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A Victorian late 19th century black lacquered Papier-Mache jewellery & writing box. The jewellery cabinet having a shaped raised top over double front doors inlaid with abalone shells & gilt painted decorations. The doors opening to reveal a bank of five drawers each fully appointed for jewellery storage & sewing kits. The last drawer sliding out to reveal a travelling writing slope & inkwells sections with intricate floral decoration atop. Raised on plinth base. Measures approx. 30cm x 26cm x 19cm.

An 18th century George III carved mahogany stool having a floral tapestry top with carved shell detailing to the frieze with further carved shells to the cabriole legs terminating into a C-scroll. Measures approx. 49cm x 67cm x 37cm.    

A pair of late 19th century Victorian carved pearl shells, engraved 'From Reggie to Mother' to one shell, and 'Andaman Islands' to the other. Carved floral engraving to the shell's edge. Tallest measures 17cm long, 14cm tall approx.

Conchology: A Group of World Sea Shells Under Dome, modern, a large Conch shell in inverted position, together with a small Fluted clam shell to the fore, surrounded by various fan corals, enclosed beneath a large modern circular glass dome, diameter 24cm, overall height 52cm

An assorted lot including Poole Pottery shells, a Mintons meat charger, vintage bird dish, lamp etc

A pair of gilded wall brackets in the form of shells - height approx. 50cm

HAWAIIAN INTEREST: A DOCUMENTARY GOLD SNUFF BOXCirca 1860, unmarked Rectangular, with engine-turned decoration, the cover with a small plaque engraved 'KAMEHAMEHA IVTH TO E.SHELLEY', the thumbpiece chased with floral scrolls and shells, length 8.2cm, weight 103gms.Footnotes:Kamehameha IVth, King of Hawaii, was born 4th February 1834 and succeded his uncle, Kamehameha III, on his death on 5th December 1854. He had one son, Albert Edward Kaukeaoulipto Keliimaikai, born in 1858, to whom Queen Victoria was Godmother. However, the child died in 1862 and Kamehameha IVth died of grief the following year and was succeded by his brother, Lot, as Kamehameha Vth.Provenance: Christies, London31 OCTOBER 1993Silver & Objects of VertuFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Collection of assorted shells, t/w a small quantity of ammonite fossils.

A late 19th century French brass mantel clock, with Japy Freres bell strike movement, no. 21718, retailer's mark for Miller & Sons and 'CAF', the gilt dial with husk rosette decoration and enamel Roman numeral inserts, the ornate balloon case with pineapple finial, grotesque masks, shells and gadrooned borders, on ornate bracket feet, 14½in. (36.8cm.) high. * Condition: Winds and runs, strikes correctly. Gilt wear throughout. Enamel numerals all in good condition.Small chip to edge of bevelled glass.

Tribal Art - A Yoruba Eshu figure, Nigeria, West Africa, 19th/20th century, the simple robed figure with plain headdress and bead necklace, decorated with cowrie shells, 6 3/4in. (17.1cm.).

A George II style mahogany fretwork and brass mirror, the rectangular plate with reeded slip and shaped crest and apron, with applied brass flowerheads and shells, 27 ¼ x 15 ¼in. (69.25 x 38.75cm.).

A Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Belmont, Modder River, Paardeburg and Driefontein, with ghost dates to the reverse and named to the edge '276955 Sto E. Easterbrook H.M.S. Monarch'. Edward James Easterbrook was born on the 11th January 1875 in Stonehouse, Devon, the son of James and Elizabeth Easterbrook of 24 Melbourne Street, North Road, Plymouth. He joined the Navy on the 18th June 1894, initially for 12 years. He served aboard HMS Monarch from the 3rd August 1897 until the 11th April 1900. He was killed in action on the 31st May 1916 at Jutland in action against the German Fleet whilst serving aboard H.M.S Warrior in the North Sea. He had served aboard this ship from the 1st July 1913. He will also have been entitled to a 1914/15 Trio and a Memorial Plaque. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Warrior was assigned 1st Cruiser Squadron, on the 31st Warrior was hit by at least fifteen 28cm and six 15cm shells. With extensive copied research *Condition: Good condition.

A Second World War Group of four comprising 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Pacific Star and War Medal, unnamed as issued, with a posthumous condolence note named to Squadron Leader J. Turton. The medals mounted for wear, and in home-made case with conformation slip mounted to the lid and side. With the recipients Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book. A collection of letters to his sister, a framed photograph of the recipient in uniform signed 'Lots of Love Jack'. Photographs of Turton and his colleagues in 197 Squadron, images from his funeral, copies of sketches by Official War Artist Cuthbert Orde, patches, presentation tankard and other items. Jack Turton of Knowles Road, Batley had a successful career in the RAF Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. Serving with number 124816 he rose to the rank of Squadron Leader (Pilot) before his tragic death at the age of 24 in a flying accident on active service. Jack Turton's log book detail his flying career, primary training began in 1941 at the U.S. Army Air Corps, Lakeland School of Aeronautics, Florida. By Autumn of 1942 he is with NO. 56 OTU flying Hurricanes, he describes flying in a letter to his sister Sally 'Hurricanes are lovely aeroplanes to fly and we do lots of formation which as I have told you before is real good fun'. He moved on to fly Typhoons with 197 Squadron. Initially formed in Egypt towards the end of the First World War, 197 squadron failed to acquire any aircraft so was re-designated as an artillery observation school. Reformed on the 21st November 1942 at RAF Turnhouse in Edinburgh they flew Typhoons from RAF Manston, Tangmere and Hurn. Operational from January 1943, the Typhoon had taken a while to find its role in the RAF, but once its suitability as a ground attack craft had been established this fighter bomber became one of the most important of the Second World War. Turton's log book lists many hours in the Typhoon undertaking 'Standing Patrol' 'Close Escort' and other tasks noting 'Heavy Flak' and on May 17th 1943 'Bounced 12+ 190s Squirted at a 109 Damaged/Broke up Went out on deck what a distance?'. On September 9th 'Fighter Commands Der Tag - Foo!!!'. October 17th 'Huns at Beecmet Viz 300 yds, Much Panic'. October 31st 'Dive Bombed Aerodrome left it burning slight Flak', similarly on November 3rd 'Flew around looking for target bombed docks & left ruined'. A report of events of the 13th May when 197 Squadron supported a Ramrod Operation. 'F/O. Turton held the enemy aircraft in sights and fired a short burst of 1 sec. when about 350 yards away. Strikes were seen on fuselage about the cock-pit and small bursts of flames noticed on the wings presumably the result of incendiary explosive shells hitting. Enemy aircraft banked steeply then dived vertically with smoke pouring from the cockpit. Last seen at about 4,000 feet going straight down'. A number of the pilots of 197 squadron were subjects for Captain Cuthbert Orde (1888-1968), himself a pilot during the First World War who went on to be highly regarded as a War artist, most famously for the sketches of young Battle of Britain pilots and his volume 'Pilots of Fighter Commend: Sixty Four Portraits'. Orde explained how the pilots who sat for him were chosen 'In no case did I choose the sitter myself. He was selected either by Group Headquarters or by the station commander and, generally speaking four or five in each squadron were chosen, the four or five who were considered the most valuable. So it was for them rather in the nature of a mention in dispatches, I merely being the scribe who wrote out the dispatch'. Copies of the sketch of Turton are included with this lot as are images of Pilot Officer Aherns, S/Ldr Holmes D.F.C., Flight Lieutenants Hyde, Elkington and Mulliner from 197 Squadron. Turton left 197 squadron towards the end of 1943, at this time his ability as a fighter pilot was recorded as 'Above Average'. He joined 146 Squadron at Baigachi in India flying Hurricane Mark IIs before moving to 135 Squadron at Mineriya, Ceylon flying Thuderbolts. He continued to fly regularly, entries for January 1945 include 'Dive Bomb Jap Concentration Good Bombing Myohaung' and 'Bomb Jap Positions with Napalm 2x1000lbs Napalm Fire Bombs + Straffe Kangaw Area'. The last entry is on March 1st, this is followed by a rubber stamp 'Killed on Active Service' Having flown hundreds of missions and accumulated over 766 hours Turton played his part against the German's and Japanese in two different theaters of war as a valuable, effective and highly regarded fighter pilot. Jack Turton died at the age of 24 on the 4th of March 1946 when his plane crashed in Malaysia. The accident occurred during takeoff when his Thunderbolt II stalled and crashed when attempting to clear high ground when taking off from Kuala Lumpur in a semi-stalled condition. He is buried in Kuala Lumpur at the Cheras Road Civil Cemetery, grave number 869. The documents and photographs with this lot include a number relating to his funeral and grave with initial cross and later headstone. Incorrectly named on the Batley War Memorial as R. Turton, it took his mother Mrs Edith Turton of White Lee Road in Batley 18 years of campaigning to get the local authority to correct the error. Offered for sale by a direct descendant of the recipient *Condition: Medals as issued, paperwork tatty in places.

A COLLECTION OF CONCH AND OTHER SEA SHELLS

VARIOUS SEA SHELLS AND A OSTRICH EGG

Two broadsheets printed by James Jenkin Trathan. 'Street Conversations' quarto sheet, 227mm x 183mm, no publisher, but in the style of Trathan, Flamouth, as below its contents referring to 'Trahans Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings, Minerals, Shells and Fancy Articles', this effectively being an advertising sheet for his 'Collection of 20,000 pieces', in the form of dialogue between Mr. O and Mr. Y, concluding that I take the earliest opportunity of paying him a visit before the best things are sold...', Falmouth, June 1823.'Tea-Party Conversation,' a small 4to sheet, 223mm x 176mm, another advertising sheet, in the form of a conversation between Miss A, Mrs. Q and Messrs J. and Z, giving extensive lists of Mr. Tathan's wares for sale, Trathan, Priter, Falmouth, July 1st, 1822. (2)*Michael P. Cooper's (2006) 'Robbing the Sparry Garnitude: A 200 Year History of British Mineral Dealers, 1750-1950', records James Jenkin Trathan (1788-1880) and Jane Trathan, f1. 1823-1850 as 'in the mineral business by 1823, [and]...a printer from at least 1815 when his earliest known work, 'Directory of Falmouth', was produced' (p.265)

William Borlase. 'The Natural History of Cornwall,' 1758. 'The Air, Climate, Waters, Rivers, Lakes, Sea and Tides; Of the Stones, Semimetals, Metals, Tin and the Manner of Mining; The Constitution of the Stannaries; Iron, Copper, Silver, Lead and Gold Found in Cornwall. Vegetables, Rare Birds, Fishes, Shells, Reptiles and Quadrupeds; Of the Inhabitants, their Manners, Customs, Plays or Interludes, Exercises and Festivals; The Vornish Language, Trade, Tenures and Arts. Illustrated with a New Sheet Map of the County and Twenty-Eight Folio Copper-Plates from Original Drawings Taken on the Spot Together with a Subscribers list,' first edition, magnificently rebound, tooled embossed full leather, fold out map and all illustrations collated complete, printed for the author by W. Jackson, Oxford, 1758.This is an extremely fine copy of this famous work.

A Napoleon III painted and parcel gilt "X" frame stool with stuff over upholstered top carved with scrolls and large scallop shells. 53 cm wide x 39 cm deep x 50 cm height to the seat.

Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar (Egypt, 1925-1965)Three Shells pencil on paper, framed signed 'Elgazzar' and dated '1946' (lower left), executed in 194634 x 23cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the private collection of Dr Mohammad Said FarsiThence by descent to the present ownerFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 20thC gilt wood mirror, set with scrolls and shells, 72cm x 60cm.

A Rare Original Pigeon Post Microscope Slide, The standard size microscope slide with a coverslip covering a section of microfilm, with a single paper label for H. L. HAWKINS with a handwritten nate that reads 'Portion of Pigeon post dispatch sent into Paris during seige', The Siege of Paris (1871) occurred between 19 September 1870 – 28 January 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War. Napoleon III’s armies were pushed back after the Battle of Sedan, resulting in the Emperor’s surrender. However, the French Third Republic that was formed after his abdication were not ready for peace with Prussia. In response, the Prussians lay siege to Paris for four and half months. In order to bring the siege to a close, the Prussians fired 12,000 shells into the city within three weeks. In the end, however, it was starvation and working class resentment that brought peace to the city. The Pigeon Post - During the siege, communication was maintained with the outside world through the use of hot-air balloons and carrier pigeons. The first successful balloon flight out of Paris was Neptune, piloted by Jules Duruof, followed two days later by Ville de Florence, piloted by Gabriel Mangin. This second balloon contained a basket of carrier pigeons, which enabled messages to start being relayed into the city and more balloons to be sent out. French photographers used innovative microphotography, pioneered by John Benjamin Dancer in 1839, to enable the transferral of large amounts of important information. This process was overseen by Blaise, who printed the messages on photographic paper, and the images were then viewed through microscopes and microscope projectors.

A Very Fine W. Watson & Sons Van Heurck Monocular & Binocular Exhibition Microscope, English, c.1900, engraved to the back of the tripod stand 'W. WATSON & SONS, 313 High Holborn, LONDON, 5083' the microscope on a massive lacquered brass tripod foot, with brass pad feet, at the top is a large friction locked trunnion that supports the main body of the microscope, at the bottom is a large plano-concave mirror in a gimbal, above this is the fully mechanical substage with X-Y control, rotational control via a gear and pinion, all with rack and pinion focusing, full mechanical circuit stage with Turrel type adjustment with vernier scales, limb incorporating fine focus control with course rack and pinion to the rear of the bodytube, the monocular body tube with a racked drawer tube and push/pull drawer tube, the binocular body with inter-ocular rackwork, in the original French polished mahogany cabinet with two drawers of accessories, the first containing: A Pair of Zeiss binocular eyepieces, 6 Watson & Sons HOLOS objectives in cans, A Watson & Sons 3in objective & can, 2 HOLOS oil condensers in cans, 3 eyepieces, A substage condenser holder, the second drawer contains: A cased micrometer by Watson & Sons, A cased Maltwood finder, A side reflector, A set of stage forceps, 2 substage polarisers, A parabolic condenser, An achromatic condenser, A nosepiece analyser, A brass case of stops, The Watson-Van Heurck microscope is named after its two inventors, William Watson and Jean-Baptiste van Heurck the Belgian Diatomist. It was developed in the late 19th century and was considered one of the most advanced microscopes of its time. William Watson was a British microscope maker who began working on the design of a high-quality microscope in the 1870s. He was motivated by a desire to improve the quality of microscopes used for scientific research and medical diagnosis. He worked on several designs before settling on the final one in collaboration with Jean-Baptiste van Heurck. The Watson-Heurck microscope was designed to improve upon the limitations of existing microscopes. The optics had a good range of magnification and resolution, allowing for more detailed observations of specimens. It also had a more stable base, reducing vibrations and improving the clarity of the image. One of the key features of the Watson-Heurck microscope was its use of a sub-stage condenser. This allowed for more even lighting of the specimen and reduced the distortion caused by uneven illumination. The Watson-Heurck microscope was widely used in scientific research and medical diagnosis throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was particularly popular for studying diatoms, single-celled organisms with intricate, glass-like shells that are difficult to observe with standard microscopes. The Van Heurck microscope was available in various models, but this, the 'Exhibition' stand, was the most expensive and was sold only as a special order microscope. Due to the cost of this microscope when new very few are found today with the binocular head, most are monocular. The Watson-Heurck microscope remained popular until the mid-20th century when newer technologies, such as electron microscopes, became more widely available. However, it is still used today by some researchers and collectors of antique scientific instruments. Overall, the Watson-Heurck microscope was a significant advancement in the field of microscopy and played an important role in scientific research and medical diagnosis during its time.

Microscopy - Signed Dedication from W. Carpenter to J Quekett, Carpenter, W. M.D., F.R.S., titled Report on The Microscopic Structure of Shells, 1845, signed in pen to the top of the title page 'John Quekett from his Friend the Author', unbound , 20 plates, Tag: microscope , Microscopy 

A SET OF SEVEN CORAL AND SHELL WALL BRACKETS, RUPERT BEVAN LTD., LONDON, 1996 with white painted almost hemispherical ledges hidden by an assortment of bleached coral and pale shells, each with two brass suspension hoops, ledges only 17cm wide, 13cm deepProvenance: Property of a European Collector (see lot 4 for further details)

A GERMAN SILVER SAUCEBOAT, GEORG ROTH & CO., HANAU, CIRCA 1899 oval, on three volute feet, richly relief decorated with two scenes of pairs of putti surrounded by Rococo shells and foliage, import marked for William Moehring, London, 1899, 16.5cm long, 195g

A GEORGE III SILVER INKSTAND, EMES & BARNARD, LONDON, 1818 oblong, gadroon rim interrupted by shells and acanthus above shaped brackets and paw feet, with pen depressions flanking the palmette decorated fittings, with its two silver-mounted cut-glass inkwells flanking the wax container and taperstick cover, the latter formed as a chamberstick complete with chained extinguisher and detachable nozzle, 20.5cm long, 586gr

A GEORGE III SILVER SALVER, RICHARD RUGG, LONDON, 1763 shaped circular, engraved with two rampant lions in ovals within Rococo foliate scrolls, probably later flat-chased with a band of flowers, the gadroon rim interrupted by shells, on three pad feet, 33cm diameter, 960g

‡ THREE SNUFF MULLS, SCOTTISH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY comprising: a plated brass example of inverted baluster oval form with girdle towards the base, a horn example of tapering oval form with pewter rim mounts and flush hinged lid inscribed 'AM 1799' and twice 'He that's nae Friend at a pinch, is no worth a Snuff', and one of oval section with leather hinges and inscribed to one end 'John Poe 1756'; together with two shell boxes, 19th century, one a cowrie shell with brass rim mount and flush hinged flat lid, the other formed as a pair of polished limpet shells with simple plated hinged rim mounts; 8cm longest (5)Provenance: The Bearn Collection, New York (see lot 279 for further details)

A Rare 'Oakley' 1854 Penny Coin The obverse stamped 'OAKLEY', the edge deformed by shot strike Footnotes: Annie Oakley's act included the shooting of coins thrown into the air which were then stamped 'OAKLEY' and handed out to members of the audience. For a related half-penny see Christie's London, Fine Modern Sporting Guns and Vintage Firearms including Annie Oakley's Winchester, 24 March 1993, lot 128 Annie Oakley (1860-1926) was born Phoebe Ann Moses in Darke County, Ohio. She was born into a poor family and much of her early life was spent 'shooting for pot'. Her first gun was a Parker 16-gauge supplied with a hundred brass shells. Annie gradually achieved local fame for the cleanness of her kills and she excelled in local turkey shoots, her reputation leading eventually to the match against the man who was destined to be her husband. Frank Butler was one of a number of itinerant sharpshooters who travelled the United States, and the match took place in Ohio in 1881. The bet was $100, a sizeable sum at the time, and Frank was astonished by the appearance against him of a 'little slim girl in short dresses'. Annie won 23 to 21 and a romance developed between the two which was to last a lifetime. They married and Frank Butler became Annie's manager, their early married life being spent as travelling performers. It was at this time, in 1884, that Annie appeared before Sitting Bull, victor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, who was, in Annie's words, 'about as much taken by my shooting stunts as anyone else ever has been...he raved about me and would not be comforted.' Sitting Bull insisted upon adopting her and he named her 'Little Sure Shot' in tribute to her marvellous shooting abilities. Her skills took her to performances with the Sells Brothers Circus and finally to the show that won her her greatest acclaim - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. At the time, a female exhibition shooter must have been a remarkable sight in such a 'rough-and-tumble' world. Annie would open the shows, 'tripping in, waving, bowing and blowing kisses'. Standing out in her feminine but practical clothes, the diminutive Annie would break clays and glass balls in any number of combinations and with any type of firearm. She would fire pistols from each hand, fire rifles lying prone across chairs or held above her head; she shot from every conceivable position in a manner that, reported the Fall River (Mass.) Evening News, 'causes the men to marvel and the women to assume airs of contented superiority.' At one time she shattered a record 4,772 out of 5,000 glass balls and one of her favourite tricks was to fire a rifle backwards over her shoulder whilst sighting in a mirror. She was so good that some thought the glass balls filled with an explosive that would detonate when she fired. In 1887, the Wild West Show sailed for London and Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Here she opened at Earl's Court, the show generating tremendous public enthusiasm with the English. Special performances were commanded by Prime Minister Gladstone, by Edward, Prince of Wales, and finally by Queen Victoria herself who, asking to meet Annie, called her 'a very, very clever little girl.' She also met Charles Lancaster from whom she ordered the first of a number of guns, including 12 and 20-bores. Annie was soon known as 'the wonder of both continents...the greatest rifle and wing shot in the world' and in 1899 in the year of the Paris Universal Exposition, she appeared before the French President and assembled grandees. The Show moved on, for a three year tour of Europe, calling at Dresden, Venice, Rome, Vienna, Barcelona and Munich, where Annie saved Prince Luitpold of Bavaria from an enraged bronco called 'Dynamite' knocking him to the ground inches from disaster. A second tour of Europe opened in 1891 during which Annie shot the ashes off a cigarette placed in Crown Prince Wilhelm's (later Kaiser Wilhelm II) mouth, thereby, as some later said, missing her chance to prevent the First World War. The later years of Annie's life were marked by a true stardom and the peace that comes from the final realization of one's goals in life. She was able to perform as an actress, to build herself a new home in Maryland and to escape some of the rigours of the travelling life; her life, however, was still full of shooting and gentle tuition. She died 3 November 1926, a remarkable and universally loved woman For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Extremely Rare Pair Of 22-Bore Double Flintlock Single-Trigger Turn-Off Pistols For Certainty Of Fire By Lewis (Louis) Barbar, London, Circa 1740 With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved breeches each signed beneath, decorated with foliage at the rear and with three graduated spheres along the top, border engraved tangs decorated with foliage and each with retaining screw behind the trefoil (one replaced) extending over the breech, border engraved action, cocks (both on one pistol replaced, top jaws and screws on the other replaced) and steels (one an old replacement, both on the other pistol refaced), mainspring and trigger operating both cocks simultaneously and firing the same charge, chiselled steel-springs, moulded figured rounded butts (old repairs) each carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, trigger-guards each engraved with a decorative oval on the bow, cast and chased silver mounts comprising foliate escutcheons each engraved with owner's monogram, and border engraved spurred pommels each with grotesque mask butt-cap within a border of scrolls and shells (some wear and rust patination), London proof marks and Lewis Barbar's barrelsmith's mark (2) 16.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance One pistol, Joe Kindig Jr. Collection Clay P. Bedford Collection, 1229 The Mark and Peter Dineley Collections sold in these Rooms, 27 November 2019, lot 515 Exhibited One pistol, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971, cat. no. 60 Literature Lewis Winant, Firearms Curiosa, 1956, pp. 226 and 229, pl. 256 Clay P. Bedford and Stephen V. Granscay, Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford, exhibition catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971, pp. 67-69, no. 60 (illustrated) See footnote to lot 361 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant M. Tranter, Royal Field Artillery, for his gallantry at Demicourt on 27 September 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (99804 Sjt. M. Tranter. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star, neatly erased; British War and Victory Medals (99804 Sjt. M. Tranter. R.A.) naming rather feint on VM, minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 27 September 1918, at Demicourt. During the firing of the barrage on this date an enemy shell struck and exploded a number of high explosive shells stacked near one of the guns. A large number of men were killed or wounded, he being one of the latter. Nevertheless, he continued to carry on with his part of the firing, and also found time to assist in the evacuation of the wounded.’ Mark Trantor was born in Hednesford, Staffordshire, in 1892 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with them during the Great War on he Western Front from 12 September 1915, and at the time that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal was serving with C/95th Brigade. Sold with copied research.

SHELLEY; a four piece wash set modelled as shells, height of ewer 29cm (4).

SALLY TUFFIN FOR DENNIS CHINAWORKS; a large and impressive limited edition jar and cover, decorated with lobsters and shells to the body, the cover with applied crab, 28/30 to the underside, height 28cm.Condition Report: Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.

SALLY TUFFIN FOR DENNIS CHINAWORKS; a cylindrical jar and cover with crab finial, decorated with shells and shellfish, signed, impressed marks and numbered 18 to the underside, height 15cm.Condition Report: Light crazing to the underside, otherwise good condition.

A Victorian silver plated tea kettle on stand, engraved with scallop shells and foliate swags in low relief, with burner, 34cm; an EPNS swing handled pedestal cake basket, pierced border, 27cm diameter; an EPNS oval entree dish and cover (3)

A Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Captain D. G. Thynne, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislas for his services aboard H.M.S. Agincourt at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Commr. D. G. Thynne, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. D. G. Thynne. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Russia, Empire, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck badge, with swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s mark to reverse, minor enamel damage to central medallions on CMG, and to wreath on last, otherwise generally good very fine (7) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Commander Ron Campion Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002. C.M.G. London Gazette 24 March 1919: ‘For valuable services in command of a minelayer for eighteen months. Many of the operations were carried out in dangerous enemy waters.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 September 1916: ‘For service in the Battle of Jutland.’ Russian Order of Stanislas, Second Class (with Swords) London Gazette 5 June 1917: ‘For distinguished service rendered in the Battle of Jutland.’ Denis Granville Thynne was born in October 1875, the son of the Rev. A. C. Thynne of Kilkhampton, and a scion of the Marquessates of Bath. He entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in January 1890 and was appointed a Midshipman in June 1892 and a Lieutenant in September 1898. Gaining his first seagoing experience on cruisers, he was given his first command, a torpedo boat destroyer, in 1905. In 1910, while serving in the cruiser H.M.S. Kent on the China Station, he gained advancement to Commander, afterwards returning home for a stint of service on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 found Thynne aboard H.M.S. Agincourt, in which battleship he was Mentioned in Despatches for his services at Jutland, and was awarded the Russian Order of Stanislas. As a Senior Executive Officer, he must have been directly involved in shaping Agincourt’s part in the battle, and possibly even ordered the despatch of her first salvo at 10,000 yards range against an enemy battle cruiser in the early evening hours of the 31 May - ‘The pleasure it was to see H.M.S. Agincourt ... as she poured out salvoes from her broadside of fourteen 12-inch guns,’ noted a young Midshipman in H.M.S. Malaya. By the end of the battle, Agincourt had engaged the enemy on four occasions, expended 144 shells from her 12-inch guns and another 111 from her 6-inch guns, and obtained a series of hits on at least one enemy battleship of the Kaiser class. But the traffic was far from one-sided, a series of enemy torpedo strikes causing the mighty battleship to take rapid evasive action: ‘Soon after this the Division had a busy time dodging torpedoes, fired apparently from enemy destroyers, or possibly from the battleships themselves. Luckily the tracks could be spotted from the tops in time. As far as Agincourt was concerned, our excitement started at 7.08 p.m., when with a sharp turn of the ship a torpedo passed just under our stern, and later another one broke surface about 150 yards short of our starboard beam. At 7.35 p.m. the tracks of two more torpedoes were reported approaching on the starboard side, but by good co-operation between the fore-top and the conning tower they were both avoided. Aloft the tracks were clearly visible, and acting on the reports from there the ship was gradually turned away, so that by perfect timing one torpedo passed up the port side and one the starboard side; after which we resumed our place in the line. A fifth torpedo was successfully dodged at 7.47 p.m., but after this we had no further excitements.’ Further recognition was to follow for Thynne when he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George for his services in the minelayer H.M.S. Wahine, which he had joined in March 1917. Following the cessation of hostilities he briefly commanded the depot ship H.M.S. Woolwich before being placed on the Retired List in the rank of Captain in 1922. Settling in Cornwall, he was re-employed as a Temporary Lieutenant (unpaid) in the “Wavy Navy” during the Second World War. He died in December 1955.

Three: Private R. Burns, Royal Marines Light infantry, who was killed on 6 August 1914, when H.M.S. Amphion struck a mine off the Thames estuary and sank with the loss of 132 men killed; she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War 1914-15 Star (Ply.10749. Pte. R. Burns. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply.10749. Pte. R. Burns. R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Robert Burns was born in Liverpool on 19 October 1880 and attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 14 March 1901. He joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship was first commissioned. At the start of the Great War, H.M.S. Amphion was leader of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, assigned to the Harwich Force, defending the eastern approaches to the English Channel, under the command of Captain Cecil H. Fox. In the morning of 5 August, Amphion and the 3rd Flotilla sortied into the North Sea to patrol the area between Harwich and the Dutch island of Terschelling for German activity. At 10:15 a ship in the black, buff, and yellow colours of the Great Eastern Railway’s steamers that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland was spotted. Fox sent the destroyers H.M.S. Lance and H.M.S. Landrail to investigate and shortly afterwards another destroyer reported that a trawler had seen a suspicious ship, ‘throwing things overboard, presumably mines’ H.M.S. Amphion led the flotilla to investigate and observed that the fleeing ship was deploying mines even then. At 10:45, Lance opened fire at a range of 4,400 yards. The target was S.M.S. Königin Luise, a former Hamburg-Heligoland excursion boat that had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. They had planned to mount a pair of 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) guns on board, but they did not have the time to do so; her only armament was a pair of lighter guns and 180 mines. On the night of 4 August, she had departed Emden and headed into the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary, which she began to do at dawn. The fire from the destroyers was ineffective until Amphion closed to a range of 7,000 yards and began hitting the German ship at about 11:15. By noon, Königin Luise was sinking and the three British ships rescued 5 officers and 70 ratings. The flotilla proceeded onwards with their patrol until they reached the Dutch coast around 21:00 and turned for home. Fox was uncertain as to the locations of the mines laid by Königin Luise and laid a course that was seven nautical miles west of where he thought the mines were. He guessed wrongly and led his flotilla over the danger area. At 06:35, Amphion struck a mine that detonated underneath her bridge. The explosion set her forecastle on fire and broke the ship’s keel. The destroyer H.M.S. Linnet attempted to tow the cruiser, but a deep crack across her upper deck showed that she was hogging badly and Fox ordered his crew to abandon ship. Shortly afterwards, her forward magazine exploded, throwing one 4-inch gun into the air that narrowly missed Linnet. One of Amphion’s shells burst on the deck of the destroyer Lark, killing two of her men and the only German prisoner rescued from the cruiser. Amphion then rapidly sank within 15 minutes of the explosion losing 1 officer and 131 ratings killed in the sinking, including Burns, plus an unknown number of the crew rescued from Königin Luise. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War. Burns is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Three: Petty Officer J. D. Towliss, Royal Navy, who was killed on 6 August 1914, when H.M.S. Amphion struck a mine off the Thames estuary and sank with the loss of 132 men killed; she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War 1914-15 Star (200627, J. D. Towliss, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (200627. J. D. Towliss. P.O. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (John Drewer Towliss) nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- John Drewer Towillis was born in Ashburton, Devon, on 20 January 1883 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 27 August 1898. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 19 June 1907, he joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship was first commissioned. At the start of the Great War, H.M.S. Amphion was leader of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, assigned to the Harwich Force, defending the eastern approaches to the English Channel, under the command of Captain Cecil H. Fox. In the morning of 5 August, Amphion and the 3rd Flotilla sortied into the North Sea to patrol the area between Harwich and the Dutch island of Terschelling for German activity. At 10:15 a ship in the black, buff, and yellow colours of the Great Eastern Railway’s steamers that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland was spotted. Fox sent the destroyers H.M.S. Lance and H.M.S. Landrail to investigate and shortly afterwards another destroyer reported that a trawler had seen a suspicious ship, ‘throwing things overboard, presumably mines’ H.M.S. Amphion led the flotilla to investigate and observed that the fleeing ship was deploying mines even then. At 10:45, Lance opened fire at a range of 4,400 yards. The target was S.M.S. Königin Luise, a former Hamburg-Heligoland excursion boat that had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. They had planned to mount a pair of 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) guns on board, but they did not have the time to do so; her only armament was a pair of lighter guns and 180 mines. On the night of 4 August, she had departed Emden and headed into the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary, which she began to do at dawn. The fire from the destroyers was ineffective until Amphion closed to a range of 7,000 yards and began hitting the German ship at about 11:15. By noon, Königin Luise was sinking and the three British ships rescued 5 officers and 70 ratings. The flotilla proceeded onwards with their patrol until they reached the Dutch coast around 21:00 and turned for home. Fox was uncertain as to the locations of the mines laid by Königin Luise and laid a course that was seven nautical miles west of where he thought the mines were. He guessed wrongly and led his flotilla over the danger area. At 06:35, Amphion struck a mine that detonated underneath her bridge. The explosion set her forecastle on fire and broke the ship’s keel. The destroyer H.M.S. Linnet attempted to tow the cruiser, but a deep crack across her upper deck showed that she was hogging badly and Fox ordered his crew to abandon ship. Shortly afterwards, her forward magazine exploded, throwing one 4-inch gun into the air that narrowly missed Linnet. One of Amphion’s shells burst on the deck of the destroyer Lark, killing two of her men and the only German prisoner rescued from the cruiser. Amphion then rapidly sank within 15 minutes of the explosion losing 1 officer and 131 ratings killed in the sinking, including Towillis, plus an unknown number of the crew rescued from Königin Luise. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War. Towillis is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

1914-15 Star (271284, W. H. C. Critchley, E.R.A.3., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (305945 E. Coombes. Sto. 1. R.N.; J.12788 F. A. Vyvyan. A.B. R.N.) last officially re-impressed, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- H.M.S. Amphion At the start of the Great War, H.M.S. Amphion was leader of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, assigned to the Harwich Force, defending the eastern approaches to the English Channel, under the command of Captain Cecil H. Fox. In the morning of 5 August, Amphion and the 3rd Flotilla sortied into the North Sea to patrol the area between Harwich and the Dutch island of Terschelling for German activity. At 10:15 a ship in the black, buff, and yellow colours of the Great Eastern Railway’s steamers that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland was spotted. Fox sent the destroyers H.M.S. Lance and H.M.S. Landrail to investigate and shortly afterwards another destroyer reported that a trawler had seen a suspicious ship, ‘throwing things overboard, presumably mines’ H.M.S. Amphion led the flotilla to investigate and observed that the fleeing ship was deploying mines even then. At 10:45, Lance opened fire at a range of 4,400 yards. The target was S.M.S. Königin Luise, a former Hamburg-Heligoland excursion boat that had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. They had planned to mount a pair of 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) guns on board, but they did not have the time to do so; her only armament was a pair of lighter guns and 180 mines. On the night of 4 August, she had departed Emden and headed into the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary, which she began to do at dawn. The fire from the destroyers was ineffective until Amphion closed to a range of 7,000 yards and began hitting the German ship at about 11:15. By noon, Königin Luise was sinking and the three British ships rescued 5 officers and 70 ratings. The flotilla proceeded onwards with their patrol until they reached the Dutch coast around 21:00 and turned for home. Fox was uncertain as to the locations of the mines laid by Königin Luise and laid a course that was seven nautical miles west of where he thought the mines were. He guessed wrongly and led his flotilla over the danger area. At 06:35, Amphion struck a mine that detonated underneath her bridge. The explosion set her forecastle on fire and broke the ship’s keel. The destroyer H.M.S. Linnet attempted to tow the cruiser, but a deep crack across her upper deck showed that she was hogging badly and Fox ordered his crew to abandon ship. Shortly afterwards, her forward magazine exploded, throwing one 4-inch gun into the air that narrowly missed Linnet. One of Amphion’s shells burst on the deck of the destroyer Lark, killing two of her men and the only German prisoner rescued from the cruiser. Amphion then rapidly sank within 15 minutes of the explosion losing 1 officer and 131 ratings killed in the sinking, plus an unknown number of the crew rescued from Königin Luise. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War. William Henry Charles Critchley was born in Devonport on 13 March 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 4 January 1904. Advanced Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class on 1 January 1912, he joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship was first commissioned, and served in her from the outset of the Great War. He survived Amphion’s sinking, and saw later Great War service in H.M.S. Faulknor at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer on 1 March 1919, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 January 1922, and was discharged to pension on 12 March 1928. Mobilised from 28 September to 3 October 1939, he was recalled for service during the Second World War on 23 August 1939, and served in the U.K. until his release on 16 August 1945. He died in Plymouth, aged 63, on 1 November 1951. Edwin Coombes was born in Torquay, Devon, on 28 January 1885 and joined the Royal Navy on 8 February 1904. Advanced Stoker First Class on 1 July 1906, he joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship was first commissioned, and served in her from the outset of the Great War. He was killed when Amphion struck a mine and sunk on 6 August 1914, and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Francis Alfred Vyvyan was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 19 August 1894 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 19 July 1911. He joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship first commissioned, and was advanced Able Seaman on 21 February 1914. He served in Amphion from the outset of the Great War and was killed when she struck a mine and sunk on 6 August 1914. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

A richly decorated cream jug with stylised dolphin handle, apparently unmarked, the body and neck chased and applied with floral garlands, shells, and lion and fawn masks, the handle with figural thumbpiece, the jug raised on a circular foot decorated with floral garland band, approx. 12.5cm high (inc. handle), approx. weight 7.7oz

A Coalport salmon-pink-ground waste-bowl, c.1815, painted in Bristol by Thomas Pardoe, the exterior with gilt marbled decoration, the interior painted with shells and coral within a circular gilt band and below a gilt husk border, 15.6cm diameter  Condition Report: The porcelain has a small area of pitting to the bowl interior, and a dirt filled chip to the footrim. Examination under UV reveals evidence of professional restoration, around the lower part of the exterior and to the interior, and possibly also to the footrim, but this is very well executed and not discernible to the naked eye. The decoration of the bowl is largely intact, the centre has some light scratching, and some of the gilding to the rim has been rubbed. Please request additional images for more information. 

A pair of Derby blue-ground bottle-vases and covers, c.1830, traces of red crowned D mark to one, each painted with figures in wooded landscapes, one with a thatched cottage and livestock, the other with a gothic ruin, within gilt cartouches with foliage, shells and diaper ornament, 23.4cm high (2)

A pair of Louis XV ormolu candlesticks, c.1745-49, derived from a design by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, (1675-1750), each stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon, the palm-wrapped nozzles above baluster stems cast with putti resting on cartouches decorated with fleurs-de-lys, the spreading bases with rocaille shells and C-scrolls, each putto struck with the 'C' couronné poinçon, 32cm high (2)  Footnotes: Note: The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.The design for these candlesticks is derived from Meissonnier's 1728 drawing illustrated in his 'Chandelier de sculpture en argent inventés', engraved by Louis Desplaces (1682–1739), as figures 10 and 12.  Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier was one of the greatest proponents of the genre pittoresque, now known as the Rococo. The son of a silversmith and sculptor, he moved to Paris in 1718 and went on to succeeded Jean Bérain II as dessinateur de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi.  Several related pairs of candlesticks are known, including a pair in the Wallace Collection, London, reproduced in F.J.B. Watson, Wallace Collection Catalogues, 1956, p. 21, nos. F78-79.

Tray of mixed items to include: glass inkpots, conch shells, two Paragon small cabinet cups and saucers, cut glass trinket box, Murano style multi-colour glass pedestal pot, Wilton ware vase, candle in blue and white pot, oriental dog of fo with seated figure, continental salt glazed stoneware doughnut shaped pitcher etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE SHELLS

A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE SHELLS

A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE SHELLS

A LARGE QUANTITY OF JEWELLERY CRAFTING ITEMS TO INCLUDE BEADS, SEQUINS, SHELLS, NEEDLES, THREAD, ETC

A COLLECTION OF ASSORTED DECORATIVE SHELLS

A MIXED LOT OF SHELLS, CRYSTAL ROCKS ETC

An Alfred Stellmacher for Turn grotesque porcelain vase, modelled as double shells below a mask neck with amphibious creature handles and scroll pierced base, gilt highlighted with insects and foliage, purple printed mark and impressed numerals (at fault) 26cm high

A 19th century gilt wood and gesso picture frame, cast in relief with shells and reeded detail, punctuated by 'C' scroll spandrels, 115cm H x 95cm W (aperture 90cm H x 70cm W) CONDITION REPORT:The dimensions of the frame are as follows:SIGHT: 90.2cm x 69.6cmRECESS: 92.8cm x 72cmOVERALL: 115cm x 95cmThe frame appears to have been gilded originally, but has been gold painted at some point in the past. We believe the frame to be 19th century. 

A George IV banjo barometer, signed P Rival Edinburgh, the mahogany case inlaid with conch shells and flowerhead roundels, with a silvered thermometer register and 21cm dial, signed with the makers name, 94cm long (at fault)

BRASS GUN SHELLS

TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850), KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849), AND OTHERSEdo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryTwo surimono prints and one chuban print: the first a shikishiban surimono by Hokkei, from the series Kai zukushi (Assortments of Shells), depicting a family collecting shells, with three poems, signed Hokkei, 20.9cm x 17.9cm (8 3/16in x 7 1/16in); the second a chuban tate-e of Miya by Hokusai, from the series Tokaido gojusan-tsugi (53 Stations on the Tokaido Road), published probably by either Iseya Rihei or Nishimuraya Yohachi, unsigned, 23.2cm x 17.5cm (9 1/9inx 6 7/8in); the third probably a yotsugiriban surimono depicting a family and a man at the precincts of a shrine, unsigned, 10.3cm x 18.7cm (4 1/16in x 7 3/8in); all mounted on card. (3).Footnotes:For another impression of the first in the Harvard Art Museums, see harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207577This 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

Late 19th century French oak framed mirror, the framed with scrolls and shells, rectangular glass, 61x78cm.Condition report:Slight parting at the corner joins but appears structurally sound. The glass sits a little loosely in the frame and is probably a replaced plate. Some random scuffs to the frame.

Collection of shells includes carved conch shell on shell stand, sea urchin etc

A Double Sided Vintage Wooden Sign, Specimen "Shell Museum" to One Side, "Shells, Shark Jaws" to the Other, 79x36cm

A Boxed Halycon Day Enamel Box, Royal Botanic Garden Kew - Californian Flowers and Royal Worcester Flight Barr and Barr Sea-shells

A pair of trench art ammunition shells, height 18 cm.