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Click here to subscribeAN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SAPPHIRE SET MASONIC STICKPIN The cushion cut sapphire claw set upon an engraved compass and set square, the reverse stamped 15ct, with base metal slider Size/dimensions: terminal 1.2cm long Gross weight: 2.9 grams Condition Report: The sapphire is bright, some tarnishing to the claw setting, some light wear to stick pin Condition Report Disclaimer
A RHODOCHROSITE BUTTERFLY STICK PIN AND A PINK ENAMEL BUTTERFLY BROOCH The gold coloured butterfly with carved rhodochrosite wings, white stone set antennae, stamped 750; together with a pink and green enamelled butterfly brooch, stamped 925 Size/dimensions: butterfly terminal 1.8cm wide; brooch 4.7cm wide Gross weight: 14.6 grams Condition Report: Some general wear to the stick pin. The brooch has a couple of chips to the wing tips Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE COSTUME JEWELLERY To include a graduated facetted oval cherry coloured bead necklace to a barrel clasp; a branch coral and carved coral fly stick pin; a woven coral bead necklace, with similar bracelet; two facetted class bead necklaces; a mid 19th century rock crystal cross pendant; a turquoise set leaf brooch; a green stone bead necklace; and a silver coloured bar brooch with butterfly wing detail; in a leather bound jewellery case Gross weight: 320 grams Y Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The import of lots that are subject to CITES regulations are banned in certain countries. Please check your country's import regulations before bidding. Condition Report: The items will all need some repair, or have had some damage and repair The facetted red beads 22.7 grams gross Condition Report Disclaimer
A TREEN FRUITWOOD BURGHER TOBACCO JARPOSSIBLY BLACK FOREST, 19TH CENTURYmodelled standing wearing a tricorn hat and an overcoat, smoking a pipe and resting on a walking stick, ink signature to the rim36.5cm tallProvenanceThe Simon Castle Collection of Treen.LiteratureThe current lot is illustrated in the Illustrated History of Antiques, general editor Huon Mallalieu, p.258.
A BRONZE 'BOY' JOSS STICK HOLDER, MING DYNASTYChina, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier. Cast in the form of a standing boy, rising both hands and holding a tripod censer with an aperture for holding joss sticks. With a recent padded box.Condition: Good condition with extensive wear, minor nicks, minuscule losses, fine natural patina, all commensurate with the age of this bronze. Provenance: Notable collection, New York.Weight: 135 g Dimensions: Height 9 cm13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A ZEBU, MATURE HARAPPAN PERIOD, 2600-1900 BCIndus Valley Civilization. The humped bull standing foursquare, its head with large eyes, a short muzzle, and long curved horns, the animal further modeled with a tail. The eyes, horns, neck, and back encircled by brown-painted stripes.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, minuscule nicks, minor losses, expected old fills, repairs, and encrustations.Provenance: Estate of Paolo Bertuzzi. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was an engineer and fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. Born as the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, the founder of Hettabretz, one of the most important leather merchants in Italy which crafted womenswear for royals and celebrities including The Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother's business and created exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute at Metropolitan Museum of New York. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes archaic and contemporary art, focusing mainly on Asian ancient pieces. Over decades he developed close relations with galleries, museums, curators, and auction houses while shaping his collection. He edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom. An old receipt from Bruno Cooper, Norwich, dated 4 December 2010, and describing the piece as a terracotta painted ox with basis, Mohenjo-daro civilization, 2nd millennium BC, accompanies this lot.Weight: 510.6 gDimensions: Height 14.6 cmThe Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age culture in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. Together with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilizations of the Near East and South Asia, and of the three, the most widespread. Its sites spanned an area from northeast Afghanistan and much of Pakistan to western and northwestern India. The civilization flourished both in the alluvial plain of the Indus River, which flows through the length of Pakistan and along a system of perennial monsoon-fed rivers that once coursed in the vicinity of the Ghaggar-Hakra, a seasonal river in northwest India and eastern Pakistan. The cities of the ancient Indus were noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, clusters of large non-residential buildings, and techniques of handicraft and metallurgy. Both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa likely grew to a size of 30,000 and 60,000 individuals, and the civilization may have contained between one and five million total population during its florescence. It is also known as the Harappan civilization, after its type site Harappa, the first to be excavated early in the 20th century in what was then the Punjab province of British India and is now Punjab, Pakistan. The discovery of Harappa and soon afterwards Mohenjo-Daro was the culmination of work that had begun after the founding of the Archaeological Survey of India in the British Raj in 1861. There were earlier and later cultures called Early Harappan and Late Harappan in the same area. The early Harappan cultures were populated by Neolithic civilizations, the earliest and best-known of which is Mehrgarh in Balochistan, Pakistan. Harappan civilization is sometimes called Mature Harappan to distinguish it from the earlier cultures.Terracotta figures such as the present lot have been unearthed at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, suggesting a commonality of style and purpose throughout the Indus Valley during the mature Harappan period (ca. 2600-1900 BC). In one excavated example from Chanu-daro a hole was poked in the belly, indicating that it would have been attached to a stick for use as a puppet or a small standard of the kind carried in the processions depicted on some seals. In others, the hole was indeed placed on the back of the animal, thus suggesting an alternative function, perhaps as part of a larger ensemble.Zebu cattle are thought to be derived from the Indian bos primigenius namadicus, a subspecies of the aurochs. Wild Asian aurochs disappeared during the time of the Indus Valley Civilization from their range in the Indus River basin and other parts of the South Asian region possibly due to interbreeding with domestic zebu and the resultant fragmentation of wild populations due to loss of habitat. Believed to have first been bred in northwestern South Asia, between 7000 and 6000 BC, they are understood to have been dispersed by 4000 BC and spread across much of South Asia by 2000 BC.Literature comparison: Compare a related painted terracotta figure of a unicorn, also dated ca. 2600-1900 BC, illustrated by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Cities of the Indus Valley, in Joan Aruz (ed.), Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, 2003, no. 276, p. 390. Compare a related serpentine figure of a bull, 14.7 cm long, also dated ca. 2600-1900 BC, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1986.280. Compare two related terracotta models of a humped ox, 9 cm long, dated ca. 2500 BC, used to draw a toy chariot, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession numbers 37.96 and 37.97.
NAITO: A PAIR OF IVORY-INLAID WOOD PANELSBy Naito, signed NaitoJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The black-ground panels each finely inlaid in bone with some ivory, one depicting a sarumawashi holding his taming stick and carrying his monkey on his back, with lotus leaves below, the other depicting a bijin and a young girl gathering flowers and plants in baskets. Both with inlaid seal marks NAITO and framed.SIZE 100 x 60.5 cmCondition: Excellent condition with traces of wear, no inlays are missing.Provenance: British collection.This item contains or is made from elephant ivory and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Please note that in compliance with EU regulation effective January 19th, 2022, all items carved from elephant ivory before 1947 must carry a legal trade permit issued by the Austrian ministry of trade, or any other appropriate authority within the European Union. For this reason, any sale of such item can only be concluded after such permit has been granted. All payments made prior to the issuance of the respective permit will be held in escrow until the application for the permit has been approved. Please note that according to EU regulation it may take up to 3 months until the permit has been granted. In case the permit is declined, or not granted after 3 months, the payment will be returned to the client immediately. Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 23-B-0251).This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.
A PAIR OF BLACK LACQUERED CANDLESTICKSJapan, early Meiji period (1868-1912)Each in black over red lacquer with engraved copper-gilt fittings, the cylindrical stem supported on a hemispherical base in the form of a stylized chrysanthemum flower and crowned by a chrysanthemum-shaped finial mounted with a gilt pricket. The box inscribed, 'A pair of chrysanthemum candle stands'.HEIGHT 77 cm (each)Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. The gilt spike and bracket slightly loose. One dent to a stick.With a fitted tomobako box with inscriptions.Auction comparison:Compare a closely related group of four black lacquered candle sticks, dated to the late 19th century, sold at Sotheby's, Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | In Love with Japan, 11 September 2023, London, lot 1102 (sold for GBP 27,940).
A GROUP OF FIVE NETSUKEJapan, 19th centuryThe first, an ivory carving of a frog seated atop a folded lotus leaf with dark bone inlaid eyes, the lotus step attached to the base of the leaf with a single bud issuing from it. Signed to the base.The second, an ivory netsuke depicting Daikoku riding a large rat across a bridge while holding a sack and below the bridge Shiei rides a large fish. A single himotoshi through the base. The base signed within a red lacquer rectangular reserve.The third consisting of a stained ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox. The ox naturalistically rendered with a lead rope attached to its nostrils. Two himotoshi along the base.The fourth, an ivory mixed metal kagamibuta depicting a beauty stirring the water with a stick. The disc is fitted into a superbly polished, shallow ivory bowl. Central himotoshi to the back, the cord attachment beneath the disc.The fifth, an ivory netsuke depicting a seated Hotei holding his fan, wearing checkered robes and a two-case inro attached to his belt by a manju netsuke. Two himotoshi to the base. The base incised with a signature.LENGTH 6.8 cmCondition: Good condition with wear, expected age cracks, chips, small nicks, and losses.Provenance: German private collection.Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number DE-K-221108-386).This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.
‘Terrible trials were averted by those brave airmen, who rose from fog-enveloped aerodromes with little prospect of ever reaching earth again alive. Many a time the report “nothing seen” would be rendered; but seeing nothing themselves they were frequently seen by their prey and so frustrated many a raider. If the list of unknown heroes were being compiled these would assuredly figure amongst the first.’ (The German Air Raids on Great Britain, by Captain J. Morris refers) An early and rare Great War ‘Defence of Great Britain’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. C. L. Holme, Royal Flying Corps, late Somerset Light Infantry, who distinguished himself in the fight against raiding Zeppelins with 39 (Home Defence) Squadron, alongside such pilots as ‘Bomber’ Harris and William Leefe-Robinson. Transferring to 33 Squadron, Holme crashed on take-off whilst attempting to intercept one of the 16 airships intent on raiding London - one of which, SL11, was shot down by Leefe-Robinson during his V.C. winning exploits on 2-3 September 1916. Holme suffered badly both physically and mentally as a result of his crash - having to be removed from underneath his burning aircraft. Despite these setbacks, he went on to be posted to France as a Flight Commander with 29 Squadron and gained ‘Ace’ status in SE.5a single seater fighters during 1918. Holme survived the War, only to tragically die as a result of injuries and burns sustained as a passenger in a Vickers Vernon which crashed in Baghdad in October 1922 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. R. C. L. Holme. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. C. L. Holme. R.A.F.) generally very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000. M.C. London Gazette 24 January 1917 (Home Honours): ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ One of a handful of known ‘Home Defence’ gallantry awards for the Air Defence of Great Britain during the Great War, five of which were awarded in respect of gallantry during 1916 and 1917 - these including a V.C., a D.S.O., a Second Award Bar to the M.C., and 2 M.C.’s (the latter including Holme’s award). These early awards were for actions against Zeppelins, whilst the remainder were primarily for actions against Giants and Gothas in 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1917: ‘For distinguished services rendered in connection with the War.’ Robert Charles Lyon Holme was born in Reading, Berkshire, in November 1896, and in his youth resided in Norton-sub-Hampden, Somerset, and Barnes, London. He was educated at Repton and Sandhurst, and was commissioned into Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry 11 November 1914, the day after his 18th birthday. Holme served with the Regiment in France from December 1914 to March 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps later that year, and despite being initially seconded as an Observer to 16 Squadron, Holme qualified on a Maurice Farman for Aviator’s Certificate No. 1665 at the British Flying School, Le Crotoy, on 28 August 1915. He had already been in combat with 16 Squadron, with Second Lieutenant H.M. Goode as his pilot, on 17 June 1915. On this date the pair carried out a reconnaissance in a BE.2a over Seclin, armed only with an automatic rifle, when they engaged an Aviatik bi-plane: 'The German machine was first seen going south over Gondecourt, where upon we changed our course in order to get within range – when within about 200 yards we made a sharp turn heading north and opened fire, we followed him as far as Loos firing all the time. By then he had increased his lead to some 1,000 yards and was losing height rapidly, we then turned and continued our reconnaissance. During the later point of the combat we were in range of the Lille anti-aircraft guns which had opened an ineffective fire.' (Combat Report refers) A ‘Dash’ with ‘Bomber’ Harris Holme was officially seconded as a Flying Officer (Observer) in the Royal Flying Corps in September 1915, and left 16 Squadron the same month. He was posted for Home Defence duties, for the defence of Great Britain, in December 1915. Holme carried out further training as a pilot, and served with 39 (Home Defence) Squadron (BE.2cs) at Sutton’s Farm and Hainault Farm, Hounslow. By the start of the new year, he was up in the air trying to intercept Zeppelins: ‘On the night of 25/26 April 1916, one of Holme’s squadron colleagues, Captain A. T. Harris, became the first to use the new and still experimental Brock explosive bullets against a raiding Zeppelin (LZ97). (Harris would gain undying fame in the Second World War as ‘Bomber’ Harris). Soon after closing with LZ97, Harris’ Lewis gun jammed and whilst he was clearing it, the Zeppelin slipped away into the surrounding gloom. Holme and another colleague spied the same Zeppelin in the distance, coned in the light of searchlights, but it was too far away to be caught.’ (The Military Cross to Flying Personnel of Great Britain and the Empire 1914-1919, by H. Giblin and N. Franks refers) Holme, Harris and one Lieutenant W. Leefe-Robinson (later V.C.) had attempted an attack on one of five raiding Zeppelins that night. Both Harris and Leefe-Robinson were unsuccessful, and Holme took up the pursuit. However, he encountered a fuel problem and was forced to make a dead-stick landing at Chingford. Hunting Zeppelins with Leefe-Robinson Holme advanced to Temporary Captain, and transferred as a Flight Commander to 33 Squadron (BE.2cs) at Bramham Moor. The Squadron was engaged on Home Defence duties, protecting the Midlands and the North against Zeppelin raids. On the night of 28-29 July 1916, the Squadron received information from the Humber Garrison Commander that hostile airships (six Imperial Navy Zeppelins) had been sighted 40 miles east of the mouth of the Humber proceeding due west. At this time, however, a thick fog in the vicinity of the aerodrome precluded any attempt being made to despatch aeroplanes. At 2 a.m. a further report was received of a Zeppelin proceeding from Driffield towards Hull. The weather being slightly clearer by this time, Lieutenant Holme was the only pilot to ascend from Bramham Moor, but at 3,500 feet above the aerodrome could barely see the landing flares and as the fog was becoming thicker he was forced to descend. So bad was the weather that he was forced to abandon his attempt to stalk Kapitanleutnant Koch’s L24, which had been reported in the Hull area. On the night of 2-3 August 1916, six Zeppelins raided England, whilst the Squadron was operating from Beverley. Although the German force confined their raid to the eastern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 33 Squadron sent out a protective patrol over Hull and the Humber. Holme took off at 2.25 am and patrolled towards Driffield, then turning south he circled round Hull at 10,000 feet. Visibility was bad and he could see nothing on his own level, so descending to 8,000 feet he went out over Hedon to the coast and followed it north to Atwick, where Holmes stated: 'I now saw a searchlight at Beverley giving me the pre-arranged signal that all was over, accordingly I throttled to come down. My lights had gone out and wishing to keep my headlamp until near the ground I came down without it to 4,000 feet. When trying my engine I got into a mild nose dive but came out of it all right and landed without damage at 3.35 am.’ Exactly one month later, on the night of Leefe-Robinson’s V.C. victory over SL11, Holme crashed on take-off in BE.2c 2661 at one o&rsqu...
A Kriegsmarine Blockade Breaker’s Badge in its Original Large Type Presentation Case with Large Type Miniature. Large Badge in factory new mint condition, retaining all original finish, maker marked ‘FEC. OTTO PLACZEK BERLIN AUSF. SCHWERIN BERLIN’. Flat wide tapering pin. Together with the large type miniature on stick-pin, also in factory new mint condition. Large type presentation case, covered in dark blue artificial leather, also in factory new condition, extremely good condition £360-£440
A Kriegsmarine Blockade Breaker’s Badge in its Original Small Type Presentation Case with Miniature. Large Badge in factory new mint condition, retaining all original finish, maker marked ‘FEC. OTTO PLACZEK BERLIN AUSF. SCHWERIN BERLIN’. Flat wide tapering pin; together with the small type miniature on stick-pin, also in factory new mint condition. Small type presentation case, covered in dark blue artificial leather, very slight wear to outside and lid detached but present, very good condition £300-£400
A small collection of jewellery, comprising; a rose cut diamond set 'M' buckle on moire ribbon bracelet, a 9ct gold signet ring, a 9ct gold cut band, a yellow metal pin brooch, stamped '9ct', part of a 9ct gold curb link chain, a yellow and white metal 'stirrup' bar brooch, stamped '9ct', a yellow metal Albertina tassel, a 9ct gold heart shaped locket pendant, a broken yellow metal horseshoe brooch, a broken yellow metal garnet set brooch, a broken seed pearl set stick pin and a 22ct gold band, total weight approx 31g (some damage) (a lot)
A small collection of late 19th century / early 20th century plated jewellery, comprising; three bright cut engraved lockets, a stylised snake bar brooch, two stylised Staffordshire knot bar brooches, a turquoise set ring, a scarf clip/pin, a guard chain, a paste set ring, a mourning brooch enclosing lock of hair, a stick pin, a retractable pencil, two picture pendants, a cameo brooch and a plaited hair brooch (a lot)
A small collection of jewellery and costume jewellery, comprising; a rose metal white stone set Russian ring, a ceramic plaque brooch depicting a boy, an oval shell cameo brooch, a green stone and seed pearl set bar brooch, stamped '9ct', a garnet set stick pin, a pair of yellow and white metal hoop earrings, a cultured pearl necklace, a faceted graduated bakelite necklace etc (a lot)Condition:Total weight of lot approx 16oz, general wear to the cherry faceted necklace but no significant visible damage, refer to images
A collection of American silver flatware, various patterns, comprising; a set of twelve table forks with four matching silver handled table knives, a set of six soup spoons, a pair of salad servers, a set of six dessert spoons, a cake slice, a pair of tablespoons, a preserve spoon, a fork and two further spoons, together with a collection of white metal flatware, a pair of silver sugar tongs, a pair of knife rests, a silver Christening mug and a swizzle stick, total weighable silver approx 60oz (a lot)
John Gally & Co, Exeter, a Georgian mahogany stick barometer the brass dial having usual barometer markings and engraved with the makers name Jno. Gally & Co, Exeter, with an inset thermometer, the mahogany case with crossbanding, turned cistern cover and surmounted with an architectural pediment, height 97cm.John Gallie (Gally) & Co are recorded as working at the Old Golden Lion in Guinea Street, Exeter and advertised as makers and repairers of barometers at this address in the Exeter Flying Post of 19th July 1798. A similar example is illustrated in Time in Exeter by Clive N. Ponsford, plate 45.
GEORGIAN STYLE MAHOGANY BANJO BAROMETER & VICTORIAN CAST IRON STICK STAND 99, (H) x 25 (diam.) and 69cms (H) x 36 (W) x 20cms (diam.) measurements respectivelyProvenance: private collection AngleseyGOV.UK Ivory content- to comply with current regulation - self-declaration form completed for the sale of this item - Submission reference PJDFKJ9E
CLASSIC / NORTHERN SOUL - 7" PACK. A pack of 19 x 7". Artists/ Titles include The Spellbinders - Help Me (CBS202453, Ex), Jimmy James & The Vagabonds - I Feel Alright (promo, 7N35298, G+), Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind Of Wonderful (Atlantic 584118, VG+), Earl Jackson - Soul Self Satisfaction (promo, ABC 4110, Ex), Wilbert Harrison - Let's Stick Together (WI-363, VG+), Etta James - Do I Make Myself Clear (promo, CRS8025), Garnet Mimms - I Can Hear My Baby Crying (VS569), The Performers - I Can't Stop You (Mirwood 5535), Julien Covey - A Little Bit Hurt (WIP-6009, A side VG, B side poor), The O'Jays - Stand In For Love (demo, LIB 66197), The Angelos, Ben E. King, Julie Grant, Titus Turner, Bobby Bland, Mary Wells, Betty Wright, The Marvellettes and Guy Darrell. Whilst many records grade between VG and Ex, please note condition varies and some records will grade below VG.
VICTORIAN DRAGOON GUARDS SWAGGER STICK. A 19th century 1st Dragoon Guards swagger stick with regimental badge to cap. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
BESWICK ETC. Five 1980's Beswick, Little Lovables figures, each boxed. Also, a Royal Doulton tableau 'Lucky & Freckles on Ice' (DM 10) from Disney's 101 Dalmatians in box, a Coalport seated Nun figure & a Royal Worcester Forget-me-not chamber stick with snuffer. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
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