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Lot 3084
G British Coins and Medals, Victoria, proof five pounds, 1839, ‘Una and the lion’, lettered edge, young head l., 9 leaves to rear fillet, rev. crowned figure of the queen as Una, wearing a long flowing gown, standing. to l. holding orb and sceptre, guiding a lion behind her, date in Roman numerals below, DIRIGE legend translating as ‘May God Direct My Steps’, small lettered TERTIO edge (S.3851; W&R.279; Fr.386; KM.742), certified and graded by NGC as Proof 65 Ultra Cameo, a magnificent Proof striking, one of the finest graded, and one of the finest in existence, a rare opportunity, second only to the proof 66 sold as part of a set in Baldwin’s Aucttion 96, September 2015. Boldly detailed, beautifully frosted portrait as well as Una motif, with distinct orange-peel texture to the surfaces and light haziness attesting to the originality of this specimen, a few stray old contact marks restricted to the fields, and faint hairlines; very close to FDC, very rare, and one of the most-wanted of all British gold coins The story is familiar, the mythical tale it is based on is ancient, but here we see a classic, exquisitely produced golden rarity whose origins and emblematic significance certainly bear repeating. In the Elizabethan epic poem by Edmund Spenser, the legend of The Faerie Queene was born. Ethereal Una, companion of the Redcrosse Knight in Book One of the allegorical poem, captivated readers’ imaginations for generations: she was more of the spirit than of the flesh, a delicate lady whose knight protected her virtue and her being with undying loyalty. Una was young, untried, innocent but majestic. Two centuries after the poem appeared, a new age in England evolved, and to the poets and adventurers of the Romantic Age no image had more appeal or offered more inspiration than did the mythical Una, who seemed so much like the new Queen Victoria, for she, too, was young, untried, innocent and majestic. At the Royal Mint, recently situated outside the ancient fortress on Tower Hill, the greatly talented engraver William Wyon sought to capture the public’s imagination and its loyalty to the young Victoria by working to create an image that would endure the ages. By so doing, he also secured his own position, for who could doubt the mastery of the largest gold coin appearing in Victoria’s coronation coin set of 1839? Not only was his sensitive portrait of the young queen lifelike and most beautiful, but his image of ‘Una’ leading the British lion across the Empire and across time itself truly captured the essential spirit of the last years of the Romantic Age, when adventuring ruled the British mind and when the world seemed Britain’s for the taking. Victoria’s ‘little wars’ around the globe were all yet to be played out, and Victoria herself faced the kinds of challenges that no teenager could ever imagine. Over the coming decades, both defeat and triumph would burn into Britain’s collective body politic as the wild escapades of Lord Byron and his contemporaries of the first four decades of the nineteenth century metamorphosed into the realities of conquest and dominion, and as Great Britain reached the zenith of its imperial ambitions. Victoria’s most cherished coin occurs with two small variant reverse legends, based on Psalm 119:133 and translating to state, or perhaps to pray, ‘May God Direct My Steps’. William Wyon in 1839 seemed to sense and express the untenable future of the Empire by the use of this legend, but his image of the queen guiding the British nation, engraved so beautifully on this coin, did foretell a future of unquenchable belief in Britain’s right to be great. Drawing on inspiration from an earlier age, the engraver achieved something few artists ever have - an indelible image of his own times, the Victorian Age.
Lot 193
DEMI LOWRY, 20TH/21ST CENTURY, 'White and Yellow Roses', a pair of watercolours framed as one, 9.5" (25cm) x 7" (18cm); another watercolour by the same hand, 'A Church in a Hamlet'; a pair of signed coloured etchings, 'Venetian Scenes'; a book entitled 'Art of the Printed'; and another book 'The Spirit of the Letter in Painting'. (a lot)
Lot 200
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte. Circa 500-450 BC. Half-length bust of a winged female deity or spirit to left, wearing kekryphalos headdress, round earring and long-sleeved chiton, in her right hand holding a tunny fish by the tail, and raising a flower to her chin / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 75; cf. Boston MFA 1448 = Warren 1519 (stater); SNG BN 206. 2.70g, 10mm. Very Fine.
Lot 679
JAMES LAURENCE ISHERWOOD (1917-1989); a signed limited edition colour print, 'The Spirit of Alamein', signed in pencil to lower right, limited edition 52/75, 40 x 50 cm, framed and glazed. (D) CONDITION REPORT: This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk.
Lot 2109
A glass spirit flask by Jenner and Knewstub with silver gilt bayonet top the silver gilt cup base with a turquoise set monogram, London 1881. Condition report: Matte gold finish with surface scratches. Glass flask in good condition. Some very small knocks to back and front. One turquoise missing. One turquoise stone may have been replaced. Lid closes tightly, hinge slightly loose when open.
Lot 1398
Scottish Coins, Scotland, Renfrewshire, Greenock, John McKelvie (?), Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8-reales, 1821, R.G., Zacatecas mint, obv. circular countermark, J. MCK. & Son GREENOCK, around 4/6 (Manville 58, and p.114, this coin listed), coin and countermark nearly very fine *ex. ‘Bostonian Collection’, Bank Leu Auction 51 (Zurich), 24-26 October, 1990 (lot 685); bt. Baldwin 1990; DNW Auction, 29 September, 2010 (lot 1941) The probable issuer was John McKelvie, grocer and spirit dealer, 25 Dalrymple Street, and his son, John junior, wholesale grocer and tea dealer, 16 Shaw Street (Manville p.113). The provenance of this coin as originally quoted in Manville confused it with another privately owned example (Manville, SNC June 2002, p.117, amended)
Lot 299
Ω A George III mahogany mercury wheel barometer Andrew Tarone and Company, London, early 19th century With open triangular pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DRY/DAMP set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the fine strung rosewood crossbanded case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer over 8 inch basket of fruit and rococo scroll centred circular silvered register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within generous cast brass bezel, the rounded base with disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed A. Tarone & C0., 7 Grevil St t, Holb n, 103cm (40.5ins) high excluding finial. Andrew Tarone and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 7 Greville Street Holborn, London 1802-19.Cites RegulationsPlease note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/citesPlease note: The register is 10 inches in diameter not 8 inches as indicated in the catalogue
Lot 297
A George III mahogany mercury tube stick barometer Lincoln, London, circa 1800 With open triangular pediment over rectangular glazed silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath engraved signature Lincoln, London to upper right margin opposing spirit Fahrenheit scale thermometer to left hand side, set behind hinged glazed door with convex lower angles over chevron line edged caddy moulded trunk incorporating visible tube, the base with domed cistern cover applied to circular section, 97cm (38.25ins) high excluding finial. A Charles Lincoln is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 11 Cornhill, London in 1763 then at 62 Leadenhall Street from 1791 until his death in 1807.
Lot 298
Ω A fine and rare George III mahogany wheel barometer with pendulum timepiece and twelve inch dial James Gatty and George Jamison, London, circa 1800 With Swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed Dry/Damp set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the fine triple-strung rosewood crossbanded case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer over balloon-shaped timepiece with eight-day circular four pillar single fusee movement incorporating upside-down wheel train terminating with tic-tac escapement with offset pallets regulated by short silvered disc-shaped bob pendulum, the 4 inch circular silvered brass dial with engraved signature Jamison, Charing Cross over large subsidiary seconds dial interrupting the VI numeral to centre and gilt spade hands, set behind hinged balloon-shaped door with triple-line edged surround, the 12 inch elaborate foliate medallion-centred circular silvered register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within generous cast brass bezel, the rounded base with disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Ja s Gatty, high Holb n, LONDON, 117cm (46ins) high excluding finial. James Gatty is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English Barometers 1680-1860 working from 130 and 132 High Holborn. His exact dates or whether he started as an optician or immigrant glassblower are unknown however a barometer by him was included in the sale of Sir William Chambers s furniture in 1796; a James Gattey is also recorded as working from 64 Tooley Street in 1802. Gatty is considered to be probably the most sought-after maker of early wheel barometers which tend to be of the finest quality. George Jamison is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from London (Charing Cross) and Portsmouth (Queen Street) 1786-1810. Jamison was a highly skilled watchmaker who no doubt supplied watches to many Naval officers passing through Portsmouth and later worked in partnership with William Howells and Paul Phillip Barraud to produce marine chronometers to William Mudge s design (after the arrangement between Pennington Mudge and Howells broke down in 1796). In addition to chronometers Jamison is also known for his complex spherical skeleton clocks often incorporating astronomical features (see Roberts, Derek BRITISH SKELETON CLOCKS pages 18-19). The timepiece movement of the current lot is of fine quality with generous column-turned pilasters and delicate wheelwork and was clearly purpose-made with the trains configured with the escapement at six o clock to allow the short pendulum to swing beneath the movement (rather than behind). The incorporation of this into a fine instrument by Gatty compliments his high quality approach and adds to the importance of the current lot which can probably be fairly described as one of the finest mercury wheel barometers to come onto the market in recent years.Cites RegulationsPlease note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 301
Ω A Victorian brass inlaid rosewood mercury wheel barometer with six-inch dial F. Amadio and Son, London, circa 1840 With Swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DAMP/DRY set behind convex glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the brass double-line edged case with tapered upright applied with bowfronted Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer and inset brass leafy scroll motif over 6 inch rosette-centred circular silvered register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations around signature F. AMADIO & SON, 118 St. Johns Str t Road to centre, the squared base with brass disc for setting the recording pointer over foliate spray engraved spirit level and cavetto moulded underside, 99cm (39ins) high overall. Francis Amadio is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a prolific maker of high quality barometers who operated from 10 St. John Street Road 1820-28 before moving up the road to number 118 from where he worked until 1844. His son of the same name appeared to work in partnership with him from around 1810 before setting up on his own at 63 Moorgate, London in 1840.Cites RegulationsPlease note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 4
A well engineered gauge 1 model of British Railways 4-6-2 tender locomotive Arrow No 70017, built by The Gauge One Model Company and being live steam spirit fired. The model with twin outside cylinders with Walschaert s valve gear, fluted motion and cylinder drain cocks. The six-wheel tender having fitted hand feed pump set under imitation coal panel, rear ladder and couplings. The model finished in British Railways dark green lined livery with fitted smoke deflectors bearing locomotive nameplate Arrow fitted steps, hand-rails, lamp irons and couplings. Length 66cm. Cab width 9cm.
Lot 6
A fine gauge 3 Great Eastern Railway 4-4-0 tender locomotive No 1900 'Claude Hamilton', built from Bassett Lowke castings. The live steam powered locomotive being spirit fired. Cab with fitted sight glass, regulator, pressure gauge and reverse valve gear control lever. The six wheel tender with water storage tank and supply control tap. The model finished in traditional blue and black lined livery with fitted steps, handle rails and vacuum hoses. Cabside oval number plate 00' and 'Claude Hamilton' name to splashers. Total length 72cm. Cab width 12cm.
Lot 1367
Motoring, a good collection of car dealer brochures from the 1980's and later including, 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider, Jaguar XJ~S XJ~SC 3.6 V12, Panther Kallista, Jaguar range, 1985 Lotus Esprit Turbo, Marcus Mantula, BMW 730i 735i 735il, Aston Martin Lagonda range, Bentley Continental, Bentley Turbo R, Mercedes-Benz 300SL, 420SL, 500SL, Marcos 3 Litre Ford, Morgan, Rolls- Royce Silver Spirit, Opel Manta, Ascona, Colt,etc Parcel
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