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Click here to subscribeRailwayana - a mixed lot of railway ephemera comprising an 1867 share certificate for the Aylesbury & Buckingham Railway, a 1910 official accident report on the crash of 2 ex-Watford trains together with an Isle if Wight framed railway print and a Rhodesia Railways cast metal carriage plaque
Privateers in the American War of Independence fine document dated 1783 on 18pp large legal folio being the case of a dispute between various subscribers to Privateers operating in the American War of Independence. The dispute seems to have involved people who didn`t pay their fair share in the enterprise. During the War the Government encouraged what amounted to legalised piracy by allowing private investment for kitting out vessels to be used to attack American and French vessels and making off with whatever bounty they could. In this way this legalised piracy not only provided rich pickings for investors but also aided the war effort of the legitimate British navy.
Banknote – Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Banking Co note for £5 featuring a fine engraved vignette of a sailing ship coming into port bearing two stamped `Cancelled` marks one over the signature of John Morrison the Manager and the other over the printed value of the note. Dated in ms December 1st 1838. Note no 4156. Somewhat soiled and creased but clearly legible. The Newcastle Joint Stock Banking Company is recorded as commencing business from premises in the Royal Arcade Newcastle on 2nd August 1836. The bank later moved to St Nicholas Square but always operated as a single site bank without opening any branches. The Newcastle upon Tyne Bank was always a small and modest affair with about 100 subscribers taking up its shares of £25 each with a minimum allocation of 5 shares. First payment was £2-10-0d per share so a minimum investment of just £12-10-0d was all that was required to become a shareholder. Although a joint stock concern the Bank`s method of operation did not appear to be significantly different to a private bank. The bank failed in 1846 but is recorded as paying off all its depositors so that individual losses to customers were minimised. Neither its presence nor departure appears to have made any lasting impact upon the commercial development of Newcastle. This example demonstrates the difficulty of starting a completely new bank without any pre-existing business connections.
FRANCIS II & I: (1768-1835) Last Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and the first Emperor of Austria 1804-53. L.S., Franciscus, with a holograph subscription of six words, one page, folio, Vienna, 17th December 1834, to King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilicies, in Latin. The Emperor conveys his condolences to his correspondent on the untimely death of Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal, remarking `Moved in sincere grief over this mournful event, I offer ardent prayers that the surviving husband…may share the same eternal protection, and that the Divine Deity will mercifully assuage his grief…` With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR A treasure trove of items inc: 56/57 scrapbook; commemorative newspapers 1967 and 1972; quantity of season ticket books 80s/90s; tickets for 1982 Charity Shield and ECWC v Barcelona; 1970s press photos; 2 x 45 rpm records 1967 and 1982; share certificates; Danny Blanchflower soccer book; rosette; brochures; programmes; LP record etc. Worth a sort! Good
The Michael & Diana Green Collection of Treen and Needlework Samplers The collection made by Michael & Diana Green was begun in the early 1970s. Coming from a North Country farming background, they share a fascination for the domestic items of the region. Using their contacts among auctioneers and dealers in Cumberland and Northumberland they were able to increase their collection over a number of years; some items were even sourced from local farmers who knew of their interest. The bulk of the collection comprises butter prints, knitting sticks, settling bowls, needlework samplers and quilts of the sort that would have been used in every 19th Century farmhouse. An oval beech settling bowl, 19th Century, 63cm (24.75") wide
Measom (George) The official illustrated guide to the Great Northern railway, folding map (slightly frayed), 1854 share certificate loosely inserted of Soc.Anon. des Chemins de Fer d`Anvers, contemporary half calf, [1857] § Turner (M.J.) The Bank Tree, limited edition, plates, original cloth, 1937; and a small group of others, various, 8vo & 4to (sm.qty)
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Poona (Lieut. J. Worthy, 9th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £3000-3500 John Worthy was born in Brighthelmstone (the ancient name for Brighton) in the county of Sussex on 14 April 1793. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors School and was nominated as a Cadet for the Bombay Infantry in the season of 1809. Gazetted Ensign in the 9th Native Infantry on 14 July 1810, he was admitted on the Establishment in September 1810. He was promoted to Lieutenant in the 9th N.I. on 26 November 1815, and received his share of the Deccan Prize for the capture of Poona and General Captures in November 1817. He was promoted to Captain in the 18th N.I. in May 1824, and was honourably mentioned in General Orders of 16 January 1836: ‘On his return from a tour in the Southern Mahratta Country the Comr. in Chief observes that he “cannot speak in terms of too much praise of the 18th N.I. under Captn. Worthy at Kulladghee. The regt. is composed of a fine body of men, their soldierlike appearance under arms was remarkable. Their movements in the field were done with celerity and correctness. Their marching in line, in column, & echelon was such as to call forth the expression of his unqualified approbation”. Worthy was promoted to Major in June 1838 and retired from the service in December of the same year. Sold with copied cadet papers and record of service.
† THE ARCHIVE OF PILKINGTON`S TILE & POTTERY CO LIMITED SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILKINGTON`S ROYAL LANCASTRIAN POTTERY COMPANY LIMITED AND PILKINGTON`S TILES LIMITED EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY including pattern books of original designs for tiles, pocket notebooks of glaze formulae and firings, photographs and documents (for details please see online catalogue at mellorsandkirk.com) A red marl, ideal for pottery was discovered by accident at the Pilkington brothers` colliery at Clifton Junction, near Manchester in 1888. Coal extraction no longer an option because of geological problems, the firm decided to manufacture bricks. On the advice of William Burton, a brilliant young chemist at Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, they instead established a high quality, decorative tile works. In 1891 the Pilkington Tile & Pottery Company was formed with Burton as its General Manager and also charged with the planning and building (without the aid of an architect) of what soon became one of the most advanced and extensive tile works. Production commenced in 1891 and two years later Burton was joined by his equally talented brother, Joseph whose research into new glazes was to prove invaluable. For the ensuing ninety years or so Pilkington`s tiles sold throughout the British Empire, Commonwealth and beyond. The scientific and technical expertise of the Burtons was such that the Company even explored the possibility of manufacturing pottery bullets, at the request of the War Office. A department specifically for the production of art pottery in particular lustre ware, began in about 1898. Under Burton`s enlightened management, the welfare of his workforce was a high priority with, for example, those working in the Lead House being given milk in an attempt to counteract the possible effects of lead poisoning. He also arranged for the artistic staff to go, expenses paid, to exhibitions including the Exposition Universelle in Paris, in 1900. William Burton was of that generation of ceramicists inspired by the unsurpassed sang de boeuf and other glazes of the early Chinese potters and it is not surprising that, largely due to his artistic sensitivity, some of the brightest stars in the Arts & Crafts firmament - including Walter Crane, C F A Voysey and Lewis F Day - were involved at Pilkington`s from the beginning. By the early 20th century the superb lustre ware, mainly chargers and vases, and painted by such talented artists as Gordon Forsyth and Richard Joyce were in a class of their own. In their proper art historical context these magnificent objects can be regarded as a continuation of the pioneering lustre wares of William Morris`s lifelong friend William de Morgan (1839-1917). The notable achievements of Howson-Taylor`s Ruskin Pottery, Bernard Moore and William Moorcroft, although equally original, lay in other directions. Never made in large quantities, the costly (not least because of high wastage) unique iridescent lustre glazes, fired in a reducing atmosphere in a muffle kiln, have always been regarded as amongst the finest such wares of their type, whether produced in England, Europe or America. An important constituent of the present archive is the group of experimental glaze firing records and books of formulae. Lustre ware was gradually superseded by the much cheaper eggshell glazed Lapis range produced in the 1920s & `30s. In truth, the lustre ware was never really profitably produced, and the Department was probably continued for reasons of prestige. De Morgan enjoyed no greater success, observing, in 1907, "...now that I can make [beautiful things] nobody wants them." The Pottery Department closed down, for the first time, in 1937. Over the subsequent history of the factory it was revived once or twice and in 1964 a merger with Carter & Co`s Poole Pottery heralded a short-lived revival in the fortunes of both factories. Complementing the limited holdings already in institutional collections, the importance of these extensive and unique primary source records of one of the most significant British manufacturers of pottery and tiles of the highest quality, lies in the fact that they are very far from being mere `dry` financial records. PILKINGTON ARCHIVE The factory records will generally be found in chronological sequence, much of the work of arranging/filing having been done in recent years by the Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery Society. It is housed in approximately twenty cardboard ‘bank’ and larger sized boxes. The principal items of interest are as follows: POTTERY AND TILE PRODUCTION 1. Three tile pattern books of original designs for wall tiles (see A J Cross, plt 6) 2. Original designs for 6 inch wall tiles including children’s, humorous and other subjects, c1920-c1950, all gouache some on watercolour board (approximately 350) 3. Tracings and pounce sheets for decorative tiles 4. Factory patents relating to various aspects of the production and decoration of tiles 5. Twenty-five notebooks written in pencil and filled with detailed records of glaze experiments, firing times etc with a further notebook labelled Index to Trial Books, by Abraham Lomax for the period 1901-11 and Joseph Burton, 1911-15. 6. Photographs, four boxes of glass negatives (12 x 16.5cm) of lustre and other vases either photographed singularly or in groups of usually two or three and two boxes of magic lantern slides, also eight reels of 16cm cine film colour, optical/sound: “Tile Fixing Today” 7. A quantity of original designs for tiled chimneypieces (one illustrated in A J Cross, plt 10) gouache on watercolour sketching board and miscellaneous designs on tracing paper for architectural ceramics CORRESPONDENCE Documents generally filed in manila envelopes including the company’s attendance at national/international exhibitions, insurance relating thereto, other insurance policies for salesmen/travellers overseas, An Enquiry into the Boiler Explosion and Fatal Accident 1911, files of business letters and copy letters including internal memoranda relating to glazes, samples overseas orders, screen printing equipment, production tables and miscellaneous subjects. An extensive series of mainly autograph letters signed to William Burton, many from his brother Joseph, others from the Pilkingtons including Alfred, Edward, Laurence and Charles (one dated August 1895 “I send you herewith a sample of red marl out of our borehole... I don’t think it is very good”), W Bush, J Lee Wood, John Chambers, trade suppliers/contractors such as William Boulton (engineer) many in the Potteries, including Frank Keeling, Maw & Co, John Ridgway, Cravan, Dunnill & Co and the Old Hall Porcelain Works, Hanley, several letters from the employees of other manufacturers seeking positions at Pilkington’s, artists such as Cosmo Rowe (1877-1952), mosacists and others, several hundreds filed in two modern white ring binders, period 1889-1894 and 1895-1901. Home Office Whitehall, framed typed letter signed (Edward Thorp) 3 September 1913 to the Company’s solicitors informing Pilkington’s that the king [Goerge V] has granted permission for the use of the tile “Royal Lancastrian Pottery” for their “artistic pottery”. FINANCIAL RECORDS Important documents in the factory’s history including the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Pilkington’s Pottery Company Limited, 1891 and Certificate of Incorporation for change of name to Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Co Limited, 1892 and approximately 75 ledgers and journals including cash books, expenses, general journals, tile fixing accounts, tile stock, share certificates, wages books and analysis of new work, 1892 onwards.
A Great War group to 311176 E. Smith Stoker Petty Officer RN, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Naval LSGC (H.M.S. Courageous); together with the recipient`s certificate of service and other paperwork; and also with a 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, and 1939-45 War Medal. S.P.O. Smith served aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal at the battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, receiving a share of the prize fund for each battle, in the latter case in connection with the destruction of the German armoured cruiser S.M.S. Blucher.
Nicholson (Norman poet 1914-87) Correspondence to Sylvia Lubelsky later Elvey c. 170 pieces A.Ls.s. a few T.Ls.s. some A.Pcs.s. and signed Christmas Cards many with envelopes numerous pp. a variety of places including Ringwood Hampshire Ruthin North Wales most Millom Cumbria v.s. v.d. 1930s - 80s a large series of warm and affectionate letters including family and general news and much on his enjoyment of music “A thousand kisses for photo`s & letter. I am delighted with the pictures. They are remarkably good. The one of your right profile is an amazingly good photograph. There is something astonishingly alive about it as though you were just about to break into a smile... One day Sadie Mother & I went to Lakeside by train sailed up Windermere Lake took a bus to Coniston & train home. I was repeated sick throughout the journey. The sale on the... lake was pleasantly breezy & there are one or two fine views of Wansfell Helvellyn Kirkstone...” and his work “I thought that you would like to know that the LP record is out. ARGO RG 452. I share it with four others but they`ve allowed me nearly twenty minutes on the one side which is really very generous indeed. The rest of that side is taken up by Stevie Smith whom I can`t stand! But the other side contains 10 minutes of WR Rogers who comes over very strongly as a personality though I think the poems are rather gimmicky; 15 mins of Vernon Watkins a fine poet but rather too impersonally bardic as a reader to suit my taste” and on receiving his OBE “This week has been very busy. I did a radio interview on Monday at Whitehaven; worked all day on Wed. for Granada TV... there have been many callers and visitors since the local press has made a lot of fuss about the OBE - far more than they did about the Queen`s Medal though the Medal seems to me to be a more important award. Thanks for you [sic] mention of Financial Times. I went to the Bank and the Manager gave me his copy. As you say a terrible photo but a nice review. I haven`t seen any other... except the local papers which praise the book to the skies but don`t really know what they are talking about!” autograph manuscript copies of some of his poems including: “Rising Fire”; “Francesca”; “Ode (Written for the Wedding Day of the Beautiful Princess Marina & our beloved Prince George)”; “An Interior”; “Andahte (Bach`s D minor Concerto for 2 violins)” etc. folds some browned; signed presentation copies of Nicholson`s books including: Man and Literature 1944; The Fire of the Lord 1944; Five Rivers 1944; Rock Face 1948 all but the first first editions dust-jackets with tears; and 4 others 3 by or about Nicholson v.s. v.d. *** A detailed insight into the life and work of a twentieth century Lakeside poet. (c. 170)
Ephemera.- D`Anvers (Joseph) The Gray`s Inn Journa no. 1236 extensively browned and soiled folds tears Saturday 23 June 1753; and a small quantity of others including 4 Australian share certificates (4 from The Lady May Tin & Wolfram Company Tallangatta Valley) and 2 English banknotes (£1 Dartmouth General Bank and a Bank of England £5 note framed and glazed) v.s. v.d. ((8 pieces))
Football: A Fulham FC Share Certificate dated 20 June 1905 bearing three signatures, W.G. Allen (Chairman, 1905), William Hall (Chairman 1909) & Herbert Jackson (Secretary, later committed suicide!). Sold with a `Let`s Talk About Fulham` booklet 1946 (certificate gd/vg, booklet only fair) (2)
Scotland – the Highlands roads fine als of Lord Macdonald dated April 28th 1809 concerning the building of various roads in the Highlands as well as the ferry landing stage for the Island of Skye : ‘Respecting the improvements suggested by Mr Telford and communicated to you by Mr Hope I am certainly of the opinion that whatever has the effect to open the communications with the continent must be of especially advantage to Skye – I am therefore most willing to pay my share of the expense of making a landing place in Ardavasor Bay as also of the road leading to it...’ Telford launched his ambitious plan to transform totally the communication network in the Highlands in 1801. The project was to take 20 years to complete. Letters of this nature relating to Telford’s work in the Highlands are rare.
Miscellaneous good group of miscellaneous documents ephemera etc including two very attractive bills issued by Trouncer & son brewers with engraved vignettes an early 18th c tax assessment with window tax listed a decorative advert for Rudge Cycles a printed notice issued by the Leominster Canal Company (rare) dated 1772 a share certificate for the Bishop’s Castle Gas Light and Coke Co a printed booklet on the history of the Bishop’s Castle Railway a small group of almanacks. A county cycling map of Surrey (c1930s) and a few other items.
BERKOWITZ DAVID: (1953- ) American Serial Killer and Arsonist, known as Son of Sam. A.L.S., Hobo Dave, four pages, 4to, n.p. (Sullivan Correctional Facility, Fallsburg, New York), 22nd January 1988, to Pete Connolly. Berkowitz states that he has received his correspondent`s letter and photographs, commenting `I see you`re relaxing as usual on a comfortable bed of nails. I sleep on something similar.` He continues to ask `Who the heck is Roland the Commie? He doesn`t look like a communist guerilla at all. To be honest with you, he looks like a momma`s boy instead of a partisan freedom fighter.` and further states `No, I`m not the dude who sends you crank calls. It`s probably the black dude who used to teach you Kung Fu. I guess he`s pissed because you wouldn`t share chrissy with him`. Berkowitz also refers to two books by Frederick Forsyth that he`d like to read, including The Day of the Jackel (sic), and also makes a reference to Mark Chapman, the assassin of John Lennon, `Pete, I hate to tell you this, but I think Miss Sardine got beat for her photo. You should`ve sought my advice before you wrote to M. Chapman. You learned a lesson. Don`t be sending photos to strangers. I don`t know what will happen to that photo-he probably rubs against it at night. But there`s no way you can get it back. I can ask "Big J"-he is big-300lbs! The problem is that "J" is in general population and Chapman is in isolation/protective custody. There`s no way for J to see Chapman. Also, my friend "J" is scheduled for a transfer soon. He should be leaving Attica any day now. I`ll see what I can do. Next time, just take a photo of a "bag lady" on some street corner. Then mail it with a letter: "Hi Mark, my name is Darlene. I`m a 75 year old hobo bag lady who lives in Queens. I love you, Marky pooh".` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Berkowitz and signed by him in full in the return address. Together with Richard Ramirez (1960- ) American Serial Killer, known as the Night Stalker. A.L.S., Richard, one page, 4to, n.p. (San Quentin State Prison, California), 2nd July n.y. (1995), to Ken K. Ramirez writes a social letter, assuring his correspondent that he won`t reveal his problems and asking how old his sister is, `Why would she freak out w/ me?`, further sending a drawing (no longer present) and explaining `If it`s gone it`s cause someone took it out. I thought it was one drawing I owed you not 2.` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Ramirez and signed by him in full in the return address. VG, 2 Mark David Chapman (1955- ) American Murderer of John Lennon on 8th December 1980. Chapman is imprisoned in the Attica Correctional Facility, New York.
Three Original Second World War USA Military propaganda posters `Serving our Fighting men abroad conserve these services at home ........`, 1943, 101cm x 72cm; another `Fuel Fights! Save your Share`, 1943, 101cm x 72cm; and `You are one of 50,000,000 Americans who must fill out an income tax return by March 15th 1944`. 101cm x 72cm
A comprehensive collection of GB stamps and first day covers, including penny black, penny reds, some on 19th century envelopes, contained in twelve albums/packs and some loose, also including the Sumner collection of 22ct gold stamp replicas, sterling silver miniatures with certificate, American share certificates etc.
London – carton of indentures etc relating to properties in London including a group relating to the sale of properties in Elgin Crescent Notting Hill a group relating to properties in Wandsworth Road Lambeth and other properties in the London area together with a small group of share certificates and other legal documents including papers relating to a 1947 production of the Wizard of Oz in the West End. Note: miscellaneous lot not subject to return.
Fishing tackle Ð Hardy Brothers important comprehensive archive of papers 1907-30, mainly from c1920, both manuscript and printed relating to the constitution of Hardy Brothers the leading manufacturer of fishing reels and tackle in the world including a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company a file of general correspondence draft proposals for the selling of the company shares to employees including counsel`s opinion on the viability of the scheme etc. The archive largely dates from 1920 when the company`s assets were devalued by a considerable degree prompting the company to investigate ways in which the new increased capital could best be used. Contents also include personal hand written ledger deposit account bankbooks for William Hardy, Foster Hardy and Miss Francis A Hardy, share certificates, trading correspondence, Hardy headed & hand signed letters etc. A unique insight into the personal financial life of Hardy Bros Ltd. Illus.
Bristol Broadside - Conjoined Twins. The Bristol Wonder; or the Wonderfull Works of God. Giving a True and Particular Account, of a Child that was Born Wednesday the 19th day of March, 1788 in the Parish of Redcliff, having 4 Arms 4 Hands 20 Fingers, 4 Thighs 4 Legs 4 Feet 3 Ears 2 Private Parts and 20 Toes. (Nothing is Impossible to God), [?Bristol, 1788], woodcut (57 x 60mm) of the child centred within text below title, the main text continuing, ‘On Wednesday morning last, Elizabeth the Wife of Edward Holdingbrook, a Journeyman Millwright, who lives at the corner of George’s Street, the bottom of Redcliff Hill, near the Distillery Bedminster Causeway, was safely delivered by Mr. Short, Surgeon and Man-Midwife, of Clare Street, Bristol, of the Male Infant, still Born - which had one Head, a Nose, a Mouth, Two Eyes, Three Ears, A Neck and Breast, but in other parts a perfect Twin... , This Wonderfull Production of Human Nature is now preserved fit for the Inspection of the Curious, and we are happy to add that the Mother of the said Infant, is in a fair way of Recovery. Several of the Learned Faculty who beheld it, judged it to precede from the Redundance of the Seed but there not being enough for Twins; Nature formed what she could, and so made the most of it, by which we may see the Wisdom of Nature, in the formation of the Body of Man’, ending with a six line moral verse, ‘Heaven in our first formation did provide, Two Arms, Two Legs, and what we have beside, Renders us Monstruous and Mishappen too, Nor have we any Work for them to do; Two Arms, Two Legs are all that we can use, And to have more there’s no Wise Man can chuse’, well printed on thin laid paper without watermark, a few minor spots and fold marks, one page, 310 x 220mm. No other copy of this unusual medical broadside has been traced. This rare type of conjoined twin in which the twins share a head and face but have two bodies is now called synecephalus. As in this broadside, the prevailing theory for conjoined twins in the 18th century was that it was the result of the fertilisation of one egg by two sperm. (1)
SUNDERLAND Very rare share prospectus , 13th July 1896, issued by the Club and inviting potential investors to subscribe to the issue of 5,000 £1 shares in a new Football Club, Sunderland Association Football Club Ltd. Prior to this date Sunderland Association Football Club was a private Club and the aim of the share issue was to raise funds for the future purchase of the Newcastle Road ground used by Sunderland for their home games. The four page prospectus provides details of assets and liabilities of the Club together with a list of Shareholder privileges and future aims of the Club including the holding of cycling and athletics events once the ground freehold had been purchased. This is certainly a historic piece of the Sunderland Club history and whilst the prospectus does have substantial tears along the folds , these could , if so desired, be easily repaired by a professional restorer. There is also some wear and grubbiness to the rear cover but for collectors of Sunderland ephemera, this item would greatly enhance their collection. As described
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS Softback booklet "The Saints", 52 page booklet , history of Northampton Saints 1880-1948, club history , partly in print and partly in cartoon format with pages of statistics, caricatures of the players and photographs. Rusty staples , minor fold. The story of the Club who share the home of Sportingold Ltd !!! Fair-generally good
A Regency mahogany and ebony marquetry library breakfront bookcase, in the manner of Marsh and Tatham, circa 1810, the cornice with bands of pendant moulding and fluting, above arched astragal cupboards opening to shelves above an arrangement of panelled cupboards with re-entrant marquetry and with line and dot marquetry, on a plinth base, 232cm high, 236cm wide, 53cm deep. The superb quality of this secretaire-bookcase cabinet indicates the work of a cabinet maker of distinction, with it simple elegance of design. There is a drawing, circa 1800, by Henry Holland for a wardrobe and another of a bookcase for Woburn Abbey, circa 1788, both of which are worth comparison. Both drawings feature elongated upper panels and square lower panels, ‘panelled’ uprights and plinth bases; see Peter Ward-Jackson, English Furniture Designs of the 18th century, London, 1984, pls. 300-301. Henry Holland collaborated with the London firm of Marsh and Tatham on a number of commissions, notably at Southill Park in Bedfordshire and also at Woburn, where they supplied the 6th Duke of Bedford with ‘Cabinet and Upholstery Work’. Related bookcases made by Marsh and Tatham for the Prince of Wales, later George IV, at Carlton House share the same panelled uprights and stepped plinth, one with ebony inlay; see H. Roberts, For the King’s Pleasure: The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV’s Apartments at Windsor Castle, London, 2001, p. 312, fig. 379, p. 333, fig. 414, p. 406, fig. 481). For a related example see Sotheby’s New York, Lot 212, 16th October 2009. The ebony line and dot marquetry as visible on this bookcase, is a feature commonly associated with furniture by Marsh and Tatham. Thomas Tatham and William Marsh, cabinet makers, No. 13 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square circa 1795-1809. Principal cabinet makers to Prince of Wales (later George IV) from 1795 onwards. Marsh retired in 1809 and the firm later became Tatham, Bailey and Saunders. The distinctive domed design of the astragals are also very similar to a design of a recess attributed to Thomas Chippendale, Junior at Harewood House, Yorkshire. See Georgian cabinet makers by Ralph Edwards and Margaret Jourdain, Billing & Sons Ltd, 1944, p 172.
A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK the engraved brass dial signed on the chapter ring John Wood GRANTHAM, the engraved centre inscribed Ann Palmer and having subsidiary seconds dial and date sector with rococo spandrels and eight day movement, in inlaid case with cavetto pediment and turned pillars and fluted pilasters, a large oval patera to the door, 195cm h Provenance: according to a contemporary receipt, on 19 January 1915 A L Beardsley purchased his half share in this clock, valued by Mr Charles Lowe [of Loughborough] at no. 9. In good condition, the inlaid decoration of later date, repolished
A large collection of share certificates, to include, Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Company, Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, Tonopah Divide Mining Company, City of Oswego Lake Ontario Shore Rail Road Co., Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Co., Colorado Midland Railway Company, Northern Pacific Railway Company, Harrisburg Railways Company, Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, and more, to include some Chinese and Russian certificates
ROCKEFELLER JOHN D.: (1839-1937) American Oil Magnate, often regarded as the richest man in history. D.S., J D Rockefeller, one page, oblong folio, New York, 20th February 1888. The attractive, partially printed document is a Standard Oil Trust share certificate issued to the International Navigation Co. for a total of one hundred shares. Signed by Rockefeller at the foot in his capacity as President of the company and also countersigned by the Treasurer and Secretary. With two neatly affixed associated documents, one to the verso, including a transfer certificate for the shares. VG
Sullivant (William S.) Musci Alleghanienses. 2 vol. printed titles & half-titles 2 leaves index 292 specimens with printed labels on blue paper mounted on 100 leaves 2 specimens with taxonomic note signed R.B. original black cloth backstrips (defective) lettered with title [Sayre 258-60] folio Columbus Ohio 1845. ***Contents in very nice state despite the worn binding. It was originally intended that about 50 copies should be prepared; however the list of recipients (printed in A.D. Rodgers “Noble fellow” William Starling Sullivant 1940 314-15) lists only 26 copies + 9 to Asa Gray “his share in full”; most of them were probably taken apart to be integrated into herbaria. The labels were also printed separately without specimens; the first edition was almost all destroyed by Sullivant the revised edition was printed in 100 copies of which 25 were in black cloth with the title on the spine. Sayre records only 2 copies of the specimens and 3 of the labels and there was no copy in the Eton sale.
West Ham Autograph Folder: A folder containing West Ham autographs of all eras from Laurie Leslie, Ernie Gregory, Bill Green, Geoff Hurst, Dave Dunmore with large signed magazine pictures by Alan Stevenson, Brian Robson, Van Der Elst, Sandy Clarke, many from Ernie Gregory plus many more, c/w other West Ham related memorabilia including 1933 receipt from West Ham for share of gate money at Bury, worth a look
Postcards Selection of Real Photographic cards, Social History including Fire Station Road Bexhill on Sea 1912, The National Federation of Women Teachers - We Claim our share of the Fisher Grant, Military March from Bordon K A V Proclaimed in Pembroke Dock 1910, Imperial Airways Passenger Aeroplane, Leech of Loughton Shop front, staff and delivery van, A romp outside Loughton Garage, `A` Company Welsh Regiment, Battalion Association Cup Winners 1913-14, Aviation Mr Gilmour in his Bristol Biplane on Hove lawns (2) and others (qty)
* Plantation Agent’s Ledger. A manuscript ledger of R[obert] Raper, 1776-78, a total of thirty leaves plus two leaves of index at front containing thirty-six names, names include Margaret Colleton, Thomas Boone, Captain George Hooper, Sarah Rutledge, Robert Bruce and Samuel Shoemaker, including entries for rent, bonds, umbrellas, wine casks, empty casks, `to my share of a Prise in the last Lottery of your Letter £50’, rope, salt, `35 pair of negro shoes at 25 shillings’, sail cloth, `paid Doctor Hardcastle for attending all ye Negroes one year to April last £130’ `for a Bridle for plantation use’ `for Negroes £531 6s 8d’, `ordinary Rum for your Negroes’, `paid for advertising Negroe [?] run away’, barrel of pitch for the boat, brown sugar for plantations, carpenter’s tools, millstones, etc., a few entries dated and placed at Charlestown, South Carolina, approx. 90 leaves blank, ownership signature of R Raper dated 1776 to front pastedown, contmep. vellum, rubbed and soiled with Raper’s monogram initials to upper cover, folio (1)
* Tovey Family Archive. An archive of twenty-one documents, 1775-1911, including eleven military commissions, the earliest five relating to John Tovey (1753-1841), dated 1775-95, signed by the Earls or Dukes of Hertford, Weymouth, Suffolk and Portland, the last three additionally signed by King George III at head, two relating to posts in the 70th Regiment Foot and two in the Stirling Corps of Volunteers, all a little dampstained or soiled with some loss to wax seals, the third with rodent damage to lower margin affecting some lettering and the fifth with rodent damage to upper margin affecting the Monarch’s signature, the following five commissions relating to John’s eldest son Hamilton (later Tovey-Tennent, 1782-1866), dated 1799-1820, and signed by Jonathan Duncan, J. Hewett, Mount Stewart Elphinstone, and Hastings, with appointments in the Infantry in Bombay and the East Indies, the final two commissions for John’s grandson Hamilton Tovey, 1871 & 1879 to be Captain of our Corps of Royal Engineers and Major, Land Forces, both signed by George (Duke of Cambridge), the other documents being a handwritten copy of the will of William Tovey (John’s father, 1719-75) made by his younger son John Tovey in the year 1811 with a handwritten memorandum, dated Stirling, 7th February 1811, signed by John Tovey, a printed Act of Parliament, dated 1795, by which John Tovey’s elder brother William obtained authorisation to appoint new Trustees and was enabled to break the entail on the Estate he had inherited at Erdington (Sutton Coldfield), a letter from the London Navy Pay Office, dated 17th January 1809, addressed to Captain John Tovey of Stirling relating to a cheque, being the share of Prize Money due to William, killed in action off the coast of India on 14th February 1805, an original issue of the London Gazette, 14th February 1832, containing a Proclamation granting Hamilton Tovey of Pynnacles in the Parish of Great Stanmore, Middlesex, to use the surname of Tennent, a document signed by King William IV, dated 3rd February 1832, addressed to Bernard, Duke of Norfolk, detailing the circumstances of Hamilton Tovey’s request and it having been granted, counter-signed Melbourne, a handwritten account of property owned by the Tennent family entitled `Inventory of the title deeds of the lands of Pool, 1791’, with some later additions, a probate of the will of Rose Irvine Tovey, John’s granddaughter, 25th April 1877, a conveyance dated 1911 from Mrs M. E. Tovey to the Royal District Council of Horsham and the manuscript journal of John Tovey’s voyage to India on board the Prince of Wales, 31st August to 17th December 1847, noting weather, distances travelled, some on-board gossip, meals, etc., a total of approx. 60 leaves including miscellaneous extracts and drafts at rear, contemp. limp morocco, some wear, 8vo. A typed annotated list of the documents and family background is included with modern copies of supporting documents. Provenance: By family descent through to Maria Elizabeth Tovey (died 1926, widow of Colonel Hamilton Tovey, Royal Engineers)... (a bundle)
A silver miniature replica of the F.A. Charity Shield presented to West Bromwich Albion’s Len Millard in 1954, inscribed WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS V WEST BROMWICH ALBION, WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 1954, JOINT-HOLDERS, mounted on a black bakelite backboard, lacking the original easel support . Len Millard (7 March 1919-15 March 1997) was born in Coseley in the Black Country and joined West Bromwich Albion as an amateur in May 1937. The left-back turned professional in September 1942. He later became club captain, leading the club to a 3-2 victory over Preston North End in the 1954 F.A. Cup final. This set up a Charity Shield encounter with fierce local rivals and League Champions Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on 29 September 1954. Despite a Ronny Allen hat-trick the game ended as a high scoring 4-4 draw, and the Shield was share. Len Millard made a total of 627 appearances for Albion, scoring 18 goals before retiring in 1958. In 1989 he had a leg amputated and died in Coseley in 1997.
21 football programmes, including a pre-war Arsenal, Combined Services v National Police and Civil Defence at Wembley 9.5.45 and others from the 1950s onwards including non-League, Hastings well represented; the lot also including a 1950s autograph book containing team-groups for Spurs, Hastings United & Kettering Town, a part-group for Gravesend also a later addition of Bobby Moore’s and other signatures including show biz etc.; a team-group photograph of Hastings & St Leonards United FC in 1907, the F.A. Cup Annual 1885-1934, Arsenal 1947-48 League Champions brochure, a Hastings United FC share certificate 1951 & a 1967-68 Norwich handbook (26)
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