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[WATERLOO BATTLE OF]: An interesting D.S., Fredr. de Hartwig, by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick de Hartwig, Commander of the late First Battalion of Light Infantry Kings German Legion, one page, oblong 4to, Hannover, 14th March 1817. The partially printed document is a Certificate of the Waterloo Prize Money issued to Corporal Frederick Dorje and entitling him to 'the share of Prize or Bounty Money which may become due from Captures made by the Army under the Command of His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Flanders and France, in the Months of June and July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen' and confirming that Dorje's name has been inserted in the Prize Lists as No. 10 of 6th Class and that he was discharged on 24th February 1816. Some very light staining and minor age wear, otherwise VG Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834.
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CINEMA: Selection of unsigned printed programmes, brochures and other ephemera etc., all relating to cinema, the theatre and ballet, 1930s onwards, including programmes for West End performances of Spider's Web, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Cocktail Party, The School for Scandal, Waiting for Godot, Witness for the Prosecution, Ten Little Niggers, American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement award brochures for Lillian Gish, Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, Bette Davis, Jack Lemmon etc., Pinewood Studios 21st Anniversary brochure 1957, Star Wars campaign book 1977, various original scripts, 10 x 8 publicity photographs, campaign brochures etc., for films produced by Sound City including Doss House, Side Streets, Menace etc., large signed photograph by Ken Adam taken on the set of The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 etc., also including some non-entertainment ephemera, share certificates for various companies (mainly American) including The New York Central Railroad Company, Pan American World Airways, The Costa Rica Railway Company etc., Italain 200 lire banknote (1746) etc. FR to generally G, 132
RAILWAY EPHEMERA comprising a Great Western Railway 'London to Cirencester, Bath, Bristol and Taunton' timetable, 'Opening to Taunton on 1st July, 1842', single sheet printed to both sides, 37.5cm x 25.5cm (folded; graffiti to front); together with a West Somerset Mineral Railway Company share certificate, Class A £10 Share No.2347, dated 1857; a folding map of the Bristol & Exeter Rail Road, engraved by James Wyld, no date [circa 1850], 43cm x 30cm; a folding Bradshaw's New Railway Map of Great Britain and Ireland, 1867, 71cm x 58.5cm; and a District Railway & Connections map, 1893, 53.5cm x 67cm, (5).
Barbie - Twelve Boxed Mattel Sets - Stacie Bicyclin', Whitney Bicyclin, Share a Smile Becky, Stace & Winnie the Pooh Flashlight Fun, Janet & Tiger Flashlight Fun, Barbie Ballet Recital, Sheey Ballet Recital, Sheely Birthday Fun, Barbie & Keiko, Barbies, Shelly & Stacie Christmas Friends, Barbie Li'l Zoo Pals, Barbie Family Holiday and Barbie Winter Holiday
THE MINIATURE MEDALS OF THE CAPTAIN OF HMS AFRICA. A miniature pair of medals mounted for wear, also GCB breast star awarded to Admiral Henry Digby then Captain of HMS Africa at Trafalgar. The small Naval Gold Medal and a NGS medal are mounted on a brooch bar, the bullion Breaststar is loose. HMS Africa a small 64 gun ship of the line was launched in 1771, considered in 1805 old and not capable of withstanding the enemy broadsides. A poor sailer she was off course and missed the night signal sent by Horatio Nelson, when separated from the British Fleet. Arriving from a different direction his plight was seen by Admiral Nelson. Captain Digby was a known fighter and at one time took 57 prizes in some 20 months. The signal for him to make all sail away from the action, was deliberately misinterpreted by Captain Digby, despite some 10 larger enemy ships of the line between his ship and the fleet. He sailed through the enemy lines of battle, engaging each individual enemy ship with broadsides. Arriving at the battle, he saw the Spanish Flagship Santissimia Trinidad apparently surrendering. Under Lt John Smith a party from Africa boarded the Flagships quarterdeck unmolested. Seeing that it had not struck their colours, the age of chivalry was shown to be not dead. They were allowed to leave unharmed and return to HMS Africa, whilst the fight continued.. Captain Digby then chased and engaged the Entrepide, in a ship to ship action lasting over 40 minutes. The Intrepide surrendered when the action was joined by HMS Orion. The action had left HMS Africa with 62 men dead or wounded, and most of her officers killed in the fighting. She was badly damaged and in need of emergency repairs. Very popular with his crew, he paid prize money out of his own monies, not waiting for the Court decisions. An ordinary seaman was awarded £182 each, for the capture of the treasure ship Santa Brigida. He received some £40,700 for his share of that prize. (A Spanish 34 gun Frigate). Inheriting Minterne Estate from his uncle, he died a full Admiral of the blue in 1842 (C in C the Nore), and is buried in St Andrews Church there. Provenance Lawrences Sale of the Digby Attics, Taunton Saleroom 24/3/1998 lot 403. The purchaser has owned this and the following prize money lot, since that sale. See Illustration.
549 Selezione Rum Rum West Indies Dark Rum Samaroli 1948 (1 bt 0,70 Lt.) Rhum Clement 1970 Confezioni originali singole. Original single cases. (2 bts 0,70 Lt.) Rum Caroni Trinidad 1982 Confezione originale. Original case. (1 bt 0,70 Lt.) Imbottigliato nel 1991, 800 bottiglie prodotte. Bottled in 1991, 800 bottles produced. (Tot. 4 bts 0,70 Lt.) € 1.000 Tre rum mitici e rari compongono questo lotto. Per molti esperti e addetti ai lavori il West Indies Rum 1948, selezionato da Silvano Samaroli, è uno dei rum più buoni mai imbottigliati. Ne sono state prodotte solo 800 bottiglie ed è stato imbottigliato nel 1991. Clement rappresenta l’essenza del rum agricolo della Martinica e questo pregiato millesimo del 1970 è stato imbottigliato dopo oltre 21 anni nel 1991. Caroni 1982 è stato imbottigliato nel 2006 e fa parte della seconda serie uscita lo stesso anno. Il merito della scoperta dei prodotti eccezionali di Caroni è della Velier e in particolare di Luca Gargano. Three legendary and rare rums make up this lot. For many experts and insiders the 1948 West Indies Rum, selected by Silvano Samaroli, is one of the best rums ever bottled. It has been produced only 800 bottles and was bottled in 1991. Clement is the essence of Rhum Agricole from Martinique and this precious 1970 vintage was bottled after more than 21 years, in 1991. Caroni 1982 was bottled in 2006 and is part of the second series of that year. Caroni Velier and especially Luca Gargano share the merits of discovering these exceptional products.
110 Chinese Railway share certificates including one framed example, each for the Canton-Kowloon railway and dated 2nd December 1907 and marked for £100, some with coupons attached, printed by Waterlow and Sons, London Wall, 53 x 33.5cm (21 x 13.25 in) There are actually 113 bonds all with some coupons. The tops and bottoms do have creasing and/or wear at the top and bottoms. The framed bond has a complete set of coupons
A New Zealand International Rugby Union jersey from their 1905-1906 tour of British Isles, France and USA, match-worn by legendary tour captain and New Zealand war-hero, Dave Gallaher - widely regarded as ‘The Father of All Blacks Rugby’. The shirt has the embroidered New Zealand fern badge and the stitched canvas overlay to shoulders, upper chest and back area. It is complete with leather v-shape neck-line. Provenance: After the Wales v New Zealand test match in Cardiff in 1905, New Zealand captain Dave Gallaher and Wales captain Gwyn Nicholls were witnessed by a reporter of the South Wales Daily News to be exchanging compliments and handshakes. They also exchanged their jerseys. For many years, Gwyn Nicholls stored the jersey at his business premises, a laundry company based in Llandaff North, Cardiff. Thomas John Mahoney a keen sportsman and general sports fan was employed at the laundry company as a ‘van boy’ and because Gwyn Nicholls was aware of Thomas Mahoney’s enthusiasm for sports, the jersey was gifted to him. It remained within the family of Thomas Mahoney until now and is being offered at auction by his family. Value: The family of TJ Mahoney have decided that this is the right time for them to sell the jersey. Because of this the jersey has been entered with a nominal reserve. Our estimate is based on previous auction prices for All Blacks jerseys from the 1905 tour. History and background to Dave Gallaher and the 1905 tour: Dave Gallaher’s position was generally wing-forward but he also played as hooker. He started playing at his home-town Katikati, South of Auckland and then for Parnell rugby club from 1890. However, his rugby career started in earnest with Ponsonby District Rugby Football Club in 1895. In 1896, he was selected for Auckland province and his first New Zealand cap came on their tour of Australia in 1903, where he was selected for the touring-side’s first ever test match against Australia in Sydney. Gallaher played thirty-three times for his country, winning six test caps, he retired from playing in 1906 to become a coach at Ponsonby and become the sole selector for Auckland province, later becoming a New Zealand national selector for seven years in an extremely successful period. In conjunction with Billy Stead, Gallaher’s vice-captain of the 1905-1906 tour, the pair composed ‘The Complete Rugby Footballer’ (1906) a seminal text for the game of rugby union. Without player-vote, Dave Gallaher was controversially nominated as captain for the 1905-1906 legendary tour of British Isles, France and USA. The team was the first New Zealand Rugby Union to tour outside of Australasia, they played thirty-five matches, winning thirty-four of them, scoring 976 points and conceding only fifty-nine. The touring side became known as ‘The Originals’ and for the first time the nickname ‘The All Blacks’ was used by the British Press. The success of the tour helped cement Rugby Union as New Zealand’s national sport and commenced a ‘new order’ of world rugby which has rarely been threatened in 100 years. Wales versus The Originals, in Cardiff, is regarded as one of sport’s greatest matches with over 47,000 spectators at the Arms Park. Even before kick-off the match had become a landmark game when the Welsh supporters sang ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers)’ in response to the New Zealand player’s stirring performance of the haka. It was the first time a national anthem had been sung before a sporting fixture. There had already been a degree of controversy leading up to the test, particularly in relation to the choice of referee John Dallas, and with regards to the tactics New Zealand had brought with them to the Northern Hemisphere including the role of Gallaher as a roaming wing-forward which many remarked as unsporting with the intent of obstructing opposition players. The controversy continued as the game developed with decisions seeming to go against The Originals. As the referee struggled to keep up with play, there was a ‘try that never was’ and the half-time whistle was reported to have been blown early when Wales were under pressure. Wales were the victors 3-0. Dave Gallaher was born in Ramelton, Co Donegal in 1878. At the age of five he and his family migrated from Ireland to a planned Irish/Ulster settlement in Katikati, south of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. In the 1890s he took employment at the Auckland Farming Freezing Company as a labourer where he was to rise to the position of foreman. It is thought that the work helped him build upper body strength and kept him fit. In 1901 Gallaher’s rugby was interrupted as he joined the Sixth New Zealand Contingent of Mounted Rifles for service in the Anglo-Boer War with the objective of ‘…ridding the Northern Transvaal of Boer guerrillas…’ under the command of General Herbert Plumer. Gallaher was appointed as an advance guard, scouting ahead of the main force of men and in 1901, he was hospitalised in Charlestown, Natal with malaria. In a letter to his sister dated 18 October 1901, he wrote ‘….we have a fair share of the fighting all the time and I am still alive and kicking although I have had a couple of pretty close calls, one day I thought I would have to say good bye to old New Zealand but I had my usual luck and so came out all right’. Whilst in South Africa, Gallaher reached the rank of Squadron Sergeant Major and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal and King’s South Africa Medal. He returned to New Zealand in August 1902. Fifteen years later, ten years after retiring from playing rugby and at the age of forty-two, Dave Gallaher returned to the battlefield. Exempt from conscription due to age, Gallaher enlisted voluntarily for action in the First World War. His younger brother Douglas had already been killed in the conflict. Gallaher left for Europe in February 1917 and on arrival was promoted to the rank of sergeant. His unit fought in the Battle of Messines, near La Basse Ville, later preparing for the imminent ‘Passchendale Offensive’. In the attack of Gravenstafel Spur on 4 October 1917, Gallaher was mortally wounded when a piece of shrapnel penetrated his helmet. Dave Gallaher was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He is buried in grave No, 32513 at Nine Elms British Cemetery, west of Poperinge. In 1922 Auckland Rugby Football Club introduced the Gallaher Shield. Ponsonby, Gallaher’s old club, have won the title more than any other team. Internationally, France and New Zealand compete in the Dave Gallaher Trophy, first awarded on Armistice Day in 2000. In 2011 a bronze statue of Gallaher was unveiled outside Eden Park, the home of New Zealand rugby, Gallaher has been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame, the World Rugby Hall of Fame and the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame In 2005, at Gallaher’s Irish birthplace, the name of the ground of Letterkenny RFC was changed to the Dave Gallaher Memorial Park. In view of the life-story of Dave Gallaher, his profound influence on New Zealand rugby union and his general significance within New Zealand history and culture, while taking into account the impact of ‘The Originals Tour’ and the Wales test in particular, this jersey could rightly be regarded as a ‘Holy Grail’ of New Zealand rugby shirts.
The Duchess of Marlborough and The South Sea Bubble Manuscript: Marlborough (Sarah, Duchess of) A lengthy holograph letter of 6pp, dated 10th September 1720, and written from Blenheim [Palace] to Lady Cairnes of Monaghan. As a manuscript, w.a.f. (1) Though unsigned, the letter is written by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, the brilliant, turbulent and self-willed wife of the Great Duke of Marlborough, statesman and military commander of genius. In it she invites her friend Lady Cairnes, wife of the Irish landowner, banker and MP for Monaghan Sir Alexander Cairnes, to come with her husband to stay at Blenheim. There is plenty of room, she assures her (the mighty palace was still unfinished), though she apologises for “the smoaking chimney in your bed camber” [sic] The Marlboroughs had only been in residence for a year, and as the Duke had suffered several serious strokes the Duchess was very much in charge. The letter was written during the collapse of the South Sea Company, to which the writer alludes. This event, known as the South Sea Bubble, featured an illusory market, frenzied share purchasing, insider trading, bribes to politicians, the recycling of company money, and sheer incompetence (even the slave trade, the most straightforward source of profit, was mismanaged). Many investors were bankrupted, the national economy was severely damaged, politicians were disgraced, and profiteers were heavily fined (though they still remained rich). The Duchess had encouraged her friends to invest heavily - but just before the crash she persuaded the Duke to sell his shares, and the Marlboroughs emerged from the crisis having made a profit of £100,000.
HEALY TIM: (1855-1931) Irish Nationalist Politician. D.S., T M Healy, one page, small oblong folio, n.p., 1st September 1891. The attractive partially printed document is a share certificate (numbered 1043) for the Irish National Press Ltd., Capital £60,000 in 12,000 shares of £5 each, issued to Hugh Lynch of Selby and confirming his purchase of ten ordinary shares, numbered 5035 - 5044 inclusive. Signed by Healy at the base and countersigned by two other individuals. With blind embossed seal. Some very light, minor creasing and a few small pinholes to the upper left corner, about VG. £100-150
FRANCE ANATOLE: (1844-1924) French Poet & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature 1921. A.L.S., Anatole France, two pages, 8vo, St.Cyr-Sur-Loire, n.d.[June 1917], to a friend, on his printed stationery, in French. France writes ´If new health tests on your young patient are good, if any hope, write to me promptly. I am here ready to share your sorrow. Emma, better than me, is still very afflicted. Send us reasons for hope. There are reasons, am sure..´ A close and personal letter. With a vintage unsigned postcard photograph carefully affixed beneath his signature. The two pages have been neatly pasted one alongside the other. VG £80-100
LACEPEDE BERNARD DE: (1756-1825) French Naturalist . He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the Histoire Naturelle. A fine A.L.S., Lacepede, three pages, 4to, from the countryside, 5th January 1793, to Citizen Saint Pierre, in French. Lacepede responds to his correspondent´s note and explains that he will do all the necessary to please him, stating `I enclose to this letter a note to Citizen Valenciennes, who knows very well the location of all my belongings in my apartment, he will be honoured giving you the plants drawings you wish to have…and I will also ask Valenciennes to inform Citizens Daubenton and Van Spaendonck about this changes, as they would be very astonished if I do not explain them about this.´ and further saying `I have the honour to send you a report list of the travelers books that I have got. Some of them are in Paris and some others are here… All the ones you wish to have will be delivered to you by Citizen Valenciennes. I share with you the pleasure of reading travelers books, and I consider them very useful, specially for Naturalists.´ Lacepede lists beneath his signature a long list of travelers books, including some such as Travel to England, Travel to the North, translated from English…Memoire about China by Le Comte, Voyage de Lesseps from Kamtchatka to France, travel to Madagascar…. and many more. With an attractive red wax seal to the fourth page, bearing a naked woman, standing and drinking with a cup in her hand, an eagle at her foot. Small paper loss to the last page due to the opening of the seal, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £400-600 After the French Revolution Lacépède became a member of the Legislative Assembly, but during the Reign of Terror he left Paris to the countryside, his life having become endangered by his disapproval of the massacres. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) appointed responsible of the Jardin des Plantes (“Garden of plants”), former Jardin du Roi (“Garden of the King”). Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819) French Painter. Louis Jean Daubenton (1716-1800) Doctor in Medicine and Zoologist. Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756-1840) Portrait Painter. Provenance: Formerly part of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) British Bibliophile.
RAWLINSON HENRY: (1864-1925) Known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson. British WWI General. T.L.S., Rawlinson, one page, 4to, Headquarters, Fourth Army, 4th December 1918, to Miss Odette Bourdillon de Gastinoy, in French. Rawlinson thanks his correspondent for her kind congratulations and states `I share your point of view; the Bosch found out that Paris was a little too far and it was only their prisoners who could enter Paris.´ Rawlinson signs in his capacity as General Commandant of the 4th British Army. Accompanied by original envelope. Together with a signed piece by Rawlinson, irregularly clipped. Both with traces to the verso of having been affixed, otherwise VG, 2 £80-100
ORLEANS FERDINAND OF: (1844-1910) Duc of Alençon, grandson of French King Louis Philippe. An interesting set of four Ls.S., Ferdinand d´Orleans, one letter of two pages, and one page the rest, 4to, Claremont, from 19th December 1860 to 16th May 1861, to the Colonel of the Hussars Cavalry Regiment of the Princess, in Spanish. A young Ferdinand d´Orleans, just arrived to Spain from school in Scotland, and not allowed to go back to France as a Royal family member, enters the military school in Segovia, Spain. On the first letter Ferdinand thanks his Colonel for his welcome, and states `I am the one who feels proud serving such a glorious Regiment which has recently obtained laureate conquests in Africa…It is a honour to wear such a glorious uniform…´. On the second letter Ferdinand renounces to his Second-Lieutenant salaries and indicates `Please share them out freely between the Regiment members you will consider and in the most fair and useful way..´. On the third and fourth letter Ferdinand thanks his Colonel for the Queen´s letter received, authorizing him to choose the military camp where to serve in order to allow him to pursue and finish his studies in the city of Segovia. A few years later he would be offered the crown of Spain but he rejected the offer. A few small foxing stains only to the first letter, otherwise VG, 4 £80-100
NESSELRODE KARL: (1780-1862) Russian Count and Diplomat. An interesting A.L.S., Nesselrode, one page, 12mo, St. Petersburg, 4th May 1834, to Princess of Lieven, in French. The letter has been clipped from a longer letter, and corresponds to the end of it. Nesselrode states `Please believe, Princess, that my wife and myself will be delighted to share with you and to offer you at any time proofs of our friendly relationship´. Irregularly clipped and affixed to a larger green paper. With traces and stains of glue. F to G £80-100 Dorothea Lieven (1785-1857) Princess Dorothea von Lieven, born Benckendorff. Baltic-German noblewoman and wife of Prince Khristofor Andreyevich Lieven , Russian ambassador to London, 1812-34. An influential figure among many of the diplomatic, political, and social circles of 19th-century.
Exceptional Lori rug with dark blue field and Shekarlu border, Boyr Ahmad va Kohgiluyeh, south west Persia, late 19th century, 8ft. 6in. x 5ft. 8in. 2.59m. x 1.73m. Some wear in places; small repairs. Blue fabric tape sewn each end verso. Note the plethora of small animals throughout and the splendid ivory Shekarlu main border. The Lori and the Shekarlu tribe of the Qashqa’i Confederation shared the area of land due south of Esfahan and north east of Fars. Not only did they share living space, however, but they also shared designs of which this is the best known. The Lori versions usually have a thicker, shaggier pile and are symmetrically knotted. They tend to have dark blue grounds. A most attractive rug with lustrous wool and fabulous colour. A very similar rug sold these Rooms Lot 2045 14th July 2011. cf. Parham, C. Masterpieces of Fars Rugs, p. 45; pl. 1 for a similar piece but with a red ground.
BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, Thomas Spence, Copper Farthing, 1795, obv cat seated, facing forward, IN . SOCIETY . LIVE . FREE . LIKE . ME . 17.-.95 around on raised rim, rev hand holding an open book inscribed PIGS MEAT, with IF LORDS ALL MANKIND ARE * * * around on raised rim, THEN THEY YE RENTS SHOU’D SHARE around inner circle, edge plain (Conder p.247, 21; Virt p.129; Atkins p.145, 797; D&H Middlesex 1091). Struck from unequal die pressure resulting in a wire rim on one side and a weak strike opposite, minor spots, otherwise nearly as made, rare.
Anonymous Æ Obol. Neapolis or Cosa (?) circa 273-269 BC. Helmeted head of Minerva right / ROMA, bridled horse’s head right; RRC 17/1d; HN Italy 278; Balbi de Caro, RIN 1988, p. 120, 1949; RBW collection 16. 6.03g, 17mm, 11h. Very Fine. Very rare variety. The entire RRC 17 series may have been struck at Cosa, whose coins share the same types and metrology. The bronze Romano coinage (RRC 17/1a-i) and its parallel issue of the Latin colony of Cosa in Etruria (Vecchi, EC 1, 1-6) have since the 19th century been termed litrai and half-litrae, which has led to confusion for it has no justification in the observed behaviour of the 3rd century central Italian economy. The ancient use of the word litra, a Greek term for a Sicilian bronze unit, in the context of a purely Romano-Etruscan coinage without any contemporary parallel in Italy, seems unlikely and certainly not of contemporary usage. It may be better to describe these interesting military issues in Italian Greek or Roman weight terms with their customary nomenclature. From the mid 4th century Metapontine bronzes of 7.5-9.5g bear the denomination OBOΛΟΣ (HN Italy 1639-40) and from c.326 the standard Æ unit of Neapolis weighs between 5 and 10 grams which probably represents a fiduciary obol, which comfortably accommodates the Romano and Cosa bronzes which range between about 5 and 8 grams. For an in depth analysis of Neapolitan bronze issues, see A. Campana, ‘A proposito dell’obol di bronzo’ in Panorama Numismatico 94, 1996, pp. 12-16.
DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens, with paraph, one page, 8vo, Devonshire Terrace, 20th November 1849, to Dr. [Thomas] Southwood Smith ('My dear Dr. Smith'). Dickens states that he is sincerely obliged to both his correspondent and Lord Ashley for the trouble that they have taken ('The latter interprets my wish quite accurately') and further remarks 'I will take a share in the permanent society. If you will kindly give the Treasurer (whenever you may happen to see him) the cheque you hold on account, I will pay him the balance if he will communicate with me'. About EX Thomas Southwood Smith (1788-1861) English Physician and Sanitary Reformer. Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1801-1885) 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Lord Ashley. English Politician, Philanthropist and Social Reformer.
OLDOINI VIRGINIA: (1837-1899) Countess of Castiglione. Italian Aristocrat, known as La Castiglione. Mistress of Emperor Napoleon III and also a significant figure in the early history of photography. A.L., unsigned, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified correspondent, on blind embossed monogrammed stationery, in French. The Countess writes, in full, 'I am replying to you without knowing why. This is not because I have too much time, or not enough to do, as I have too much of the former and not enough of the latter, but I like to share my thoughts with you. They are different from yours, which I would like to clear away like a cloud on my forehead, a nightmare dreamt by your fickle mind'. Slightly irregularly torn to the left edge and with a heavy circular brown stain to the upper right corner, slightly affecting three words of text to the verso. About G
Switzerland, P 49n, Schweizerische Nationalbank, 100 Franken, 24 January 1972. Portrait of a boy with lamb at upper right on front. Signatures Dr. Brenno Galli - Dr. Edwin Stopper - Rudolf Aebersold. St. Martin cutting his cape (to share) at center on back., # 89 V 55774, aUNC Start Price: €35
35+ Battle of Britain pilot autograph collection Assorted Letters, Cards, Pieces. Stunning array of excellent autographs. Includes Flt Lt James G Sanders DFC Small handwritten and signed letter, over one side, by Battle of Britain veteran Flt Lt James G Sanders DFC, 615 Sqn flying Hurricanes. Awarded the DFC in June 1940, had a half share of a Ju88 in August 1940. Letter refers to the sending of signatures. Sqn Ldr W Ross Jones AFC, Handwritten and signed letter over two sides signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sqn Ldr W Ross Jones AFC, 266 and 602 Sqn. Fascinating letter in which he states "Needless to say, I did survive the B of B, D-Day Landings and the push through France, Belgium and Holland and ultimately Germany". He goes on to explain how he struggled after the war on his disability pension. Amazing item. Flt Lt R M Power Small card signed by Australian Battle of Britain veteran Flt Lt R M Power, 236 Sqn Blenheims. P/O H A Sprague, Letter handwritten and signed on one side by Canadian Battle of Britain veteran P/O H a Sprague, 3 Sqn Hurricanes. He refers in the letter to becoming an honorary member of a Battle of Britain society. Sgt R A Innes, Blue Battle of Britain card signed by veteran Sgt R A Innes, 253 Sqn Hurricanes, F/O R W Norris, Reply on original letter signed by Canadian Battle of Britain veteran F/O R W Norris, No 1 R.C.A.F. flying Hurricanes. He has signed on the letter which was sent to him requesting his autograph, F/O T D Williams, Handwritten and signed letter by Battle of Britain veteran F/O T D Williams, 611 Sqn, Spitfires. Letter refers to a request for signatures, Sgt A G V Holton, Letter handwritten and signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt A G V Holton, 141 Sqn Defiants. In the letter he lists the relevant Defiant Flights, Sgt A G V Holton, Handwritten and signed letter by Battle of Britain veteran Sqn Ldr C.E.J. Baines, 238 Sqn Hurricanes. In this fascinating letter, he states that he doesn't want to sign any Battle of Britain cards as he doesn't consider himself "one of the few". He goes on to mention how he was "posted overseas shortly after the start of the Battle, so I played a very insignificant part in it”, P/O G Leggett, Small clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran P/O G Leggett, 46 Sqn Hurricanes, P/O Michael Wainwright, Small clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran P/O Michael Wainwright, 64 Sqn, Spitfires, P/O H K Wakefield DFC, Small clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran P/O H K Wakefield DFC, 235 Squadron Blenheim, Sgt L W Harvey, Battle of Britain blue card signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt L W Harvey, 54 Sqn, Spitfires, Sgt R C Nutter, Small card with illustration of Hurricane and Spitfire, autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt R C Nutter, 257 Squadron Hurricanes, Sgt Jim Pickford, Small card with illustration of Hurricane and Spitfire, autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt Jim Pickford, 604 Squadron, Blenheims, Sgt R.E.B. Sargent, Small card with illustration of Hurricane and Spitfire, autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt R.E.B. Sargent, 219 Sqn, Blenheims, Flt Sgt J Steere, Small card with illustration of Hurricane and Spitfire, autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Flt Sgt J Steere, 72 Squadron, Spitfires, Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC, Small card with illustration of Hurricane and Spitfire, autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC, 79 Sqn, Hurricanes. Credited with 3 destroyed and 1 probable, Sgt N.N. Woodland, Battle of Britain blue card signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt N.N. Woodland, 236 Sqn, Blenheims, Sgt R.E.B. Sargent, Small clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt R.E.B. Sargent, 219 Sqn, Blenheims, Sgt A.J. "Ginger" Lauder, Small clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt A.J. "Ginger" Lauder, 264 Sqn, Defiants, Sgt H.G. Whittick, Small clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt H.G. Whittick, 604 Sqn, Blenheims, Sqn Ldr John "Tommy" Thompson, Blue Battle of Britain card signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sqn Ldr John "Tommy" Thompson, OC 111 Squadron, Hurricanes, Sqn Ldr Noel Corry DFC, Small handwritten and signed letter by Battle of Britain veteran Sqn Ldr Noel Corry DFC, 25 Sqn Blenheims, Wing Commander Ken Mackenzie, Handwritten and signed letter, with original envelope, by Battle of Britain ace Wing Commander Ken Mackenzie, 501 Sqn Hurricanes. Signed "Mac" Mackenzie, as he was known to many. Dated 1990, the letter refers to a book signing he is due to attend. Rare item, Sgt E.C. Barnard, Small note hand signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt E.C. Barnard, 600 Sqn Blenheims. He has added his number and squadron details to his signature, Sgt A C Leigh, Scarce small signed magazine portrait photo with accompanying handwritten signed letter by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt A C Leigh, 64 Squadron, Spitfires. In the letter "Joe" talks about his health and the Battle of Britain Society, Dougie Hone, Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Dougie Hone, 615 Sqn, Sgt A G Russell, Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt A G Russell, 43 Sqn Hurricanes, Sgt R H Smythe, Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt R H Smythe, 111 & 249 Sqn, Hurricanes, Sgt P.G. Rich, Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt P.G. Rich, 25 Sqn Blenheims, P/O A.A. Gawith, Blue Battle of Britain card mounted with a clipped signature of New Zealand Battle of Britain veteran P/O A.A. Gawith, 23 Sqn Blenheims, P/O E.R. Edmunds, Two page handwritten and signed letter by New Zealand Battle of Britain veteran P/O E.R. Edmunds, 245 & 615 Sqn, Hurricanes. In the letter, Edmunds explains that he was "shot down over the English Channel in late 1940 after a cannon shell exploded beside me in the cockpit". He goes on to say "In 1942 I was again shot down from a very low level by ground fire in Libya... and spent the next unpleasant 3 years as a POW in Italy and Germany. He finishes this letter with one of the most poignant phrases I think I've ever read: "One can only look back on the war as just an exceedingly stupid affair altogether & mankind appears to have learnt nothing from it, except how to kill people more easily". Wow. Amazing letter, Bryan A Hitchings DFC Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran Bryan A Hitchings DFC, 3(F) Sqn Hurricanes Sector Patrol, P/O J Fleming Unusual 1991 Unveiling and Dedication of the Croydon Airport Battle of Britain Memorial programme signed on the front by Battle of Britain veteran P/O J Fleming (605 Sqn Hurricanes). Slight bleeding from the red ink of his signature, P/O M P Brown, Small card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran P/O M P Brown, 611 & 41 Sqn Spitfires, Sgt B J Jennings, Blue Battle of Britain card signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt B J Jennings, 19 Sqn Spitfires, Superb, F/O Donald Jack, Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by Battle of Britain veteran F/O Donald Jack, 602 Sqn Spitfires. Scored two victories during the Battle, F/O Donald Jack Greetings card with short inscription signed by Battle of Britain veteran F/O Donald Jack, 602 Sqn Spitfires. Scored two victories during the Battle, Sgt N D Copeland, Clipped signature signed by Battle of Britain veteran Sgt N D Copeland, 235 Sqn Hurricanes, Sgt K M Macujowski, Blue Battle of Britain card autographed by high scoring Polish Battle of Britain ace Sgt K M Macujowski, flew Hurricanes with 111 & 249 Squadron, officially credited with 10 kills. Superb, Sgt K M Macujowski, Handwritten (by his wife) and signed (by himself) letter by Battle of Britain veteran P/O Allen R Wright, 92 Sqn Spitfires. The letter explains how he has given up signing photos and books, but is making an exception in this letter!! Sgt Len Davies, 2006
An interesting selection of alter framed and glazed mostly 19th Century Share Certificates from around the World including Chinese, Claridges Hotels, the City of Glasgow Union Railway Company, Imperial Chinese Government, Bond for Twenty Pounds (Railway's Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911, Brazil Railway Company, The Samos Electric Company (Greece, Athens), mid Wales Railway Company Ten Pound Share, Egypt and Galang Besar Rubber Plantations Limited, (large and interesting selection)
AUTOGRAPHS. THREE VICTORIAN ALBUMS OF MOUNTED LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED PIECES AND ENGRAVINGS COLLECTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY ELIZABETH EATON OF NOTTINGHAM AND BY E DAY, DATED 1849 including Lord Nelson document signed Nelson & Bronte 12 July 1804, S T Coleridge part letter signed, Charles Lamb a.l.s., Charles Dickens s.p. and clipped signature, Michael Faraday a.l.s. 18 April 1854 (on table turning) John Dalton, Sir Francis Chantrey, Lord John Russell a.n.s., Queen Victoria s. piece and two other specimens of her handwriting, George IV, Prince Ernst of Hesse Philippsthal a.l.s. Windsor Castle 24 June 1836, Duke of Wellington a.n.s., Lord 'One Leg' Uxbridge, Warren Hastings, The Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) fine a.l.s. Bath 1 Jan 1758 ("This day I have eat my share of the best Turkey that ever was eat...") Benjamin Disraeli, Louis Blanc, Mary Russell Mitford two good a.l.s., and many others, contemporary gilt tooled dark green morocco, 38 x 28cm (2) and smaller Provenance: By descent in the family of the collectors to the present vendor.
A fine gilt brass verge pocket watch movement Signed for Daniel Delander, early 18th century The gilt full plate single fusee dial-winding verge movement with four unusual twist-turned baluster pillars pinned through the backplate, scroll-pierced stop-iron block and sprung three-arm steel balance with Tompion type regulation, the backplate with unusual symmetrical foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance bridge secured by three small leaf engraved feet pinned to the backplate beside a silvered regulation disc within applied scroll pierced silver infill over engraved signature DANIEL, DELANDER, LONDON and serial number 324 within leafy scroll engraved decoration, now fitted with a convex white Roman numeral dial, the pillar plate 35mm (1.375ins) diameter. Daniel Delander is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as born circa 1678 and apprenticed to Charles Halstead before being transferred to Thomas Tompion and gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1699. He initially worked as 'servant' to Thomas Tompion from Devereux Court and later (after Tompion's death in 1713) from 'within Temple Bar', Fleet Street. He was a fine maker whose work was clearly influenced by his master but is perhaps best known for his series of particularly fine duplex escapement longcase clocks as well as long duration clocks often with refinements such as equation of time. Delander appeared to also share his master's exacting standards with regards to the quality and design of the cases for his clocks, with his table clocks often mirroring those of Tompion and his successor George Graham. The balance bridge of the current lot is highly unusual in that it is secured by three small leaf-engraved feet pinned to the backplate rather than being of single-footed 'cock' design. Standard balance bridges with two feet screwed to the backplate are typical of 17th century French practice and late Dutch 'copies (see lots 97 and 94) however these also tend to differ in layout of the regulation (when compared to English examples) with Dutch copies invariably identifiable due to having the regulation disc positioned the opposite side of the balance. The current lot however would appear to be laid-out in the English manner and finished to a suitably high standard. Furthermore the presence of a full signature and serial number would suggest that the watch was indeed made by Delander as Dutch 'copies' tend not to include the full name. It would therefore seem that the unusual design of balance bridge is an expression of Delander's individual inventive approach.
A rare George III small English iron framed hooded wall timepiece with alarm George Wood, Nailsworth, dated 1760 The single-handed short duration movement with three-wheel train and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum swinging outside the case to the rear, the alarm train set behind the going train with vertical hammer arbor fitted to the inside of the rear upright and sounding on a bell mounted on top of the case, the iron strip frame constructed with central pivot bar riveted to the wide horizontal top and narrow bottom plates each terminating with pinned tenons to take the dial plate and movement front and back bars, the rectangular single-sheet brass dial measuring 7 by 5.5 inches with alarm disc and single iron hand to centre within engraved Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised cruciform half hour markers, the lower angles signed Geo., Wood opposing stylised engraved doves to upper margin, the rear of the dial with engraved date 1760 to lower left hand corner , the simple oak and elm wall hung box case with open front, removable top panel and incorporating movement top plate locating hooks to inside of the arched backboard, the rear with protruding iron backcock and external pendulum crutch between iron hanging hoop and spurs, 28cm (11ins) high. George Wood is recorded in Dowler, Graham GLOUCESTERSHIRE CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS as working in Nailsworth during the mid-18th century. Dowler cites two notices seeking the recovery of stolen watches bearing his name, the first dated 23rd December 1740, the second 22nd September 1766. The current lot can be closely compared to an earlier small hooded wall alarm timepiece which is also included in this sale (see previous lot). The movement of this other example is of similar construction to the present clock with significant differences confined to the truncated rear movement bar, narrow top plate and the provision of verge escapement regulated by side swinging short bob pendulum. Both timepieces also share similarly proportioned rectangular single-sheet dials and the same basic design of case. Another comparable movement and dial, dated 1707 and also with side-swinging short bob pendulum (but in later case), was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 17th March 2014 (lot 64). In addition to these an alarm timepiece featuring a similarly configured iron-framed movement by John Coates of Cirencester is also known. This example is illustrated and described in TIME & PLACE as exhibit 48, pages 164-5, however differs from the current lot in that the dial is of traditional design complete with chapter ring and spandrels. The 'saltbox' case is also more akin to the standard hooded wall clock case than that housing the current lot. Ultimately the basic design and layout of the movement of the current lot has its roots in the earliest of wall-hung alarm timepieces made by makers of the first fully developed English lantern clocks. One such timepiece, attributed to Robert Harvey, London, and dating to around 1600 is also included in the current sale (see following lot). It would seem that the presence of the current timepiece together with the example by Coates would suggest that this particularly early design of iron-framed wall timepiece movement persisted in the West Country, particularly Gloucestershire, long after other areas had adopted alternative designs.
An important James I weight-driven wall timepiece with alarm Unsigned but firmly attributed to Robert Harvey, London, circa 1600 The single-handed short duration movement with three-wheel train incorporating later anchor escapement and forged iron backcock for a seconds pendulum swinging behind the frame, the alarm mechanism applied to the rear of the movement with vertical hammer sounding on a bell suspended overhead from a curved stand secured at the back of the top plate via a mortice and tenon, the frame constructed with vertical iron bar at the rear fixed via forged joints to the strip top plate and conforming horizontal bottom bar each terminating with pinned tenons to take the dial plate and the going train front bar, the brass centre movement bar secured in the usual manner via integral locating pins at the base and a wedged tongue at the top, the rectangular single-sheet brass dial measuring 6.367 by 4.25 inches with five-petal rose decorated alarm disc and single iron hand within fine engraved starburst centre comprising alternating triangular and wavy-outline radial motifs, within narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with floating asterisk half hour markers, the upper and lower margins with symmetrical stylised scrolling floral sprays incorporating four-petal rose blooms within distinctive line-bordered hatched margins with simple leaf motifs at each angle, the bell surmounted by early first period lantern clock pattern turned ovoid vase finial, the base now fitted with drilled flange for fixing to a wall bracket, 30.5cm (12ins) high; with an oak wall bracket and two weights (lacking lines and pendulum). Robert Harvey is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born between 1580 and 1583 to John Harvey of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, London. A boy of his name is recorded as being in the household of the clockmaker Peter Medcalfe (to whom Robert's father John was apprenticed in around 1571) and received a bequest of £5 in Metcalfe's Will (proved in 1592). Robert Harvey was made free of the Clothworkers' Company by patrimony in 1604 and is recorded marrying Mary Bankes in 1606. He probably took-over his father's business after the latter's death in 1602 but was most likely not able to gain his freedom until 1604 on account of his young age. Loomes notes that Jeremy Evans has recorded a 'Robert Harvie' repairing the church clocks at Allhallows, Staining 1602-5; St, Giles 1606-8 and St. Benet, St. Paul's Wharf in 1614. Robert Harvey is recorded as taking only one apprentice; a John Bulbey from Beighton, Derbyshire in 1613. He died childless in the summer of 1615 naming his widow, Mary, in his Will and leaving his workshop (and responsibility of his apprentice) to his younger brother, Thomas. Robert Harvey is the earliest recorded maker of 'true' English lantern clocks. Of his clocks only three are known signed by him; A lantern clock signed Robert * Harue * Littell Brittain * London * Feecit (currently residing at Agecroft Hall, Virginia) illustrated in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers page 20 (figs. 2.23-25). A lantern clock signed Robert Harue London Feecit illustrated in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers page 21-22 (figs. 2.26-31). A weight-driven wall timepiece with alarm signed Robertus Haruie fecit illustrated in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers page 41 (figs. 4.2-3). The current lot can be directly compared to the weight-driven wall timepiece signed by Harvey listed above, with which it shares the following significant details: Firstly the construction of the frame. Both share the same configuration of iron rear upright applied with horizontal top and bottom strip plates enclosing brass going train pivot bars and incorporating pinned tenons for attaching the dial at the front. The use of iron for the rear bar which in turn is securely forged to the top and bottom plates creates a simple frame which is both strong and rigid. The pivot bar inserts for the going train are not structural so brass has been used to negate the need to bush the pivots. This simple but effective design demonstrates a high degree of empathy with regards to the selection and use of appropriate materials and appears unique to the current lot and the example signed by Robert Harvey listed above. Secondly the mounting of the bell. Both the current timepiece and the example signed by Harvey have the same unique method for suspending the bell above the frame (via a curved support fixed via a mortice-and-tenon joint to the rear of the frame top plate). Incidentally the finial surmounting the bell on the current lot is of the same pattern as those on the Agecroft Hall clock. Thirdly the engraving to the dial. The five-petal rose to the alarm disc of the current lot can be directly compared to that decorating the centre of the subsidiary minute dial of the other wall clock signed by Harvey. Furthermore the open foliate scrolls enveloping stylised dog-rose blooms seen within the upper and lower panels of the current lot are directly comparable to the two pairs engraved towards the upper margin of the signed example. Finally both dials have line-scribed 'boxes' around the pinned tenons securing the dial to the frame. These details, coupled with the overall þel' and heavy use of line borders, leave little doubt that both were engraved by the same individual (who was probably also responsible for the dials of both of the lantern clocks signed by Robert Harvey). The current timepiece also retains its original iron hand which is essentially identical in form to that on the Avecroft Hall clock. From the above observations it would appear that the both the current lot and the wall alarm timepiece signed by Robert Harvey were made in by the same hand at around the same time. Indeed further evidence within the frame of the present timepiece would suggest that when originally made the similarities were stronger still. For example spare holes in the centre bar and the top plate would indicate that the alarm mechanism was originally in front of the rear movement bar (as per the signed example); other evidence includes a threaded hole to the top plate (indicating the original position of a balance wheel cock) and a square hole to the lower edge of the rear bar (providing evidence for a conforming back-curved yoke with spiked terminals).
A fine small George III mahogany domestic longcase regulator made for the Middle Eastern market George Prior with movement supplied by John Thwaites, London late 18th century The substantial eight-day centre-seconds movement with bottle-shaped plates united by six distinctive tapered baluster pillars and stamped T. THWAITES over indistinct number 1933 to frontplate, the train with Harrison's maintaining power, high pinion count, six-spoke wheel crossings throughout and Graham type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets regulated by wood-rod seconds pendulum with wide-jaw suspension, large brass-faced lenticular bob and calibrated rating nut, the 10 inch ogee-arch shaped brass dial with circular white enamel convex centre signed GEORGE PRIOR, LONDON within 'Turkish' numeral chapter ring and five minutes to outer track, with steel seconds hand and pierced brass hour and minute hands within applied engraved ogee-arch-shaped mask finely decorated with a pendant incense burner within crescent motif flanked by generous foliate scrolls to upper margin over conforming leafy sprays to lower spandrel areas, the case with ogee-arch shaped cavetto moulded cornice and conforming shaped frieze inset with fine scroll-pierced brass sound frets to front over glazed hood door flanked by fluted canted angles and with rectangular brass fishscale fret-backed glazed apertures to sides, the trunk with convex throat moulding over caddy-moulded ogee-arch flame figured veneered door, on plinth base with conforming raised panel to front and double skirt, 194cm (76.5ins) high. Provenance: The estate of a connoisseur collector of regional furniture, works of art and clocks. By repute acquired from a member of the diplomatic service who purchased it from a government department in Istanbul. Of George Prior relatively little is known other than he was born in 1732 and his working dates were 1762-1813. He was based at 31 Prescot Street, Goldman's Fields, London and was succeeded by his son Edward in 1814. John Thwaites was born in 1757 the son of Ainsworth Thwaites who was apprenticed in 1735 and worked from Rosoman Row, Clerkenwell, London 1751-80. Ainsworth was an accomplished maker who supplied the clock for the tower at the Horse Guards Parade, London. John Thwaites succeeded his father, presumably on the latter's death in 1780, before moving to Bowling Green Lane. He worked alone until 1817 when he took his wife s nephew, George Jeremiah Reed, into partnership. John Thwaites and the subsequent partnership were well known for supplying all forms of clocks and movements either wholesale for others to retail, or signed by themselves. The partnership continued under John Thwaite's leadership from several addresses in London until his death in 1842. George Prior predominantly specialised in the supply of clocks and watches to the Ottoman market trading through British merchants based in major Middle Eastern ports such as Istanbul. This lucrative market was built on the historic tradition of presenting clocks and watches to the Ottoman Court since the late 17th century. However, by the end of the 18th century, trade had expanded to the extent that George Prior could not satisfy demand for his products alone hence he collaborated with other makers in order to increase his supply. A natural choice of collaborator was John Thwaites who by the end of the 18th century had established himself as a fine maker willing to supply movements for retail by others. The movement of the current lot can be closely compared with that of a longcase regulator by John Thwaites sold at Christie's, King Street, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers 13th December 2000, lot 65. Both timepieces share the same 'bottle-shaped' plates, distinctive tapered baluster pillars, wide jaw pendulum suspension, escapement and detailing to the wheelwork. Indeed the only significant difference between these two movements is in the positioning of the train between the plates which varies in order to allow the current lot to have centre seconds (versus standard regulator dial layout). Another example of the collaboration between John Thwaites and George Prior takes the form of an impressive musical table clock residing in the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum (Museum number W.1:1, 2-1971). This table clock was bequeathed by Lady Lorraine in 1971 and features an almost identical circular enamel dial centre to the current lot, and is housed in a fine gilt brass mounted cream japanned case with cut glass spherical dome surmount and finials. A comparable longcase regulator also made for the Middle-Eastern market by Markwick Markham Borrell, London (with movement probably supplied by John Thwaites) was sold at Christies, King Street, London on the 23rd May 2010 (lot 38) for £23,750.
A fine and well documented Charles II brass lantern clock George Newton, Seend, dated 1677 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear and with unusual configuration of strike lifting with the warning lifting detent arbor positioned on the opposite side of movement from the countwheel locking detent arbor, the dial engraved with a central five-petal rose enveloped by stylised floral trails issuing from a vase positioned just above six o'clock, with pierced steel hand within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with simple wheatear half hour markers, the upper angles engraved with signature George, Newton incorporating date 16, 77 the lower angles decorated with leafy sprays, the highly distinctive frame with one-piece column turned corner posts beneath foliate pieced frets incorporating arcaded galleries to lower edges and dolphin engraved decoration to front, integral multi-knopped tall vase-and-cover turned finials and domed bell bearer cast with pierced leaf decoration between the limbs, with brass side doors and on acorn-turned feet, 43cm (17ins) high. Provenance: From the estate of an esteemed antiquarian horologist. Literature: The current lot is well documented featuring in Darken, Jeff and Hooper John English 30 Hour Clocks page 92 figs. 2/66 and 2/67; and Darken, Jeff (editor) TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 as exhibit 9 pages 42-5 (where the movement is extensively illustrated). The life of George Newton of Seend is documented by C. Thomas in his article GEORGE NEWTON, BLACKSMITH TURNED CLOCKMAKER, OF SEEND, WILTSHIRE published in the winter 1980 issue of ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY (vol. XII no. 4) pages 420-6. Thomas notes that George Newton was born sometime between 1600 and 1610 and was the eldest son of blacksmith Richard Newton from whom inherited the family business in 1625. In 1666 the famous diarist John Aubrey (1626-97) visited George Newton to discuss local iron ore deposits writing: "I went to the Smythe, George Newton, an ingeniouse man, who from a blacksmith turned clock maker and fiddle maker, and assured me that he has melted of this oare in his forge which the oare of the Forest of Deane will not do". Other contemporary entries dating between 1664 and 1679 note his service as churchwarden at Seend and Brian Loomes in LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers records Newton's marriage to Susan Harris in 1670. It would seem that George Newton's clockmaking activities primarily focussed around church clocks as noted in the records of various local Parishes including Steeple Ashton (1636-9), Melksham (1652-71) and Trowbridge (1674) which refer to his attention to the maintenance of existing clocks. In 1673 George Newton was contracted by the churchwardens of St. Thomas a Becket, Salisbury, to supply a new clock at a cost of £20 10s., with an additional 5s. paid up-front (presumably for expenses already accrued). The clock was duly installed later the same year and was subsequently attended to by Newton for which he received a further payment of £1 1s. 6d. in 1680. It is perhaps testament to George Newton's skills as a blacksmith and clockmaker that he was chosen to supply a clock for St. Thomas a Becket, as this Parish church in central Salisbury was the designated place of worship for the local Salisbury guild of blacksmiths and metalworkers. George Newton died in 1681 leaving the forge to his son (also called George) who appeared not to share his father's aptitude for clockmaking as no clocks by him are recorded; he died intestate in 1699 at the age of 53. Of George Newton only four lantern clocks by him are documented with possibly a fifth residing in a private collection yet to be published. The three other well documented examples can be found in the following sources: Clock dating to around 1645 signed GEORG NEWTN MEE FESET illustrated in Bruce, Bill and Hooper, John EARLY ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS (exhibition catalogue, Lewes 2003) exhibit 7, pages 22-3; and Darken, Jeff (editor) HOROLOGICAL MASTERWORKS English Seventeenth-Century Clocks from Private Collections exhibit 4, pages 20-1. Clock dating to around 1650 signed GEORGE NEWNTON AT SEENE illustrated by Thomas. C. GEORGE NEWTON, BLACKSMITH TURNED CLOCKMAKER, OF SEEND, WILTSHIRE - ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY vol. XII, no. 4 pages 420-6; and White, George English Lantern Clocks page 219 figs. V/12 and V/13. Clock dated 1660 with highly unusual concentric calendar and 'penny-moon' lunar indication to dial inscribed George Newton, 1660 to front fret illustrated in Hana English Lantern Clocks pages 52-4 Plates 5-7. When considering the four well known surviving lantern clocks by George Newton the first observation is that his frame castings appear unique to him and of two differing types. The first type loosely echoes the London first period pattern often favoured by John Cattle (and later adopted by early Bristol makers such as Thomas Browne) with rounded 'bobbin' details at the junction between the pillars and the plates. This pattern of frame is used for the first two examples listed above and perhaps denotes an earlier phase of Newton's work. The second type of frame casting appears to be an evolution incorporating ¬orn' feet (as seen on first/early second period London work as well as the other type of standard frame used by Thomas Browne) and tall 'multi-knop' finials similar to those on Newton's earlier frames but more closely related to frames by later Chew Valley and Bristol makers such as John Clarke and Thomas Veale (see the following two lots). This 'later' pattern of frame is first used for the 1660 clock with calendar dial (as illustrated by Hana) and again for the current lot; the fifth unpublished clock by Newton also has this type of frame. From this it would be reasonable to suggest that George Newton 'updated' his design of frame castings at some point during the 1650's. A common feature shared by all the surviving clocks by George Newton is their generous use of brass and the fact that they are of larger heavier proportions than most lantern clocks of the period. The lack of any evidence of a hanging hook or spikes being fitted to any of his clocks suggest that they were all intended to either stand on a wall bracket or on/within a 'longcase', probably wise when considering the inherent additional weight of these clocks due to his generous use of materials in their construction. Newton's engraving is also very distinctive and evolved over the years often including delightful touches such as the naive dolphin decoration incorporated into the front fret of the current lot. The manner in which each clock is signed perhaps also illustrates the fact that even a highly skilled artisan such as George Newton was not always fully literate. Both the earlier clocks demonstrate inconsistency in spelling and problems with the 'N's which appear to be engraved as mirror images. However, by the time he engraved his name onto the fret of the 1660 clock with calendar dial he seemed to have mastered his signature. The current lot appears to have survived in remarkably original condition retaining its original escapement and side doors. The layout of the strike train is unusual in that the warning/lifting detent arbor is positioned to the left hand side of the movement (as seen on pre-pendulum clocks with separately wound trains) whilst the countwheel locking detent and arbor has been moved over to the opposite side, hence requires lifting by the warning detent via a cross-over piece. Darken and Hooper in English 30 Hour Clocks comment that Newton may have intended the current lot to have a balance escapement but changed his mind half way through building it - from this it is suggested that this may be his first verge-pendulum clock.
A fine and well documented William and Mary brass lantern clock Thomas Veale, Chew Magna, dated (16)95 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear, the dial with central vestigial alarm disc within symmetrical foliate tulip engraved infill and with pierced brass hand within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and concealing engraved initials TV and date • to the plate beneath, the angles engraved with bands of concentric brickwork, the typical 'Bristol' frame with one-piece column turned corner posts beneath lion and unicorn armorial engraved and pierced frets, integral multi-knopped tall vase-and-cover turned finials and domed bell bearer, with brass side doors, iron backplate and hanging hoop above spurs to rear, on tall disc-knopped feet, 42cm (16.5ins) high. Provenance: From the estate of an esteemed antiquarian horologist. Literature: The current lot is well documented featuring in Darken, Jeff and Hooper John English 30 Hour Clocks pages 92-4 figs. 2/66 to 2/68; Darken, Jeff (editor) TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 as exhibit 20 pages 76-9 (where the movement is extensively illustrated) and Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers page 192 figs. 11.12 and 11.13. Thomas Veale's dates are collated in Loomes Brian Lantern Clocks & Their Makers page 307 where it is noted that ¾llchambers records his freedom at Bristol in 1652, Moore records him as being of Bristol in 1660 when he was a bondsman to a marriage. George White records his marriage at Chew Magna 1656 to Charity Plaister. He was working to at least 1697. He left sons John and James, but no clocks are yet recorded by them'. The current lot utilises a frame casting derived from those originally favoured by the Chew Valley school of clockmakers with the earliest surviving dated example made by Edward Webb of Chew Stoke in 1676 (private collection). Several other clocks by Webb are known with dates ranging from 1678-93, with all of the documented examples sharing the same group of frame castings. These castings were also used by Edward Bilbie of Chew Stoke (who is believed to have succeeded Edward Webb in around 1695) for his earlier lantern clocks, long after Bristol makers had tended to opt for castings more closely related to London work of the period. The on-going use of such frames suggests that they were cast locally, perhaps initially by Edward Webb at his foundry in Chew Stoke (which was just over a mile from Thomas Veale's home at Denny Farm, Chew Magna), then by the Bilbie family after Webb's death in 1694. Of Thomas Veale five lantern clocks are documented, with all but one dated and made within the time span 1692-7. All these examples share the same basic frame castings, are signed with the initials TV either behind the alarm disc or chapter ring and can be found and compared in the following sources: White, George English Lantern Clocks page 230 fig. V/36 (undated example), page 231 figs. V/37 (dated ’) and V/38 (detail of dial only dated —). Bruce, Bill and Hooper, John EARLY ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS 1615-1700 page 50 (dated 1692). Darken, Jeff and Hooper John English 30 Hour Clocks page 92 figs. 2/66 and 2/67 (the current lot dated ’). All of the four dated examples share similar engraving executed with scrolling foliage issuing from a central point at the base of the dial centre, continuing symmetrically around the alarm disc and terminating with a central flowerhead motif at the top. The angles are decorated with the same concentric brickwork infill. The undated example (White, George English Lantern Cl oc ks page 230 fig. V/35) departs a little from the above similarities by incorporating larger more abstract scroll-work towards the lower margin of the dial centre and terminates with a female mask at twelve o'clock. It is perhaps interesting to compare this example with those made by Edward Webb during the 1680's which tend exhibit the same basic design within the engraving; which was strongly influenced by the work of Thomas Brown of Bristol during the 1650's (see White, George English Lantern Clocks page 232). From this observation it would be perhaps reasonable to suggest that the undated example is probably the earliest surviving example of his work and may pre-date 1680. The current lot appears to have survived in original unaltered condition and retains its original escapement. The right hand side door also features exquisite practice engraving over half of the panel incorporating a central winged female mask flanked by foliate scrolls and grotesques.
1920 Leeds Utd Share Certificate, as for the original Leeds Utd Limited Company, issued in December 1920, the certificate is signed as directors, by the 2 men most important to the formation of Leeds Utd AFC. Mr Alf Masser and Mr Hilton Crowther, and as company secretary, Arthur Fairclough who managed them to their first promotion. Masser, a local solicitor, chaired the first meeting (October 17th 1919) at which Leeds Utd were formed. This took place in the afternoon of the same day on which Leeds City was wound up and its assets (including the players) auctioned off. Crowther who was the Huddersfield Town Chairman in 1919 initially tried to move his club to Elland Road, to become Leeds Utd, a moved sanctioned by the Football League, but this fell through. Crowther, undeterred, left Huddersfield to become Chairman of Leeds and loaned the club £35000 to be repaid as and when they achieved first division status. He brought with him Arthur Fairclough, who was installed as the first Leeds Utd manager from 1920 to 1927 and led them to the first division with promotion in 1923/1924. A wonderful piece of Leeds Utd memorabilia
A quantity of various Share Certificates including "Chinese Government Five Per Cent Reorganisation Gold Loan of 1913 for Twenty-five Million Pounds Sterling" (No. 47703), another (No. 595157), "Imperial Chinese Government Five Per Cent Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911, 1st Series for Six Million Pounds sterling", "City of Jersey City General Improvement Gold Bond One Thousand Dollars" (No. 409), "Kentucky & Great Eastern Railway Company One Thousand Dollars Bond 1872" (No. 526), "Volcano Mines Company (New Mexico) One Hundred Shares April 6 1922" (No. 943), "Imperial Government of Russia Thee and a half Per Cent Mortgage Bond" (No. 324577), one edition "The Sun" newspaper Wednesday August 5 1801 (No. 2769), one edition "The True Briton" Monday February 2 1801 (No. 2533), together with various Stanley Gibbons Currency Limited receipts circa 1978-9
BRITISH CAR MANUFACTURERS: A collection of thirty two brochures and catalogues for British car manufacturers, largely 1930s period including Humber, Hillman, Rover, Flying Standard, MG, Vauxhall, Lanchester, etc., various sizes and formats; together with miscellaneous other items including a group of printed matter relating to the British Motor Company and the Motor Manufacturing Company, including share certificates and related documents; Certificate of Appreciation to an Employee of the Leyland Motor Company, 1961 (damp staining to edges), etc., some items with wear and creasing but condition generally sound. (Small quantity, including items in folder)
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