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Click here to subscribeA late Victorian silver rectangular box, having fluted decoration, Birmingham 1899, a silver hexagonal napkin ring, Birmingham 1897, the silver top from a postage stamp's box and foreign and plated wares, comprising; a rectangular spirit flask, probably Chinese, a lady's Oriental chain mesh bag and another chain mesh bag, (6).
A Britannia standard silver five piece tea and coffee set, comprising; a teapot, a coffee pot, a twin handled sugar bowl and a milk jug and a cream jug, each piece of octagonal baluster form, in the early 18th century taste, the two larger pieces having wooden fittings, by Garrard & Co Ltd, London 1917 and a silver spirit kettle and stand, in a similar design, the kettle with a turned wooden handle, the stand raised on four wooden feet and fitted with a plated screw down adjustable wick holder by Garrard & Co Ltd, London 1913, gross combined weight excluding the plated screw down wick holder 5615 gms, (6). 25.2 Illustrated
Silver and silver mounted wares, comprising; a lady's rectangular purse, Birmingham 1905, three mustard pots, a pair of salts, a manicure set, cased, two vases (damaged) and plated wares, comprising; a vesta cum stamp case, formed as a book, two spirit flasks, a table lighter, a table cigarette box, a three piece tea set and sundry, (qty).
Early 20th century Christofle silver plated spirit kettle of conventional form, with engine-turned decoration, stylised branch handle with ivory hand piece and separate domed cover on heavy branch and fruit stand (burner lacking), all parts stamped - Christofle 389410, 40cm overall height (3) CONDITION REPORT General overall condition good. Tea kettle - some denting to body, some wear to plating particularly on high points. Ivory handle is cracked in places and one securing nut missing. Inner ring to cover distorted and finial slightly knocked in. Stand - some wear to plating particularly on high points. Frame is distorted and does not sit square. The burner is missing
A late 18th Century Irish type Prussian form cut crystal glass decanter with basal moulding, cut swags and three annulated ring neck all below a radial fluted target form stopper, height 28cm, together with a cut crystal rectangular spirit flask with mitre and diamond cut decoration, height 18cm. (2)
Lord of the Rings - three Lord of the Rings figures based on the book by J.R. Tolkien by Middle Earth Toys entitled Gollum an Evil Hobbit, Barrow - Wight an Evil Spirit, the Fire Balrog, sealed in blister packs, two Lord of the Rings motorised Twist'Ems sealed in blister packs and Lord of the Rings trilogy edition DVD
- Desirable turbo M100 for which Lotus claimed 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds and 137mph - Recently treated to a full service and new brakes all round, Grey leather upholstery - Documented history file and 'no advisories' MOT valid till July 2017 Vendor Condition Ratings: Bodywork: 'Very Good'Engine: 'Excellent'Electrical Equipment: 'Very Good'Paintwork: 'Very Good'Gearbox: 'Very Good'Interior Trim: 'Good' Further Info: After a production gap of some 14 years, Lotus took the decision to reintroduce the much-loved Elan name onto its new two-seater convertible sports car. The M100 Elan aimed to dispel the old clichés of unreliability by installing a trusted Japanese engine and manual transmission supplied by Isuzu, and built with the development and testing resources of General Motors. Around £35 million was invested in the car's development, more than any other car in Lotus history. Its design - penned by Peter Stevens - featuring a fibreglass composite body over a rigid steel backbone chassis, was true to Lotus founder Colin Chapman's original philosophy of achieving performance through low weight. In 1986 the purchase of Lotus by General Motors provided the financial backing to develop a new, small, affordable car in the same spirit as the original Elan, a development prototype had been built a few years earlier, using a fibreglass body and a Toyota-supplied 1.6-litre engine and transmission. Lotus was hoping to sell the car through Toyota dealerships worldwide, badged as a Lotus Toyota, but the project never came to fruition and the prototype was shelved (although Lotus's collaboration with Toyota had some influence on the design of the Toyota MR2). The idea of a small roadster powered by an outsourced engine remained, however, and in late 1986 Peter Stevens's design for the Type M100 was approved and work began by Lotus engineers to turn the clay styling buck into a car that could be built. This process was completed in just under three years, a remarkably short time from design to production car. 'G395 XPJ', finished in Pacific Blue, is a Series 1 car first registered just 10 months into production. The bodywork and paintwork is in very good all-round condition, with none of the usual crazing and cracking associated with a fibreglass vehicle, the car having benefited from a respray in recent years. The interior, which is finished in complimentary grey leather with blue piping, is in good order.Mechanically, the Elan is in good condition, maintaining good oil pressure and accelerating rapidly and smoothly, the gearbox changing with a satisfying precision. The Elan has obviously been the subject of someone's passionate interest, with a documented history file. A recent full service and new brakes all-round mean this M100 which will come freshly MOT'd with 'no-advisories' can be immediately enjoyed.
RUHLEBEN CAMP INTEREST-TWO ALBUMSboth with wear and defects to spines, sold A/F, containing a collection of unframed cover designs and Illustrations (in varying media), printed material and ephemera relating to the Ruhleben Camp Magazine (Lager Life) at Ruhleben World War One Internment Camp for British Civilian Prisoners of Warsubjects include 'Light Lager'; 'The Evolution of man in Ruhleben';'An Englishman's Home'; 'De Risque';'Marron Glace'; 'His Day's Washing';and 'The Galley Slave'; and 'A Happy Case'; by Robert Walker, F. Wade and others.In one of the albums a printed preface states 'With a few exceptions the contents of this book have already appeared in the pages of the Ruhleben Camp Magazine; it is hoped that they will find favour with readers in England, to whom Ruhleben is a name only.'Lager Life' is not conducive to merriment, but the aim of the Magazine has always been to keep a smiling journalistic countenance. ''Are we downhearted?'' was a phrase that was often heard in Ruhleben during the winter of 1914, and the answer without exception was ''No''. It was in order to perpetuate this spirit that the articles and sketches which follow were planned, and though meant originally for interned readers they may serve to show others that the spirit of cheerfulness was kept alive in the confines of Ruhleben. June 1917.' Ruhleben was a civilian detention camp located six miles west of Berlin.The camp detainees included male citizens of the Allied Powers living, studying working or on holiday in Germany at the outbreak of World War 1.They also included the crews of several civilian ships stranded in German harbours or captured at sea at the outbreak of war.There were also quite a number of fishermen captured from trawlers which were sunk in the North Sea in the first days of the War- these were mainly men from Hull, Grimsby and Boston.The camp numbers varied between 4000 and 5500 prisoners most of them British. Life in the camp has been described in several books and essays written by detainees.These include 'To Ruhleben-and Back 'by Geoffrey Pike who successfully escaped from the Camp in 1915. The German authorities adhered to the Geneva Convention and allowed the camp detainees to administer their own internal affairs.The civilian inmates embarked on many projects including a miniature model version of Britain complete with roads named after London Streets, a horticultural association and a cricket club. Letters,Books, Sporting equipment and a printing Press were all allowed into the Camp Inmates of the camp included James Chadwick who later received the 1935 Nobel Prize for Physics after discovering the neutron
A Gauge I Modified Bing for Bassett-Lowke Spirit-fired Live Steam GNR Ivatt 4-4-2 Atlantic Locomotive No 1443, converted to high-pressure operation circa 1964 by Michael Johnson and re-finished in GNR lined green livery, with twin outside cylinders and slip-eccentric reversing, safety valve, regulator, pressure and water gauges, displacement lubricator, hand operated water pump in tender and sprung buffers, overall VG, a little dusty, with pump lever and hose connector and in wooden carrying box
A Gauge I Spirit-fired Live Steam GWR Churchward 4-6-0 ‘Saint’ class Locomotive No 2920 ‘Saint David’, scratch-built by Dave Baker and finished in Great Western ‘shirt-button’ lined green livery, with twin outside cylinders and slip-eccentric reversing, safety valve, regulator, pressure gauge, water gauge, displacement lubricator, axle-driven and hand operated water pumps and sprung buffers, overall VG-E, never fired, motion very stiff, with pump lever and touch-up paint tin, in a plastic carrying trough
A Gauge I Spirit-fired Freelance Live Steam 0-6-0 Tender Locomotive ‘LMS 4370’, scratch-built by Alan Barham to the Gauge I MRA ‘Project’ drawings in the general style of an LMS 4F, and finished in satin black livery, with single inside cylinder and slip-eccentric reversing, safety valve, regulator, pressure gauge, axle-driven and hand operated water pumps and sprung buffers, overall VG, together with a copy of the 2nd edition ‘Project’ booklet, and in a wooden carrying box
A Bing for Bassett-Lowke Gauge I Spirit-fired Live Steam ‘Midland’ 0-4-0 Locomotive and Tender, in heavily-retouched Midland Crimson as no 2631 with 4-wheel M R tender containing spirit tank, overall F, burner, flame guards, cylinder valances and three buffers missing, smokebox door replaced with Hornby (2)
A Gauge I Spirit-fired Freelance Live Steam 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive ‘Juliet’, scratch-built by John Wigglesworth and finished in yellow-lined cherry red livery, with twin outside cylinders and slip-eccentric reversing, safety valve, regulator, blower, clack valve on backhead, sprung axleboxes and buffers, overall VG, and in a wooden carrying cradle
A Gauge I Spirit-fired Freelance Live Steam 0-6-2 Tank Locomotive ‘890’, scratch-built by Alan Barham and finished in gloss black livery with BR totems, with single inside cylinder and slip-eccentric reversing, safety valve, regulator, pressure gauge and sprung buffers, overall VG, spirit tank filler cap ferrule detached, and in a wooden carrying box
A Bing for Bassett-Lowke Gauge I ex-LMS ‘Compound’ Type 4-4-0 Locomotive and Tender, repainted in SR lined black livery with Southern no 1759 to tender, original steam mechanism rebuilt with modern 3-rail 20v chassis, as repaint G-VG, some of original steam parts supplied including spirit burner (3)
A Gauge I Spirit-fired Live Steam GWR 2-6-2 Prairie Tank Locomotive No 4550, scratch-built by Dave Baker in 1992 and finished in Great Western green livery, with twin outside cylinders and slip-eccentric reversing, safety valve, regulator, pressure gauge, displacement lubricator, axle-driven and hand operated water pumps and sprung buffers, overall VG-E, never fired, motion stiff and a little dusty, with two brass tools in packet (2)
A Victorian silver salt with embossed floral decoration, on three hooved feet, 8cm diameter, 4cm high, London 1859, maker GR.EB, with blue glass liner, a small similar salt, London 1879, two silver salt spoons, two silver napkin rings and two spirit labels for 'Whisky' and 'Brandy', silver weight approximately ___7oz, (6).
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