A sawn specimen of crystalline cassiterite from Wheal Florence, Devon. 14cm x 17cm x 3.5cm (irregular). Note: Scarce, this site is now covered.This large collection of Cornish tin ingots and mining artefacts is from the collection of Neil Mercer. Mercer has collaborated with the photographer and designer Peter Russell to produce ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’, a large format, lavishly illustrated, limited edition artists publication due late 2022 / early 2023. Most of these items are featured in, and formed part of the research for the publication which contributes to, and records, the tin working history of Cornwall and Dartmoor and is the culmination of fourteen years of research and practical tin working. The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin: a one-time limited edition of 300 copies, sequentially numbered and signed by the authors, within a slipcase, with the copy medieval seal of the Devon Stannary in tin metal smelted during the project from historic and modern tin and inset into the case. Foreword by the landscape archaeologist Dr Tom Greeves;' ... this is a book of magic, passion and beauty, captured essentially through stunning visual images. I heartily commend it to everyone, but in particular to those for whom Dartmoor is a special and elemental place, rich in human messages'.For further information about ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’ and to order a copy, visit their website https://www.spiritofdartmoortin.com/ or email: info@spiritofdartmoortin.com
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Alluvial tin pebble and cut ‘wood tin’ specimens from Carbis Bay Cornwall. 16cm x 10cm x 6cm and 9cm x 12cm x 1cm (irregular). (2).This large collection of Cornish tin ingots and mining artefacts is from the collection of Neil Mercer. Mercer has collaborated with the photographer and designer Peter Russell to produce ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’, a large format, lavishly illustrated, limited edition artists publication due late 2022 / early 2023. Most of these items are featured in, and formed part of the research for the publication which contributes to, and records, the tin working history of Cornwall and Dartmoor and is the culmination of fourteen years of research and practical tin working. The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin: a one-time limited edition of 300 copies, sequentially numbered and signed by the authors, within a slipcase, with the copy medieval seal of the Devon Stannary in tin metal smelted during the project from historic and modern tin and inset into the case. Foreword by the landscape archaeologist Dr Tom Greeves;' ... this is a book of magic, passion and beauty, captured essentially through stunning visual images. I heartily commend it to everyone, but in particular to those for whom Dartmoor is a special and elemental place, rich in human messages'.For further information about ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’ and to order a copy, visit their website https://www.spiritofdartmoortin.com/ or email: info@spiritofdartmoortin.com
A massive specimen of crystalline tin ore from Kit Hill Mine, Cornwall. Sawn to back and backed with felt. 47cm x 17cm x 6cm (irregular). This large collection of Cornish tin ingots and mining artefacts is from the collection of Neil Mercer. Mercer has collaborated with the photographer and designer Peter Russell to produce ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’, a large format, lavishly illustrated, limited edition artists publication due late 2022 / early 2023. Most of these items are featured in, and formed part of the research for the publication which contributes to, and records, the tin working history of Cornwall and Dartmoor and is the culmination of fourteen years of research and practical tin working. The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin: a one-time limited edition of 300 copies, sequentially numbered and signed by the authors, within a slipcase, with the copy medieval seal of the Devon Stannary in tin metal smelted during the project from historic and modern tin and inset into the case. Foreword by the landscape archaeologist Dr Tom Greeves;' ... this is a book of magic, passion and beauty, captured essentially through stunning visual images. I heartily commend it to everyone, but in particular to those for whom Dartmoor is a special and elemental place, rich in human messages'.For further information about ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’ and to order a copy, visit their website https://www.spiritofdartmoortin.com/ or email: info@spiritofdartmoortin.com
A late 19th century cut-glass spirit flask: hallmarked silver mounted screw-top lid with maker's mark HTB, assayed London 1883; the cup silver-plated. (14.5 cm high)The cup is silver plated; there are dents around the top of the hallmarked silver cap and there is a 1cm vertical split running from the top.
An early 20th century Art Deco silver-plated cocktail shaker: stamped to base 'Finnegans Ltd. - New Bond Street, London, W1 - Patent Pending'; tapered conical body having a band with the names of various cocktails and window apertures for ingredients (27.5 cm high). (Nb. rotating mechanism seized).Also to include a silver-plated tapering conical spirit flask stamped '3400' to base (17.5 cm high). (2)
A late 19th century Chinese export Aesthetic Movement white-metal spirit-kettle on stand by Wang Hing and Company (maker's mark WH & OG). The bamboo styled handle above an embossed and engraved peonies, prunus, and bamboo decorated kettle. The white-metal stand formed as a bamboo crossframe fitted with associated silver-plated spirit burner. (31 cm high). (Total weight approx. 893g. The kettle approx. 701g. The stand excluding spirit burner 192g)Condition Report: Dents to spirit burner.
A collection of EPNS including a spirit kettle and stand, a tea set, a pair of specimen vases, a set of Valero EPNS glasses, a sugar bowl, a large tray, a rococo style crumb brush, an ash tray, a cut glass EPNS cruet set, swing handled basket, EPNS salts, twelve dessert bowls etc Condition Report:Available upon request
A scarce Second War 1942 ‘Channel Air/Sea Rescue’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic L. C. T. Adams, Royal Naval Reserve, who took part in a noble, but ultimately doomed, joint Naval and R.A.F. Air/Sea Rescue operation to save the fighter ace Wing Commander ‘Paddy’ Finucane who had been shot down and ditched into the sea south west of Boulogne, 15 July 1942. Four launches, M.L.s 139, 141 and R.A.F. H.S.L.s 138 and 140, set out for the stricken aircraft only to come under concentrated attack from at least 10 F.W. 190 fighter aircraft. Adams’ launch, M.L. 139, was attacked on five separate occasions, suffering casualties to the crew and hits which set the fuel tanks on fire. Adams and one other advanced into this inferno, surrounded by deadly gas, and managed to control the fires enough for the ship to withdraw - ‘That was the last attack, and three damaged boats came safely to harbour with their load of wounded. The courage of their crews under this fierce onslaught showed most eloquently how the human spirit can rise above such grim horror and misfortune and the ugliness of war’ Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (L. C. T. Adams. A/Ch. Mtr. Mech. R.N.) officially impressed naming, minor official correction to ‘RN’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £10,000-£14,000 --- C.G.M. London Gazette 29 September 1942: ‘For gallantry, resolution and seamanship when H.M. Air/Sea Rescue Craft were heavily attacked by enemy aircraft in the Straits of Dover.’ The original recommendation (jointly listed with D/JX. 133162 Able Seaman G. Sandford) for an immediate C.G.M. states: ‘On 15th July 1942, H.M. M.L.139 with three other craft was engaged in rescuing airmen from the sea in the Dover Strait when she was attacked by 12 or more F.W.190s. M.L.139 was hit and a fire was started in the petrol compartment. Adams together with another rating [Sandford] entered the almost inaccessible compartment without breathing apparatus and put out the fire. Their action, knowing that the compartment contained over a thousand gallons of high octane spirit, that a tank was holed and vapour was present with the ship under fire from the enemy showed the greatest courage and devotion. These two men undoubtedly saved the ship by their bravery, resource and initiative.’ Leslie Charles Adams resided in Court Hill, Sanderstead, Surrey. He served with the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War, and distinguished himself whilst serving with Motor Launch 139 in an Air/Sea Rescue capacity, 15 July 1942. The incident is related in detail in The Battle of the Narrow Seas, A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945, by Lieutenant Commander P. Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C. & Bar, R.N.V.R.: ‘Air/Sea Rescue is a duty shared between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. The R.A.F. uses H.S.L.s (High Speed Launches) and the Navy uses specially constructed R.M.L.s (Rescue Motor Launches), which are larger and slower. Besides these vessels specially designed for the work many other ships have been required to go to the assistance of airmen in distress, amongst them all kinds of Coastal Force craft. Air/Sea Rescue is an all-weather job, for the airmen are just as likely to crash into the sea when it is rough as when it is smooth; the boats must put forth in foul weather as well as fair, for broken hull frames are of no consequence when there are lives to be saved. The R.M.L.s based on the east coast, for example, have done their unspectacular work magnificently, far out in the North Sea, searching in all weathers for the crews of our own and American aircraft damaged in the air battles over the Continent. With the steady increase in air activity, A.S.R. work increased proportionately... With our ever-increasing control of the skies, the danger of being attacked by enemy aircraft while engaged on A.S.R. work grew steadily less. But in the summer of 1942 it was still a serious menace. For example, on the 15th July in the course of a fighter sweep, Wing Commander “Paddy” Finucane, D.S.O., D.F.C., was shot down into the sea 7 miles south-west of Boulogne. Two H.S.L.s and two M.L.s were directed to attempt the rescue, although it was later discovered that he had not survived the crash. The boats reached the Bullock Bank in mid-Channel at about 1.20 in the afternoon when the first of a series of devastating attacks was carried out on them by ten Focke Wulf 190 fighters. First H.S.L. 140 was hit, suffering casualties of one killed and one wounded. One of the aircraft, however, was seen to be damaged. The remainder made H.S.L. 138 (commanded by F/O. W. E. Walters, R.A.F.) the object of their concentrated attention. Walters was wounded in the first attack on his boat and fell forward into the fo’c’sle; the forward gunner was also wounded, but in spite of that the H.S.L. kept firing until all its ammunition was expended. By that time it was burning from stem to stern. The nursing orderly, Aircraftman W. Morgan, who had been badly wounded in the arm, continued to carry out his duties and attended to the casualties below. Every member of the ship’s company had by now been wounded and the fo’c’sle was full of smoke. The attacks continued and a moment later Morgan was killed. Flying Officer Walters and Aircraftman M. Pring, themselves both wounded in the legs but realising the imminent necessity for abandoning ship, struggled to carry the gunner to the upper deck. When finally they succeeded they collapsed on the deck. Aircraftman Pring was the first to come to, and he pushed the other two over the side and joined them in the water. Having set the H.S.L. on fire the German fighters switched their attack to M.L. 139. Her Commanding Officer - Lt. A. R. S. Hodgson, R.N.V.R., records that they made five runs, in the first of which the fuel tanks were set on fire. The second caused another fire aft and a number of casualties, but in each of these runs one aircraft was damaged and the second time pieces were seen to fall off the target. Each successive attack increased the damage and the casualties. The fires were the most serious menace, however. The methyl-bromide extinguishers had been released in the petrol compartment, but the fire was only partially extinguished and the compartment was filled with the deadly gas. In spite of this, Acting Chief Motor Mechanic L. Adams and Able Seaman G. Sandford, armed with hoses and Pyrenes, entered this most inaccessible compartment without breathing apparatus and put out the fire. They both worked in this confined space well knowing that the tank, with over a thousand gallons of high-octane spirit, had been pierced and that petrol vapour was present which might explode at any time; and in addition the ship was still under fire. In the opinion of the Commanding Officer the ship was saved by the bravery and resource of these two men, who were later awarded the C.G.M. When the Germans flew off and the fires had been brought under control, M.L. 139, with two officers and two ratings wounded, went at once to the assistance of the burning H.S.L., where three survivors were taken from the water. M.L. 141 which had so far escaped attack, although she had been engaging the Germans as they attacked the others, rescued seven more survivors of the H.S.L. from their raft and proceeded to destroy the blazing wreck by depth charges. Twenty minutes later six more F.W. 190s appeared, and although our Spitfires were protecting the other M.L., the enemy managed to carry out one run on 141 from ahead, in the course of which one officer was killed and three ratings we...
A Second War 1944 North West Europe ‘Nijmegan Bridgehead’ ‘Immediate’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. Reddall, Hampshire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5493412 Sjt. W. Reddall, Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, extremely fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 5 April 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On 8 November 1944 during the fighting in the Nijmegan bridgehead near Bemmel, Sergeant Reddall was Platoon Sergeant of a platoon who were within 150 yards of the enemy. German S.S. men got up into the top floor of a house with a spandau and began to snipe Sergeant Reddall’s Company. Sergeant Reddall crept forward with a Piat and hit the house three times. It was completely burnt out with the Germans inside, and later a patrol found the remains of two burnt-out spandaus in the top room. Sergeant Reddall’s gallantry and offensive spirit were a fine example for the men of his platoon.’
Vinyl Records LP''s Including the Elastic Band - Expansions on Life - SDN1; Spirit - Spirit Of '76 - SRM 2-04; Canned Heat - Future Blues - LBS83364; Vinegar Joe - Six Star General - ILPS 9262; Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease - CHR 1105; Premiata Forneria Marconi - Photos Of Ghosts - K43502; Steve Hillage - Fish Rising - V2031; L - V 2066 (8)
English School (19th/early 20th century)Man is a Spirit, Spriritualism Triumphant! End of Sectarian Differences 20th Century, an allegorical girl stands atop the mountain, lighting the ruins of the fallen templeinscribed, oil on canvas, 87cm x 112.5cmNote: The banners held by the onlooking figures appear to be inscribed with eminent names from the Spiritualist Movement in Britain and America, with 'Eglinton' referring to William Eglinton (1857 - 1933) and 'Fox' to the Fox Sisters of Rochester, New York.
A late Victorian silver tea strainer of circular form with tab handle, embossed with cherubs amongst flowers, import mark London 1899 by Theodor Hartman, length 13.3cm, a silver mounted 'Book of Common Prayer', a German silver spirit measure, inset with three two-mariengroschen coins, a silver chain mesh coin purse and a small group of other silver and plated items, weighable items 139.2g.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Group of Surgical Instruments, British, early 20th century, in nickel plate ans carbon steel, including two amputation knives, an amputation saw, bone forceps, directors, a cartilage knife, bistouries, a brass spirit burner by Down Bros, male and female catheters, a variety of forceps. Provenance: Used by the vendor's grandfather, a surgeon who went to work in Africa in 1911, later served as Director of Public Health in Accra and Deputy Director of Public Health in the Gold Coast.
Medical and Surgical Antiques, a 19th century carbolic acid spray, 18.5cm high (rim of internal glass tube broken, rubber tube fractured, otherwise appears complete), a brass spray by Down Bros with ebonised handle, a portable spirit lamp, a silver plated dish, other instruments for surgery, examination and sterilisation(?)
ALCOHOL, one box containing a mixed collection of Armagnac, Rum, Wine and Spirit comprising one bottle of Janneau Grand Armagnac VSOP, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level 5.5cm below cork, seal intact, one bottle of Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level high shoulder, seal intact, one bottle of Doorly's Barbados Rum, 43% vol, 750ml, fill level bottom neck, seal intact, six bottles of French Red Wine to include a Chateau Grand-Puy Pauillac 1978 Cru Classe en 1855, 12,5% vol, 75cl, fill level upper shoulder, seal appears intact, a Lupe-Cholet 1988, 13% vol, 75cl, fill level 2.5cm below cork, seal intact, two bottles of Chateauneuf Du Pape, 1998, 1999, a Chateau De Beaulieu Cotes Du Rhone 2004, a Fleur De Rouge, Vin De Table, a bottle of Tequila, a bottle of Creme de Menthe, a 250ml bottle of Royal Tokayi sweet wine and five 'mixers' (1 box)
A George V five-piece silver tea and coffee service, Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1919-22, comprising spirit kettle, teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sucrier, each piece of compressed ovoid form, spirit kettle, coffee pot and teapot with scrolling ebonised handles and knops, kettle raised on stand with four hoof feet and detachable burner, coffee pot 22cm high gross weight 101.74ozt (5) (at fault)
A late 19th century carved oak three bottle tantalus, with overhead swing handle and carved foliate detail, one decanter at fault, with additional matched decanter, 30cm H x 32cm W, along with an early 20th century pine 'Teachers, The right spirit' advertising twin bottle box, 12cm H x 43cm W, and a collection of cotton bobbins to a mahogany case inlaid with a brass anchor, 21cm wide (4)No makers stamp on the tantalus
A German Third Reich period "donkey ear" prismatic periscope binocular, of heavy bronze, steel and aluminium construction, marked "C P GOERZ BERLIN S.F. 14G H/6400 Gi" etc, with individually adjustable eye pieces and vertical and horizontal spirit levers. Basically GC (the steel barrels dented, eye piece covers missing, all original finish removed); mounted on a wooden base for display) £200-250
English School, circa 1740, oil on canvas, portrait of Lieut. Charles Le Hardy R.N. (1716-1780), half length in silk waistcoat and blue coat, 76.5cm x 63cm, in good period carved gilt frame. N.B. Charles Le Hardy, sometimes known as Charles Hardy, was born in Portsmouth into a notable Jersey family with a strong naval tradition. He entered the Royal Navy aged 16 and was made Lieutenant in 1737 and Captain in 1741. In 1755 he was knighted and appointed Governor of New York, this during a period of heightened tensions and rebellion in the colony and Charles didn't relish the task of quelling the spirit of independence, he entreated the government to find him another position at sea. In 1757 he was promoted Rear Admiral of the Blue, promotions continued and he was made Governor of Greenwich Hospital in 1771 and was M.P. for Portsmouth from 1774, after which he returned to Naval command and in 1779 was made Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, a year later he died. This portrait is by family descent from the sitter. The canvas has been re-lined some decades ago and areas of overpainting visible under a UV light. Various losses to the frame. An impressive looking portrait.
A collection of art exhibition catalogues to include: The Cubist Spirit In Its Time, London Gallery 1947; Fernand Leger, Musee de Lyon 1955; Mark Rothko Whitechapel Gallery 1961 and Picasso at the Tate Gallery 1960Condition Reportall catalogues have minor browning to paper frayed edges, some with creasing and minor tears to dust covers. The catalogue Pio Semeghini 1956 has some pages stuck together in parts.
'Home' by Sherie Brinkley Signed limited edition print A3 size approx. mount and backing inc. Since graduating, BA(Hons) Art and Design, Sherie has had a diverse artistic career. She won the Anna Airy award shortly after completing her degree. Sherie’s expressive landscapes are an embodiment of the connection she feels between herself and the Earth. Her art has touched on different mediums and styles, often combining them to create mixed media pieces. However, whether abstract, decorative or realistic, it is capturing spirit, feeling and intimacy which is fundamental to her work. Sherie lives in Suffolk where she exhibits locally. She is a member of the Ipswich Art Society, and is a curator for Dennington Arts. She has undertaken many commissions and has works in private collections. https://sheriebrinkley.wixsite.com/sheriebrinkleyart
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