A FINE CASED PAIR OF 40-BORE FORSYTH PATENT SLIDING PRIMER BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY FORSYTH & CO., LONDON, serial nos. 2449/50, circa 1820, 6 1/2in. overall, with slightly tapering border engraved octagonal barrels each with silver fore-sight and signed 'FORSYTH & CO. / PATENT GUN MAKERS LONDON', action each engraved with a trophy of arms and foliage and signed 'FORSYTH & CO. / PATENT' on the left side, finely chequered figured walnut butts, shaped silver escutcheons, foliate engraved trigger-guards, and original iron ramrod, London proof marks, in fitted mahogany case, possibly original, relined in green baize with accessories including cylindrical powder-flask, ivory priming-flask housing two spare strikers in the base and a multi-tool, the lid with reproduction Forsyth trade label, the lid with ornate shaped brass escutcheon.
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Four: Flight Sergeant R. G. Love, Royal Air Force india General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (363998 A.C.1, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (363998 F/Sgt., R.A.F.), mounted as worn, very fine (lot) £380-420 R. G. Love, an amateur boxer of some repute in the R.A.F., was the winner of a quantity of medals, cups, trophies and plaques: medals (14), including, R.A.F. Medallion, 44mm., bronze, rev. inscribed, ‘Boys Wing Cranwell, Feather Weight Champion 1924’; R.A.F. Medallion, 38mm., silver, rev. inscribed, ‘Boys’ Wing Cranwell Boxing Championships Featherweight winner A/A. R. G. Love; The Wakefield R.A.F. Boxing Trophy Medal, rev. inscribed, ‘1926-27 Bantam Weight Winner R. G. Love’, 9ct. gold, 24.18g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1926; Prize Medal, eight-pointed silver star with gold centre inscribed, ‘Mussourie Boxing Tournament 1931; other medals and medallions, silver (4); bronze (6), most named or otherwise inscribed. cups and Trophies (13), including, Silver Cup, approx. 181mm. high, hallmarks for London 1926, inscribed, ‘R.A.F. Boxing Association, Fly Weight Championship 1927, Winner A/C. R. G. Love, Presented by Air Vice Marshal Sir John F. A. Higgins, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C.’; Silver Cup, approx. 153mm. high, no hallmarks, inscribed, ‘Boxing Cranwell v Halton (Aircraft Apprentices) Mar. 1926, Winner, Bantam Weight, R. G. Love’; Silver Tankard, approx. 117mm. high, hallmarks for London 1926, inscribed, ‘R.A.F. Iraq Individual Bantam-Weight Champion 1928-29 R. G. Love’; Silver Cup, approx. 140mm. high, hallmarks for London 1928, inscribed, ‘R.A.F. Iraq 1929-30, Bantam Weight Winner, R. G. Love’; Silver Cup, approx. 165mm. high, hallmarks for London 1933, inscribed, ‘R.A.F.B.A. Individual Championships 1933-1934, Bantam-Weight Winner, L.A.C. R. Love’; Silver Cup, approx. 100mm. high, hallmarks for London 1930, inscribed, ‘R.A.F. Uxbridge 1934 Contest Winner’; Silver Cup, approx. 164mm. high, hallmarks for Birmingham 1939, inscribed, ‘Boxing Bedfs. & Herts Depot v R.A.F. Cardington 1939 Fly Wt. Winner’; Pewter Tankard, with glass bottom, approx. 133mm. high, inscribed, ‘Signals Stadium L.A.C. Love’; Silvered Metal Cup, approx. 170mm. high, inscribed, ‘Amateur Boxing, R.A.F. v Ulster, 1935’, but with broken stem; other small cups (4) - three silver, one silvered metal, all inscribed. Ten of the trophies with wooden plinths. plaques (4), Silver Plaque on a wooden base, hallmarks for Birmingham 1928, inscribed, ‘R.A.F. Iraq Individual Bantam-Weight Champion 1929-30, W. G. Love’ (sic); another, hallmarks for London, inscribed, ‘Aldershot Command v Royal Air Force, November 1934 L.A.C. Love’; Silver and Gold Plaque on a wooden base, hallmarks for London 1926, inscribed, ‘I.S.B.A. Boxing 1927, Amateur Championship Other Ranks Fly Weight Winner, A.C. R. G. Love’; Bronze Plaque on wooden base, inscribed, ‘R.A.F. Inter-Command Boxing Tournament 1930, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Runners Up, R. G. Love’. for his father’s medals, see Lot 814. £380-£420
A group of five military presentation medallions awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. W. Malet, O.B.E., Royal Hussars u.S.A., Department of the Army, by Dondero Inc., obv. trophy-of-arms, rev. plain, undated, 76mm., bronze-gilt, in case of issue, inside with plaque, ‘Presented by General John A. Wickham, Jr, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army’; Portugal, Ecercito Portugus, obv. heraldic shield and helmet, rev. inscribed, ‘From General Jorge Salazar Braga, Chief of the Portuguese Army Staff, March 1985’, 90mm., bronze, in velvet covered case of issue; Brazil, Ecercito Brasileiro, obv. bust of Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias (1803-1880), undated, 70mm., silvered bronze, in velvet covered case of issue bearing gilt and enamel emblem of Brazil, inside of lid inscribed, ‘Exercito Brasileiro Presena Nacional’; France, Plaquette, bearing a shield marked, ‘E.M.A.T.’ and the inscription, ‘Offert par le General d’Armee Maurice Schmitt Chef d’Etat-Major de l’Armee de Terre Franaise au Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. Malet, Mars 1987’, 125 x 77mm., silvered metal, in Delsart, Sens case of issue; Oriental (? Vietnam), Commemorative Bronze Medal, 1927-1987, 49mm, in case of issue, all unnamed except where stated, virtually mint state (5) £80-120 O.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1987. ‘Lieutenant Colonel, The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own)’. Recommendation states, ‘Lt Col Malet has been Head of the Army Section of the Foreign Liaison Section since November 1983. His duties cover maintaining a close liaison with all the foreign MilitaryAttaches in London, staffing their many requests for information, hosting representational functions, arranging and escorting Attache group visits to UK and BAOR Military establishments, coordinating programmes for foreign military visitors and planning, programme and escorting CGS’s inbound COS visitors. ...... Dealing with the representatives of foreign countries provides unlimited scope for disaster but he has always foreseen and therefore averted problems. He is held in extremely high regard by all the foreign representatives who value his friendship, direction and help. ....’ greville John Wyndham Malet was born on 6 December 1939, the son of Captain John Wyndham Malet (1910-40) and June Rosalind nee Broadley, and was a scion of the Malet Baronets. He was educated at Harrow and in July 1958, after serving in the ranks for 242 days, he gained a commission in the 10th Hussars. Following the regiment’s amalgamation with the 11th Hussars in 1969, he continued to serve with the Royal Hussars. He was appointed G.S.O.2 (Author) at the R.A.C. Tactical School, December 1971-January 1974 and held the rank of Acting-Major from December 1971 until promoted to that rank in December 1972. In July 1980 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; was awarded the O.B.E. in 1987 and was placed on Retired Pay in February 1990. He married in 1972, the Hon. Margaret Cherry Wigram, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Wigram, with whom he had two children. Latterly living at the Walled House, Hathertop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, he died on 5 September 2004. william Malet, the founder of the Malet family in England, was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and was related by marriage to Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy. Sold with copied research. £80-£120
A fine 19th century mahogany, tulipwood parquetry and ormolu mounted cylinder desk By Edwards & Roberts the rectangular top with pierced gilt metal gallery above a cylinder fall decorated with a ribbon-tied marquetry musical trophy, releasing a writing slide with tooled leather inset and enclosing four short drawers around a shelved centre, similarly embellished with satinwood crossbanding and parquetry, the shaped frieze with a central button release drawer, mounted with a plaquette depicting a procession of Bacchanalian cherubs, flanked by two short drawers with bold rococo cast escutcheons applied with finely chased flower-filled baskets flanked by acanthus scrolls, each side with further plaquettes cast with cherubs allegorising the Arts of Sculpture and Painting, the frieze drawer stamped 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS', and with an internal label: 'Edwards and Roberts, Wardour St., 126 Piccadilly, 532 Oxford St., London' , the whole framed by rope twist, foliate cast, corrugated and beaded mounts and decorated with line inlay, on square tapering legs ending in stiff leaf cast sabots 122cm wide, 109cm high, 62cm deep Provenance: originally consigned from a country house in the Scottish Borders to Phillips Auctioneers in Edinburgh during the late 1980s, where it was purchased at auction by the current owner. The firm of Edwards & Roberts was noted for the exacting standards it brought to a wide range of furniture. Notwithstanding the firm's own high standards, this desk could be regarded as being of 'exhibition quality', drawing its inspiration from the virtuoso work of 18th century French cabinet makers, and particularly, the designs of Jean-Henri Riesener.
A Victorian period satinwood and rosewood side cabinet attributed to Donald Ross, with gilt brass mounts, the mottled white marble top within a leafy gadrooned edge above a dot and trellis parquetry frieze, the glazed panel door enclosing two velvet lined shelves, the rounded corners with ribbon tied trophy mounts and further trellis inlay, the sides glazed, on a rounded plinth base 77cm wide, 108cm high, 36cm deep
A Mixed Lot comprising: a small George V two-handled Trophy Cup, of plain circular form with girdled body and two hollow cast and applied scrolling handles, and raised on a spreading circular foot, Sheffield 1919; together with a circular Dish with foliate pierced gallery and plain field, raised on three ball feet, diameter 5”, Birmingham 1919, various makers (2)
A late 19th Century Porcelain mounted gilt spelter figural clock garniture, the drum case surmounted by a pair of Doves with scrolling foliate side pieces, to a long trunk, set with figural and trophy decorated porcelain panels and caryatid corners, to a plinth base and four bladed feet, with 3 ½” porcelain dial with Roman chapter ring and further floral decoration with gilt moon hands, to a circular brass movement with back mounted count wheel and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, flanked by a matched pair of side pieces of inverted baluster form, with scrolling side hands and shaped bases, height 19” (3)
A late 19th century Minton pate-sur-pate vase, worked by Alboine Birks with a classical wreathed head on one side and a gardening trophy on the other, the chocolate coloured ovals within gilding on a deep sea green ground between ring handles on the shoulders, printed and impressed marks, 24cm high
A two handled Trophy Cup, possibly Indian Colonial, maker's mark only RM to base, of plain circular shape with moulded girdle and foot and having two leaf capped scrolled handles, inscribed ` Point to Point Race 1893 Presented by H.E. Lord Harris, Won bt Surgeon Major Bull on "Corinthian" ', 11cm high, 16oz
A pair of English flintlock blunderbuss pistols by John Buckmaster, the brass two stage barrel tapering towards the muzzle and engraved over the breech LONDON before a band of rocaille and with engraved steel barrel tang, the signature engraved on the steel lock, with carved walnut full stock and engraved brass mounts comprising trophy side plate, spurred pommel, flowerhead butt cap, trigger guard with scallop shell and acanthus finial, vacant escutcheon and two moulded ramrod pipes, 36cm overall, crown over G and crown over V proof marks and heart over the maker's initials IB, mid 18th c ++Both lacking the ramrod and both in similar condition requiring some conservation with old splits and chips to the stock, the steel parts pitted with rust bur entirely unrestored condition
A Swiss Sublime Harmonie musical box, with 6 x 38.5cm pinned cylinder and three combs (stamped 12037) on gilt iron bed plate with controls in rosewood veneered and ebonised case, the crossbanded lid inlaid with a musical trophy and with giltmetal handles, 20cm; 69 x 27cm, late 19th c ++Fully restored to a high professional standard
Late Victorian Trophy Cup, with twin acanthus reeded handles, the bowl embossed with flowers and with two cartouches, one with a crest and motto, the other inscribed, "Badsworth Hunt.... " and dated 1895, on a swept pedestal and circular base, maker Archer, Machin and March, Sheffield 1894, 1830grms.
Late Victorian silver Trophy Cup, with twin acanthus scrolled handles, the collar inscribed, "Badsworth Hunt Point to Point Steeple Chases", above a cartouche engraved, "Members' Races..." and dated 1894, the reverse with a cartouche with crest and motto, surrounded by embossed scrolls, flowers and leaves, on a knopped pedestal and circular base with beaded edge, maker Archer, Machin and March, Sheffield 1893, 940grms.
George V silver Golfing Trophy, of embossed and flared form, decorated with leafy scrolls, the pedestal base supported by four golf clubs, interspersed with golf balls, on a circular base, H. Matthews, Birmingham 1935grms and an Edward VII Specimen Vase of tapered form, with wavy collar, cast with shells and with twin lion-mask handles, circular base, maker's mark J.F., Birmingham 1909, 220grms, (2).
A collection of silver items, comprising: a silver mounted claret jug by George Fox, London 1867; a small rosebowl in monteith style by Mappin & Webb, London 1905, later presentation inscribed, approx. 200g (7oz); a pair of silver tankards by Adie Brothers, London 1932, presentation inscribed, each aprox. 200g (7oz); a miniature trophy cup with applied badge, presentation inscribed, Birmingham 1955; and a small quantity of spoons, various makers and dates
A George III silver cream jug, London 1799, with a reeded rim and handle and a central monogrammed cartouche; a small twin handled trophy cup, Birmingham 1929; a Continental novelty miniature chair, import marked for Chester 1905; a silver-coloured metal rickshaw (distressed); a sauceboat; and two plated toast racks
Mysia, Pergamon (2nd - 1st Cent. BC), AE 20's, obv. head of Athena right, rev. trophy (2), AE 18's, as previous, rev. owl (2), AE 18, laureate head of Asklepios right, rev. Asklepian snake coiled round omphalos, AE 19, obv. head of Athena right, rev. Nike standing right, holding palm and crowning legend, AE 16's (282-133 BC), obv. head of Athena, rev. coiled serpent (2) and AE 17's (1st Cent. AD), obv. bust of Roman senator, rev. bust of Roma (2), fair or better (10)
Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II (359-336 BC), AE 18, obv. head of Apollo right, rev. naked youth on horse prancing right, Alexander III (336-323 BC), AE 16, obv. head of Apollo (?) right, rev. horse prancing right, thunderbolt beneath, Kassander (319-297 BC), AE 18, obv. helmet, rev. spear-head, Interregnum (288-277 BC), AE 18, obv. Macedonian shield, with Gorgon's head at centre, rev. Macedonian helmet, Antigonos Gonatas (277-239 BC), AE “20”, obv. head of Athena right, rev. Pan advancing right, erecting trophy and other Macedonian AE, various (9), a few fair, otherwise mainly fine (14)
Horse racing interest - Small silver two-handled trophy cup with cover, of baluster form with pair of scroll handles, decorated with acanthus leaf motifs, on circular pedestal base, and with horse and rider finial to cover, engraved 'Kempton Park 11th July 1960, The Falcon Stakes, Para Queen', 17 cm high, approx. 14 ozs, Sheffield, 1949, maker Mappin & Webb
Horse racing and theatre interest - Large silver two-handled trophy cup and cover, the neo-classical urn style cup with two scroll handles, on stepped circular pedestal base, the cover with horse and rider finial, engraved 'Sandown Park, Variety Club of Great Britain Charity Day, September 12th 1959, The Pepsi Cola Selling Stakes, Presented by Mr Broderick Crawford, Gallant Deal', 29 cm high, Sheffield, 1959, maker Mappin & Webb, approx 20 ozs
Early C20th & Later Silver inc. frilled top vase, single faceted stem candlestick, unusual trophy style sugar shaker, gravy boat with gadroon mount on hoof feet, plain sugar dredger, small dwarf candlestick, trefoil shaped pierced salt, serving spoon, tongs & 3-piece cruet set with 2 salt spoons
A DUTCH RED LACQUER BRACKET CLOCK, the white enamel dial signed "J.M. Jumtes, Amsterdam, with a bell striking movement and a visible pendulum, the cartouche-shaped red lacquer case with gilt metal mounts including flowers and a trophy of scientific instruments, the bracket with conforming mounts including a bow and quiver of arrows, the clock 231/4" high (351/4" high overall with the bracket)
A presentation silver rosebowl. Mappin and Webb, Birmingham 1965, of traditional form, engraved "Dunfermline Horticultural Society" and winners form 1965 to 2000; another "The Amateur Rosebowl" London 1933; a two handled trophy and cover London 1934, "The Donald Cup" 68oz, one with a fitted case.
A matched eight piece silver-mounted dressing table set, each with engine turned decoration and engraved initials, a silver mounted box, a silver trophy mug, London 1919, with scroll handles, and further silver and silver plated items including a silver tankard, London 1930, two salvers, and a scent bottle, mirror, 26 cm long, (14).
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