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A VICTORIAN COPPER AND SILVERED STANDDISH POSSIBLY ANGLO INDIAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY of shaped oval form, with elephant mask pattern taperstick holder and flanking cut glass inkwells 13.5cm high, 37cm wide Condition Report: Condiiton issues noted including the foot of one inkwell chipped, Hinged cover with make-do repair (with cable-tie)Silver plate worn overall Condition Report Disclaimer
A PAIR OF GILT METAL WALL LIGHTS LATE 19TH CENTURY Each with four projecting scrolled arms mounted on a wall bracket The bracket 26cm high, the sconces 40cm protuberance overall Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useThe three arms rotate on a single pivot to the backplate and these are moving freely at time of report No obvious signs of drilling for wiring, there are small loops beneath each arm - possibly to tie wiring or for drops, these would appear to be gas lights - the arms are hollow and with short screw nozzles witihn the sconces - the old twist switches are mainly seized, with one or two moving and rotating. If wished to be electrified additional wiring would need to be fitted by a qualified electrician, there are silver foil linings to each sconce where candles have been used more recentlyOverall in presentable order with some marks and surface discolouration Please see additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
NOGAWA COMPANY, A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASES MEIJI PERIOD Each of inverted baluster form rising to a trumpet neck, the shoulder mounted with stylised dragon handles, the whole inlaid in shakudo, gold, silver and copper hon-zogan with reserves of landscapes and kacho-e subjects between bands of lappets, Nogawa mark to the bases Each 11.8cm high Condition Report: One vase with slight dent to rim and two scars.Second vase has no discernible damagepresumably would have once had stands now lacking Condition Report Disclaimer
A 14ct yellow gold green apatite and cubic zirconia dress ring, the green stone approximately 8 mm diameter, size Q, together with a 9ct yellow gold and cubic zirconia solitaire ring, the stone approximately 9.3 mm diameter, size N 1/2, and a silver gilt and cubic zirconia ring, size N12. (3)Two gold rings, 7.1 grams combined.
A pair Regency silver serving spoons, hallmarked London 1814, bearing makers marks for Josiah and George Piercy, 22 cm long, together with an early 18th century silver serving spoon, bearing Glasgow marks, makers mark James Lockheart, 22 cm long, a pair of silver berry spoons, hallmarked Sheffield, makers mark Walker & Hall, a silver mustard spoon, a salt spoon, and three handmade silver spoons designed by Peter Ball, 419 grams
A 9ct yellow gold and citrine ring, set with a chequerboard cut stone, the shoulders channel-set with three citrines, size Q, together with four silver rings, including a peridot and smoky quartz cluster ring, a double pearl ring, a CZ ring, and a blue and white CZ cluster ring. (5)Citrine ring, 5.2 grams.
A cased etui set with gilt finish, in red lined box, together with a novelty white metal pepperette in the form of an owl, a white metal salt shaker in the form of an egg, a white metal rectangular box, repousse decorated with a courting couple, an Art Nouveau white metal caddy spoon, a white metal vinaigrette box in the form of a Bible, a small silver cigarette case (hinge a/f), a box of cigarettes, a thimble case etc.
The 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot was raised in 1741 and saw extensive service in North America during the latter half of the 18th century and early 19th century, including in the Caribbean, and subsequently took part in the Crimean War. It amalgamated with the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot in 1881 to become the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and saw further service in the Egyptian campaign and in South Africa during the Boer War, as well as extensive service in both the Great War and the Second World War. Following the Second World War the Regiment amalgamated successively with the Somerset Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1959; with the Durham Light Infantry, the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, and the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to form the Light Infantry in 1968; and then with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire Light Infantry, and the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles in 2007. A Great War 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major J. Trehane, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was wounded in action on the Western Front Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. Trehane.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated 1953, with additional long service bar dated 1953, and Royal Mint case of issue, mounted as worn, very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ John Trehane was born in the small village of Linkinhorne, Cornwall, on 11 July 1894, the son of yeoman farmer John Trehane. Appointed to a commission in the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 4 March 1915, he was posted to Northumberland for training and soon caught the attention of the West Briton on 5 August 1915 when part of a victorious athletics team; at a meeting of 35 teams - held in conjunction with the Lord Mayor’s recruiting campaign at the Newcastle Town Moor - Trehane and nine comrades of the 5th D.C.L.I. squad won the Military Athletics Carnival. Sent to France on 21 May 1916, Trehane went on to serve with the 1/5th Battalion, D.C.L.I. Territorial Force throughout the War. He was wounded in action on 5 January 1917 near the Aveluy-Thiepval Road on the Somme, the date corresponding with War Diary entries noting Battalion engagement in Pioneering tasks on behalf of 1st Division, notably road repairs, the revetment of trenches with brushwood hurdles, and the laying of duckboards - all under fire. Appointed second in command of ‘C’ Company in February 1918, Trehane witnessed first-hand the desperate rearguard actions during the opening stages of the German Spring Offensive. He was later awarded the Military Cross in the King’s Birthday Honours of 1918, with author Hugo White in his book One and All listing Trehane’s name alongside a host of other decorated men ‘in recognition of the many acts of bravery performed by officers and soldiers during the recent German Offensive (the Kaiserschlacht)...’ Returned home to south-east Cornwall, Trehane married Florence Mildred Burch at Liskeard in December 1921 and set about raising two sons and tending 180 acres of land at Rilla Mill near Callington. Devoting his time to stock farming and the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, he was transferred to Class II as Captain upon reaching the age limit in 1934. Keen to serve once again in 1939, Trehane wrote a series of letters to the military authorities stating his desire to join the British Expeditionary Force. Politely rebutted, he determined to relinquish his commission in the T.A.R.O. so as to ‘join the ranks’, but was instead invited to the D.C.L.I. Depot at Bodmin and sent to Essex and the 16th Infantry Holding Battalion at Clacton. It was here that he saw out the Second World War, his time in the east of England followed by extensive service from 1945 to 1953 as Lieutenant in the 1st (North Cornwall) Home Guard. Awarded the Territorial Decoration in the London Gazette of 14 July 1953 after 20 years and 91 days with the Colours, Trehane left the running of the family farm to his sons John and Francis, and finally took his retirement at Westcliffe-on-Sea in Essex. It was here that he died on 28 June 1965. Sold with an attractive swing-mounted group of five miniature awards comprising MC, BWM, VM, Defence and War Medals, the former of GRI vintage; two fine North Eastern Counties Cross Country Association silver and enamel fobs, engraved to reverse ‘Time Test Race. Long Benton. 10/7/15. 5th Duke Cornwall’s L.I. F. Co. 2nd. Lt. Trehane’, and ‘Inter Co. Race Hollinside. 17.7.15 1st 5th Duke Cornwall’s L.I. “F” Co. 2nd Lt. J. Trehane’.; Berwick A. A. Club Military Race 1915, silver fob by Fattorini & Sons, engraved to reverse ‘2nd. Team.’; with bronze and white metal D.C.L.I. cap badges and Home Guard pin; and copied research.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (117 Sergt. E. W. Willcocks. 2nd Bn. Som. L.I.) minor official correction to middle initial, suspension loose, very fine £80-£100 --- Ernest William Willcocks, a printer and member of the Militia, was born in Weston, Somerset, in 1861. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton on 25 March 1862. He served in India from February 1883 and served during the Burma campaign of 1885 to 1887. He was appointed Sergeant in March 1887, before returning to the UK the following December. Willcocks was discharged to the Army Reserve on 24 March 1894; at the outbreak of the Great War, he attested at Taunton serving as a Sergeant Instructor and Quartermaster at Bath Military Hospital. Discharged due to his age in February 1916, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 152,317. He died in Weston-Super-Mare on 25 September 1926, and a bearer party was provided by serving members of his regiment, with the ‘last post’ being played by a Bugle Major who had served with him in Burma. Sold together with a damaged ‘National Reserve Somerset’ Badge and copy research.
A scarce ‘Aro Expedition 1901-02’ D.S.O. and ‘Queen Victoria’s Funeral’ M.V.O. group of six awarded to Major M. L. Goldie, Royal Horse Artillery, who was accidentally killed in France in March 1915 and had won the D.S.O. for ‘conspicuous gallantry at the water picket affair at Ikotobo’ during the Aro expedition Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse not numbered; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Aro 1901-1902, high relief bust (Capt: M. L. Goldie, M.V.O, R.A.) officially engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Major M. L. Goldie, D.S.O., M.V.O. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major M. L. Goldie.) obverse centre slightly depressed on the first and with minor loss to enamel wreaths, otherwise generally good very fine (6) £2,800-£3,400 --- Mark Leigh Goldie was born in India on 16 October 1875, son of Colonel M. H. G. Goldie, R.E., of Plymouth. He joined the Army on 2 November 1895, as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, in which he became Lieutenant on 2 November 1898, and Captain on 16 November 1901. As a Lieutenant he was created an M.V.O. for his command of the R.H.A. Team at the funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria on 19 March 1901. He served in Southern Nigeria in 1901 and 1902, taking part in the Aro Expedition, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches, received the Medal with clasp, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 12 September 1902). He was invested by the King on 18 December 1902. From 1907, Captain Goldie was with B Battery, R.H.A., at Plymouth. He was promoted to Major on 10 May 1912, and served in France from 14 December 1914, with V Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. He died from accidental wounds on 5 March 1915, aged 39, and is buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France. Fuller detail of the expedition and the circumstances of Goldie’s award of the D.S.O. are given in the despatches of Commissioner R. Moor and Lieutenant Colonel A. Montanaro, published in the London Gazette of 12 September 1902: 
‘The objects of the expedition were:
a) To abolish the slave trade which was actively carried on throughout the entire territories belonging to, and dominated by the Aro tribe.
b) To abolish the fetish of the Aros known as “Long Juju,” which, by superstition and fraud caused many evils amongst the Ibo tribes generally, and to all the outlying tribes of the entire protectorate, who continually appealed to it. While this Juju existed it was impossible to establish effective government in the territories.
c) To open up the whole of the Ibo country lying between the Cross River and the Niger to civilization and trade of collecting the natural products of their country and developing it to the best advantage.
d) To introduce a currency in lieu of slaves, brass rods, and other forms of native currency that existed in the territories, and which from their nature and cumbersomness were opposed to advance in any direction.
e) Finally, to establish throughout the territories a labour market to take the place of slavery.

A few days before the operations commenced a most deplorable massacre of some 400 men, women and children, mostly women and children, was carried out in the hinterland of the Opobo district, at a town called Obegu. The Aros had long threatened to attack the tribes friendly to the government, and though the people of Obegu had been warned to keep careful watch, they were unfortunately caught napping by a conglomerate force of the various sections of the Aro tribe, together with other Ibos unfriendly to them, and their town was destroyed with the slaughter of the people above mentioned. This gave another object and duty to the Field Force, viz., that of capturing and bringing to justice the natives responsible for this bloodthirsty massacre, in the carrying out of which one section of the Aro tribe alone, the Abams, who were great head hunters, are reported to have obtained 200 heads...

Dispositions were as follows... No. 4 Column, consisting of 19 Europeans, 1 Native officer, 479 Native rank and file, 1 M/m gun, 1 7-pr. gun, 1 rocket tube, 2 Maxim guns, 13 gun-carriers and 225 general carriers, under the command of Captain (local Major) W. C. G. Heneker, Connaught Rangers, concentrated at Itu, with orders to make feint advances towards Aro-Chuku and so cause the enemy to keep the bulk of his forces in the corner of the country where the capital lay...

The Scouts 4 sections of Infantry, 1 M/m gun, 1 7-pr. gun, and a Maxim, under the command of Major Heneker, marched out of Esu-Itu on the morning of December 8th. At a distance of 1 1/2 miles from camp the enemy was discovered by the Scouts to have established himself in a thickly wooded ravine. The line of Scouts was strengthened on each flank by a section, and the guns were brought up to the front. The enemy for a time held the ravine tenaciously, but was unable to stand the case shot and Maxim fire, which searched his position from a hill overlooking it, and he retired, taking up another position on some high ground behind the ravine. He was again driven out of this position by shrapnel and case shot. The country becoming now fairly open, the enemy was slowly driven back on his final position. Here he made a most determined stand, and as our fire appeared to make no impression, Major Heneker decided to outflank him simultaneously on both flanks. This movement was most successfully carried out by Captain Venour, D.S.O., who, working his men round through the scrub thereby exposed a long line of deep trenches to enfilade fire. The “Cease Fire” was then sounded and the whole line advancing, charged into the trenches and turned the enemy out at the point of the bayonet. Our casualties were only two men killed, this being due to Major Heneker’s good dispositions and to the admirable way in which the Scouts performed their duties...

At Ikotobo, on January 26th, the enemy treacherously ambushed a water picket under the command of Lieutenant J. Wayling, Canadian Militia and Southern Nigeria Regiment, and, but for the initiative taken by Major G. B. Hodson, I.S.C., and the conspicuous gallantry displayed by that Officer, as well as by Captain M. L. Goldie, R.A., and Second Lieutenant R. H. D. Tompson, R.A., the picket would have been annihilated, as well as the carriers whom it was guarding. Major Hodson called for volunteers, and without waiting to see if any one was following him, he rushed across the stream under a very heavy cross fire from the enemy. He was followed by Captain Goldie and Second Lieutenant Tompson. These three officers held the opposite heights until the killed and wounded, numbering 7, were withdrawn, and the picket had formed up to cover the retreat of the whole party. Returning with reinforcements the same evening, Major Heneker inflicted summary punishment upon the enemy... 
The following are the names of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men whom I desire to bring to your notice... “Captain M. L. Goldie, M.V.O., Royal Artillery, and Second Lieutenant R. H. D. Tompson, Royal Artillery, displayed conspicuous gallantry at the water picket affair at Ikotobo.’’
The Craven Legion 1808. An oval engraved medal with decorated rim, 72mm x 51mm, silver, unmarked, obverse engraved with crossed Regimental and Union Banners, with Crown above and Bugle suspended, ‘The Craven Legion Ball Firing Prize’ below, all within rope border, reverse engraved ‘Adjudged to Henry Whittam Distance Shot at 100 Yards 1st July 1808’ within rope border, with integral loop suspension, minor correction to recipient’s surname, good very fine £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- The Craven Legion was part of the 2nd Northern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry raised by Lord Ribblesdale of Gisburn Park in 1794. Owing to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.
Pair: Second Lieutenant A. J. P. Crease, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. J. P. Crease) very fine Pair: Private W. J. Dunster, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (30779 Pte. W. J. Dunster. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private E. L. Eastwood, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (9790 Pte. E. L. Eastwood. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private T. W. Gilbert, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (32178 Pte. T. W. Gilbert. Som. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine (8) £120-£160 --- Arthur John Pickett Crease was born in Yatton, Somerset, on 17 April 1898. He was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion from 2 May 1917. He was placed on the retired list on account of wounds in the London Gazette, 31 May 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 328931. Post-War, he led a full life in Somerset, and was an active member of many organisations. He died in Somerset, aged 88, on 12 September 1986. Edward Loftus Eastwood was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, in 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and became a Signal Instructor at Home. He later served on the Western Front with the 6th Battalion and was killed in action by a shell on 10 May 1918. He is buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France. Sold together with copy research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (4505 Pte. P. L. McLaren. Sco. H.; 43621 Pte. J. McLaren. Sco. Rif.; 4811 Cpl. J. McLaren. H.L.I.; M. A. B. McLaren. V.A.D.) slight edge digs to first, otherwise very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Peter L. McLaren, a traveller from Kirkcaldy, was born in Forfar, Angus, on 13 June 1885. He attested into the 1/1st Scottish Horse at Dunkeld on 25 May 1915 and served during the Great War. Appointed Lance Corporal on 16 June 1915, he reverted to Private on 15 February 1916. Research provided by the vendor suggests that he transferred to the 7th Company, Imperial Camel Corps. However it seems unlikely that he served with Lawrence of Arabia during the Arab Revolt, as the lot is accompanied with a collar dog and named silver 50th Division, 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion, Black Watch football medallion, inscribed ‘B.E.F. 1918.’ John McLaren was born in Maryhill Glasgow in 1897. He attested into the Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 10th Battalion in July 1916. He was posted missing in September 1916, but returned to his unit. He was discharged on 17 February 1919. John McLaren attested into the Highland Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front with the 9th Battalion. Appointed Acting Lance Sergeant, he died of wounds on 20 March 1918 and is buried in Nine Elms Cemetery, Belgium. Mary Annie Bell McLaren was born about 1870 in Kinfauns, Perthshire. She volunteered for service with the British Red Cross during the Great War and served in Malta at the Royal Naval Hospital. Her BWM is her sole entitlement. Sold together with copy research.
An Iron Cross First Class 1939 in its Original Presentation Case and with the Matching Maker’s Outer Cardboard Box. The Iron Cross is probably an early War production, not maker marked, unissued, and is almost mint. The case is covered in black artificial leather, with a silver outline of the Cross printed on the flat lid. Inside it is lined on the lower section in white velvet, and white artificial silk in the top. Case is about mint. The outer pale cream cardboard box has some slight wear and has printed on the top ‘Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse 1939’ and below that ‘Nur vom Empfanger zu offnen’. This is very slightly rubbed. On the side is printed the maker’s name ‘Rudolf Souval Wien 62/VII’, extremely fine £300-£400
Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (7251 Rfn. S. Taylor. 3. K.R.R.C.) contemporarily engraved naming in the style associated with the unit, good very fine £70-£90 --- Samuel Taylor, a cycle maker from Spitalfields, London, was born into a Jewish family in 1888. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 19 March 1906 and served in India at the time of the 1911 Delhi Durbar. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 November 1914 and received a gun shot wound to his finger in June 1915, being further wounded in the buttocks two months later. He was discharged as a consequence of his wounds on 23 June 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B287275. He emigrated to Canada, where he later died in 1960. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
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