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NORTHERN/R&B/REGGAE 7" - Yet more must have sevens with this pack of 12, all original UK issues and generally Ex to Ex+ across the board. Artists/titles are Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step/Steal Your Heart Away (WI-340 - Ex/Ex), Bobby Thompson - That's How Strong My Love Is (DB 113 - Ex+), Darrell Banks - Our Love (Is In The Pocket) (SS 536), Homer Banks - 60 Minutes Of Your Love (MLF 11007), Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll (WI-257), Edwin Starr (TMG 672), Robert Parker (WI-286), Ike & Tina Turner (AMS 783), James Brown & The Famous Flames (56787), Jeanette Williams (ACT-4557), The Persuasions (MLF 11017) and Jackie Wilson (Q 72493).
SUE - A 'Sue-perb' collection of 15 x hard to track down 7" sides presented in superb condition! Artists/titles/cat. numbers include Baby Washington - That's How Heartaches Are Made (WI-302), Hank Jacobs - So Far Away (WI-313), Patti Labelle - Down The Aisle (WI-324 - Ex+), Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step (WI-340), The Olympics (WI-348), Freddy King (WI-349), Etta James (WI-359), James Brown (Night Train WI-360), Otis Redding - Shout Bamalama (WI-362), Wilbert Harrison (WI-363), Joe Tex (WI 370) and Bob And Earl (WI-374). Condition is generally Ex to Ex+.
A two row cultured pearl necklace with diamond snap, cultured pearls (67) and (71), graduating in size from 3.8mm to 9mm, fitted with a rectangular snap millgrain set with thirty-four old cut diamonds and a rectangular step cut yellow stone, complete with cardboard Asprey box and a packaging receipt.
SAN FRANCISCO DOLLS HOUSE: A beautiful 20th century San Francisco style wooden dolls house. Well proportioned, and highly detailed. Comes with full furnishings and furniture. Removable step to the front porch, and top portion of the roof can also be removed. Open back, allowing access to all rooms. Measures; 111cm tall, 61cm wide and 51cm deep. NOTE: From an impressive collection of dolls houses - each lovingly made and cared for. All dolls houses come with full contents as can be seen in photographs. Where listed, there are fully working electric lights (although plugs may have been removed for selling purposes). The vendor has photographed the interiors before bagging the items up for transport.DELIVERY: UK Delivery is available on this item via antique courier. Sample prices: Bristol and surrounds FROM £20, London from £50, Midlands from £60, Devon / Cornwall also from £60. All prices dependant on specific locations. Contact us for a quote. Overseas delivery also available. See website for full details of delivery; www.eastbristol.co.uk
An important and large armorial plate in blu and white porcelain of the Portuguese Indian Companies dating: Kangxi (1662-1722) provenance: China Beautifully painted, featuring a medal enclosing at the inside a flower surrounded by two bands with concentric leaves, one on the medal and the other on the border, featuring an emblem belonging to the famous Italian Ginori family; the very fine border is moulded as a step; the base is on a wide, ring-shaped foot and features an underglaze mark shaped as a lingzhi mushroom painted in blue at the inside of a double circle. Small chips on the border.In the past, the emblem was attributed to the Caldeira Family (Castro 1987), particularly the emblem given to Andrè Caldeira in 1599, but today, thanks to some documents owned by the descendants of Ginorisi family, is attributed to the famous Florentine family. The embles of the two families are very similar, Castro mentions the Ginory Family and underlines the similarity of the two shields. The decoration has the style of the pieces made for the Portoguese market - this service was indeed ordered by Lorenzo Ginori when he was in Portugal. The armorial, white and blue plate of Coelho mentioned at the end of the notes family proves this similarity. See an identical dish with a stem attributed to Ginori Family sold at Christie’s, SALE 6587 – CHINESE CERAMICS, EXPORT CERAMICS & WORKSOF ART; 18 June 2002, London, King Street; lot. 339. See also a similar but smaller plate and featuring the same emblem at the center sold at Christie’s, SALE 6731 – CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, INCLUDING EXPORT ART; 17 June 2003, London, King Street; lot. 219. See also the smaller dish with the emblem at the center sold by Bonhams, ASTA 10780: EXPORT AND DECORATIVE ART OF THE CHINA TRADE; 9 March 2004, London, New Bond Street; lot. 21. See also the catalogue “Hit & Mythâ€, Cohen & Cohen; pag. 108 – 109, exhibited in London, St Jame’s, 67 Jermyn Street, 30 October– 8 november 2014 containing a similar, smaller plate featuring the same emblem painted at the center and not at the border. See also “A Porcellana Chinesa e os Brasoes do Imperioâ€, Nuno de Castro, 1987; pag. 43. A smaller plate featuring a similar decoration but with the Coelho family emblem at the center was sold at Bonhams, AUCTION 10430: THE DU BOULAY COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS; 10 November 2003, London, New Bond Street; lot. 29. dimensions: diameter 33 cm.
"We are getting a new C.O., it is 'Bruin' Purvis. He is the best pilot in the R.A.F."* The scarce experimental flying Distinguished Flying Cross, and Double Air Force Cross to Group Captain Harry Alexander Purvis R.A.F.: D.F.C., for mine destruction, reverse dated 1940, cased (LG: 20/02/1940); A.F.C., reverse dated 1940, cased (LG: 11/07/1940); Bar to A.F.C., on separate piece of ribbon (LG: 02/06/1943); Coronation Medal 1953, boxed; mounted miniature group comprising: D.F.C.. A.F.C. and Bar, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star with Air Crew Europe Bar, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal with oak leaf, Coronation Medal 1953; Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators Award of Merit, award for 1960-61, reverse inscribed (H.A. PURVIS/ UPPER FREEMAN), cased; the recipient's flying logbooks (10) from 23rd September 1924 to 14th April 1965; his commission a uniform tunic, ribbon bar, RAF wings and ID tags; and a good quantity of associated biographical material, lists of aircraft, photographs including studies of various aircraft types. Offered with copy research. All medals extremely fine. The vital and sometimes overlooked contribution of test pilots to the 1939-45 war effort is well illustrated by the superb combination of a Distinguished Flying Cross with an Air Force Cross and Bar awarded to Squadron Leader (later Group Captain) Harry Alexander Purvis R.A.F. Accompanied by the recipient's flying log books and his dress miniature medals, they represent part of the career of an extraordinarily courageous and skilful aviator. The A.F.C. was, of course, the natural reward for those fearless individuals who risked injury and death in the effort to develop vital aerial weaponry, in an era when the boundaries of aviation technology were being advanced with hazardous rapidity. Purvis was at the forefront of this work, and became one of only 26 men** in this period to be awarded the A.F.C. not once, but twice, as denoted by the bar. It is further testament to the breadth of his wartime service that he was also awarded the D.F.C. - the reward for bravery whilst flying on active operations against the enemy. In late 1939 the RAF developed an aerial countermeasure to Nazi Germany's magnetic influence sea mines, which posed a grave risk to our vital sea lanes. A Vickers Wellington (P2518) was fitted with a huge balsa wood hoop that housed a powerful electromagnetic coil. The intention was to fly low over the sea, so that the downward pointing magnetic field would detonate the mines lurking beneath the waves. 'Bruin' Purvis, having tested the functional capabilities of this unconventional aircraft, then took the further - and extremely hazardous - step of trialling its mine destroying ability in January 1940. The Operations Record Book for No.1 G.R. Unit, R.A.F. Manston, records that a mine was successfully destroyed on the 8th or 9th of that month and notes that 'Aircraft's Height was 25-30 feet'. Neither the possibility that the huge upsurge of water resulting from the explosion might bring the aircraft down, nor the interference of the enemy in later trials, were any deterrent to this steely nerved man. His remarkable story also includes the testing of prototype Spitfires, and in May 1942 he was posted to the Aeroplane and Aeronautical Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Boscombe down in Wiltshire. We are reminded of the dangerous nature of his work by the fact that his predecessor had been killed in a crash, and that "there had been so many fatal accidents…. that there was a need for a great personality to revive the general spirits of the comparatively inexperienced survivors."*** Bruin Purvis, described at the time by Lieutenant Commander Denis Campbell F.A.A. (himself an operational and test pilot of great stature) as 'the best pilot in the R.A.F.', was just such a personality. Whilst testing the new Lancaster Mk VI in 1944, he suffered an engine fault that forced him to crash land. With consummate skill he avoided the destruction of life and property in the land below him, and preserved the lives of his crew, before strolling to his home (coincidentally nearby) and announcing to his wife "I was in Amesbury so I thought I would pop in for a cup of tea." **** * Lieutenant Commander Denis Cambell quoted in 'Men with Wings' by Wing Commander H.P. 'Sandy' Powell A.F.C., A.F.R.Ae.S. ** Abbott & Tamplin, 'British Gallantry Awards' *** Wing Commander H.P. 'Sandy' Powell, 'Men With Wings' **** Derek Collier Webb, 'Bruin Purvis, Test Pilot Extraordinary'
David Dixon Porter: an autograph letter from the future United States Navy Admiral, as a young boy, to his mother, dated June 14th 1826, describing his journey to and arrival in Mexico. He writes 'Dear Mama.........Mexico......is not half as handsome as we expected. We departed from Vera Cruz on the 17th of May without catching the fever but we did not go on shore often so we were in no danger we all set out on horses or so they may be called for we could count every bone in their bodies and after a great many fatigues we arrived at Jalapa..... after passing through Puebla and a great many other places we arrived safe at Mexico [City] but.....we had to go to bed very often without our suppers for there was nothing to eat for us - we arrived at Mexico on the 28th of May'. He goes on to describe local sights and religious observances, and notes that 'Pa intends leaving me and Thomas here to acquire a knowledge of the language.' Accompanied by various associated fragments including two further signatures 'D Porter' and a small collection of other ephemera. Letter somewhat faded and stained, but intact with partial seal neatly cut around and address verso 'Mrs Evalina Porter/ Washington D.C.' The author's father was a celebrated Naval veteran of the American War of Independence, who took service in the Mexican Navy following a dispute with his superiors. He took his nephew and two sons with him to serve as midshipmen, and though the author's brother Thomas died of yellow fever, he himself rose to prominence in the U.S. Navy, serving in the Mexican war of 1846-48 (his local knowledge giving an advantage in the amphibious operations of that war) and then playing a celebrated role in the American Civil war. The rank of admiral was created in the US navy in 1866, and he rose to it in 1870, only the second man so to do, after his step brother David Farragut.
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND PENDANTThe cut-cornered rectangular step-cut emerald within a tapered baguette and baguette-cut diamond surround, the whole enclosed within a border of brilliant-cut diamonds, suspended from a looped surmount of similarly-cut diamond links, mounted in 18K gold, diamonds approximately 2.00cts total, length 4.5cm
SYNTH/AVANT/NEW WAVE/INDIE - Super collection yet again(!) of this time 16 x LPs/12". Artists/titles include Various - To The Shores Of Lake Placid (Zoo Four), Alan Vega - Saturn Strip (German), X - Los Angeles (rare UK original SR-104 with printed inner), Xmal Deutschland - Fetisch (CAD 302), Various -Street To Street Volume Two (OE-LP 502), Various - Earcom 2 (with Joy Divison), Dome - Will You Speak This Word (Uniton 011), Tom Tom Club, New Asia, Minor Threat - Out Of Step (Dischord 10 - VG/Ex), Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata (deleted 1991 LTM 2303), Violent Femmes and Mo-Dettes - The Story So Far (SML 1120.
OASIS - PROMOTIONAL CD's - Master collection of 37 x promotional CD singles/albums and 2 x singles box sets. Titles include All Around The World (CCD 282 and 282x), Stand By Me (CCD278X), (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (including the rare promo copy with the withdrawn track 'Step Out'), Morning Glory (ESK 7302), The Masterplan, Be Here Now (CCD219X), Time Flies (inc. box set with DVD), Shakermaker, Stop The Clocks EP (Japanese), Supersonic, Cum On Feel The Noize, Masterplan (sampler CCD 241), Acquiesce (OASIS INSTORE and CCD204P) and Slide Away. Also to include the singles boxes from Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory (CREDM002/CREMG002, both unplayed). Condition is good to excellent.
JOY DIVISION - 3 x original pressing LPs. Titles are Unknown Pleasures (x2), the first has the matrix/etchings FACT 10 INSIDE 1 A and OUTSIDE 1 B ,THIS IS THE WAY/STEP, A PORKY PRIME CUT S-4 - complete with original printed inner and textured sleeve - all in lovely Ex condition), please note the other copy is the vinyl ONLY (matrix/etchings are FACT 10 INSIDE 1 A and OUTSIDE 1 B ,THIS IS THE WAY/STEP, A PORKY PRIME CUT S-10 - Ex condition) and Closer (FACT 25 original pressing matrix/etchings FACT 25 A1/B1 with OLD BLUE? - Ex/Ex with a light surface mark on side 2 with printed inner). No 'translucent' light can be seen through any of these copies.

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