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Lot 2778
George V hallmarked silver snuff box, with engraved decoration of horse and carriage to lid and base, hunting to front and side and Masonic interest handshake to other side, with verses 'When you have viewed this box round return it to the owner safe and sound' and 'A Gentelman and a lady going to Gretna Green post haste yea, hip yea, a hip, go it 'go on'', London 1932, maker D & J Wellby Ltd, width 8cm, weight 80g
Lot 81
The ‘Tirah 1897-98’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain J. A. L. Haldane, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards General Sir Aylmer Haldane, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., who famously commanded the armoured train at Chieveley when he and Winston Churchill were captured with others and imprisoned in Pretoria from where they each escaped; after the Great War he rose to be G.O.C. in Mesopotamia where he successfully suppressed the Arab Rebellion of 1920-22 - his published writings included How We Escaped from Pretoria (1901) and his autobiography A Soldier’s Saga (1948) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar, the ribbon additionally fitted with 1st type ‘laurel’ Second and Third Award Bars [to which he is not entitled]; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gordon Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £4,000-£6,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 20 May 1898: ‘James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane, Captain, Gordon Highlanders. In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India.’ The insignia were presented to him by the Queen at Windsor on 25 June 1898. James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane was born on 17 November 1862, only son of the late D. Rutherford Haldane, M.D., and Mrs Haldane. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Wimbledon School, and passed with Honours, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, joining the Gordon Highlanders on 9 September 1882, as Lieutenant. He was Adjutant from 1 September 1888 to 31 January 1892, and became Captain on 8 April 1892. Captain Haldane served with the Waziristan Field Force in 1894-95, as Orderly Officer to Sir William Lockhart, Commanding the Force (Medal with Clasp). He served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (Medal with Clasp). He was A.D.C. to General Sir William Lockhart, 1896-99, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Deputy Assistant Adjutant Head Quarters Staff, and was present at the actions of Chagra Kotal and Dargai, and at the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes. Reconnaissance at and around Dwatoi and action of 24 November 1897. Operations against the Khani Khel Chamkanis. Operations in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 December 1897. Operations in the Bazar Valley 25 to 30 December 1897. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 April 1898); received two Clasps to his India medal, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Haldane served in South Africa 1899-1902, with the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, taking part in the operations in Natal in 1899, including the action at Elandslaagte, where he was severely wounded. He was in command of the Chieveley Armoured Train on 15 November 1899, when it was ambushed by the Boers. The incident is chiefly remembered by the fact that Winston Churchill, who was present whilst serving as a newspaper correspondent for The Morning Post, was also taken Prisoner of War that day - his gallant conduct in action and daring escape from captivity captured the public’s imagination, propelled him into Parliament, and set him on the road to becoming Prime Minister. A full account of the incident is recorded in his Autobiography, My Early Life: ‘Nothing looks more formidable and impressive than an armoured train; but nothing is in fact more vulnerable and helpless. It was only necessary to blow up a bridge or culvert to leave the monster stranded, far from home and help, at the mercy of the enemy. This situation did not seem to have occurred to our commander. He decided to put a company of the Dublin Fusiliers and a company of the Durban Light Infantry into an armoured train of six trucks, and add a small six-pounder naval gun with some sailors landed from H.M.S. Terrible, together with a breakdown gang, and to send this considerable portion of his force out to reconnoitre towards Colenso. Captain Haldane was the officer he selected for the duty of commanding this operation. Haldane told me on the night of November 14 of the task which had been set him for the next day and on which he was to start at dawn. He did not conceal his misgivings on the imprudence of the enterprise, but he was of course, like everyone else at the beginning of a war, very keen upon adventure and a brush with the enemy. 'Would I come with him?' He would like it if I did! Out of comradeship, and because I thought it was my duty to gather as much information as I could for the Morning Post, also because I was eager for trouble, I accepted the invitation without demur. The military events which followed are well known and have often been discussed. The armoured train proceeded about fourteen miles towards the enemy and got as far as Chieveley station without a sign of opposition or indeed of life or movement on the broad undulations of the Natal landscape. We stopped for a few moments at Chieveley to report our arrival at this point by telegraph to the General. No sooner had we done this than we saw, on a hill between us and home which overlooked the line at about 600 yards distance, a number of small figures moving about and hurrying forward. Certainly they were Boers. Certainly they were behind us. What would they be doing with the railway line? There was not an instant to lose. We started immediately on our return journey. As we approached the hill, I was standing on a box with my head and shoulders above the steel plating of the rear armoured truck. I saw a cluster of Boers on the crest. Suddenly three wheeled things appeared among them, and instantly bright flashes of light opened and shut ten or twelve times. A huge white ball of smoke sprang into being and tore out into a cone, only as it seemed a few feet above my head. It was shrapnel - the first I had ever seen in war, and very nearly the last! The steel sides of the truck tanged with a patter of bullets. There was a crash from the front of the train, and a series of sharp explosions. The railway line curved round the base of the hill on a steep down gradient, and under the stimulus of the enemy’s fire, as well as of the slope, our pace increased enormously. The Boer artillery (two guns and a pom-pom) had only time for one discharge before we were round the corner out of their sight. It had flashed across my mind that there must be some trap farther on. I was just turning to Haldane to suggest that someone should scramble along the train and make the engine-driver reduce speed, when suddenly there was a tremendous shock, and he and I and all the soldiers in the truck were pitched head over heels on to its floor. The armoured train travelling at not less than forty miles an hour had been thrown off the metals by some obstruction, or by some injury to the line. In our truck no one was seriously hurt, and it took but a few seconds for me to scramble to my feet and look over the top of the armour. The train lay in a valley about 1,200 yards on the homeward side of the enemy’s hill. On the top of this hill were scores of figures running forward and throwing themselves down in the grass, from which there came almost immediately an accurate and heavy rifle fire. The bullets whistled overhead and rang and splattered on the steel plates like a hailstorm. I got down from my perch, and Haldane and I debated what to do. It was agreed that he with the little naval gun and his Dublin Fusiliers in the rear tru...
Lot 13
A pair of mother-of-pearl cufflinks, Royal Interest each of oval outline, the mother-of-pearl ground with the applied cypher of Queen Mary, in a yellow metal surround with curb links, in a fitted box for Collingwoods of LondonDimensions:Terminals: 1.6cm x 1.1cmProvenance:Provenance: The cufflinks were gifted to the family of the vendor by Queen Mary for looking after her silver during the First World War, with accompanying papers and letters.Note: Note: The letters included in this lot detail the interesting history of these cufflinks and the reason why they were given to Mr. Wall.During the summer of 1941 Her Majesty Queen Mary was looking to store the royal silver collection, ‘45 cases’ of it, outside of London and safely away from the Blitz. The cases found their way to Mr. Wall, who had enough room to store them without ‘inconvenience’ so the correspondence tells us. They travelled by van on 17 June 1941 and were safely under the protection of Mr. Wall until the end of the war. As a token of her gratitude, Queen Mary gifted the cufflinks along with a handwritten letter to express her ‘gratitude’ for the ‘safe keeping’ in ‘all these long years of war’.Transcript of the handwritten lettersMarlborough House, London, July 27th 1945Dear [x] Wall,It was so kind of you to afford my plate to be in your safe keeping all these long years of war, I assure you I am more than grateful for your kindness and I send you my warm thanks. As a small remembrance I send you these cufflinks with my cypher hoping you will often wear them.With gratitude,Believe me,Yours very sincerely,Mary R Crosswood, Cardingshire, 28 July 1945Madam,Your majesty’s gracious letter and gift brought to me profound pleasure and satisfaction. I [xxx] to assure your majesty that what little I have been privileged to do for you, will always been regarded by me as an honour. Your Majesty’s more than kind thoughts and generous appreciation serves to my respectful affection.To wear these beautiful links at any time would be a pleasure. To do so at the express wish of your majesty will be a very greatly enhanced delight. With my most respectful and warmest thanks.Your ever obedient servant.Archibald Wall
Lot 289
Rolex: a stainless steel wristwatch Oyster Perpetual Air-king model 114200, stainless steel case, signed Rolex calibre 3130 automatic movement numbered 1895647, 2007-8 from serial number, round silver dial with applied Arabic 3, 6 and 9, coronet at 12, pink baton hour markers, screw-down crown with coronet, on a stainless steel Oyster bracelet strap with signed foldover clasp, in box, with outer box, with booklet, no papersDimensions:Case: 34mm excluding crown
Lot 296
Tudor: a steel wristwatch Oyster Royal model 7934, stainless steel case, manual wind movement, round silver-coloured dial with applied gold-coloured arrowhead hour markers, gold-coloured sword hands, centre seconds hand, screw-down crown with coronet, caseback with ORIGINAL OYSTER CASE BY ROLEX GENEVA, no strap, in box, no papersDimensions:Case: 34mm excluding crown
Lot 297
Breitling: a 1960s wristwatch Top Time model 2008, serial number 1136621, rounded square stainless steel case, signed Breitling 17 jewel 7733 manual wind movement, round silver-coloured dial with applied stainless steel baton hour markers, small seconds and 60 minute register at 3 and 9 respectively in black with numerals in white, outer tachymeter scale in black, stainless steel hands with black and lume inserts, centre seconds hand in red, plain bezel, case front with engraved linear decoration, crown flanked by twin rectangular push-buttons, all brass-coloured, the caseback signed and with Breitling logo and serial number, on a later generic strap, no box and papersDimensions:Case: 36.5mm excluding crown
Lot 305
Boucheron: a diamond-set wristwatch Reflet model, stainless steel case, quartz movement, originally purchased 2003, rectangular silver-coloured dial with vertical striations, four diamond dot hour markers, pencil hands, the casefront with a row of diamonds to each edge, crown with B logo, with AJ 412240 to the caseback, on a stainless steel domed brick link bracelet strap with signed clasp, with an additional signed black strap, in box, with outer box, with papersDimensions:Case: 20.5mm excluding crown
Lot 326
Omega: a gold wristwatch Automatic Constellation Chronometer model 149.02, early 1960s, case marked 18K 750, signed Omega calibre 561 automatic movement numbered 19406443, round silver-coloured pie pan dial with shimmer, applied black and gold baton hour markers, date aperture at 3, gold sword hands with black inserts, centre seconds hand, crown with Omega logo, caseback with observatory logo, interior numbered 14902/3 SC-62, on a slightly later Omega gold-plated strap with signed clasp with No.12 and 1503/1, with additional Omega strap, with papers, no boxDimensions:Case: 33mm excluding crown
Lot 353
Y Omega de Ville: a stainless steel wristwatch Co-Axial Chronometer model 42413402002001, c.2014, stainless steel case, automatic movement, round silver-coloured dial with applied stainless steel Roman numerals, date aperture at 3, bevelled sword hands, centre seconds hand, crown with Omega logo, signed caseback with serial number, on a generic black strap, with an Omega strap with signed buckle, no box and papers, in service caseDimensions:Case: 40mm excluding crownNote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Lot 359
Y Jaeger-leCoultre: an alarm wristwatch Master Control model 141.8.97, stainless steel case, automatic movement, round silver-coloured dial with applied Arabic 12, 6 and 9 and arrowhead hour markers, date aperture at 3, outer seconds track with lume plots, sword hands, centre seconds hand, on a generic alligator strap, in a JLC box, no papersDimensions:Case: 38.5mm excluding crownNote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Lot 362
Jaeger-leCoultre: a stainless steel wristwatch Reverso Classique model 252.8.86, c.2014, stainless steel case, manual wind movement, rectangular silver-coloured dial with Arabic numerals in black, inner railroad seconds track also in black, blued steel sword hands, the casefront with ribbed sections to top and bottom, with model and serial numbers to the caseback, on a signed JLC tan ostrich strap with signed deployant clasp, no box and papersDimensions:Case: 23mm wide, 33mm high
Lot 372
Y Bovet: a stainless steel wristwatch D517 model, stainless steel case, signed calibre 19 Thirty manual wind movement, round machined silver-coloured dial with two smaller black dials, larger to the right with Chinese Shichen timekeeping system characters, smaller dial as small seconds to the left, crown set with cabochon gem, exhibition caseback with model and serial numbers to the edge, on a generic strap, in box, with outer box, no papersDimensions:Case: 42mm excluding crownNote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Lot 1148
A quantity of vintage and contemporary costume jewellery, to include brooches, bracelets, chains, beaded necklaces, hardstone necklaces, an Oriental mother of pearl inlaid jewellery box and a vintage black patent leather-effect bag marked 'Thierry Mugler', a hallmarked silver charm bracelet with silver and white metal charms, a yellow metal ring with oval amber stone, a hallmarked silver pendant in the form of a pack of playing cards and a dice, suspended on a fine link silver chain and a cloth doll of a mother carrying a baby on back.
Lot 142
A Victorian rosewood vanity box with brass shield to the top, green velvet sectioned interior with mother of pearl compartment lid buttons, cut glass storage jars with silver plated lids, including a long rectangular toothbrush case with pierced lid and a concealed side drawer, 16 x 29 x 21cm.
Lot 182
Two 19th century Staffordshire flatbacks, one depicting two children and a kitten on rocking horse, the other a small child seated on a Staffordshire dog, a Lladró figure of a child going to bed holding a candle, a Bohemian hand painted glass vase, a ruby Vienna drinking glass, various plated sugar nips, a pair of late 19th century pink lustre ware cups and saucers, one other lustre ware cup, a carving set with horn handles and silver finials and a vintage Fry's Chocolate box in the form of a satin floral hand painted cushion.
Lot 914
A George V hallmarked silver cigarette box of square cushioned form, with floral and scroll decoration, initialled 'HJ Xmas 1927', with parcel gilt interior, maker's mark indistinct, Birmingham 1925, together with a similar hallmarked silver vesta case initialled 'HGJ', also a silver top for a dressing table jar, combined approx 4.2ozt (3).
Lot 947
A sterling silver box of cushion form with repoussé decoration of flowers and scrolls, gilt interior, initialled 'F.W.' and dated 1888 discreetly to the edge, stamped 'Sterling', 9.5 x 6.5cm, together with a silver pillbox of square form, with floral decoration, gilt interior stamped '925', 3 x 3.5cm, combined approx 4.9ozt (2).
Lot 979
Various commemorative coin sets and part sets, to include a Windsor Mint 'Titanic Tribute White Star Line 100th Anniversary' necklace and medallion set, an American Mint 'Project Apollo 7' part coin set in wooden box, a colourised gold plated Jesus medallion, a Pope John Paul II silver crown coin, a Marilyn Monroe £5 1995 coin, various other silver coins, including Australian Kookaburra coins, a folder containing various first day cover stamps, etc.
Lot 53
A marble box containing hallmarked silver and white metal items including a christening child's bangle, an amber brooch, small salt spoons, two thimbles, a napkin ring, a fork and spoon with bone handles and silver collars, a small Spitfire pin, "The Metropolitan" whistle by J. Hudson & Co, Birmingham, a Swarovski pendant on chain, etc.
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