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Click here to subscribeA GOOD 19TH / 20TH CENTURY CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWL, depicting painted scenes of flowering trees and fungus, the base with a six character qianlong mark, together with a chinese silver fitted stand, the silver stand with engraved and embossed decoration, the cup alone 6cm high x 9cm diameter, overall on stand, 12cm high x 13cm diameter.
A RARE 17TH CENTURY INDO - PORTUGUESE PIERCED SOLID SILVER BEZOAR STONE HOLDER ON STAND, the holder carved in great detail to depict formal scrolling vine decoration with a flower head at the point of each section, the flower heads and central adjoining band with traces of gilding, the holder opens to reveal a mercury gilded goa stone ( possibly bezoar ), complete with its silver period circular stand, weight combines 410gms, stone alone 233.3 gms, overall measuring 10cm high x 7.5cm wide, the holder alone 8cm high x 7 cm wide, the stone approx. 6cm.
A late 17th Century English household cavalry officer's sword, believed to be attributable to the 2nd Troop of Life Guards: double edged blade 36 in., broad central fullers running almost to the point; 'Walloon' type cast brass hilt with double shell guards, faceted knuckle bow, large spherical pommel, brass wire bound grip with turks head knots at the top and bottom; both sides of each guard and the pommel adorned in relief with a crowned leaf mask or 'Green Man' composed of oak leaves and with pendant acorn, flanked by a lion and a unicorn and supported by winged and robed figures; offered with a quantity of research. The troops of Horse Guards formed part of the Army of the restored Stuart King Charles II. The 2nd, or Queen's Troop, replaced the Duke of York's Troop as 2nd in seniority in 1670, when upon the Death of the Duke of Albermarle it came under the patronage of the Queen. The Horse Guards came to be designated The Life Guards, which title is generally used irrespective of the period referred to. The Lion and Unicorn are the supporters of the Royal Arms, which is the badge of the Life Guards1. The figures on the hilt are much like the angels which appear to this day on the trumpet banners of the Life Guards. These appear, furthermore, to have belonged particularly to the 2nd Troop in the 17th Century, when they bore "The King's Cypher....sustained by two angels of silver, that on the right having a sword in his hand and that on the left a Palm branch"2. These figures also appeared on the standard and guidon (1685), and the drum banner (1693) of the 2nd Troop3. The crowned face at the centre is of uncertain significance, though the oak and acorn motifs may be a reference to the Boscobel Oak, in which the future Charles II was forced to hide with Captain William Careless (or Carlis) when fleeing from the forces of Oliver Cromwell after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. For his loyalty, Careless was later granted arms involving an oak tree, and the oak became an important symbol of royalism in the years following the Restoration. Charles II proposed to form the Order of the Royal Oak, to which he would admit those who had helped him in his flight and exile. The plan was set aside, but not before a list of candidates had been created. Careless himself fought as a cavalry commander at Worcester, though latterly he served as an infantry officer while in exile with Charles. The attribution to the Life Guards is further supported by examples cited by Charles Martyn4, with identical decoration, one having been exhibited in 1971 at the Household Cavalry Museum and titled 'Sword of a Private Gentleman of the Lifeguard'. A further example is illustrated in Martyn's book, and he suggests that the figures represent an angel and a devil - emblematic of his Royalists deliverers and the Parliamentarians respectively. He furthermore associates oak and acorns on swords with the Royalist antecedents of the post restoration cavalry regiments. A sword with nearly identical decoration to the pommel is held by the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. References: 1: H.M. Chichester & G. Burges-Short, 'The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army' 2 & 3: C.C.P. Lawson, 'Uniform of the British Army', Vol 1, page 151, and pages 117 and 153.
Spain: a collection of awards for campaigns in Cuba, comprising: Medal for Cuba, 1869-80, silver, diamond shape flanked by wreaths, 37.2 mm, mural crown suspension, nearly extremely fine; a copy of the last, lacking the crown, very fine; a reduced size version, 27.8 mm, clasps for 1869 and 1875, good very fine; Medal for Jolo, 1876, bronze, 31.9 mm, bust of Alfonso XII with sideburns and moustache, good very fine or better; 'Constancy' medal for Cuba, 1882, a private silver plated copy, circular with projecting fleurs de lis, nearly extremely fine; and two reduced size medal for the Vencedores de Jolo (Victors of Jolo), 23.6 mm, bronze, one unmounted, very fine and extremely fine. [7]
Entry of the United Armies into Paris 1814: a medal celebrating the combined victory of the Russian Tsar and the Prussian King, reduced size or miniature, silver oval, 17.3 mm, winged victory, 'Gott Segnete Die Vereinigten Heere', later ribbon and suspension, nearly extremely fine and attractively toned.
Spain: Order of Military Merit, breast star, silver star 83 mm, central enamelled cross with red and white arms, bars for Ceuta-Tetuan June-December 1913 and Ceuta-Tetuan January-April 1914, gilt fleurs de lis between arms, back with vertical pin flanked by hooks; associated case.
The Battle of Cape Matapan Distinguished Service Medal group of seven medals to Chief Engine Room Artificer William Henry Waldron, Royal Navy: D.S.M., George VI (W.H. WALDRON. C.E.R.A. HM.S. GLOUCESTER.); Naval General Service 1909-62, George VI, clasp: Palestine 1936-1939 (M. 34941 W.H. WALDRON. A/ C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany bar; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45 with oak leaf emblem; Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct, George V, (M. 34941 W.H. WALDRON. A/ C.E.R.A. 2. H.M.S. ADVENTURE.), mounted for wearing, good very fine or a little better; together with this man's initialled silver cigarette case, a small quantity of attendance and prize medals, and the postal box and transmission slip for the Second World War medals. D.S.M: London Gazette 03/02/1942, investiture 19/05/1942. M.I.D.: London Gazette 01/01/1944, H.M.S. Selkirk. The Battle of Cape Matapan, 28th March 1941, was the first major fleet action for the Royal Navy since Jutland in 1916, and the last such action ever to be fought in a European theatre of war. The British victory concluded the work of nullifying the formidable threat of the Italian Navy that had started at Taranto four months previously. The aging ships of the British fleet were outclassed by the faster and better armed Italians, and it was by their boldness and superior seamanship that they prevailed, sinking three heavy cruisers and two destroyers for the loss of a single aircraft. The British cruisers played a key roll: upon making contact with the enemy they came under heavy fire - Gloucester in particular - and withdrew, luring the Italians towards the British Battle Squadron under Admiral Cunningham, who was determined to force a confrontation. When the Italians in their turn withdrew, Gloucester and the other cruisers gave chase to try and maintain contact. Sustaining the badly worn propulsion gear of the British ships was absolutely crucial, and it is with this in mind that the significance of C.E.R.A. Waldron's D.S.M. recommendation may be appreciated: "For zeal, devotion to duty and exemplary conduct throughout the day and night of the action and particularly during the time the ship was in contact with the enemy and developing high power. He personally tended the port inner plummer block bearing which was causing considerable anxiety at this time, and it was his work on this bearing 36 hours previously, working at night under hurried conditions, which made it possible for the ship to steam so successfully".
Spain: a mounted group of four miniature medals, comprising: Medal for Irun 1837, the Order of St Ferdinand, the Order of Charles III, all gold or gilt and enamelled; and the Medal for San Sebastian 1836, silver, mounted by rings on a horizontal gold loop, extremely fine or nearly so.
Spain: Cuban Volunteers Medal 1871, silver oval flanked by laurel and oak leaves, 39.5 mm, head of Amadeo I right, crown suspension, extremely fine and rare; together with a variant of this medal, younger looking head and larger letters, nearly extremely fine; and a reduced size or miniature example, 22 mm, about as struck. [3]
Spain, Franco Government (1939-75): a collection of awards, comprising: Medal for the Straights of Gibraltar, 1936-39, silver, 32 mm, very fine; Medal for Oviedo, 1936-37, bronze, 37.8 mm, heavy tarnish to part of reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine; Medal for Melilla, 17th July 1936, gilt and enamels 37.8 mm, nearly extremely fine; Badge for the Sección Femenina, 1945 (2), one green and one red, extremely fine and very fine; a medal for the veterans of Cruzada, and another for the Carlist Volunteers of Bilbao, 1936-39, each nearly extremely fine. [7]
Spain: Medal for Bagur and Palermos, a cast bronze example, 44 mm, obverse with conjoined arms of Spain and Britain, reverse privately initialled, very fine. Created to honour the participants in the expulsion of the French from Catalonia, September 1810, BBM and other British sources acknowledge the existence only of the gold and silver issues. Guerra, however, notes the existence of a bronze type (see bibliography).
A quantity of coins, including: William and Mary, silver half crown, 1689, second reverse (S 3435), fair; George IV, silver half crown, 1823, second reverse (S 3808), about fine; Victoria, silver half crowns, 1887 (2) (S 3924), very fine or better; silver shilling, 1887, small head (S 3926), nearly extremely fine ; silver crown, 1897, edge LXI (S 3937), good fine; and an assortment of other coins, various nations, dates, denominations and grades. [qty]
Spain: four campaign medals, comprising: Medal for Cuba, 1869-80, silver rhombus within a wreath, mural crown suspension; Alfonso XII, medal for the Civil War 1873-74, silver, clasps for Valencia and Velavieta; Medal for the Defenders and Liberators of Bilbao, bronze oval, clasps for Onton, Montano and Abanto; Medal for the Civial Wars of 1875-76, silver, clasps for Pena-Plata and Vera; mounted together for wearing, grades from good very fine to extremely fine. [4]
Afghanistan: medal for the Hazarajal campaign 1891, silver star, 47 mm, slightly convex uniface design, private woven ribbon, near very fine. Given that no example of this medal was included in the largest and most comprehensive collection of Afghan material ever to come to public auction (Morton & Eden, London, 6th July 2017), it may be presumed that this medal is extremely rare.
Spain: a collection of medals, comprising: Almeria, 3rd July 1873, bronze, 31 mm, nearly extremely fine; another example in silver, uniface or reverse erased, otherwise very fine; Carraca, July 1873, bronze oval, 32 mm, extremely fine and on original ribbon; Defenders of Bilbao, 1874, bronze, 36.7 mm, extremely fine or better; Teruel, 3rd July 1874, bronze, 34.8 mm, about as struck. [5]
Spain: Medal for San Sebastian 1836, British Auxilliary Legion, silver, 37 mm, a British privately produced example by A.D. Loewenstark & Son London, cross formy with date of the battle, rev. a lion encircled by the collar of the Golden Fleece, 'ESPAÑA AGRADECIDA', swiveling suspension, extremely fine or nearly so.
A collection of British 20th Century proof issue coins, including: cased sets for 1986, 1990, 1992 and 1996; Britannia issue two pounds, 1998; gold proof two pounds, 1997; piedfort silver pound, 1988; other pound and 20 pence issues; Guensey gold pound 'The Year 2000'; and various other proof, specimen and circulated coins. [qty]
Spain: a collection of medals, comprising: commemorative medal for the Catastrophe of Santander, 3rd November 1893, bronze, 37.7 mm, arms of Santander, cross and date within a wreath to the reverse, good very fine or better; Medal of Suffering for the Country (Sufrimentos por la Patria) (2), one in silver, hollow, 27.25 mm, good very fine, the other plated, 37 mm, very fine; Medal for Africa, 1912 (2), two variant examples, very fine or better; and the Somatén's medal for Alfonso's XIII's jubilee, 1928, bronze, 30 mm, extremely fine or nearly so. [6] The Santander Disaster of 1893 occurred when a cargo vessel, the Cabo Machichaco, caught fire while berthed in the city's central dock. The vessel's cargo included a large quantity of dynamite, and the resulting explosion caused catastrophic loss of life.
A collection of Spanish silver coins, including: Isabel II, 20 reales, 1858 (KM 609.2), near very fine; Amadeao I, 5 pesetas, 1871 SD-M (KM 666), near very fine or better [3]; Alfonso XIII, 5 pesetas, 1896 (KM 707), near very fine; Alfonso XIII, 5 pesetas, 1892, 1893 (KM 700), fine [2]; Alfonso XII, 5 pesetas, 1875, 1878 (KM 671, 676), near very fine [2]; and other foreign coins. [23)
A collection of foreign coins, including; Italy, Carlo Alberto, silver, 5 lire, 1835, 1844 (KM 130.2) very fine [2]; Peru, National arms, silver sol, 1866, 1871, 1884, 1889 (KM 196.1, 196.3, 196.21, 196.24) near very fine or btter [5]; Russia, Catherine II, copper, 5 kopeks, 1765, 1767 (C 59.3) fine [2]; and other foreign coins. [54]
The Highland Society of London: Medal for Egypt 1801, silver, 48 mm, variety with angle in truncation and maker's name to the obverse field, 'S' reversed in 'West' to reverse exergue, edge inscription in English: 'BY THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON', pierced and fitted with loop suspension, nearly very fine.
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