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A late-19th/early-20th century table gong with beater, modelled with horn supports suspending the brass circular gong, with plated metal mounts, on oak rounded rectangular base, 28cm high, base 41cm wide, together with a Glenforres Glenlivet 'King's Ransom' Scotch whisky ceramic flask, (no contents), (2).
A RARE CARD TABLE FROM THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM OF R.M.S. AQUITANIA, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY HARRIS LEBUS, CIRCA 1914the rectangular top with circular corner counter trays with sliding drink trays under, covered in brown baize with later silver plate to centre inscribed This table and the accompanying chairs were part of the original furnishings in the Cunarder “AQUITANIA”. They were presented to the “WELLINGTON” by the CUNARD STEAM-SHIP COMPANY LIMITED as a tribute to the memory of THE LATE COMMODORE SIR JAMES T.W. CHARLES K.B.E..C.B..R.D..R.N.R., A Founder Member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, who commanded the ‘AQUITANIA” from 1918-1928, birch-veneered frame with faint chalk marks underneath inscribed 'STAR F' [starboard, first class] supported on four carved maple legs, with shell carvings and bellflowers, terminating in carved cloven hoofs, approximately -- 30in. (76.2cm.) square; together with a Perspex display cover and four 'hands' of Cunard cards(A lot)The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Cunard Steamship Company as a tribute to Commodore Sir James T. W. Charles KBE CB RD RNR (1865-1928), a founding member of The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, and who commanded Aquitania from 1918-1928.Overall good condition, missing the original metal braces that would have anchored the table to the floor, with indistinct blue pencil inscription “STAR” and perhaps “F”, possibly indicating Starboard side, First Class. Some losses to veneer.
A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE R.M.S. AQUITANIA, CONSTRUCTED BY JOHN BROWN & CO., CLYDEBANK FOR CUNARD, 1914with 88in. laminated and carved hull replete with detailed painted and gilt fittings as appropriate and contained in original glazed case with presentation plate from Cunard, finished in Cunard service livery, overall measurements -- 33¼ x 103 x 23½in. (84.5 x 261.5 x 59.5cm.); together with associated 36in. high table stand; and three card and paper models of Aquitania as a troop ship, hospital ship, and cruise liner(5)The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Cunard Steamship Company in 1952. Arguably the most successful of the great pre-1914 North Atlantic liners, as well as being regarded by many as the most handsome of all the legendary 'four-stackers', Aquitania was undeniably the longest-lived of that glamorous breed of ocean greyhounds. Conceived as a consort to Lusitania and Mauretania, Cunard ordered her from John Brown's Clydebank yards in December 1910 where she was launched on 21st April 1913. Named for the ancient Roman province in southwest France, her design was broadly similar to her two sisters, although she was significantly larger in every respect. Registered upon completion at 45,647 tons gross, she measured 901 feet in length with a 97-foot beam, but was never intended to outstrip Lusitania and Mauretania in terms of speed. Powered by quadruple screws driven from Parsons-Brown 62,000shp. steam turbines, she was designed to cruise at 23 knots, in fact achieving an effortless 24 knots on her trials. Sumptuously fitted out and with accommodation for 618 First, 614 Second, and 1,998 Third class passengers, she carried a crew of 972 and entered service amidst high expectations thanks to the reputations of her two older sisters.Clearing Liverpool on 30th May 1914 for her maiden voyage to New York, she was only to complete three round trips before being requisitioned by the British Government in August 1914 upon the outbreak of the Great War. Designed and built under Admiralty supervision, it had always been expected that, in times of war, Aquitania would assume the guise of an armed merchant cruiser, but in the event, as with others like her, she proved far too large for this role. Slightly damaged in a collision within a month of beginning her wartime career, she returned to Liverpool and was laid up until the spring of 1915 when she began work transporting troops for the offensive at Gallipoli. Soon converted into a hospital ship for the same campaign, she resumed trooping in 1916, was laid up for most of 1917 but was back in service in 1918 carrying troops from the U.S.A. to France. Between June and November 1919, she ran a brief 'austerity service' between Southampton and New York but was sent to Armstrong, Whitworth's yards at Newcastle that December for a major post-war refit including conversion to oil-firing.Returning to regular commercial sailings in July 1920, her splendid decor attracted passengers immediately and she soon settled down to become one of the most popular liners on the North Atlantic over the next two decades. Apart from the occasional Mediterranean cruise in the early years of the Depression, Aquitania remained a stalwart on the Atlantic ferry and, after 1936, became the new Queen Mary's running mate whilst Queen Elizabeth was under construction. With the latter destined for completion in 1940, it was intended that Aquitania would be scrapped when the second 'Queen' entered service, but this plan was abandoned when the Second World War began in September 1939. Converted into a troop transport for the second time in her life, she spent the next eight years carrying 300,000 servicemen all over the world, the sole survivor of the Edwardian giants and the only one to serve in both World Wars. 1948 found her ferrying war brides to Canada prior to being returned to Cunard for yet another post-war 'austerity service'. Hastily refitted and repainted in traditional livery, although never restored to her former magnificence, she maintained a one-class Southampton to Halifax service for a further year and a half before being finally withdrawn in December 1949. After three million miles and thirty-five years at sea, her scrapping at Faslane in the spring of 1950 brought the era of the majestic 'four-stackers' to an end and thereby closed a notable chapter in the history of North Atlantic navigation.
A BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE TANKER S.S. BRITISH COURAGE, BUILT FOR BP BY HAWTHORN LESLIE, 1957the laminated and carved 84in. hull with red painted decks, and painted and plated fittings including anchors, deck rails, anchor winches, bitts, bollards, ventilators, companionways, pipework, wooden gantries with rails and intermittent cowls, raised superstructure with awning stanchions, overbridge with binnacle, rangefinder and comms masts, benches with wooden slats, wood capped deck rails, fitted lifeboats in davits, swimming pool, liveried funnel and much other fine detail, mounted on four silvered columns within original phosphor bronze case with maker's plates and detail plates dated 1967, on table stand of issue -- 59 x 96 x 19in. (150 x 244 x 48cm.) The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by BP Tanker Company in 1973.This 22,001-ton tanker was sold to the Society de Transportes Maritimos and renamed Pounentes in 1973 and sent for breaking in China in 1977.Good original condition throughout.
A DETAILED BUILDER'S STYLE MODEL FOR H.M. TORPEDO BOAT HAVOCK [1893]with carved 32in. hull, finished in grey above the waterline with polished brass and painted fittings as appropriate, including main and secondary armament and turn table torpedo tubes, mounted on two brass columns within glazed wooden display case -- 18½ x 40 x 9in. (47 x 102 x 23cm.)good overall condition
A FINE GOLD-MOUNTED TABLE SNUFF BOX MADE OF TREEN FROM THE 1819 AND 1824 NORTHWEST PASSAGE EXPLORATION VESSEL H.M.S. GRIPER dedicated as a 'freedom box' for the City of Chichester, the lid cast with the city arms, presentation inscription and vellum certificate inside to James Thompson dated 1828-9, the underside with inset gold ring inscribed This Box was made from a portion of the deck of HMS Griper CAPT. G.F. LYON -- 3½in. (9cm.) diameter; together with an engraving of Captain Sir Roger Curtis saving Spanish sailors at Gibraltar, 13th of September, 1782, from Raymond's History of England, PL. -- 10½ x 6½in (27 x 16.5cm.) framed and glazed(2)The Arctic Expedition of 1819-20 was only the second such voyage to be officially sponsored by the British government and was yet another attempt to find the supposed North West Passage. Hecla (Lieutenant William Parry) and Griper (Lieutenant Matthew Liddon) left England in May 1819 and, by September, had reached Melville Sound where they found the way forward blocked by ice. Wintering off Melville Island, the two vessels were finally able to get free of the ice the following June even though, by August 1820, it was clear that no further progress could be made due to yet more ice in the McClure Strait. Thus, the expedition turned for home and made landfall at Peterhead on 30th October.fine overall condition; the freedom certificate has one or two small fold cracks and the corners are raised within the box; 3.5in. tear mid left of engraving
A FRESNEL LENS COFFEE TABLEcomposed of two sections of Fresnel lens housing circa 1960, substantial nickel-plated bronze frame supporting lenses, the middle section now supporting circular glass table top -- 24 x 47in. (61 x 119.5cm.)lens in very good overall condition with only few small nibbles
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