AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY GEORGIAN GARNET SET, comprising of a necklace of floral detail, set throughout with fancy-cut garnets, a bangle and a pair of earrings of similar design, mounted in silver, necklace length 44cm, bangle inner diameter 5.7cm, earrings length 1.1cm; the owner purchased later a tortoiseshell hair comb and a pendant/brooch locket set with similarly-cut garnets as well as an element of similar style (some garnets deficient), mounted in silver, hair comb length 10cm, brooch-locker length 5.5cm, element length 2.7cm, within its original leather case, including a letter of provenance Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU During the summer of 1803, while on holidays from school, the young sixteen year old Lord Byron fell in love with Mary Ann Chaworth. Byron had come into possession of Newstead Abbey on the death of his great-uncle in 1798. Mary Ann, two years his senior, was a distant relative of Byron's and she lived nearby in Annesley. The two properties were adjoining and over the course of the summer months Byron's devotion towards Mary Ann blossomed. As an expression of his affection, he offered her a present of this jewellery garnet set, which consists of a necklace, earrings and bracelet in a leather case. He did not succeed in winning her hand, as unfortunately, Chaworth was already engaged to John Musters and she was married two years later. While Chaworth does not seem to have been greatly affected by this incident, for Byron his unrequited love had a lasting effect on his character. This first love continued to influence Byron's whole life and career and he later wrote 'Had I married Miss Chaworth, perhaps the whole tenor of my life would have been different'. She was the subject of his poem 'The Dream' written in 1816. Over a century later, during the first world war, the garnet jewellery set was auctioned at a sale in Nottingham to raise money for the Red Cross. It was here that it was purchased by the current owner's great grandfather, with a letter stating that it was a present from Lord Byron to Mary Ann. This letter was believed to be have been a note recorded by the family many years before the sale of the garnet set in Nottingham. It is also believed that a portrait existed of Mary Ann Chaworth in which she is shown wearing the garnets.
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A SET OF AMETHYST AND GOLD PENDANTS, the oval mixed-cut amethyst within a gold collet-setting, to a silver and gold bale set with rose-cut diamonds, together with a gold fob of floral detail, suspending a rotating facetted amethyst, lengths 5.7cm (including bale) and 4cm (including bale)
1978 Honda CB400F2, 408cc. Registration number PKC 881S. Frame number CB400F2-1088487. Engine number CB400F-E-1084345. Now regarded as one of the classics of the 1970s, the Honda 400 Four first appeared in 1974. Described as 'the poor boy's muscle bike', its combination of a four-cylinder, overhead-camshaft engine in a 250-sized package endowed it a performance better than many 500s. With a stylish four-into-one exhaust, six gears and rear-set footrests, it was every boy-racer's dream and a huge commercial success. Comparing it to the opposition, Bike magazine reckoned the CB400 'represents a brilliantly engineered concept. It retains its appeal on several fronts: it's a four-stroke, and an awful lot of people are biased towards four-strokes; it's as quick as the two-strokes, yet on average road use will give considerably better fuel consumption; its handling is noticeably better than the two-strokes; and who can dispute that it's easily the best sounding 400?' PKC had an unknown history until 2017 when Robert Knight acquired it and began its restoration, quickly moving it on to our vendor who has fully restored it, including powder coating the frame and a repaint by Dream Machine of Nottingham, the engine has been fully overhauled and all running gear has as well,most of the parts have come from David Silver. Retaining its original mileage of some 46,000 miles these machine has hardly seen the road since completion. Offered for sale as our vendor is moving to a smaller property without the storage for his collection. Sold with the V5C, receipts for parts and works undertaken, Spicers can highly recommend this machine.
2011 Norton Commando 961 Sport, 961 cc. Registration number KJ51 COM. Frame number SAYCMM01SAY000213. Engine number 501/0037. Few motorcycle makers (outside Italy) have had as troubled a history as Norton, which over the last 40 years has undergone periodic revivals, all of which, ultimately, failed. Norton's enduring fascination stems from a reputation forged on the world's racetracks during the first six decades of the 20th Century, when the silver-and-black bikes from the Bracebridge Street factory swept all before them. The revitalised company existed until recently, Stuart Garner, acquired the rights to the Norton name from its US owners in 2008. Development and production of a new Commando model had been begun by Kenny Dreer of Oregon in the late 1990's and this all-new design was further developed at Norton's factory at the Donington Park race circuit. Recognisably related to the last Commando of the 1970's, the new café racer-style Norton roadster boasts an over-square (88x79mm) air-cooled overhead-valve twin-cylinder engine incorporating a 270° crankshaft and counter-balancer. A maximum output of 82bhp (at the rear wheel) is claimed, giving a top speed of over 130mph; deliveries of the new Norton Commando 961 SE commenced in 2010. On 29 January 2020, it was announced that the company had gone into administration and on the 17 April, it was reported that India's TVS Motor Company had acquired the business in a £16 million cash deal. COM was purchased from Norton on the 26th January 2011 by Karl Jackson, and serviced by them in June 2011 at 559 miles, MOT'd in June 2014 for the first time at 933 miles and a year later at the same mileage, in 2016 it was serviced and MOT'd by Krazy Horse of Bury St. Edmunds at 1034 miles. In 2017 it was purchased by our vendor from The Bike Specialists of Sheffield and MOT'd at 1047 miles. In 2019 he had it MOT'd at 1,119 miles and today it is at the same mileage. Sold with the V5C, MOT until August 2019, service book, handbook, wallet, two keys and various receipts; the battery is new. Offered for sale as our vendor is moving to a smaller property without the storage for his collection, Spicers can highly recommend this machine.
11938 Triumph Tiger 100, 500 cc. (see text). Registration number EYV 687. Frame number TH 6362. Engine number 40 T100 29620.Although Edward Turner’s Triumph Speed Twin caused a sensation when it appeared at the 1937 Motorcycle Show, few of its admirers can have guessed how influential the design would prove to be. True, there had been vertical twins before; indeed, Turner’s predecessor at Meriden - Val Page - had designed one a few years previously, but Triumph’s newcomer established a formula that would be adopted by all of Britain’s major motorcycle manufacturers in the succeeding decade. And whereas previous vertical twins had suffered from excess bulk, Turner’s was lighter and narrower across the crankcase than the contemporary single-cylinder Tiger 90, whose cycle parts it shared, and from certain angles looked just like a twin-port single. This was just what the conservatively minded motorcycling public wanted and the Speed Twin proved an enormous success for Triumph, lifting the company out of the economic doldrums and setting it on the road to future prosperity. Performance proved exemplary for a road-going 500, around 85mph being attainable by the Speed Twin while the Tiger 100 sports version was even faster.Technical changes over the Speed Twin included forged alloy pistons, a very early use of the technology. The cylinders were forged in a single casting and held in place by eight studs, instead of the Speed Twin’s six. The Tiger 100 featured a single Amal carburetor, possible thanks to the 360-degree firing interval of the two cylinders. Finished in silver and costing £5 more, new features included a larger fuel tank and detachable silencers, the result being a machine that could touch 100mph in road trim and exceed it with the silencer end-caps removed.In March 1939, Triumph came up with an unorthodox launch of the new Tiger 100. Using a Tiger 100 and a Speed Twin straight from dealers showrooms, endurance was tested with a run of over 1,800 miles from John o'Groats to Land's End in Cornwall then to the Brooklands circuit for six hours of continuous high-speed laps, where riders Ivan Wicksteed and David Whitworth averaged 78.5 miles per hour with a final lap of 88.5 miles per hour, winning Triumph the Maudes Trophy. The Tiger 100's sporting pretensions were later further proven through Freddie Clarke's 1939 lap record at Brooklands of 118.02 miles per hour on a bored-out 503 cc Tiger 100.When production resumed in 1946, the T100 reappeared with telescopic forks in place of the original girders, and separate dynamo and magneto instead of the pre-war version's magdyno.EYV was acquired by our vendor in the late 1970's, the frame is a 1938 Speed Twin and he painstakingly built a 1940 Tiger 100 with the correct engine as noted above. He had it registered in 1983 with DVLA.He went to great detail, the mixture levers have Amal stamped on them, the tool box has a piano hinge, all nuts and bolts are period correct and only found on pre war machines. He fitted a five speed gearbox but the original four speed is included with the sale. Also of note is that the engine has a bronze head fitted.Over the years the machine has only received regular maintenance and has now covered some 82,000. In 2005, with a friend on a 1940 Speed Twin, over a period of a week, he completed the same run as the Maudes Trophy of 1938, ending up at Brooklands.Now at the ripe age of 91 he has decided to part with the bike, he last rode it in 2019 and when the cataloguer attended he kicked it over on the third attempt, impressive!Sold with the R.F.60 V5, V5C, many tax dics, MOT's, original manuals, photocopied articles, Spicers are honoured to have been asked to find the Tiger 100 a new home after 50 years of ownership.
London 1890 silver hallmarked presentation four piece tea service with engraved monogrammed initials inscribed "Presented to Mr Robert Pearson by the Wiganthorpe Tenantry on his resigning the agency Oct 11 1890" with internal hot water jug, the hot water/coffee pot with lift out bag filter the milk and sugar bowl with gilt lining, makers mark for Charles Stewart Harris
Walker & Hall mahogany cutlery box containing a set of six fish knives, forks and servers, two cutlery trays containing nine place Victorian silver plated vine leaf pattern knives and forks with registration mark and a mahogany cased set of twelve place silver plated and bone handled fish knives and forks, the box marked Kirk & Co Ltd Briggate, Leeds
Circa 1920/1930s Evening Wear, including a flocked velvet and chiffon drop waist shift dress, with long sleeves, scoop neck, velvet decorated with cream and pink tinted flower heads overall, and a matching fabric belt with a large paste set shaped fabric buckle; blue and silver large checked silk dress, sleeveless with shoulder straps, a low cut back, full skirt trimmed with ruffles of black net, with fabric waist tie; a purple velvet full length evening dress with capped sleeves, drop waist with pleated waistband which echoes the neckline, multi buttons to the chest, full skirt; two evening purses in gold, and silver and pink, pair of H & M Rayne pale green metallic and silver heeled evening shoes (6). Velvet shift dress - chiffon to the arms and neckline trim are replacements. Hole/tear under one arm, slight discolouration. Blue checked dress; some staining under the arms, some wear/holes to the black lace trim, some rubbing and wear to silk. Purple velvet dress - some chiffon remnants to the end of the sleeves, velvet shows rubbing and wear, and some light staining.
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