We found 653685 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 653685 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
653685 item(s)/page
Voyages of The Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert 1873-1877, being the diary kept by Admiral Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen while commander of the royal yacht, full black morocco journal with 67 pages of ink ms., containing accounts of daily occurrences that would only seem ordinary on such a vessel, including 'His Majesty The Shah of Persia [Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]; T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales [the future Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Denmark], The Czarevich and Czarevna of Russia [the future Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, Dagmar of Denmark and sister of Queen Alexandra], The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge and Prince Arthur to review the Fleet at Spithead' on Monday 23rd June 1873 with various British courtiers and military, diplomatic and political grandees in attendance on the multiple royals, along with a four-page table on the divisions and royal yachts in attendance at the naval review, supplemented by a further annotated map of their positions in the harbour throughout the review; 'a collision occurred between the "Alberta" & schooner "Mistletoe". The schooner sank in 3 minutes & in spite of all efforts to save her people 3 lives were unhappily lost', Wednesday 18th August 1875, 6.12pm; the annual dinner on the Royal George , 31st December 1876, when His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen was the recipient of an address of praise on his relinquishing the command of the royal yachts, while his wife was promised a celebratory vase [still under execution at the time of the dinner, however the prince has pasted the presented design into this diary]; countless manoeuvres of the royal family around the Isle of Wight and to Osborne House with time for sunbathing; notations on the visits of other royal relations and visiting dignitaries; annual promotions and appointments; compilations of points passed and anchorages on journeys, as well as maritime data and figures, 12mo, bound by Ramage of London, numbered spine, the front board titled in gilt, the text block gilt-edge, the front with the prince's armorial bookplate Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904), was born the eldest son of Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804-1856) and Countess Maria Klebelsberg (1806-1880). Ernst's father was Queen Victoria's maternal half-brother, thus ensuring an illustrious naval career in attendance on behalf of his monarchical cousins in England. Having joined the Royal Navy in 1849. Following his father's death in 1856, he acceded to the title and two years later married Princess Marie of Baden (1834-1899) in 1858. After having been promoted to captain in 1860, Ernst then commanded HMS Magicienne and HMY Victoria and Albert until relinquishing the command in 1874. Thereafter he was Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, 1885; full admiral 1887; and retired as such in 1895. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the civil division of the Order of the Bath in 1863, a Knight Grand Cross in 1866 and an honorary Knight Grand Cross in the military division in 1887, amended to additional Knight Grand Cross later that year. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1898.
A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese brass and cloisonné enamelled vase of baluster form with short everted rim, the two bands of enamel work decorated with Chinese calligraphy and horses within cloud motifs, inset hardstone agate roundels between, marks to base, 11 5/8 high
Reyozan (Nakamura Tatsunoske), a Meji period Japanese Satsuma ware vase decorated with a panel of figures in various employments, to one side and seated figures in a garden scene to the other, 14 high, red and gilt artists mark to base for Royozan over the Simazu clan mon
An Aynsley Cottage Garden pattern two handled pedestal vase and cover, other, vases, watering can, trinket dishes, etc; a Bird of Paradise heart shaped trinket pot and cover; a Royal Worcester Evesham vegetable dish and cover, others similar, egg coddler, serving dishes; Palissy miniature vases; decorative ceramics; qty
A Coalport two handled pedestal vase, decorated by Norman Lear, signed, painted with fruit on a mossy bank, 14.5cm high; a Coalport fruit bowl, decorated by Peter Gosling, signed, painted with colourful fruit and berries on a mossy ground, resting on three scroll feet, 26cm diameter (2)
A Wedgwood Jasperware ovoid pedestal vase and cover, in monochrome; blue Jasperware vases, milk jug, jar and cover, etc; a Derby King Street coffee can decorated with corn flowers, another in the Imari palette; a Derby Crown Porcelain Co Imari palette cup and saucer, a Mikado pattern sugar bowl, etc
-
653685 item(s)/page