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Click here to subscribe* Third Reich. WWII German Kriegsmarine War Flag (Reichskriegsflagge), printed cotton with black swastika on a red and white ground, rope lanyards, stamped 'Dh Reichskriegsn. 100 x 170', and with Kireigsmarine stamp and also Fahnenfabrik', 90 x 165cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collected by the vendor’s father, Kiel circa 1947.Lieutenant R.H. Glanville, RNVR served as part of the Royal Naval Party 1742, HMS Royal Harold, Kiel from 1945-1948.
* France. Medal of Honour for Saving Life, Ministry of the Marine, large silver medal, 6th issue by Caqué, 44mm, Napoleon III on obverse; 6th model reverse inscribed ‘A Edouard Demoor Patron De Bateau Belge. Services a la Marine Marchande Françaies 1858.’ on cartouche flanked by supporters, with ball and ring suspension, silver stamp to edge, extremely very fine and scarceQty: (1)
Brigadier General Paul Tibbets signed 50th Anniversary of The United States Air Force flown FDC PM USAF 18th September 1997 Crown Agents Stamp Bureau. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Nikos Engonopoulos (Greek, 1907-1985)Alexandre, fils de Philippe et des Grecs sauf les Lacédémoniens porte le cachet de studio d'artistefusain et mine de plomb sur papier94 x 70cm (37 x 27 9/16in).Peint en 1963bearing the artist's estate stamp charcoal and pencil on paperFootnotes:ExposéThessaloniki, Municipal Gallery, Nikos Engonopoulos, As Handsome as a Greek, 1997, no. C5.Athens, Astrolavos Gallery, The Human Figure, group exhibition, 1999-2000.Athens, Astrolavos Gallery, Nikos Engonopoulos, Surrealist Whispers, 2002, no. 12.LittératureNikos Engonopoulos Sketches and Colours, Ypsilon Books editions, Athens 1996, dust cover (detail illustrated), p. 150 (illustrated).Kathimerini daily, December 1, 1981 (illustrated).N. Chaini, The Painting of Nikos Engonopoulos, doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens, 2007, no. 177, p. 450 (discussed), p. 453 (illustrated).Perpinioti – Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos Son Univers Pictural catalogue raisonne, Benaki Museum, Athens 2007, no 818, p.485 (illustrated).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Medicine.- Whately (Thomas) An Improved Method of Treating Strictures in the Urethra, engraved folding plate, advertisement at end, ink-stamp of 'Manchester Infirmary' to title, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1804 § Lawrence (W.) A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, first English edition, half-title, paperclip mark to title, first 7 leaves detached, occasional faint spotting, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, chipping to edges, 1833 § Hall (Marshall) On the Diseases and Derangements of the Nervous System, 8 engraved plates, 16pp. advertisements at beginning, damp-staining, scattered spotting, ex-library with occasional blindstamps and ink inscription to title, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1841 § Hey (William) Practical Observations in Surgery, Illustrated by Cases, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), occasional faint spotting, bookplate, near contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1810; 8vo (4)
India.- Princely letter signed to Sir Henry Fane, "I have the pleasure to send enclosed some rings ...", ink-stamp signature to foot, on Britannia watermarked paper, hand-coloured and gilt border, folds, housed in silk brocade sleeve, Benares, 22 May 1838; and an album of c.95 cut signatures and part letters addressed to Major William Watson, loosely inserted, chipping and browning to edges, contemporary red cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, c.1776-1801, 8vo (2)
Cleveland (John) J. Cleaveland Revived: Poems, Orations, Epistles, third edition, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, trimmed and laid down, 4pp. near contemporary manuscript copy letter tipped-in, ex-library with label remnants and ink-stamps, lacking A1 (?blank), trimmed, occasionally affecting signatures and catch-words, faint spotting and off-setting, occasional marginal tears, neatly repaired, final leaf (N4) with small tear and loss at gutter affecting text (advertisements), modern morocco-backed boards, blind-stamp to upper cover, [Wing C4676], 8vo, for Nathaniel Brook, 1662.⁂ The copy letter mentions Cleveland's arrest and imprisonment, also pleading for Cromwell's clemency.
Police.- First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire as to the best means of establishing an efficient Constabulary Force in the counties of England and Wales, folding table, small ink stain affecting text (K8), ex-H.M. Stationery Office with withdrawn stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 'Home Office' stamped in gilt to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Kress 31099], 8vo, 1839.
NO RESERVE First World War.- [James (Alfred)] Six Months in Politics by "West Country Miner", presentation inscription from the author to title, ownership blind stamp to front endpapers, contemporary cloth, lightly soiled, printed for the Private Record of the Recipient only, 1917; and a pre-production typed proof, and 2 First World War letters by Lieutenant Frank Torbett to a friend, v.d., v.s. (4)⁂ Frank Torbutt was a Lieutenant in the 32nd Divisional Ammunition Column of the Royal Field Artillery. Both letters describe his daily life on the Western Front, including marching on a full pack and sleeping in fields, barns, and stables: ""it is quite a common thing here to see a raised plot of grass by the side of the road with an inscription an unknown soldier who died for his country R.I.P", and experiences in the trenches, "suddenly you will turn off and cut through a field or two and finally find yourself at the entrance to a communication trench which is some five foot deep with earth piled on each side. This trench is made in zig zag fashion and on you tramp until you eventually come to the firing line. It is quite an experience to hear the bullets whistling overhead...".
Pair of Hertwig glazed china dressing table boxes, 1920s, white china boxes with gold decoration, larger with young Pierrot and girl figures to lid with matt blue colouring, blue stamp Katzhutte Thuringia and cat in house, 7 ½” (19cm) high, and Pierrot dancing with a ball gowned lady box in similar style with matt blue colouring, stamped Germany, 6 ¼” (16cm) high, (2 items).
An early Emile Jumeau bisque head E.J Bebe doll, size 6, French circa 1880, with exceptionally good pale bisque head with fixed blue glass paper-weight eyes, finely painted lashes, feathered brows and shaded eyelids, closed mouth with delicately tinted lips, gently rouged cheeks and pierced ears with blue glass drop earrings, with her original cork and leather pate and long blonde wig, on a good eight-ball jointed wood and composition body with fixed wrists and blue ‘Jumeau Medaille, D’or, Paris’ stamp to rear, wearing white cotton and lace layered dress decorated with pale blue ribbon and gold Bebe badge, frilly bonnet with blue ribbons, layers of underclothes, blue socks and size 7 marked ‘E.J Depose’ brown leather shoes, (condition: head perfect, good original body), incised 6, E J, 18” (46cm) tall.
A beautiful closed mouth Tete Jumeau bisque head Bebe, size 10, French, circa 1890, the pale bisque head with fixed brown glass paper-weight eyes, finely painted lashes and feather brows, pierced ears and original auburn wig, on a fully jointed wood and composition body with swivel wrists, wearing a cream silk brocade dress with pink velvet sewn on jacket, lace and covered buttons, bonnet, socks and original size 10 brown leather Jumeau shoes with ‘bumble bee’ stamp, 22 1/4” (56cm) tall.
A white metal and enamelled cigarette case with floral ornament to the lid together with a silver plated sugar spoon, miniature silver ornaments, a white metal propelling pencil and a small quantity of silver and white metal costume jewellery and a silver stamp case, total weight 265gLocation: Porters
A collection of approximately 132 Coin-Stamp Covers, by Mercury, including £1 & £5 note covers, Silver One Pound Cover, Silver William's 21st Birthday Crown Cover, other GB Imperial and Decimal coin covers, numerous cupro-nickel crowns, royal and commemorative subjects, 112 in six ring-binders and 19 in original cardboard delivery packaging
Westminster Collections- Six various vinyl folders comprising: The 1840 Penny Black Cover, The 1840 Twopenny Blue, The Seahorse High Value Stamps, The Wildings Tudor Watermark Series (Mint), King Edward VII Penny Trial Stamp (mint/printed in Germany), The 1923 George V Airmail Essays, (7 stamps/mint),
Six Westminster Collections: 1862 1 Shilling Green, Penny Black with four clear margins, 1841 Penny Red (imperf) and 1864 Penny Red Plate (perforated), (both unused), The 1847 George Washington 10 Cent Stamp, The United States 5c Benjamin Franklin Stamp and from The Connoisseur Collection: Two 'four margin Penny Blacks (red postmark and black postmark) (6 vinyl folders)
WW2 German Army/ Third Reich Interest: A collection of various including an SS silver finger ring (large size Z+), general assault badge, paratrooper badge, medic cloth patch, together with an unused field dressing, medic's armband, brown leather 'Gladstone bag' with German imperial eagle stamp, brown leather belt and quantity of photographs of German soldiers, nurses etc
A white metal Zenith open-faced pocket watch, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals denoting hours and subsidiary seconds dial, case back marked 'Bravingtons' with broad arrow stamp, together with a Grana G.S.T.P, the white dial with Arabic numerals denoting hours and subsidiary seconds dial
A WWII military issue stainless steel Omega 'Dirty Dozen' 'W.W.W' (Wrist Watch Waterproof) wristwatch, the black enamel dial with Arabic numerals denoting hours, subsidiary seconds dial and luminous hands, dial is marked with brand logo and broad arrow, case back stamped 'W.W.W. Y22250 10686449' with further broad arrow stamp, on later metal bracelet.
GERMAN VIOLIN, LOUIS LOWENDALL, DRESDEN DATED 1883 the two piece curly maple back stamped 'DRESDEN' and 'REGISTERED' and painted with a portrait of the violinist Ludwig Spohr, the button with a Registration stamp and number 390660, the back of the scroll branded 'LOWENDALL'S ARTIST VIOLIN'; the front of ash with interior label 'Louis Lowendall/ fecit Dresdæ. Anno 1883'; TOGETHER WITH a bow stamped GERMANY and branded initials ACHM in a cross, 740mm long; in a baize-lined wood case with extra keys, frets, strings, and tailpiece(back 358mm long, upper bout 170mm, lower bout 214mm)Footnote: Note: Ludwig Spohr, 1784 -1859, was a German composer, violinist, and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, he toured extensively through Europe, and made six tours of England beginning in 1820. He composed more than one hundred and fifty works in the Romantic style, but fell into obscurity for most of the 20th century, but has experienced a rediscovery over the last few decades.
A pair of Mintons oriental style vases circa 1880, each with mythical animal handles, over hanging rim, the bodies with shaped cut outs behind an applied figure with snakes, supported on three cabriole leg and round platform base, gilt decoration on brown and pink ground, both stamped 'Mintons' and one with gilt factory stamp, height 20cm. Condition - one figure missing hand and another with restoration in same place, otherwise vey good, no further damage/repair, minor wear to gilding etc.
ARR * Beaton (Cecil, 1904-1980). Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent at Kensington Palace, 1956, gelatin silver print, showing the Duchess full length with tiara and sash over a pleated evening dress, 23 x 17.5 cm, black studio stamp 'Cecil Beaton Photograph' to verso, with a later pencil note that this was given by Beaton to Ian Watson, dressmaker to the Queen, framed and double glazedQty: (1)
* Chinese Cartes de Visite. A collection of 15 albumen prints cartes-de-visite of Hong Kong and treat ports, 1860s, all but one not from life and depicting watercolours and drawings, three with stamps of 'Hing-Qua John & Co, Photographic Artists, 84 Praya, Hong Kong' and one with stamp of 'A P Johnson's Photograph Gallery, 649 Clay Street, San Francisco' to versos, plus one other contemporary albumen print carte de visite of a Chinese barber with seated clientQty: (16)
* Copland (Aaron, 1900-1990). Portrait of the composer Aaron Copland, photographed by Gordon Parks (1912-2006), c. 1955, printed c. 1980, gelatin silver print, Copland seated and smiling with photographs on the wall behind him, image 24 x 16 cm, red ink stamp of the Toni Parks Collection to versoQty: (1)
* Music & Ballet. A collection of 10 vintage photographs of musicians and ballet dancers, circa 1940-1960s, musicians include Andres Segovia, Gyorgy Cziffra (both with Richard Levin credit stamps to versos), Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli, John Williams and Nathan Milstein, dancers depicted are Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann (Richard Levin credit stamp to verso) and Margot Fonteyn (one by Vivienne and one contact print), all but the contact print 25 x 20 cm and similar larger sizesQty: (10)
* Stereoviews - The Great Eastern. A group of three albumen print stereoviews onboard the SS Great Eastern, circa 1859-60, arched top images on pale yellow mounts with embossed stamp of the London stereoscopic company to left edge, printed details to versos identifying the subject as 'The Marquess of Stafford, the Chairman and Lord Alfred Patchit', 'The funnel after the accident' and 'The paddle engine room', the third stereoview with vertical split along centre of support with remains of crude tape repair to versoQty: (3)
* Daguerreotypes. Two hand-tinted daguerreotypes of unidentified women, circa 1855, the first a middle-aged woman in a bonnet with a book on the table beside her, a little spotting and mould, stamp of [Jabez] Hughes, Monteith Rooms, Glasgow [c. 1850-1856], the second of a younger woman, also three-quarter length and seated with a small vase of flowers on the table beside her, some light spots and marks, both in embossed leather cases, the first with push-button fastener, the second with two clasps, both rubbedQty: (2)
* Australia. An album of photographs of Australia and Tasmania, c. 1880s, including 34 photographs of Australia by J.P. [John Paine], G. Kilch and Reynolds, plus 11 albumen prints of Tasmania, some with embossed stamp of S. Spurling, mostly 15 x 20 cm, mounted on album leaf rectos and versos, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and damp stained, 4to, together with a group of 9 loose album leaves with approximately 20 mounted gelatin silver print snapshots of Australia and Tasmania, c.1890/1900s, plus three earlier leaves, c. 1870, with an interesting albumen print showing a mixed ethnic group stainding with a captured dugong, 23 x 29 cm, a second photograph of the group with the carved dugong displayed, 19 x 23.5 cm, the third leaf with 10 mostly cdv-size portraits of indigenous people and 2 topographical viewsQty: (13)
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