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An extremely rare Arctic M.S.M. pair awarded to Quarter Master John Davis, H.M.S. Investigator Arctic 1818-55, unnamed as issued; Arctic Meritorious Service Medal, Arctic Expedition 1854 (John Davis, Qr. Mr., H.M.S. Investigator) fitted with scroll suspension, very fine and better (2) £10,000-£14,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Captain Douglas-Morris who owned both known examples. One of only four Arctic Meritorious Service Medals awarded, with all recipients belonging to the Investigator on its historic voyage of 1850-53 which resulted in the discovery of the North West Passage. The Arctic Meritorious Service Medal is the first officially awarded medal for service in the Arctic and paved the way for the Arctic Medal 1818-55 which was instituted in May 1857 (vide Naval Medals 1793-1856 by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris). John Davis/Davies, born at Teignmouth, Devon, joined the Navy aboard H.M.S. Poictiers in September 1842 as an Ordinary Seaman at the age of 21. He was advanced to the rate of Quarter Master on 15 April 1853, aboard the ice-bound Investigator in Mercy Bay - a few days after the crew had been visited by Lieutenant Pim from H.M.S. Resolute bringing news of their impending rescue. A medical survey was carried out on the Investigator’s crew a month later, revealing that John Davies ‘… has been 93 days under treatment for scurvy, 55 days in 1853 and 38 days in 1852. The gums are now tumid, livid and supporating …’ On 17 October 1854, soon after John Davies had returned home to England aboard H.M.S. North Star, he left the Navy after serving some 12 years. His advancement to Petty Officer status in the latter part of Investigator’s Commission caused a small problem when the apportionment of the £5,000 Parliamentary gratuity were being calculated. The Accountant General requested instructions from the Admiralty Board as to whether John Davies should share in the Parliamentary Grant as an A.B. or Quartermaster. The decision was minuted in customary laconic style ‘… to share as an A.B. …’, dated 7 November 1855. Thus his share was reduced from that due to a Q.M. of £87-8-4 to that for an A.B. of £29-1-5. If John Davies had left the navy with the expectation of receiving a small fortune, he must have been disappointed indeed.

Mixed group of pictures, including oils, watercolours and prints, antique and later, together with framed cigarette cards and a share certificate

A SWISS SILVER VERGE CENTRE-SECONDS POCKET WATCH WITH FIGURAL ENAMEL DIAL AND ECCENTRIC CALENDAR COURVOISIER FRERES, LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS, EARLY 19th CENTURY The slim gilt full-plate single fusee movement with four columnar pillars pinned through the backplate, plain stop iron block, and verge escapement regulated by sprung three-arm steel balance with tompion-type regulation, the backplate with fine pierced and sculpted radial scroll decorated balance bridge with herringbone decorated rim over silvered regulation disc engraved Advance/Retard flanked by engraved signature Courvoisier Freres and serial number N. 12576 to outer margin, the circular enamel dial finely polychrome painted with scene of Aeneus rescuing his father from the burning city of Troy incorporating small dial with vertically aligned Arabic numerals, signed Courvoisier, Freres and with gilt moon hands to lower margin, beneath subsidiary month-of-the-year annotated in French and with appropriate zodiacal symbols, and date-of-the-month dials eccentrically positioned within the scene to the right hand side, the outer track divided for seconds incorporating Arabic fifteen-second annotations, the case with cavetto moulded bezel, conforming border to rear and suspension post with bow at twelve o'clock, the inside of the case with repeat serial number 12576, another number 1.3.6.8., initials IsIG and a crowned letter F. The pillar plate 4.8cm (1.875ins) diameter; the case 6cm (2.125ins) diameter.     The Courvoisier family of clockmakers was established with the formation of a partnership between Louis Courvoisier (1758-1832) and his father-in-law Captain Louis-Benjamin Robert (1732-1781) in 1781. In 1787 Robert died leaving his share of the business in control of his widow, Charlotte. This arrangement continued until 1811 when Louis Courvoisier took his son, Frederic Alexander into partnership to form 'Courvoisier et Cie'. In 1825 Louis handed over the control of the family business to Frederic Alexander which also employed his two brothers, Henry Louis and Philippe Auguste Courvoisier. In around 1842 Frederic Alexander left to work alone leaving the business in the hands of the two remaining brothers trading as 'Courvoisier Freres'. The business was then succeeded by Henry Louis's three sons in 1852.   The enamel dial of the current lot is finely painted and depicts Aeneus rescuing his father from the burning city of Troy. Watches with fine figural painted enamel dials incorporating subsidiaries were particularly fashionable in France and Switzerland in around 1800 with many makers such as Meuron and Company, Mermillon and even Abraham Louis Breguet incorporating dials in this style. Indeed this type of dial may, in part, have been influenced by the Napoleon administration's attempt to adopt the 'Revolutionary' decimal calendar as a few watches survive with subsidiaries annotated with this short lived alternative. Condition Report: The fusee chain is currently unhitched from the spring barrel but is present; it is most probable that there is a problem with the mainspring hence it probably requires replacement. The movement will run when motive power is gently applied to the train suggesting that the rest of the train is in sound working condition. The mechanism is a little dirty/dull however the gilding is in good original condition with very few surfaces scratches or other blemishes. The dial is a little loose, there is some chipping around the winding holes and a very light hairline crack between the hole and the centre of the hour dial. There are other extremely faint hairlines to the centres of the other two subsidiaries and to the left of the right arm of the figure of Aeneus, otherwise dial is in fine original condition with minimal scratching/blemishes. Only the hour and minute hands are present; there is no arbor visible for the seconds hand of the day-of-the-week subsidiary suggesting that the under-dial work may be incomplete; the date-of-the-month dial has an arbor visible at the centre. The case is in sound condition with visible damage limited to slight denting, a few light scuffs and scratches and wear. There is no winding key included.   Condition Report Disclaimer

DAHL, Roald (1916-90). The Gremlins, New York, 1943, 4to, illustrations, some coloured, original pictorial boards (edges rubbed, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author. (2)DAHL, Roald (1916-90).  The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story. New York: Random House, 1943. 4to (278 x 215mm). Illustrations, some full-page and coloured (short tear to half title, some very faint marginal browning and staining). Original red cloth-backed coloured pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers printed in yellow and red (edges rubbed, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: "To David K. Spradling II from Florence Walker Clifton, Xmas 1943" (inscription on front free endpaper, with remnants of a Christmas sticker beneath). FIRST EDITION of the author's first children's book. His name is given as "Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl" and a printed note on the verso of the title states: "The R. A. F. Benevolent Fund will receive the author's share of the proceeds from the sale of this book." The illustrator of the book is not identified, either with a credit or signature, but they probably worked for Walt Disney studios, the illustrations undeniably having a 'cartoonish' appearance. The Disney film which was to be based on the book never materialised, and the film "Gremlins" produced by Warner Bros. in 1984 owed little to it apart from the character of its mischievously destructive creatures. With the same author's James and the Giant Peach (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 4to, illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, original orange cloth, dust-jacket, torn and frayed at corners, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author's second children's book). (2) 

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Poona (Lieut. W. Wilkins, 4th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Tombs Collection 1918; Hamilton-Smith Collection 1927; Loxley Collection 1949; Glendining’s, March 1968; Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003. William Wilkins was born in Somerset on 22 October 1788, son of Rev. George Wilkins. He was nominated a cadet for the Bombay Infantry for the season 1804/05 by East India Company Director John Manship, being examined and passed by the Selection Committee on 17 October 1804. He proceeded to India on board the Royal George and arrived there in June 1805, proceeding to Mahim College the following month. He was appointed Ensign on 21 March 1806, and removed to the 1st Battalion 4th Native Infantry on 19 September 1807, having been promoted to Lieutenant two days beforehand. Wilkins was present at the capture of Poona in November 1817 and received a share of the Deccan prize for general captures. He was promoted to Captain on 1 January 1818, appointed to the temporary command of the Northern Division of Gujerat in April 1827, and promoted to Major on 30 December 1832. He retired from the service in November 1833 and returned to England in May 1834. In 1839 he was permitted to use the surname of De Winton in place of Wilkins, announced under Royal License 24 July 1839. The medal roll for the Army of India medal, held at the India Office Library, in fact states that his medal was awarded for services “as Lieutenant Wilkins”. Sold with research notes from the India Office Library.

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Harold Siddall. P.C. 18th. Jany 1916.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, in Elkington & Co. Ltd. case of issue, minor edge nick, nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- R.H.S. Case No. 42257: ‘On the 18th January 1916, a man in an attempt at suicide threw himself into the Thames at Chelsea, the depth being 6 feet and the night dark. Siddall went in, and with the help of a buoy succeeded in saving him.’ Harold Siddall was born in Devonport and witnessed early service policing the Royal Dockyard and patrolling the River Tamar in a launch. Transferred to the Metropolitan Police, his brave action on the north bank of the River Thames soon caught the attention of the Chelsea News and General Advertiser on 21 January 1916: ‘Chelsea Policeman’s Plucky Rescue. - An exciting incident at Chelsea Bridge has resulted in serious injury to a plucky police officer. About eleven o’clock on Tuesday night P. C. Harold Siddall 518B, was informed by a young woman that a man had jumped from the parapet. Running down the steps the officer saw the man about mid-stream, and, without a moment’s hesitation, he dived in to the rescue. In doing so he struck his leg against the railings, fracturing his left thigh. Although he was in great pain he stuck to the task, swam out to the man, and brought him safely ashore. Meanwhile another constable had gone off in search of a boat, believing that his comrade would be unable to get back with his burden. The rescued man, a postal official named Peel, was subsequently found to be insane. We are glad to learn that P.C. Siddall is making good progress, though he will naturally remain on the sick list for a considerable time. He is a very popular officer, and before coming to Walton-street he was stationed at Walham Green, where he came in for his fair share of rough handling.’

TWO SHARP VL-AH30H CAMCORDERS, BOTH BOXED WITH INSTRUCTIONS, A KODAK EASY SHARE PRINTER DOCK, BOXED,A KODAK PHOTO PAPER KIT, ETC

A 1913 share certificate The Maikop Spice company limited and album containing postcards including two German II world Third Reich postcards the streets of Berlin and other cards.

USA: A New York Central Railway Company share certificate; various coins

A Lladro figure of an angel, a Lladro grandfather clock Time to Share no. 06978

Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Day 15th September 1940 Typed Combat Report, Pilot Officer (Later Flying Officer) Eugene Tobin 609 Squadron Royal Air Force, the printed and typed green combat report document dated 15th September 1940, known as Battle of Britain day, detailing the attack by Tobin against various German aircraft who were sent to bomb London. The report gives the following details, ‘Vectored to attack large enemy formation bombing London docks. Grouped with fighters of 310 and 253 squadron. Together with F/O Dundas we noted a DO 17 trailing smoke with starboard engine feathered away from main formation. Both went in and fired a long burst of D/Wilde closing to approx 200 yds. Noted hits along port F/L as enemy rolled and dropped to 12,000 ft. Heavy smoke and well alight. Followed some three miles and enemy jetisioned bombs which fell in open country side. Decided to not close again as A/C nearly down. No crew seen to leave. Enemy forced landed in farmland. Circled twice but unable to see further activity. Fire appears to be in engine area. R/T for return to base. Enemy A/C possibly 2555. F1+FS. On my return to Base Middle Wallop coming in to land south of Field on approach run and in front at approx. 300 yds, I saw a fire tender with no B/O lights on strip. Full throttle and up but to close to him and unable to avoid. Clipped U/C port when and no response on D/unit so decided to put straight down as rev’s dropped. Heavy landing which pulled me in a 60 dog. Full account to be sent to C.O.’ Punch holes to the side of the document. Some light creases but generally still in good condition. Flying Officer Eugene Tobin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He learned to fly in the 1930’s. Originally he came to Europe to fight in the Finnish Soviet war, but this was over by the time he arrived. He wanted to serve against the German’s in France for the French Air Force, but again the German’s had already invaded France before he arrived. He and other Americans he travelled with joined the RAF in 1940. He flew during the Battle of Britain with 609 Squadron and was credited with two shared kills, the one from this combat report and another share of a Bf-110 on 25th August 1940. On 18th September 1940 he was posted to No71 Squadron ‘Eagle Squadron’. On the 7th September 1941, Tobin was killed in action when his Spitfire was shot down over Northern France. He crashed into a hillside near Boulogne-sur-Mer and was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. He was 24 at the age of his death.

16 UK NORTHERN SOUL ORIGINALS - Collection of 16 UK Northern Soul Singles (Northern Soul) (Labels: Include Action, Chess and Soul City). The collection includes: Bobby Marchan - Ain't No Reason For Girls To Be Lonely, The Brothers Two - Here I Am, In Love Again, Roy Lee Johnson - So Anna Just Love Me, Melvin Davis - Save It (Never Too Late), Al 'TNT' Braggs - Earthquake, Little Carl Carlton - Competition Ain't Nothing, Clifford Curry - She Shot A Hole In My Soul, The Olympics - Baby Do The Philly Dog, Bobby Bland - Share Your Love With Me - Rockin' In The Same Old Boat, Bobby Williams - Baby I Need Your Love, Ernie K. Doe - Dancing Man, Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water, Tony Clarke - The Entertainer, Mighty Sam - Papa True Love, The Valentinos - It's All Over Now. Collection generally VG to Ex+.

SOUL - LP COLLECTION. Another quality collection of around 58 soul LPs. Artists/ titles include Carolyn Frankin - Baby Dynamite (SF 8035), Gloria Jones - Share My Love. Margie Joseph inc S/T (SD 7248), Hear Th Words Feel The Feeling. Barbara Lynn - Here Is, Ubiquity - Starbooty, Skip Mahoaney - Land Of Love, Betty Harris - In The Saddle, Etta James, Laura Lee - That's How It Is, Louistine - Take Me On, Denise La Salle - Holding Hands With The Blues, Denise Lasalle inc My Toot Toot, I'm So Hot. LTG Exchange - Susie Heartbreaker, Phil Upchurch inc Tennyson, S/T. Dexter Wansel, Young Holt Unlimited, Notorious Miami, Noel Pointer, Oliver Sain, Roshell Anderson, Sam Baker. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.

A large quantity of share certificates including two for Haddenham Gas company

A fine and rare Russian silver gilt and guilloche enamel cigar cutter by Faberge, circular, 44mm diameter, in purple enamel, with button press cigar cutter release, 48mm at its widest, working, marked to interior, overall in very good condition except for some small scratches and wear to rims and where lid is removed, sold with two letters of provenance from 1985, one from Mr Moore to Ian Jones the MD of Faberge in Iver, the other a letter from Ian Jones to Mr Moore and two photographsPLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL IMAGES. THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE ENAMEL BELOW WHERE THE SLIDING CUTTER IS EJECTED. CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO WATCH A BRIEF VIDEO. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mjBYh-gKgIQ?feature=share

Two Philip Youngman Carter etchings, farming scene and a street scene, in strip frames, and a quantity of other prints and watercolours, including a Robinsons Gold Mining Company £5 share, in gilt strip frame

Group of five letters (likely facsimile) on headed paper comprising Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to The Lord Chamberlain dated 1981 (typed), sending her thanks to the Household for their help in making the Wedding of The Prince and Princess of Wales a successful event 'the organisation was admirable', signed Elizabeth R. and another letter from Elizabeth sending thanks for a dessert service made for the Silver Jubilee, a letter from Queen Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh from Buckingham Palace sending thanks for Silver Wedding presents, a share in a portrait of Edward, harness bird bath and trees for Windsor, Balmoral and Sandringham, King Charles III sending thanks for a 21st Birthday present of high fidelity record, radio and tape equipment and another from Charles dated 1981 sending thanks to the members of Her Majesty’s household for the wedding gift of a table 'Diana and I are touched beyond words' adding that 'we will treasure it in whichever house it finally comes to rest!' (signed Charlie), together with Ceremonial Programme and Service for the Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday at St. Pauls and Order of Service and Programme for the Funeral of The Earl Mountabatten of Burma, Westminster Abbey 1979 [Provenance: from the collection of Yeoman William Brammer]

[SIGNED] Mother And Child by Nell Dorr (Photographer), published The Scrimshaw Press 1972, second edition one of 5,000 copies, with black & white photographic images throughout SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author in which she tells the recipient that the children captured in the book have all grown up now “..only memories are left, share these with me – my love is free Nell” dated 1979, in cloth backed illustrated boards and dust-wrapper

SIX BOXED TRIUMPH TR4 AND TR6 SPORTS CAR MODELS, all 1/43 scale, TR4 are Provence Moulage TR4S RN59, Reg. No. 928 HP, K & R Replicas 1962 Monte Carlo Rally car RN168, Reg. No. VD-37767, constructed K & R Replicas kit 1962 Alpine Rally RN10, Reg. No. 5 VC, constructed and finished to a good standard, TR6 are constructed RPM Models kit Group 44 racing car, constructed and finished to a good standard and Auto Replicas open top in orange beige, No.K14, K & R Models open top in white with blue stripes, all appear in good condition except TR4S has some minor paint loss to yellow paint on bonnet, boxes all complete but have some minor damage, marking and wear, Monte Carlo car and two of the TR6 in replacement white cardboard boxes with details written on end (TR6 share a box)

Hand painted and hand made porcelain Hummel figures of a boy with his dog. Goebel backstamps. Begging His Share: HUM 9; 4"L x 2.25"W x 5.75"H. Strolling Along: HUM 5; 3.5"L x 2.5"W x 5"H. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

Hand painted and hand made porcelain Hummel figures of a boy with his dog. Goebel backstamps. Begging His Share: HUM 9; 4"L x 2"W x 5.25"H. Strolling Along: HUM 5; 3.25"L x 3"W x 4.75"H. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

Original antique World War One recruitment propaganda poster - The War. Men of London ask yourselves the question "Am I doing my share?" - featuring a white lettering on a board with wooden frame. Good condition, paper losses on left corners, staining, tears, pinholes. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 37x27, year of printing: 1910s.

A George III mahogany serpentine commode attributed to Henry Hill of Marlborough (active c.1740-d.1778)1765-1770The top with an ebony line-inlaid border and a reverse ogee moulded edge, above one long mahogany lined drawer enclosing three divisions, over two long graduated mahogany lined drawers, flanked by keeled angles each mounted with acanthus, floral and line-incised cartouche cast clasps, with leaf-interspersed chute mounts terminating in rocaille and foliate wrapped opposing C-scroll sabots, on splayed front legs and square section rear legs, with a shaped apron below, the top drawer originally fitted with a sliding top, lidded compartments and probably also a dressing mirror, with red wash to the underside and original handles, there is a paper label to the interior which reads: 'SIR J.D. ASTLEY, BART, From: Bedroom, No. Corridor', also stamped: 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS', 109cm wide x 61cm deep x 85.5cm high, (42 1/2in wide x 24in deep x 33 1/2in high)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe present lot formerly belonged to Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828-1894).A closely related serpentine commode attributed to Henry Hill of Marlborough sold Christie's, London, 23 July 2020, Wilton Crescent: A Robert Kime Interior, lot 152. Both the offered example and this comparable share a number of characteristics in common, which are: elegant serpentine profiles; prominent moulded top edging; 'book-matched' flame figured drawer front veneers; cabriole angles; and distinctive shaping or 'waving' to their aprons. Added to this, they have very similar handle mounts. In terms of construction, whilst the output of Henry Hill tends to be typified by the employment of pine drawer bottoms, it is notable that both of these particularly fine models incorporate drawers made solely of mahogany. There is at least another model of this type recorded as having mahogany lined drawers and it is illustrated in L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes, 1994, London, p. 205. A further variant of interest, one possibly attributable to Henry Hill, sold Christie's, London, 15 November 2017, The Collector, lot 6. Although this also has a number of the same aforementioned elements in common with the present, as well as previously referenced, commodes, perhaps most interesting of all is the fact that these two both incorporate the fairly unusual feature of the cockbeading continuing down the drawer sides so as to conceal any dovetailing. Evidently this constructional aspect is apparent on some other examples likewise attributed to Hill, as referred to in Ibid, p. 66, fig. VI. The French style angle mounts on the above compare relatively closely in style, design and even execution to those appearing on a version attributed to the Marlborough cabinet maker, which sold Christie's, London, 28 November 2002, English Furniture, lot 120.As already referenced, the book matched flame figured veneering to the drawer fronts of this lot is often a distinctive aspect of serpentine commodes either known to have been made by, or attributed to, Henry Hill of Marlborough. However, other notable elements which also recur throughout much of this renowned maker's output can also be found on the offered example and these include: a serpentine profile, cabriole angles and a 'scalloped' apron. Such characteristics appear on a number of commodes attributed to Hill that are in the Lady Lever Art Gallery as well as featuring in L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes, 1994, London, No. 4, pp.'s 64-73.Lucy Wood illustrates therein three closely related versions (in order of similarity): a mahogany commode, formerly with Mallett; a commode sold Christie's, London, 23 February 1989, lot 131 and a pair in the collection of The Rt. Hon. Lord Methuen at Corsham Court, Wiltshire, a documented Henry Hill commission. A further similar chest with identical profile is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and illustrated M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 180.Though Hill's furniture commissions were largely from Wiltshire families, they were among some of the most sophisticated patrons of the era. One exception was the commission for Sir John, later Lord Delaval, who was also a patron of the Royal cabinet-marker, John Cobb. Delaval was unique in that furniture made by Hill was for Lord Delaval's London house.An old label to the interior of the present lot refers to Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet, who was almost certainly a previous owner. An eccentric character, Sir Astley was a member of the Scots Fusilier Guards from 1848 to 1859, serving in the Crimean War and would later retire as a Lieutenant-Colonel. Towards the end of his military service, Sir Astley married Eleanor Blanche Mary Corbett, heiress to Elsham Hall, North Lincolnshire – with his finances and future now relatively secure, Sir Astley devoted his life to horse racing, boxing and pedestrianism (an early form of competitive walking).His particular devotion to horse racing led to him becoming a popular figure within the scene, acquiring the nickname 'The Mate' on account of his gambling habit and ability to both win and lose vast sums of money. Before his death, Sir Astley wrote a book detailing his sporting escapades; if the foreword of this book is to be believed, it was predominantly written in order to fund his lifestyle, having spent a majority of his money on horses. It proved to be a success and was in fact the first recorded use of the phrase 'like a duck to water', referring to his natural shooting ability.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of Regency brass mounted rosewood and brass inlaid writing tables or bonheur du joursCirca 1820, in the manner of John McLeanEach with line-inlaid tablets, the superstructure comprising a pierced interlaced gothic arched three quarter galleried upper tier above a three quarter screen of pierced geometric fretwork, interspersed by five engine turned and spiral reeded turned columns, the lower tier with two short mahogany lined drawers, the stand with a beaded moulded edge, over one long mahogany lined frieze drawer inlaid with a central stylised foliate motif, on simulated rosewood ring turned tapering legs each mounted with an egg and dart moulded collar, terminating in brass cappings and castors, 83cm wide x 44cm deep x 117cm high, (32 1/2in wide x 17in deep x 46in high) (2)Footnotes:A number of elements which constitute the present writing tables are redolent of the output of John McLean and Son during the early 19th century. These include; the use of rosewood combined with brass mounts and also often brass inlay; their size, proportions, overall design and configuration; the distinctive brass trellis work and columns to the upper tier; and the staggered use of applied ring turnings to the tapering legs. A very similar bonheur du jour to those comprising the offered lot, albeit perhaps one arguably over enthusiastically directly attributed to McLean, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 October 2012, Fine European Furniture, lot 406. Other related versions include a table sold Christie's, London, 13 November 1997, lot 93 and one sold Sotheby's, New York, Tom Devenish: The Collection, 24 April 2008, lot 176.Another notable comparable is a McLean-labelled cheveret or small writing table which is illustrated in S. Redburn, 'John McLean and Son', Furniture History, 1978, Vol. XIV, pl. 40A. This appears to be the closest overall to the above, certainly in terms of documented or labelled McLean pieces. However, further models which share various characteristics typical of McLean also feature in the same article, Ibid, pl.'s 38A, 38B, 39A and 39B.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Empire ormolu mounted mahogany semainierCirca 1805, feasibly by Bernard MolitorThe marble top above one long oak lined frieze drawer mounted with a pair of opposing griffins with scrolled foliate-terminating tails and holding a ribboned quiver of arrows flanking a central lyre surmounted by a crescent moon emblematic of Diana, with star mounted angles, over five long oak lined drawers, each drawer with twin acanthus, rosette and scrolled foliate embellished swan-form handle mounts with scrolled swan neck pulls, flanked by classical maiden bust-headed herm tapering square section columns, on a plinth base with a central Diana mask mount flanked by stylised foliate, scrolled and palmette adornments, with flowerhead angles, on large bun feet and rear stile supports, each of the lower five drawers with a central escutcheon comprised of twin opposing swans with a central ribbon tied floral wreath pendant, each side mounted with a long sword within its scabbard, 124cm wide x 49cm deep x 144cm high, (48 1/2in wide x 19in deep x 56 1/2in high)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe present lot was acquired, most likely during the late 1990s or early 2000s, by the current owner and vendor from Mallett at Bourdon House, 2 Davies Street, London. Upon its purchase, Mallett had described it as an Empire semainier attributed to Bernard Molitor, circa 1810. A Mallett colour photograph, along with a letter detailing their description of this piece, is available to view upon request.Several documented pieces made by the renowned French cabinet maker Bernard Molitor during the period 1799-1810 share a couple of characteristics in common with the offered Empire semainier. Arguably, the most distinctive element appearing on a number of similar contemporary Molitor secretaire a abattant, semainier and secretaire en cabinet examples is the classical female herm bust-headed and square tapering column which often serves as the angles for this type of case furniture, as can be seen on the above. However, more specifically, a virtually identical elegant model of twin opposing swan-form escutcheon to those featuring on the present lot are also used as the same keyhole mounts for a few such recorded pieces produced by Molitor that are illustrated in U. Leben, Molitor, Ebeniste from the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon Restoration, 1992, London, fig.'s 17, 138 and 148, pp.'s 30, 133 and 148. Further closely comparable ormolu mounts to those of the offered semainier, including the elongated sword mounted to each side, exist on these examples, as well as on other Molitor furniture. The latter also appearing therein, Ibid, fig.'s 18, 55, 76, 77, 83, 84, 87, 88 and 140, pp.'s 31, 69, 88, 89, 93, 95, 96 and 134.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RANGERS F.C., MOUNTED SHARE CERTIFICATE & CHEQUE DISPLAY, comprising one Capital share of £12,000 to Mr. George Miller no.286, one Capital share of £12,000 to John Logan Young of 141 Byres Road no.8018 to 8014 (dated 1899), a cheque issued to William Wilton for £160 dated 10th Feb 1920, and one issued to William 'Bill' Struth for £300 dated 9th Oct 1920 all mounted, framed and under glass51cm x 67cm overall

A Roman pottery askos in the form of a recumbent lioness Probably Gaul, circa 2nd Century A.D.10.5cm high, 15cm wideFootnotes:Provenance:Gustave Clément-Simon (1833-1909) collection, Naves, France, acquired prior to 1909; and thence by descent to Frédéric Clément-Simon (1873-1937), thence probably Georges Couturon (1886-1945), Corrèze, France, and thence to a French private collection housed at 'Château de B'.Contenu du Cháteau de B.; Métayer Mermoz, Nevers, 24 September 2022, no. 45.Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.This rare askos seems to belong to the same group of Gallic animal pottery askoi as a lead-glazed rabbit askos in the British Museum, London, acc. no. 1873,0820.398. Both this lot and the British Museum askos were originally covered in a green-yellow lead glaze, and share the same shaped tapering ribbed handle, short spout and articulated, outlined eyes. The British Museum askos was discovered in the town of Allier in Auvergne, France and dates to the 2nd Century A.D.; this lioness askos has an old label affixed to the neck reading: '...trouvée dans les fouilles de Hoves (?)', so was also likely manufactured in France in the Roman Period.Saleroom notices:Please note, this lot is offered without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Sport, Football, Sheffield United FC (The Blades) - an oval shaped ordinary share token, '178D', accompanied with a certificate, various paperwork and ephemera including various autographs

JOHN LENNON INTEREST, RARE GIBSON 70TH ANNIVERSARY MUSEUM MODEL SEMI-ACOUSTIC GUITAR, CIRCA OCTOBER 2010 serial number 12480045, model J-160E, interior label signed by Ono, the body with two John & Yoko sketches, the first Montreal '69 the second Amsterdam '69 John Lennon, with simulated tortoiseshell scratch board (retaining film cover), with mother of pearl frets, the twelfth fret inscribed John Lennon's birthday October 9, 1940, the headstock with mother of pearl signature, in Gibson hard case, presented with certificate of authenticity signed by Ono, inspection certificate, and two manualsNote: As per online source, 'One Historic Acoustic, from One Legendary Artist, One exceptional Once-in-a-Lifetime Limited Edition opportunity to share in part of History…John Lennon couldn’t quite afford his first Gibson J-160E in 1962, pressing Beatles manager Brian Epstein to co-sign for the guitar’s purchase. Epstein obliged, and ended up purchasing not just Lennon’s, but one for George Harrison as well.Their place in making rock and roll history is well documented with the Beatles, appearing on countless studio recordings, movies, and live performances. The Gibson John Lennon J-160E Museum Model guitar—commissioned by Yoko Ono—is a painstaking recreation of Lennon’s beloved instrument as it was in 1969, after he stripped away the psychedelic paint job he commissioned in 1967, and before he doodled caricatures of himself and Ono on the guitar’s body during their infamous 1969 “Bed-In” protests against the Vietnam War.' the guitar - 105cm long

A folder of Edward VII – George VI coinage, including 1908 Halfcrown, 1910 Florin, with a 1925 Halfcrown, various other denominations, with a sheet of Dividend Share Tokens, (qty)

Registration No: EYC 378 Frame No: MS5482 MOT: ExemptFrom a private collectionOwned since 2002Ivan Rhodes dating certificateCurrent V5C on fileVelocette returned to the civilian motorcycle market in 1946 with a range of machines that included the three high cam, overhead valve singles in much the same form as 1939. The MOV and MAC continued to share a common frame and were equipped with Webb girders. However, the 495cc MSS, although retaining the Webb forks, shared its cycle parts with the overhead cam KSS.This 1939 Velocette MSS has resided with the late owner for the last 22 years. It was purchased as a ‘fully restored to a good standard’ machine and to factory spec. The MSS was despatched new to Pike of Exeter and sold to Mr G Newton on 1st August 1939. Sadly, no further history is known about the machine until a Mr. Caswell purchased it in the late 1990s; it was he who did the restoration. It was then sold to the late vendor in 2002. The MSS is offered with a current V5C, the Ivan Rhodes dating certificate, some old invoices and several old MOT certificates. For more information, please contact: Mike Davis mike.davis@handh.co.uk 07718 584217

A collection of film and digital cameras, to include a Zenit EM, a Colorsnap, a Kodak Easy Share, together with flash guns and filters, also including a pair of Steinheil 8 x 30 binoculars

St Mirren F.C. an Edwardian share certificate issued to Dr A.D. Robb of the Fever Hospital Paisley for two shares of ten shillings each, dated 3rd October 1905; together with a pair of vintage suede Billy Wright shin guards and an Esso World Cup 1990 coin collection (3) Condition Report:Available upon request

Collection of Black Sabbath Ephemera from the late 1960s to 1973. The collection includes original 10 x 8 photo with info sticker on reverse `left to right Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, John Osbourne. Plus original photographs from Norman taken on a polaroid camera of Geezer and on stage and car x 7 . Photographs of Geezer and Tony in a Lamborghini are unique and rare. An original smaller group photo with info sticker on reverse Black Sabbath left to right Tony Iommi, John Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Plus 10 x 8 of Geezer and Tony and another photograph taken by Schiffler Munchen. Also included a matchbook `Bill Ward Stinks`.... Tony and band members were notorious for their humourous antics to relieve boredom on the road and Bill was ofen the recipient of more than his fair share of light hearted mickey taking. This matchbook was left in their van on a trip to Cumbria and possibly one of the last remaining today ! Along with some interesting documents and the registration of the Tramp Entertainments. Provenance from the collection of Norman Hood promoter, agency for Black Sabbath in the late 1960s and 70s.

A pair of Kriegstatten 7x50 binoculars case, Garmin Etrex Vista sat nav, boxed, Kodak Easy Share P720 digital picture frame, Minolta 35mm camera, Olympus digital 600 camera, Canon Ixus camera etc

Titles in this collection include That's How I Need You c.1912, A Little Love, A Little Kiss, Down Honolulu Way Song, There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning, That Old Girl of Mine (no cover), M-O-T-H-E-R, Alma with music by Jean Briquet from the German (Alna Wo Wohnst Du), If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts We'll Just Be the Same Old Friends, Hearts by Chaz K. Harris, Beautiful Roses Ballad by Earl Carroll and Anatol Friedland, I May Be Gone For a Long, Long Time with cover art by De Tokacs, I Called You My Sweetheart, Because You Believe in Me, My Sweet Adair, Is There Still Room for Me Neath the Old Apple Tree, The Old Fashioned Waltz with music by Albert Von Tilzer, By Heck, Eccentric Fox Trot by S.R. Henry with great cover art, I'll Share All of My Play Toys with You, My Bird of Paradise by Irvine Berlin with cover art by Albert Barbelle, and After Tonight Good Bye, Just for To-Night. Dimensions: 11"W x 14"HCondition: Age related wear. Conditions range from good to fair.

Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Gangster Grannies 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition number 12 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001.  Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community.  In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) - a pair of mid-20th century c1940s gold plated and faux tortoise shell Windsor style circular rimmed spectacles, by repute owned and worn by Mahatma Gandhi, during a visit to Calcutta (Kolkata) c1947, whilst visiting his friend and fellow freedom-fighter Satish Chandra Roy. Gold plated, with sprung round-ear arms, the glass lenses united by a shaped bridge section. Housed within their original sprung metal and paper covered case, carrying the address of the Calcutta Optical Co, 45 Amherst Street, Calcutta. No maker's marks present on the glasses and the lenses being simple (non-reading) prescription lenses. Supplied with a full and detailed letter of provenance from the vendor. Spectacles formed an important and iconic part of Gandhi's overall appearance. It was well known that he would often give away his old or unwanted pairs to those in need or those who had helped him, or cared for him in some way. An abundance of spectacles were always on hand for him - opticians would readily make Gandhi spectacles whenever required, very often without charge. A rare and historically important lot. Provenance; these spectacles were once owned by Satish Chandra Roy - Indian politician and freedom fighter. Several documented meetings between Gandhi and Satish Chandra Roy are known. Mahatma Gandhi stayed with Satish Chandra Roy on several occasions at his home in Calcutta and later again in Bangladesh. Whilst staying with Satish Chandra Roy, Gandhi carried out all his meetings with local politicians and dignitaries. Gandhi left many items behind after his final stay with Roy (notably for a period of three days c1947), this pair of spectacles being one of the items. Other items from the collection of Satish Chandra Roy have previously sold via this saleroom, including two further pairs of spectacles in 2021. Other items feature within this sale. A full and comprehensive letter of provenance is supplied by the vendor (a relative of Satish Chandra Roy), and the vendor is happy to share their contact information with the winning bidder should any further provenance be required. The exact contents of the provenance letter will be supplied to the winning bidder only.  Our Notes: although these spectacles differ in type - but not style - from Gandhi's traditional gold-rimmed spectacles, he was known to wear a number of different types over his lifetime. Photographs exist of various forms of 'Windsor' spectacles - from gold rimmed, to steel, to black-rimmed spectacles and other variations. Gandhi wore similar dark-rimmed spectacles during his 73 hour fast in 1947 in an attempt to bring peace to warring communities shortly after independence (pictured). The Calcutta Optical Co first opened in December 1946, and the street where upon they were based now runs through Mahatma Gandhi Road, named such in 1947 after gaining Independence. An opticians still exists at the address, but there are no surviving records from the period. The shape and position of the nose bridge matches previously sold spectacles and the prescription is of a similar strength to other known examples. The spectacles survive in generally good but used condition, with some wear - including cracks to the tortoiseshell around the arms and lenses, but all should be considered commensurate with their age. 

Bottle presented in its original wooden case and accompanied by certificate No. 2020004. The set includes two tasting glasses, a bottle, semi-precious Armenian obsidian whiskey stones, a 24ct gold plated water pipette, and an atomizer containing The Angel's Share. Complete with outer wooden presentation case and engraved metal labeling. Outer case measures 16.5"L x 11.5"W x 16.5"H. Inner case measures 14.25"L x 8.5"W x 14.25"H. For decorative purposes only. Issued: Distilled in 1991Dimensions: see descriptionEdition Number: Bottle 4 of 333In-house shipping from Lion and Unicorn is not available for this lot. Winning Bidders will have to arrange to pick up their purchases at the Lion and Unicorn Auction Studios at 200 Oakwood Ln. Suite 200 Hollywood, Florida 33020, or make arrangements with their own third-party shipper. A local third-party shipper that can be contacted directly for a domestic shipping quote is: First Class Shipping Center 7826 NW 44th Street Sunrise, FL 33351 with Phone Number Tel:754-800-7674 and Fax:954-999-5166 Email:1shippingcenter@gmail.com website https://www.1shippingcenter.comCondition: Age related wear. As is, as found.

Very large quantity (est.300+ items) of 1890s onwards GWR PUBLICITY MATERIAL incl leaflets, flyers, internal memoranda & notices, luggage & hotel labels, stationery, travel coupons, share certificates & dividends, excursion & continental tickets, wagon labels, funeral notices, parcel & airmail stamps, advertisements, Treganna Castle hotel folder and much more. Huge variety and a delver's delight! [est 300+]

Black hat trimmed with white feathers; white lace collar. A character in Alexandre Dumas' lively 19th-century fiction. D'Artagnan came to Paris to join the celebrated band of Three Musketeers and share their adventures.Series: The Three Musketeers; Characters From Literature. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: Stanley J. TaylorIssued: 1987 - 1995Dimensions: 4"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

Share Certificates, 5 certificates to comprise The Brighton West Pier Co. 1951, The Copper Mountain Gold Mining Co.1895, Boston Elevated Railway Co.1913, Grigsby-Grunow Co., Associated Gas and Electric Co.1933 (gd)

A collection of four railway and industrial share certificates. The lot comprising Ramsgate & Margate Tramway company, mortgage debenture £20, 1883, South Eastern Coalfield Extension Limited, seventy-seven 2 shillings "B" shares, 1926, The East Kent Colliery Company, 50 shares of 1 shilling, 1910 and Societe Anonyme D'applicatios Industrielles Du Bois, 1918. All framed. Largest measures approx. 41cm x 39cm.

A collection of three aeronautical and engineering share certificates. The lot comprising Zeebrugge Aeronautical Construction Company, ZACCO, one share, 1926, The Savile Street Foundry & Engineering Company, one share of £50, 1873, Aeronautical Corporation of Great Britain, 200 shares of 5 shillings, 1937. All wooden framed. Largest measures approx. 41cm x 46cm.

KENNEDY JOHN F.: (1917-1963) American President 1961-63. A.L.S., John Kennedy, two pages, 4to, Washington D.C., n.d. (2nd September 1954), to Mrs. James Fitzgerald, on the printed stationery of the United States Senate. Kennedy thanks his correspondent for their kind letter and continues to state ´I share your regret that the pay raise did not go through - but I am confident that it will be passed by the Congress next session regardless of the veto´. Accompanied by the original envelope (some extensive tears and fraying to the edges) hand addressed by Kennedy to his correspondent in Springfield, Massachusetts. For a purist collector of JFK and/or American Presidential autographs the present letter provides an interesting and rare example of Kennedy incorporating his middle name, Fitzgerald, into the salutation of the letter and address on the envelope. Some light creasing and minor age wear and a few minor, small stains, only very slightly affecting the signature. GJames Fitzgerald worked in the United States postal service and had also briefly assisted Kennedy on one of his political campaigns. In August 1954 Congress had passed a bill to grant raises to all federal employees, including a permanent 5% pay rise for postal workers. Dwight Eisenhower withheld his approval (a ´pocket´ veto) largely because it provided no means of raising revenue to finance the cost of the pay rises, and some viewed it as the President´s retaliation after Congress had rejected his request for an increase in postal rates.

[WATERLOO BATTLE OF]: [HALKETT HUGH]: (1783-1863) British General who served in the Napoleonic Wars and fought at the Battle of Waterloo, commanding four battalions of Hanoverian militia. Halkett is remembered for having captured General Cambronne at Waterloo. An excellent, lengthy A.L.S., J Halkett, by Colonel James Halkett, son of Hugh Halkett, twenty-eight pages (comprising seven bifolia), 8vo, Farrance´s Hotel, near Eaton Square (London), 29th October 1862, to William Maynard Gomm (´My dear Sir William´). James Halkett states that his father is no longer able to read or write and that he is therefore replying on his behalf ´as I got him to tell me the story of his life the winter I spent in Hanover, & I then wrote down what he told me & can therefore repeat the story you ask about almost word for word as he gave it to me´, continuing to provide Gomm with ´a short sketch of my father´s proceedings & share in the glorious 18th June´ (the Battle of Waterloo), writing, in part, ´His brigade, composed of Hanoverian Landwehr, all untried troops, but partly officered & non-commissioned officered by the old King´s German Legion, formed part of General Clinton´s Division. After marching all night the bivouacked on the field of Waterloo. The Division.....was soon brought into the alignment with its right resting on Hougoumont. Whilst effecting this change the French cavalry attacked my father´s Brigade but they drew off on his forming en masse. At the time his first horse was killed, having both his hind legs shot away, the ball afterwards mowing down 8 men. His A.D.C. immediately dismounted & was shifting my father´s saddle on his horse when a shell fell near, wounded the man holding the horse & the horse scampered away. Colonel Dickson.....then caught a splendid English horse with new equipment & brought it to my father. At between 3 & 4 o/c in the afternoon General Clinton sent for my father & gave him the Duke´s orders to take whatever troops he liked & defend the garden & enclosures of Hougoumont......He immediately ordered the Salzgitter Battalion to attack the French who were in the wood, the Battalion did so, behaved very well, drove them out, & at the same time the skirmishers of the Brigade, who were excellent marksmen, formed together &.......drove back, with much spirit, the French skirmishers from the different enclosures, & my father then reported the place as secured. When, after 6 o´clock, the Duke gave orders for a general move in advance, my father placed himself at the head of the Osnabruck Battalion........He sent his Brigade Major to bring up the Battalion.....but the order was never received for Capt. Saffe was killed whilst carrying the order......Soon after the advance he fell in with old Garde Imperiale &......after driving them back he discovered the enemy´s artillery coming up out of a hollow way on his left, he ordered the skirmishers, supported by a company, to attack them.......About this time General Chasse (who afterwards defended Antwerp) galloped up to the front to see how matters were going on, & was full of admiration at the conduct of the troops.......Shortly after this an officer of the Duke´s staff galloped up & called out: "well done, Colonel Halkett, by God this is splendid". After a short pause he again advanced & under the heavy fire of the enemy´s artillery which had driven up on the left of the Imperial Guard, he attacked & took the guns.......Whilst following the French guards he saw their General, accompanied by two officers, come to the front to try & bring them to a stand. My father immediately threw forward his skirmishers & dashing full gallop at the General threatened to cut him down. He surrendered & declared himself to be General Cambronne......On leading his prisoner back, his horse, already wounded, received another shot & fell. With much difficulty he succeeded in getting him on his legs again when he discovered General Cambronne running back to the French Guards, he followed & caught him again, & seizing him by the aiguilette brought him back a prisoner & gave him over to a Sergeant......with orders to conduit him to the Duke of Wellington......Shortly after he had taken General Cambronne his horse was again hit & had his fore legs shot off.......He was soon remounted on a French Artillery horse which his men caught, but shortly after this third horse was shot under him. His men then shot a Frenchman who was mounted on a fine English, grey, Hussar horse, & brought him to my father who got a wet seat in the sheep´s skin which was satturated (sic) with the poor Frenchman´s blood.......After the French Guard had gone back, an officer belonging to them & who had been taken Prisoner, informed my father that Napoleon was amongst a large group of French officers & some French Cavalry who were hovering about his Brigade. He advanced his sharpshooters & these throwing some shot amongst them made them retire a short distance......My father then advanced on to the high road to Genappe & there fell in with the advanced Corps of the Prussians & shook hands with General Muffling. Not seeing any red coats near him, he halted & remained for the night in some straggling houses.....When returning next morning to re-join his Division he passed the guns which had been thrown into confusion......The Brigade when marching to Nivelle that morning was met by Lord Hill who highly complimented my father on its behaviour & marched at its head......When my father mentioned the gallant behaviour of the Brigade to Sir Henry Clinton, the General asked why this had not been mentioned the night before in order that he might have reported it to the Duke.....With regard to Cambronne´s "mot sublime" the only one my father heard was the one giving my father to understand that he surrendered, & it was pronounced in very good French! If anything ever was said about the Guard dieing etc., it certainly was at a later hour when Cambronne was safely lodged in our lines. My father was thrown together with the Comte d´Artois in Heligoland & when in Paris went to call on him. The future Charles X....did not think his countrymen fought well at Waterloo´. Halkett concludes his letter by writing of more social matters, but also makes a reference to the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Venta del Pozo which had been fought on 23rd October 1812 during the Peninsular War. A letter of wonderful content for its account of General Halkett´s involvement in the Battle of Waterloo, and not least in connection with the often disputed circumstances of the surrender of Cambronne to the British. Together with a slim oblong 12mo envelope wrapper annotated to the front panel in the hand of one of William Maynard Gomm´s relatives, ´Grass taken from the field of Waterloo, when I went over it with Uncle Gomm, Aunt Har[riet] & Miss Howard Vyse, July 23rd 1868´. With three small black seals to the verso, two of which remain intact. The contents of the envelope have not been examined, although dried grass can be seen through an opening at one end where the third seal is broken. Also including two other miscellaneous manuscript documents, one being a Report upon the proposed Sale of Land by Sir William Gomm to the Parish of Rotherhithe (1850). G to generally VG, 4OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM, THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT DE DISPLAYED. PLEASE REFER TO IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  

GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian political and spiritual leader during the Indian independence movement. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (after March 1946). Gandhi writes his manuscript notes, evidently a draft intended for either a speech or a letter, to the verso of the upper half of an autograph letter written to Gandhi by George Mammen in March 1946 regarding Gandhi´s disapproval of image worship. Gandhi´s manuscript draft states, in part, ´Our India will have need of you. You have had your training. You will give India the benefit of that training. It would be sad only if after the trials and suffering of war that our soldiers have been through, they forget the lessons of their eyes, the moment the peril is lifted. But one thing you should remember, under remunerations and national Govt., you won´t be pampered. You won´t have all those lavish privileges which a foreign Govt. bribe you with at the expense of India. India is destitute. You can serve her only by showing her destitution and poverty. Otherwise you will earn not the gratitude but the execration of your country [continuing at the head of the page] You will, I know, fully share in this freedom, only to breathe the air of freedom with your countrymen´. A manuscript of interesting content relative to India. Some very light, minor age wear and with one crease and a couple of small pinholes to the upper left corner, otherwise VG

SIGNAC PAUL: (1863-1935) French Neo-Impressionist painter. A very fine A.L.S., `P. Signac´, two pages, large 4to, Paris, 8th February 1928, to some friends, in French. The letter is written to the "Société des Artistes Indépendants" printed stationery, founded in 1884, with head office at 18 rue Mazarine, and as the printed heading bears, with Paul Signac as President of the Society of Independent Artists. Signac commences stating `Chers amis, nous avons été heureux de recevoir vos nouvelles - Vous vous détachez sur du bonheur, semblerait- il, et nous en sommes contents. Certes ce serait une joie d´aller vous voir dans votre nouvelle maison. Il y a un bout de voile qui apparait au dessus de la porte, sur une des photos, qui me tente fort... Enfin, espèrons qu´un jour ou l´autre, on pourra s´offrir des plaisiris auprès de vous´ (Translation: "Dear friends, we were happy to receive your news - You are feeling very happy, seems like, and we are happy with that. Certainly it would be a joy to go to see you in your new home. There is a piece of veil that appears above the door, in one of the photos, which tempts me... Finally, let's hope that one day or another, we will be able to share and enjoy some pleasures with you") Further Signac explains the reasons which keep him so busy, saying `En attendant je suis pris ici par les Indep[endants] et par d´autres devoirs- A ce propos! Je fais partie d´un comité pour les Expositions d´art français à l´étranger, pour y défendre l´art indépendant contre l´art officiel...´ (Translation: "In the meantime I'm busy here with the Indep[endents] and other duties - About that! I am part of a committee for French art exhibitions abroad, to defend independent art against official art...") Further again and before concluding Signac reports on the last ongoing exhibitions and referring to three important ones of three iconic French painters such as Monet who had passed away only a year earlier, Courbet states `Quand venez-vous à Paris? il y a eu une belle exposition de Monet - Il y a encore - mais ça doit toucher à sa fin - une belle exposition de Courbet chez Bonham et de Delacroix chez Rosenberg´ (Translation: "When are you coming to Paris? there was a beautiful exhibition of Monet - There is still - but it must be coming to an end - a beautiful exhibition of Courbet at Bonham and Delacroix at Rosenberg") A letter of very good content. VG to EX Claude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist Painter.Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) French Painter. An innovator who rejected academic convention and leaded the French Realist movement. Courbet was active in politics and was imprisoned in 1871 for his involvement with the Paris Commune, having to live in exile in Switzerland until his deathEugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French artist of the Romantic school.

O'NEILL EUGENE: (1888-1953) American playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1936. An interesting A.L.S., Eugene O'Neill, to two sides of a correspondence card, Le Plessis, Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher, 19th September n.y. (1929), to [Maurice] Bourgeois. O'Neill informs his correspondent that he has signed the papaers that they had sent, explaining 'I have put down as my address care of the American Play Co. It is possible I may have to return to America before long and that address will always reach me. Moreover, since the agreement between us for "The Hairy Ape" translation was made through that agency my contract with them requires that all royalty payments should be made to them for me and cannot be made directly to me'. O'Neill continues to confirm that he will be happy to pay his share of the business expenses that have been incurred, and further writes 'As for the matter of an advance royalty, as you say I should have spoken sooner. But it was to your advantage and protection as well as mine to ask for one. But of course, if it is not customary, that explains matters. I think it should be made customary though, since it is such a general rule in other countries and is such a good protection for dramatists and translators'. The playwright also expresses his regret at not being able to get to Paris as he has to complete some work which must be sent to New York, and concludes his letter by remarking 'I certainly hope with you that "The Ape" may succeed and make some money. All I meant was that it is the sort of play, as results elsewhere have proved, that it is a big gamble as far as reaching any wide public is concerned. It is either liked very much - or not liked at all'. A letter of good content to O'Neill's young French translator. One heavy vertical fold to the centre, otherwise about VGThe Hairy Ape, O'Neill's expressionist play of 1922, was translated by Maurice Bourgeois and the first French production was staged at the Theatre des Arts in Paris in 1929. However, the work involved for Bourgeois took its toll on his mental health and newspaper reports of the time (under headlines including 'Dramatist Goes Mad') stated 'Bourgeois......went mad following the dress rehearsal.....his friends believe that the highly emotional title role of the play he translated played a part. At all events, Bourgeois went into a dressing room of the theatre after the play and put on the rough clothes and cap of the hairy ape......A director of the theatre found him wandering about the corridors in those clothes, and on speaking to him Bourgeois became violent and smashed up furniture. He then climbed on to the roof and walked about there.......finally, at 1.30 in the morning, they called in the police'.

CLEMENT IX: (1600-1669) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1667-69. Rare L.S., `sempre - G[iulio] Card[ina]le Rospigliosi´, one page, 4to, Rome, 30th August 1662, to Nicolo Maria Ghislieri, in Italian. A boldly and cleanly penned dark ink letter. Clement IX, in his capacity as Archbishop, responds to his correspondent´s letter and sends his condolences, stating in part `Non sò esprimere quant´ho sentito al vivo l´acerbita del caso, che V[ostra] S.[ignoria] mi hà partecipato con la sua lettera delli 23 di Agosto, mà potrà ella persuaderselo con la notitia che tiene dell´affetto, col quale sono a parte di qualunque suo accidente, e della sua Casa. Me ne condoglio con V[ostra] S.[ignoria] a quel segno, che merita un si doloroso avvenimento, pregando il sig. iddio, che la ricompensi con tutti quei prosperi successi, ch´ella desidera.´ (Translation: "I cannot express how much I have felt the rawness of the situation that Your Lordship has shared with me with your letter of 23rd of August, but you will be able to persuade yourself, with the knowledge that you have of the affection with which I share with you this accident, and with Your family House. I condole with Your Lordship on that sign, which deserves such a painful event, praying and may God reward You with all those prosperous successes that you desire...") With blank integral leaf. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG

BRAZZA PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE: (1852-1905) Italian-French explorer of Central Africa. The capital of the Republic of the Congo was named Brazzaville after him. An excellent A.L.S., `P.S. de Brazza´, three pages, 4to, Ain Fezza, province of Oran, Algeria, 1st May 1897, to the President of the Geography Society in Oran, in French. In 1897 Brazza was dismissed as Governor-General of the French Congo, and went to Algeria to treat an amoebiasis. Brazza states in part `J´aurais été très heureux si la compagne qui est venue partager ma vie d´Afrique avait pu recevoir de vive voix à son arrivée l´expression des sympathies que vous nous avez envoyées ici: mais l´état de santé de ceux qui ont séjourné longtemps aux colonies les oblige parfois à des ménagementys qui m´ont privé de ce plaisir. A votre lettre si flatteuse pour le collègue et si aimable pour Madame Brazza je réponds par le souhait que la ligne de navigation du Congo qui par son escale d´Oran offre aux convalescents de toute la côte occidentale un précieux climat de transition, devienne pour notre société une source directe d´informations scientifiques et pour votre belle ville particulièrement favorisée par sa position géographique un élément toujours croissant de développement commercial et de prospérité...´ (Translation: "I would have been very happy if the companion who came to share my life in Africa had been able to receive in person upon her arrival the expression of the sympathies that you sent us now: but the state of health of those who stayed a long time in the colonies, sometimes obliges them to take care, which deprived me of this pleasure. To your letter, so flattering for my colleague and so kind to Madame Brazza, I respond with the hope that the Congo shipping line, which through its stopover in Oran offers convalescents from the entire western coast a precious climate of transition, and becomes for our company a direct source of scientific information and for your beautiful city particularly favored by its geographical position an ever-increasing element of commercial development and prosperity...") The name of the society has been deleted manually. Paper with a Delta Fine watermark. VG​

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. A.L.S., `Giacomo´, one page, to an Italian postcard, Cartolina Postale Italiana, 5.5 x 3, Milan, 2nd May 1895, to his brother-in-law Raffaello Franceschini, Pescia, in Italian. Puccini is about to start an eight to nine days trip journey and reports so to his correspondent, adding that he will try to be in time to a meeting Franceschini has proposed him, stating `Caro Vino, ora parto con Elvira per Venezia, Trieste, dove assisto alla Manon - Budapest - Vienna e vicevers, al mio ritorno (8 o 9 giorni) procura di indicarme le ville e vengo...´ (Translation: "Dear Vino, I am now leaving with Elvira for Venice, Trieste, where I attend the Manon - Budapest - Vienna and vice versa, on my return (8 or 9 days) try to tell me the place and I will come...") Postmarked to the verso. Small overall age wear and light staining, otherwise GRaffaello Franceschini (1854-1942) husband of Puccini´s one-year younger sister, Ramelde Puccini (1859-1912). Franceschini was working as tax collector in Pescia. Puccini and his brother-in-law maintained a long-time friendly relationship, and used to share the hunting journeys.Manon Lescaut is an opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini. The opera was first performed in 1893 in Turin. Manon Lescaut was Puccini's third opera and his first great success. The opera was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in January 1907 in the presence of the composer, and with Lina Cavalieri in the title role, and Enrico Caruso as des Grieux. Since then it has been one of the most acclaimed and performed operas of Puccini.

HEMINGWAY ERNEST: (1899-1961) American novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1954. An exceptional A.L.S., Ernesto, seven pages (two bifolia), 8vo, n.p., n.d. (February 1941; ´Night before we get to Hawaii´), to George [Brown], on the printed stationery of the Matson Line. Hemingway writes (in bold pencil) a social letter full of wonderful anecdotes relating to his recent activities, beginning by reporting on a trip to Los Angeles where he had enjoyed the hospitality of Gary Cooper, ´Stayed with Coopers who met us with the big new cadillac double funeral hearse he bought his wife for Xmas and they had a dinner that night with one swell broad (Carole Landis) that all the marrieds or uglies jumped all over because she got a little drunko´, adding ´But she was only 22 and I said to them they should have seen what guys like me or Cooper were like when we were drunk at 22´, continuing to refer to a mixed doubles tennis match, ´Coopers wife (Rocky) and I beat Cooper and Marty 5 sets of tennis to win 11 dollars in two days. But no money changes hands......I think Marty and I could beat them but Mrs C. likes to win very much......She has very extensive taught ground strokes but she has a high bouncing serve that I could set myself and murder so it is better for her happiness that we are partners´, remarking that Martha was ´much prettier´ than the other ladies in Hollywood and ´looked like a human being instead of a kennell (sic) entry but I shudder to think what would pass with the Colonel faced by them blondes altho lots of them were 22-23 years old which is aged in the Colonel´s book´, also reporting on a visit to San Francisco, ´We ate very well and saw Mike Ward, an old pal, and his wife and Selznick shipped up Ingrid Bergman to look her over for Maria for the picture. She is perfect. Really swell. Not like those Hollywooders´. Hemingway also comments on his experiences on the boat that they are travelling on, ´it has been rough as a bastard all the time. The gym guy wouldn´t box. He rubs too and he says he is afraid it would hurt his hands altho he says he teaches boxing (he comes from Hollywood too where I guess hands hurt easy. Probably his thumbs swell up). It was a shame because I was going to left hook him in the profile.....But I worked on the big bag instead but couldn´t rouse no really dirty feeling against it on such short acquaintance and when you get close to it the fucking thing seems sort of dead and helpless and not like ones fellow man. I practiced hitting it in the balls a little´, and further writing ´Tomorrow we get into Honolulu. It sounds more like a 1/2 jig Coney Island or Polynesian Miami Beach all the time´, before concluding ´Marty sends her love. We got a bang out of the wire. I miss you and the reading Colonel and working out and all the fun we have, but will be back soon with a lot of new lies and stories´. A truly wonderful and characteristic Hemingway letter, written with energy, humour and a touch of rudeness, giving an exact idea of what conversations between the writer and his friends might have been like. The stories that delighted his friends are preserved here in an autograph letter, so that we may now share in the delight too. VGGeorge Brown, who owned a gymnasium in New York, was a friend of Hemingway´s for more than a quarter of a century and coached the writer in the sport of boxing. It was Brown who drove Hemingway home to Idaho from the Mayo Clinic in 1961 shortly before the Nobel Prize winner committed suicide. Brown was also one of the pallbearers at Hemingway´s funeral.Hemingway mentions another friend in his letter, Taylor Williams (´the Colonel´), who would be a regular hunting and shooting partner of the writer. Furthermore, Hemingway writes of his time with his good friend Gary Cooper and of meeting Ingrid Bergman, the two actors who would go on to star together in the film adaptation of For Whom The Bell Tolls in 1943. Hemingway also writes of the attractive young actress Carole Landis who, despite her relatively short lifetime (Landis also committed suicide, at the age of 29), was married four times. In addition Hemingway writes affectionately of his third wife, the writer and war correspondent Martha ´Marty´ Gellhorn (1908-1998), whom he had married in 1940.

KUBA MASK Democratic Republic of Congo Wood, shell H.35cm NOTE The Kuba live in the Lower Kasai region of central Zaire in a rich environment of dense forest and savanna. Organised into a federation of chiefdoms, the almost 200,000 Kuba are a diverse group of over eighteen different peoples unified under the Bushong king. They share a single economy and, to varying degrees, common cultural and historical traditions. Agriculture is the main occupation, supplemented by hunting, fishing, and trading. The name Kuba comes from the Luba people to the southeast. The Kuba call themselves the children of Woot after their founding ancestor.

A PAIR OF ITALIAN CREAM PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT CONSOLE TABLES LATE 19TH CENTURY Both with simulated marble tops each 86cm high, 111cm wide, 36cm deep Provenance: The Hon Mrs Reginald Winn, and thence by descent The Hon Mrs Reginald Winn was the sister of the famous Nancy Lancaster who made such a contribution to English interior decoration pre and post war and at one time owned a share in Colefax and Fowler.

BLUES ROCK / ROCK - LP COLLECTION. A collection of approx 38 x LPs. Artists/ Titles include Savoy Brown inc Blue Matter, Hellbound Train, Jack The Toad, A Step Further, Lion's Share, Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher (RE), Tattoo, The French Connection, Taste inc Live Taste, Taste - Live At The Isle Of Wight, Link Wray - Be What You Want To, Link Wray - Beans And Fatback, Link Wray, Canned Heat, The Butterfield Blues Band and Dave Edmunds. The condition is generally VG+ to Ex+ with some falling below.

To include a Spode love chase bowl; a Delftware blue and white plate with floral decoration; various Copeland & Spode jugs; a Royal Doulton blue and white plate with a comic scene 'Mrs Diggs is alarmed at discovering what she imagined to be a snare that threatened the safely of her only child, Mr Diggs does not share his wife's anxiety'; a punchbowl and various other plates and dishes.Qty: 19The love chase bowl with some biscuit chipping around the edges and scratching to the decoration; the Delftware plate with biscuit chipping around the edges and surface dirt throughout; the remaining dishes, jugs and bowls with various damage and some signs of repair throughout.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) -  an early to mid 20th century Indian wooden fruit or rice eating bowl / charger. Likely c1920s / 1930s, once owned and used by Mahatma Gandhi during his time in Narsingdi Gram. Carved wooden construction, with signs of use and wear to the base. A repair to one edge (in antiquity) is notable. Measures approx 32 diameter, 6cm deep.  Provenance; this bowl was once owned by Satish Chandra Roy - Indian politician and freedom fighter. Several documented meetings between Gandhi and Satish Chandra Roy are known. In 1945/46 Mahatma Gandhi stayed with Satish Chandra Roy at his house in Narsingdi Gram (district), now Bangladesh, for a period of three days. Whilst staying with Satish Chandra Roy, Gandhi carried out all his meetings with local politicians and dignitaries. When leaving, Gandhi left behind this bowl and it was kept as a souvenir. A letter of provenance is supplied by the vendor (a relative of Satish Chandra Roy), and the vendor is happy to share their contact information with the winning bidder should any further provenance be required. The exact contents of the provenance letter will be supplied to the winning bidder only.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) - an early to mid 20th century Indian brass water pot (lota), once owned and used by Mahatma Gandhi during his time in Narsingdi Gram. Flared foot with a bulbous body and a screw lid with two holes for a swing carry handle. Measures approx 17cm. Provenance; this pot was once owned by Satish Chandra Roy - Indian politician and freedom fighter. Several documented meetings between Gandhi and Satish Chandra Roy are known. In 1945/46 Mahatma Gandhi stayed with Satish Chandra Roy at his house in Narsingdi Gram (district), now Bangladesh, for a period of three days. Whilst staying with Satish Chandra Roy, Gandhi carried out all his meetings with local politicians and dignitaries. When leaving, Gandhi left behind this item it was kept as a souvenir. A letter of provenance is supplied by the vendor (a relative of Satish Chandra Roy), and the vendor is happy to share their contact information with the winning bidder should any further provenance be required. The exact contents of the provenance letter will be supplied to the winning bidder only.

λ AN UNMARKED BRITISH COLONIAL BURMESE REPOUSSÉ SILVER COFFEE POT Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1900 - 1915Of pyriform shape, resting on four sloping feet designed as lion paws surmounted by demonic masks, rising to a cylindrical neck, the hinged dome-like lid embellished with a detachable cast finial designed as a traditionally clad Burmese female dancer in a side bend stance, the sides featuring a cast handle with ivory insulators formed by a backward-bent female figure, possibly an apsara, wearing an ornate, tall headdress, and an upward-curved spout with a mythical Hintha duck head and a demon's mask on the bird's chest, the exterior profusely decorated with a variety of chased and repoussé figural and vegetal motifs comprising scenes from Burmese folklore, possibly inspired by the great Ramayana epic and the kidnapping of Rama's beloved, Sita, by the demonic King Ravana, mythical temple lions (chinthe) and deer amidst vegetation, interlocking vegetal trellis, acanthus sprays, and lush foliage, unmarked, 28cm high, 1428gr. For two similar examples attributed to Rangoon and dated between 1907 and 1913, please see the British Museum Collection (acc. no. 2002,1008.1) and Chiswick Auctions, 3 March 2022, lot 93. Despite minor variations, all these coffee pots seem to share the same design, form, and selected repertoire of standard decorative motifs, such as ogres, warriors, maidens, and Ramayana characters, typical of Burmese mythological story-telling. They also often bear dedicatory inscriptions in English, proving that they were mostly commissioned as colonial exotica wares for the export market and not for internal consumption. λ This item may require Export or CITES licences in order to leave the UK. It is the buyer's responsibility to find out and conform to the specific export requirements of their country and ensure that lots have the relevant licences before shipping. 28cm high Qty: 1