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Click here to subscribeUnusual 19th Century Military Sword, German made probably for the British army, pipe back blade 33" with maker's stamp and British inspector's stamp (?), steel hilt with triple bar guard, folding sideguard, plain pommel, in a British steel cavalry trooper's scabbard stamped VR Enfield 1848, engraved with regimental markings 7H's B (erased) 356. Good condition, sword grip replaced with filler, scabbard pitted.
Handwritten Note by Famous WW1 War Artist Sir William Orpen, the note in ink has his signature to the bottom. On official paper with ink stamp of the Orderly Room AS Corps Kensington Barracks and dated 12 11 16. Note has been folded and shows some wear. The note appears to be written to a Mr Wynham and is complaining about where he is and saying he is not allowed out to do any drawing, maybe this is in response to a commission request.
Imperial German Prussian Artillery Pickelhaube with grey metal fittings on leather skull. The top fitting is missing the ball top. Original grey metal back spine piece. Interior retains the original leather liner. Regimental markings to the back peak BA XV 1916 and makers stamp with 1916 date to the interior shell. Shell remains in good condition.
A Chinese Cheng Hua spill vase, decorated with orange and green dragons, on white ground, blue character marks to base, 14cm high, together with a Chinese porcelain Chien Lung blue and white spill vase, decorated with blue dragons on white ground, blue character marks to base, 13cm high, a glazed pottery bowl with cover decorated with brown birds in foliage on cream ground, 13cm diameter, and a pair of small dragon relief porcelain vases with artmesia leaf stamp to base, 16cm high (5) CONDITION REPORT: Lot 109 - Pair of Vases: One has been repaired to lip. Chien Lung Style Vase: Good scratch to base. Chien Hue Style Vase: Chipped to lip, some rubbing to decoration. Bowl & Cover: Rough Edges to lips and foot.
FIVE VINTAGE BARTHOLOMEWS SURVEY MAPS including 'Sheet 19 Isle of Skye', 'Sheet 28 Orkney Islands', Scotlandf Sheet 11 Argyll', Sheet 20 Central Ross-shire' and 'Quarter-Inch Automobile Map of Great Britain'; together with a Stanley Gibbons Colour Guide for stamp collectors, stamp guide 21.5cm long
BOAC 1950s flown covers. 11 covers 1957 BOAC Brittania 1st flight London – Sydney, 1952 BOAC Comet 1st flight London – Singapore, 1959 BOAC Comet 1st flight London – Tokyo x 2 stamp varieties, 1957 Brittania 1st flight London – Colombo, 1959 BOAC Comet 1st flight London – Singapore x 3 stamp varieties. 1969 Comet 4, Signs of age but rare.
1947 Royal Visit to South Africa. Five First Day covers produced by Brian Nichols & Co. These sell for £20+ on Ebay. Full stamp sets and cachets. South Africa Stamps and Royal Train cachet, South Africa Stamps Pretoria Register sticker, Bechualand stamps & Lobatsi Royal Visit cachet, Basutoland stamps, Swaziland Stamps. Good condition
§ Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979) Dali and Skull, 1951, gelatin silver print, printed later, with the photographer's copyright credit edition stamp on verso, edition number 175/250 gelatin silver print from an edition 175/250 30 x 26cm (12 x 10in) Photographer Philippe Halsman and artist Salvador Dali collaborated for 37 years after meeting in New York in 1941. Halsman was able to bring to life some of Dali's seemingly impossible ideas. Dirt under the glass and some damage to top and right hand edge of print where surface has lifted - see images.
§ Stanley Lewis, MBE, ARCA (Welsh, 1905-2009) Still Life of Eggs and a Jug, circa 1955 oil on canvas, in a grey painted frame 50 x 60cm (20 x 23in) Provenance: From the artist's own collection Exhibited: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Bedford Museum, The Unknown Artist - Stanley Lewis and his Contemporaries, 12 June-5 September 2010 Painting is on an artist's primed canvas with a Winsor and Newton stamp on the reverse. The painting is in artist's studio condition.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) Original Letter, translated it reads: As Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy, he writes to citizen Collot, Piacenza ordering the confiscation of any public money in the city of Piacenza as well as any objects in gold, silver and jewellery in the pawnshops. These to be forwarded to the army treasury at Tortona, signed Bonaparte, approx 18 x 23 cms Countersigned by Commissaire Saliceti Printed heading of Republique Francaise Provenance Stamp of Biblioteca Lindesiana, framed and glazed to museum standard.
Great Britain postal history collection in gold crest album, 45 items. 1745 to 1847 period. Collection includes 1834 entire Amlwch to London, 1842 entire Bangor to Dolgelly, 1794 entire Carmarthen to London, 1745 entire Cardiff to London, 1811 wrapper Cardiff to London, 1747 entire Neath to London, 1797 wrapper Swansea to London. Fine lot with various straight line cancels, circular hand stamp, penny posts, mileage marks etc. (45)
A Victorian silver-gilt combination double scent bottle / vinaigrette / stamp or cotton reel case and photograph frame, by Thomas Johnson, London 1865, also with a registration lozenge for 28 September 1860, cylindrical form, one double-hinged cover with a vinaigrette, pierced foliate scroll grille, the other double-hinged cover with a photograph frame, one scent bottle detachable, and with a central hinged compartment possibly for stamps or cotton reels, length 11.5cm, approx. weight 3oz.
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