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Lot 791
THREE GOLD STICK PINS, CIRCA 1900 comprising one with a seated monkey, one with fox head and one set with a green stone mounted as a fruit; together with a gold stock pin with a tri-coloured gold pheasant with enamel decoration; together with a photograph of Mr & Mrs Gaines, a photocopy of Mr Gaines' diary entries for 1901 and a postcard sent to Mr Gaines at Windsor Castle total weight 9gr (4) Provenance: Mr Frank Gaines, a coachman in the Royal Household, who became head coachman to Queen Mary (Mary of Teck). According to his diary entry, the stick pins were given to him in January to April 1901 by Princess Henery of Battenburg [sic] (Princess Beatrice), by the Duke and Duchess of York (later George V and Queen Mary) and by Prince Edward of York (later Edward VIII). Francis 'Frank' Gaines, one of a large family headed by his father, Thomas Gaines, was born in Pickering, Yorkshire, in 1865. By the age of 15 he was an indoor servant in Gillamoor, Yorkshire, to a farmer by the name of John Cossins. He subsequently moved to the London area where he was married in Bromley in 1892 to Selina Caroline Johnson (b. 1873). Their daughter, Selina 'Lena' Lillian Annie Gaines was born in Orpington in 1893. By 1901 Gaines and his family had moved to Windsor, where he was a coachman, living in the Royal Mews. His promotion to coachman to Her Majesty, Queen Mary is recorded by 1911. He died at Eton on 1 January 1939.
Lot 793
COLLECTION 19TH CENTURY JEWELLERY comprising: silver gilt micro-mosaic ' Roma' hinged bangle, diameter approximately 60mmx53mm; half sovereign 1887 coin mounted on a bangle, diameter approximately 59mm; circular brooch with glazed compartment, applied granulation and wirework; oval agate ring, size O; five stone turquoise ring, size N; knotted peridot brooch (broken pin); tassel pendant; 9 carat circular locket pendant, Birmingham hallmark; and a mussel charm 70gr (excludes silver-gilt) (9)
Lot 172
A JAVANESE VOLCANIC STONE STELE DEPICTING DURGA MAHISASURAMARDINI, INDONESIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY the eight armed goddess depicted standing in tribhanga over the defeated buffalo demon 62cm high Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016) There is a closely related Durga stele in the Siva temple at Prambanan, Java, dating from the mid-9th century.
Lot 532
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER FISH SERVERS, THOMAS HART STONE, EXETER, 1872 Fiddle pattern, the terminals engraved with the initial A, the blade and prongs pierced and engraved with foliage, flowers and acorns; together with a William IV silver serving fork, Old English pattern, later crested and decorated with wrigglework, Mary Chawner, London, 1836; and a George III silver tablespoon, Old English pattern, bright-cut and initialled, Richard Jenkins, Exeter, 1796 424gr (13oz 12dwt) (4) Provenance: The Collection of Myrtle Ellis (1937-2016)
Lot 84
A solitaire diamond ring, the emerald cut diamond approximately 1.25 carats to tapering diamond set shoulders to a platinum setting and shank CONDITION REPORT: Minor inclusions visible through a x10 loupe, 7mm x 6mm, white in colour, clean stone, side edges and facets show signs of minor chipping
Lot 91
A solitaire diamond ring the round old cut diamond approximately 0.25 of a carat set with three diamonds to each shoulder to an 18ct gold setting and shank, together with a paste set eternity ring CONDITION REPORT: Solitaire diamond has an inclusion to the centre of the stone, the claws would benefit from re-tipping, surface scratches and wear conversant with use
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