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Lot 47
An unusual brooch, set with a central facetted amethyst, surrounded by eight other stones with closed back fittings, all facetted except for a cabochon cut stone showing a cat's eye phenomena, 3cm across, with simple safety chain (the stones surrounding the amethyst indicate that they are natural gem materials based on inclusions observed under a microscope)
Lot 24
A collection of late 19th/early 20th century brooches, to include a peridot and split pearl bar brooch, and a pink paste stone and split pearl bar brooch, both marked '9ct'; a split pearl brooch of a star set within a crescent moon with a clover leaf to each side; another brooch and part of a brooch, 8.3g gross (the pearls untested and unwarranted)
Lot 125
An early to mid-20th century sapphire and diamond three stone ring, marked '18ct', finger size P 1/2, and an old cut diamond set ring from the same period, marked '18ct', finger size L, 4.5g gross; a 9ct gold ring set with white stones, finger size P, a paste set ring, marked '9ct', finger size M 1/2 and a single stone paste set ring, marked '9ct', finger size P, 4g gross
Lot 10
A Victorian brooch in the form of a cut out heart set to a bar, marked '9ct', 4cm long; an early 20th century bar brooch set with a single turquoise stone, indistinctly marked '9ct', 6.3cm long, 3.8g gross; and a brooch in the form of a lily of the valley, set with split pearls, 3.2cm long, tests as 18-22ct gold, 2.9g gross (the pearls untested and unwarranted)
Lot 196
WWII period German Third Reich period Naval Officer's sword, having 84cm slightly curved fullered single edged blade marked 'Eickhorn, Solingen', with gilded metal mount having lion's head with stone set eyes, acorn leaves and wire bound black grip. Together with silver braid pendant acorn and original black enamelled steel scabbard with single suspension ring and webbing strap. 102cm long approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) The blade generally is in good condition, some minor tarnishing, but no serious losses. The mound is heavily worn with much loss to original gilding. The scabbard is heavily rusted and shows little of its original finish. No obvious dents, blade and scabbard appear straight. Scabbard is 89cm long approx. Pommel firm.
Lot 316
Collection of British First World War Trench Maps, the maps are attributed to Brigadier General Herbert Cecil Potter (10/10/1875-11/6/1964) Officer Commanding the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, during the Battle of the Somme and 3rd Battle of Ypres, the maps, detailed below, are of areas in which Potter served throughout the war from 1914 and include detailed information of enemy trenches marked in red on each map, some are particularly evocative, the map of Hebuterne containing the village of Serre with 'Matthew', 'Mark', 'Luke', 'John' Copses, all clearly marked and bring to mind the tragic first day of the Battle of the Somme, a map of Delville Wood is annotated in pencil with 'Delville Wood and Guillemont, 9 Bde attack 16/8/1916' , another map gives the 'German Order of Battle, Cambrai 1 Dec 1917', a map of the 'Seine, Meuse, and Rhine Basins Showing Areas of Occupation of the Allied Armies Jan 1919' is marked with the ink stamp of 'HQ 9th Infantry Brigade', the maps were given to the vendor when a young man by General Potter's son Major Cecil Potter, a family friend in Somerset, some are heavily used and stained with the mud of the front line, many of the annotations on the maps are believed to have been made by General Potter contemperaneously, while some, particularly on the French made maps, are believed to have been done by Major Cecil Potter post warBrigadier General Herbert Cecil Potter CB, CMG, DSO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst, joined the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant 29/2/1896, promoted Lieutenant, March 1899, then Captain, December 1900, seconded to a Mounted Infantry Column in South Africa 1901-02 (2nd Boer War) served in the Sudan in 1908 and the Western Front throughout the First World War, wounded through both legs in August 1914, he returned to the front line and given command of 9th Infantry Brigade in April 1916, during the Battle of the Somme General Potters recce of High Wood with two other officers, and the realisation that it was clear of Germans and could be occupied easily is detailed on Page 137/138 of 'Somme' by Lyn MacDonald, '...There was not a German to be seen. The commanders decided to look for themselves. General Potter of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division, with Lieutenant Colonel Elliot and Major General Watts Commander of the 7th Division were not so foolhardy as to expose themselves by walking along the track at the top of the slope but, hugging the the shelter immediatley below, clambered along to the ruined windmill, a hundred yards or so to the right.... looking across the gentlest of valleys, where the ridge on which they stood sloped down to a hollow and rose almost imperceptibly to the dark mass of High Wood itself,...Nothing stirred in the cornfields. High Wood was silent...Then they crossed the cornfield almost to the edge of High Wood. Not a shot was fired. High Wood was empty. Jubilant, excited, and anxious to push ahead, they almost ran back to the line. The troops were fresh and ready to go...', tragically, the information was not acted on in time, the Germans reoccupied the wood and High Wood was not taken until September after heavy fighting and many casualties, Potter was twice wounded at the Somme in August 1916, the second time by a 'large shell which sat down beside me and made me stone deaf for some days', Potter also served at the Battle of Arras April-May 1917, and the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) July-November 1917, as well as the Queens South Africa Medal with three clasps Potter was awarded a medal and clasp, 4th Class Osmanieh, 3rd Class Mejidieh in Sudan (1908),mentioned in depatches in WW1, decorated with the Legion of Honour by Sir Douglas Haig in November 1915, made DSO in 1917 and CMG in 1918, he retired from the army in 1927, the maps included in the lot are;Delville Wood Map, large scale, trench lines/road names marked in red (Fleet Street, High Holborn, Bond Street, Regents Street, etc) with reverse marked in pencil (believed by Major Cecil Potter) 'Delville wood and Guillemont, 9 Bde attack 16/8/1916'Trench Map - Hebuterne, Ordnance Survey 1916, scale 1:10,000 , 'Trenches corrected to 19:8:16', trench lines printed in red, additional markings in pencil (Bounderies, Pendant Alley, etc),'Matthew Copse', 'Mark Copse', 'Luke Copse', 'John Copse', which formed part of the British front line and forming up points for some of the Pals battalions are clearly marked, front of map marked 'Brigadier, Serre, Aug 1916''Seine, Meuse, and Rhine Basin Showing Areas of Occupation of the Allied Armies Jan. 1919', 1:1,000,000 scale map, showing Belgian, British, American, and French zones outlined in red, marked in pencil 'Occupation zones of the Rhineland 1919' bears stamps of 'HQ 9th Infantry Brigade' and 'General Staff 3rd Division' dated 7th February 1919French issue map of Melun, 1:80,000 scale, bottom left corner marked 'Revisee 1888', marked in pencil 'France, 1/80,000 map of Melun area (SE of Paris) probably issued in case of further retreat by BEF in August 1914'Map of Cambrai, 1:100,000 scale, British intelligence map showing German Order of Battle, Army Groups, Armies, Corps, Divisions, down to Regiments, including rest billets, all printed in red, marked to reverse 'German Order of Battle, Cambrai, 1 Dec 1917'Trench map, Ordnance Survey 1915, sheet 36c N.W. 3 and part of 1, scale 1:10,000, shows town of Loos, trench lines in red including 'Loos Road Redoubt', marked to the front in pen '**** 1915'Trench Map, scale 1:10,000, France, La Bassee, trenches marked in red including Holenzollern Redoubt, units marked in pen (19th Bde, Kings, 2nd South Staffords), marked to the front in pencil '1915'Trench Map, France, Sheet 57c S.W., scale 1:20,000, trench lines marked in red, Bazentin, Longueville, Guillemont, High Wood, Delville Wood, Flatiron Copse, Sabot Copse, Arrow Head copse, etc all shown, mud stained, marked in pencil to front 'Bazentin/High Wood'French issue map, Provins, marked bottom left corner 'Revisee 1888', marked in pencil 'Large scale map of Provins area (SE of Paris) probably issued in case of further retreat by BEF in August 1914', (qty)
Lot 453
Khader (Aïcha Ben Abed-Ben, editor). Image in Stone, Tunisua in Mosaic, 1st edition, Tunisia: Ars Latina, 2003, numerous colour illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with:Welch (Evelyn S.), Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plusBecker (Lawrence & Christine Kondoleon), The Arts of Antioch..., 1st edition, Worcester (Massachusetts): Worcester Art Museum, 2005, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, large 8vo, and other Italian & Renaissance art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio QTY: (3 shelves )
Lot 557
WWI. A large collection of WWI reference & related, including Military Operations France and Belgium, 10 vols including 3 map boxes. A mix of conditions and editions. 1915 vol II Map box with 11 maps, as published (Macmillan), maps VG, clean and with just minor wear, the box is damaged and faded. 2 further map boxes: 1917 & 1918 Battery Press and Imperial War Museum). Gallipoli vol II, 1932. Ex-library, poor. The Canadians in France 1915-1918, 1920 1st ed. (Steele/Fisher Unwin). No dust wrapper. Small chip to the head of the spine. Clean internally.Bristol and the Great War 1914-1919, 1920 1st ed. (Stone, Wells/Arrowsmith). No dust wrapper. VG clean copy.Good-Bye To The Battlefields: To-Day and Yesterday On The Western Front, 1928 1st ed. (Taylor/Stanley Paul) No dust wrapper. Darkening to spine and boards, some water damage to the rear board, together with a Field Service Pocket Book 1913. Original brown oil cloth with flap and pocket to front. What makes this item interesting is the extensive notes made throughout the book, and on 2 sheets of A4 by a Capt.L (P) Evans, concerning the Expeditionary Force and other matters. Whether these notes were purely for training purposes, or for actual deployment isn't clear. But it would be of great fascination to an historian or collector of the period. The book itself is well used and scuffed to the edges; the binding is still good, there's a little spotting to the endpapers and there are many notes and annotations throughout. A further large selection of books on The Great War including may rare items.Approximately 160 volumes 6 shelves plus 3 boxes.QTY: (6 shelves & 3 cartons)
Lot 299
* Bookplates. An album of 170 bookplates collected by Paul Raymond Latcham FSA (1936-2018), approximately two-thirds dating from the 18th century, including William Wilberforce (two varieties), the Huggins and Musgrave bookplates that marked the later ownership of Isaac Newton's library, Patrick Hume Earl of Marchmont 1702, Sir Robert Throckmorton, Thomas Boycott 1761, the Duke of Sussex, Edward Duke of Norfolk, Gravelot & John Pine's library interior for J. Burton DD and its mirror image for Wadham Wyndham, and bibliophile Frances Mary Richardson Currer, Treadway Nash DD, John Wallis, John Towneley, John Peachey, Bryan Faussett; also modern plates for Ernest Ridley Debenham (family of the department store chain), The British Council (by Reynolds Stone), Leeds Art Gallery (by Kenneth Lindley), hinged as multiples on rectos and versos of 20 card leaves with tissue-guards, ex libris bookplate of Paul Latcham with view of his Eardisley house (by Stanley Reece) to front pastedown, contemporary cloth with parchment spine, a little rubbed, 4to (22 x 24 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Paul Latcham was a Hereford bookseller, author of Bookplates in the Trophy Style (Bookplate Society, 2006), and editor of The Bookplate Journal.
Lot 15
Ivens (W.G.). Melanesians of the South-East Solomon Islands, 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1927, colour and half-tone illustrations, a few minor spots, small ownership ink stamp, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Landtman (Gunnar). The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea, 1st edition in English, London: Macmillan and Co., 1927, map frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine and extremities a little faded, 8vo, plus Malinowski (Bronislaw). Coral Gardens and their Magic. A study of the methods of tilling the soil and of agricultural rites in the Trobriand Islands, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: American Book Company, 1935, illustrations, some light spotting, original blue cloth gilt, spines faded, 8vo, with other ethnographical and South Seas related including W.G. Ivens' The Island Builders of the Pacific, 1930, A. Bernard Deacon's Malekula. A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides, 1934, John Layard's Stone Men of Malekula, 1942, Tainui. The Story of Hoturoa and his Descendants, by Leslie G. Kelly, 1949, and Argonauts of the Western Pacific, by Bronislaw Malinowski, 4th impression, 1953QTY: (57)
Lot 180
* Bell (Edward). Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte K.B., Vice Admiral of the White, &c. &c. &c., J. Freeman [1806], mezzotint on wove, after Sir William Beechey, slight staining, one repaired marginal closed tear, 680 x 440 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Bowyer (R. publisher). View from Mont St Jean of The Battle of Waterloo at the Commencement of the Grand Charge made on the French about 7 o'Clock in the Evening of the 18th June 1815, R. Bowyer, 1816, aquatint with contemporary hand-colouring, slight overall toning, 360 x 595 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Provost (A.). Entrée des Flottes Anglo-Francaise dans la Mer Noire À La Sortie du Bosphore, R. Lebrasseur, Paris & V. Delarue London, circa 1855, tint stone lithograph, 375 x 495 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (3)
Lot 123
Joseph Teal Cooper, English 1682-1743- A still life of melon, pears, plums and grapes on a stone ledge, a landscape beyond; oil on canvas, signed 'JTeal. Cooper.' (upper centre), 63.6 x 76.2 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sweden. Note: Cooper has been described as the first significant professional native painter of fruit and flower still lifes in England. The similarity of his work to that of Neapolitan painters Luca Forte (c.1615-c.1670), Paolo Porpora (1616-1673) and Abraham Brueghel (1631-1697) has fuelled suggestions that he received some training in Naples. His paintings, especially signed examples, are rare to come on to the market and only one attributed work (an unsigned still life at Plas Newydd, Anglesey) is in any public collection in the United Kingdom. The present work is a particularly charming example of his oeuvre, with fruit which is so ripe and verdant that it almost opalesces in the light.
Lot 102
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian 1720-1778- Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro, oggi detto la Conocchia, che si vede poco lungi dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napoli; etching, signed within the plate 'Cav. Piranesi F.' (lower right), 72.6 x 48.3 cm. Provenance: with Lady Morgan (according to an old label attached to the reverse of the backing board). Private Collection, UK. Literature: Hind 130. Note: This etching is from the series 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome). The inscription translates as 'Remains of an Ancient Tomb, today called La Conocchia, That One Sees Not Far from the Porta di Capua on the Road to Naples' and goes on to read 'Questo Sepolcro non si sà a qual Famiglia abbia potuto appartenere; stant che gli e stata levata la sua antica Iscrizione'. Depicting a mausoleum on the Appian Way, nicknamed 'La Conocchia' or 'the spindle' due to its striking form, Piranesi has, in typical fashion, emphasised the building's ruined state, with its crumbling stone and overgrown vegetation evoking the grandeur of ancient Rome.
Lot 15
Manner of Jan van Kessel the Younger, late 18th century- A Chalice with the Eucharist in a stone niche, surrounded by flowers and fruit; oil on canvas, 60.7 x 43.8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The anonymous hand behind the present work, clearly highly skilled, was undoubtedly inspired by representations of the Eucharist in the oeuvre of Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626-1697). See, for direct comparison, van Kessel's treatment of the subject on panel, which appeared at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 5 May 2009, lot 26.
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