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9ct gold stone set ring, silver-gilt stone set ring, wristwatch with miniature 9ct gold St Christopher attached to strap, Rotary wristwatch and a collection of costume jewellery and other collectables, including necklaces, earrings, etc Condition Report:9ct stone set 1.8 grams
Victorian silver open face lever pocket watch, No. 51655, silvered dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, case by John Harris, London 1875Condition Report:Movement functioning, some light scratches to case and dial, case also with soldering marks, case opening attached to dial worn - difficult to open, diameter = 53mm
A suite of three George II silver condiment vasesElizabeth Godfrey, London 1751 The cast vases comprising a large vase and a pair of smaller vases, of urn form with lobed flutes to the bellied lower bodies, each with two scroll side handles issuing from below husk banded rim, pull-off covers, circular and incurved below a gadroon band, domed above with lobed fluting and with a pierced band of scrolls, one cover blind, surmounted with stylised artichoke finials, the front of each later engraved with the initial 'V' below an Earls coronet, for George, 2nd Earl Vane, later 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821 - 1884), underside of each base engraved with a total scratch weight of the vases '46-0' and the capital letter 'T', probably for 'Tempests', height 19.5cm and 15cm, weight 41.5oz. (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Possibly the Tempests of Wynyard Park, County Durham, and by descent to the Marquesses of Londonderry.Christies, The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry, 22nd – 23rd May 2014, lot 417With Mary Cooke Antiques Limited 2014The Patrick and Mavis Walker Silver CollectionExhibited:Exhibited in 1955 and lent by The Maquis of Londonderry and also in a publication and inventory done in 1949 of the Tempests of Wynyard Park, County Durham.Stockton-on-Tees, Preston Hall Museum & Art Gallery, Catalogue of Old Silver, Lent by the Most Hon. the Marquis of Londonderry, D.L., J.P., 28 May - 5 September 1955, p. 9, no. 34, case 5.Literature:Inventory of Londonderry Plate at Garrard & Co., 1923, p36, 'Silver Dinner Service' (part)Inventory of silver and plate, Wynyard Park, 1949. p. 6.Wynyard Park, inventory, 1956, p. 169, as 'in the strong room and in daily use'.The coronet and monogram being that used by George Henry Charles William VANE-TEMPEST (1821-1884) 2nd Earl Vane in the UK peerage, a title inherited in 1854 and later superseded when in 1872 he inherited the title of 5th Marquess of Londonderry in the Irish peerage.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rothschild Tazza: a 19th century French hardstone, gold, silver-gilt and enamelled figural tazzasigned Morel et Cie, Rue Neuve St Augustin, Paris, circa 1842-48The circular chalcedony dish with a handle modelled as a kneeling fairy with enamelled wings, highlights and curling ribbon strapwork holding a armorial shield with the Rothschild arms, two further putti mounts, the stem formed as two nymphs sitting back to back against an elaborate green translucent enamelled palm tree, separated by two shields each enamelled an L and an R entwined with a banner motto: 'Concordia, Integritas, Industria,' on a carved rock crystal cushion with enamelled spreading foot, with script L in enamel underneath, height 14.4cm.Footnotes:Jean-Valentin Morel (1794-1860) was the son of the Parisian lapidary Valentin Morel. Starting his apprenticeship in his father's workshop, he transferred to that of the gold box maker Adrien Vachette. He began working on his own account in 1827, choosing the same initials for his mark as his master: M V. In 1842, he set up a partnership with architect Henri Duponchel to form Morel et Cie in Rue Neuve St Augustin. Morel was able to expand his enterprise and is said at this time to have employed some eighty craftsmen, including lapidaries, enamellers and goldsmiths. Controversially, he used gold, gilt and damascening on his artworks.In 1848, the partnership was dissolved in a bitter lawsuit and Morel was barred from working in the Department of the Seine. He moved his business to London where he had considerable success at the Great Exhibition of 1851. It could be said that his career culminated in the magnificent Hope Cup, shown at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris.The L and R on the shields suggest a connection to Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808 – 1879), a banker, politician and philanthropist. He became the first practising Jew to sit as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Lionel's brother, Sir Anthony Nathan de Rothschild, (1810 – 1876) is associated with an important agate cup and cover by Morel from the late 1830's, see Sotheby's, 10 May 2016, ex lot 6. Perhaps the present lot was a gift from Anthony to Lionel on the occasion of the birth of his son, Leopold, in 1845.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good large Victorian silver two-handled bowl / centrepieceElkington & Co Ltd, Birmingham 1900 In the renaissance revival style, shaped-oval form with four slightly lobed sides, decorated in relief, one side with a reclining female figure holding in her hand a sickle, surrounded by wheat and six cherubs, gathering the harvest, with musical instruments and at play, representing the grain harvest the rim above with the mask of Ceres with a headdress of flowers issuing with wheat ears, the other side with a Maenad reclining among grapes and vines, with playful cherubs and a goat, representing the grape harvest the rim above with mask of Silenus / Bacchus with a band of fruiting vines trailing from his headdress, the shaped rim above with fruiting vines overflowing from baskets at either ends, the end panels with acanthus scrolls and applied handles with a grotesque mask of a man with horns, the horns curled around a branch and with swag handle below, with a leafy band above, the incurved sides between the panels are ribbon tied pendants of Bacchanalian trophies, the lower body with acanthus scroll panels above an outswept foot resting on bun feet with ovolo bands, the foot has in relief cast ram's head at either end, two shield reserves with strap-work outline flanked by panels of wheat and acanthus scrolls, the centre of the bowl with an inset liner, height 33.5cm, length 46cm, weight total 204oz.Footnotes:Literature:An almost identical bowl recorded as being hallmarked for 1906 is Illustrated The Silversmiths of Birmingham and their Marks 1750 - 1980, N.A.G. Press Limited London, 1981, chapter 1870 - 1914 The Age of Elkington, page 144 Fig 138, held in The City of Birmingham.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good pair of William IV silver and silver-gilt 'swan' candlesticksJohn Bridge, London 1830, also stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL, AURIFICES REGIS LONDINIEach with cast shaped-triangular bases with varying shell corners, with three swans attached over a rippling watery surface, their outstretched heads pointing upwards surrounding the central acanthus stem and sconce with berries, detachable petalled shaped drip-pan, height 16.8cm, weight 60oz. (2)Footnotes:These candlesticks were based on a design by the Duchess of Sutherland, (1765-1839), the amateur landscape painter and engraver.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A George III silver serving dish and cover on an Old Sheffield plate warming basePaul Storr, London 1816, incuse pattern number 865, base with double sun mark with faces for Matthew BoultonOval form, the domed cover with shaped outline, engraved armorial on either side with motto 'SAPERE AUDE' for Robert TOWNLEY-PARKER, with a gadroon band below, surmounted with an acanthus carrying handle within a gadroon surround, shaped-oval base with a fruiting vine border, on an Old Sheffield plate two-handled warming base, oval bellied form, reeded and acanthus handles either side on four leaf capped scroll feet, fitted with a lift-out tinned metal / copper water trough, length of dish 38.5cm, length of warming base handle to handle 46cm, weight of silver 102oz.Footnotes:These are the quartered and impaled arms of Robert TOWNLEY-PARKER (1793-1879) of Astley Hall, Cheshire and Cuerdon Hall, Lancashire and his wife Harriet BROOKE (1798-1878). They were married in 1816 at Weaverham, Cheshire.This lot was part of an extensive service of plate supplied to celebrate the marriage of Robert Townley-Parker and Harriet Brookes on the 21st December 1816.Robert TOWNLEY-PARKER was born a Cuerdon Hall, Lancashire the son of Thomas TOWNLEY-PARKER (1760-1794) of Cuerden Hall by Susannah BROOKE (1762-1852) of Astley Hall, Cheshire daughter and eventual heir of Peter BROOKE (1733-1786) of Astley Hall, Cheshire and Cuerdon Hall, Lancashire by his wife Susannah CROOKALL (1733-1789). The BROOKE family had held the Astley estate from the mid seventeenth century and before that were of Mere Hall, Cheshire. Robert Townley Parker, born 1793, succeeded to his father's estate the next year and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1817, he was a Unionist Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Preston and a prominent Freemason. He and his wife had five sons and three daughters. Harriett BROOKE was born at Norton Priory, Cheshire the daughter of Thomas BOOKE (1760-1825) MP for Church Minshull by his wife Margaret CUNLIFFE (1763-1826).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The 1894 Ascot 'Royal Hunt Cup': A monumental Victorian silver centrepiece / cisternCharles Frederick Hancock, London 1893, designed by Charles Bell Birch ARA (1832 - 1893)In the form of a two-handled cistern, oblong in the form of a longship, the rounded bellied ends with applied open-work high upswept scroll handles, with foliate embellishments, each centred with an oval boss, engraved '1894 ASCOT ROYAL HUNT CUP' to one handle, the other 'WON BY MR T WORTON'S VICTOR WILD 4 years 7 st. 7 lbs.', the rim with an applied bead band, either side with a cast Royal stags head issuing from a shaped, pediment with acanthus panels, the body with applied bas relief panels either side, one representing hawking / falconry, and the other a stag hunt, the incidents are taken from Tennyson's Idylls of the King, 'Merlin and Vivien' and 'Geraint and Enid', one figural landscape scene centred with lord and lady on horseback and falconers in front, the other scene centred with an archer poised by a tree, with hounds chasing a stag, below a hill top castle, both panels within a strap-work surround with outswept scroll to the ends, flanked either side with a central broad foliate band in high and low relief over a stippled ground, the whole supported by a stretcher linking eight pedestal scroll supports, the interior with a removable silver liner, with gilded inner surface, with the bespoke painted black wood plinth, height 34cm, length 58cm, weight 330oz.Footnotes:Provenance:Won by Mr Tom Worton by his racing horse Victor Wild.Thence by descent to the present owner.VICTOR WILD WINS THE ASCOT 'ROYAL HUNT CUP'This victory was achieved by the legendary four year old racehorse Victor Wild, a great middle-distance runner, who was owned by the infamous Mr Tom Worton. Tom Worton was an unusual racing horse owner, as he was not a member of the elite ruling classes, but a publican of a well known drinking establishment in Walthamstow. As such, Victor Wild and Tom Worton were extremely popular winners with the public, as they bucked convention and ignited the imagination of the masses. The Ascot Royal Hunt Cup always provides one of the greatest spectacles of the Royal Meeting as a maximum field thunders up Ascot's straight mile course for one of the biggest betting races of the season. First run in 1843, originally contested on a right-handed course over 7 furlongs and 166 yards, although the race's distance was shortened to 7 furlongs and 155 yards in 1930, but was then extended to its present length in 1956. It is now run on a straight course on the second day of the Royal meeting, and usually features a large field. It is one of three perpetual trophies at the meeting, along with the Gold Cup and the Queen's Vase, which can be kept permanently by the winning owners.The previous year on October 5th, 1893 Victor Wild won The 'Hurst Park Club Cup' with a prize money of £1,000 and the trophy, sold in these rooms, The Connoisseur's Library Sale, 14 February 2024, lot 627.For the design of his silverware, Hancock engaged the services of some of the finest modellers and sculptors of the 19th century, including Louis Freret, Baron Charles Marochetti, H. McCarthy, Eugene Lamy, Marshall Wood, Raffaele Monti, Henry Hugh Armstead RA, E. T. Parris and Charles Bell Birch ARA.This cup was designed by Charles Bell Birch ARA (1832 - 1893) for Hancocks & Co.The two bas relief scenes are based on incidents from Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, 'Merlin and Vivien''Here when the Queen demanded as by chance'Know ye the stranger woman?' 'Let her be,'Said Lancelot and unhooded casting offThe goodly falcon free; she towered; her bells,Tone under tone, shrilled; and they lifted upTheir eager faces, wondering at the strength,Boldness and royal knighthood of the birdWho pounced her quarry and slew it.'and 'Geraint and Enid''For Arthur on the Whitsuntide beforeHeld court at old Caerleon upon Usk.There on a day, he sitting high in hall,Before him came a forester of Dean,Wet from the woods, with notice of a hartTaller than all his fellows, milky-white,First seen that day: these things he told the King.Then the good King gave order to let blowHis horns for hunting on the morrow morn.And when the King petitioned for his leaveTo see the hunt, allowed it easily.' Literature:Joseph Cannon, 'Memoirs of an Old-Time Trainer - Part II - Victor Wild', The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, July 24, 1936, pp.186-187 and p.216The Illustrated Sporting And Dramatic News, June 23, 1894, page 590, with illustrationIllustration:The Illustrated Sporting And Dramatic News, July 24 1936, the champion race horse Victor WildFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A diamond-set, gold-mounted and guilloché enamel silver-gilt cigarette caseFabergé, workmaster August Hollming, St Petersburg, 1908 - 1917, also stamped with importers mark Charles Fabergé, and import marks for London 1913Rectangular form, enamelled overall in translucent white enamel over a wavy engine-turned ground, the ends with laurel-chased vari-coloured gold bands, the cover with a diamond-set thumb-piece, with a separate flush-hinged vesta compartment to one end, with inset striking plate, in a leather carrying case, length 9.2cm, weight all-in 4.5oz.Footnotes:In 1903 the London branch for Faberge was established by Athur Bowe.In 1906 Peter Carls Fabergé fourth son Nicholas Fabergé opened a branch at 48 Dover Street Piccadilly with Henry Charles Bainbridge and in 1911 this office moved to 173 New Bond Street and remained open until 1915.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of twelve George III silver platesNapthali Hart, London 1810 Circular with tongue and dart rims, the raised borders with armorial engraving, underside of each plate with engraved script numbered 'No 7, No 8, No 11, No 13, No 14, No 20, No 21, No 25, No 28, No 37, No 44, No 45, and with another scratch number for weight, diameter 24.4cm, weight 218oz. (12)Footnotes:Provenance:The Patrick and Mavis Walker Silver CollectionThese appear to have a quartered arms of the DENNISTOUN family of Colgrain, Dumbartonshire.The second quartering is of the arms of the MUIRHEAD family of Lauchop, Scotland.The third quartering is of the arms of the BANNATYNE family of Kames, Bute. Robert BANNATYNE (1774-1841) married Mary DENNISTOUN (born 1774) in 1797 at Greenock.There is no indication of the children of this marriage adopting the family name DENNISTO(U)N.We also note that a James DENNISTOUN (1803-1855), of Glasgow and founder of the Glasgow suburb of Dennistoun, was associated with the gentleman's club: The Bannatyne Club, before its formation in 1823 and afterwards as a member.The club is significant in the study of Scottish literature. Another member was a member of the MUIRHEAD family.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Royal Presentation Box: a cased silver-gilt and enamelled boxGerald Benney, London 1977, stamped GERALD BENNEY LONDON, with master enamellers mark AAE for Alan Alfred EvansRectangular form, the hinged cover with vibrant translucent red enamelled surface over a textured rayed ground, applied to the centre with the Royal Cypher EIIR below a crown for Queen Elixabeth II, within a thin polished border, the high sides with vertical bark-effect surface and the underside with fine textured rayed surface, also similar rayed surface to the inside cover, suede interior, contained in original presentation box, gilt tooled cover with EIIR crowned cypher, inside of lined box cover printed with two Royal Warrants, and Gerald Benney Beenham House address, height 4.5cm, length 10.5cm.Footnotes:Provenance:A gift from Queen Elizabeth II to former Danish Lord Chamberlain Hans Solvhoj (1919-1989). The box was presented to him by the Queen during her state visit to Denmark in May 1979. the box has been in the late Lord Chamberlain's family until today.Another box of the same form and dimensions was sold at AUKTIONSHAUS STAHL September 2017.The box was recorded as a gift to Helmut Schmidt by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her visit to Germany in 1978.Provenance was given as Helmut Schmidt, Ruth Loah.GERALD BENNEY CBE RDI (1930-2008)Gerald Benney was one of the most outstanding goldsmiths of the 20th century. With works being continuously produced for over fifty years, from private commissions to mass production. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1930, Benney received many commissions from the Royal Family and was the first craftsman to hold four Royal Warrants simultaneously: from HM The Queen, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.Gerald Benney decided that his home at Beenham House in Berkshire was the place to develop the use of enamels. The first steps were to travel to Zurich to find an enameller who worked for Burch Korrodi. By chance he came across the Norwegian Berger Bergensen who had worked for the House of Bolin as well as Burch. Bergensen was persuaded to come to Beenham House and taught the Benney workforce all he knew about enamelling. With Alan Evans and Robert Winter becoming notable master enamellers for Benney.It took several years to master the craft. He refined and mastered this art enamelling larger surface areas than Fabergé.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω ARΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An important Elizabeth I silver-gilt tankardmaker's mark I B with a rose below, flanked by pellets, in a shaped device London 1592, maker possibly recorded as John Brodie (Brode), see Jackson (reprinted 1996) page 103, mark also recorded as possibly John BottomleyThe lidded tankard with a plain cylindrical body, the lower body applied with a corded / cable moulding, below this and around the foot an ovolo and dart band, the spreading foot with similar ovolo and tongue ornamentation and plain narrow rim in front of this, the hinged plain dome cover with foliate rim which is repeated below the raised petalled disc, each with a notch, supporting a knop finial, the cast thumbpiece with a putto mask with scroll outline, the scroll handle has prick engraved scroll-work above initials 'RT' over 'HF', underside of base is engraved with the monogram '* WB *', height 21.5cm, weight 19.1oz.Footnotes:To be sold by order of the PCC (Parochial Church Council) of St Michaels Church West Hill.Provenance:Given to St Michael's Church, West Hill, on its consecration in 1846 by Lady Mary Coleridge (1788-1874); see Greenaway; In Quiet Keeping: The Story of St Michael The Archangel, West Hill; page 19.The passage reads: 'Lady Coleridge, wife of Sir John, gave the small tankard flagon marked IB, with rose in base, London 1592. The handle is scroll shaped with angel's head as thumb-piece. Round the base of the lid and on top of the barrel is arabesque ornamentation; round the foot is a cable moulding; below this, egg and dart ornamentation with egg and tongue work at the base.'Research:A near identical silver-gilt tankard, with the same maker's mark and the same date was offered at Sotheby's on 25th October 1973, lot 173. As 'The property of Trinity Church, Upper Dicker' in East Sussex. In the catalogue description it is also noted that 'the underside engraved with the monogram W.B.'When our lot is compared with the Sotheby's example maybe they were once a pair. The height, weight and importantly the same monogram / initials to the underneath of the base would largely support this.Pairs of tankards from this period, are extremely rare.In the same catalogue footnote it records 'A similar flagon, belonging to the Church of Mickleham (Meckleham), Surrey, maker's mark S. over W, 1614, was included in the exhibition, Silver Treasures from English Churches, Christies, 1955 (cat. no. 87, pl. XVII)' 'A pair of tankards, by the same maker, 1602, from the collection of Duke of Leeds, were sold Sotheby's on the 15th June 1961, lot 120, illustrated in the catalogue'This pair of tankards are on loan to The Victoria and Albert Museum from The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection. Here the maker's mark is recorded as possibly John Bottomley.'Another tankard, by the same maker, also 1602, was sold Sotheby's on the 11th November 1971, and illustrated in the catalogue'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A matched pair of French silver-gilt ewers / pitchersTetard Freres, Paris, 20th century, one with post 1879 first standard export mark, the other with a cancelled through Minerva Head mark, and also struck with the post 1879 export mark, also incuse stamped TETARD FRERESEmpire style, helmet-shape, with applied stiff laurel rim, an applied laurel girdle above a lower body with a band of stiff leaves over a stippled ground, the ribbed handle terminating in a swan with outswept wings joining the rim, on a knopped spreading circular foot and square pedestal base, height 26.5cm and 26cm, weight 76oz. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good and historical important George IV 'Cisalpine Club' large silver salverRichard Sibley, London 1829, reverse also incuse stamped MAKEPEACE, LONDON Circular form, the cast border with acanthus banded rim, interspersed with six winged angel masks with anthemions, broad laurel border, the centre finely engraved with the full armorial for Charles James TURVILE, engraved above the inscription'The Cisalpine Club To Charles Turvile Esquire Their Treasurer And Secretary. In grateful acknowledgment Of His Past Services. By their Vote of 15th April 1828. Presented 20th April 1830',surrounded with some 91 inscribed members names within a ribbon scroll, the reverse also with inscription including deceased and retired members, the whole on three foliate and anthemion capped claw feet, diameter 62cm, weight 165oz.Footnotes:The reverse of the salver also with the following inscription'Names of the deceased and retired members of The Cisalpine Club from its commencement 12 April 1792 to 1830'below two columns of engraved names, some 40 deceased and some 49 retired members.At the bottom further inscribed'The Cisalpine Club Was Dissolved On The Day This Piece Of Plate Was Presented (20th April 1830) A New Club Was Then Formed, Entitled The Catholic Emancipation Club Of Which All The Members Of The Cisalpine Club Were Invited To Become Original Members'Provenance: presented to Charles James Turville thence by descent to the present ownerLiterature: accessed via https://www.ncregister.com/features/sacred-catholic-objects-seeking-new-home-a-window-into-england-s-rich-recusant-history This was originally part of a collection from Bosworth Hall, other notable items found within this collection include a rosary of Marie-Antoinette and a Book of Hours which belonged to Adrian Fortescue (martyr) who was executed for treason without a trial by Parliament for undisclosed acts. Most likely, these acts were to do with opposition against Henry VIII's church policies and that Fortescue supported Pope Clement VII's refusal to annul the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.The Cisapline Club was formed on 12th April 1792 and disbanded in 1830 following the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act (Catholic Emancipation Act) in 1829. The members re-formed themselves in 1830 as the 'Emancipation Club' which continued for 17 years before dissolving in 1847. The Cisalpine Club was dissolved on the day the Salver was presented to Charles Turville (20th April 1830). The Cisapline Club's intentions was to aid the fight for Catholic Emancipation following the violent persecution of Catholics after the Reformation. The belief was that loyalty to the Crown was not incompatible with loyalty to the Pope.The engraving depicts the arms of the Turvile family but also it lists many major Catholic families involved in the Catholic Emancipation of 1829. The engraving of 1830 commemorates the cessation of the Cisapline Club and the inauguration of the future Catholic Emancipation Club, celebrating the role of Charles Turvile as secretary and treasurer of the former.Charles James Turvile (earlier Turville) (1790-1839) of Bosworth Hall and the Husbands Bosworth Estate in Leicestershire, the son of Francis Fortescue Turville (1755-1839) by his wife Barbara Talbot (1756-1806) sister of the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury. Notably he inherited the Bosworth Estate by descent from his great-great grandfather William Turville (1667-1703) by his wife Frances Fortescue. The estate had in 1630 been purchased by Lady Grace Fortescue, widow of Sir Francis Fortescue of Salden Buckinghamshire and daughter of John Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.The present owner of the salver has notable Catholic lineage – most noteworthy is Saint Thomas More, author of Utopia (1516), and a fellow Catholic who refused to acknowledge Henry VIII as supreme head of the church of England – despite serving Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England (1529-1532). He was consequently executed in 1535 after refusing to swear the Oath of Succession following Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn. 'Cisalpine means this side of the Alps; implying that the government of the Church should be in the hands of authorities in this country to whom control from Rome should be secondary' – quote from letter dated 24th October 1984 which came with the salver. The Cisalpine Club met around four to five times a year, initially the Club took an active part in Catholic affairs – a school was established at Oscott where it was directed by a governing body of Catholic laymen, overseen by the headmaster, who was a priest, who himself was appointed by the bishop. The Cisalpine Club, after its initial few years, evolved into a dining club rather than completing any active work in the Catholic world.The blazon: quarterly of four – 1,4: gules, three chevronels vair, a crescent for difference (Turvile) – impaling – azure, a bend engrailed argent cotised or, a crescent for difference (Fortescue).The Crest: a dove closed holding in the beak a branch of olive slipped vert of three or (Turvile)Motto engraved is: Virtus Semper Eadem = translated as Virtue is always the same.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The 1961 Ascot Royal Hunt Cup: a silver-gilt covered trophyAsprey & Co Ltd, designed by Howard Webster, London 1960Modernist, plain polished cylindrical base flaring upwards, with upper and lower castellated engraved bands, engraved on one side 'The Royal Hunt Cup Ascot 1961, broad slightly curved cover, with two recesses to lift off, centred with a large engraving of The Royal Coat of Arms, the underside of the base engraved 'Des Howard Webster, Engr T.C.F. Wise, Asprey London', on a painted black wood plinth, all contained in original fitted case, height 21.7cm, diameter at top 22.7cm, weight 53.8oz.Footnotes:KING'S TROOP WINS THE ASCOT 'ROYAL HUNT CUP'This trophy was presented to the 1961 winning Horse King's Troop, by jockey Geoff Lewis, owner Mrs Priscilla Hastings and trained by Peter Hastings-BassPriscilla Victoria Hastings (née Bullock, 28 February 1920 – 12 August 2010) was a British racehorse owner and trainer. She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977, alongside her half-sister Ruth Wood (née Primrose), Countess of Halifax and Helen Johnson Houghton.King's Troop, headed a field of 38 to win the 1961 Royal Hunt Cup on 14th June 1961. King's Troop was foaled on 1st February 1957.There is coloured footage of the race with Technicolor Pathe News.The Ascot Royal Hunt Cup always provides one of the greatest spectacles of the Royal Meeting as a maximum field thunders up Ascot's straight mile course for one of the biggest betting races of the season. First run in 1843, originally contested on a right-handed course over 7 furlongs and 166 yards, although the race's distance was shortened to 7 furlongs and 155 yards in 1930, but was then extended to its present length in 1956. It is now run on a straight course on the second day of the Royal meeting, and usually features a large field. It is one of three perpetual trophies at the meeting, along with the Gold Cup and the Queen's Vase, which can be kept permanently by the winning owners.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Spanish Colonial tortoiseshell veneered, bone inlaid and silver mounted dressing boxEarly 18th centuryOf square form with twin scrolling bale carrying handles and applied foliate engraved and pierced scrolling mounts, the lid with central shallow raised oval boss, within a fielded panel with corresponding quadrant raised corners, the sides with similar raised oval bosses, the whole with scrolling borders, the front with twin eagle escutcheon, the interior later lined in green velvet and silk, 16cm high, 40.5cm wide, 38.5cm deepFootnotes:The design of this box is reminiscent of those found on Southern Indian examples.For a similar Spanish Colonial box with repoussé silver mounts, see Sotheby's London, 3rd December, 2014, lot 98.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good George III silver-gilt large lidded tankardWilliam Frisbee, London 1809 Tall cylindrical form, the body cast and applied with putti at play, some playing musical instruments among trees, with a band of fruiting grape vines above and large shell embellishment to the front, hinged cushion form dome cover, bellied sides with acanthus and central roundel in relief with two seated putti among fruiting vines, the acanthus thumb piece with a grotesque mask to the reverse, the ornate cast handle capped with Bacchic mask with graduated scales below terminating with a mythological birds head and acanthus embellishments, on a spreading circular foot, chased with acanthus, scrolls with masks, height 28cm, weight 122oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 2006 Piaggio Liberty moped, registration number WX06 HTP, silver, not used for several years, last MOT issued in 2011 with 782 recorded miles, 807 showing on the speedo today, shed stored, will need re-commisioning and going through before taking to the road, with four keys and a V5C

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