- Entered from a private collection and current ownership since 1987 - Supplied new to Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al Hamad Al Sabah via Saad & Trad, Beirut - Later imported from America and entrusted to marque specialist P&A Wood for conversion to right-hand drive specification - 6230cc V8, automatic transmission, power assisted steering and air conditioning fitted - Reputed to have covered just 58,000 miles from new - 1 of just 82 chassis bodied to design number 2011 by H.J. Mulliner Introduced in Autumn 1962, the S3 Continental was notable as the last Bentley to be coachbuilt on a separate chassis. Powered by a 6230cc OHV V8 engine allied to four-speed automatic transmission and reputedly capable of nigh-on 120mph, the newcomer was ferociously expensive. One of the more striking designs available, H.J. Mulliner's 'Flying Spur' made precious few stylistic concessions to its four-door practicality. Inspired by the heraldic symbol bestowed upon the Scottish Johnstone Clan for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape the English on horseback, the model's distinctive moniker came courtesy of H.J. Mulliner's Managing Director, Harry Talbot Johnstone Esq. Understandably popular among contemporary celebrities such as Jayne Mansfield, Fanny Craddock, Sir John Mills, Harry Belafonte and Keith Richards, just 312 S3 Continentals were completed between 1962 and 1966. However, H.J. Mulliner only bodied 82 chassis to its design number 2011. According to its accompanying copy chassis cards, this particular example - chassis BC92LXB - was supplied new via Saad & Traad of Beirut to Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al Hamad Al Sabah (the extended Al Sabah family includes the present Emir of Kuwait). Originally finished in Carribbean Blue with Off White leather upholstery - the same combination it pleasingly sports today - the Bentley was also specified with Colonial suspension, electric windows all-round, Dunlop white-sided tyres and a 'Made in England' bulkhead plaque. Apparently resident in America thereafter, the Flying Spur was first UK road registered on 7th February 1972. Numerous copy invoices on file from Rolls-Royce and Bentley specialists P&A Wood show that they have known the decidedly elegant four-seater for some forty odd years. As well as looking after the Bentley for previous custodians Bernard J. Crowley Esq., J.J. Burton Esq. and Ian Scoggins Esq. not to mention installing a heated rear window and air-conditioning, the renowned Essex-based firm sold it to the vendor on 5th February 1987 at an indicated 41,715 miles. The subject of an article in the Third P&A Wood Newsletter entitled 'The Missing Registration Document and the Mouse!' chassis BC92LXB was described thus: 'We had a Bentley S3 Flying Spur with very low mileage for sale. It was a car which had been imported from America and which we had converted from left- to right-hand drive for a customer who wanted a very good low mileage example . . . It soon became apparent that there was a mouse in the car. We tried everything to find the mouse but just like in the cartoons it was probably laughing at us while we almost dismantled the whole car! . . . The history file had been left on the back seat and everything was there except for the Registration Document . . . The buyer took the car for the weekend and on the Monday telephoned Paul to say he had found the document. "Where was it?" asked Paul. The buyer explained that when he switched the heater on it blew out all over him! The mouse had used it for its nest in the heater ducts. He took it in good spirits and sent us all the pieces in an envelope. We had the car back but never did find the mouse!' Assorted old MOT certificates suggest that the Bentley has covered just 17,000 or so miles over the last twenty-nine years. Part of an impressive private collection during that time (and stabled alongside several other Continentals), the sports saloon has benefited from in-house maintenance plus attention to its ignition (2002, 2008), brake system (2008, 2010), windscreen seal (2010) and fuel pumps. Treated to a £14,730 bodywork restoration / respray in 2009-2010, more recent work has seen the wood veneers refinished and the sump cleaned out. A globe-trotting Flying Spur with an enviable history, 'RYT 15' shows a highly credible 58,000 miles to its odometer. A great way to share Bentley Continental motoring with friends.
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- First registered to Viscount Monsell of Evesham - One of just ten Lagonda M45As built - Stunning looking conversion to Le Mans style coachwork Among the rarest Lagondas ever made, the M45A measured its production span in terms of months rather than years. Notable as the last model to be signed off before Lagonda went into receivership, manufacture recommenced during Autumn 1935 once LG Motors (Staines) Ltd had taken control but is thought to have accounted for just ten saloons. An evolution of the M45 incorporating lessons learnt from the sporting M45 Rapide, the M45A utilised a modified version of the marque's proven 10-ft 9in wheelbase `ZM' chassis but with the engine set further forward so as to increase cabin space. The radiator and Girling brake system of the Rapide were adopted but otherwise the newcomer was mechanically more akin to the M45 (though, it did also share the racier model's rocker cover). Powered by an unstressed Meadows 6ESC 4453cc OHV straight-six engine, the M45A was reputedly capable of 95mph. Compared to the `Silent Traveller' ST34 saloon body fitted to the M45, the pillarless four-door ST64 body found on its successor was not only roomier but also boasted a host of detail changes including: a larger, more rounded boot, reprofiled windscreen, flush door hinges, improved mouldings and restyled / valanced wings (complete with a central ridge). Of the ten M45A saloons built during the Summer and Autumn of 1935, it is understood that just two are known to have survived. According to its chassis plate, Z11408 began life as one of those extremely rare M45A ST64 pillarless saloons. A letter from the Lagonda Club confirms it was first registered on 1st July 1935, although it was not delivered to its first owner, Viscount Monsell of Evesham, until 8th November. Due to its Surrey registration number it is quite possible the car served as a Works demonstrator between first registration and its November delivery date. Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell GBE PC, had been a decorated Naval Commander during WW1, receiving the Order of the Nile from the Sultan of Egypt. He enjoyed a lengthy and successful political career, serving as an MP for Evesham District from 1910 to 1936 and held the position of Chief Whip of the Conservative party until 1931 when he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. It is not known when he sold the car but by November 1955 it was in the ownership of a K A Targett of Chiswick and in 1970 was acquired by Tony Toffolo of Paignton, Devon. According to Club records, it was he who removed the original saloon body replacing it with touring coachwork. It is believed this is the coachwork worn by the car today. The work would appear to have been completed to a good standard and CPK 384's appearance is both striking and extremely attractive. Finished in green with black seating and carpets, aero screens and Rapide style exhaust complete its sporting character. In December 1984 the car was acquired by motor dealer, Geoff Forty, who sold it in April 1985 to a Mr H Pendlebury of Blackburn. By July 1990 it was in the ownership of a Miss Janet Simpson of Preston, from whom it was purchased by the vendor's late-father in 2008. The engine currently fitted is numbered M45/15 and is understood to have originally been installed in chassis Z10510 before being repaired under warranty and then fitted into chassis Z10795 which is believed to have been subsequently broken up. Featured on the front cover of Lancashire Life magazine in December 2007 (a copy accompanies the car), it is understood to drive well with a good turn of speed, although the exact current specification of the Meadows straight 6 OHV engine is unknown. CPK 384 is being offered with Swansea V5c document, a number of expired MoT certificates and a photocopy spiral bound Revised Handbook for 4.5-litre, M45R and LG45 models. Although exempt, it is expected to possess a fresh MoT certificate in time for the sale. Fast, tough and beautiful, the M45 is as highly prized today (and for exactly the same reasons) as it was amongst those lucky enough to have enjoyed ownership during its 1930s heyday.
Folio containing bond and share certificates, various, including Kentucky and Great Eastern Railway Co., the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co. various Russian bonds and Chinese Govt. 5% reorganization gold loan of 1913 certificate. 11 Bonds in total. CONDITION REPORT: The titles overall are as catalogued. Tin and copper Mining co. 1836 St Petersburg 1905 Kentucky railway Co 1872 Lone of the city of Baku 1910 etc. 7 Russian bonds
A large collection of vintage share certificates, to include British Columbia Power Corporation, Long Lake Gold Mining Company, Oceana Consolidated Company, The Cherokee Mexican Proprietary Ltd, Ivanhoe Gold Corporation, Sudan Exploration Limited, Manchester Ship Canal Company, San Francisco Brewers Ltd, London Improved Cab Company etc (Qty)
A very large collection of ephemera 1854-1940's relating to George Holloway / Holloway Brothers Ltd, Stroud, clothing manufacturers (Stroud and Gloucestershire interest). Includes ledgers, detailed minute books 1903 - 1913, account books, staff wage book from 1919, share ownership details etc.
Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Second Democracy, circa 415-406 BC. Dies signed by Euth(edemos?) on obverse and Phrygillos on reverse. Nude Eros driving galloping quadriga to right, holding reins in both hands; above, Nike flying to left, crowning him with wreath; in exergue, Skylla swimming to right, holding trident over shoulder, flanked by EYΘ and fish to right and leaping dolphin to left / Grain-wreathed head of the nymph Arethusa to left, wearing looped earring and necklace; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ and four swimming dolphins around, ΦPYΓIΛΛΟΣ in two lines below. Tudeer 47; SNG ANS 274; Kraay-Hirmer 107; Rizzo pl. XLII, 12; Jameson 801; de Luynes 1169 (all from same dies). 16.56g, 26mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. A highly desirable type in exceptional condition of preservation. This spectacular coin is part of a brief series of coins engraved at Syracuse, Akragas and a mint believed to be Kamarina as Syracuse and her allies basked in the glory of their brilliant and total victory in the autumn of 413 BC over the Athenian expeditionary force commanded by Nikias, Demosthenes and Eurymedon. Despite the traditionally broad dating assigned to this issue (415-405) we may deduce the date of its production on the basis of several considerations: namely, the unusual attributes of this series, the availability of metal, and the requirement for coinage. This issue, Tudeer 46 (which shares the same obverse die) and Tudeer 51 share one highly unusual feature: Nike carries not the usual palm branch, but an aphlaston; a hemilitron attributed to Kamarina struck in the same period also displays an aphlaston as the sole reverse type. The extraordinary use of such a symbol at this time can only refer to the great naval victories won in late August and early September of 413. In the former engagement, Eurymedon was killed and many of the Athenian ships were pushed on to the shore where Syracusan-allied land forces commanded by the Spartan general Gylippos was waiting for them. With the Syracusans now blockading the harbour the Athenians on 9 September readied themselves for one last battle, but the cramped conditions in the harbour prevented them from manoeuvring and eventually forced them back onto the shore again. Abandoning their ships, they retreated to their camp leaving the Syracusans to burn or tow away what little remained of their once great fleet. This hypothesis is further reinforced by the presence of Skylla in the exergue, playfully chasing a fish with her trident over her shoulder, while a dolphin follows in her wake. This too is a symbol unique to this single Syracusan die, but not to the period: Akragas at this time also issues a famous and unprecedented type (Kraay-Hirmer 175) bearing Skylla and the Akragantine crab in great detail upon the reverse, while two majestic eagles stand proudly on the obverse, tearing at a dead hare. It has already been remarked elsewhere that that type most likely commemorates the defeat of the Athenian force (see U. Westermark, Skylla on the Coins of Akragas, DN pp. 215-223). The unusual depiction of Arethusa wreathed with grain on both this issue and Tudeer 46 may also be explained by the lifting of the blockade of the city and the threat of starvation being dispelled as food was able to be once again freely imported. The spoils from the annihilated Athenian army would have provided ample metal on which to strike this celebratory issue (the Athenian reinforcements in 414 alone brought 300 talents – nearly 8 metric tonnes of silver). Indeed, though the coins are now extremely rare, the issue must have been vast judging by the highly worn die states we see on the surviving specimens. By 406/5 however, silver was in sufficiently short supply that Akragas, Kamarina and even Syracuse resorted to emergency gold issues. Excepting the great victory of 413 there appear to be no other occasions between 415 and 405 that would warrant the striking of so special a coinage and in such numbers. During the Carthaginian invasion of 410-409 neither Syracuse nor Akragas directly engaged the invaders, and even after the destruction of Selinos and Himera, their reactions were mild. Syracuse chose to quietly build up its fleet, while Akragas slowly expanded its army. Neither city had cause therefore in this period to expend sums as great as those which would have been required following the siege of Syracuse – soldiers, mercenaries and allies never require payment as great as when they have just concluded a successful war.
Caracalla AV Aureus. Rome, AD 204. ANTON P AVG PON TR P VII, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA PARTHICA MAXIMA, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 79; Calicó 2844 corr. (this coin); Hill 680. 7.42g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Septimius Severus’ Parthian campaign was concluded in 198 with the capture of the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon. On this occasion Septimius was acclaimed imperator for the eleventh time, and he received the title Parthicus Maximus. His successful campaign was celebrated on coinage over the next few years, and an arch was erected in Rome in commemoration of the event in 203. In the wake of his great triumph, Septimius elevated Caracalla, who had campaigned with him in the east, to co-augustus. That the coinage of Caracalla shared in the celebration of his father’s Parthian victory is attested to by the reverse of this aureus. We find Caracalla bearing the title given to his father, Parthicus Maximus, along with a figure of Victory. As Caracalla neither gained the military victory as Emperor or as a military leader, this aureus demonstrates that victory was also an abstract quality associated with emperorship. The willingness of Septimius Severus to share his victory names with his sons reflects his desire to create a strong and lasting dynasty.
A fine and rare North Italian ebonised architectural table timepiece with... A fine and rare North Italian ebonised architectural table timepiece with silent-pull quarter-repeat on two bells Gio Pietro Callin, Genoa, circa 1680 The rectangular movement with four baluster turned pillars pinned through the backplate signed Gio Petro Callin AGenoua to the lower margin, the going train with spring barrel and verge escapement regulated by short pendulum with silk suspension and cycloidal cheeks, the early Knibb type silent-pull quarter-repeat train striking the hours and quarters on demand only via twin vertical hammer arbors sounding on a graduated pair of bells mounted within the pediment of the case, the 8 by 7 inch faded salmon silk covered iron dial applied with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with tied asterisk half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track, the angles applied with foliate scroll pierced chased gilt brass spandrels with the lower two continuing down further to flank a cartouche cast as en entwined pair of serpents enclosing silvered signature plate engraved Gio Petro Callin AGenoua , the finely detailed Baroque case with open arch pediment centred with a small panel upstand capped with triangular tympanum flanked by scroll-carved infill over breakfronted lintel with plain frieze and tight cornice mouldings, the front with rectangular door applied with raised mouldings to the glazed dial aperture flanked by generous hipped carved sides scrolls, the conforming breakfronted base incorporating key drawer and deep cavetto moulded skirt, on six bun feet, 52cm (20.5ins) high. A Pietro Calim is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as 'German Keeper of clock on Palazzo delle Compere' 1677-85; although little else appears to be known of Callin a few clocks signed by him are known including; An ivory inlaid ebonised night clock with fine painted dial depicting chronos and death passing the hours, offered in this sale as the previous lot. An impressive ebonised tall alter clock with allegorical dial painted by Giovanni Battista Gaulli, The Poldi Collection, Milan. An ebonised night clock with dial painted with a Saint at prayer, Cambi, Genova, 18th November 2014, lot 136. In addition to these another night clock probably from the same workshop but signed 'Giovanni Carlo Calin' (also with fine painted dial depicting chronos and death passing the hours) was offered at Christies, New York THE ABBOTT GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION , 27th January 2015, lot 118. Finally a further ebonised table timepiece of noticeably similar design to the current lot (and with almost identical dial) but signed 'Giovanni Battista Batta Callin' is illustrated in Tardy LA PENDULE FRANCAIS. 3'eme Partie, Provinces et Etranger on page 417. The movement of the current lot closely resembles that of an early French 'Pendule Religieuse' but with the additional provision of a 'silent-pull' quarter repeat mechanism. The positioning of the going train between the plates and the design of movement pillars can be directly compared to an hour-striking movement by Nicholas Hanet dating to around 1675 illustrated in Plomp, Reinier Early French Pendulum Clocks, 1658-1700 pages 66-7 Figs. 115-7. Both the movement by Hanet and that of the current lot are arranged with the strike/repeat trains offset to the right to allow room for vertical planting of the going train to the centre. In addition to having offset strike trains both movements also share essentially the same configuration of double-footed backcock (fitted with cycloidal cheeks) and similar crown wheel top cock casting (each incorporating pallet arbor front pivot). From these details it would be logical to suggest that the current lot was made around the same time (or marginally later) as the clock by Hanet, and that the maker was clearly strongly influenced by contemporary French practice. The 'French influence' within the current lot is not confined to the movement as the use of fabric-covered iron for the dial plate incorporating signature cartouche doubling-up as a pendulum bob access flap are also classic features seen on early French pendulum clocks. The design of 'silent-pull' repeat mechanism used in the current lot is of the earliest type which is believed to have been invented in around 1676 by Edward Barlow and/or Daniel Quare which, in practice, seems to have been first put to use by Joseph Knibb (see Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks pages 343-4). This mechanism will sound the last hour and quarter on two bells on demand only and is thought to have been devised for night-time use in the bedroom; whilst striking clocks with quarter repeat facility were generally intended to be utilised downstairs during the day and upstairs at night. The presence of this mechanism on the current lot would suggest that the maker was well versed with English practice as well as French. Indeed the dial also exhibits possible subtle English influence in the chapter ring (with Arabic five-minute annotations within the outer minute track) and use of cast spandrels to angles. In England, prior to the invention of quarter-repeat work, the only clocks available to assist with telling the time after dark were night clocks. English night clocks are rare as they were quickly superseded by repeating clocks/watches, hence it seems that none were made after around 1680. Conversely in Italy night clocks seemed to be the preferred solution with the form almost becoming standardised by the Campani family of Rome during the 1670's. The case of the current lot is particularly finely proportioned and detailed with crisp architecturally correct mouldings indicating that it was made by a specialist craftsman familiar with the principals of Classical architecture and Palladianism. The inherent smaller proportions of the case are also quite pleasing when compared with larger night clocks which can be somewhat imposing.
A fine Lithuanian engraved gilt brass horizontal striking table clock signed... A fine Lithuanian engraved gilt brass horizontal striking table clock signed with initials J. G., Vilnius, mid 17th century The single fusee movement with four fine steel baluster pillars secured via decorative nuts through the backplate, verge escapement regulated by sprung three-arm balance and engraved standing barrel for the countwheel hour striking mechanism incorporating decorative floral trail engraved gate and sounding via grotesque mask decorated hammer on a bell mounted beneath the movement, the backplate with fine single-footed flowering tulip pierced and engraved balance cock beside rose engraved countwheel, conforming cocked mainspring barrel ratchet with sculpted steel spring and engraved inscription J G, Wilna within an oblong cartouche, the square engraved gilt brass dial decorated with cupid seated beside a cage containing lovebirds and with sculpted steel hand to centre, within applied pewter Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and cast silver coloured metal winged cherub head spandrels to angles, the movement and dial fitting into the case from above and secured by three foliate pierced lugs screwed to the backplate, the exterior with hatched-scroll engraved dial surround over complex top mouldings and lozenge-shaped side windows with applied raised surrounds flanked by stylised female terms to angles, the base with conforming lower mouldings and hinged bottom panel incorporating the bell secured by a sculpted steel strap, on four winged mask and paw cast feet, 11.5cm (4.5ins) wide; 8.2cm (3.25ins) high. Although signed for a maker based in Vilnius, Lithuania the current clock is distinctly Germanic in both its overall form and detailing. This is not unusual as many mid 17th century clocks bearing signatures of makers residing in various important city-states throughout central eastern Europe share similar strong Germanic traits. From this it would be reasonable to suggest that such clocks were either bought-in from makers based in Southern Germany (mainly Augsburg or Nuremburg) or were made locally closely copying German practice. The current lot is notable in that it appears to have survived in good original condition with the only significant alteration being the provision of a sprung balance to improve timekeeping. The movement is well finished with an abundance of engraved details (which even extends to the three lugs for securing the movement into the case screwed into the backplate). The steelwork is also particularly fine with detents and springs finely sculpted with complex mouldings and scroll terminals.
Richard Henry Brock (British, 1871-1943) Cows in the mist, Grantchester signed lower left "R H Brock 1896" watercolour 48 x 72cm (19 x 28in) Other Notes: Richard Henry Brock was the second son of Edmund Brock, the younger brother of Charles Edmund Brock and older brother of Henry Matthew Brock. The Brock brothers were each incredibly talented illustrators Richard was, in fact, born in Colney Hatch, London, in 1871, moving with his family to Cambridge a few years later where his father was a reader with the Cambridge University Press. All three Brocks -- as well as another brother, Thomas Alfred (who later went on to be a mathematician), and two sisters, Katherine Allison and Bertha Matilda, lived with their parents at St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge, for many years. Richard shared a studio with Charles and Harry Brock in Cambridge on the Madingley Road but did not share their interest in architecture, furniture and fashion. Where they gained reputations as book illustrators, Richard concentrated on painting, earning a modest income from local landscapes, mostly in oils. He did turn his hand of illustrating magazines for children such as The Prize and Chatterbox, although he lacked the skill and vigour of his brother Harry's illustrations. In later years he illustrated a number of books, mostly for girls, including Tracked on the Trail by Nancy M. Haynes (1926), Another Pair of Shoes by Jessie Leckie Herbertson (1929) and The Windmill Guides by Violet M. Methley (1931). A couple of rare excursions into standard novels were illustrated editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (n.d.) and The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1924). Richard Henry Brock died in Brentford, London, in 1943, aged 71. Foxing all over.
Anglo-Saxon, Kent, Eadbald (616-640), Thrymsa or Shilling, 1.28g., Crondall phase, c.620-635 (67% AV), London, AVDVARLD REG[ES], first R inverted, diademed bust right, cross before, rev. cross on pellet within beaded inner circle, blundered legend around (cf. Sutherland VI.1, Corpus nos. 77-78 and plate IV, 22, 23; BMC and Dr Andrew Wayne (Spink auction 203, 24 June 2010, 1) same dies; Metcalf 50; N.29; S.758), well struck and centred, slightly irregular flan, a little weakness on reverse, lustre, most pleasing, the first gold coin issued in the name of an English king, extremely fine, extremely rare, known for seven examples PROVENANCEBonhams, 16 October 2007, 325This type was long known to be amongst the earliest of Anglo-Saxon gold coins with a single example present in the important Crondall hoard found in Hampshire in 1828 and dating from c.670. The conclusive attribution of these coins to king Eadbald of Kent, reigned 616-640, though was only made in 1998. This followed the emergence of new finds which enabled the obverse inscription to be confirmed as avdvarld reges, and translated as 'of King Audvarld'. The name 'auduarldus' appears in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica completed in 731 in which he wrote about king Eadbald of Kent. Given this and the presence of one of these coins in the Crondall hoard, the attribution to Eadbald is now accepted.Whilst the Kentish Shilling or Thrymsa seems to have sought to match the Merovingian Tremissis, the design of this coin is peculiarly Anglo-Saxon using neither motifs found on Merovingian coins nor seeking to copy Roman types. In common with some other coins (e.g. the so called 'Witmen' and 'Londiniv/Londeniv' types), this coin has an inscription on the reverse. This can be clearly read on a example in the Ashmolean Museum as containing the word londenv indicating London as the mint or die source for these coins all of which share the same obverse die. The real significance of these coins is in the obverse inscription naming the historical figure of king Eadbald. This is exceptional for a coin of this period and is only certainly found again at the end of the seventh century with the Sceattas of Aldfrith of Northumbria (685-705). As such the Eadbald Thrymsa is the earliest coin issued in the name of an English king.Eadbald succeeded Aethelberht as king of Kent in 616. Aethelberht is principally remembered for having accepted St. Augustine into his kingdom and his subsequent conversion to Roman Christianity. According to Bede, after his accession Eadbald fell foul of the young Church, rejecting Christianity, ejecting its Bishops and incurring the wrath of the Church committing 'such fornication as the Apostle Paul mentioned as being unheard of even among the heathen, in that he took his father's (second) wife as his own.' Whatever Eadbald did, this situation did not last for he repented and was duly baptized, rejecting his wife and thereafter favouring the Church within his kingdom. These events reflect the conflict and confusion amongst the Anglo-Saxon elite at this time as Christianity sought to assert itself over the Pagan religion. This struggle is best known from the mix of Pagan and Christian artefacts in the Sutton Hoo ship burial, which is contemporaneous to Eadbald and this coin. As to the date of these named Thrymsas or Shillings of Eadbald, the presence of Christian iconography dates them to after his conversion and a date to between 620 and 635 is thought appropriate.CorpusSix coins other than this example are recorded with five of the six in institutional collections. Only one example other than this specimen is therefore in private hands.1. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1.26g, AV 69%, Crondall Hoard, 1828. Dies A/a2. American Numismatic Society, New York, 1.29g, AV 64%, formerly Norweb, SCBI 16/42, ex Lockett I lot 206,
Vinyl - Six Savoy Brown lps including Felting Getting to the Point LK 4935 in boxed Decca, Looking In (SKL 5066 Stereo), A Step Further (LK 5013) in boxed Decca, Street Corner Talking (TXS 104 Stereo), Lions Share (SKL 5152 Stereo) and Hellbound Train (TXS 107 Stereo) vinyl and sleeves excellent
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'.
FULHAM A miscellany which includes a blank Fulham Football & Athletic Company Limited share certificate from the early 1900's which has been signed by a Director, photocopies of 1909/10, 1911/12, 1913/14 and 1914/15 handbooks, a fully signed official Fulham football from 1980's, a signed menu for 2008/09 A Season To Remember on 13/9/2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel with 12 signatures on the front including manager Roy Hodgson, An invitation and programme for the unveiling of the Johnny Haynes statue 18/10/2008, Stan Brown Testimonial Brochure, Fulham Handbooks 1949/50 X 2 one is worn and 1967/8, a first day cover to celebrate 100 years of Football at Craven Cottage 10/10/1996 signed by Johnny Haynes, 2 menus and invitations to the 20th Anniversary Dinner of the 1975 FA Cup Final at Heathrow Park Hotel 19/5/1995, 2 official programme binders, a Johnny Haynes Memorial Service 22/1/2006 in Hammersmith and a Jimmy Langley Memorial Service 21/12/2007 in Ruislip. Generally good
NORTHERN SOUL - Ace selection of 60 x 7" singles including many rare original releases! Artists/titles will include Winfield Parker, The Fuzz, The Soul Sisters - Good Time Tonight (SS 1019), Freddie Waters, The Newbeats, John Hendley - My Baby Came From Out Of Nowhere, The Ad Libs - Nothing Worse Than Being Alone (promo on Share), The Marvelettes, Mamie Galore, Big John Patton, The Vibrations, Al Green, The Mar-Keys, Bobby Bland, The Sweet Inspirations, Dells and Donnie Elbert. Condition varies.
ELVIS PRESLEY - rare fold out Christmas card sent to friends and fans. The card reads "Merry Christmas to All" on the cover and inside it reads "At Christmas we send warm greetings to you as a friend and we share with you some view of Graceland......our home. The Presleys". Inside the card their is an "Elvis Presley" secretarial signature.
A mahogany lazy Susan,by John Earnshaw, early 19th century, the circular top with segmental veneers, the frieze with six turned knobs, a paper label to the underside reads 'John Earnshaw, Joiner, Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer, Borough Gate, Otley, most respectfully solicits a share of your favours',86cm diameter
Dated 12 April, 340 AD. A bifacial wooden tabula made from atlas pine or cedarwood, with seventeen lines of Roman cursive script in black ink to the recess of one face, forming part (one third) of the testament of Julius Pompeianus, in favour of his sons Iulius Ianuarius and Iulis Iahin and his daughter Iulia Victorina; the long edges pierced with two holes each to allow attachment to adjoining tablets with cords; supplied with a detailed academic report (in German, with an English translation), including a full transcription of the text; this reading, for the first three sentences: 1) Post co(n)ss(ulatum) dd(ominorum) nn(ostrorum duorum) Constanti II et Constatis Augg(ustorum) pri- 2) die idus Apriles. Iulius Pompeianus ex fundo Thurgen- 3)TE ++QDE+LI in QVINTARIV, sana mente sanaque memo- 4) ria testamentum feci The whole text transliterating to English as: 'After the consulates of both Constantius II and Constans, the Augusti, a day before the ides of April (= 12 April 340 AD"). I, Iulius Pompeianus from the estate of Thurgens that are located in quintario, a testament I have written with sane (sound mind) and (clear) memory. And this I had to [a document consisting of] three panels with smooth sides, they are inscribed with ink writing. Because I do not have the Testament Code to hand, I have dictated to Iulius Praianus, my friend, and after seeing it read, I have had it sealed by me. And if I in due course I will have returned to my death of nature, then you shall, Iulius Ianuarius and Iulius Iahin and my daughter Victorina, my dearest, be my heirs to my total assets. The others, men and women, are not heirs. This under the condition that should my daughter Iulia Victorina have died (before me), her brothers Iulius Ianuarius and Iulius Iahin shall have her share. The remaining, both men and women, all to be disinherited. All I through this my Testament would have given what I paid...' From an important London collection since 1975; acquired by a London dealer 1973; formerly the property of Monsieur Alain Sfez, a Belgium collector; acquired by gift from his father Albert Sfez, 1965; acquired by Albert in the early 1950s; accompanied by a copy of a witnessed statement from Alain Sfez. For examples of wooden panels used as a writing surfaces, see Thomas, J. D., Vindolanda: The Latin Writing Tablets, Britannia Monograph Series No 4, London 1983; for examples of testamentary documents on wooden tablets that have survived, see FIRA III, p.47 for Anthony Silvanus from 142 AD and see BGU VII 1695 for Safinnius Herminus; for another from Transfynydd, North Wales, see Arch. Camb. 150, pp.143-156. A paper on this item by Prof. Juergen Blaensdorf has been submitted for publication in 2016. The testament follows Roman legal practices and phrasing and this part concerns the testator's legacy to his three children, including specific reference to the share to be inherited by his daughter passing to his sons in the event of her death between the date of the will and the death of the testator. Apart from the general interest and rarity of the text, the writing itself is palaeographically very interesting, providing an excellent and rare example of mid-4th century Roman cursive script and showing transition from early to late forms. 50 grams, 15.7 x 20.0cm (6 x 8"). Very fine condition. Extremely rare; important.
A 1970s Edwardian style theatrical costume consisting of a lilac full outfit and hat, the long silk skirt with blue/grey lace decoration and taffeta petticoat, matching lilac silk jacket with cream floral lace decoration, a chiffon cream blousette with button fastening and a matching lilac silk hat with elaborate feather and faux flower decoration This costume was worn by English theatre actress Wendy Hillier (b. 1912) in a production by The Actors Company. The Actors Company was co-founded by actor Sir Ian McKellen and allowed actors to choose their own plays and share equal pay, billing and leading roles
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