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Click here to subscribeAutograph- Polar Exploration – August Peterman German polar explorer autograph letter signed dated Gotha September 24th 1860 introducing his friend Herr Bohm the famous flautist who wishes to obtain work : ‘...he had the honour of playing privately before Her Majesty and he is desirous of obtaining some engagements in private families for giving music lessons on the Piano...’
Ephemera – Reward Notice fine printed notice dated 1822 offering a 1000 pounds reward for the conviction of bank robbers who stole a large quantity of 5 pound notes drawn by Taylors and Lloyds Bankers of Birmingham (the original firm which is today Lloyds TSB) with a list of all the banknote numbers stolen. Printed on one side of a leaf of paper approx 17 x10 ins fine condition
Hitler The Maximilinaeum (now Bavarian Parliament) – view with bridge in foreground signed ‘A.H. 1914’ to bottom right hand corner pen and sepia ink and wash approx size 9 1/2cm x 13 1/2 cm framed and glazed. Provenance: Lot 869 in Phillips Sale at Blenstock House ‘Memorabilia from the Two World Wars’ June 6th 1985 accompanied by photocopy of a letter from Prof Ernst Wilkinghoff of Munich dated May 3rd 1962 stating that this item is part of the picture collection of Frau Helen Schweiger a waitress who received them as payment in hand and that they date from the Munich period between 1913 and 1914 ‘Hitler sold such pictures at this time in beer cellars and earned his living thereby. Frau Schwaiger had obtained all the pictures by giving him food without payment while she was a waitress...’
WWI Biographies. The Bond of Sacrifice, A Biographical Record of All British Officers Who Fell in The Great War, vols. 1 & 2 only, August 1914 to June 1915, [1916], double-column text throughout with vign. portraits from b&w photos, near-matching orig. half morocco/cloth over buckram boards, both rubbed and leather spine to vol. 1, slightly frayed at head, folio, together with Graham (Dom Lucius), Downside & The War 1914-1919 ..., 1st ed., 1925, colour frontis., b&w portrait, illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. burgundy half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other public school rolls of honour relating to the first world war, including Cheltenham College, Tonbridge, Wellington College, Merchant Taylor’s School, Rugby School, Marlborough College, Dulwich College, Harrow School, Mill Hill School, Eton and Winchester, mostly orig. cloth, some rubbed and soiled, and 4-vol. Winchester set damp-damaged (37)
* Royal Presentation Sword from HRH Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) to General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC. A General Officer’s pattern mameluke style presentation sword, the 83cm (32ins) curved unfullered blade by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall, London, etched on upper side “FROM H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., G.C.S.I. INDIA 1875-76” and on the other side “TO MAJOR GENERAL SIR DIGHTON PROBYN, KC.S.I., C.B., V.C.” above the arms of the Prince of Wales with his initials AE and beneath those the monogram DMP, the blade numbered on the back 19814, the hilt is of heavy quality cast brass with applied silver devices of the Prince of Wales crest on the front langet and his initials AE on the other, the grips are of ivory fastened by engraved gilt bolts. The scabbard is of plated steel with three ornate cast gilt brass mounts, the upper two mounted with silver devices in the form of the Prince’s arms on the upper side and on the other the badge of the Order of the Star of India. The sword retains its original gilt and red sword knot and a black oil cloth outer carrying case lined with chamois leather. The sword is in excellent general condition: there is some light pitting to the scabbard and three small fixing screws are missing from the scabbard mounts. Although a sword similar to the standard military pattern for a General Officer this one is of superior quality and far more decorative, specially commissioned by the Prince of Wales (later to be King Edward VII) for presentation to Probyn after he had accompanied the Prince on his Royal Tour of India in 1875-76. Dighton Macnaughtan Probyn was born in 1833 and, after early service on the Trans-Indus Frontier he served in the 2nd Punjab Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny. He distinguished himself for gallantry throughout the campaign but especially at the battle of Agra where he led an important cavalry charge. The despatch mentioned “only a few of the gallant deeds of this brave young officer” for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. After assuming command of the cavalry regiment which adopted his name (Probyn’s Horse) he commanded the 1st Sikh Irregular Horse in China in 1860 and was in the Umbeyla Campaign of 1863. His close royal connections continued and Probyn was variously Equerry, Comptroller and Treasurer of the Prince of Wales’ Household and, after the death of Edward VII, Comptroller of the Household for the widowed Queen Alexandra at Sandringham. Mentions of Probyn will be found in Recollections of My Life by Surgeon General Sir Joseph Fayrer [William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1900] who was also in the Prince’s suite on his India tour. Together with Sir Sam Browne they were knighted by the Prince at a Chapter of the Order of the Star of India at Allahabad in March 1876. The appearance of Probyn’s knighthood on the sword indicates that it may have been presented on that occasion or shortly afterwards. His spectacular group of decorations and medals was sold at auction in London in 2005. This unique sword is a magnificent royal token of affection and respect for a gallant soldier whose services have long been recognised in both Britain and the sub-continent. The name of his regiment, Probyn’s Horse, still survives in the title of the senior cavalry regiment in the present day Army of Pakistan. (1)
* Crimean War. Four pen & ink drawings, indistinctly signed, c.1856, circular pen and ink drawings on linen, initialled and signed in lower right corner, slight staining, each with approx. diameter of 175mm (7 inches), framed mounted and glazed. The images show a British Guardsman on sentry duty, a rifleman taking aim in a trench, two mounted fusiliers engaging the enemy and two resting cavalrymen with their horses. The signature appears to be Russian. It is possible that the sketches were made by a Russian officer who was a prisoner of war and made the drawings whilst being held in the British camp. (4)
* WWI - Prisoners of War. A postcard album containing 179 corner-mounted postcards, mostly c. 1916-18, compiled by Thomas Ennis Matthews of the Border Regiment and dated 1st September 1916 at Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland, a total of approx. seventy real photo postcards, the majority relating to the prisoner of war camp for British captives from Germany, including photos of the bookbinder’s shop, General Pao, Mr Sutherland’s rest, distribution of the ribbon of the 1914 star, the hospital, inspection by General Sir John Hanbury-Williams, arrival of men from Germany December 1917, funeral of General Granet in Berne, interned officers and allied wreaths, British interned gymnastic team and a boxer, the “Irish” footer team (mostly composed of Scotsmen & Cockneys!), the British interned Variety Company, plus ‘artistes’, the Presbyterian Church choir, the marriage of Lance Corporal Sykes, Burthod Band, and others related including funeral of Sergeant Whittington (Royal Irish Rifles), funerals of the Ghurka Redarrah Singh and Perthby Singh, Bairnsfather’s ‘Ole Bill’, plus various portraits of soldiers including two soldiers in gas masks, Scottish regiments and the final leaf with three group portraits of men who held the Menin Gate at Ypres 1914 (creased), Old Contemptibles and one of Matthews’s regiment with a cross identifying himself and a note at foot dated on Armistice Day that he is the only one alive from the above group, the remaining cards including sixteen greeting card silks, plus Bairnsfather cartoons, French and Swiss views, etc., and many franked plain postcards in English and French sent to Matthews, hinges crudely repaired with sellotape, contemp. dec. cloth, frayed, folio, together with a group of approx. 130 postcards, mostly European views, some postally unused but the majority addressed to Thomas Matthews in Charlton on Medlock, Manchester, in the 1920s, plus one original issue of the Swiss Illustrated and English Herald, 2nd December 1916. A remarkable record of this prisoner of war camp in the district of Pays-d’Enhaut, now more famous for skiing and hot air ballooning. (approx. 300)
Bell (William). Narrative of the Entrance of the ‘Conch’ at Port Natal with Troops, to Relieve Captain Smith, when Blockaded by the Boers, in June 1842, by William Bell, who Commanded the ‘Conch’, and Late Port Captain at Port Natal, with an Introduction and Notes, 1st ed., Adams & Co., Durban & P. Davis & Sons, Maritzburg, 1869, 24 pp., a little spotting, orig. printed wrappers, contemp. ownership inscription to upper wrapper, ‘EPT Goldsmith, L/XX Regt. Natal, 22nd Sept.’, covers detached and both with sl. chipped and soiled, slim 12mo. No other copies of this original edition have been traced though a facsimile reprint of 100 copies was published in 1988 by Africana Book Collectors, Pieter Maritzburg. Captain George Durnford was in command of a company of the 27th Foot which went to the assistance of the British garrison besieged by rebellious Dutch trekboers at Port Natal in June 1842. The result of this conflict was the end of the Boer Republic of Natalia and the final annexation by Britain of Natal to the Cape Colony followed in 1844. Edward Primrose Tregurtha Goldsmith (born 1842 in Sutton, Lincolnshire, and died 1901 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) was created an ensign in the 20th (the East Devonshire) Foot (London Gazette, 11th February 1862). (1)
MICHAEL CASSON, LARGE STONEWARE JUG, LATE 20TH CENTURY, saltglazed, impressed seal mark, 39cm high, Literature: Cooper, Emmanuel, Obituary, Independant newspaper, 17th December 2003. Note: Michael Casson (1925-2003) was one of the pioneers in the renaissance of studio pottery in the post-war period, a greatly respected and a charismatic teacher and educator who influenced several generations of potters. After reading Bernard Leach`s 1940 `A Potter`s Book`, Casson responded positively to its concept of unity and wholeness, and its advocacy of functional and individual wares. Together with his wife, Sheila, he sought to put Leach`s ideas into practice.
SIR ROBERT LORIMER, FORMAKIN HOUSE, BISHOPTON, drawings for a window, signed and dated `May 1911`, pencil and watercolour, 50cm x 53cm (19.5in x 21in) and another by the architect studio, of a plan for Formakin House (2), Literature: Myers, Mary Country Life Article, 5th August 1999 Volume: CXCIII, Note: Formakin lies twenty miles to the west of Glasgow, in rolling countryside above the River Clyde, a seemingly immaculate example of 17th-century design, but infact designed by the eminent Arts & Crafts architect and designer Sir Robert Lorimer between 1903-11. The house was commissioned by the son of a Lanark cotton manufacturer, John Augustus Holms, who had made his fortune on the Glasgow Stock Exchange during the city`s late-Victorian golden age. Holms took his time realising his dream project and work didn`t start on the house until 1912. Lorimer called the house the best 17th century he had ever done. The Z-plan mansion with red sandstone dressings and stone-slabbed roof has two-stories rising to four with turret stairs, a hall with minstrels` gallery and magnificent fireplace and decorative dormer heads and other detailing derived from Kellie Castle in Fife and Edzell Castle in Angus. The following year Holms fell into financial difficulties and the project was abandoned. Holms died with massive debts in 1938 and by the 1970s every building at Formakin was abandoned and the gardens were a wilderness. It was not until the 1980s that Formakin`s future was assured when the developer Kit Martin restored and converted the house and outbuildingsinto homes. The current lot comprises a sheet drawings for a mullioned window, with some alterations and annotations, possibly by Lorimer himself and a second sheet, presumably drawn by Lorimer`s office, of the Formakin Hunt Stables drain plan.
MARY J. NEWILL, `THE HOUSE OF HOLINESS` AND `THE WANDERING WOOD`, EMBROIDERED PANELS, each worked in coloured silks and applied fabric panels on an unbleached linen ground, one inscribed `Una and The Red Cross Knight` and `The House of Holiness; the other panel inscribed `The Wandering Wood`, each framed and glazed, lot also includes The Studio Yearbook 1899-1900 (3), 178cm x 91cm, Literature: The Studio Yearbook 1899-1900, pages 186-188 and illustrated page190, Exhibited: Exposition Universelle et Internationale`, Paris 1901. Note: According to the The Studio magazine this pair of embroidered panels constitutes the most elaborate portions of a series for the decoration of a dining room. The panels represent scenes from Spencer`s `Faerie Queen` and were a technical departure for Newill who wished to `emulate the effect of Japanese prints` and `turning her hand to applique`. The fact that she was satisfied with the results of this `experiment` is certain as the panels were exhibited at the `Exposition Universelle et Internationale` in Paris in 1901 as part of a display by the Bromsgrove Guild. Newill was born in 1860 and studied at the Birmingham School of Art, becoming an illustrator, stained glass designer and embroiderer, exhibiting most notably at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. She subsequently taught needlework at the School from 1892 until 1919, apart from a brief period at the turn of the century when she went to Florence to study tempera painting, just after the article mentioned above appeared The Studio. By 1906 Newill had her own studio in Great Western Buildings, Livery Street, Birmingham. She was a member of the Birmingham Group, the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and the Bromsgrove Guild. A series of embroidered panels for reredos designed by her were exhibited at the fifth exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1896. She sometimes collaborated with the Bromsgrove Guild members Miss Talbot, Miss Bloxeidge, Miss Deakin and Miss Holdern, in executing large embroidered panels and a portion of bed hangings designed by May Morris, and worked by her and Newill is illustrated in `The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art` 1917 (p.107). .For her illustrations, she worked either in wash, or in a technique designed to simulate woodcuts and her work is often likened to that of Edward Burne Jones. Her embroidery work however, although having elements that link it to her illustration work, tends to have reference points outside the genre of illustration. Walter Crane admired particularly her ornamental rendering of landscape, and discussed it in his writings on the decorative use of ornament.
WILLIAM LEE HANKEY RWS,RI,ROI,RE (British 1869-1952) Le Cour Grasse Oil on canvas, titled verso, signed 62cm x 75cm Note : Born in Chester and studied his craft at the Chester School of Art under Walter Schroeder, the Royal College of Art and later in Paris where he became influenced by the work of Jules Bastien-Lepage, who also favoured rustic scenes depicted in a realistic but sentimental style. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896 and was President of the Royal Sketch Club from 1902 to 1904. . He stayed in France in the early 1900s, painting many of his works in Brittany, Normandy and the Cote d`Azure.
LECKIE EWING (Scottish fl 1890-1910) aka James Grant Leckie Ewing The Antique Shop, St Andrews Watercolour, signed "Leckie Ewing" Titled verso but only visible after removing the frame. 38 x 28cm (15 x 11 inches) Note : A watercolourist who specialized in scenes of St Andrews most dating from around 1905. Six of Leckie Ewing`s small St Andrews watercolours were sold by Sotheby`s (London) on 10th July 1998 averaging prices of £1900.
JAMES HENDERSON (Scottish 1908-) At Eyemouth Watercolour, signed `J Henderson` (lower right) 32.5 x 37cm (12 13/16 x 14 9/16in). Note : Born North Berwick and studied at Edinburgh College of Art under Gillies where he met the artist Nan Fergusson (1910-1984) who he later married. Awarded travelling scholarships to France and Italy. Painted with Nan and her mother, Chris J Fergusson (1876-1957), in Eyemouth and Berwickshire in the 1930`s. Head of Art at Galashiels Academy 1938-49 and George Watson`s Edinburgh 1949-67. Provenance : With Bourne Fine Art.
JOHN MAXWELL RSA (Scottish 1905-1962) Male Figure Pen and watercolour, signed 43cm x 30cm Note : Born in Dalbeattie in Kirkcudbrightshire, Maxwell studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1921 to 1927 and then, with the aid of a travelling scholarship, from 1927 to 1928 at the Académie Moderne in Paris under Léger and Ozenfant. He also travelled to Italy and Spain during this period, where he discovered the work of Chagall and the Symbolists. These experiences influenced his work for the remainder of his career. Maxwell was a lifelong friend of William Gillies with whom he frequently travelled on painting trips. Along with Gillies, he was one of the group of artists who became known as The Edinburgh School. Maxwell taught intermittently at Edinburgh College of Art from 1928 to 1933, 1935 to 1946, and 1955 to 1961. He first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1935 and became a full member in 1949.
DONALD BAIN (Scottish 1904-1979) Abstract Head Watercolour, signed 38 x 27 cm Note : Born in Kilmacolm (Inverclyde), the son of a textile designer, Bain moved with his family to England. His art teacher was William York MacGregor (1855-1923), one of the Glasgow Boys, who introduced Bain to the work of the Scottish Colourists. Bain was particularly associated with J.D. Fergusson (1874-1961) and was involved with the New Scottish Group from its inception in 1942. He worked in France after the Second World War, but settled in Glasgow in 1948. His work remained largely unknown until a major touring exhibition in 1972-73.
KEITH VAUGHAN CBE (British 1912-1977) Two Figures gouache and watercolour, signed 24cm x 18cm Note : Painter of figures and landscapes in oils and gouache. Born in Sussex, he was self-taught as an artist and from 1931 to 1938 worked for the advertising agency Lintas, painting in his spare time. During the war his work was bought by WAAC and he met, and was influenced by, Sutherland, as well as Minton, Craxton and Colquhoun. In 1946 he shared a house with Minton who introduced him to Duncan Macdonald at the Lefevre Gallery and to William Johnstone. He travelled extensively throughout his life. His first solo exhibition was at the Reid and Lefevre Gallery in 1944, where he continued to exhibit until 1952, thereafter showing at leading London galleries, in the provinces and abroad. Retrospective exhibitions include those at the Whitechapel in 1962, and the University of York in 1970. He was represented in many group exhibitions and is in many public collections including the Tate Gallery. He taught at Camberwell 1946-8, the Central School., 1948-1957, and the Slade School from 1959. In 1959 he was Resident Painter, State University of Iowa. He served on the Arts Council Advisory Panel, became an Honorary Fellow of the RAC in 1964, and CBE in 1965. Commission include murals for the Festival of Britain, 1951, and a series of lithographs for Une Saison en Enfer. The main subject of his work was the male nude in landscape. Early influences were those of Cezanne and the English neo-romantics. Later work achieved an integration of figurative subject and liberated colour and form, reflecting his admiration for de Stael and Matisse.
A Ghurkha Ceremonial Kukri, curved blade, 10 ½”, wooden grip with two small knives, white metal mounted plush sheath, bought at a Ghurka Charity Auction in 1992 with relevant newspaper article and coloured photo; plus coloured photograph of Captain Rambahadur Limbu VC, signed by him and further signed by two Ghurkha Captains who attended the Charity Auction
British Provincial, Berkshire, Abingdon, Abingdon Bank, Five Pounds, 31 March 1845, no. 11363, for Knapp & Co, signed by Henry Knapp (Outing 20D; Grant 18). Hole on left side, other small holes and lower edge worn with short tears, otherwise very good Knapp, Tomkins & Goodall, later Knapp & Co, established the Abingdon & Wantage Bank in 1801. The partnership was headed by Henry Knapp ( 1825, aged 69), a former grocer of Northcourt, who served as town mayor in 1805 and 1813. His sons Tyrrell and Henry succeeded him in the business but the bank failed in 1847. The authorised circulation in 1844 was £29,316
British Provincial, Berkshire, Reading, Reading Bank, Promise to pay to Mr Newman Ten Pounds, 1 January 1800, no. 6695, for Sir Charles Marsh and Henry Deane Esq, signed by Charles Marsh (Outing 1768A; Grant 2370). Hole on left side and many other smaller holes and splits, otherwise good to very good The Berkshire & Reading Bank, a partnership between Sir Charles Marsh (1735-1805), Henry Deane (1743-99) and Eyre Evans Crowe ( 1804), opened on 1 September 1788. Marsh was a former army officer who had served in the 84th Foot under Sir Eyre Coote in India and had been knighted for his services in raising a regiment of volunteers in the county. Henry Deane was the son of a partner in the town’s pre-eminent Castle Brewery and was thrice mayor between 1782 and 1794; Crowe, a cousin of Eyre Coote who had also served in the 84th, was a dealer and chapman who lived at Sindlesham Lodge. Crowe became bankrupt in 1798 and resigned from the bank, while, on the death of Henry Deane, his son, Henry Boyle Dean, allowed his father’s capital to remain in the bank. By 1803 the bank’s losses, which had been building up over the years, began to soar and the new management put in place after the death of Marsh in 1805 was unable to halt the problem. The Napoleonic wars and the concurrent boost to business stayed the situation but a number of outside factors during 1814, including a disastrous corn harvest, meant that Reading’s trade was so depressed that creditors were forced to call in their loans. The situation was not helped when a coach returning from London with £6,000-worth of the bank’s notes on 1 December 1814 was hijacked and about £700-worth were exchanged before payment could be stopped. On 5 January 1815 the bank’s doors in Friar street were closed for the last time. Sold with a copy of ÔThe Earliest Reading Bank: Marsh, Deane & Co, 1788-1815’ by T.A.B. Corley (Berkshire Archaeological Journal, vol. 66, pp.121-8)
British Provincial, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Wisbech & Lincolnshire Bank, Five Pounds, 3 September 1889, W 8369, for Gurney, Birkbeck, Peckovers & Buxton, signed by Algernon Peckover (Outing 2382Q; Grant 3252). Signature cut-cancelled, a few numbers on front, stamps and endorsements on back and a few pinholes, otherwise very fine The Wisbech & Lincolnshire Bank was established by the Quaker grocer Jonathan Peckover (1755-1833), who settled in Wisbech in 1777 and entered into partnership with the Gurneys, another Quaker family from Norwich, in 1782. From 1794 the bank was located at Bank (now Peckover) House, but moved to 12 Old Market in 1878. The signatory, Algernon Peckover, died in 1893 and the bank was taken over by Barclays in 1896
British Provincial, Devon, Axminster, The Dorsetshire Bank, Five Pounds, 5 December 1889, X 3490, for Robert Williams, Robert Williams Junior, Reginald Thornton, Cam Sykes, Reginald Douglas Thornton and Herbert Scott Williams, signed by C. Sykes (Outing 705; cf. Grant 1041C). Two inked numbers at top left and pinholes, otherwise about good very fine, rare Engraved by C. Skipper & East. Of the partners in the bank, Robert Williams (1811-90), MP for Dorchester 1835-41, lived at Bridehead House, Dorchester, as did his son, Robert Williams Jr, later Sir Robert Williams, 1st Bt, of Bridehead (1848-1943), who was the bank’s treasurer and served as the Conservative MP for West Dorset from 1895 to 1922. Reginald Thornton ( August 1895, aged 73), served in the Bengal Civil Service but was invalided home prior to the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and lived at Birkin House, Dorchester; Cam Sykes was a magistrate at Weymouth; Reginald Douglas Thornton lived at Shirley House, Dorchester; and Herbert Scott Williams (1860-1942), who played cricket for Middlesex CC, lived at Stinford. The bank became part of the Wiltshire & Dorsetshire Banking Co Ltd in 1897
British Provincial, Devon, Dartmouth, Dartmouth General Bank, Five Pounds, 24 September 1818, B 1384, for John Hine & Henry J. Holdsworth, signed by John Hine (Outing 639B; Grant 957A). Good fine The Dartmouth General Bank was founded in 1808 by Charles Bulteel, a local merchant. It was located above the Kings Arms tavern, at what is now the junction of Raleigh road and Lower street. One of its earliest accounts was that of Dartmouth Corporation, then controlled by the Holdsworth family. Following a technical bankruptcy order in July 1810, the management of the bank was reconstituted as a partnership between the Hine and Holdsworth families. The notes were printed on paper produced at the Warfleet paper mill in Dartmouth, owned by Arthur Howe Holdsworth, head of the family. Arthur’s brother, Henry Joseph Holdsworth (1785-1823), was the active partner in the bank, along with John Hine Sr ( March 1824), who was engaged in the Newfoundland fishery trade. The death of Holdsworth in June 1823 prompted an internal investigation into the bank’s affairs which subsequently showed that it must have been insolvent for some time, but strenuous efforts were made to keep a lid on the situation and it was not until five days before Hine’s death that the bank stopped payment. The full story of the subsequent court cases to resolve the bank’s fate is related by I.H. Smart (Dartmouth Industry and Banking, the story from 1795 to 1925, pp.11-16)
British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, Exeter Bank, One Pound, 10 July 1809, W 118, for Sir John Duntze Bart, Sanders, Hamilton & Co, signed by E.L. Sanders (Outing 755B; Grant 1110). Trimmed and pinholes, otherwise very good The Exeter Bank, the first such institution in the city, was established in Cathedral yard on 9 July 1769 as Duntze & Co by Sir John Duntze, 1st Bt (c.1735-95), an Exeter woollen merchant who was elected MP for Tiverton in 1768. His partners in the venture were William Mackworth Praed (1749-84), Joseph Sanders ( 1819) and Daniel Hamilton ( 1810). Duntze was succeeded by Sir John Duntze Duntze, 2nd Bt (c.1765-1830). The signatory of the note, Edward Lloyd Sanders ( 1839), son of Joseph Sanders, was admitted to the partnership in 1810; an oil portrait of him is in the National Westminster Bank archives. The bank was amalgamated with the City Bank in 1901 and after further takeovers became part of National Provincial Bank in 1918 and then NatWest
British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, Exeter Bank, Five Pounds, 1 October 1896, V 3262, on watermarked paper for Edward Andrew Sanders, Edward James Sanders, Arthur Melville Hood Walrond & Hugh Henry John Williams Drummond, signed by Hugh Drummond (Outing 755; Grant 1110). Signature crossed through and ÔCancelled’ written at lower right, otherwise good very fine, rare Edward James Sanders (1852-1904), who lived at Stoke House, Heavitree, was a former treasurer and secretary of Devon County Cricket Club who took two amateur Devon teams on two very successful tours to the USA in 1885 and 1886. Arthur Melville Hood Walrond (1861-1946), a former sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy who lived at Broadclyst and later Pinhoe, became a partner in the bank in 1888; he was the youngest son of Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Bt (1818-89), MP for Tiverton 1865-8. Brigadier-General Sir Hugh Henry John Drummond, 1st Bt, CMG (1859-1924), of Bryanston square, London, was associated with the bank from 1893 until its takeover in 1902. He was appointed chairman of the London & South Western Railway in 1911 (having been a director since 1900) and was the first chairman of the Southern Railway in 1923, dying in office
British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, City Bank, Five Pounds, 21 January 1888, D 578, for John Milford, Thomas Maitland Snow and Thomas Snow, signed by Thomas Snow (Outing 757G; Grant 1113). Signature crossed through and ÔCancelled’ written across front, small holes on left side, otherwise very fine, rare The City Bank, the third such institution to open in Exeter, was founded in 1786 by Samuel Milford ( January 1800, aged 63), a serge and woollen merchant, and Richard Hall Clarke. In 1800 the bank suffered a serious robbery and payments were suspended for two months. When the bank reopened, Milford’s nephew, Samuel (1761-1829) led the newly reconstituted partnership until his death and the partners at the time of the issue of this note were John Milford, Thomas Maitland Snow (1817-99), of Cleve House, Exeter, mayor in 1863, and Thomas Snow (b. 1852), his son, who was mayor in 1889. The bank amalgamated with their city rivals, Sanders & Co, in 1901
British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, General Bank, One Pound, 7 October 1822, no. 685, for Thomas, Joseph & George Sparkes, signed by George Sparkes (Outing 758D; Grant 1128). Worn edges and pinholes, otherwise about fine, scarce The fourth bank to open in Exeter was the General Bank, a Quaker partnership between Joshua Williams, his son, also named Joshua, Robert Cross and Thomas Sparkes. Initially located in Fore street and then at South street near the wool market, it opened for business in 1792. When the Devonshire Bank closed in the city’s financial crisis in 1810, the General moved into its former premises. Thomas Sparkes’ sons Joseph and George ( 1824, aged 54), later joined the partnership and it was Joseph who built the city’s Pennsylvania Park, hence the vignette of William Penn on the notes, engraved by Perkins, Fairman & Heath. Joseph closed the bank in 1836 and the business was acquired by the joint-stock Devon & Cornwall Banking Co which was taken over by Lloyds in 1906
British Provincial, Dorset, Wimborne, Wimborne, Poole & Blandford Bank, One Pound, 5 October 1817, no. 515, for William Fryer, Edwin Andrews, John Fryer & Isaac Fryer, signed by John Fryer (Outing 2361H; Grant 3216). Ragged edges, tiny holes and splits in body, otherwise intact, good to very good The bank was established in Wimborne by John Fryer, John Andrews and William Woolfry by 1790, and had a branch at Poole. It was acquired by the National Provincial bank in 1840. Fryer’s son, William Fryer ( March 1834, aged 64), became the senior partner and it was he who played a large role in financing the Dorset merchants, shipowners and planters associated with the Newfoundland trade. His eldest son, John ( October 1854, aged 57), is the signatory on the note
British Provincial, Lancashire, Rochdale, Rochdale Bank, Five Pounds, 4 May 1863, no. 8402, for Clement Royds & Co, signed by William Royds (Outing 1807F; Grant 2436B). Toned around borders, probably from framing, otherwise good very fine to extremely fine, scarce Printed by Rowe, Kentish & Co. The business was sold by Clement Molyneux Royds, grandson of Clement Royds ( 1854), who acquired the bank in 1827, to the Manchester & Salford Bank in 1881 for £43,000; subsequently it became Williams Deacons bank Ltd and later part of Royal Bank of Scotland
British Provincial, Staffordshire, Tamworth, Tamworth Old Bank, One Pound, 1 June 1818, E 9418, for Harding, Oakes and Willington, signed by James Harding (Outing 2131A; Grant 2877). Pinholes, otherwise good fine The partners in the bank, established in 1796, were Samuel Tuffley Harding, who made his fortune from calico printing, Charles Oakes, the town clerk, and Thomas Willington, a solicitor. It failed in April 1819 and some of its assets were acquired by Sir Robert Peel (1750-1830), the textile manufacturer who had co-issued silver tokens with Charles Harding in nearby Fazeley in 1811
British Provincial, Wiltshire, Marlborough, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Five Pounds, 11 October 1817, no. 19304, for King, Gosling & Tanner, signed by John Gosling (Outing 1404E; Grant 1923C). Pinholes, trimmed and a piece missing from lower left corner, otherwise very good, scarce The Marlborough Old Bank, founded in 1791, was reconstituted on 1 January 1811 as a partnership between Stephen King, who lived at Overton, John Gosling ( 1839, aged 75), William Tanner ( 1847), of Blackland House, near Calne and Robert Griffiths, a solicitor in Marlborough. They issued a number of shilling and sixpence tokens dated 1811. The bank had ceased to exist by 1853
ZENITH-an 18k gold manual wind chronometer gentleman`s wrist watch circa 1948, the silvered dial with hourly applied pyramid shaped markers with quarterly applied Roman numerals and outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial positioned at six o`clock, round case fitted to an associated black mock lizard strap, with a signed seventeen jewel movement numbered 2583753, serial number 422997. Case diameter 33mm. With original box and papers. Zenith wrist watch, manual wind, movement is currently functioning, dial has some small marks, hands are very slightly tarnished, glass is lightly scratched, these scratches could possibly be polished out as glass is plexi, case and lugs are scratched and scuffed as a result of general wear, bezel has a small dint between one and two o` clock. Associated strap shows little `if any` wear, gold plated pin buckle has some small scratches. Together with original and authentic box, original chronometer certificate ("Bureaux Officiels de Conrole de la marche des montres"-meaning official Watch Rating Centres who test the movements submitted by manufacturers) and guarantee certificate dated 22/10/1948. Fellows & Sons do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any watches sold.
* Rowlandson (Thomas). A Trip to Gretna Green, pub. T.Rowlandson October 25th 1811, etching with original hand colouring, occ. spotting, two marginal closed tears, repaired, 345 x 230mm (13.5 x 9 inches), framed, mounted and glazed. A pretty young girl and an army officer are married in the open air outside the Blacksmith’s shop at Gretna Green. The elderly snaggle-toothed presiding cleric with wig askew, pince-nez and frayed top coat is in direct contrast to the very handsome couple. The drama is witnessed by a grinning coachman, who is possibly a faithful servant who has driven the eloping couple to this hurried matrimonial rendezvous. (1)
Carington Bowles (publisher). The Appointment Overheard and Prevented, pub. 12th May 1772, ‘droll’ mezzotint with orig. hand col., 350 x 250mm, framed and glazed. A satirical print of a foppish ‘Macaroni’ or dandy, dressed in a fancy waistcoat and ridiculous wig, arranging an assignation with a rather vacant if fashionable young lady who wears a matching highly ornate wig and bonnet. A French poodle yaps at the Macaroni’s feet and a servant can be seen listening to the conversation. The Macaroni affected and copied the highly ornate and often effeminate style of dress which was fashionable in France and Italy at the time. Naturally they provided easy satirical subjects for the caricaturists and cartoonists of the day. (1)
* Bodenehr (Gabriel). Franciscus I, Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus, Augsburg, Johann Daniel Herz, n.d., c. 1765, uncoloured mezzotint, on laid paper, some light surface stains and soiling, with margins, plate size 395 x 275mm, together with Ferdinand Albrecht, Herzog von Braunsch. und Lunaeburg, 1679, uncoloured mezzotint on laid paper, margins trimmed, some waterstains and surface marks, plate size 530 x 395mm. A portrait of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, who married Maria Theresa, the daughter of Emperor Charles VI, in 1736. (2)
* Faber (John 1695-1756). Mary Tofts of Godelman the pretended Rabbit Breeder, n.d., c. 1726, mezzotint on laid after John Laguerre, thread margins, 355 x 255mm. Mary Tofts was an English woman from Godalming in Surrey who created one of the great medical scandals of her day. Having miscarried, she then claimed to be able to give birth to parts of animals, especially rabbits. A local doctor called John Howard was called to investigate and upon delivering several animal parts summoned other physicians. The matter come to the attention of Nathaniel St. Andre, surgeon to the Royal household and physician to King George I. St. Andre examined Mary Tofts and pronounced that she was indeed giving birth to parts of rabbits. The king remained fascinated but sceptical and sent another doctor, Cyriacus Ahlers to examine Tofts. Ahlers was not convinced and Tofts was subjected to a long and thorough examination. Unable to produce any more rabbits she eventually confessed to the hoax and was subsequently imprisoned for fraud. The general public had followed the case with prurient fascination and the revelation of the hoax caused widespread mockery of the medical profession and several careers were destroyed as a result of the scandal. Several scathing caricatures were produced in the wake of the scandal with William Hogarth being notably critical of the stupidity and gullability of the medical profession. (1)
ALFRED DRURY (British, 1856-1944) A bronze bust of Elsie Doncaster, on a green marble square pedestal base, signed to the reverse, 18 1/2" high `The subject of this work is the daughter of the Doncasters who were friends with Drury. He used each of the daughters as the inspiration for one of his works. Clarrie was the model for the sculptures of Morning and Evening in the city square Leeds. Gracie was the model for the bust known as The Age of Innocence, but for this, his most charming work, he gave no allegorical title, just a simple portrait title.` (Robert Bowman, Sir Alfred Gilbert and the New Sculpture, London, 2008 P.22)
Collection 1855/60 Bell`s Life and Sporting Chronicle newspapers - articles cover horse racing, Tattersall`s horse sales, cricket matches, boxing, pigeon shooting, yachting, coarsing, shooting et al both at home and on the continent - in June 6, 1858 interesting article on Royal Ascot and the unpopularity of his Royal Highness who preferred to miss the meeting and go to the continent instead. In the same issue there is also conformation of the boxing championship between Tom Paddock and Tom Sayers. Extensive cricket match reports to include the MCC England XI, yet you are Wednesday as Laura Sheila of the planet Ludlow races 1858 Shrewsbury races greatest names in a nightmare many editions of week cup in the papers and are sworn to or so 345 is a 1960 Rugby, Eton, I Zingari, Cambridge and Oxford et al, Henley Regatta and so on. It makes great reading, see the new cricket laws regards the bowling action, numerous race course meetings that were in existence in those days many now defunct, debating the rules of football, professional Cricketers, tennis at Oxford, The Grand National, The Oxford and Cambridge rowing match (Boat Race), plus an announcement by Wm Park, golf ball maker of Musselburgh, who will play any man in the world at golf for £100 or £200 a side over 36 holes to be played on each of the three golfing greens at St Andrews, Musselburgh, and North Berwick, plus lots more to read and digest. All ex bound copies - generally (F/G) (50)
Early and rare 18/19th c Jeu De Pallone carved wooden cylindrical hand cover c/w steel wire clamps - with raised carved pyramid grooves - ventilation holes - some age cracking otherwise (G) overall 5.5" x 5.5". Note: Pallone was particularly popular throughout northern and central Italy in the 18/19th c it was considered the most popular sport of ancient Italian national sports and it`s first regulations invented by Antonio Scaino from Salo dating back to 1555 - balls are struck back and forth with the wooden cylinder called a bracciale, worn over the forearm - originally the ball was inflated, but now a hard rubber ball is used. Scoring is by fifteen and tens, as in tennis and the team which wins 12 games is final winner of the match. The ball is put into play by a designated server, called the Mandarino who otherwise plays no other part in the game. The receivers can reject serves at will similar to the game of Fives. Pallone is often played on courts marked out on town streets. For further reference see "500 years of Tennis" by Clerici.
3x Vic lithograph tennis prints - to incl 2 original London Illustrated News and one Harper`s Weekly magazine extracts c1880. All three prints featuring tennis matches, costumes and equipment of the time - one mounted and the other two are framed and glazed overall 23" x 28" max - each with vertical centre folds (F). Original art work by British artist Bert Thomas (1883-1966) who created the famous First World War cartoon entitled `Arf a mo` Kaiser `of a British Private lighting his pipe
Scarce Boxing engraving by William Howard Robinson signed and dated 1917: titled "An Evening at The National Sports Club" depicting "Peerless Jim" Driscoll and Jim Bowker in the ring before Round 1 for the British Featherweight Championship in 1907 - signed in pencil by the artist to the border c/w hand drawn vignette of a boxer to the one corner and the Sporting Clubs Crest in the opposite corner - mounted and framed - image measures 16" x 30.5" - overall 36 x 47.5". Note: Driscoll won the fight with KO in the 17th round. Jim Driscoll went on to fight against World Feather Weight Champion Abe Attwell USA in New York in a no decision contest, which ended in a draw but given the "Newspaper decision" and laid claim to the crown. He held the British Feather weight title from 1906 - 1913 and also won the European Crown but died from pneumonia in 1925 and his popularity and fame saw the streets of Cardiff lined with mourners. Driscoll was a contemporary of Jimmy Wilde who was the subject of another painting by Robinson titled "A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club" which Mullock`s sold in 2007 for £155,000 a world record for Boxing memorabilia. William Howard Robinson was a noted representative artist and portrait painter of the early twentieth century. He was born on 3 November 1864 in Inverness-shire and attended Dulwich College from 1876 to 1882. He studied Art at the Slade School under Sir Simeon Solomon. His professional career as a portrait painter began circa 1910 when his interest in the sport of fencing led him to sketch all the leading fencers of the day; these sketches were reproduced in the sporting publication "The Field" leading to further commissions for portraits with a sporting theme. He became well known for his sketches and portraits of figures in the sporting world such as Lord Lonsdale, Chairman of the National Sporting Club. His two best-known paintings were "An Evening at the National Sporting Club" (1918) and "A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club" (1922). This first painting was of the boxing match between Jim Driscoll and Joe Bowker, it took Robinson four years to complete and contained details of 329 sporting celebrities. The second painting commemorated the historic boxing match between Jimmy Wilde and Joe Lynch that took place on 31 March 1919 and shows the Prince of Wales entering the ring to congratulate the victor, the first time that a member of the royal family had done so.
1997 British Lions Rugby signed photograph print: titled "The Victorious Lions - South Africa v British Lions 15-18 2nd Test, Kings Park, Durban, South Africa, 28th of June 1997" comprising coloured photograph print of the team before the kick off signed below by the entire 15 players to incl Martin Johnson, Keith Wood, Matt Dawson, Scott Gibbs, Neil Jenkins, Jeremy Guscott, Gregor Townsend, Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio et al - ltd edition number 475/1500 mf&g overall 20" x 29.5" (G). Note: The tour was the first after the end of apartheid in that country, and the first professional Lions tour who went on to win the series 2-1 against the reigning World Champions. This was the last occasion in which The Lions returned victorious from a tour.
Scarce 1924 New Zealand "All Blacks" v Warwickshire rugby programme: played at Coventry City Football Club ground Highfield Road Coventry on Thursday, December 11, 1924 - c/w All Blacks team photograph, an explanation of the rules of "rugger" for those who have never watched a match before, translation of the "All Blacks" war cry et al - some minor stains and nicks to cover some staple rust overall (F)
1928 Welsh International Rugby Shirt: 1928 Welsh International No 12 rugby shirt with embroidered Wales Rugby Crest and white button up collar c/w no. 12 on the back - as worn by Frederick Arthur "Lonza" Bowdler (Cross Keys RFC) who won 12 caps for Wales as a hooker (1927-1933) (G). Note: Welsh team shirts were numbered 1- 15 starting from the full back, the three quarters, half backs then the scrum finishing with the front row.
Fine Welsh `The Outside Halves 1951-2002` signed limited ed. rugby display: comprising a maroon, velvet and gold braid rugby cap, embroidered with the date `1951-2002` to the peak - together with a matching maroon velvet pennant embroidered `Outside Haves` together with the 6 Welsh Fly-Halves who dominated the game to incl. Cliff Morgan, David Watkins, Barry John, Phil Bennett, Jonathan Davis and Neil Jenkins - together with number of caps won. Bordered by 6x signed coloured prints, ltd ed. of only no. 17/100, fully mounted in a window box display case, c/w coa, overall 39"x35".
1974/75 Aston VillaÊFootball Club commemorative cut glass tankard: to celebrate winning the League Cup and Promotion to the Div 1- engraved with details to the front "Aston Villa F.C. League Cup Winners 1974-75- Promotion to Division One 1974-75" given to Ray Graydon who scored the winning goal against Norwich City in the 1975 League Cup Final. Come c/w signed letter from Ray Graydon - note small crack just below the handle - never the less rare - note these were only issued to players and staff.
1951 English Football Assoc - Commonwealth Jubilee Celebration Participant bronze medal: issued for the tour to Australia and presented to Harry Webster - Bolton Wanderers who went on to score a hat trick against Australia - the medal is embossed with the details, suspension ring and ribbon fitted with brass bar stamped Participant - and stamped with the makers details on the reverse - overall 4" plus a scarce 1950/51 Bolton Wanderers - Players Rules Book and Season Ticket Admission Booklet belonging to Harry Webster with hand written players details to the inside back end plates together with a signed album page. Comes c/w COA and full tour details.(3)
1962 World Cup football winner`s gold medal awarded to Brazil`s Amarildo (Tavares da Silveira): the contintental gold medal stamped .750 (18 carat)and inscribed on the obverse FIFA and embossed with the original Jules Rimet figure and on the reverse inscribed Campeonato Mundial De Futbol, Copa Jules Rimet, Chile 1962 and stamped Peka c/w suspension ring. Note: The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile returning to the continent of South America after 12 years. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final. Brazil`s Pele, the hero of 1958, was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia and was replaced by Amarildo. In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. Brazil went on to defeat England in the quarter finals 3-1, meeting the hosts Chile in the semi final where they found themselves 1-0 down after 15 minutes but turned the game round and won 4-2. Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, however, just like the previous final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising through Amarildo, then Zito and Vav‡ with the match ending 3-1 to Brazil, being only the second team in the history of the competition to successfully defend their title. Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, also known as Amarildo (born in Rio de Janeiro, June 29, 1939) was a Brazilian football player who played as a striker. His career lasted from 1957 to 1974 and he was capped 22 times for Brazil , from April 1961 to June 1966, and won the 1962 FIFA World Cup as a replacement for the injured Pele and in the process gaining the nickname "The White Pele" - scoring 3 goals including one in the final and was Brazils 3rd highest goal scorer in the World Cup just behind Garrincha and Vava on 4 each. Besides playing in South America he also played in Italy for Milan, Fiorentina and Roma. He won one "Coppa Italia" in 1967 with Milan, and the Italian title ("Scudetto") in 1969 with Fiorentina. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a World Cup winner`s medal associated with one of the most successful teams ever in the World Cup and is sold with papers of provenance and photograph of Amarildo with his medal
1920/21 Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup final signed football players portraits, newspaper cuttings et al: to incl 11 original black and white players head and shoulder portrait photographs by WJ Crawford - to include eight members of the team who won the final against Wolverhampton Wanderers 1921- B Bliss, J Dimmock, A Clay, A Grimsdell, J Macdonald, Jimmy Seed, B Smith, F Walden, Charlie Walters, plus Wm A Whitton (pre `22), S Brooks (22/24) and HE Blake (21/22) - all (G) together with an original team photograph postcard c/w English Cup (vertical crease to one end) - a collection also comes with a complete set of 11x Pinnace team photographs, newspaper reports covering each round of the FA Cup and the centre page spread featuring the FA cup final with members of both teams and the match day photograph, crowd scene played at Stamford bridge Chelsea - Tottenham winning 1-0. (19)
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