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A pair of Chinese carved mother-of-pearl shells depicting figures in a pagoda landscape with figures fishing in a pond and bordered with carp, each 17.5cm x 20cm., together with another carved shell, the centre decorated with a gourd and flowering shrubs bordered with figures in a village landscape and a carp to the base, 23 x 25cm., all with carved hardwood stands.

A 19th century sailors shell valentine, decorated with a variety of shells with banded borders, contained in an oak octagonal frame.37cm. wide.

A Manual Mafra Portuguese Palissy Ware dish modelled with three large fish on leafy foliage, the border with smaller fish, shrimps and shells, 33 cm diameter, impressed marks, late 19th century.

A Belleek tea service moulded as shells and coral and comprising 6 cups and saucers, milk jug and sugar bowl, slop bowl and teapot (all but one saucer with black "Second Period" mark), a similar scalloped bowl on coral stand, another similar coral stand (neither marked) and a Royal Worcester bone china coffee cup and saucer of black and gold ground with stylized gold foliage

A Rare and Fabulous Hand Dyed and Appliquéd Silk Velvet Cape, c1920s; beautiful colours decorated with Tazmanian Maireener iridescent shells. Excellent work. (1)

A tray of mixed shells and a piece of coral

Two trays of mixed shells including urchins

Two tray of mixed shells including limpets

Assorted items incl. Spectacles, Shells, Buttons, Blotter, etc

A quantity of items incl. carriage clock case, a Victorian photographic plate, a box of Cowrie shells, etc.

A Quantity of Ornaments to include a Lady made of Shells, two elegant Ladies in Pink, Vases etc.

A Swansea Dilwyn blue and white transfer printed Plate with ``shells and flowers`` decoration and the name Thomas Thomas added after glazing. 10 1/2`` diam. In good condition.

Taxidermy: a Gull, by W. Alderton of Haverhill, glass front and side case, shaded backdrop with a groundwork of grass and shells, trade label to rear

A small circular Bowl, decorated in the Lalique manner, with shells and seaweed, 5 ¾” diam

A freshwater cultured pearl and mother of pearl festoon necklace, the three row festoon set with mermaids, fish and sunbursts interspersed with large freshwater cultured pearls and mother of pearl shells, 44cm long

A hammered copper basin, of circular scalloped form, engraved with central floral design and scrolling shield type pattern, diameter 45 cm, together with a pair of shells and a brass kettle, with postal scales, weights and a hanging balance, together with a pierced brass pot and lid, (a lot).

"Pair of Georgian silver `Six Shell` candlesticks, cast with irregular shaped feet formed from six scallop shells, similarly decorated stem and removable sconces, maker`s mark of D.L. over rose motif, London 1752, 22cm h "

"Silver salver, the circular rim cast with shells about a foliate scroll border enclosing a vacant roundel, James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield 1905, 26cm, 566grs"

JAN BLAZEJ WOZNIAK Still life, a glass of wine, bunch of grapes, cherries, fruit shells and semi peeled lemon upon a platter on a table surface, signed with monogram, oils on canvas, 10" x 15 1/2"

B B WADHAM (19TH CENTURY, BRITISH) Signed and Dated 1873 Oil on Canvas Three Children Playing Jacks with Snail Shells in a Street 27” x 35”

A 19th century teaset printed blue seaweed and shells

A PAIR OF ROYAL WORCESTER TURQUOISE TABLE SALTS each in the form of shells, 6" wide x 4 1/2" high

A Victorian Scottish silver trinket box, Edinburgh 1890, of circular form, the cover chased with a Classical scene within a border of shells and putti. Diameter 6.75cm, 2.10 troy ounces.

A pair of modern glass lamps of hexagonal form, filled with shells and three oriental porcelain lamp bases converted from vases and ginger jars, (a.f), (5).

A Newlyn copper wall pocket, 19th century, embossed with scrolls, shells and flowers, the domed form bowl with a hinged lid, 50cm.

Four giltwood carved wall mirrors, late 19th century, of small proportions, each with carved and pierced frames, a set of mahogany and brass postal scales and a metal serving dish modelled as a fish and mounted with abalone shells, (6).

A group of four sea shells with engraved floral decoration, inscribed Souvenir Caledonie, two other engraved shells and a group of Whales teeth, each worked with holes for hanging, one with scrimshaw initials MM, all pre 1947

A late Victorian bell push, mounted with a gilt bird above three mother of pearl shells, upon an alabaster base

A set of brass postal scales, bus conductor`s ticket, binoculars, cowrie shells, etc

An early 20th century French diorama, a vaseline glass shoe, three pieces of decorative glassware, and a quantity of sea shells

A Minton Parian figure `Miranda`, circa 1857, modelled after John Bell, impressed factory marks (lacking string of shells), together with another Minton Parian figure Dorothea, after John Bell (chipping to base edge).

A George V walnut bergère four piece suite with double caned panels, each back carved with scallop shells and foliage above scroll moulded armrests, on foliate scroll shouldered cabriole legs and claw and ball feet, comprising a three seat settee, pair of armchairs and a tub back salon chair.

An unusual early 20th Century mahogany bijouterie cabinet of horseshoe form, the hinged lid inset with a glazed panel above a glazed body, the shaped frieze carved with scallop shells and scrolls, on carved acanthus leaf cabriole legs and claw and ball feet, height approx 86cm, width approx 67cm. Note: purportedly from the Jockey Club of Canada.

A pair of mid/late 20th Century shell, coral and hardstone encrusted oval girandole wall mirrors, each frame profusely adorned with borders of cowrie shells, other shells, coral, amethyst and malachite, fitted with a single cut glass scroll branch candle holder, approx 80cm x 64cm. Note: purchased by the vendor from Countess Raine Spencer.

A mid/late 20th Century shell encrusted octagonal wall mirror, profusely adorned with borders of cowrie, abalone and other sea shells, approx 87cm x 87cm. Note: purchased by the vendor from Countess Raine Spencer.

A box of items to include a Lord Kitchener tin plate, litho printed money box, a Mauchline ware miniature rolling pin, decorated with shells, a Mauchline ware box etc.

A late 19th century centrepiece, in the style of Moore & Co., modelled as two putti holding a flower encrusted conch shell, two shells at their feet and raised upon a gilt, naturalistic oval base. Hairline cracks. Height 35cm.

A matched pair of silver shaped square candlesticks by William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London 1895 & 1909, in mid Georgian style, with detachable sconces, multiknop stems and shells at the angles, 29cm (11in) high, loaded

A set of four early George III cast silver hexa-lobed candlesticks by Ebenezer Coker, London 1764, with detachable sconces, reel capitals with rope twist borders, multiknop stems, the bases with shells and scroll outline, 26.5cm (10in) high overall, 2692g (86.55 oz)

Garniture of three Victorian displays of various sea shells housed under glass domes, larger central oval dome flanked by two smaller circular domes, 40cm x 29cm overall height Further images and condition reports available at www.reemandansie.com

Early twentieth century German porcelain ornament of a cupid flanked by two clam shells, on floral encrusted rococo base, 25cm Further images and condition reports available at www.reemandansie.com

GIRANDOLES, a pair, Victorian giltwood with gesso foliate frames around the oval plates, ribbon crests and triple candle branches issuing from shells, 83cm H x 52cm W. (2) (as found)

A FRENCH 19TH CENTURY ROCOCO REVIVAL GILT-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, the white enamel dial signed J. Meyer, 31 & 33 Boulevard St. Martin, Paris, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, the movement signed Mougin, all within an elaborately cast case with c-scrolls, shells and stylised foliage. 53.5cm.

A Continental maiolica oyster dish, with a young boy kneeling and fishing between two open shells supported on a shaped base. 32cm high

Two pottery busts, one with a white glaze with shells, the other with a crown of buildings (2)

A silver four piece tea and coffee service in mid 19thC style, each piece cast with foliate scrolls and shells and half fluted, comprising teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and two handled sugar bowl, Sheffield 1961, 81oz gross.

A Victorian silver waiter, the pie crust border cast with shells, engraved overall with foliate scrolls, on three scrolling feet, Sheffield 1846, 14oz, 24cm diameter. Provenance: Barbara, Lady Brassey

Winnifred Mann of Hyde Hall 1899, an album containing various watercolour drawings, sketches, etc, to include butterflies, furniture, shells, flowers and two visitors books referring to the Jorgensen family circa 1900, and that of Barbara Lady Brassey. Provenance: Barbara, Lady Brassey

Bust of John Travers Cornwell ïHero of JutlandÍ No.580 by Caledonia China, inscribed ïJohn Travers Cornwell-The Boy Aged 16-Hero Of Jutland Battle-Faithful Unto Death, impressed: ïHMS ChesterÍ on cap band, (Blackness), 108mm high, See Robert Southall, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (The First World War through the eyes of the Heraldic China Manufacturers) Milestone Publications, 1982, p.22 John ñJackî Travers Cornwell was born as a third child into a working-class family at Clyde Place, Leyton, Essex (now in Greater London). His parents were Eli and Lily Cornwell. The family later moved to Alverstone Road, East Ham. He joined the Boy Scouts but left school at the age of 14. At the outbreak of the First World War, ex-soldier Eli Cornwell volunteered for service and was fighting in France under Lord Kitchener. The older brother Arthur also served in an infantry regiment in Flanders. In October 1915, Jack Cornwell gave up his job as a delivery boy and enlisted in the Royal Navy, without his fatherÍs permission. He had references from his headmaster and employer. He carried out his basic training at HMS Vivid Keyham Naval Barracks at Plymouth and received further training as a Sight Setter or Gun Layer and became Boy Seaman First Class. On the Easter Monday of 1916, Cornwell left for Rosyth, Scotland to join his assignment in the navy. He was assigned to HMS Chester. Battle of Jutland - HMS Chester On 31 May 1916, the Chester was scouting ahead of the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland when the ship turned to investigate gunfire in the distance. At 17:30 hours, the Chester soon came under intense fire from four Kaiserliche Marine cruisers, each her own size, which had suddenly emerged out of the haze and increasing funnel smoke of the battlefield. The shielded 5.5-inch gun mounting where Cornwell was serving as a sight-setter was affected by at least four nearby hits. The ChesterÍs gun mountings were open backed shields and did not reach the deck. Splinters were thus able to pass under them or enter the open back when shells exploded nearby or behind. All of the gunÍs crew were killed except Cornwell who, although severely wounded, managed to stand back up, and despite the entire gun crew around him dead or wounded, he remained standing at his post for more than 15 minutes until the Chester retired from the action with only one main gun still working. The Chester had received a total of 18 hits, but partial hull armour meant the interior of the ship suffered little serious damage and the ship was never in peril. The situation on deck, however, was dire. Many of the gun crews had lost lower limbs due to splinters passing under the gun shields. British ships report passing the Chester to cheers from limbless wounded gun crew laid out on her deck and smoking cigarettes, only to hear that the same crewmen had died a few hours later from blood loss and shock. After the action, ship medics arrived on deck to find Cornwell the sole survivor at his gun, shards of steel penetrating his chest, looking at the gun sights and still waiting for orders. Being incapable of further action, the Chester was ordered to the port of Immingham. There Cornwell was transferred to Grimsby General Hospital, although he was clearly dying. He died on the morning of 2 June 1916 before his mother could arrive at the hospital. Three months later, Captain Robert Lawson of the Chester described the events to the British Admiralty. Though at first reluctant, the Admiralty eventually decided to recommend Cornwell for a posthumous Victoria Cross and King George V endorsed it. The recommendation for citation from Admiral David Beatty, reads: ñThe instance of devotion to duty by Boy (1st Class) John Travers Cornwell who was mortally wounded early in the action, but nevertheless remained standing alone at a most exposed post, quietly awaiting orders till the end of the action, with the gunÍs crew dead and wounded around him. He was under 16 years old. I regret that he has since died, but I recommend his case for special recognition in justice to his memory and as an acknowledgement of the high example set by him.î Jack Cornwell was initially buried in a common grave (Square 126 Grave 323) in Manor Park Cemetery, London, but his body was exhumed on 29 July 1916 and he was reburied with full military honours also in Manor Park Cemetery Square 55 Grave 13. Jack CornwellÍs father Eli, who died on 25 October 1916 was buried in the same grave on 31 October 1916 having died from bronchitis during home service with the Royal Defence Corps. The epitaph to Jack Cornwell on his grave monument reads, ñIt is not wealth or ancestry but honourable conduct and a noble disposition that maketh men great.î On 16 November 1916, CornwellÍs mother received the Victoria Cross from King George V at Buckingham Palace. Court painter Frank O. Salisbury made a portrait of Cornwell, using his brother Ernest as a model, depicting him standing in his post. The Boy Cornwell Memorial Fund was also established. After that, the rest of the family was effectively forgotten. After Eli CornwellÍs death on 25 October 1916, his stepbrother Arthur Frederick Cornwell was killed in action in France on 29 August 1918. Impoverished Alice Cornwell died at Stepney on 31 October 1919 at 745 Commercial Road in rooms she was forced to take when her sonÍs memorial fund refused financial aid at the age of 48. The two of her children remaining at home were granted £60 a year in a pension from the fund after AliceÍs death, but this proved insufficient and they both emigrated to Canada in the early 1920s. Jack CornwellÍs elder half-sister, also named Alice, loaned JackÍs Victoria Cross to the Imperial War Museum on 27 November 1968. SalisburyÍs portrait of Cornwell hangs in the Anglican church within the Royal NavyÍs Initial Training Establishment HMS Raleigh, perhaps selected as an appropriate place also because the shipÍs Chaplain, The Rev. Cyril Ambrose Walton, was also killed during the action. A Rare Bust of Sailor by Savoy China, inscribed ïHMS LionÍ, on round glazed base, (Macclesfield), 135mm high, (2)

A Collection of Thirty Four Cannon Shells, including amongst others,, Model of Russian Shrapnel Shell by W.H. Goss, inscribed ïModel of Russian Shrapnel Shell-The Original Was Captured By The Huns & Fired By Them At The BritishÍ, (Kirkwell), 110mm high, See Robert Southall, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (The First World War through the eyes of the Heraldic China Manufacturers) Milestone Publications, 1982, p.44, Model of ïJack JohnsonÍ Shell by Arcadian China, inscribed (City of Bristol), 130mm high, See Robert Southall, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (The First World War through the eyes of the Heraldic China Manufacturers) Milestone Publications, 1982, p.45, Model of British 15in. Shell by Carlton China, (Norfolk), 95mm high, Model of British 6in. Inciendiary Shell by W.H. Goss, (Bradford), 112mm high, See Robert Southall, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (The First World War through the eyes of the Heraldic China Manufacturers) Milestone Publications, 1982, p.44, Model of Cannon Shell by Arcadian China, inscribed ïHartlepools Bombardment Dec 16th 1914, (Blandford-Forum), 90mm high, (34).

Captain (Charles) Bruce Bairnsfather (9th July 1888 - 29th September 1959) Bruce Bairnsfather was born to a military family, and spent his early life in India, but was brought to England in 1895 to be educated at the United Services College, Westward Ho!, then at Stratford-upon-Avon. Initially intending a military career, he failed entrance exams to Sandhurst and Woolwich Academies but joined the Cheshire Regiment. He resigned in 1907 to become an artist, studying at the John Hassall School of Art. Unsuccessful at first, he worked as an electrical engineer. Working in this capacity for the Old Memorial Theatre, Stratford, brought him into acquaintance with Marie Corelli, who introduced him to Thomas Lipton, a connection that led to commissions to draw advertising sketches for Lipton tea, PlayerÍs cigarettes, KeeneÍs mustard and BeechamÍs Pills. On the outbreak of the Great War, joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914 and served with a machine gun unit in France until 1915, when he was hospitalised with shell shock and hearing damage sustained during the Second Battle of Ypres. Posted to the 34th Division HQ on Salisbury Plain, he developed his humourous series for the Bystander about life in the trenches, featuring ïOld BillÍ, a curmudgeonly soldier with trademark walrus moustache and balaclava. The best remembered of these shows ïBillÍ with another soldier in a muddy shell hole with shells whizzing all around, with the other soldier grumbling, Bill advises, ïif you know of a better ïole go to itÍ. Many of his cartoons from this period were collected in Fragments From France (1914) and the autobiographical Bullets & Billets (1916). Despite the immense popularity with the troops and massive sales increase for the Bystander, initially there were objections to the ñvulgar caricatureî, nevertheless, their success in raising morale led to his promotion and receipt of a War Office appointment to draw similar cartoons for other Allied forces. In later life, he had found himself typecast as the creator of Old Bill and after his death in 1959, his Times obituary concluded of his career that he was ñfortunate in possessing a talent .... which suited almost to the point of genius one particular moment and one particular set of circumstances; and he was unfortunate in that he was never able to adapt, at all happily, his talent to new times and new circumstancesî. A Bruce Bairnsfather Old Bill Car Mascot, inscribed ïBruce BairnsfatherÍ to helmet rim, the underside marked with copyright and registration numbers, 11.5cm high.

AN EDWARD VII WAITER the cavetto embossed with shells in scrolling rim, on three volute feet, 25.5cm diam, by James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield 1905, 18ozs ++Minor dents and light wear, polish residues and engraved with a contemporary inscription to a clergyman dated 1905

A GEORGE II WAITER the moulded border with shells at intervals, on three feet, crested, 15.5cm diam, maker`s mark illegible, London 1754, 6ozs ++Then engraved band of strapwork to the field of late 19th c date but otherwise a sound example with light overall wear, the marks good, the maker`s struck from a worn punch

A CORAL NECKLACE of well matched beads graduated slightly from the centre and with early Victorian coral cameo and gold oval slide chased with shells and scrolls ++In fine condition

A Georgian pine barrel back alcove Cupboard with shaped shells and arched top. 2` 11" (89cms) wide.

A GILT CARVED PIER GLASS, 19th century, the oblong plate within a husked border, surrounded by pierced foliate scrolls interspersed with scallop shells, 22 1/2" x 17 1/4"

A pair of Brass circular Wall Mirrors, crested with shells and scrolls, each applied at the foot with a single sconce, 11” high (2)

A late 19th/early 20th Century Mahogany Jardinière Stand, of shaped rectangular form, raised on four swept supports moulded at the knees with scrolls and shells, 41 ½” high

Two Boxes of various Sea Shells etc

Two carved cameo shells, decorated with a winged angel and child and St. George slaying the dragon