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Lot 166
Penwork rectangular box, the hinged lid decorated with a man shooting a bull amidst scrolling foliage on a red ground, the sides decorated with stylised flowerheads and foliage, bearing the retail label of 'William Whiteley, Universal Provider, Westbourne Grove, London, W.', 9" wide; also the contents of the box including a silver nurse's buckle, two porcelain doll's heads etc
Lot 261
A Victorian gold mounted agate presentation table snuff box of canted rectangular form with panels of agate forming hinged lid and base, the concave sides with reeded borders and chased foliate designs within C scroll panels, with scalloped thumb piece 7cm x 5.5cm x 2.5cm Notes: The lid rim with engraved presentation border 'PRESENTED BY COLONEL DUGLAD CAMPBELL R.A. TO ARTHUR CAMPBELL WRITER TO THE SIGNET 1848' The Presenter of the snuff box Dugald Campbell was born in Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on 3rd February 1781. He was the eldest son of Duncan Campbell (born c.1755) and his wife Anne (born c.1759). His parents both came from the town and had married in Campbeltown on 23rd February 1780. Dugald Campbell was baptized in Campbeltown on 13th February 1781. He enrolled as a gentleman cadet at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich at the age of 14 on 14th July 1795, Campbell was subsequently commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, at the age of 15 years and 10 months, on 6th December 1796. Promoted 1st lieutenant on 16th July 1799, he spent the period from July 1800 to May 1802 in Spain, Malta, Egypt and Italy. He served at Ferrol, in Spain, in 1800 and in Egypt in 1801, taking part in the actions there on 8th, 13th and 21st March during which he was wounded and for which service the Sultan of Turkey awarded him the small gold medal of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Crescent. Promoted 2nd captain on 29th July 1804, he returned to the Mediterranean in May 1805 to serve in that theatre of operations until August 1812. He fought at the Battle of Maida in Calabria, southern Italy, on 4th July 1806 and then again in Egypt in 1807, where he participated in the bombardment of Rosetta. He was present on the expedition to Diamente in Calabria in 1808 and at the capture of the islands of Ischia and Procida in the Bay of Naples in 1809. He was promoted captain on 3rd August 1810. In April 1813 Campbell was posted to Jamaica where he remained until August 1815 and during which posting he probably met his future wife, Anne Mary Bernard, the widowed daughter of David Kerr of that island. In 1814, at the apparent ending of twenty years of war with France, he was rewarded for his services by being included in a general brevet promotion to the rank of major: this took place on 4th June that year. On 30th January 1816 he married Anne Mary Kerr, or Bernard, in Edinburgh. His final overseas postings were to the garrison of Gibraltar, where he was posted from July 1824 to May 1828 and from February 1829 to July 1832. Campbell was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 17th June 1828 and retired on full pay on 4th June 1836, being promoted to the rank of colonel on 23rd November 1841. On the institution of the Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 in 1848 Campbell was awarded this campaign medal with the single clasp for the battle of Maida. Had he survived a further year, he would have been awarded an additional clasp for the campaign in Egypt in 1801 but he died in Edinburgh on 14th July 1849. Since his marriage was childless, his estate, apart from a few specific bequests, reverted to his widow, who died in Edinburgh in 1855. Among the specific bequests in Colonel Campbell's Will were three snuff boxes which were bequeathed to three of the four trustees of his Will, his three brothers-in-law, Herbert Newton Jarrett Kerr (d. 1875), William Mitchell Kerr (d. 1862) and Donald Macmillan, who was married to Campbell's sister Anne. The fourth trustee of the Will was Arthur Campbell WS, who had prepared it in 1844 and who was also bequeathed 'the four oil paintings which at present hang in our dining room'. The recipient of the snuff box, Arthur Campbell was born on 15th July 1788, the 4th son of Arthur Campbell of Auchmannoch, Ayrshire (d. 1828) by his wife Burella Hunter, the second daughter of Robert Hunter, professor of Greek at Edinburgh University. Campbell was admitted to the Register of Writers to the Signet on 23rd November 1813 and apprenticed to John Hunter, who may have been a kinsman. On 31st August 1825, Arthur Campbell married Jane Barstow, the daughter of Thomas Barstow of Kelso and elder sister of the distinguished Edinburgh accountant Charles Murray Barstow (1804-85). Campbell purchased the 481-acre estate of Nether Catrine, Ayshire, in 1852, was a director of the British Linen Bank for more than thirty years and was also a Justice of the Peace for Edinburgh. He died in Edinburgh on 3rd March 1875. His son, Arthur (1827-84) and grandson, George (b. 1862) were also Writers to the Signet. The three snuffboxes specifically bequeathed in the Will of Colonel Dugald Campbell may be of relevance. The text of the Will in this regard reads as follows: "We request Mr Herbert N.J. Kerr's acceptance of the Mosaic Snuff Box which was given to Colonel Campbell by Mr Jarrett. Also we leave to Mr Donald Macmillan the Pebble Snuff Box mounted in silver which formerly belonged to the Macdonalds of Sanda…. We request Mr William M. Kerr's acceptance of Colonel Campbell's Silver Snuff Box left him by David Kerr his father." Although it is clear that the gold-mounted agate snuff box that is the subject of this report was not among those bequeathed in Colonel Campbell's Will, it is implicit that the bequeathing or giving of snuff boxes was an action of some significance and particularly in the case of snuff boxes with some historic importance for both giver and receiver. '…the Pebble Snuff Box mounted in silver which formerly belonged to the Macdonalds of Sanda…', for example, may commemorate the massacre of the Macdonalds of Sanda following the capture of the Castle of Dunaverty in Kintyre by troops loyal to the Campbell Duke of Argyll in 1647: it may even have been an item of booty removed from Dunaverty by a Campbell ancestor of Colonel Dugald Campbell. Since Arthur Campbell WS was Colonel Campbell's legal advisor and man of business, and of course also a distant kinsman, it seems most likely that Note: The box was a gift from the Colonel in the year prior to his death, to his legal advisor for some service rendered and also, perhaps, in order that all the Trustees of theColonel's Will should each have an appropriate snuff box by which to remember him. Stephen Wood MA FSA,
Lot 292
A Victorian presentation table snuff box by Nathaniel Mills of Birmingham 1852-1853, of rectangular outline with deeply cast and chased applied border of shell, scroll and acorn design, the central cartouche with engraved crests and presentation inscription, the sides with similarly applied borders, the base with engine turned decoration and raised on shell 'feet' 12cm x 8cm x 4cm, 11.1oz Notes: The presentation inscription to the lid reads: Presented to The Most Noble The Marquess of Breadalbane by the inhabitants of Dunse in connection with an address and tablet, April 1862 The crest is for KINCAID or MACDONALD. To the right the arms of John Campbell, KT, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane. A prominent free churchman in the disruption controversy, Lord Breadalbane entertained Queen Victoria at Taymouth Castle, Perthshire 1842 and as Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia in 1861 he conveyed the Order of the Garter to the Prussian King William (afterwards German Emperor). The Marquess of Breadalbane was a great collector and enthusiast of silver and in particular Scottish silver. He must be considered to be the first serious scholar and collector of Scottish silver and had a great interest in odd an unusual marks including provincial. Many of the items in his collection carry his incuse 'Breadalbane' collectors mark. The majority of his silver was sold by auction within the contents of Taymouth castle in 1922
Lot 297
An early Victorian golfing medal by James Nasmyth, Edinburgh 1839-1840, of shield shaped outline with gilt scrolling leaf and flower head border, with integral suspension loop, the central panel engraved to the obverse 'KINGSBARNS / Golf Club' above two crossed clubs with the motto 'FAR and SURE' within a foliate banner below, the reverse engraved 'Presented by the Bachelors of the Society Gained by Mr William Clark 1840. John Clark 1841.1842', contained within a fitted maroon leather case 7.6cm high including suspension ring, 1.3oz Note: This 'gold' medal for Kingsbarns Golfing Society is one of three early medals known for the society, the other two examples are in the Harry B Wood collection. All three medals were made by the same firm of Edinburgh goldsmiths who were at the time one of the few makers who specialised in medals among other areas of the trade. The nomenclature as a 'gold' medal is only due to its nature as first prize and not as the metal of manufacture, solid gold medals of this time are not recorded and the laurel leaf border in gilt or gold would have sufficed to denote first place. The Kingsbarns Golfing Society's history is one not well recorded or known, the fullest detailed information is written by Mr. W Dalrymple of Leven, Fife and was printed in 'Golf Illustrated' 1908, a transcription covering the Society and prizes are printed in part below: 'There is a considerable mystery even in the date of the birth of this venerable Fife golf club, which formally wound up its own affairs and went to sleep so long ago in 1851, before the majority of modern clubs has sprung into being at all. The first minute is dated May 2nd. 1835, but one of August 3rd 1849 points to a belief in a far earlier origin. The earlier of the two medals depicted with this article points to 1823 whilst a minute of the neighbouring Crail Golfing Society of September 4th 1793 speaks of the Kingsbarns as in full life with recognised uniform of its own. The very first minute, May 2nd 1835 corroborates this existence of an already flourishing society, and deals with the probable expense of a silver frame for the "the punch bowl". On June 1st 1839 another medal is ordered: on May 2nd, 1840 a 'gold' one is presented by the Bachelors of the Society' - This is the earliest record of the existence of the medal offered here, and until this point was thought lost. 'On December 10th 1844 we find that a terrible catastrophe has befallen these hapless golfers: Duncan the tenant farmer has carried out his threat of ploughing up the links, but the society, with the providential aid of the trustees and the Cambo estate seem to have been able to pull through somehow. But the end is approaching all too swiftly. Their trusted secretary of 32 years resigns in 1846, and by August 3rd 1849, it is formally decided to suspend operations of the Society. The following is not without pathos "in retracing the past, none can fail to bear upon their remembrance the many happy meetings that have been held, only one of the original members has his name remaining on the roll - The Chaplain. Many of its members have passed the Bourne "where [sic]" no traveller returned. Much kindly intercourse has been maintained and not a few deeds of charity done. In case of its revival at any future time under more favourable auspices, it was resolved that the meetings forthwith be adjourned sine die, that the box containing the records and medals (which shall be called in from the different holders) remain in the house of Captain Corstorphine of Pittourie at Kingsbarns, and that a committee be appointed to inspect the books, ascertain the state of the debts, and notify the different members the sums due by each, and the persons to whom they are indebted. References: 'Golf Illustrated' 30th October 1908, 'Golfing Curios and the Like' Harry B Wood, 1910 plate XXVII
Lot 2356
Matchbox, 1-75 series, No.6 Euclid Quarry truck (VG,BG), plus No.10 Foden (F,BP), No.19 Lotus (M,BNM), No.30 crane truck, silver (M,BF), no.57 Chevrolet (P,BF), No.35 Sno-Trac (M,BG), No.58 Drott (F,BG), plus 3 empty boxes, 38 Victor, 45 Corsair, and 23 caravan trailer, Major Pack M-9 (VG,BG), unboxed No.68 radio truck (NM), No.41 Jaguar 62mm (NM), No.42 Wagonaire (VG), No.2 Muir Hill (F), No.24 Excavator (F), accessory A2 (no decals) (G), 4 unboxed MOY cars and 1 Showman, Corgi 1 910 Renault, Dinky telephone box and Dinky 486 Morris Oxford, plus 2 plastic guitar players (x25) (mixed conditions)
Lot 1181
12 Hornby Dublo 2-3 rail wagons, 4313 gunpowder, 4640 steel, 4630 cattle (roof marked), 4312 WR brake, 4605 Weltrol, 4655 mineral, SD6 WR brake, 2 D1 Silver Esso, one box end missing, D1 bogie bolster, D1 brick, D1 low side, also 2 3-rail coaches D13 1st/3rd body scuff marks, D12 brake/3rd scratches to body sides (G)
Lot 140
A 9ct gold St Christopher pendant,. of circular design; a 9ct gold belcher link necklace; a lady's fob watch; a broad fancy link bracelet, stamped 750, DEPOSITA; a foliate engraved silver hinged bangle; a rose quartz cabochon set ring; also a fitted leather jewellery box with outer canvas cover (Qty).
Lot 238
A group of six small cases/boxes. A small swivel stamp case; a plain sovereign holder; a Dutch miniature coffee grinder with figural decoration; a small nut shaped box and cover on suspension ring and with a swivel hasp; a small silver mounted glass vinaigerette; an acorn shaped box and cover with a telescopic cheroot holder inside (6).
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