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Click here to subscribea Carved Ivory, White Metal Mounted and Ebonised Wood Walking Stick, circa 1885, the ivory handle carved in high relief with two snarling dog heads, straining at their collars, each with glass inset eyes, on (unmarked) white metal scroll engraved ferrule, plain circular section tapered stem with horn tip, the pommel 10.5cm, 90cm overall See illustration
a Carved Beechwood Souvenir de la Guerre Walking Stick, circa 1914-18, the cylinder pommel carved with inscription (as above), the stem carved in high relief with Flowers of the Union, and a snake entwined to the lower stem, metal tip, 95cm overall; A Folk Carved Knarled Branch Dog Head Walking Stick, circa 1880, the handle as a dog head with substantial snout and tiny inset two-colour glass eyes, exaggerated stem, 94.5cm overall; and A Pearwood, Blackthorn and Silver Mounted Walking Stick, circa 1930, with V shape fruitwood head and tall cylinder collar with inscription "Presented to Comdr Formby by the Norman Cross Boy Scouts Assocn July 1931", Birmingham marks 1930, with blackthorn long stem to iron tip, 118cm overall (3)
a Pig Drover's Stick, circa 1905, the black horn pommel carved as the head of a pig with inset glass eyes, the scroll embossed silver ferrule, maker's mark JB, Sheffield 1905, on briar stem with horn tip, the pommel 5.8cm, 97cm overall; and A Carved Ebony Walking Stick, circa 1900, as the head of a shaggy terrier wearing a collar and with chain carved in relief, to a narrow white metal ferrule and conforming shaft, 91cm overall (2) See illustration
a Ship's Stick Barometer combined with Sympiesometer, signed W Weichert, Bute Docks, Cardiff, circa 1860, the nicely coloured burr walnut and mahogany case with carved scrolled pediment, case with concealed mercury tube, turned metal cistern, twin vernier ivory dial signed, the trunk with improved sympiesometer box, 'later' wall bracket, (one adjustment knob missing), 97cm high See illustration
a Royal Doulton China Figure "King Charles", designed by C J Noke, issued 1920-51, the monarch standing wearing a blue plumed black hat, lace collar over blue/black cloak, waistcoat and breeches with blue garters and rosette decorated shoes, with wooden stick, on a canted square base, printed mark in green and gilt, and initialled "PS" in black, 42.5cm high See illustration
A George V presentation stick pin, designed as a rose and old cut diamond set, crowned cypher, enamelled in red, blue and white, all set in yellow metal, unmarked, within ‘Clark, 33 New Bond St’ fitted leather box with gilt coronet Provenance: By repute given by King George V to the present vendors grandfather.
A collection of 20th Century motoring and related promotional items, including a Leyland Tiger ceramic figure by Beswick, 22cm x 12cm; a Michelin bibendum plastic figure, 48cm high; fifteen glass and ceramic advertising ashtrays; a quantity of enamel stick pins and badges; two desk top radios in the form of model Rolls Royce vintage vehicles, 26cm long; and other items
Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. Arnold, Army Air Corps and Parachute Regiment, whose determined leadership of 3 Para’s Anti-Tank Platoon in the Radfan operations led to the capture of an important ridge, thereafter known as ‘Arnold’s Spur’: he was, in the words of one ex-Para, ‘the finest R.S.M. the Parachute Regiment ever had ... a legend that none will surpass in the annals of the Regiment’ War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, Cyprus (14458239 Sjt., A.A.C.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (22813442 W.O. Cl. 2, Para.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (22813442 W.O. Cl. 2, Para.), mounted court-style as worn, polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (4) £1800-2200 herbert ‘Nobby’ Arnold was born into a family of ten in April 1927, left school at the age of 11, and did odd jobs ranging from baker to truck driver. Enlisting in the Army in 1945, aged 18 years, he served with the Army Air Corps in Palestine before returning to civilian life to compete as a professional boxer. Two years later he rejoined the Colours with an appointment in the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, and served in the Canal Zone in the early 1950s, followed by Cyprus and Suez. a strict disciplinarian, he went on to serve as a Drill and Weapons Instructor at the R.M.A. Sandhurst, but he returned to regular regimental duty as a C.S.M. in time for the Radfan operations. No doubt spurred on by news of the decapitation of two members of 22 S.A.S., who had originally set out to find a potential D.Z. for 3 Para., he first went into action in late May 1964, when given command of the Anti-Tank Platoon. The Red Devils, by G. G. Norton, takes up the story: ‘When the advance was continued on the evening of the 19th a forward patrol had a brush with a group of seven rebels and surprise was now lost. They covered a further 10,000 yards up onto the Hajib escarpment, and half the ridge was now in their hands. The advance on the 20th was led by the Anti-Tank Platoon under the forceful Company Sergeant-Major ‘Nobby’ Arnold. They surprised a party of 12 dissidents and captured three of them with their arms - the first time this had been achieved in the campaign so far. In recognition of his leadership the ridge was promptly named ‘Arnold’s Spur’. ‘ But to those who knew the C.S.M., such an achievement was a right of passage, for by then he had gained a reputation that was second to none - one regimental website carries a mass of individual tributes from ex-Paras: ‘Did he really think there was crude oil in the ground, when he had soldiers in Palestine dig for crude oil on the spots where the trucks had been leaking? Did he really think the Regimental Mascot, the pony ‘Pegasus’, was being insubordinate when it relieved itself on the parade ground? Were the regimental flags really ‘refusing to soldier’ when they wound themselves around the flag poles and did not fly? Or was he giving us all a lesson on military discipline and humour at the same time?’ ‘Nobby’ Arnold, who also gained fame for placing his pace-stick under close arrest, died at Worthing in July 2001: his funeral was attended by over 300 people, among them Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs and his old Radfan C.O., General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley - a legend indeed. an excellent photograph of R.S.M. Arnold in full uniform wearing his four medals appears in the book, On The Word of Command. £1800-£2200
Family group: the Order of St. John insignia attributed to Mr Waynman Dixon the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, Chevalier of Honour insignia consisting of a neck badge, 41 x 41mm., unembellished, gold and enamel, arms inscribed, ‘W.D. 24.6.1885’, swivel ring suspension, with ribbon, with gold and enamel stick-pin, in Philips Brothers & Son, London case of issue, enamel damage to both pieces, nearly very fine and rare the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, Knight of Grace set of insignia, neck badge, 52 x 52mm. and breast star, 52 x 52mm., both embellished, silver and enamel, with neck ribbon, in Philips Bros. & Son, London case of issue, star with bent points and severe enamel damage; neck badge with minor enamel damage; with gold and enamel stick-pin, fine and better the Order of St. John insignia attributed to Mrs Waynman Dixon the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, Lady of Grace shoulder badge, 42 x 42mm., silver and enamel, with bow ribbon, in case of issue; together with a similar miniature dress badge in case of issue, extremely fine three: Miss Betty Waynman Dixon, Voluntary Aid Detachment british War and Victory Medals (B. W. Dixon, V.A.D.); Defence, unnamed, these extremely fine (lot) £550-650 Mr Waynman Dixon was admitted as a Chevalier of Honour of the Order of St. John on 21 April 1885. He became a Knight of Grace post-1888. Mrs Anne Elfleda Dixon was admitted as a Lady of Grace on 30 April 1915. insignia to Mr Waynman Dixon sold with a letter from the Grand Priory of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, dated 11 December 1906, informing him of his appointment by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, to be a Selected member of the Chapter-General; two papers on the wearing of St. John insignia and two newspaper cuttings. attached to the lid of the insignia to Anne Elfleda, Mrs Dixon, is an old note, ‘Mrs Waynman Dixon, Decoration of The Order of St. John J. as Lady of Grace about 1906’. betty Waynman Dixon, was born in Sheffield c.1880. Believed to be the daughter of the above, she served with the V.A.D. in France, attached to the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., 8 November 1916-17 May 1918. For her services she was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 24 December 1917). Also with an amband of ‘The St. John Ambulance Association’. £550-£650
Group of medals and papers to the Paske family: three: Major-General W. Paske, Indian Army punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 28th Bl. Native Infy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut., 3rd Punjab Infy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn., 28th Bengal N.I.), mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine a Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Paske, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Capt., Oxford L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1937, mounted court style as worn, very fine and better national Service League Medal (Major A. G. Paske, September 1910) 18ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, 24mm., complete with ‘N.S.L. For Merit’ gold brooch bar, extremely fine (lot) £2600-3000 Major-General William Paske william Paske was born on 20 May 1828 and baptised in Madras. He was commissioned an Ensign in the Indian Army on 11 February 1845. He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1852, Captain, in the Bengal Staff Corps in June 1857, Captain in the Army, July 1858, Major in February 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1871 and Colonel in February 1876. Paske retired with the rank of Colonel on 14 August 1876 and on 28 October 1876 was promoted to Major-General. In the 2nd Sikh War, he served with the 28th Bengal Native Infantry in the force under General Sir H. M. Wheeler against the forces of Ram Singh. During 1850-53 he served in the expedition against the Ranezais and other hill tribes on the N.W. Frontier. In the suppression of the Indian Mutiny he was employed in watching and pursuing mutineers and mutinous regiments in flight. He received the thanks of the Secretary of State for India, the Governor-General and Chief Commander of the Punjab, for his assistance in suppressing the mutiny in the wing of the 4th Native Infantry at Hooshyarporein 1858. Latterly living in Elgin Crescent, Kensington, he died on 29 February 1908. Sold with framed photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (10) for the ranks of Ensign (2), Lieutenant (2), Captain (3), Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel; an ‘In Memoriam’ card for his wife Eliza, who died in May 1882, and some copied research. lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Paske d.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘Maj. and Hon. Lt-Col., Oxf. and Bucks. L.I., Spec. Res.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 5 July 1919. george Frederick Paske, 3rd son of the above, was born on 30 April 1864 and baptised in Clapham Surrey. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Oxford Militia on 10 April 1886 and was promoted to Captain in March 1890. Appointed an Honorary Captain in the Army, 2 November 1900, with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; he served in the Boer War in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900. Promoted to Major in September 1906. During the Great War he served as Major and Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Ox. & Bucks. L.I., serving in Gallipoli and France as an Assistant Provost-Marshal. For his wartime services he was three times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Paske relinquished his commission whilst retaining his rank, on 16 September 1920. Lieutenant-Colonel Paske died on 6 January 1945. Sold with three M.I.D. certificates; photograph of the recipient in uniform and some copied research. major Arthur Goldingham Paske arthur Goldingham Paske, 2nd son of William Paske, and an elder brother of George Frederick above, was born on 2 October 1861 and baptised in Missouri, India. He was commissioned into the 3rd Middlesex Militia in February 1881, was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in July 1881 and a Captain in the Reserve in December 1888. He was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 21 December 1889 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1892 and Captain in February 1900. He was latterly a Major in the Reserve of Officers and sometime Mayor of Aylesbury. Sold with a silver Cup, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 2nd 1/4 Mile, Ealing, 1880’; a silver napkin ring, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 1885’, and a framed document bearing the Armorial Bearings of Major Arthur Goldingham Paske; also with commission document appointing A. G. Paske as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Middlesex (Royal Westminster) Regiment, and Musketry Certificate, 1888. sold with a large quantity of items and papers relating to the Paske family, including the ‘Paske’ Family tree showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; the ‘Haselfoot’ Family tree (with whom the Paske family had connection) showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; Grant of Arms to Theophilus Paske-Haselfoot, with seal in metal case, all contained in damaged leather case of issue; belts (2); wooden shield of Clare College Cambridge; hat plumes in card case; Swagger Stick commemorating the Coronation of 1937. £2600-£3000
A set of twelve late George III style mahogany dining chairs including a pair of armchairs, the curved tablet top rails with reeded uprights enclosing reeded leaf capped stick splats, the bowed seats covered in claret velvet, on square tapered legs joined by H-stretchers and ending in spade feet (12)
A late 18th/early 19th Century “Cantonese” ivory brise fan, the sticks finely fretted and carved with trailing floral ornament and central shield pattern cartouche in the Neo-classical manner, painted with a romantic landscape, the leading stick finely carved with flowers and trellis design, 10.5ins (with slight damage to some of the sticks), contained in gilt fan pattern display frame and glazed
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