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Lot 260
Meteorite Interest. L`Aigle. polished part slice. 1.924g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. L`Aigle (Orne, France) L6 brecciated (stone) - fell 26th April 1803:. One of the most highly regarded historic meteorites - a witnessed fall in France almost 200 years ago and which now rates alongside Ensisheim and Wold Cottage as playing a major role in the general acceptance of "stones which fall from the sky".. After the appearance of a bright fireball and loud detonations, a shower of stones fell within a 6 x 2.5 mile area of Orne in France. The many witness reports associated with this fall helped establish beyond any doubt that strange stones do indeed fall from the sky!. Natural History Museum, London provenance.
Lot 261
Meteorite Interest. Ghubara. polished end piece. 157.3g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Ghubara (Oman): L5, black, xenolithic (stone) - Found 1954:. This meteorite was found lying on the surface of the desert in 1954. Cut stones are all internally quite fresh, though the crust is weathered with only small traces of fusion crust remaining. The black matrix reveals abundant white chondrules with clasts and bright metal flake.. Ghubara is xenolithic........xenoliths are inclusions within the matrix which are un-related to the host matrix itself. The heating and recrystallisation period of the xenolith also pre-dates the accumulation of the final mass.
Lot 262
Meteorite Interest. Forestburg (b). polished part slice. 33.8g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Forestburg (b) (Montague County, Texas, USA) L5 (stone) - found 1958:. Cut sections of Forestburg (b) reveal a dark matrix with light coloured chondrules and lots of bright metal flake. This specimen was cut from a mass found by Oscar E. Monnig himself.. Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University provenance.
Lot 263
Meteorite Interest. Ochanske. fragment. 27.0g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Ochansk (Perm Province, Russia) H4 Brecciated (stone) - fell 30th August 1887:. After the appearance of a bright meteor and loud detonations, a shower of stones fell in the village of Tabory near Ochansk. Many specimens of Ochansk were recovered after the fall, but most of this meteorite is locked away in museum collections, with very little available to private collectors.
Lot 264
Meteorite Interest. NWA (unclassified). fusion crusted individual. 762g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. NWA unclassified (Morocco) (stone) - found 2001:. A stony meteorite, collected from the hot deserts of Morocco and Algeria by wandering nomads, and transported back to civilisation by camel. With such collecting techniques, the exact find location is lost and/or kept secret.
Lot 266
Meteorite Interest. Vyatka. polished part slice. 44.2g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Vyatka (Sovetsk, Kirov Province, Russia) H4/5 (stone) - found 1991:. A mass of 40-50 kg was reportedly found on the shore of the Vyatka River near the town Sovetsk,. although the main mass was lost. Later, a 32kg piece of a larger stone was purchased by a meteorite collector in Prague, reportedly found in the Kirov region of Russia, and is undoubtedly the missing main mass.
Lot 267
Meteorite Interest. Dar al Gani 262 (Moon rock). fragment. 62mg . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Dar al Gani 262 (Sahara) Lunar (stone) - found 23rd March 1997: . Moon rock.. This meteorite has been classified as a polymict anorthositic breccia - a meteorite ejected through asteroid impact from the Highland region of our very own Moon.. From the 5th edition Catalogue of Meteorites: "A single 513 g stone was found in the Sahara. Classification and description (A. Bischoff and D. Weber, Munster): contains clasts up to 1 cm, mainly anorthositic lithologies and crystalline impact melt breccias, and glass fragments and spherules (partly devitrified) embedded in a fine-grained, well-consolidated matrix; bulk plagioclase, An >95^; olivine, Fa 20-71^; low-Ca pyroxene, Fs 26-63^; has shock veins; contains metal particles (5-26 wt% Ni), ilmenite, troilite, Ti-Cr-spinel; meteorite is moderately weathered.". Lunar meteorites are highly prized amongst collectors and scientists alike.
Lot 268
Meteorite Interest. Wold Cottage. polished part slice. 1.582g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Wold Cottage (Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England) L6 (stone) - fell 13th December 1795:. This rare British meteorite fell in 1795, landing within two fields distance of a large house owned by one Edward Topham - a poet, playwright, landowner and well respected local magistrate who lived in The Wold Cottage, within the boundaries of a small village in Yorkshire named Wold Newton. Thanks to Magistrate Topham`s efforts in always "establishing the truth", this meteorite became the major player in gaining Worldwide acceptance that stones do sometimes fall from the sky, and so confirming the witness reports of the Ensisheim fall 303 years earlier, and paving the way for the later L`Aigle fall in 1803.. During the afternoon of 13th December 1795, a thunderstorm was raging over Wold Newton, 10 miles outside the coastal town of Scarborough in Yorkshire, England. The peels of thunder and the flicker of lightning were dwarfed by a sudden, loud explosion which "alarmed the surrounding countryside and created so distinctly the sensation that something very singular had happened." Numerous people also saw a dark object passing through clouds but were unable to identify what it was. However, Topham`s shepherd was within 150 yards of the impact and a farmhand named John Shipley was so near that he was forcibly struck by mud and earth as the falling meteorite burrowed into the ground. The stone penetrated through 1 foot of soil and embedded itself into the chalk bedrock to a depth of 7 inches, creating an impact pit over 1 yard across. The stone embedded itself so firmly into the bedrock that it had to be dug out. A monument was erected by Topham in 1799 and marks the exact spot where the meteorite landed.
Lot 269
Meteorite Interest. Davy (a). polished end piece. 228g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Davy (a) (De Witt County, Texas, USA) L4 (stone) - found 1940:. The strewnfield home of the Davy (a) meteorite is poorly defined and details are vague. However, several "strange stones" were collected by landowners, before being identified as meteoritic and purchased by legendary meteorite hunter, Harvey Nininger.. Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University provenance.
Lot 270
Meteorite Interest. Parnallee. polished part slice. 5.4g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Parnallee (Tamil Nadu, India) LL3 (stone) - Fell 28th February 1857:. After detonations, two stones were seen to fall from the sky. Parnallee is an extremely beautiful and rare amphoterite from a classic witnessed fall in India. Cut sections reveal some of the best examples of type 3 chondrules of all meteorites.. Natural History Museum, London provenance..
Lot 159
A Late Victorian/Edwardian Walnut Cased Homeopathy Set by Thompson & Capper Ltd., Liverpool, Birkenhead & Manchester, the case of rectangular form with hinged cover enclosing a fitted tray of glass bottles and a volume of "The Stepping Stone to Homeopathy and Healing", a drawer to the base set with further bottles and lint pads, 23cm wide.
Lot 349
? The Little Ranelagh House by Peter Hill Jones modern 366cm.; 144ins high by 225cm.; 88½ins deep by 303cm.; 119ins wide, together with chestnut picket fence, laid hedges entwined with hawthorn, guelder rose, hazel and field maple together with a miniature wooden seat and carved stone birdbath Quotations can be obtained for reconstructing the Little Ranelagh House and gardens in the UK Little Ranelagh House was so named because in it`s prime incarnation in May this year, it appeared within Ranelagh Gardens which forms part of the site that comprise the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The building which is also considered to be a `Sculpted Casket for Diverse Purpose` by its creator, Peter Hill Jones, was exhibited as a Trade Stand and was complete "with an interior specifically designed to be hostile to children yet with an exterior that was appealing to them! The garden was designed to be appealing to passerine birds in particular and bryologists!" (Bryology is the study of mosses, liverworts and hornworts) "The building does not have an age or purpose bias", says Peter. "But there are 2 distinct entrances: the front door which is clearly for people under 30" in height and a `secret` side door which could accommodate a tall person or even a wheel chair bound adult. "In short it can be used for whatever you like: to keep the dogs, pigs, chickens or donkey in. As a hide, study - particularly for natural history, dark room, explosives factory or drug manufacturing unit! A wendy house - whatever that is - or an area for children to attempt to fulfil themselves or not, or just address the problems encountered from being a child! A den for adults to keep children out? A private cinema to watch dubious films or library to collect operatic scores or decent First Editions. A space to encourage bats to go when the Planning Authority has deemed the bat roost in your loft is going to really Muck Up your Application to demolish all/some/a bit of your house!"! The building/casket is designed to have an upstairs which is present in a basic form here in The Walled Garden. The building itself is constructed entirely from FSC accredited timber which means that it all comes from sustainable forests. The original building, Little Burndell House, which is the prototype of this one, is situated at Peter`s yard in Yapton, West Sussex and is largely constructed from recycled timber. The window design was extensively researched (despite it`s apparent simplicity) to achieve the `correct look` and designed by Peter and features a design of glazing bar based on the so-called Georgian `knife-edge` glazing bar. The undersized `Sussex Red` roof tiles and half round ridges were hand made as were the clay chimney stack and its 2 undersized pots (one of which is in fact a bird nesting box and other could function as a real pot). The `mortar` on the stack is specially coloured to mimic lime mortar. Such detail was of major importance to Peter! An important feature present are the two `Teddy windows` at either end of the the buildings upstairs area. The term is self explanatory (if you possess a pair of psycho-killer teds as Peter does: Teddy Binns and Hopscotch). Every quarter has a look out point and the house is equipped with three above ground `escape` points and the facilities for an underground tunnel. The `wall paper` at the opposite end to the `secret/adult` door comprises an original motif by Peter. The pattern consists of 4 squares with a central square - like the side depicting `5` on a dice. The 4 outer squares depict a man looking at his dog: the dog has the man`s eyes and the man`s eyes are dentures! The central motif depicts one of Michelangelo`s sculptural male heads but with inserts into the face of Walker`s `Special Edition Spice Girls` crisp packets! Peter`s stand and garden of Little Ranelagh House won an Award of Commendation at the RHS show and over 6,000 people viewed it including Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. (John Savings of Abingdon, who provided Peter with the plants for his laid hedge is Prince Charles` teacher in the methods of laying a hedge. The Prince is an enthusiast of this ancient country craft. Peter Hill Jones who has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition twice and the Royal Society of British Artists some 4 times is a scrap metal merchant and general dealer by trade and botanist, free-lance journalist and occasional-artist by inclination! He was - he admits - born with an EPNS spoon in his mouth and was slightly over educated "on the proceeds of scrap" he is also on show in London 24 hours a day 365 days of the year as `Peas` one of the 120 sculpted motifs on the gates at The Globe Theatre.
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