includes the family seat, Braemar Castle. He entered the army in 1853 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards. While serving in the Crimea War, he suffered serious wounds at Sebastopol on 29 August 1855, and was subsequently awarded the Crimean medal and clasps. He retired his commission in 1859, and in 1862 became Laird of Invercauld. At that time he became 'The Queen's Landlord', as the royal family leased land from him enabling the expansion of the Balmoral estateFor no. 6027 see The Thomas R. Prudente Collection, Christie's South Kensington, Fine Antique Arms, Armour And Sporting Guns... 17 December 2015, lot 95For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Lot 133
CRIMEASIMPSON (WILLIAM) The Seat of War in the East. First [-Second] Series, 2 vol., hand-coloured lithographed pictorial titles, lithographed dedication leaf, 79 tinted lithographed plates, ALL HAND-COLOURED, tissue guards (some with printed keys), occasional light spotting (heaviest on titles and dedication), contemporary half morocco gilt over cloth sides, g.e., some scuff-marks, cloth sides to one volume defective/lifting [Abbey Travel 237], folio (556 x 385mm.), Colnaghi, 1855-1856Footnotes:'During the Crimean War Simpson became a pioneer war artist: dispatched by the printsellers Colnaghi & Son... he recorded the naval battles in the Baltic Sea and then went on to Balaklava in November 1854 to make accurate sketches on the spot. The drawings which he made during that terrible winter were submitted to Lord Raglan, sent home to England, and shown to Queen Victoria by the minister of war' (ODNB). Lithographed by Day & Son they remain one of the most significant visual records of the Crimean conflict.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 33
PHOTOGRAPHY, CORFU AND CRIMEAAlbum compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby, née Bathurst (1798-1877), containing a collection of some 45 early photographs, the majority taken by her son Lt. Col. Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868), salt and lightly albumenised prints, many captioned in ink, including a group taken in Corfu in 1858 of landscapes and personalities ('The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu', 'A View from the College of the Citadel', 'A Montenegro. Photographed by Arthur at Corfu 1858', 'Lord High Commissioner', 'Group at Corfu', 'HM Ship 'Terrible' Corfu' and 'Sir George Buller K.C.B.'), others taken at Hampton Court and elsewhere ('Fred by Barby. Ht Ct Palace. 1854', 'The Gravel Walk to the House at Coolhurst July 1859', 'The Gateway at Lord Bathurst's Cirencester', 'Julia photographed by Arthur at Holland's Field October 1857 printed by Barbara January 1858 at Hampton Court', 'Hath[e]rop Castle... 1859');Other subjects include a wild boar and the fallen spire of Chichester Cathedral, February 1861, accompanied by Henry Ponsonby's pen and ink sketch of Mrs Verschoyle taking a photograph in Eaton Square, July 19 1855, and a printed flyer for 'Photographic Sketches of People & Places in Corfu by Arthur Ponsonby', printed by Silver, Hypo & Son., Printers, 1859; interspersed with watercolours and ephemera, some relating to the Crimea ('cover of a Russian document found at Hertch in the house occupied by Lieut. General Sir George Browne, May 1855', a telegram from General Simpson to General Codrington warning 'The Russians are attacking the Sardinians reinforce your attack with one Brigade. Keep your civilians in Camp' 16 August 1855, autograph note from Sir Spencer Ponsonby-fane ('Sebastopol is taken – no details'), watercolours of soldiers, Ponsonby's ink plan of the attack on the Redan ('for Gen. Codrington and used by him'), watercolour map of Europe titled 'The Seat of War 1859', pencil sketch by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno, amusing extracts from Arthur Ponsonby's letters from the Crimea, printed advertisement for Roger Fenton's Crimea photograph 'The Tombs of the Generals on Cathcart's Hill', playbills etc.;With the official programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross, June 1847, letters and drawings from South Africa, 1853, and much royal memorabilia (menu for the Queen's birthday dinner, 24 May 1856, the wedding of the Princess Royal, 1858, souvenirs of an audience with Emperor Napoleon III in 1853, telegrams sent to Henry Ponsonby as Equerry to the Prince Consort on his visit to Prince & Princess Frederick of Prussia, June 1858, a trip to Balmoral in 1858, printed plan of 'Carriages on the Royal Train', etc.);Illustrated with over 20 watercolours (including family portraits and 'Boar Hunting His Majesty Present/1860') and pen and wash illustrations (pull-out ink drawing of 'View of Quarantine Harbour of Malta taken from Mr Bourchiers house' by Miss Bourchier, 'Waggons going down a hill... in Kaffirland'); with various playbills, menus, poetry, puzzles and much else; printed ownership label inside front cover ('Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace' with manuscript addition '4th scrap book'), above label with illuminated initials 'E.P.' in red, white and blue, 110 leaves, contemporary marbled boards, paper label on upper board with title 'Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace', amended in black ink to read 'Scrap Book 1852', marked and worn, spine partly detached, remains of label on spine, folio (278 x 220mm.), [1840's/1850's]Footnotes:THE CRIMEA, ROYALTY & EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CORFU: An attractive album of illustrations, photographs, letters and printed ephemera compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby (1798-1877), documenting the family's position at the heart of Queen Victoria's court and reflecting the activities of her sons, Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868) and Henry Ponsonby (1825-1895), long-serving private secretary to Queen Victoria, and whose wife Mary was a close correspondent of the Victoria Princess Royal, Empress of Prussia (see corresponding lot in this sale).Arthur was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, served in the Kaffir war and the Crimea, as shown here, and was quartered in Corfu in 1858-9, where he acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir George Buller, the Garrison Commander. He was a keen photographer, and the album contains unusual early photographic depictions of the island, of landscapes and architecture (such as 'The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu' and 'A View from the College of the Citadel') and a number of portraits. Also included in the album are fine prints of English country house scenes and a photograph of his quarters at Aldershot. An amusing pen and ink sketch by his brother Henry depicts the pioneering photographer Catherine Verschoyle (1803-1871), only the fourth woman to join the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society) in 1853, its inaugural year, and renowned for her botanical and tree studies. She is shown under the cloth of her camera, skirts billowing behind, taking his portrait outside her house in Eaton Square in July 1855. She later used her considerable photographic skills to raise money for widows and orphans of the Crimean War. There is evidence in the album of female members of the family assisting him in his work – one caption for example notes that a portrait of Julia (possibly Julia Ponsonby) was taken by Arthur but printed by Barbara (possibly his sister Selina Barbara Ponsonby). Also of note in the album is the programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross in 1857 and much royal memorabilia.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 655
A Habitat brown leather upholstered two seat sofa, 180 cm wide x 92 cm deep x 79 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Does not appear to be an Ella sofa though arm shape is similar. There is no raised bac. The back is the same level as the arms and cushions rise slightly above it. Overall condition basically sound though with some elements of wear and tear conducive with age and use including a horizontal scratch to the front panel, paint to the right cushion and various light surface scratching to the side panels, etc. See images for further detail.
Lot 738
An 18th Century oak stool, the needlework upholstered seat on turned and ringed front legs to blocks united by stretchers to the square rear legs, 84 cm wide x 42 cm deep x 34.5 cm high, a shield-shaped toilet mirror and a mahogany dwarf cabinet with two pairs of cupboard doors (conversion) together with a mahogany side table, the rectangular top raised on square legs 93 cm wide x 73 cm high x 45 cm deep
Lot 559
A 1960s Herman Miller black leather seat stool, on quadruple splay supportsCondition:The leather is supple.There's a few scuffs to corners, what appear to be paint flecks and marks, the supports are very dusty and dirty. Just needs a good clean.There are scuffs to the leather and one or two small chips to the veneer.
Lot 571
A polished as walnut elbow chair with cane seat and back panels, on turned and stretchered supportsCondition:There is a hole in the caning on the left back corner of the seat back and a smaller hole on the front right corner.One of the stretchers has been glued in place.Nibbles and small dents to legs.
Lot 107
British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. J. D. G. Brendel.) very fine £60-£80 --- John Daniel Brendel was the son of Johann Daniel Friedrich 'Fritz' Brendel and Effie Brendel of Hilldrop Road, Holloway, London, England. Brendel was born in Islington, London in 1890, and his father was a China Importer and Dealer born in Berlin, Germany and a German national. Brendel left Liverpool for New York, USA, 29 March 1913, and subsequently travelled to Canada where he served with the Canadian Militia. Returning to England he attested for the Royal Flying Corps as Air Mechanic 3rd Class (74050) and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant General List (attached Royal Flying Corps), 1 November 1917. Second Lieutenant Brendel was killed in a flying accident whilst training as a pilot with No 4 Training Squadron based at Hooton Park, 27 January 1918. He was flying Sopwith Pup B5972, when his aircraft was seen to nosedive from 6,000 feet and he crashed into the River Mersey off Eastham. Brendel’s body was recovered still found strapped into his seat, with the cause of death being given as multiple injuries including head injury. The Coroner’s inquest heard accounts from various witnesses, the RFC Mechanics agreed the aircraft was in fine mechanical condition and everything in good working order, with one theory being that Brendel fainted and lost control. Second Lieutenant Brendel is buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Hendon, Middlesex, England. This is his full medal entitlement. Sold with copied research.
Lot 154
A well-documented C.B.E. awarded to Stefan Terlezki Esq., sometime M.P. for Cardiff West, and Chairman of Cardiff City Football Club, who having experienced the horrors of both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany was a powerful voice against totalitarian governments, and following the collapse of the Soviet Union was an ardent supporter of an independent Ukraine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with both full and miniature width neck ribands, in Fattorini, Birmingham, case of issue, extremely fine £300-£400 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1992: ‘For political and public service.’ Stefan Terlezki was born in Antonivka, Poland (now part of Ukraine), on 29 October 1927. Occupied by the Soviet Forces in 1939 and annexed to the Soviet Union, several of his family were arrested and deported to Siberia. Following the German invasion in 1941, still only 14, Terlezki was sent to Germany as part of a consignment of slave labour, and spent the rest of the War working on farms near Voitsberg. After being ‘liberated’ by the Soviet forces in 1945, he was due to be conscripted into the Red Army to fight the Japanese, but escaped, and ended up in the British Zone of Occupation in Austria. In 1948 he was allowed to emigrate to Britain, and was sent to work as a coal-miner in Wales. After finding alternative work in the canteen of a miners’ hostel, he eventually went into hotel management, and ran his own hotels in Aberystwyth and Cardiff. Terlezki’s political career began in 1968, when he became a Conservative member of Cardiff City Council. He unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in both 1974 elections, losing the Cardiff South East seat on both occasions to James Callaghan. The following year he was appointed Chairman of Cardiff City Football Club, although he refused to travel to the Soviet Union when Cardiff City played Dynamo Tbilisi in the European Cup Winners’ Cup, as he risked being sent to Siberia as a Red Army deserter. As well as serving as the Chairman of various Charitable bodies, Terlezki was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Cardiff West in the 1983 General Election, succeeding the former Speaker, George Thomas. Whilst in Parliament he remained true to his right-wing reputation, and unsuccessfully introduced a Bill to replace the May Day bank holiday with ‘Sir Winston Churchill Nation Day’ holiday. Despite increasing his vote at the 1987 General Election, he lost his seat to the Labour candidate, with the party holding the seat ever since. Terlezki was appointed H.M. Government's representative on the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Committee in 1989, with his experience of life in both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany making him a powerful voice against totalitarian governments, and following the collapse of the Soviet Union he became an ardent supporter of an independent Ukraine. He condemned Ukraine’s preservation of close ties with Russia, especially the leasing of naval and military bases in the Crimea, arguing that it allowed Russia to maintain a foothold in the country, and pressed the case for Ukrainian membership of the European Union. He published his memoirs, From War to Westminster, in 2005, and died on 21 February 2006. Sold with an extensive archive, including the Bestowal Document for the C.B.E., this mounted in a glazed frame; named Certificate for the 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal, this similarly mounted in a glazed frame; a photograph of the recipient outside Buckingham Palace having received his C.B.E., and a video ‘still’ of him being invested by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II; photographs of the recipient with various personalities, including H.M. the King (when Prince of Wales), Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine, Geoffrey Howe, and William Hague; the recipient’s British Passport, with various Ukrainian Visas in it; two cartoons featuring the recipient, one whilst Chairman of Cardiff City F.C., both mounted in glazed frames; a copy of the recipient’s autobiography, From War to Westminster, together with a copy of a letter written by the recipient to the then Editor of the Spectator asking him to review it favourably, ‘Please Boris don’t let me down!’; and other ephemera.
Lot 509
Caterpillar Club Certificate of Membership card ‘F/Lt. R. G. Ledwidge’; together with the recipient’s R.A.F. rank slides and cloth badges, very good condition £120-£160 --- A.F.C. London Gazette 25 July 1967: ‘On the morning of 9 May 1967, Flight Lieutenant Ledwidge, as pilot and captain of a Canberra, was flying with his navigator on a low-level navigation and bombing training mission over Northern Germany. The major part of the flight had been successfully completed and the aircraft was returning to its base when, at a height of 500 feet above ground level the aileron control suddenly jammed at about half left aileron deflection. The aircraft immediately started rolling on to its back. Realising that his aircraft was in imminent danger, Flight Lieutenant Ledwidge could at this point have used his ejector seat to escape; however, he was aware that his navigator, who was not equipped with an ejector seat, would have no chance of escaping from the aircraft before it crashed. With complete disregard for his own safety, Flight Lieutenant Ledwidge attempted to regain partial control of the aircraft and, although he could not prevent it from continuing to roll, he was able, by a superb display of airmanship and piloting skill, to use differential engine power, rudder and elevator to prevent the aircraft from striking the ground during the first complete roll at low level. He then continued to control the aircraft through a series of full power climbing rolls, by using rudder to influence the rate of roll at different stages and thus gain as much height as possible during each manoeuvre. Flight Lieutenant Ledwidge had warned his navigator of the emergency immediately, but the harsh use of the controls and the reversals of “G” during the early stages of recovery had caused the navigator to become disconnected from the inter-communication system and be thrown around the aircraft cabin. It was not until the aircraft was climbing that the navigator was able to re-establish contact with the pilot, who instructed him to prepare to abandon. Flight Lieutenant Ledwidge then waited until the navigator had fitted his parachute pack and the aircraft was approaching the normal wings level attitude during one of the climbing rolls before giving the order to abandon the aircraft. Only when he had seen his navigator leave through the escape exit did he himself operate his ejector seat, by which time the aircraft had reached a height of about 8,000 feet. Both the pilot and navigator made a successful descent by parachute and were quickly picked up by rescue services alerted by the distress call which the pilot radioed before abandoning the aircraft. Throughout the whole of this emergency, Flight Lieutenant Ledwidge displayed exceptional presence of mind. His handling of his aircraft in a dire emergency showed superlative judgement and outstanding skill, determination and sense of duty. These qualities, allied to a courage which is an example to all and in the very best traditions of a fighting service, undoubtedly saved his navigator's life.’ A.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 15 June 1974. Ronald Godfrey Ledwidge was born on 19 January 1938 and joined the Royal Air Force as a National Serviceman on 22 January 1957. Commissioned, he became a fist class test pilot during the Cold War, and joined the Caterpillar Club for having used his Irvin parachute to save his life on the occasion for which he was awarded his Air Force Cross. In later life, when asked about the incident, he commented that the citation to his A.F.C. stopped short of mentioning that his parachute landing was less than perfect, with him landing in a big heap in the middle of a field, surrounded by a gaggle of German farmworkers. Ledwidge’s other claim to fame is that, whilst involved in flight testing the Handley Page HP115 Arrowhead at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford, he instructed the American astronaut Neil Armstrong, on a goodwill visit to the U.K. in June 1971 following the Moon Landings, in how to fly the aircraft. After briefing Armstrong (who was an experienced USAF test pilot in his own right), Ledwidge handed over the keys - needless to say the flight was a success. For his services as a test pilot, Ledwidge was awarded a Second Award Bar to his A.F.C., and he eventually retired on 22 February 1976. He died on 20 July 2003. Sold with some original letters and copied research, including various photographic images, including an image of the recipient briefing Neil Armstrong.
Lot 531
Brunei, Sultanate, Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei, Second Class set of insignia, by Spink, London, comprising neck badge, 93mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 59mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 82mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with maker's cartouche to reverse and gold retaining pin, with neck riband bad lapel rosette, in slightly damaged case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Attributed to Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, when he was Secretary of State for Wales, on the occasion of the Visit the Sultan of Brunei to Wales. Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, was born in Port Talbot, Wales, on 29 January 1909, and educated at Tonypandy Grammar School and University College Southampton. After working as a schoolmaster in both London and Cardiff, he was elected to the House of Commons as Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central in 1945, and in 1950 was returned for the new seat of Cardiff West, a seat he retained until his retirement from the Commons in 1983. He served as Secretary of State for Wales in Harold Wilson’s government from 1968-70, and was elected Speaker of the House of Commons on 3 February 1976, in which role the first broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings brought him unprecedented public attention, with his Welsh cries of “Order! Order!” becoming familiar to a generation of Britons. He retired as Speaker on 10 June 1983, and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Tonypandy (a viscountcy being the traditional honour for retiring Speakers for over 200 years). He died in Cardiff on 22 September 1997, heirless. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient with the Sultan.
Lot 403
LOCAL INTEREST - A George III whisky glass or tumbler engraved 'The Hon'l W Hill' (The Honourable William Hill), with a radially moulded base, 8.1cm high and 8cm diameter. Sold together with a National Trust brochure regarding the Hill family seat, Attingham Park.Notes; William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (21 October 1773 – 4 August 1842) was a British peer, politician and diplomatist. Born William Hill, he was the second son of Noel Hill and assumed the additional name of Noel in 1824. He was Tory Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury from 1796 to 1812, when he retired because of his absences abroad. In 1814 he replaced his brother-in-law Lord Ailesbury (who had inherited his father's earldom) as MP for Marlborough and kept the seat until the 1818 general election. However, he spent little time in Parliament.Scratches and some mossing to the underside of the base. No cracks or chips.
Lot 723
A pair of Chinese horseshoe-back wood chairs, quanyi, late Qing dynasty, the top rail slopping downwards terminating in a large curved hook, supported by a backsplat, a pair of serpentine side posts and cylindrical corner posts, with wooden seat supported by four cylindrical legs, cusped arching aprons set to the front and two sides between the legs, back 100cm high, seat 50 x 55 x 43cm. (2)Provenance: Purchased by the present owner from Tomlinson Antique House, Singapore, 1997清晚期 圈椅一对來源：現藏家1997年購於新加坡Tomlinson古董商店。Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 643
A 19th century, 18th century style, fruitwood corner chair, with the conventional, Chippendale style pierced splats and slip-in seat, but surmounted by an unusual pierced upper cresting, raised on turned legs united by an ‘H’ stretcher and terminating in club feet, front leg damagedFront leg chipped and with hairline cracks.
Lot 670
A set of 6 Regency mahogany dining chairs each with a ‘panelled’ bar back above a rail with brass stringing, over a slip-in seat, raised on ring-turn legs (6) Good condition overall and a nice heavy mahogany, of reasonable colour. Save for several with re-stuck upper back supports and ‘loose’ lower back rails in reasonable condition. All with later seat wooden corner braces. Some damask seats marked.
Lot 686
An Empire style chaise longue, of scroll-end form raised on mahogany scroll supports capped with brass claws and casters, later upholstered in leopard print pabric, 200cm long x 69cm wide x 82cm high, seat height 44cm, together with an associated oak X-frame stool, of scroll form with cone finials, the drop-in cushion with identical upholstery, 64cm wide x 42cm deep, seat height 38cm. (2)Chaise: Generally good with some cosmetic marks and wear to the supports consistent with age and use. Structurally sound. Re-upholstered.Stool: Visiible repair to one of the uprights with no losses. General ageing, wear and cosmetic marks throughout. Cushion re-upholstered.
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