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British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04. A silver plated fork engraved 'Discovery 1901' formerly the property of Louis Charles Bernacchi: 20.5cm long.*Notes- Louis Charles Bernacchi was born in Belgium in 1876 to Italian parents who subsequently emigrated to Australia. Attending Melbourne Observatory in 1895 he developed an interest in Antarctic exploration and joined Carsten's Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900) when he was just 22 years old. This was the first expedition to spend the winter on the Antarctic continent and the first to sledge towards the South Pole. Louis then joined Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition (1901-1904) and was the only man on board the Discovery who had previously been to the Antarctic (in relative terms he was a "veteran" of the Antarctic) . As one of the scientific officers on board his role was to collect geomagnetic data as they approached the South Pole, something that had not been studied to any extent before. Scott was Louis's best man at his wedding. He was awarded the Polar Medal and the French Legion d'honneur amongst other awards.*Provenance- By direct family descent.
Kaines Adlard Coles OBE. A collection of 35mm slides used in the publication 'Heavy Weather Sailing' and other coastal publications: including slides of Westcoutry and Trans Atlantic races in his yachts 'Cohoe' 1,2 & 3, together with copies of 'Heavy Weather Sailing' and 'Sailing Years', also two pipes belonging to K A Coles, a cased Royal Cruising Club medallion and a silver plated Royal Cruising Club Exploration award. *Notes- Purchased by the vendor from the estate sale of K A Coles.
An enamel bar badge for the Royal Yachting Association: together with three others for 'Brixham Yacht Club', 'RNLI' and 'RNSA' also a turned desk barrel 'From the teak of HMS Spartiate', a silver plated anchor paperweight and a WWI period Verniers' Patent compass dated '1917'.
An Edward VII Royal Navy regulation pattern officer's dress sword by S W Silver & Co, Portsmouth: the straight single edge blade having acid etched decoration with foul anchor to one side and crown over 'ER' cipher to the other, gilt brass fold down half basket hilt decorated en suite, wire bound fish skin grip and lions head pommel with bullion loop, together in a gilt brass mounted black leather scabbard with double suspension rings and canvas travel cover, also a Royal Navy regulation pattern sword belt (2)
Sir Alfred Hubert Roy Fedden, MBE FRAeS (1885 -1973) Two Yachting World Endurance Trial 100 Nautical Miles silver plated plaques: for meritorious performance 1930 and 1931 mounted on a circular plinth 19.5cm diameter, together with a silver plate and enamel Yachting World 'Outboard Drivers' Championship' plaque, Bristol Yacht Club 1934 on an oak plinth, 9cm x 11cm.*Notes- Sir Alfred Hubert Roy Fedden was an engineer who designed the majority of the Bristol Engine Company's successful piston aircraft engine designs. He was the uncle of the British modernist artist Mary Fedden (1915-2012)
A silver plated dress tompion for the Royal Navy County-class heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland (57): mounted on an ebonised plinth, 27.5cm diameter.*Notes- Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched in 1926, HMS Cumberland served in the South Atlantic 1939-41, Home Fleet 1941-44, Eastern Fleet 1944-45 and East Indies in 1945.
A group of thirteen Bibby Line silver plated tablewares: comprising an ice bucket, two toast racks, four butter dishes, four sugar basins, circular serving dish and a muffin dish cover, the two large butter dishes marked 'BL. the remainder marked with house flag, makers include Elkington & Co and Walker and Hall (13)*Notes- Founded by John Bibby (1775-1840) in 1807, Bibby Lines has operated in most areas of shipping over its history and is one of the oldest independently owned shipping lines in the world.
A sterling silver presentation cigarette casket 'AHTF from the Captain & Wardroom Officers HMS 'Albatross. 17.6.31':, the cover with engraved signatures, 5.5x 10 x 20cm , together with a framed photograph of HMS Ark Royal by Wright & Logan. Southsea, 17.5 x 29cm (2)
Two copper and silver plated ashtrays made from metal taken from WWI German U-Boats, Harwich 1918: one inscribed 'Surrendered at Harwich U 114 30th Nov. 1918' the other 'Deutschland U 155 Surrendered at Harwich 24th Nov.1918', 8cm diameter (2)*Notes-UB 114 was launched on the 23rd September 1917 and commissioned in May 1918 under the command of Ernst Berlin. UB 155 was launched on the 26 October 1918 and commissioned on the 26 February 1919.
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