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Click here to subscribeA First World War Bronze Memorial Plaque, to George Crossley, in cardboard envelope; a First World War Pair, to 267396 PTE.A.CROSSLEY.W.RID.W., comprising BWM and Victory Medal, with cap badge; a Silver and Enamel Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medallion; a Defence Medal and War Medal in box addressed to G.Riley, Luddenfoot, Yorkshire; a 1977 Crown (8)
A Volume of Adolf Hitler, Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers, complete with stuck-in black and white photographs and colour printed plates, Hamburg 1935, in cardboard outer case; a Third Reich Silver Lapel Pin, as a circular wreath centred by an eagle with gilt 1944 across its wings and applied swastika, the back stamped DRL, in original cardboard box; a cloth Eagle and Swastika Insignia; three cap badges. (6)
Small items of miscellanea: a George I miniature or toy mug, on a collet foot with a scroll handle, maker's mark only, by David Clayton, London 1725, a George III caddy spoon with a filigree inset bowl, six various charms (a canon, a boar, an instrument, a poodle, a gold mounted jasperware seal, and a gold fob seal with seated hound), a miniature printed book 'Le Petit Echo De Momus-1816', a small gold pendant, cruciform box decorated with enamel and three other items of silver, the miniature mug, 0.9in (2.3cm) high. (lot)
A rare and interesting George IV Britannia standard snuff box, of plain reeded oblong form, the lower inscribed 'W H Smith from his friend Vincent Ambler 1879', the gilt interior inscribed 'The produce of Hudgill Burn Lead Mine' . 3.25in (8.2cm) long, 3.25oz. Literature Luddington, J: Starting to Collect Silver, pp 147-149. "In The Connoisseur of August, 1975, I described my discovery of what might be the rarest of all nineteenth century hallmarks. On a vinaigrette made by Thomas Shaw, with the normal Birmingham assay marks for 1823, there was an oval shield enclosing the figure of Britannia, denoting the higher standard of silver. (The Assay Master at Birmingham was unaware that such a mark had been struck in Georgian times but, during an unsuccessful search through the archives and vaults of the Assay Office for this very punch, another similar Britannia mark, which had been used in the year 1844-6, was discovered.) Proudly engraved within the lid of this vinaigrette and carefully unimpinged upon by hallmarks, there were the words 'The Producers of Hudgill Burn Lead Mine' and as this as my clue I decided, if possible, to discover the history of my box, hoping the there was a romantic story attached to it. In the south of England, no one had heard of Hudgill Burn for it is a very tiny stream, even in the spates of spring, but after a comprehensive search in a nineteenth century edition of 'Bartholomew's Citizens' Atlas' of those districts in which lead had been mined in the past, I spotted the name of a hamlet called Leadgate, situated a few miles south west of Alston in Cumbria. The location and history of the mine were well known to the Abbot Hall Museum, Kendal, for the opening and closing of the Hudgill Burn mine and made significant social impact over the surrounding countryside. The locals seemed gratified to see and handle the little vinaigrette and I felt that by right it should belong to Alston. Everyone confirmed that the opening of the mine in 1814 was extremely fortuitous as the worthy brothers, John and Jacob Wilson, who were financing the project, had decided at long last that they could afford no further expenses in search of lead and had reluctantly given notice to their workers. But these resolute men, the ancestors of some of the present inhabitants of the town and neighbouring district, had faith and they greatly respected the Wilson bothers, who lived at the Manor House (now the hospitable Hillcrest Hotel) situated almost at the foot of the hill. The men elected to work on without wages until their candles were exhausted. Literally at the last moment, on their thirteenth day underground without pay, they struck a massive vein of lead. The joyous workers downed tools, and, descending the cobbled streets of Alston in high spirits, announced their find by hurling a brick of lead through the front window of the Wilsons' home. In 1821, alone, some eight thousand pounds worth of silver was extracted from the lead and this was sent to be refined at Nenthill, some two miles from the mine"
A scarce 19th century percussion American box lock turn off breech loading pocket pistol the engraved white metal action cast into the plain rounded slab butts with a steel ring forming the trigger, the fire blued two stage barrel octagonal at the breech and signed 'BACON & Co. NORWICH .CT.' with silver bead fore sight 20.5cm long
1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 'North Africa 1942-43' clasp, France and Germany Star with 'Atlantic' clasp, Defence and War Medals, and a George VI Naval General Service Medal with 'Palestine 1936-39' clasp, named to 'SSX.17098 R.W.Hair. A.B. R.N.', with slip and box of issue (Greenock address), his portrait photograph in uniform, and other period photos, four Royal Navy cap tallies-HMS Galatea, HMS Revenge, HMS Drake and HMS Royal Sovereign, a bosun's whistle, silver mounted cheroot holder, sports medal and various ribbon bars
Ayr Charity Cup, nine carat gold and enamel football winners medal, engraved '1914 Won by William Middleton', a McAndrew Cup gold and enamel football winners medal, engraved 'Won by Hurlford United FC 1933 P.Kinsler', another gold winners medal engraved 'S.J.F.L. Winners J.Murray 1921', and a Royal Life Saving Society silver medal awarded to 'A.Mc.F.Henry 1939', with fitted box
A Silver Mounted and Shagreen-Handled Magnifying Glass, maker's mark RAD, London 1923, the oblong lens within plain silver frame, the tapered cylinder handle veneered in white shagreen, 16cm long; A George III Snuff Box, John Shaw, Birmingham 1807, of oval section oblong form, with textured vermicular overall decoration, gilded interior, 7.3cm wide; and A Small Circular Photograph Frame, composed from two Maria Theresia Thalers, 4cm diameter (3)
A Very Fine Victorian Silver Table Snuff Box, Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1861, rectangular with incurved side and cast foliate thumbpiece and rim, interspersed with thistles, roses and shamrocks, engraved throughout with arabesque strapwork cartouches adorned with flowers, presentation inscription "Presented to Captain Wiltshire, Ship Newcastle by the Passengers who sailed from England, July 1860, as a mark of their esteem", 10cm long, 9oz 15dwt See illustration
A Victorian Bottle Label as the Letter "R", Sheffield 1866, of foliate design, together with chain, 4.1cm; Another, for Brandy, maker's mark JR, London 1793, of canted rectangular form with reeded rim, 3.9cm; Two Victorian Silver Plated Bottle Labels, for Rum and Vermouth; A George III Caddy Spoon, probably Sheffield 1806, the fig shape bowl with patera bright cut short everted handle engraved with cursive "B", 6.9cm long; A 19th Century Silver Plated Shell Form Caddy Spoon, signed C.Forst, stamped with double headed eagle mark, 10cm long; A French Enamelled Pin Box, circa 1920, circular, with engine turned and lavender enamel decoration, 4.2cm; A White Metal Mounted Cylindrical Scent Bottle, probably French, circa 1900, 5.8cm; and A Victorian Gilt Metal Propelling Pencil, of hexagonal form, with Corinthian column end (intaglio stone lacking), 9.5cm long (9)
A French Silver and Niello Snuff Box, maker's mark indistinct, Paris, circa 1840, rectangular with geometric quatrefoil design to the sides and base, the cover depicting gothic ruins against a gilt ground, 6.5cm long; A French Silver Gilt and Enamel Aide Memoire, circa 1850, case; and A French Silver and Niello Vesta Case cum Cigar Cutter, circa 1880 (3) See illustration
A silver clad jewellery box, of bombe rectangular form, embossed with scrolling flowers, maker's mark of William Comyns & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1909, width 27 cm (10 1/2 in.); a silver backed hand mirror and hairbrush, with embossed floral designs in Art Nouveau style, Birmingham 1901; and a silver handled button hook (4)
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