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Click here to subscribeTwo silver photograph frames Keyford Frames Ltd., London 1987, black velvet hinged case opening to reveal double, floral repousse decorated silver frames with glazed oval reserves 6½ x 4¼in. (16.5 x 10.8cm.), together with a miniature silver frame of rectangular form by Kitney and Co. London, 1997, 2 x 2¾in. (5.1 x 6.6cm.). (2)
A George VI silver backed three piece dressing table set Barker Brothers Ltd., Birmingham 1946, comprising hand mirror, hair brush and clothes brush, the engine turned backs of shaped rectangular form with central ovals engraved name, the mirror 12in. (30.5cm.) long. (3)
A Victorian silver circular pill box Birmingham 1888, with all-over decoration of raised foliage on a matted ground, 3.5cm. diameter; together with a Victorian salt, Charles Edward Soloman, Chester 1896, with raised floral decoration and frilled rim, on three ball feet, 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) diameter, total weight 32.2g. (2)
A pair of Edwardian silver twin handled bon bon dishes Williams (Birmingham) Ltd., Birmingham 1905, of circular form with wavy notched rim and foliate pierced sides, twin cast scroll handles, raised on four shell mounted three toed feet, 5½in. (14cm.) diameter, weight 4.9 tr.oz. (2)
A cased set of silver gilt `Passenger Railway 150th Anniversary` commemorative railway stamps by Hallmark Replicas Limited, London 1975, the four silver gilt replica stamps depicting famous locomotives from the period 1825-1975, in the original fitted case, silver weight 3.2 tr.oz.
First World War Royal Flying Corps interest - The 2nd Lieutenant Leslie Reed Blacking archive Leslie Reed Blacking served initially with the London Rifle Brigade and in the summer of 1918, at the age of 19, was sent to serve in the Royal Flying Corps with 207 squadron, where his task was to fly Handley Page 0/400 night bombers on raids behind the German lines. Later he became a heavy bomber pilot with the R.A.F. on the first Allied strategic bombing operations. After the war he went out to Hong Kong in banking; he also came to know Penang, Ipoh and Singapore well. His career was with the Bank of India, in China, Malaya and the United States, where he was manager of the New York branch during the 2nd World War. He maintained his contacts with banking and aviation, attending an annual dinner in the RAF Club and his bank’s annual gathering for former employees. He died at the age of 82. This archive comprises a fascinating collection of personal possessions, medals, ephemera and photographs, including the following: 1. A bar of four medals – Two of the 1st War, George V Efficiency Service Medal (Karachi Corps) and Elizabeth 2nd Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Medal, together with the corresponding miniature dress medals. 2. Silver mounted swagger stick 3. Silver mounted Tortoiseshell brooch inlaid with the insignia of the London Rifle Brigade 4. A box of insignia and uniform badges pertaining to the London Rifle Brigade, the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Air Force and his “Dog Tags”. 5. An Album containing photographs of his early career in the R.F.C. including some of himself, uniformed colleagues and others of aircraft, some of which are shown after crash landing. 6. Several envelopes containing family papers, including Marriage Certificates, Death Certificates, Wills and letters to and from family members and business acquaintances. 7. A copy of a biographical novel written from his thoughts and memories by his friend and author, Humphrey Wynn, entitled, “Darkness Shall Cover Me”. Subtitled, Night Bombing over the Western Front. Together with the original typescript of the book, when provisionally entitled, “Peradventure the Darkness”, which contains a handwritten letter from the author to Monica, Leslie Blacking’s daughter. 8. A print entitled “Last Post”, presented to him during his visit to Ypres, 22nd April 1972, signed by the donor, F. Vandevoorde, O.B.E.
A Kukri dagger Nepalese, mid 20th century, black buffalo and brass mounted hilt above recurved steel blade, the wooden scabbard is covered in velvet with mounts in pierced and repoussé silver augmented with semi-precious stones, engraved Lt Gr. Gurung 1959, figure profile within diamond shape reserve, complete with Karda and Chakmak knives, 14¾in. (37.5cm.) long overall.
A Kukri Kothimora dagger Nepalese, 20th century, black buffalo and brass mounted hilt above recurved steel blade with swag engraved decoration, the wooden scabbard covered in velvet with mounts in pierced and repoussé silver augmented with semi-precious stones, complete with Karda and Chakmak knives, 15in. (38cm.) long overall.
Antiquities - A rare and unusual silver mounted bronze drinking vessel possibly Luristan, with all over encrusted green patination which has flaked away in places to reveal the red-brown patinated bronze beneath, the vessel of waisted cylindrical form, flared more broadly above the domed base, the reeded strap handle with a saw toothed silver thumbpiece, a well detailed silver ram`s head mounted below the rim to the opposing side, 3½in. (9cm.) high, the rim 2¾in. (7cm.) diameter.
A circular `Maison Carre` cake stand silver plated, beaten rim above a 4in. (10.2cm) band decorated with scrolling foliate pattern, `Maison Carre` etched in capitals within a `C` scroll cartouche, on flared base supported by three scroll feet, 19in. (48.2cm.) diameter.
Fleming, Ian Octopussy and the Living Daylights, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1966, good original dust jacket over black cloth boards with embossed and silver filled title to front and spine; together with three paperback James Bond Pan books, Casino Royal, Thunderball and Goldfinger. (4)
** A JAPANESE SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (AIKUCHI TANTO) with single-edged blade with wavy hamon and a long fuller on each face, signed tang pierced with two mekugi-ana, engraved copper ferrule, banded lacquered grip with silver mounts decorated with foliage in soft metal, in its lacquered saya with silver mounts en suite, and complete with silver accompanying pieces comprising wari-kogai and kozuka 22.5cm; 8 7/8in blade The tang is signed "Kunihiro"
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 18TH CENTURY with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced tip, converging fullers divided by a central rib rising from a chiselled and gilt flower at the forte on each face all against a watered ground, russet iron hilt decorated with silver and gilt sprays of foliage on the side bars and the grip, the latter formed of two moulded bars with a pierced design of exotic gilt birds between, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape decorated en suite (the gold and silver with losses) 25.5 cm; 10 in blade
AN INDIAN FOLDING DAGGER (KATAR) AND AN INDIAN DOUBLE DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 19TH CENTURY the first with concealed tapering double-edged blade, a pair of outer blades enclosing the former, decorated with a central panel filled with exotic beasts in gold koftgari, steel hilt decorated en suite, including a pair of moulded grip-bars, the lower opening the scabbard; the second with tapering blade decorated with a central panel filled with silver foliage, characteristic hilt decorated with silver en suite, in its matching scabbard formed as a larger katar the first: 20.5 cm; 8 in blade (2) Provenance The second: Frank Gair Macomber, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 10th-12th December 1936, lot 265
AN AFGHAN DAGGER (PESH-KABZ), DATED 1879 with tapering reinforced blade of T-section, chiselled along the back-edge with a slender rib, shaped tang (the back-strap missing), fitted with a pair of ivory grip-scales (age cracks, a contemporary repair), inlaid with the inscription `Kandahar 1879` in hatched silver letters on one side, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket and a silver band each embossed with scrolling foliage, the latter enclosing a chiselled iron chape 32.3 cm; 12 ¾ in blade Provenance Anthony Tirri Collection, illustrated in A. C. Tirri 2003, p. 245. On 26th May 1879 Britain signed the treaty of Gandamak after which they occupied the Khyber Pass and paid the Amir of Afghanistan an annual subsidy. On 3rd September of the same year Afghan troops murdered the British legation at Kabul.
AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, hardwood grip of characteristic form, retained by a pair of rivets with beadwork foliate heads on each side, a beadwork central band, and the inner face enclosed by a large silver plaque, in a well matched fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large silver chape decorated with silver filigree, beadwork and flowers 20.5 cm; 8 1/8 in blade
AN INDIAN (COORG) SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (PICHANGATTI), 19TH CENTURY with hatchet blade formed with a clipped back point and punched with a series of stars along the back-edge, pistol-grip swelling towards the terminal, overlaid with a thick sheet of silver and retained by three pairs of gilt-headed rivets, the pommel applied with a gilt crescent along the top-edge and set with a garnet on one side, in its silver and gilt mounted hardwood scabbard, with suspension chain 16.5 cm; 6 ½ in blade
AN INDIAN AXE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with crescentic axe-blade of wedge-shaped section, flat rear face, three-stage haft, moulded threaded basal cap incorporating a slender blade, and retaining some silver scrollwork and foliage over its surface (losses, patinated) 56.5 cm; 26 1/4 in overall
** AN INDO-PERSIAN HELMET (KULAH KHUD), 19TH CENTURY with hemispherical skull, embossed at the front with a demon mask, fitted with central spike formed as a triangular blade, a pair of horns, and nasal bar with a pierced rondel top and bottom, decorated over the greater part of the skull and the horns with a delicate pattern of silver foliage within linear frames, all enriched with very small gold flowers (rubbed, losses), with a portion of a mail neck-defence 27 cm; 10 5/8 in high
** AN INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY of low domed form, the outer surface decorated with foliate borders enclosing calligraphic panels, the latter enriched with silver koftgari, the centre pierced with elaborate patterns of scrolls and calligraphic panels all enriched with gold koftgari, backed by coloured panels and enriched with brass studs, fitted with four shaped domed bosses corresponding with rings for enarmes (now missing, koftgari rubbed), and the rim enclosed by a brass band 46.5cm; 18 1/4in diameter
A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED KINDJAL AND COSSACK DRESS UNIFORM, 20TH CENTURY the kindjal with double-edged fullered blade of polished steel, etched with a brief inscription on each face, horn hilt retained by a pair of rivets with domed nielloed silver caps, matching ferrule enriched with beadwork, in its leather-covered scabbard with large silver mounts decorated with nielloed silver and beadwork, with its matching suspension belt, together with fleece hat, blue woollen uniform including eight imitation charge measures with decorated silver tops, and a pair of black leather boots the kindjal: 33.5 cm; 13 1/4 in blade
A BALKAN DAGGER, MID-19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GEORGIAN with broad curved blade formed with a medial ridge, carved morse hilt incorporating a cylindrical grip, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver engraved with bouquets of flowers (the inner face holed), with scalloped finial, and the outer face incorporating a suspension loop 33.5 cm; 13 ¼ in blade A similar dagger is preserved in the State Hermitage, St Petersburg. See Y. Muller 1997, p. 75 no. 21.
A CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER (KINDJAL), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade sharply tapering towards the point and cut with an off-set fuller on each face, characteristic hilt encased in silver chased with beadwork around the borders, chiselled with foliage enriched with niello, the inner face with further designs of niello, in its wooden scabbard encased in silver decorated on each face en suite with the hilt, and fitted with a loop for suspension 35.3 cm; 14 in blade
AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (YATAGHAN), TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY with curved single-edged watered blade stamped with a mark on one side, decorated silver hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped panels, the back of the blade applied with a silver plaque nielloed with an inscription, integral grip rising to an eared pommel (cracked, small losses), engraved much of its surface with scrolls and foliage, in a contemporary leather-covered wooden scabbard 60.3 cm; 23 ¾ in blade
AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (YATAGHAN), TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, embossed silver hilt extending over the forte on each side, (the back-strap panel missing), integral grip decorated over its surface with a trellis pattern filled with flowerheads, and eared pommel decorated with a trophy-of-arms, in a contemporary shagreen covered European hunting sword scabbard, with silver mounts comprising chape, middle band (ring missing) and locket with suspension ring 51.5 cm; 20 ¼ in blade
** A PAIR OF 15 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, 19TH CENTURY, ALBANIA OR TURKEY with tapering barrels retained by pierced and engraved brass muzzle bands, formed with long flats, chiselled with figures, raised mouldings and foliage over the breeches, the tangs overlaid with nielloed silver plaques decorated with foliage, pellets and border ornament, rounded locks with boldly formed borders, full stocks moulded over the fore-ends and about the tangs, sparsely inlaid with silver wire ornament (losses), brass mounts including side-plates, trigger-guards with foliate terminals spurred pommels and a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, and imitation ramrods 37 cm; 14 1/2 in barrels (2) Pistols of this type were made for export from Albania to Egypt. See R. Elgood 2009, p. 189.
** A 40 BORE INDIAN PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOL, MID-19TH CENTURY in the European taste, with two-stage barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle, encrusted with panels of gold foliage at the breech, median and muzzle, engraved tang, engraved box-lock action fitted with spurred hammer decorated with gold en suite with the barrel, flat-sided figured walnut butt, silver trigger-guard with moulded finial (retaining screw missing), and steel ramrod 16.5 cm; 6 1/2 in barrel
A RARE 20 BORE OTTOMAN DECORATED MATCHLOCK MUSKET, TURKEY, LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY with octagonal twist sighted barrel retained by a pair of pierced and engraved silver bands (rubbed), the breech and muzzle each formed with a raised shaped moulding encrusted with gold scrolls within linear frames, the breech stamped with the gold-lined barrelsmith`s mark, incorporating a tall back-sight decorated with a band of gold beadwork between two lines and fitted with brass pan with pivot-cover, the action with brass serpentine and trigger each enclosed by an engraved parcel gilt silver plate, full stock entirely veneered in small rectangular panels of horn and bone within a framework of brass fillets, inlaid with numerous brass framed rondels filled with contrasting colours of horn, the panels adjoining the barrel stained green, faceted butt partly veneered en suite, applied with engraved shaped parcel gilt silver plaques set with corals, further parcel gilt silver panels embossed with beadwork and set with corals, all enriched with brass nails, faceted ivory butt cap inset with matching rondels, pricker with chain, suspension ring with chain opposite the lock (forward sling swivel missing, the inlay with losses, small chips and wear), fore-end cap matching the barrel bands and brass tipped ramrod, perhaps the original 123cm; 48 1/2in barrel Provenance The descendant family of Sir Thomas Joseph Strangman QC (1873- 1971) Sir Thomas Joseph Strangman, son of Joseph Strangman of Southport Lancashire was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College Cambridge. He was admitted at the Middle Temple 14th April 1893, called to the Bar in 1896 and to the Bar in India the same year. He was Advocate General in Bombay 1908-15 and 1916-22 and was knighted 1920. See J. Venn 1922-58. The decoration on the present gun is related to a distinctive group of ivory-stocked miquelet-lock muskets that have been attributed to the guard of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (1725-1789, ruled 1773-89). Six of the group are preserved in the Topkapi Sarayi Museum, another is in the Gatchina Arsenal, St Petersburg (GDM 803) and another was sold Christie`s South Kensington 17th December 2008, lot 37. For a discussion of the group see H. Ricketts and P. Missillier 1988, p. 162, no. 43.
A 32 BORE OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, TURKEY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel retained by two chased silver bands (one associated), encrusted with gold scrollwork and pellets over the breech (rubbed, small losses), gold inlaid stepped lock signed in gold in imitation of a European maker, fitted with gold decorated cock pierced with scrollwork, rainproof pan and roller, gold-lined pan, full stock profusely inlaid with silver and gilt wire scrolls within a plaited silver wire framework, signed en suite with the lock beneath the fore-end, applied with a large chased silver band over the spine of the butt and with two gold-encrusted steel ovals behind, silver mounts comprising pierced scrollwork side-plate, spurred pommel decorated with scrolls and engraved details, trigger-guard with elaborately pierced finial, and imitation silver ramrod (areas of wear, small losses) 35.5 cm; 14 in barrel
A SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED DIRK, DATED 1857 with straight blade cut with a fuller along the scalloped back-edge and stamped `Hodge Inverness` on one side, engraved silver hilt comprising ferrule and cap pommel each decorated with traditional ornament, basket-weave grip enriched with silver nails, in its tooled leather scabbard decorated with revivalist designs, with silver mounts engraved en suite with the hilt, the locket dated and inscribed `JHS to J.McPherson for Dress and Dancing` and complete with its matching knife signed `Hodge` and fork (the silver parts rubbed throughout) 29.8cm; 11 5/8in blade
AN ENGLISH RAPIER WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with associated tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt including a pair of short quillons with tightly curling terminals, asymmetrical petal-shaped dish-guard finely pierced and chiselled with scrolling foliage inhabited by reclining figures on the outside (knuckle-guard missing), fluted ovoid pommel, and with some silver-encrusted decoration throughout (rubbed, the iron pitted), and later grip bound with plaited wire and `Turk`s heads` 84 cm; 33 1/8 in blade
AN ENGLISH HUNTING SWORD WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, MID-17TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with two long fullers, struck with a running wolf mark, a four leaf clover mark four times, and a double eye-lash mark on each face, the forte stamped with a further mark, iron hilt comprising down-turned outer shell-guard, short quillon with shaped flattened terminal, knuckle-guard interrupted by a moulding en suite with the quillon, cap pommel, decorated throughout with a trellis pattern of silver beadwork framing silver pellets (extensively rubbed, and staghorn grip 62.2cm; 24 ½ in blade Another sword from this group is preserved in the Royal Armouries Leeds. See A. R. Dufty 1974 p. 25 plate 55 b.
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