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Click here to subscribeSport Posters European Trophy F2 1968. Original vintage sport advertising poster for the 1968 European Trophy Formula Two sponsored by Bosch (at the start and on target!), featuring cars and motorcycles, ADAC Baden-Wurtemberg. Design by PB. Fair condition, water stain, folded.. Country: Germany. Year: 1968. Author: PB. Size (cm): 82.5x59cm.
Sport Posters Alfa Romeo GTA 1970 Grand Prix. Original vintage car racing poster featuring a great image of Alfa Romeo GTA. Grand Prix, Will Stenger Trophy, Nurburgring Indianapolis 12 July 1970, Martini Gold Cup. Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, 6 Stunden Rennen der Europameisterschaft, ADAC, Nurburgring Indianapolis, um den Martini World Cup. Black and white image of a car with yellow text and the Martini logo. Very good condition. . Country: Germany. Year: 1970. Author: . Size (cm): 84x59.8cm.
Two silver trophies, one with two angular handles, the bodied engraved Aldershot Show 1962,Class 13, Presented by Messers Home Counties Dairies Ltd, Birmingham 1925, the second trophy inscribed Dore & Totley Golf Club, Gold Medal Finals 1926, Sheffield 1925, Needham, Veall & Tyzack Ltd, and a Georgian silver burner base for a tea kettle with three scroll and stylised shell feet, London 1767, 16toz total weight. (3)
Football Interest- An early XX Century electroplated oval presentation plaque depicting a football match, cast with lawrel wreath borders, stamped 'T.Swaffield- Brown' and engraved '19/12/1907' and markers W.H & S, mounted on a later mahogany shield with strut, and labelled 'SS & AEL Club Sportsmanship Award' and 'Albert Smith trophy'.
ADIE BROS LTD; a George V hallmarked silver cigarette box of square section with vacant rectangular cartouche to the engine turned decorated hinged lid, Birmingham 1926, 9 x 9 cm, a square ash tray with presentation inscription '1973 Winter Football Trophy winners A.K Harris & M. Harris', Boodle & Dunthorne, Birmingham 1968 and a similar smaller example inscribed 'L.P.G.C Winter Cup 1966 runner-up A.K Harris', Birmingham 1963, weighable silver approx 3.2ozt (3).
A George V hallmarked silver twin handled trophy cup inscribed 'Sixth Battn. The Devonshire Regiment, Featherweight Championship 1922', Birmingham 1921, an early 19th century circular silver open salt, a silver full hunter pocket watch, two napkin rings, four spoons and a thimble, approx 11ozt.
A mixed lot of variously hallmarked silver items comprising three miniature trophy cups to include a twin handled bell shaped example, Viner's Ltd, Sheffield 1962, height 7.5cm including resin pedestal, each with presentation inscription, a square section tartan engraved napkin ring, Birmingham 1921, a small four section toast rack, William Hutton & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1906, length 7.5cm, and a glass silver capped inkwell, George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester 1900, weighable silver approx 6.9ozt (6). CONDITION REPORT: Postage to UK mainland address will be approximately £18.00 + VAT. There is a large chip to the glass of the inkwell.
Maritime Interest; a group of collectors' items including a desk time piece, inscribed 'R.M.S. Lusitania', a hallmarked silver trophy cup, inscribed 'R.M.S. Lusitania', a further twin handled trophy cup inscribed 'R.M.S Baltic', a box of coloured lithographic lantern slides 'A Floating Palace or A Voyage on Board P&O', and a small group of ephemera.
A 60 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY I. & W. RICHARDS, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800 with turn-off barrel, box-lock action signed on the left and inscribed London on the right, the latter within a trophy-of-arms oval, folding trigger, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, and flat-sided walnut butt 4.7 cm; 1 7/8 in barrel
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1760 with hollow-triangular blade etched with scrolls, a sun-in-splendour and signed 'Lardy Marchand Fourbisseur a l'epée Royal a Angouleme' and 'De la Marque Raism Faite Sohlingen' on the respective faces at the forte, silver hilt pierced cast and chased in low relief, including double shell-guard decorated with trophy-of-arm ovals enclosed by fronds on a trellis of small flowerheads, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and pommel all decorated en suite, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between 'Turk's Heads', in a leather scabbard with matching silver mounts 79.8 cm; 31 3/8 in blade
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched with a trophy-of-arms within an oval surrounded by scrollwork on each face at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased with a fluted writhen design, comprising short quillon, outer ring-guard, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel and integral grip 60.4 cm; 23 3/4 in blade
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED OFFICER'S EPÉE, PARIS, 1798-1809 with hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with trophies and foliage on a blued panel at the forte, silver hilt cast and chased in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms enclosing a dragon, forward-curved quillon decorated with a flower-head, rear quillon stamped with the mark of the Association of Gold and Silversmiths and the maker's mark beneath, the pommel involving a hounds head, and the grips faced with a pair of mother-of-pearl plaques (later, one detached) 76.3 cm; 30 1/8 in blade
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1720 with colichemarde blade, etched with scrolls and a warrior rondel carried on a trophy-of-arms on each face, silver hilt, comprising double shell-guard with moulded brim, a pair of arms (marked, rubbed), forward-canted quillon, knuckle-guard, pommel, and the grip with a later wire binding between 'Turk's Heads' 83.3 cm; 32 7/8 in blade
ËœA SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1760-80 with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and with traces of blueing at the forte, pierced and chiselled silver hilt comprising quillon-block cast with a trophy of arms, a pair of vertically recurved quillons with hound's head terminals, matching pommel, knuckle-chain, and carved ivory grip enriched with silver studs, in its vellum-covered wooden scabbard with silver mounts, the locket engraved on one face with a depiction of Pegasus and the inscription 'Gloria in Fide' 65.5 cm; 25 ¾ in blade
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1750 with hollow-triangular blade, iron hilt chiselled in low relief against a punched and gilt ground (gilding refreshed), including double shell-guard decorated with trophy-of-arms ovals on a fluted hatched ground within a foliate frame, the quillon-block, knuckle-guard and pommel decorated en suite, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ribband between 'Turk's Heads' (loose) 81.2 cm; 32 in blade
A PAIR OF 40 BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION TRAVELLING PISTOLS, MID-19TH CENTURY each with octagonal barrel etched in imitation of twist pattern and fitted beneath with spring bayonet operated by the trigger-guard, box-lock action engraved on each side with a trophy-of-arms, fitted with blued hammers and sliding thumb-piece safety-catches, chequered walnut butts, in an early, probably original, soft leather carrying case complete with nipple-wrench and with provision for other accessories (now missing) 11.6 cm; 4 5/8 in barrels (2)
A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1780 with tapering hollow-triangular blade, signed 'Le Court Fourbissr. du Roi, Rue St Honoré près celle des Poulies Au Grand Monarque Paris', silver hilt finely pierced, cast and chased in low relief, comprising double shell-guard decorated with a differing trophy-of-arms on each face inside and out, each flanked by a pair of trellis panels enclosed with delicate roping, the whole surrounded by beadwork and conventional foliage, a pair of arms (marks rubbed), and globular quillon, knuckle-guard, pommel and grip all decorated in openwork en suite (rubbed) 84.0 cm; 33 1/8 in blade Lecourt is recorded as fourbisseur in Paris, circa 1775-85.
A RARE DANISH OFFICER'S PALLASCH, CIRCA 1720-30 with broad heavy double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section (the upper third missing), etched and gilt with hounds in pursuit of hares amidst scrolls within a central fuller on each face, the dogs and hares interspersed with pierced rondels filled with an alternating arrangement of six coral and six turquoise beads, and enriched with further scrolls on a gilt panel on each face at the forte, brass hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising straight quillon with monsterhead finial, frontal guard decorated with the seated figure of victory on an elaborate trophy-of-arms and joined to the knuckle-guard by two curved bars with monsterhead finials, knuckle-guard en suite, thumb-loop and pommel each decorated with a further trophy-of-arms, fishskin-covered grip studded with three clam-shell rivets at the front, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (missing the corresponding portion) with locket en suite with the hilt, the locket and hilt retaining some original gilding 62.7 cm; 24 ¾ in blade This sword is based on the gold-hilted sword of King Frederick IV (1671-1730), preserved in Rosenborg Slot (cat. no. 40). The Rosenborg catalogue states that in 1726-27 the Danish Mounted Life Regiment, Livregiment til Hest, was issued with 539 broadswords with brass hilts decorated with the cypher of King Frederick IV. While the corresponding officer's sword is not known it was probably based on the gold-hilted Royal sword mentioned above. See Hoff et al,1956, pp. 68-69. Another, formerly in the Warwick Castle Armoury (Inv. No. E015), was sold in these rooms, lot 264, 12th December 2007 and another is illustrated Southwick 1982, p.137, no. 366.
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED AND GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1780 with associated hollow-triangular blade etched with trophies and flowers, iron hilt pierced and chiselled in low relief against a gilt ground (pitted), including double shell-guard decorated with trophy-of-arms medallions carried on a ground of trellis flowerheads, openwork quillon, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and pommel all decorated en suite with the guard, and the grip with a later binding of plaited wire and ribband between 'Turk's Heads' 89.5 cm; 35 1/4 in blade
A GERMAN ETCHED SPONTOON FOR A GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF NUREMBURG, 18TH CENTURY with leaf-shaped head etched with an elaborate trophy-of-arms on one face and 'R.P.NORMBERG' above the town arms on a trophy-of-arms on the other, moulded cross-piece, moulded socket, a pair of short straps, on its studded wooden haft with iron shoe 35.5 cm; 14 in head Nuremburg was at the height of its economic and cultural development in the 16th and early 17th century. The devastations in the thirty years war, along with the shift of world trade routes from land to the sea, led to its decline and loss of free imperial status, becoming part of the Bavarian Kingdom in 1806.
A FRENCH 20 BORE FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOL BY LA CHAISE A PARIS, CIRCA 1730-40 with tapering sighted barrel fitted with silver bead fore-sight on a bed of gold scrolls, inscribed '6', signed in gold and decorated with a gold trophy-of-arms over the breech (worn), engraved tang, signed engraved stepped bevelled lock involving a trumpeting putti ahead of the cock and a trophy-of-music on the tail (cock replaced, action defective), figured walnut full stock carved with foliage (cracked and chipped), engraved iron mounts comprising pierced side-plate formed of scrolls and foliage carrying a warrior profile medallion, spurred pommel, trigger-guard with acanthus finial, and a pair of ramrod-pipes and wooden ramrod 32.5 cm; 12 1/4 in barrel Laurent de Lachaise is recorded in Paris circa 1706-44.
A French Empire ormolu and bronze clock, the gilt dial embossed with floral roundel, black Roman numerals, Jadin a Paris, single winding hole, the case set with Roman soldier, battle trophy, embossed with swags, high leafy feet, 28cm high, c.1820 Condition Report: appears good condition probably re-gilding
A hallmarked silver trophy inscribed 'Royal Agricultural Society of England 1910 Champion Prize Presented by The Federation of Lancashire & Cheshire Agricultural Societies For The Best Lancashire Cheese', Elkington & Co, Birmingham, early 20th Century (date mark rubbed), wt. 37oz, on turned wooden base, height 25.5cm.
British Military badges - Coldstream Guards Valise badge (Brass), Worcester Regiment Large Car ornament trophy. (White Metal), Irish Guards Puggaree badge (Brass, lugs) K&K: 917, Victorian 96th Foot Glengarry Cap Badge (Brass, lugs), QVC K&K: 571 and Victorian 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Glengarry Badge (Brass, lugs). A nice collection of Victorian and later badges.
COBHAM ALAN: (1894-1973) English Pioneer Aviator, a specialist in long distance flights. A large 4to printed menu for a Banquet in honour of Alan Cobham in recognition of his successful flights from England to Capetown and Australia and back, given by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America Inc., at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, 29th November 1926, signed by Cobham in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the menu and further signed by seven other individuals including William P. MacCracken Jr. (1888-1969, American Pioneer Aviator), Frederick Trubee Davison (1896-1974, American Aviator of World War I), Will H. Hays (1879-1954, American Politician) and Mario de Bernardi (1893-1959, Italian Fighter Pilot of World War I, Test Pilot and Seaplane Air Racer of the 1920s) etc. Together with an attractive unsigned 4to printed page (possibly a loose insert originally presented with the menu) honoring Major Mario de Bernardi as Holder of the World's Seaplane Speed Record and achievements with the Italian Schneider Trophy Racing Team and featuring his portrait. Some light overall age wear and some staining, only very slightly affecting some of the signatures. G, 2
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