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World War I, Royal Red Cross, George V, silver and enamel Badge, 2nd Class, with bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; together with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve, openwork silver badge, named on reverse "Gladys Mursell Burroughs, April 17th 1915". Good very fine. (2) Gladys Burroughs, by then a Matron, was amongst "The ladies (who) had the honoiur of being received by the King at Buckingham Palace on Saturday last [May 4th 1918], when his Majesty decorated them with the Royal Red Cross".

Lloyd's Medal for Saving Life at Sea, large silver medal, first type, by William Wyon, 1839, an un-issued specimen, Ulysseys, clinging to ship's mast, reaches up to Leucothoe, his rescuer, rev within wreath, OB CIVES SERVATOS, 73mm, in fitted case of issue. Choice and virtually mint state. Leucothoe, the White Sea Goddess, the sea-goddess, who as a sea-mew, helped Ulysses

EDOUARD ADAM (FRENCH, 1847-1929), The general cargo steamer Alphonse Parran at sea, Signed 'Adam Fils 18-6' (lower right), Oil on canvas, 24D x 36in. (61.5 x 91.5cm.) Framed, Built in 1889 for the Anglo-Algerian S.S.Co Ltd, Swansea by Doxford, the Alphonse Parran was bought by von der Ohe & Lund in 1897 who shortened her name to just Parran. She was broken up on the Tyne in August 1910.

AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT LOG BOOK FOR H.M.S. TRAFALGAR INCLUDING HER CRIMEAN WAR BOMBARDMENTS OF ODESSA AND SEBASTOPOL IN 1854. completed between 29th July 1850 with Admiral Montagu Stopford hoisting his flag, and 10th April 1855 with stores being returned to the Dockyard and main topmast being "struck", written in a tight neat hand with between one and two weeks of entries per page in ruled sections and detailing usual shipboard procedures and weather observation, including her period of service in the Black Sea for the Bombardment of Odessa, 23 April 1854: 4.30 "Fury" Opened fire on the batteries of Odessa, 6.30 Ditto, anchored; and a long entry for the Bombardment of Sebastopol, 17th October 1854: AM at 7h The Allied forces on shore commenced firing... Arrived five steam transports.. cleared for action and got up 100 Rounds of shot for each Gun.. Weighed in tow of "Retribution" lashed alongside Weighed in tow the "Britannia" and "Queen" weighed in tow of steamers the remainder of the Squadron following. Noon - standing in towards Sebastopol. Old French leading ship open Fire on the South Batteries, 1.45 "Terrible" opened fire on the North, lists further order of firing until The action becoming general, 3.18 "Trafalgar" opens fire... 3.25 "Trafalgar" drifting on "Rodneys" broadside, 3.35 the "Retributions" main mast shot away, 3.40 observed "Albion" being towed out of action, 4.50 set spanker and tried to take up station, 5h came to with steam anchor, and dropped B.B. ahead of "Britannia" and re-opened fire on the Large Fort... 5.15 After Main Shroud and Main Lift shot away, 5.39 ceased firing not being able to see the Object, 5.45 "Trafalgar" firing occasional Shots, Fleet in General proceeding out of the Action, 6.30 Small Batteries firing red hot shot on "Trafalgar", 7.40 Weighed and proceeded towards Anchorage, being the last ship out of the Action, 9.15 anchored in 25 fathoms; Squadron in Company, some of the spare pages after the logs' conclusion being used to list the crews for several other ships including Rattlesnake, Blonde, Excellent, Hastings, Pembroke and Monarch, bound between vellum-covered boards with marbled linings and page edges, 13 x 8Iin. (33 x 21.5cm.), The First Rate Trafalgar was ordered in February 1825 as the last of five 'Saint George' class three-deckers designed after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Her keel was laid in Woolwich Dockyard in December 1829 but she was not ready for launching until the summer of 1841, having spent 11I years on the stocks. A large vessel of 2,694 tons measuring 205I feet in length with a 53I foot beam, she mounted 120 guns of varying calibre required 1,000 men to crew her. Built by Oliver Lang at Woolwich, she was launched by him on 21st June 1841 with a crowd of 500,000 people said to have assembled to watch the spectacle. Initially employed as flagship to the Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness, she showed her mettle in the Crimean War when she took an active role in the twelve-hour bombardment of Odessa on 23rd April 1854 and the subsequent huge bombardment of Sebastopol on 17th October the same year. These triumphs also signalled the end of the supremacy of sail, as graphically illustrated by this lot, the great three-deckers which had successfully pounded the Russian defences had mostly been towed into position by steamships and it had become clear to the Admiralty that the future of the Pax Britannica lay with steam. Consequently, Trafalgar like most of her larger contemporaries, was docked for conversion and fitted with screw propulsion in a refit lasting a year from August 1858. Last at sea with the Reserve Fleet in 1869, she was then converted to a boys' training ship at Portsmouth and, when transferred to Portland in 1873, was renamed Boscawen Finally sold out of the service in July 1906, she was broken up on the Thames after sixty-five years afloat. Admiral the Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, KCB (1798-1864) was the nephew of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, GCB, GCMG, a flag officer of considerable fame who enjoyed a career of great distinction throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Young Montagu joined the Royal Navy in 1810 as a 1st class volunteer aboard his uncle's flagship Scipion for the conquest of Java (1811), and, thanks to his own talent, received rapid promotion to Lieutenant (1819), Commander (1822) and Post Captain (1825). Promoted to flag rank in 1853, on 4th August 1854 he was appointed Captain of the Fleet [in the Black Sea] and attached to Admiral Dundas's flagship Britannia With the main naval activity in the Crimean War over by the end of that year, Stopford was then made Superintendent of the Dockyard at Malta (Jan. 1855 - July 1858) and retired on half-pay in 1863. 'Captain of the Fleet' is essentially a temporary Admiralty post, the officer so appointed being required to carry out all the C. in C.'s orders and also to maintain discipline throughout the fleet, an area in which his rulings are "supreme".

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING AMERICAN PRESENTATION PORTRAIT CANE FROM CAPTAIN SEMMES OF THE U.S. SHIPS ALABAMA TO JOHN LANCASTER, OWNER OF THE S.Y. DEERHOUND, 1864. the tapering wooden twist-barley shaft with white metal cuff engraved Presented to JOHN LANCASTER Esq ./owner of the steam yacht DEERHOUND/as a token of grateful appreciation of the actions of his Captain E.P. Jones in the rescue of officers & men/of the Confederate cruiser "ALABAMA", lost/gallantly in battle with the "KEARSARGE"/off Cherbourg, June 19, 1864/by Captain R. SEMMES, terminating in a portrait bust, probably Semmes, handle, 37in. (94cm.) high, Models of Alabama and Kearsarge are offered in lots 260 and 261 with a full description of their dramatic encounter. It is also well recorded that the resourceful Captain Semmes of Alabama evaded capture, along with about fifty of his men by the timely assistance of the Deerhound who had no doubt been enjoying the drama played out in the home waters of the English Channel.

A LARGE QUANTITY OF 19TH-CENTURY ROYAL NAVY UNIFORM REGULATION GILT BRASS BUTTONS, approximately one hundred and fifty comprising about fifty large and one hundred small, supplied from various makers including Firmin & Sons; W. Jackson; Pigott & Sons and Jennens & Co.; together with assorted lengths of mostly regulation gold braid, (A lot), Provenance: These buttons etc were cut from the various uniforms worn by Admiral Charles Starmer who entered the Royal Navy in 1818 as a First Class Volunteer. After service around the world, during which he was made Lieutenant in 1837, he fought with distinction in the naval brigade employed in the war with China in 1842 and was made Commander at the end of the same year. After successive promotions, he retired in 1885 with the rank of full Admiral.

A WWII British paratrooper's helmet, the skull with traces of black and green camouflage paint, with padded lining, the leather brow band bearing maker's mark "BMB" and name "Andrew McMillan", webbing straps and chin piece; with an accompanying letter from the vendor stating that it was given to him by a friend of his father's who took part in Operation Market Garden, being flown in by glider as he was too young at 17 to be parachuted. Basically GC (some wear). Plate 2

Schutte-Lanz SL11, Six Photographs by H.Scott Orr, the six positions of the shooting down of the SL11, by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, V.C., 39 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, over Cuffley, Hertfordshire September 1916, each mounted on card, stamped to the reverse, for the photographer with his address 'The Studio, High Road, Woodford Green, dated 3-Sep 1916. London Gazette 5th September 1916. War Office 5th September 1916. His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned officer, Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, Worcestershire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, for most conspicuous bravery. He attacked an enemy airship under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it to the ground as a flaming wreck, he had been in the air for more than two hours and had previously attacked another airship during his flight. On the afternoon of the 2nd September 1916, sixteen airships from the German Naval/Army Division, set out for England on what was going to be the biggest air raid of the war, amongst them the SL11, recently built at the Lanz factory at Liepzig, commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Schramm, an experienced airship captain who knew the area he was about to bomb better than most of his colleagues, having been born at Old Charlton, Kent. At 23.00 hours the RFC Defence squadrons were put on alert and a welcoming party was prepared, Robinson was first away in his BE2c, although the night sky was full of thick fog, he was convinced it would be clearer higher up, and after loading three drums of Brock and Pommeroy ammunition, he took off safely and disappeared into the mist. Schramm's SL11 had approached London from the North, having passed over Royston and Hitchin, it began its destruction of North London, the Finsbury and Victoria Park searchlights caught her over Alexandra Palace, and the gunners filled the air around the ship with explosives, hundreds of spectators watched from the ground, but no matter how close the shell's burst they seemed to have no effect, then the crowds fell silent, an aircraft had appeared, running a gauntlet of fire, Robinson had appeared from nowhere and was heading straight for the SL11, he had his first drum of Brock and Pommeroy ready, and riddled the airships entire length with bullets, again and again he loaded and racked the massive craft, but to no effect, to the thousands watching it seemed as though a midge was fluttering around a lamp, and then suddenly a dull pink glow from the rear of the ship, and within seconds, the entire hull was ablaze, the hydrogen had ignited, with a brilliance that turned the night sky into day, it was 2.30 in the morning on Sunday 3rd September, and 12,500 feet above London a German airship had been destroyed. For thousands of people it was without doubt the most memorable events of the entire war, it is difficult to imagine one man achieving anything more spectacular, the blazing wreckage of SL11 slowly fell to earth, but before it even reached the ground the whole of London was celebrating in boistrous fashion, William Leefe Robinson was a national hero, and the authorities at last had a home defence hero, a ' Zepp Straffer' who had transformed the battle in the air over Britain. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Military General Service 1793-1814, six clasps, Toulouse, Orthes, Nive, Nivelle, Pyrenees, Vittoria (Patrick Connor, 88th Foot). The 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers), were one of the eight Irish Regiments of the British Army, they served with distinction in Pictons 3rd Division in the Peninsular Wars, who later christened them 'The Devils Own' for their devastating bayonet charges and their hand to hand fighting skills, but along with this, they also had the reputation of being the worst plunderers in the British army, in the words of the military historian Arthur Bryant. 'The 88th were a tough crowd from the bogs of Western Ireland with a bad reputation for filching Portuguese chickens and goats, but they were born fighters, and their Scottish Colonel Alexander Wallace, had made them one of the crack regiments of the army'. 'Rangers of Connaught, it is not my intention to expend any powder this evening, we'll do this business with the cold iron'. General Picton, 19th January 1812, before the storming of Cuidad Rogrigo. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A Crimea Pair to Private James Perkins, 17th Lancers, Who Charged with the Light Brigade at Balaklava on the 25th October 1854, Turkish Crimea Medal, (Sardinia), un-named as issued, with British Crimea Medal suspension with four clasps, Sebastopol, Inkermann, Balaklava, Alma ; Indian Mutiny Medal ( Jas Perkins. 17th Lancers.). 'Into The Jaws Of Death, Into The Mouth Of Hell Rode The Six Hundred'. 850 Private James Perkins of the 17th Lancers, enlisted in May 1846, and is recorded at being at Scutari, 13th December 1854 to 11th May 1855, he was invalided to England, 31st August 1855, later promoted to Corporal, then posted to India, where he died at Sccunderabad on the 31st August 1860. Private Perkins Impressed Crimea medal sold at Glendining's on 18th July 1917 and 14th March 1968, now in an English private collection. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A Copeland Parian bust of Clytie, typically modelled with petal fringe and mounted on a socle base, the latter impressed C. DELPECH (REDT). and ART UNION OF LONDON. 1855, 34.5cm high, third quarter 19th century Clytie, the daughter of a King of Babylon was spurned in love by the sun-god Apollo who showed a preference for her sister Leucothea. She caused her sister's death through jealousy and Apollo still spurned her attentions so she waisted away into a phototropic sunflower, always turned towards the sun. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Frank Hurley signed and inscribed photographic print The Endurance beset by Pack Weddal Sea in original glazed frame - given by Hurley to Mr Wilfred James Griggs who was twice a member of the South Polar expeditions led by Sir Douglas Mawson - sold with provenance, the image 38cm x 49cm

5 Corgi 007 vehicles The Spy Who Loved Me Spyguise Lotus Esprit (USS00012), no. 174 of only 500 made, still in blue cardboard box with seabed base and complete with missiles and You Only Live Twice flyer. Also a Junior series DB6 in silver (40). In unopened bubble wrap), minor wear. 1995 re issue James Bond Aston Martin (96655) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (280) in metallic blue. Volkswagen Motor School (400). 2 boxes minor/some wear. Vehicles VGC-Mint.

John Skinner, Exeter, A gentleman's gold pair cased watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals, gold spade hands and a subsidiary seconds dial, the chain fusee movement having turned pillars, a duplex escapement with the engraved bridge backcock to the plain, three arm steel balance having a diamond endstone, the backplate engraved with the name and serial number 'John Skinner, Exeter, No. 2507', both the inner and outer cases stamped with the case maker's initial's 'IF' and hallmarked for 18ct gold, London, diameter 58mm. * There were two makers called John Skinner, father and son, with the business starting in Exeter in the 1770's and continuing until 1846. The father was born in circa 1747 and apprenticed to the famous Honiton clockmaker Jerome Murch at a premium of £6 16s. 6d. He died in 1818, aged 71 and was succeeded by his son, also John, who placed a notice to that effect in the local paper. John junior continued making clocks of great quality including a regulator timepiece for the Devon & Exeter Institution Library which he set up for them on New Year's day 1819 where it still stands in it's niche in the wall. ** Provenance: Puslinch.

Thomas Savage, London. A silver pair cased pocket watch, the silver champleve dial having black Roman numerals, Arabic outer numerals, blued steel 'beetle and poker' hands and signed 'Savage, London', the chain fusee movement having Egyptian pillars, a verge escapement with a plain three arm steel balance, a pierced and engraved backcock, a silvered regulation dial and signed 'Thos. Savage, London, 870', having plain silver inner and outer cases, diameter 60mm. * Although there are a number of makers recorded with this name, the maker of this watch is quite probably the Thomas Savage who was the son of Thomas Savage Snr of Exeter and apprenticed in 1659 to Joseph Quash of London. Having returned to Exeter, where he was jailed for having Jacobite sympathies, he moved back to London to work at East Smithfield, becoming insolvent in 1721.

Archibald Knox Manx landscape (1864-1933). The location is thought to be Ballach or Kirkmichael watercolour. 41.5 x 55cm. * Provenance: Gifted to Mrs M. F. Turley, of Douglas Isle of Man, by Miss Annie Knox, niece of the artist, who often accompanied him on sketching expeditions around the island and possessed a large collection of his drawings and watercolours. Mrs Turley sold the watercolour to Alan E. Kelly of Mannin Collections Ltd, Peel, Isle of Man, from whom the present owner purchased the same. ** Archibald Knox was born on the 9th April 1864 at Cronkbourne, near Tromode, Isle of Man. He was educated at Douglas Grammar School and in 1882 was appointed as a pupil teacher at Douglas School of Art on condition of a free studentship. A main interest was in Celtic design and crosses which was later reflected in his work for Liberty's. In 1897 Knox left the island to teach at Redhill School of Art where his friend and fellow Manxman, A. J. Collister, was headmaster. It was around this time that he began work as a freelance designer for Liberty & Co. In 1904 Knox was teaching at Kingston and Wimbledon Schools of Art. In 1912, following a dispute with The South Kensington examiners, Knox, with a group of fellow students, started The Knox School of Craft Design. Although known internationally for his Art Nouveau designs in silver, pewter and enamels, Knox is best remembered locally on the Isle of Man as a watercolourist and graphic designer. His watercolours were shown at the Annual Knox Guild of Craft & Design Exhibition and in 1926 eighty of his watercolours were exhibited at the Canadian National Gallery in Ottowa at the specific request of the director there. Knox rarely sold his watercolours, insisting he was 'capable of better' and that it was necessary to retain 'studies' to learn from his faults. Archibald Knox died on 22nd February 1933 at Douglas Isle of Man.

John Bridges (19th century), Portrait of Mrs Richard James Spiers and her eldest son, Richard Phene-Spiers holding a silver and coral rattle, full-length, seated in an interior, a hound at their feet and a view through a window beyond, signed and dated 1836 bottom right, inscribed on a label attached to the reverse, oil on panel, 59 x 49.5cm. ** Historical Note: The circular stool to the left of the figure in lot 517, and also depicted in lot 518, is the same stool offered in this sale, lot 688. This is a charming insight into the production of these family portraits by Bridges who, over a nearly decade, 1836-1845, was obviously a favoured artist of the Spiers family. The stool, which dates from the period, is ornate and decorative and was clearly an admired possession within the household

Nicholas Condy (British 1799-1857), 'Schooling'; an interior with a mother and child at a table, oil on panel, 29.5 x 24.5cm. Nicholas Condy was born in Plymouth and enlisted in the army as a young man. On his discharge in 1818 he returned to Plymouth to take up painting professionally and married the daughter of Captain Oates, a portrait painter from Falmouth. Condy painted both in oils and watercolours, his subject matter ranging from marine, to landscape and cottage interiors. The cottage interiors were highly finished and detailed; composed in thin glazes and looking towards 18th century Continental school examples rather than to his contemporaries. The main subject in these compositions was surrounded by minutely observed still life details, contrasting with contemporaries, like Wheatley and Morland. It was said, Condy died from grief at the premature death of his son Nicholas Matthew Condy (1816-1851), who had become a talented and successful marine artist in his own right.

JOSEPH CRAWHALL SENIOR 'CAPTAIN LEMUEL GULLIVER' AND 'GUIDO FAWKES' PLATTERS, DATED 1879 painted earthenware, each of circular form, one painted with the figure of Guy Fawkes and bearing inscription "The lively portraiture of the truly pious, learned and judicious gentleman Guido Fawkes ...etc." painted mark verso "Jos Crawhall/ Jan '79" with bearded man monogram; the other plate inscribed 'Captain Lemuel Gulliver', painted with a portrait of Lemuel Gulliver and bearing inscription "Drake and Columbus long th' unknown Shoar, Vespucci, at his best - but half seas o'er ...etc." inscribed verso 'Joseph Crawhall/ Newcastle-on-Tyne/ Jan 1879' with bearded man monogram (2) 31cm diameter Literature: Felver, C.S. 'Joseph Crawhall, The Newcastle Wood Engraver', published Frank Graham, Newcastle 1972 Note: Joseph Crawhall (1821-1896) was a distinguished English woodcut engraver. Copies of his most amusing verse were painted on china of which this lot is an example. Crawhill's work "carries the same freshness of co our and boldness and informality of touch that was so much a part of the work of William Nicholson and James Pryde, the Beggarstaff brothers, at the turn of the (20th) century. They in turn derived much of their inspiration for working in bold colours and broad lines from Joseph Crawhall. "In his work he often collaborated with his son Joseph, who in turn influenced and was influenced by his contemporaries E A Walton, George Henry, and the other Glasgow Boys.

* JOHN ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL SET OF SIX ARMCHAIRS, 1905 oak with leather upholstery, each with broad and curved back above open arms and upholstered panel seat on square tapered legs linked by stretchers (6) Note; John Archibald Campbell was born in Glasgow on 26 January 1859. In 1877 Campbell was articled to John Burnet Senior at the age of eighteen. There he was befriended by John James Burnet who returned from Pascal's atelier in Paris in the autumn of that year. In 1880 he followed Burnet to Pascal's atelier and was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He returned to the Burnet practice in 1883, and in 1886 the Burnets took him into partnership, the practice title becoming John Burnet, Son & Campbell. In the corner block on Hope Street and West George Street of 1902-3, Campbell demonstrated that he was more than equal to Burnet in the design of commercial buildings at that point in time, and as Burnet became increasingly preoccupied with his London practice from 1905 Campbell thereafter was rivalled only by James Miller and Burnet Boston & Carruthers as the leading designer of city office blocks in Glasgow. Apart from professional practice his main interests were travel and golf, for which, about 1903, he built a fine house, Brannochlie, at Bridge of Weir for himself and three other bachelor golfing friends. In 1904 he designed the Clubhouse for Ranfurly Castle Golf Club and the interior fixtures and fittings. The present five lots formed part of that scheme.

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (MANNER OF) BEDROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1920 overpainted wood and stained, mirrored and leaded glass, comprising a wardrobe, the overhanging cornice above central stained and leaded glass panel and six drawers flanked by two cupboard doors, 165cm wide; also a chest of drawers, the superstructure with open shelves and single cupboard door above an arrangement of seven drawers,122cm wide, 137cm high; a dressing table with tall central mirror and twin pedestals of two drawers with panelled door below, 94.5cm wide 176 high; and a matching double bed en suite,131 wide, 206 long (5) Literature; Billcliffe. Roger, 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs', Lutterworth Press, 1979, page 246, plate 1919.2 Note; Bears label inside wardrobe; "Designed by C.R. Mackintosh 1868-1928. In possession of W.P. Douglas Esq., who executed decorative work for C.R.M. Other examples of C.R.M's work may be seen at Glasgow University, School of Art etc. See "Charles Rennie Mackintosh" by Thomas Howarth/ Routledge, Kegan Paul, Ltd "

SIR ROBERT MATTHEW PAIR OF SIDE TABLES birch, each with rectangular tops above projecting supports (2) 91cm long, 61cm high, 52cm wide Provenance; Sir Robert Matthew and thence by descent Lyon & Turnbull Decorative Arts sale, November 3rd 2004 Note; Robert Matthew was brought up in Edinburgh, the son of John Matthew who was the partner of Sir Robert Lorimer (1864 - 1929) and who had built several buildings for the University of Edinburgh on their King's Buildings campus. Matthew was educated at Edinburgh College of Art and was apprenticed with his father's firm in the 1930s. In 1936 Matthew joined the Department of Health in Scotland, where he rose to become their Chief Architect by 1945. In 1946, he was appointed Architect to London County Council, but returned to Edinburgh to become the first Professor of Architecture at the University there (1953-1968). At this time he was responsible for advising the University on the redevelopment of George Square, together with designing of some of the buildings ( the David Hume Tower is one example). He established the architectural practice of Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (RMJM), with Sirrat Johnson-Marshall, in Edinburgh and London in 1956. The company now operates internationally, with more than 400 employees, and remains the largest architectural practice in the UK. The company has recently been involved in projects such as the Scottish Executive offices at Victoria Quay in Leith (1995), the Millenium Wheel, between the Union and Forth and Clyde Canals, (2002) and the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood (2003). Matthew is perhaps best known as the designer of London's Festival Hall and of Pakistan's new capital of Islamabad. He served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the International Union of Architects and the Commonwealth Association of Architects.

James Lawrence Isherwood F.R.S.A., F.I.A.L. (1917-1989), Portrait of L.S. Lowry, signed, oil on board, 40.5 x 30cm.; 16 x 12in. * Painter who was born and lived in Wigan, Lancashire, where he ran the Isherwood Gallery. Studied at Wigan School of Art (1934 - 53). Isherwood travelled extensively and had over 200 shows, including colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Churchill and Pembroke Colleges in Cambridge hold his work.

Tadeusz Was (1912-2005), "Holy Family", signed, mixed media, 44 x 36.5cm.; 17.5 x 14.5in. * Tadeusz trained at the Polish Institute of Fine Art, Krakow for five years before being conscripted into the Polish Army. Tadeusz taught art in Crewe for many years and set up a coalition of Artists known as Group Five who exhibited throughout the Northwest. A solo exhibition - 'Lost in Crewe' was held at the Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington in 1991 and an exhibition at the Portico Gallery, Manchester was very well received in June 30th, 2005.

James "Clock" Shaw, 19th/20th century, "Top of Bolton Street - Bury", signed, oil on board, 21 x 28cm.; 8.25 x 11in. * James "Clock" Shaw was a well known figure in Bury who was interested in art and drama. Early in his life he had connections with the woollen trade and his father was a draper with premises in the town centre near the 'Two Tubs' pub. He died in September 1915 and many of his paintings are exhibited in Bury Art Gallery.

Journal for the Use of Midshipmen, Entries by J. Frizelle, who served on HMS Ajax, Valiant and Vansittart, on 2nd June 1923 to the 20th September 1925.

THE LADY ALICE CHRISTABEL MONTAGU DOUGLAS SCOTT (1901-2004) Subsequently HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Flat Top Thorn Trees, between Isiolo and Arhcer's Post, Kenya watercolour, signed titled, attributed and dated (1933) on Walker Galleries, London labels verso original frame and mount A highly accomplished watercolourist who independently funded her frequent travels by selling her paintings at various Old Bond Street galleries prior to her marriage to the brother of HM King George VI and Edward VIII in 1935. Her work is included in numerous Royal Collections but rarely, if ever, appears at auction.

D H LAWRENCE "The Man Who Died", with illustrations drawn and engraved on the wood by John Farleigh, published by William Heinemann London 1935, marbled paper boards with tooled and gilded spine, with dust jacket (ILLUSTRATED)

FLEMING, Ian. For Your Eyes Only, 1st 1960, The Golden Gun, 1st 1965, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st 1962, d.w.'s, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, and You Only Live Twice, both volumes with pages cut (5)

A boxed Merrythought Mr Whoppit Limited Edition hand made Bear, who was the mascot of Donald Campbell, the holder of the world land-speed record

EDVARD ERIKSEN (DANISH 1876-1959). THE LITTLE MERMAID. Bronze and stone, signed and dated 1948, bronze 74cm high, overall 97cm high. Note: The Little Mermaid is the main character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name, written in 1836, which tells the story of a mermaid who was willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of the Carlsberg Brewery, saw the ballet of the story, with music composed by Fini Henriques, in 1909 and was so moved by it that he commissioned the sculptor Edvard Eriksen to create The Little Mermaid in bronze. She was modelled with the head of the prima ballerina Ellen Price but, because she refused to model in the nude, the body is that of Eriksen's wife, Eline. The statue was presented to Copenhagen by Jacobsen and was unveiled on 23rd August 1913 at Langelinie in Copenhagen Harbour. Since then she has become a symbol of Copenhagen and a major tourist attraction, as important to the Danes as the Eiffel Tower is to the French or Big Ben to the English. The statue being sold here is a two thirds size model of the original, cast in bronze and signed and dated 1948. Later reproductions sit on a bronze 'stone' but this Little Mermaid is one of the few which sits on a stone of the same colour, shape and type as that in Copenhagen Harbour. The father of the current vendors was a vineyard owner in South Africa who exported wine to a number of countries including Denmark. Due to exchange control regulations, his Danish agents, Cherry Heering, had difficulty obtaining foreign currency to pay for one post-war shipment. They proposed that the wine should be paid for by barter and arranged to purchase this model of the Little Mermaid from the sculptor and she was shipped to South Africa. She sat in pride of place at the end of the family's swimming pool in the Cape until the family returned to England in 1964.

PIETER TILLEMANS (FLEMISH 1684-1734). A GREY MARE AND A FOAL IN AN EXTENSIVE HILLY LANDSCAPE. Signed, oil on canvas. 172.7cm x 151.2cm (68in x 59.5in). Provenance:John Sheppard Esq, Campsey Ash High House. Note: Along with John Wootton and James Seymour, Peter Tillemans is one of the founding artists of the British Equestrian Painting School. Born in Antwerp and the son of a diamond cutter Tillemans studied under various artists but was chiefly influenced by the Flemish school of painting of Brueghel and David Teniers the Younger as opposed to the voluptuous Baroque style of Peter Paul Rubens. Tillemans moved to England in 1708, quickly becoming a prominent figure in the art and sporting circles. In 1711 he was among the group who met in Great Queen Street, in London, to form the first Academy of Art in the country. He was extensively patronised by the British aristocracy, including the Dukes of Bolton, Devonshire, Rutland and Somerset and the Earls of Derby and Portmore; he also acted as the drawing-master to Lord Byron's family. As exemplified in the present painting, Tillemans painted a series of very large and impressive horse 'portraits', which proved so popular that a series of engravings and mezzotints were created from them. These were an important step in the development of horse portraiture in England as little work had been done on Equine anatomy until then. Tillemans in particular insisted on depicting the subjects in these series of portraits in 'different actions and postures', as noted on the inscription for the first of these series. He treats his subject with much sensitivity and attention to detail. As one of England's foremost equine artists Tillemans worked at Newmarket, producing impressive compositions such as his 1722 large panoramic view of 'George I and his court on Newmarket Heath', 'Starting point of the Beacon Course at Newmarket' and 'End of the Beacon Course'. With Wootton and Seymour he led developments in English art which "show the first marriage of the topographical tradition of landscape with a sporting element"(Ellis Waterhouse, Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790, Baltimore, MD: Penguin, 1953, p. 215.)

Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842). The Bombardment of Algiers. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. 63cm x 75cm. In August 1816 the British Fleet under Lord Exmouth and a Dutch squadron attacked Algiers demanding the release of three thousand Christian slaves and the release of the British Consul who had been imprisoned by the Bey. In the action the Bey's fleet was destroyed and the harbour's fortifications largely destroyed. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

An exhibition quality 1/4 inch scale working model of the 1950's De Havilland Goblin 35 centrifugal-flow turbo Jet Engine, being the 'D H Vampire' power plant and built by Mr John Heeley from his own research with 16 combustion chambers and a turbine with 45 blades, generator and Heywood air intake, air compressor with 18 radial blades, Marshall cabin blower, gearbox, starter motor with clutch, fuel pump and control levers for fuel, oil pump and baffles. Engine diameter 12 inches. Length 24 inches including jet pipe. The engine comes with a set of build photographs in folder and was featured in the specialist publication 'Model Engineer' Vol. 200. No 4327 Illustrated on the front cover. Awards: This fine model was awarded a Silver medal at the 'Model Engineer Exhibition 2008' and a 1st Certificate at the 'National Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition 2008. Mr Heeley researched this engine with permission from the Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Collection at Newark, who have full size examples. The original engines were designed by Frank B Halford and built by de Havilland. Halford's design was based on the design pioneered by Sir Frank Whittle using a centrifugal compressor. When Sir Frank Whittle showed that jet propulsion was feasible, practical and logical, the main engine manufactures realised this was the power plant of the future. They set all the engine designers to work and eventually all produced a good working power plant. Some where better than others. One of the outstanding early ones was the de Havilland 'Ghost' Frank B Halford and his design team working for de Havilland aircraft company designed the first 'Jet' engine the H1 which was later named the 'Goblin'. It was a very successful unit and the DH 100 'Vampire' twin tail fighter was designed to use it. The Gloster aircraft company had built the F9/40 Meteor which was to be powered by two Whittle engines but these were delayed so two H1 engines were installed in the protype for its first test. The next generation of this engine was the H2 It was built in 1945 and became the 'Ghost' which was originally designed to power the DH 112 Venom. In the DH 100 Vampire it set a new height record. In the DH 108 Swallow it set a new speed record. In the DH 106 Comet it powered the worlds first jet airliner. And so this model illustrates a part of an impressive record of aviation firsts and developments in the use of jet engines in the aero industry.

Greyhound and coursing interest: a photograph by David Hedges of Lytham depicting "Messrs Fawcetts celebrated litter by Herschel out of Fair Future. 1893"-a handler stands on a driveway holding five greyhounds, titled and with dogs' names on the mount, 44 x 59cm in original oak frame. The Fawcetts bought Fair Future from their trainer Mr Wright, who bought her on a whim from a pub he happened to stay in, in Cumberland. Two of the litter did well for their owners in the Waterloo Cup, Fortuna Favente being runner up in 1895 and Fabulous Fortune winning in 1896. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.

WWI MC and pair, Military Cross in original box of issue, British War Medal and Victory Medals named to CAPT. V.G. GILBEY, together with companion set of miniatures, and an England Olympics Team 1912 embroidered shield shaped badge. (Parcel) Possibly V.G. Gilbey who won Silver at the 1904 Olympics as part of the Lacrosse team, and also took part in 1908. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.

Frank McFadden (b1972) ARR, 'The Man who Sold the World', Portrait head and shoulders, Signed pastel, 61x47cm

James Bond signed pictures: Aston Martin Volante in snowscape signed Timothy Dalton 525mm by 420mm, Timothy Dalton signed press photographs 410mm by 330mm and 305mm by 215mm; the Spy Who Loved Me 'An Uninvited Guest' print signed by Brian Sapsford and Barbara Munro (and a signed Barbara Munro photograph of herself signing the print) 750mm by 555mm, all framed and glazed (4)

People who work for us, three including The Milkman, Baker, Postman and Fisherman, seven others including Aeroplanes, The Train, and Lumbermen, colour lithographs printed by Macmillan circa 1930, by Fyffe, Milton, and Cowell - 41 x 52 cm (10) Condition Report: Condition A

Charles Johnson Payne called "Snaffles" (1884-1967). "Happy are they who Hunt for their Own Pleasure". Signed in pencil, with Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp within the margin of the image, inscribed with the title, published by Richard Wyman & Co Ltd 16 Bedford Street, Strand, London, printed in colours, 49cm by 73.5cm. See illustration

Helen Bradley M.B.E. (1900-1979). "Quick Children said Alice, I believe we are going to be caught in a shower, George & I have been with Alice to Marton Mill for Flour" (1970). Signed, inscribed with the fly symbol and dated 1970, pencil, watercolour and gouache heightened with white, 36.5cm by 54cm. Provenance: Unicorn Gallery, 1 Kings Court, Wilmslow. The picture is sold with a card written with the full title, date (1970) and the artist's biographical details. Born in Lees, near Oldham, started painting scenes of her childhood in her sixties. Her work became popular through reproduction in her books "And Miss Carter Wore Pink", "The Queen who Came to Tea", and "Miss Carter Came with Us". See illustration

David Bates (1840-1921). "The Brook, Lledr Valley". Signed and dated 1913, inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame and a further inscription and signature verso in the artist's own hand, oil on canvas, 46cm by 36cm. Provenance: Mandell's Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich, ref no 4080. A Midlands' artist who worked in Worcester, Birmingham and the Malvern Hills. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery. See illustration

Franz van Severdonck (1809-1889) Belgian. Sheep and Lambs with Ducks in the Foreground. Signed, signed and inscribed in the artist's own hand verso, oil on panel, 17.5cm by 24cm. One of the best known of the 19th Century artists who specialized in paintings of sheep. Works by Severdonck are in museum collections in Rouen and Eucarest. Provenance: Willow Gallery, Weybridge, Surrey, 30 Sept 1998, sold together with the original invoice and biographical cards. See illustration

Spanish Fighting Bull, 18 April 1879, head mount, on wood shield with painted decoration and inscription, 75cm from the wall See illustration. The inscription eludes to this being a five year bull who fought hard and bravely in the square of the city of Seville on 18th April 1879, where it killed seven horses and injured thirty-one men before being killed by the sword of the matador.

Lion (Felis leo), circa 1985, male, full mount, 294cm tip to tail, 149cm high, the base 95cm long, 68cm wide See illustration. Cites Annex B, with proof of legal import. Died of old age, probably in a zoo, in southern USA circa 1985. The huge mane and unmarked skin show that this animal did not live in the wild, and the short hair suggests that it lived in a hot client. The taxidermist affirmed he was never shot. This lion comes close to the largest lion ever recorded. The skin was originally acquired and mounted by taxidermist Frant Zitz of Rhinebeck, New York, who went on to exhibit it as a full mount taxidermy specimen at the Safari Convention in Reno, Nevada in 1990.

Attributed to Emile-Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (1841-1907): An Impressive Pair of French Gilt Bronze Figures of a Samurai and Bijin, circa 1875, he stands holding a fan, she holds a parasol and closed fan, upon shaped rectangular bases with foliate pierced apron and elephant mask inscrolled feet, overall brown patination with gilt highlights, 60.5cm by 63cm high See illustration. Emile-Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin was a leading sculptor of the period who often collaborated with furniture makers and designers. He was born in Paris, studied under his father, and was also a pupil of Salmson. He exhibited at the Salon from 1870 onwards and won an honourable mention in 1897. See Mackay (James): Western Sculptors in Bronze, page 172.

A Coalport Fruit Painted Cabinet Plate, Frederick Chivers, circa 1920-30, shaped circular, painted with a bunch of purple grapes, a peach and blackcurrants on a mossy and ivy clad bank, signed, within a broad midnight blue border enriched with gilt scrolls, dentil rim, blue printed crown mark, gilder's number 5351/R and impressed 18A23, 27cm diameter. Frederick Chivers (1881-1965) fruit and flower painter, who worked for the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company, but by 1906 worked at the Coalport Pottery specialising in fruit studies. The background on his work was achieved by working the ceramic colour with a matchstick, giving a stippled effect. For further details about this artist see Wilkinson (Vega) A Dictionary of Ceramic Artists, Landmark Publishing, p.44.

A George V Small Tripod Bowl, The Artificers' Guild Ltd, probably designed by Edward Spencer, London 1934, of hammered semi-ovoid shape with punched rim, with interlocked bud-like knees to the reeded and square section outswept short legs with rectangular pad feet, the base with stamped circular mark Edward Spencer, 5cm high, 8cm diameter, 151g, 4½oz See illustration. The Artificers Guild was founded in 1901 by Nelson Dawson who lived at Swan House, Chiswick Mall, London. In 1903 the Artificers Guild passed into the control of Montague E Fordham of Montague Fordham Ltd and his fellow directors. Edward Napier Hitchcock Spencer and Henry Franks Waring trading at the Montague Fordham Gallery, 9 Maddox Street, Regent Street, London, listed there from 1903-1906 as house jeweller and metalworker, and at The Artificers Guild's workshops, Oil Mill Lane, Hammersmith, London. The work of The Artificers Guild, much of it designed by Edward Spencer, extended to stained glass panels and objects in steel, wrought iron, silver, jewelled silver and jewellery.

Commander Horace Douglas Lascelles (1835 - 1869) - A 19th Century Royal Naval Officers sword with curved fullered blade with traces of decoration above knuckle guard with full anchor and folding section engraved 'The Honourable H. D. Lascelles, over wire bound fish skin grip and lions head pommel (a/f). *Born in Yorkshire the 7th son of Henry Lascelles 3rd Earl of Harwood, Horace Douglas entered the Royal Navy in 1848 and saw service in India, China and Africa. In 1860 he began service in Canada succeeding as commander of the gunboat Forward in 1861, conducting raids against coat Indians who terrorised settlers on Vancouver Island. A prominennt figure in Vancouver and its environs he was buried with full Naval ceremony at Esqumalt in 1869. A stained glass window in the church commemorates his life, as do a number of place names on the west coast of Canada.

John Homes Smith (b.1797) 'The Old Hall, Pepper Hill, Shropshire', watercolour, dated 1854, 17cm x 22.5cm Pepper Hill, near Boningale on the East Shropshire border was a home of the Talbot Earls of Shrewsbury. It was later sold to the Earl of Dartmouth who removed the well head to his seat at Patshull near Wolverhampton.

A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, 'The Old Woman who lived in a shoe knitting', height 8cms and a Royal Doulton Brambly Hedge figure, 'Clover', height 9cms

A pair of Austrian coloured earthenware tobacco jars, each formed as ladies (minus lids) in typical highlights with impressed numbers beneath, a bisque porcelain Pug dog entitled "Who said Kruger" and a miniature Staffordshire figure of Garibaldi, the latter 10cms. high. (4).

Beatles Interest-a black and white photograph signed verso by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison with an accompanying letter given to a gentleman at Parr Hall, Warrington who swapped the autographs for a painting. 13.5cms. by 9cms. See illustration on opposite page

Postcards:- An album containing various early 20c. and later cards, to include Felix the cat "Who tied the kettle to the old dog's tail", scenes top include the Hospice Hollywell, Chesterfield, Whitby, various comedy, war embroidered and other cards etc.

HOLLAND & HOLLAND. A LEATHER RIFLE CASE WITH CANVAS OUTER, missing internals, red baize lined interior, would adapt for a shotgun, with Holland & Holland trade label and instructional label for 'RIFLE NO. 31464', the lid exterior stamped '.240 D.B.' and marked with a monogrammed 'S' surmounted by a crown. Other Notes: The makers have kindly confirmed that rifle no. 31464 was completed as a .240 'Royal' hammerless ejector double rifle in 1948 for the Maharaja of Bikaner, who was one of the first Princes to accede to the Dominion of India, and he merged Bikaner into the United State of Greater Rajasthan in 1949.

J. FENTON, LONDON. A FINE CASED PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING TARGET PISTOLS, circa 1825-30, with 10in. browned twist rifled octagonal barrels signed 'I. FENTON. LONDON' in gold towards the breech, silver fore-sights, case-hardened recessed patent breeches (one with some pitting around the nipple) each engraved with scrollwork and a trophy, case-hardened tangs each incorporating the rear-sight and engraved with foliage and a further trophy, case-hardened flat bevelled bolted detented locks each signed 'J. FENTON' and profusely engraved with scrollwork, figured walnut half-stocks each with chequered flattened fish- tail butt, set triggers, engraved blued trigger-guards, case-hardened trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, silver fore-end caps each engraved with a spray of foliage, and original brass-mounted ramrods, one with worm, and much original finish, London proof mark, in fitted mahogany case (probably original) lined in green baize with accessories including brass-mounted copper three-way pistol-flask, iron pincer-type bullet mould and turnscrew set, the lid with trade label of Chas. Mc.Loughlin, Cheltenham (who probably retailed the pistols during their working life), the exterior with circular brass escutcheon.

* NEUMANN FRERES. A 7.62mm (NAGANT) NINE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, serial no. 2512, 10.5cm. barrel, fluted cylinder, the barrel, cylinder and frame each retaining some original blued finish (some surface discolouration), chequered hard rubber grips (one incomplete), with brown leather open-top holster with external ammunition pocket. Other Notes: The vendor informs us that his grandfather found this revolver in a forest in Germany during the First World War. He was a South African of German decent who happened to be in Germany on family business at the outbreak of the war. He was interned for 18 months but later released by the German authorities. It was not until 1920 that he was repatriated to South Africa. The postal bugle monogram was only used by Neumann Freres between 1893 and 1894.

WINCHESTER. A PRE-64 .30-06 (SPFLD) 'MODEL 70' BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 417774, circa 1957, 24in. blued barrel (proved in 2009), ramp-mounted bead fore-sight, dove-tailed single-leaf folding rear- sight, receiver mounted with a rail fitted with a Bushnell 'Banner' 4x telescopic sight, 14in. pistolgrip stock including 1in. ventilated rubber recoil pad, Monte Carlo comb, chequered grip and fore-end, the latter tapped for a bi-pod mount (some wear to external finish). Lots 1188-1195 are being offered for sale by the family of the late Peter Mann-Jones, a well-known and much respected Professional Hunter who spent the bulk of his career in Kenya and Tanzania. Peter was 'apprenticed' to the famous PH, Stan Laurence-Brown who worked over much of Eastern Africa during the first half of the Twentieth Century and learnt his profession well. Peter soon built a reputation amongst serious trophy hunters for his diligence, knowledge of, and respect for their quarry and his piloting skills; he normally flew clients to and from the camp during a typical five week safari. He was a scrupulous PH and survived being seriously mauled by lions on two occasions, having had to chase and dispatch the animals which had been wounded by his clients.

COLT SAUER. A .300 (WIN. MAG.) BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. CR3525, 23 3/4in. blued barrel signed 'COLTS PT.F.A. MFG. CO., HARTFORD, CT. U.S.A.', blued receiver marked 'COLT SAUER SPORTING RIFLE' and mounted with a Bushnell 'Banner' 4x telescopic sight in Weaver mounts, 13 1/2in. figured pistolgrip stock including 1in. ventilated rubber recoil pad, raised Monte Carlo comb, chequered grip and fore-end. Lots 1188-1195 are being offered for sale by the family of the late Peter Mann-Jones, a well-known and much respected Professional Hunter who spent the bulk of his career in Kenya and Tanzania. Peter was 'apprenticed' to the famous PH, Stan Laurence-Brown who worked over much of Eastern Africa during the first half of the Twentieth Century and learnt his profession well. Peter soon built a reputation amongst serious trophy hunters for his diligence, knowledge of, and respect for their quarry and his piloting skills; he normally flew clients to and from the camp during a typical five week safari. He was a scrupulous PH and survived being seriously mauled by lions on two occasions, having had to chase and dispatch the animals which had been wounded by his clients.

WINCHESTER. A PRE-64 .375 (H&H MAGNUM) 'MODEL 70' BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 445150, circa 1959, 25in. blued sighted barrel (proved in 2009), ramp-mounted bead fore-sight, block-mounted pivoting two-leaf rear-sight, blued receiver mounted with a Weaver K4-1 telescopic sight in Weaver mounts, 14in. highly figured pistolgrip stock including 1in. ventilated rubber recoil pad, raised Monte Carlo comb, the grip and fore-end each chequered within a shaped panel, the underside of the fore-end with the applied gold initials 'SP'. Lots 1188-1195 are being offered for sale by the family of the late Peter Mann-Jones, a well-known and much respected Professional Hunter who spent the bulk of his career in Kenya and Tanzania. Peter was 'apprenticed' to the famous PH, Stan Laurence-Brown who worked over much of Eastern Africa during the first half of the Twentieth Century and learnt his profession well. Peter soon built a reputation amongst serious trophy hunters for his diligence, knowledge of, and respect for their quarry and his piloting skills; he normally flew clients to and from the camp during a typical five week safari. He was a scrupulous PH and survived being seriously mauled by lions on two occasions, having had to chase and dispatch the animals which had been wounded by his clients.