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A walnut quarter striking table clock, signed J R Russell, 18 Church St, circa 1870, pagoda pediment with turned finials, pierced side sound fret doors, 7-inch silvered dial with Roman numerals and signed, twin barrel movement quarter striking on two gongs, 73cm high05.04.18, Case with minor dents and scratches in parts, one of the top finials is broken, both side sound frets with cracks and a small piece is missing, one piece of sound fret is in a plastic bag in the clock case, glass door is dirty, dial is discoloured, hands are rubbed, movement in going order, with a pendulum.
A Victorian mahogany 'Duchess' style dressing table with mirrored swing plate, 6 jewellery draws and central freize draw on melon fluted front supports, platform base and casters124cm widePlease note - All our items are 'sold as seen'. Please visit our website for opening hours and viewing times.
HAMILTON EMMA (1765-1815) Lady Hamilton. English Mistress of Lord Nelson and wife of Sir William Hamilton. A.L.S., Emma Hamilton, three pages, folio, Caserta, Italy, 19th November 1797, to a Gentleman. Hamilton informs her correspondent, in part, 'I take the liberty of enclosing a letter (no longer present) for Miss Emily Hill… We often think and speak of you all and we are now so comfortably fixed at Caserta you wou'd like I am sure to be with us. I have made a present of the dice box to those more worthy of it than myself… I tell you sincerely it was only a moment of vice that came over me & which was bought on to countenance others whose hearts are really engaged in this most shocking & disgracefull (sic) game & which I feel myself most terribly regraded in my own mind for ever having given to it & I don't doubt but others also must judge me severely for… Sir William feels most happy at my voluntary giving it up & cons(oling) me most kindly when fits of shame & remorse comes over me for my want of prudence. I am sorry for those I have left deeply in it… Prince A. entre nous loses of a night a thousand francs… I study very hard my musick (sic), walk a good deal & now have a reasonable life…' With signs of a former mounting to the verso, otherwise GIt was in Naples that Emma Hamilton’s affair with Nelson flourished, from devoted maid to becoming his mistress. For 18 months Nelson lived in a ménage-à-trois with the Hamiltons, moving them at a time of trouble, along with the King and Queen of Naples to the relative safety of Palermo. It was here in 1798, not long after the present letter was written, that Sir William Hamilton began to be concerned by his wife’s drinking and increasingly indiscreet behaviour. It appeared to him that Emma was always at the gambling table with Nelson seated directly behind her, seemingly egging her on. These profuse habits led her into debt, with the money she would inherit upon the death of her husband and later, of Nelson, only leading to more gambling and extravagance. Hamilton would spend a year in prison for these debts, and upon her release in 1813, escaped her creditors in England for refuge in Calais. She died there in distress if not in want in 1815.
CHARLES & DIANA: CHARLES (1948- ) Prince of Wales & DIANA (1961-1997) Princess of Wales. T.L.S., Charles and Diana, by both the Prince and Princess individually, with a holograph subscription by the Princess, one page, 4to, Buckingham Palace, 7th October 1981, to Miss [Vivien] Clifford. The Royal newlyweds thank their correspondents for the kind contribution the Duchy has made towards a wedding present, adding, 'We are delighted with the mahogany library table which will look splendid in our home at Highgrove and is exactly the right period for the house. We were also most touched to receive the balance of the gift in the form of a cheque with which we shall probably buy some more furniture. As you can well imagine, with two houses to equip from scratch we have quite a difficult task ahead of us!' Neatly laid down. VG
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