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A Large Collection Of Mainly World War One / WW1 Inert Artillery Shells And Trench Art.

A pair of George III silver and gilt shell sweetmeat dishes, the gilt wash shell decorated with further shells to the border, raised on tortoises, engraved with crest and motto, London 1822, maker Joseph Craddock and William Reid, weight 17ozCondition Report: Both salts are in good condition

*Tapestry. A hand-made woollen tapestry hanging, English, circa 1910, with Aubusson-style decoration of central cluster of roses within lobed frame, with scallop shells at either end, and outer floral and foliate borders with volute decoration, in shades of pink, blue, green, and yellow, on a pale brown ground, occasional loss of stitching, but overall in very good condition, unlined, 274 x 180cm (108 x 71ins), together with another hand-made woollen tapestry hanging, early 20th century, with floral and foliate decoration in shades of crimson, green, pale blue, and gold, unlined, 178 x 116cm (70 x 45.5ins) Provenance: from the collection of Welsh soprano Elizabeth Vaughan. (2)

*Fabric panel. A large Italianate fabric panel, early 20th century, printed linen panel, in shades of pink and green on a cream ground, with overall design within an architectural-style framework of strapwork, plinths, and panels, incorporating faces, birds (including a peacock), a basket of flowers, griffins, shells, volutes, etc., selvedges to left and right, top edge with holes where previously tacked (and faint stain), lower edge with hand-sewn hem (partially coming unstitched), lightly toned, a few small holes and 1.5" closed tear (frayed), 312 x 239cm (123 x 94ins) A large and striking panel, in bright and usable condition. (1)

2 BRASS SHELLS

Pair of shells overlaid with Chinese white metal and decorated with dragons and stylised foliate forms, each 18cm long,. Cracks in, losses and wear to shells.Wear, cracks and holes in white metal.Something missing from the ends.

A collection of late 19th Century / early 20th Century hand coloured lithographs botanical prints, to include ornithology pictures, shells, butterflies etc  

A Victorian rosewood and mahogany games compendium, the hinged lid enclosing a compartmented interior with a complete deck of Goodall & Son playing cards and an incomplete deck, a large quantity of bone counters in the form of fish, oval and fish shaped mother of pearl counters, shells, a card marker for Bezique and other items

A Staffordshire flatback figure, of Napoleon III, modelled sitting on a gun emplacement, his right arm resting on a canon, piles of shells at his feet, titled oval base, EM NAPOLEON, 39.5cm, c.1854; a Staffordshire arbor group, of a courting couple seated under grape vine, 36.5cm high, c.1860; another; a Staffordshire spaniel, seated to the left, copper markings, 24.5cm high, c.1870; etc (6)

An Edwardian silver sauce boat, of George III design, shaped everted rim, acanthus capped flying scroll handle, hoof feet with shells to knees, 17.5cm long, Daniel & Arter, Birmingham 1907, 8.5oz

WW1 Personal Diary of Herbert Frederick John Mann MM Royal Field Artillery.This detailed unpublished 200 page typed diary records the front life experiences and thoughts of Gunner of the Royal Field Artillery during 1918. He describes being gassed at Drocourt, finding a crashed British aircraft, with burned bodies, the action resulting in the award of the Military Medal etc. The typed diary was compiled in 1922 and is complimented by original documents, fold out maps, including a landscape sketch map of the British front line found in a German dug out. Other items include aerial propaganda leaflets etc. Accompanied by original Soldier’s Paybook. ... Also Memorial Scroll for his brother Sergeant George Henry Mann of the South Staffordshire Regiment. The overall condition is good the diary has been professionally rebound in red cloth with gilt tooling.Gunner Herbert Frederick John Mann MM was born at Chesterton Cambridge in 1887, after leaving school at 12 he worked at the Fitzwilliam Museum and later at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital as Chief Clerk and accountant. It was in this capacity he found himself at the start of the Great War. Volunteering his services to the army due to his occupation he was not called to the Colours until October 1917. His embarkation was delayed further and it would not be until April 1918 he set foot in France. The final 100 days saw his Battery in heavy action, at Drocourt he describes being gassed “watching the gas filling the valley”. Surviving this he was once again gassed at Bleharies. He comments that on more than one occasion it was not the German bombs falling on the British trenches but those of the new RAF. He also describes seeing the burnt bodies of pilot and observer next to their crashed aircraft and the more mundane daily activate of sleeping, fleas and rats. The diary records the 2nd September 1918 “our troubles began all day shells were falling closer and closer” the telephone line was cut under heavy fire and he went out to find the break and repair it. Returning to his dug out he was informed the wire was cut again. Out he went again under shell fire and German aircraft bombs, on one occasion a shell falling just 20 yards from him. His dugout received a hit and collapsed. In total he was to venture out on five occasions to repair the line, he was informed the following day his name had been put forward for the award of the Military Medal. In October news was received that his brother George serving with the 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment had died of wounds. On the 11th November he was in a rest camp Numugees when he got the news of the Armistice. Proceeding to Cologne he served with the army of occupation until his discharge in October 1919. He returned to his former job at Addenbrooke Hospital until his retirement in 1948, he died in 1976.

A pair of wall plaque pictures of 19thC yachts in the form of anchors, highly decorated with sea shells

A collection of  WWI related crested ware, examples by Arcadian and Carlton, including Tommy and his machine gun, tank, field guns, ambulances, shells etc, various crests including Edinburgh, Reading, Pontefract, Scarborough, Brighton and Exmoor. 

Douglas (Sir Howard). A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, published with the Approbation and Permission of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1st edition, John Murray, 1820, 5 folding letterpress tables, 5 engraved folding plates, title page spotted and plates slightly spotted and browned, a few light spots and stains to text, one folding table (21) slightly torn in upper margin, contemporary ownership inscription 'Wm Vane' to title page, annotations in a similar hand to pp. 183 and 220, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, 8vo (20.5 x 13 cm) Scarce first edition. The work went through five editions by 1861 and remained the basis of study until the 1840s, when Douglas fell out with the captain of training ship HMS Excellent over the significance of the new shell-firing guns: 'unlike members of the liberal school, Douglas considered shells unreliable and inaccurate. War experience would prove him largely correct' (ODNB). (1)

Bygones, collectables, records 45rpm Lonnie Donegan, Acker Bilk, quantity of various shells, petty point dressing table set, other record sets, The Sound of Music, various other records, to include Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody, etc. (a quantity)

A set of four Victorian silver candlesticks, probably by Thomas James & Nathaniel Creswick, of rococo design with acanthus leafy dish holders, inverted baluster stems and shaped platform feet, heavily set with further acanthus leaf scrolls and shells, Sheffield 1848, 30cm high, 142oz and two similar designed three branch candelabra silver plated sections, unmarked.

A Tibetan nomadic headdress, late Qing Dynasty possibly from the Labrang nomads of Amdo region in Eastern Tibet, of shield form with padded ear flaps, applied with rough turquoise stones, small shells and inlaid metal bosses, fringed with dark blue beads. 67cm long

A Tibetan nomadic headdress, late Qing Dynasty possibly from the Labrang nomads of Amdo region in Eastern Tibet, of pillar-box form with padded neck flap, applied with rough turquoise stones, small shells, concentric coloured beadwork and inlaid metal bosses. 23cm dia.

Wilson (Rev. T.). The Little Conchologist; an introduction to the classification of shells, Darton & Clark, [1837], additional half title, engraved frontispiece with contemporary hand colouring, tissue guard, and three additional uncoloured engraved plates, contemporary manuscript ownership signature to front and rear endpaper, index and advertisement for books published by Darton & Clark at rear, all edges gilt, publisher's blind patterned cloth with printed title and ruled margin to upper cover, slight staining. 12mo in 6s Rare. No copy sold in auction in the last twenty-five years. Only two institutional copies found (British Library and Natural History Museum). Lawrence Darton, The Dartons, An annotated check-list, H234. (1)

FIVE BOXES AND LOOSE SUNDRY ITEMS, to include shells, telephone, green bowls, signed golf bag, pictures, mirror, Laura Ashley wallpaper, books etc

THREE BOXES AND LOOSE CERAMICS, GLASS, ETC, to include shells, Royal Doulton series ware, Ridgways tankards 'Coaching Days', Dresden inkstand (a/f), Carn pottery vase, crested wares etc

FOUR MAJOLICA PALISSY STYLE LOBSTER AND CRAB PLAQUES, with central crab or lobster surrounded by shells, clams etc, diameters approximately 30cm & 31.5cm

A NAME BOARD FROM THE WORLD WAR II VETERAN BATTLESHIP H.M.S. DUKE OF YORK (1940) the ¾in. deep polished brass red-sided lettering secured to D-ended wooden display board with iron suspension hooks behind -- 21 x 149in. (53.5 x 378.5cm.) Provenance: Ex-Ferrers-Walker Collection; Formerly on loan to the Royal Navy Museum, Portsmouth The sixth ship to bear this name, Duke of York was a King George V Class battleship built by John Brown & Co. Commissioned in November 1941, the next month she carried Winston Churchill to the United States for the first Anglo-American staff meeting. After supporting some convoys and Operation Torch, she returned to Arctic waters providing distant cover for convoy JW55B when, on 26th December 1943, the cruisers Norfolk, Belfast and Sheffield began shadowing the commerce raiding battlecruiser Scharnhorst. With hard steaming, Duke of York commenced accurate fire with 14in. shells about 20 minutes after Norfolk's initial salvos had knocked out her radar and denied her the range and weight advantage she had. Joined by Jamaica , Scharnhorst was hit at least 13 times before getting out of range, but a lucky shell from Duke of York , fired at over 18,000 yards (about ten miles) plunged into her boilers and, for about twenty minutes, her speed was reduced from 26kts to 10kts - enough time for destroyers to manouver and launch a torpedo attack, four of which struck home. The Duke of York and Jamaica closed range and subjected Scharnhorst to withering fire. Fifteen minutes later, with a further eight torpedoes finding their mark, Scharnhorst exploded and sank with the loss of 1,803 crew only 36 survived. Duke of York remained in Arctic waters until September 1944 before joining the Pacific Fleet, taking part in the bombardment of the Japanese home islands in August 1945. Placed in reserve in 1949, she was scrapped at Faslane in 1958. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

A large quantity of decorative sea shells

A four piece shell carrier, mid 20th CenturyThe four green painted shell carriers for 10.5cm shells, housed in a wicker case, height 70cm A four piece shell carrier, mid 20th CenturyThe four green painted shell carriers for 10.5cm shells, housed in a wicker case, height 70cm

A group of trench art, to include, engraved shells, a pair of vases, ashtrays, shells with applied cap badges and more, plus a couple of carved wooden figures (parcel)

a small selection of trench art items, to include shells, matchbox holders etc, together with a WWI Christmas tin two machine gun magazines, a gun cleaning kit, a bronzed figure of a Third Reich Officer, US Marine Corps white metal dish, a spitfire ashtray, and more (parcel)

A Mid 18th Century Ivory Brisé Fan, painted with a medallion of two young women in the countryside and surrounded with floral decoration, the verso painted with a tree (21cm), together with an ivory brisé fan with pierced decoration depicting leaves, the guards carved with shells (21cm) requires re-ribboning, some paint replaced and rubbed in parts. Some areas of piercing without attachment.

Two Late 18th Century Dutch Fans, one with a vellum leaf painted with the returning traveller, to the left reserve a hound and sheep, to the right a goat and sheep, the surround with fruit, flowers and shells, having pierced and carved ivory sticks (29cm), together with a fan painted with a central scene of musicians, the left reserve with windmills and a harbour scene, the right with a farmyard scene, the outer border with en grisaille decoration (30cm) (2) The vellum fan is in fair condition, slight rubbing to the decoration but rubbing the upper guards, part of one guard missing. The other fan lacking a guard, two sticks and a section of the outer leaf.

A collection of natural history items, including a trilobite, echinoid, stag beetle, two quartz crystals, hexagonal crystal matrix, various seeds, pods, and shells

10th Foot Artillery Regiment 1907 Enlisted Mans Shoulder Boards, an exact matching mint unused pair for an enlisted man, yellow piped, number ‘10’ chain stitched with the crossed flaming shells laid upon the field grey green cloth.

WW1 German Wicker Shell Container, a superb piece of manufacturing being the containers for shells, each measuring 45cm in length 10cm cylindrical. Centre core all constructed in wickerwork, supporting a wood frame with metal top. Maker stamped to one of the wood supports. One webbing carrying strap with the metal top in field grey green.

Rare German WW1 Wood Transit Case for Wurfgranaten M.1915 Trench Mortar Shells, measures 46cms x 33cms x 20cms, with iron handles and fittings. Lid stencilled ‘Wurfgranaten 1915’, front ‘WG 15’ and the reverse ‘Leer zuruck zur Kisten auf arheftu8ngsstelle in der Heimat’. Slight rusting to metal parts, very slight worming.

405th Foot Artillery Regiment Enlisted Mans M.15/16 Shoulder Boards, an exact matching pair of the yellow based with red chain stitched numbers and applied red flaming shells, field grey backed, mint condition.

Late 19th / early 20th century West Indies shell valentine of octagonal glazed form, with motto - 'A Present from Barbados', 22cm wide CONDITION REPORT No apparent loose or missing shells, one of the three shells above the word 'from' has a piece missing from it, one of the small shells below 'Barbados' has a hole in it

Fourteen late 19th/early 20th Century jelly and blancmange dishes, decorated with rabbits, castles, fish and shells.

Quantity of head dresses mainly made with vintage materials, including diamante, faux pearls, shells, etc, six pairs of Dior hold-up stockings in original packing, size 1, a pair of Aristoc Cantrece seam-free stockings and a pair of Aristoc Mirabelle stockings in original packing 

Five artillery shells; together with a German beef tin

1953 Triumph Mayflower, 1247 cc. Registration STN 336. Chassis number TT 32864 DL. Body number 5386 59. Engine number TT 33919. The Mayflower was a four-seater family car powered by a 1247 cc side-valve engine through a three-speed, column-change gearbox. It had 'Razor Edge' styling, like its big brother the Renown, mimicking the style of the Rolls Royce of the period (hence its nicknames: the "poor man's Rolls Royce", or the "baby Rolls Royce"). It is thought that Sir John Black styled the car to appeal to the American market, with the name 'Mayflower' being chosen for this reason. Even the bonnet catch was designed with an integral emblem of the ship of the same name; a reference to the 'Pilgrim Fathers'. The engine is a modified version of that fitted to the Standard Ten and boasted an aluminium cylinder head. With the single Solex carburettor, it created 38 bhp. The gearbox came from the Standard Vanguard, having synchromesh on all forward gears. The body was designed at 'Mulliners of Birmingham', and the body shells were built by 'Fisher and Ludlow' at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. It was the first car to be manufactured - by either Standard or Triumph - with 'unitary construction' (i.e. consisting of an integral chassis and body, rather than a body bolted onto a separate chassis). Around 34,000 were made in the four-year production run, with around 16,400 being sold in the UK; the rest being sold mostly to commonwealth countries with only 510 going to its intended American market. This example was first registered on the 11th June 1953 to a lady school teacher in the Preston area, she retained her, laying her up in 1971 with a mileage of 25,809. In 1973 John Hanks of Benton Car Sales, Newcastle upon Tyne bought her. In 1973 he removed the engine for a rebore, new pistons and a crankshaft reground; the mileage was 25,900. It was rarely used and again stored until 1983 when it went for an MOT at 26,445 miles In 2002 an attempt to sell it to a gentleman in Hamburg resulted in another MOT at 26,528 miles; this fell through and my vendor bought her in September 2004. He has not used her, the mileage today is 26,567, although he has carried out some minor recommissioning including the radiator was removed and flushed, replaced heater and radiator hoses, lubed and greased nipples, wax oiled, fitted with new hand brake cable and master cylinder but neither are connected. Sold with the V5C, 1985 and 2002 MOT's, tax discs from 1972, 1974 and 1977, assorted paperwork, handbook, parts books/manuals and the following, jack, tool kit, starting handle, spare wheel and a new, unfitted exhaust.

1959 Triumph T100, 498 cc. Registration number HAS 832 (non transferable). Frame number T100 022161. Engine number T100 022161. The sports version of Edward Turner's trend-setting Speed Twin, the Tiger 100 was launched in 1938, reappearing in 1946 with telescopic forks in place of the original girders, and separate dynamo and magneto instead of the pre-war version's mag-dyno. An alloy cylinder head and barrel were adopted for 1951, these and other engine improvements boosting power to 32bhp, while a swinging-arm frame and 8"-diameter front brake (first seen on the 650cc Tiger 110) were fitted from 1954 onwards. A splayed-port cylinder head with twin carburettors became available from the start of the 1957 model year, and this would represent the ultimate development of the Tiger 100, which in mid-1959 was replaced by the new, unitary construction Tiger 100A. HAS has unknown early history but according to the V5C it would appear to be a UK bike as it states it has had four owners since it was first registered on the 7th of April 1959. In November 2014 Barrie Smithson of Hartlepool owned it and sold it to our vendor in December 2017 in need of a full restoration; its original number had gone by then. He is a retired engineer who enjoys the rebuilding more than the riding and set about a comprehensive restoration including, a total engine rebuild with new pistons, bearings and shells, the slickshift gearbox received similar work and a new Amal carb fitted. The frame was repainted, new rims, a rechrome and wiring loom completed the work. Since finishing it some 300 settling in miles have been undertaken and he is now looking for a new project. Sold with the V5C and many of the restoration receipts.

Antique Victorian flagon covered completely with various sized shells which depicts floral design. Stands 33cm in height.

A Vintage case filled with various collectables. Includes silver flatwares, 2 Mother of pearl shells, White metal porringer and various odds

A collection of oriental Jade and hard stone items, together with two mother of pearl shells

Collectables to include artillery shells

A 19th century bridge or gaming set comprised of four boxes each decorated in red and gilt with a suite of cards, containing cards, counters including mother of pearl examples, a bag of assorted small shells, and a quantity of 19th century Continental coins, the boxes sat on a lacquered tray, 26.5cm x 19.5cm CONDITION REPORT: If you require further images of this lot or a condition report please contact us with your request as condition reports have not been included in the description

A group of English porcelain, late 18th/early 19th century, comprising; a Flight, Barr & Barr saucer printed with shells; a Charles Bourne coffee cup and saucer; three various cups and saucers; three saucers two cups and a Copeland Spode `Royal Yacht' saucer, (15).

Silver, comprising; a pair of George III curved rectangular salts, each decorated with fruiting vine and scallop shells to the rim, raised on four ball feet, crest and motto engraved, London 1813 and a silver salt spoon, London 1836, combined weight 221 gms, (3).

Six ostrich egg shells & another Condition Report: please request* *Condition is not stated in this type of auction with description and must be obtained by email prior to bidding as items are otherwise are purchased 'as seen'

A pair of silver butter shells, Nayler Brothers, London 1969, inscribed; and a small silver salver, Birmingham 1961, with facsimile signatures, the shells 13cm long, 13ozt

A large quantity of sea shells, various sizes including a conch (grey shoebox)

A NEW HALL TEABOWL & SAUCER bat printed with landscapes to the teabowl and a figure in a garden to the saucer; an early 19th century Barr, Flight & Barr cup and saucer decorated with shells within gilt borders, impressed marks to base; a teacup and saucer each printed with a sheperdess to a vermicular gilt ground; and a teacup and saucer painted en grisaille with floral motifs

Victorian Royal Worcester centrepiece/trough by Philips and Pearce, decorated with semi-nude maiden and shells, date lozenge to underside, height 22cm. width 43cm

A Fine Military Gunter's Rule, c.1830, English, brass, by Henry Barrow, signed 'Barrow London' and 'E I C' in heart-shaped cartouche for the East India Company, scales on both sides, in addition to usual navigation, trigonomic and calculating scales and scale rule, there are gunner's scales for diameter of bore, diameter of shot and shells for various mortars and guns etc., length 63cm Note: Henry Barrow was Instrument Maker to the Surveyor General of India 1830-183

A Georgian Collection of Shells, c.1800, English, solid mahogany cabinet opens to reveal five lift-out trays of shells in individual compartments, each compartment lined with cotton wool with a hand-written label to verso detailing the shell and location it was found, case height 17.5cm

Agate book ends together with a collection of shells, geological samples, bakelite pots and covers, carriage clock, drinking glasses, handbags, rulers etc

A North African flyssa dagger, inlaid blade, brass bird head hilt; another similar; another, decorated with conch shells, probably Algerian, (3)

World War I - a pair of Trench Art shells or large bullets, worked as souvenirs for the mantel, each round embossed with a sprig of flowers and inscribed Souvenir de Dave, Namur 1919, 16.5cm high, dated 1919

A pair of WWI trench art artillery shells, wrigglework inscribed, 'Ypres, Loos, Armentieres, Somme, Arras, Somme - Lieut. D.S. Tailyour, R.F.A.', 22cm high; the other, 'Officers - Captain G.E.W. Franklyn M.C., Lieut. T.H. Tacon, D.S. Tailyour, H. Dare, P. Brownlow, T. Scott, J.A. Stitt, B Battery, Late D, 44th Bde. R.F.A.' (2)

Collection of Shells in Wooden Box

Sea shells, Siamese cats, a stick stand etc