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Click here to subscribeSilver hallmarked decorative cigarette box by Deakin & Francis, with clear hallmarks for Birmingham 1965. Measuring 17cm x 11cm x 6cm high, and gross weight with loading etc. is 590g.Good clean condition, free from dedications, initials, dents, holes or repairs. Wood lining with division is complete.
A set of six 19th century Japanese silver spoons with animal crests (swallow missing), in Liberty & Co retail box, each stamped 'SM', L&Co, London and date letter, box marked inside the lid 'Liberty & Co, 218 Regent St., London. Each spoon having a different shaped flower as the bowl, with plain stems terminating respectively with a bird, fish, frog, butterfly and dragonfly. Weight 42g
A Cased .650 (16-Bore) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 3373 For 1840With browned twist sighted barrels (some old scattered pitting) signed in full along the rib, each rifled with ten spiral grooves and leaf-sighed from '100' to '150' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug, and decorated with a symmetrical foliate motif on the flat between, case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the mechanisms (one mainspring replaced) retaining their burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-stop in front, highly figured half-stock (minor old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising chequered butt (some rust patination and loss of finish on the heel) decorated with foliate scrollwork along the tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with foliate scrollwork between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with a circular arrangement of feathering above a flower-head on the pointed finial, hinged circular case-hardened patch-box cover decorated en suite with the trigger-plate finial centred on a flower-head and within a border en suite with the trigger-guard, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, border engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, grooved forward trigger, sling button engraved with a circular feathered design, brass-mounted ramrod housed in the case, and retaining much original finish: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case (some moth damage, compartment lids replaced) with accessories including Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped planished tin body, and steel bullet mould and sprue-cutter both serial numbered '3397' for 1840, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage), the exterior (some old scratching) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks and Purdey's barrelsmith's mark 75 barrels Footnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 155. Recorded as sold on 21 July 1840 for £84.0.0. Built for Lord Seagrave. Noted as 'put in stock 4th June 1840', and that the price included 'M&L' [mahogany and outer leather cases]Dallas, p. 191The crest appears to be that of Thomas Moreton Fitzharding Berkeley (1796-1888), 6th Earl of Berkeley and 14th Baron BerkeleyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare And Unusual .600 (19-Bore) Percussion Sporting RifleSigned G.E. Walker, Newbury, Late With J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. GEW 68, Circa 1845With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel (some scattered old pitting) signed along the top flat, rifled with nine wide spiral grooves, and with short platinum line on the folding-leaf back-sight, recessed patent breech with platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, the top flat engraved with a stag's head, tang engraved with foliate scrollwork and with a tiger's mask on the sighting flat, signed border engraved serial numbered detented flat lock decorated with foliate scrollwork and a tiger in a landscape, replacement dolphin hammer engraved with foliate scrollwork, engraved safety-catch, highly figured half-stock (old repairs on either side of the heel) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap, border engraved steel mounts (engraving refreshed) comprising butt-plate decorated with foliate scrollwork on the heel tang, spur trigger-guard en suite, trigger-plate with scroll engraved pointed finial, hinged circular patch-box cover decorated with a flower-head centred on a border of ropework, vacant gold escutcheon and silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, sling mounts, and original ramrod with dark horn tip, London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark of Thomas Evans 75 cm. barrelFootnotes:George E. Walker is recorded in Newbury, Berkshire between 1843 and 1869Cf. a 13-bore pin-fire d.b. sporting gun (no. 696) by the same maker and sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 2 December 2004, lot 379For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased .500 (32-Bore) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 4165 For 1849With browned damascus twist sighted barrels (some loss of finish) signed in full along the rib, each rifled with eight spiral grooves, and leaf-sighted from '50' to '100' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved as a rosette, and decorated with a symmetrical foliate motif on the flat between, case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the mechanisms retaining their burnished finish, dolphin hammers (each nose repaired) decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate (some loss of finish) decorated with foliate scrollwork along the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with foliate scrollwork between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with long slender finial, hinged circular case-hardened patch-box cover decorated with a flower-head centred on a border en suite with the trigger-guard, vacant silver escutcheon, foliate engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, grooved forward trigger, sling button engraved with a flower-head, brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining some original finish: in its oak case partly refitted and relined in burgundy baize with accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped planished tin body, steel bullet mould and reproduction sprue-cutter, and reproduction combination tool, in its leather wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (stained and damaged), the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks and James Purdey's barrelsmith's mark 69.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceA pencilled note in the Purdey records suggest that this rifle was in the D.H.L. Back CollectionLiteratureUnsworth, p. 159. Recorded as sold on 17 August 1849. Unsworth notes 'Described as a 'Small Double Rifle. Cased'. Built for a Mr. Bradley and later resold to a Mr. H.W. SaltDallas, p. 192For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased .400 (70-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion D.B. Two-Groove Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 6958 For 1865With rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels each rifled for a belted ball, matted along the rib between the breeches and towards the fore-sight, and signed in full forward of the folding leaf-sights from '200' to '300' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette, and decorated with symmetrical foliage on the flat between, case-hardened tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and stamped with lockmaker's initials 'IB' on the inside, the mechanisms retaining their case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising chequered butt-plate engraved 'Charge 3½ Drams of No. 6 Powder' (partly re-engraved) and at a later date with 'GR' on the heel, blued serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur, trigger-plate with long slender finial decorated with two flower-heads, and hinged circular case-hardened patch box-cover with flower-head centred on a circular arrangement of scrolling foliage within a border of repeated flowering foliage, vacant silver escutcheon, border engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, sling mounts, replacement brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining much of its original finish: in associated partly relined and refitted oak case (no. 6190 for a percussion d.b. rifle sold on 24 July 1862) with some accessories including steel bullet mould serial numbered to the rifle, brass bullet mould, and steel combination tool, in its leather wallet, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 72.3 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, pp. 173 and 177. Recorded as sold on 19 July 1865 for £84.0.0. Built for Sir Edward FilmerDallas, p. 193Purdey's records note the stocker as John Robertson, later of Boss & Co. The lockmaker's initials are those of a member of the Brazier family of Wolverhampton. See Tony Gibbs-Murray, British Gunlock Makers, 2019, pp. 112-115For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased 52-Bore Percussion D.B. Box-Lock Travelling PistolSigned Purdey, London, Circa 1830With round sighted barrels each engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzle, nipples stamped 'L' and 'R' respectively, foliate scroll engraved action signed on the tang plate incorporating the back-sight, dolphin hammers decorated en suite (one spur repaired), blued safety-catches, border engraved trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap decorated with scrolling foliage, the former with hinged circular butt-trap cover opening to reveal a pair of spare nipples, finely chequered figured rounded butt encircled by a foliate engraved silver band around the pommel, vacant silver escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod (some minor old pitting): in original brass-mounted mahogany case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask (cut-off spring incomplete) and steel nipple-wrench, the interior of the lid with trade label of Manton And Co., Gun Makers, No. 10 Lall Bazaar, Calcutta, the exterior with shaped vacant brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 9 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C110Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 192Offered with a handwritten note signed by W. Keith Neal reading: 'This pistol will have been bought in the ''White'' already proved from Birmingham, finished, engraved by Purdey. Note the very fine quality checkering & the nipples marked L. & R. Entirely typical of Purdey. It probably formed part of an export to India. Has the Manton of Calcutta trade card. I have seen others - always box-locks - and without date supplied & finished by Purdey - but not numbered - merely signed Purdey, not his full name & address. The quality however is very good. The Purdey muskets made for Chillingham were basically Birmingham made but finely finished by Purdey.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Early 15-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting GunBy J. Purdey, Princes St.t., Leicester Square, London, No. 382, Circa 1822With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib (engraving refreshed), border engraved breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug, and decorated with a spaniel's head within a border on the flat between, tang engraved with symmetrical scrolls and with a shell on the sighting groove, recase-hardened signed border engraved serial numbered flat locks (one bolster repaired) each decorated with two coiled monsters with foliate tails, a starburst behind each hammer and 'PATENT' on the tail, patent external 'SAFETY' catches each engaging with the back of the dolphin hammer engraved en suite with the locks and activated by the border engraved grip-safety engraved 'PATENT' within a foliated monster's head, highly figured half-stock with chequered grip (some old bruising), border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with foliage involving a shell on the heel tang, trigger-guard decorated with a symmetrical design of two birds amid foliage on the border engraved bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with a scallop shell on the pointed finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod, probably original: in associated partly relined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case numbered '357' in pencil beneath the compartment box (lid split), the interior of the lid (minor old damage along the front) with maker's trade label (worn and stained) with Princes Street address, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, and centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks and Charles Lancaster's barrelsmith's mark 70.5 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 182. Unsworth notes 'Believed to have been made originally for percussion caps...'. For 357 he notes '? Flintlock done up as new, July 1831'Dallas, p. 190For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased 16-Bore Percussion D.B. Sporting GunBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 2348 For 1832With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, breeches each with short platinum line, pierced platinum plug, and engraved with a scallop shell between, border engraved tang decorated with symmetrical foliate scrollwork involving a gundog's face below a scallop shell in the sighting groove, signed border engraved serial numbered flat locks retaining some case-hardening and each decorated with foliate scrollwork, dolphin hammers en suite, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with foliate scrolls on the heel tang and retaining traces of original blueing, trigger-guard decorated en suite (serial number worn), trigger-plate with scallop shell on the pointed finial, rear ramrod finial engraved with a starburst, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and original brass-mounted ramrod: in associated lined and fitted mahogany case numbered '1674' (for a 14-bore percussion d.b. sporting gun sold on 24 August 1829) on a label inside the wooden compartment box (lid replaced), and with some accessories including James Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped planished tin body (some surface rust), the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, and with its outer leather travelling cover (lid and straps missing), London proof marks and barrelsmith's marks of James Purdey and Thomas Evans 72 cm. barrels Footnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 213. Recorded as sold to a Mr. John Baker for £40.0.0. According to Unsworth (p. 42) John Baker was a dealer at 2 Princes Street, LondonDallas, p. 191For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FLEMING (IAN)Moonraker, FIRST EDITION, with 'shoot' on p.10, light toning to gutter margins of paste-down endpapers, text block edges toned, publisher's black cloth with lettering in silver, dust-jacket priced 10s. 6d. on both flaps (a couple of light browning marks to upper cover and inside upper flap), black morocco-backed solander box by The Chelsea Bindery [Gilbert A3a(1.2)], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, [1955]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MINIATURE BOOKS - DAVID BRYCEAn extensive collection of some 201 works, published by David Bryce of Glasgow, including six copies of the Koran (one of which is an exceptionally rare example printed entirely in gold), the Khordeh Avesta, four copies of the Ghita-Pancha-Ratna, numerous sets of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (including the famed Ellen Terry series, 'Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books' according to Bondy), the Midget Library, three sets of the Mite Series in tartan, three copies of the extremely rare and tiny Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard (the smallest Bryce book, 'exceedingly rare... at one time said not to exist', per Bondy), three copies of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a Holy Bible once owned by Nora Bryce herself (plus 25 other Bibles), numerous copies of the miniature Dictionaries and Thumb Series, and a variety of sets of poetical works by Scott, Tennyson and Burns, some sets housed in their original (sometimes revolving) bookcases, the majority in original publisher's bindings, Glasgow, David Bryce, [various dates]Footnotes:THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY DAVID BRYCE & SON OF GLASGOW TO HAVE EVER APPEARED ON THE MARKET, containing many of the books described in the chapter devoted to Bryce in Louis Bondy's Miniature Books, 1981.A full list of the collection is available on request, but some of the principle works include:--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Complete Works, 40 vol., 3 sets, dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry, illustrated frontispiece, gilt cloth bindings (red, dark turquoise and forest green), housed in the original revolving bookcases by Bumpus, 55 x 38mm. [Bondy 114; Spielmann 459], 1904--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Complete Works, 40 vol., 2 sets, dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry, illustrated frontispiece, India paper, gilt Harlequin leather, housed in revolving bookcases by Bumpus, some covers sunned, 50 x 35mm, [Bondy 114; Spielmann 459], 1904 --SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) and J. TALFORD BLAIR (ed.). Complete Works, 40 vol. illustrated frontispiece, red leather gilt, the majority with dust-jackets, contained in an Art Nouveau gated hanging wooden bookcase with minor wear, 50 x 30mm., 1915--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Complete Works, 40 vol. bound in 20, 2 sets, dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry, illustrated frontispiece, red leather, housed in a wooden replica of Shakespeare's desk and in a oak-wood chest with a drop front (to which is fixed a metal bust of Shakespeare), 54 x 33mm, c.1900--[Qur'an] The Koran, PRINTED ENTIRELY IN GOLD, in Arabic, decorated borders to each page, red morocco gilt, housed in a typical 'Bryce style' white metal hinged locket with inset magnifier, a very rare example as only a few were printed in gold, 27 x 19mm [Bondy 111], c.1900 --[Chained Bible] 'Smallest Bible in the World', The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Produced for the Tercentenary Commemoration of the Authorised Version of the English Bible, illustrated frontispiece, brown blind-stamped roan, with magnifier in pocket inside front cover, chained to a model wooden lectern (measuring 139mm.), hinges lose, contained in its original box with a pictorial label which is very rare [Bondy p.109], 42 x 30mm., c.1901--[Midget Library], complete 12 vol. set (German English Dictionary; French English Dictionary; English Dictionary; Tourist's Conversational Guide in English French German Italian; Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; The Koran; New Testament; Robert Burns; English Scots and Irish Songs; Animals; Birds), illustrated frontispieces, limp red morocco gilt, minor wear [Bondy 72, 107, 11, 113], housed in original and very rare Jahncke's tin, with hinged door and fitted glass fronted case set in an angled wooden stand, all measure 26 x 12mm. (except the New Testament which is 18 x 15mm.), 1925--The Allies Bible in Khaki, 5 copies (one with the original dust-jacket and all but one with magnifying glass), prefaced with the national anthems of the Allies, a recessional by Rudyard Kipling, and Neil Munro's 'Evening Prayer of a People', khaki cloth, minor wear [Bondy 110], c.1914 --The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of the Original Tongues ... by His majesty's special command, illustrations, inscription by Nora Bryce on first fly-leaves ('Nora Bryce – Given to me by Davie's father on my first visit to 60 Berkeley St. Glasgow – August 1914.'), cream Oxford morocco gilt, yapp edges, with magnifying glass [Spielmann 24-25], 40 x 30mm., c.1900--'Illustrated Miniature Bible': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Souvenir of the Glasgow Exhibition, illustrations, dark green cloth, minor shelf-wear, 45 x 30mm., c.1901--New Testament, 3 copies, gilt leather (green, charcoal, and red) [Bondy p.111, 'staggeringly small'], 20 x 16mm., 1896--'The Mite Series in Tartan' (including Burns' Poems First Edition 1786; Bryce's English Dictionary; English Scotch and Irish Songs; My Tiny Alphabet Book; My Tiny Alphabet Book), illustrations in colour, tartan paper covers over red cloth, housed in a in fitted plain wooden box divided into six compartments with hinged glazed top, sixth space in the box as a framed portrait of Burns beneath a magnifying glass, 27 x 20mm., 75 x 80mm. (box), c.1905--[The Coronation Bible], Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of the Original Tongues ... by His Majesty's Special Command, 5 copies, illustrations, two in purple cloth with round medallion photograph on upper cover, two in dark tan embossed leather, one in dark red buckram [Bondy 109], 43 x 35mm., 1902, 1911 and 1914--English and German Dictionary, red leather, 31 x 19mm., c. 1896--Khordeh Avesta, red morocco gilt, housed in a white metal hinged locket with inset magnifier and engraved floral decoration, overall 26 x 19mm., c.1900--'Smallest English Classic in the World': Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, 3 copies, maroon leather gilt, 17 x 13mm. [Bondy p.113-4], 1911--Tourist's Conversational Guide in English, French, German, Italian, red leather gilt, housed in a sterling silver hinged locket with embossed floral design around inset magnifier and to rear, 26 x 19mm., c.1900 --Old English Scotch and Irish Songs, illustrated with twenty-four original sketches by A.S. Boyd, red paper wrappers, housed in a sterling silver plain case with inset magnifier and slide hinge, 26 x 19mm., c.1900--Napoleon's Book of Fate, 2 copies, one fold out plate, red leather gilt and blue leather gilt, 50 x 34mm., c.1905 --SCOTT (WALTER) and ROBERT BURNS. Poems, 12 vol. (double set of 6 vols. each), illustrated, early ownership inscription on first fly-leaves with 1895 date, green buckram gilt and embossed, minor wear, 85 x 60mm., housed in a double-hinged and lidded tartanware box, 96 x 75 x 115mm., Fredrick A. Stokes and Brother, New York. c.1890's--BURNS (ROBERT) The Poetical works of Robert Burns, Pearl Edition, illustrated frontispiece, various bookplates, ownership signature and collation markings of bibliographer Edward Gordon Duff and bookplate of Grace Broecker, brown morocco by Fazakerley (Liverpool) with gilt text in Greek on upper cover, fore-edge painting comprising a circular portrait of Burns, flanked by his birthplace at Alloway, and the old 'Brig O Doon', with slipcase, minor wear [not in Bondy or Spielmann; not in NLS collection], 85 x 60mm., c.1890--The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 3 copies, green leather gilt, dark green marbled board, cream boards with red and gold print decoration, minor wear, 53 x 35mm. (one copy), 70 x 80mm., c.1904--My Tiny Alphabet Book, 2 copies, colour illustrations, respectively in red and b... 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SUFFRAGETTES – HOLLOWAY BROOCHSilver 'Portcullis' or 'Holloway' brooch awarded to Lizzie Berkeley of Hebden Bridge, depicting the portcullis of the House of Commons, one [of two] hanging chains and superimposed broad arrow in purple, green and white enamel, with safety chain and pin, stamped 'SILVER' and 'TOYE & CO/ LONDON' on reverse, 25 x 21mm., [1909]; together with a contemporary cardboard box depicting diagonal stripes in the WSPU colours, lined in green velvet, 55 x 55mm.; programme for the 'Mass Meeting of Women' at the Royal Albert Hall on 29th April 1909, 8 pages, outer leaves detached, old tape repairs, fragile, 8vo; with an essay by Lizzie Berkeley on prison conditions, and another entitled 'Marie Corelli and Women's Suffrage', an argument against the anti-suffrage movement, written in ink in a Jubilee exercise book, 11 leaves, stained, marked, some leaves detached, paper covers, 4to, [n.d.] (4)Footnotes:'WHERE IS THE JUSTICE AND CIVILISATION OF WHICH ENGLAND IS SO PROUD': A Yorkshire suffragette receives her 'Victoria Cross' and speaks of the conditions she experienced in prison.Known variously as the Portcullis Badge, Holloway Prison Brooch and the Victoria Cross of the Union, the silver brooch was presented by the WSPU to women imprisoned at Holloway Prison for militant suffragette activity. Designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, it includes the portcullis symbol for parliament, the chains of imprisonment and the broad arrow of the prison uniform picked out in the colours of the WSPU; purple (dignity), white (purity) and green (hope). Initially mentioned in Votes for Women on 16 April 1909, the first brooches were presented by Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence at the 29th April 'Mass Meeting', the programme for which is included in the lot. The programme lists a Miss Berkeley under the roll call of prisoners, and she may well have been at that meeting to receive her award. It is not known whether the box accompanying the brooch is the original, but it nonetheless remains a rare survival of suffragette memorabilia from the period. Elizabeth (or 'Lizzie') Berkeley (1883-1969) was a button machinist from Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. Her father George trained as a teacher but by the 1891 census he was listed as unemployed and his son Robert, aged 11, the grandfather of the current owner, was forced to work in an iron foundry in Halifax to support the family. An article in Leeds Mercury of 22 March 1907 under the headline 'The Suffragette Martyrs: Fifty Women go to Prison', notes that she was fined 40s or 14 days imprisonment for taking part in a large demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament – one of the first so-called 'rushes' – on 18 March 1907. Her experience in Holloway prompted her to write a heartfelt diatribe in her notebook against conditions for all prisoners, not just for suffragettes, distinguishing between third and first division prisoners, describing their isolation, loneliness and inactivity, the terrible food and conditions, and asking why things can't be improved; '...do you wonder that people are driven mad, or broken in health, is there any humanity in such treatment, the dress itself is like an outward visible sign of inward wrong...', she writes. She remained unmarried and died in 1969. The brooch has remained in the family since then.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GESSNER (SALOMON)La Mort d'Abel: poeme en cinq chants, first French edition, frontispiece and 5 plates stipple-engraved in colour by Colibert, Casenave & Clement after Nicolas-André Monsiau, minor spotting and browning, contemporary red morocco gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, green morocco label, g.e., light wear, housed in modern custom clamshell box [Brunet II 1568; Cohen-de Ricci, 436], large 4to (334 x 250mm.) Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793-- QUERELLES (CHEVALIER DE) Hero et Leandre, poeme nouveau en trois chants, FIRST EDITION, aquatint frontispiece in black and 8 aquatint prints in colour by Philibert-Louis Debucourt, bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper and half-title, occasional foxing, contemporary quarter morocco over red glazed boards, stamped in silver, g.e., modern folding case, boards warped, corners bumped [Cohen-de Ricci, 833], 4to (300 x 230mm.) Paris, Pierre Didot L'aine, 1801-- FÉNELON (FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE) The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates after Stothard and Burney, early ownership inscription opposite title, Satinsky collection bookplate, minor spotting and soiling, contemporary straight-grain morocco gilt, g.e., rebacked retaining original spine, hinges starting, corners bumped, worn, modern solander box [Brunet II 1568], 4to (265 x 212 mm.), C. and G. Kearsley, 1795 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE JAVANESE METAL VESSELS, INDONESIA, 12TH-14TH CENTURY, comprising a silver bowl, a copper round box with flower motif on the lid and a small bowl, 5cm high; 17cm diam. (silver bowl), 10.5cm high; 22cm diam. (box), 7.5cm high; 10cm diam. (small bowl) Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. For a closely related bronze box formerly in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, see Guy 1989, pl.26, p.31
A Second War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Private E. V. Woodroffe, Worcestershire Regiment, and later Admiralty Senior Hydrographic Draughtsman British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ernest V. Woodroffe); 1914-15 Star (12225 L. Cpl. E. Woodroffe. Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12225 Pte. E. Woodroffe. Worc. R.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine or better (5) £300-£400 --- B.E.M. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Ernest Victor Woodroffe, Senior Hydrographic Draughtsman, Admiralty.’ Ernest Victor Woodroffe was born on 24 May 1892, at Aston, Warwickshire. He commenced service in the Royal Navy as Boy 2 Class, H.M.S. Ganges I, on 26 April 1908, being appointed to H.M.S. Impregnable on 5 September 1908. He was clearly not suited to naval life and was discharged (invalided with melancholia) on 8 October the same year. On 31 August 1910, he enlisted into the Worcestershire Regiment and served in the 4th and 6th Battalions of that regiment in the Great War, at Gallipoli from 25 April 1915. He sustained a serious gun shot wound to his left hand and was discharged due to wounds on 1 July 1916, no longer physically fit for war service and received Silver War Badge No. 16709 (not with medals). He was appointed to be 2nd Class Draughtsman in the Royal Navy Hydrographic Department, on 16 March 1926, and served through to 1963. By the end of the Second World War he was graded as as Senior Hydrographic Draughtsman, and was awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil) in the New Year's Honour's List of 1946. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as a civil servant residing at Bath. He died on 11 May 1967. Research correspondence with the medals indicate that he was known in the Hydrographic Office as "Splints" Woodroffe and was “quite a "character",a confirmed bachelor, quite a religious man and `careful' with money. He was not only in the Worcestershire Regiment but also said to have been in the Education Corps - perhaps after he was wounded and before joining the Hydrographic Department. However this has not been verified. He joined the Hydrographic Department when it was still at Cricklewood, and came to Taunton when the H.S.E. was established there just before WWII. He retired in 1963, still a Senior Draughtsman. Sold with named card box of issue and Admiralty issue slip for the second and fourth medals, addressed to Jones at an address in Stonehouse, Plymouth; original photograph of the recipient receiving his B.E.M. from Vice Admiral Sir Peter White; original transmittal slip from Buckingham Palace; one good conduct stripe; one embroidered telegrapher’s sleeve badge; press cutting regarding the award of the B.E.M.; ribbon bar, the B.E.M. incorrectly with military ribbon; red fibre identity disk; original small identity card photograph of the recipient; and a photograph of King George VI inspecting a ship in the Home Fleet in September 1942; a copy photograph of the Home Guard platoon formed at the Hydrographic Supplies Establishment, Taunton; together with copied research and copy correspondence regarding his naval service.
Three: Lieutenant J. L. King, Somerset Light Infantry, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. L. King. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut J. L. King) nearly extremely fine Three: Private E. H. Thompson, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (34400 Pte. E. H. Thompson. M.G.C.) in named card box of issue; Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. E. H. Thompson, 2 Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire’, traces of adhesive to reverse of DM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90 --- James Lawrence King was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 16 September 1914 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 November 1915. He was employed with the Army Signalling Service from 8 February 1916, before transferring to the Royal Engineers. Appointed Temporary Lieutenant on 15 June 1919, he relinquished his commission on 15 September 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. Ernest Henry Thompson attested for the Machine Gun Corps on 5 May 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged on 15 November 1917, on account of being permanently physically unfit, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 302,670.
Pair: Private A. Mitchell, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (25302 Pte. A. Mitchell. Lan. Fus.) good very fine Three: Private A. Timms, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (27814 Pte. A. Timms. Glouc. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private A. J. Somerville, Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (26742 Pte. A. J. Somerville. Dorset. R.) good very fine Four: Private S. P. Poulter, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (106869 Pte. S. P. Poulter. Notts. & Derby. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Great War pair mounted as worn together with the riband for the Army L.S. & G.C.; the Second War medals in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. S. P. Poulter, 5 Shelley Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12’, the Great War pair nearly very fine; the Second War medals extremely fine 1914-15 Star (54838. Spr. F. W. Cole. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (23310 Pte. E. G. F. Adams. A.S.C.); together with two Silver War Badges, the reverses officially numbered ‘321721’ and ‘B37235’, very fine (13) £100-£140
Five: Private M. V. Steele, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (2927 Pipr. M. S. Steele. 9 Q.O.C.H.) these both renamed; Defence and War Medals 1939-45 (2921944 M. V. Steele. Cameron Hdrs.) these both privately impressed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second and Third Additional Award Bars (2921955 Pte. M. V. Steele. Camerons) mounted as worn, nearly very fine Three: Signalman D. P. Hawkins, Royal Corps of Signals, who died in North Africa on 30 December 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. D. G. Hawkins, 13, Parsons Green Lane, Fulham, London, SW6’, good very fine Five: Attributed to Private T. H. Jones, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, good very fine Six: Attributed to P. O. Bell 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with a Lagos Caledonian Society Past Chieftain’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘P. O. Bell 1970/71, 1971/72’, good very fine One: E. G. Brotherhood, Home Guard Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s Home Guard Certificate, named to Edgar Geoffrey Brotherhood, and dated 7 November 1941 to 31 December 1944; and various postcard photographs. extremely fine One: I. Johnson Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. I. Johnson, 71 Southover, Bromley, Kent’; together with the recipient’s St. John Re-examination Cross, silvered, the reverse engraved ‘A108538 Isaac W. Johnson’, with 13 bronze date bars for 1950 to 1962 inclusive, good very fine (22) £100-£140 --- Douglas Percy Hawkins was born in Fulham, London, and served with the Royal Signals during the Second World War in North Africa. He died on 30 December 1942 and is buried at Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.
Pair: Gunner J. G. Ambrose, Canadian Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2341377 Gnr. G. Ambrose. C.G.A.) generally good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (246278 Pte. N. Taylor 38-Can. Inf.; 931085 Spr. W. J. Pleasant. C.O.R.C.C.); together with Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (17193 Pte. J. E. Aldous 7-Can. Inf.; 793105 A. Sjt. W. S. Fraser. 25-Can. Inf.) and Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘121500’ and in scarce numbered box of issue, generally good very fine (lot) £100-£140 --- John Guy Ambrose [sic] was born in Ontario, Canada in June 1880. He served during the Great War with the Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery on the Western Front. Gunner Ambrose died of illness, 25 February 1919, and is buried in Halle Communal Cemetery, Halle, Belgium. Nelson Colomban Taylor was born in Quinville, Quebec, Canada in February 1899. He was an orphan, and lied about his age in order to enlist aged 16. Taylor served during the Great War with the 38th Battalion (Ottawa), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Taylor was killed in action on the Western Front, 15 November 1917, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Wallace James Pleasant was born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada in August 1895. He served during the Great War with No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Engineers on the Western Front. John Edward Aldous was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in November 1889. He served during the Great War with 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was taken prisoner of war, 25 April 1915. Private Aldous was interned at Munster POW Camp. He died in Vancouver in November 1940. Thomas Grierson served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers in the French theatre of war from 18 December 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps (and was awarded the Silver War Badge listed above). Sold with a photographic image of Nelson Colomban Taylor in uniform.
Four: Police Constable W. J. Prout, Metropolitan Police, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for rescuing a drowning woman from the River Thames in 1931, and subsequently received a Royal Humane Society Parchment Testimonial Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. W. J. Prout, 14, Dukes Avenue, Kingston, Surrey’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. William J. Prout) in named card box of issue; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Police Constable William J. Prout. 19th. Sept. 1931.) with integral top riband bar, in Elkington, London, case of issue; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination small bronze medallion, the reverse engraved ‘443107 William J. Prout’, in named card box of issue; and a silver St. John Ambulance Association sew-on badge, extremely fine (6) £200-£240 --- William John Prout was born at Medrose, Cornwall, on 12 February 1906, and joined the Metropolitan Police on 21 February 1927. He served with ‘V’ Division, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case no. 51.034) for saving the life of a drowning woman from the River Thames at Twickenham on 19 September 1931: ‘For courage and devotion to duty, whilst in plain clothes, in assisting to rescue Violet Rayent, aged 21, who had been thrown into the river by the capsizing of a canoe at 8:20 p.m. Police Constable Prout, taking off his jacket, dived in and swam to her. In spite of her struggles he held her up until she was picked up by a skiff.’ Prout was subsequently awarded a Testimonial on Parchment by the Royal Humane Society (R.H.S. Case no. 57912) for rescuing a child from drowning from the River Thames at River Lane, Richmond, on 18 August 1943: ‘Hearing shouts for help by Audrey Archer, aged 10, who was bathing in the river Thames near River Lane, Police Constable Prout doffed his tunic and helmet, jumped into the water, and brought her safely to the bank.’ Prout was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 January 1952, and resigned to pension on 18 October 1953. He died in Truro, Cornwall, on 17 September 1984. Sold with copied research.
A collection of silver plated wares, comprising; a four piece tea and coffee service, a plated mounted wood sardine box with glass liner and servers, a ham bone holder and a toast rack, together with a white metal mounted horn snuff box with inlaid decoration, a silver and tortoiseshell pill box, a yellow metal retractable pencil, a white metal retractable pencil and a tortoiseshell mounted card case (some damage)
A Victorian silver snuff box, Owen & Boon, Birmingham 1856, of shaped rectangular form with bright cut engraved decoration, with presentation inscription 'Presented to T. Templeman by the members of the Foresters Court 1592 1859', 68mm wide, weight approx 2.1ozHallmarks reasonably clear, cover does not sit completely flush with the body, general wear in keeping with age but no significant visible damage, refer to images
Victoria, official 1897 Diamond Jubilee medal, by T. Brock, 55mm diameter, together with an Edward VII official Coronation medal, 1902, by G.W. DeSaulles, 55mm diameter, within fitted case, a George V 1935 Silver Jubilee medal, within fitted box and a Prince Andrew marriage 1986 silver medal within capsule and fitted case (4)
A Beswick model of a dapple grey horse, 21cm high; together with a Royal Doulton Bunnykins Christmas plate in original box, three Royal Doulton Brambly Hedge Seasons plates - Autumn, Summer (factory second) and Winter; a Coalport Silver Jubilee 1977 plate, boxed; and six Wedgwood Foxwood Tales plates including Jam-Making at Foxwood, Foxwood Regatta and Foxwood library, boxed (qty)
A cased silver and tortoiseshell mounted dressing table set, Walker & Hall, Birmingham 1926, comprising; a hand mirror, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes and a comb, presented within original fitted boxSome general wear to tortoiseshell in keeping with age, some creasing and dents to the silver rims, all pieces engraved 'B', case in good order, general wear, refer to images
A pair of Chinese silver enamelled 'dog' stem cups, circa 1920, each cup enamelled with a pair of dogs to the front and back, with fully lined fitted wood box, inscribed with Chinese characters to the cover which translates as 'A gift for a German priest, from Liaoyang Normal School Alumni Association, January 1923', with two Chinese marks to base rim, cup 9cm high, box 19cm x 16 x 9.5cm. (3) 一九二三 銀嵌琺瑯狗紋高足杯一對連木盒Please refer to department for condition report
A Chinese silver 'flowers' jewelry box, 20th century, decorated with engraved flowering lotus, chrysanthemums and roses, signed to the reverse, stamped 'STERLING' and '0.950 SILVER' to underside of foot, with key, 12.8cm wide二十世紀 銀鏨花卉紋蓋盒 品相報告 Condition Report: Some light surface wear, in good condition overall.
A cased set of twelve silver napkin rings, Jones & Crompton, Birmingham 1942, each with engraved 'W', presented within fitted case, total weight approx 5.3ozAll of the napkin rings have matching hallmarks, most hallmarks reasonably clear but two quite rubbed, a couple of the rings with very slight mis-shape but other than this no significant visible damage, some wear to the box, refer to images
A Victorian silver snuff box, George Unite, Birmingham 1891, of rectangular form the cover engraved 'Presented to William Lewis The Best Swordsman in the A. Troop of the M.Y. Cavalry 1877', 73mm wide, weight approx 3.1ozHallmarks clear, hinge in good working order, a few small dings but no significant visible damage, refer to images
A collection of silver wares, comprising; a silver mounted glass wheelbarrow by William Comyns, London 1907, a baluster cream jug raised on three paw feet, four napkin rings, a match box holder, a small goblet, a tea strainer with turned wood handle, a small silver mounted glass dish and a silver fork (lacking handle)Total weighable silver approx 10oz
A small collection of miniature silver wares, comprising; a table and chair, Samuel Boyce Landeck, import mark for Sheffield 1901, a stool, two spice shakers in the form of a chocolate pot and a saucepan, a trophy cup in the form of a tyg on stand and five white metal Southeast Asian figures, together with a plated box
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