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Lot 206
A diamond and coral plaque ring Art Deco style, the central round brilliant-cut diamond to a coral panel, set to a single-cut diamond border, of square form with canted corners, to white metal, central diamond weight approximately 0.13ct, ring size M CONDITION REPORT: the inside of the shank is stamped '750' central stone approx:- Colour I-K Clarity SI1 Diamonds are natural, coral appears to be natural it is a repro Art Deco style ring, probably modern 1990's approx.
Lot 30
A sapphire and diamond three stone ring The circular-cut sapphire set between two illusion set brilliant-cut diamonds in 18ct yellow and white gold, total diamond weight approximately 0.40ct, ring size N. CONDITION REPORT: Condition report: Two links Crystal inclusion is visible under 10x loupe, diamonds are relatively lively and well matched, both diamonds giving colour. The sapphire with a small chip on a table facet edge, very dark in colour. Yellow shank fully hallmarked however, white metal remains untested. Moderate surface wear including scratches to band and claws.
Lot 333
A collection of Tibetan jewellery Comprising; a white metal dragon bangle, with turquoise cabochons to each claw, two scent bottles, the first with blue, green and orange enamel decoration, with a hinged lid, the other set with red and blue stones, to a long white metal chain, length 84.6cm, a white metal pendant, with blue and red stone decoration (4)
Lot 340
A diamond solitaire ring The princess-cut diamond to an 18ct gold, diamond weight 0.61ct, with a diamond half hoop eternity ring, with seven bar-set princess-cut diamonds to an 18ct yellow gold shank, diamond weight approximately 0.28ct, ring size L 1/2 (2) CONDITION REPORT: Beautiful stone, giving yellow tint. colour M-N, clarity VS2, eternity band good lively diamonds.
Lot 47
A collection of early/mid 19th century gem-set rings Of varying designs, to include; a foiled back purple stone and seed pearl cluster ring, to a closed back setting, another foiled back purple stone, turquoise and seed pearl cluster ring, to a closed back setting, a five stone paste ring, one stone deficient, a five stone turquoise ring, to yellow metal shanks (4) CONDITION REPORT: Rings L - R from online images 1. Fully hallmarked, thin sharp shank, 1.9g, stones abbraded, worn, with slight chips, ring size N 2. Fully hallmarked, thin sharp shank, 1g, turquoise discoloured, some cracks to surface, ring J½ 3. No hallmarks, lots of repairs to shank, 1.9g, one stone deficient, all stones tired and displaying wear, ring size M½ 4. No hallmarks, the central stone deficient, thin sharp band, very worn and tired, 1.6g, ring size K½
Lot 59
A ruby and diamond pendant The central circular-cut ruby, surrounded by a cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds, to an articulated diamond set split bale, set in 18ct white gold, total diamond weight approximately 0.68ct, length 1.8cm CONDITION REPORT: Condition report: Total weight 2.4g,ruby weight approximately 1.14ct. The ruby has not been test for heated treatment or any other treatments that can affect the stone - it remains untested. The diamonds are lively, a good colour and well matched. Fully hallmarked, with some wear, to the bale. Moderate surface wear to front and back.
Lot 67
A beautiful pair of Derry & Toms Edwardian ladies shoes The pierced leather shoes with gilt tooled concentric designs and ankle strap with gilt 'cut out' design, adorned with diamante buckle, size unknown length 24cm. CONDITION REPORT: slight creasing to the toe of each shoe wear/flap to the fabric at the front of one of the shoes wear to the gilt throughout loss to one stone on each of the buckles scuffing to the back of the heel creasing to the leather throughout.
Lot 73
A ruby and diamond pendant The central bezel set oval-cut ruby, surrounded by a cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds, split bale, set in 18ct gold, total diamond weight approximately 0.40ct, length 1.9cm CONDITION REPORT: Condition report: Total weight 2.4g. The ruby has not been test for heated treatment or any other treatments that can affect the stone - it remains untested. The diamonds are lively, a good colour and well matched. Fully hallmarked, with some wear, to the bottom of pendant. Moderate surface wear to front and back.
Lot 89
A collection of various accessories To include; a base metal and gem-set belt buckle, possibly rhodocosite, the central cabochon-cut stone, set to pierced decoration, another belt buckle, with pink enamel detail, with fabric belt, a hair ornament, faux-tortoiseshell comb with a pierced scroll decoration, to beaded borders, a beaded evening bag, profusely decorated (4)
Lot 96
A collection of Victorian gem-set brooches Varying in design, to include; an amethyst and base metal brooch, of circular form with pierced leaf and scroll decoration, a three stone gem-set knot brooch, a cabochon-cut garnet set brooch, a rectangular mourning brooch, with four remaining brooches (8)
Lot 456
'To what depths can folly descend!' HOARE SAMUEL: (1880-1959) British Politician, First Lord of the Admiralty 1936-37 and Home Secretary 1937-39. Important and historical A.L.S., Sam, two pages, 4to, Admiralty House, 10th December n.y. (1936), to Lord Beaverbrook ('Dear Max'), marked Personal. Written on the day that King Edward VIII signed the Instrument of Abdication, Hoare announces 'I have not telephoned or come round today or yesterday as I was, on your advice, sitting back in the final acts of this tragic farce' and continues 'It was clear to me yesterday that the denouement was inevitable. I tried my best to the end to make renunciation possible, but the King would not move an inch. To what depths can folly descend!' Hoare further states 'In any case I am glad and grateful that another crisis brought us together again. It is almost a year to a day since my resignation. The first friendly word from outside came from you. I never forget these things nor shall I forget our talks of the last fortnight, and your manifest wish to help me in my career.' A letter of interesting content written on a pivotal day in the history of the British monarchy. One neat tear to the right edge of a central fold, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise VG Max Aitken (1879-1964) 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Anglo-Canadian Business Tycoon, Politician & Writer, owner of the Daily Express and London Evening Standard newspapers. In June 1936 Hoare became First Lord of the Admiralty and in November 1936 he was (with Duff Cooper, the then Secretary of State for War) sought out by Edward VIII to provide independent advice and counsel on the King's constitutional problems. Initially the King attempted to convert him into a champion of his cause hoping that Hoare would speak up in defence of his right to marry when the matter came up for formal discussion in the Cabinet. In the King's memoirs A King's Story (1951) he recounted this first meeting, "But I failed to win him as an advocate. He was sympathetic; but he also was acutely conscious of the political realities. Mr. Baldwin, he warned me, was in command of the situation: the senior Ministers were solidly with him on this issue. If I were to press my marriage project on the Cabinet I should meet a stone wall of opposition. I saw Mr. Duff Cooper at the Palace later the same day.....He was as encouraging and optimistic as Sam Hoare had been pessimistic and discouraging." Hoare's second meeting with the King took place at the end of November, about which the King wrote, "At this juncture, the scene shifted momentarily to Stornoway House where Max Beaverbrook, ever since his return from America, had worked feverishly to rally support for me in whatever quarters it might be found.....Mr. Baldwin was aware of what Max Beaverbrook was up to; and no doubt hoping to check the forces beginning to rally round my cause, he despatched Sir Samuel Hoare on Sunday, the 29th, to explain the attitude of the Government towards the King. The message which the First Lord of the Admiralty bore was ominous indeed. It was that the Ministers stood with Mr. Baldwin---"no breach exists: there is no light or leaning in the King's direction." Then the First Lord fired his second salvo. "The publicity," he said, "is about to break." Many Ministers, he added, were restless and dissatisfied over the failure of the Press to publish facts of a crisis already the talk of the rest of the world. He stressed Mr. Baldwin's desire that the Press, like the Cabinet, should form an unbroken front against the proposed marriage. It was an undisguised invitation for Max Beaverbrook to change sides. His answer was: "I have already taken the King's shilling, I am a King's man." On 4th December the King learned of an earlier meeting between Beaverbrook and Hoare, of which he commented "So the day had not been all debits as far as I was concerned. From Stornoway House Max Beaverbrook, sensing the favourable upsurge in public opinion, had steadily hammered away on the theme of delay. I must not allow myself, he urged, to be harried and hurried into precipitous action. He had seen Sir Samuel Hoare again, and in conversation with him had formed the impression that many Ministers were troubled by the turn the crisis had taken, and would welcome a withdrawal of my request for advice on the morganatic marriage proposal. But I was wearied to the point of exhaustion." Finally during the morning of 10th December 1936 (the day Hoare wrote the present letter to Beaverbrook) the King signed the Instrument of Abdication.
Lot 326
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 24th August 1960, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier states that she has been invited to watch her correspondent unveil the Long Stone at Four Turnings ('Or rather, unveil the plaque that has recently been placed there for all the world to see - the Guardsman [her husband, Frederick Browning] and I have been wondering how many accidents will occur, when approaching motorists suddenly stop and stare….') and confirming that she will be present, 'bearing in my pocket a flask of brandy - knowing your fluttering heart on these occasions'. Du Maurier continues to write of the guests and nannies currently in her home, explaining that the children are as quiet as mice and commenting 'Nevertheless I notice the Guardsman has developed your father's good old strategy of murmuring something about matches and leaving the drawing-room for periods of time. It is an excellent dodge, but I myself mutter words about "catching the post" which stands in equal stead. (Also, I seem to think, a trick of your father's, but working even better for him because he could actually take a package down to the Post Office, whereas we have no such excuse but must wait for the Mail van to call.)' She also sends news of her current work, 'Branwell is safely at the printers, and I am having a quiet moment (when I can snatch it) going through Castle Dor and roughing down snatches of dialogue between Dr. Carfax and Monsieur Ledru where slight elaboration seems to be necessary (I feel it is taken to much for granted at present that the reader knows his Tristan) and I must say I enjoy myself seeing how I can keep the pair in character…..Still feel the 1914 war is an error, and would much prefer to set the story about 1860 (just after the railway line was finished between Plymouth and Penzance) and keep it there. Your father's fashion of telling the tale, and his dialogue, suits that period so much better….' A small tape stain appears to the head of the first and final pages, only very slightly affecting two words of text, but not the signature, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. The work which Du Maurier refers to in the present letter is Castle Dor, a historical novel based around the legend of Tristan and Iseult, but set in 19th century Cornwall. The main characters are a Breton onion seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly wed Linnet Lewarne. Published in 1961, Du Maurier completed the unfinished manuscript of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's last novel. Quiller-Couch's daughter, Foy, had given her blessing for Du Maurier to complete the work.
Lot 84
POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, signed postcard photographs and larger, many vintage, by various popular singers, musicians, band leaders etc., including Edmundo Ros, Jack Hylton, Henry Hall, Charlie Kunz, Eddy Duchin, Michael Holliday, Joan Regan, Lena Zavaroni, Mary Hopkins, Helen Shapiro, Alma Cogan, Ronnie Hilton, Rosemary Squires, Petula Clark, Lonnie Donegan, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson, Hildegarde, Alfredo, Flotsam and Jetsam (unusual example signed with their real names, Bentley Collingwood Hilliam and Malcolm McEachern), Teddy Brown, Larry Adler, Bert Ambrose, Elsie Carlisle, Kathy Kirby, James Last, Lew Stone, Geraldo, Joe Loss, Anne Shelton, Vera Lynn, Lita Roza, The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Liberace, George Liberace, Eartha Kitt, Adelaide Hall, The Seekers, Vince Hill, Mary O'Hara, The Nolan Sisters, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Shirley Bassey, David Essex, Neil Sedaka, Kiki Dee, Tommy Steele, Eric Clapton, Pete Best etc. Some duplication. A few FR, generally G to VG, 165
Lot 411
WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. A good, lengthy War date A.L.S., Barnes, eight pages, 4to, Scawfell Hotel, Rosthwaite, nr. Keswick (although on the blind embossed stationery of White Hill House, Effingham, Surrey), 20th & 29th May 1945, to Leo D'Erlanger ('My dear Leo'). Wallis thanks his correspondent for their letter, which he was delighted to receive, and continues to reveal 'It was not until I had had time to relax that I realised how utterly tired out I was, & have been for sometime', explaining 'For the past year I have had to force myself to go on; & I must have been as near a crash as one would care to go. Fatigue seems to have been sweeping over me here in waves….' Wallis enquires 'Have you ever had morphia - my sensations for the first week were very akin to those - a feeling of such utter tiredness that one's limbs seem to float away when one gets in to bed' and further refers to being in the Lake District ('We are beginning to get our second wind on the mountains….the sheer physical joy of feeling the tireless thrust, thrust, thrust, thrust of one's great thigh muscles as one walks up mountain paths….my blood pressure is low & my pulse slow & regular, so what can man want more'), continuing to ask his correspondent 'Have you felt or do you ever feel, an intolerable desire to produce some work of great beauty. Do you ever ache in your mind to give some expression to the feeling of beauty that is within you - a longing that must remain unsatisfied alas, because of lack of any technical skill. I do, & have got it very badly at the present time. No doubt, partly the result of released emotion, & of the marvellous time in which we are living. But partly also the feeling of great technical skill which can only be utilised on things mechanical' and explaining 'So I have started to design a cathedral. Don't laugh at me, my dear Leo….It is a mental safety valve. I am no painter, musician or author, but express beauty somehow one must, & a cathedral is the logical outcome of many complex psychological experiences. I am also certain that it can never be built, so that it is a very harmless vanity. But not perhaps quite so unreasonable as it seems. I am entranced by the beauty of the Gothic style, and curiously enough, it is a style that is enormously resistant to damage from bombs. In some of my pre-Tallboy experiments I discovered the reason for this', also discussing the beauty and construction of pillars and arches in the Gothic style, as well as the mathematics and mechanics of the masonry, 'it is now possible to make stone far more consistent in quality, & of a much higher strength & almost unlimited durability, than was available (as made by Nature) from quarries in their time. Therefore the arch as used by the Gothic builder has never reached the zenith of its development. And a delicacy & exquisite beauty hitherto undreamed of, ought to be attainable now, that would only have resulted in disaster had it been attempted before' and also commenting 'One's design must be influenced by certain modern factors. Notably our power vastly to extend the area of clear audition, to such an extent that the boundary of an actively participating congregation is set only by the limits of vision'. Wallis takes up his letter again on the 29th May, again referring to his recent walking activities and asking 'Why is it that flying offers no comparable visions of beauty to those that one gets from even a modest mountain top? Is the difference psychological, physical, or is the perception of beauty a function of time elapsed, must man gaze for some considerable period in order to appreciate?' Wallis also mentions a possible date for a re-union luncheon with his correspondent, combined with Wallis being formally received into the Royal Society and concludes to report that on the 26th June his wife, Molly, will be 'launching a submarine at the shipyard at Barrow in Furness….The Naval Construction people will I hope make my new Stratosphere chamber for me, for our stratosphere research'. Autograph letters of Wallis are rare, and particularly so from this date and with interesting content, making the present example very desirable. VG Sir Gerard John Regis Leo D'Erlanger (1906-1962) Airline Company Director & Financier. Chairman of BOAC 1956-60.
Lot 313
A small collection of jewellery, comprising five bar brooches, four marked 9ct and variously set with amethyst seed pearls and turquoise, a silver Scottish thistle bar brooch and a yellow metal ring set two cats eyes centre stone missing, together with a small ruby facetted oval pale ruby (8)
Lot 323
A collection of jewellery and costume jewellery, including a 9ct yellow gold tie pin, 3g, a shell cameo with 9ct yellow gold twisted wire mount, a silver brooch set green stone, a silver pendant, a marcasite cocktail watch, a mosaic floral brooch, three bone chine flower brooches, various necklaces, etc. (a lot)
Lot 326
A long gilt metal Chain, set with nine green stone beads and with New Zealand green jade drop mounted in 9ct yellow gold, together with a bracelet formed of heart shaped set abalone shell motifs, a pair of 9ct yellow gold shell and pearl motif ear clips and a pair of white and green paste drop earrings (6)
Lot 327
A silver and grey agate Brooch, the centre stone surrounded by cut and engraved silver border, marked on reverse 'I.M.C Iona sterling Scotland', together with a rose quartz and crystal necklace and 18c stickpin, 4.4g, a 12ct yellow gold signet ring, a micro-mosaic brooch, two silver bracelets etc. (a lot)
Lot 330
A collection of Jewellery, including a gold bar brooch marked 585 set cultured pearl, a very small bar brooch marked 585 with seed pearl, a facetted amethyst coloured stone in gilt metal mount, a blue stone and silver brooch, a Georgian seed pearl and garnet brooch, a 9ct bar brooch set blue paste, a bar brooch set three almadine garnets, a garnet pendant and chain and two lockets (a lot)
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