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Lot 429
* Page (William, Private in the 38 Regiment of Foot). An unusual archive of fifteen autograph letters from the low-ranking soldier William Page to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Page (corkscrew maker and later steel toymaker), Wolverhampton, 27th May 1807 to 1st July 1812, written in a reasonably clear hand that improves over the years, describing details of his life and health and colleagues and wishing his parents and friends well, sometimes asking for money and usually signing himself as their `undutiful son’, the first three letters written from Lichfield and Alton, one letter written from Bandon, Ireland, six letters from Guernsey (Doyle Barracks and variously in Captain Rogers, Captain Wrench’s, Captain Taylor’s and Captain Forster’s Company, 2nd Battalion, 38th Regiment), one letter from Oxford, and one each from Lisbon, Sobigol, Nava Froas(?) and Coinbra, together with a letter from a friend Thomas Watson writing to his parents on his behalf giving them an update on his situation in June 1807 and a clearly written letter by a colleague, Thomas Morris, from the plains of Almeida, 21st May 1811 (written to Morris’s wife), plus a fragment of a letter from Page to his parents in Ireland, all somewhat soiled and with numerous fold splits and occ. chips and tears, many with indistinct name or date strikes, a total of approx. 38 pp., mostly folio, plus two unusual period corkscrews, presumably made by Joseph Page, one with a screw-thread fitting into a purpose-made case and loop handle, the other with a butterfly screw nut through upper stem, both approx. 8cm. Included with the bundle of letters is an old bible page with some family notes written to blank verso: `Benjamin Page, the son of Joseph and Mary Page, born 31st March 1806. Hannah, wife of the above, daughter of Joseph and Ann Lloyd, born 25th September 1806. Benjamin Page, died February 2nd 1869’. Benjamin Page who is described in one of William’s letters as `always my favourite’ of an unknown number of brothers was only a baby when William joined the army. This unusual collection of letters from a low-ranking soldier, while containing much of family concerns, also gives good insight into his army life and concerns. Letter one: `...I have been very ill for this two days with a very violent purging & other pains for these last two or three nights I have up and down every five or ten minutes for the living is so unregular to what I have been used to and the duty so very strict that I am really weary of my life tho’ there is plenty of meat and bread but you are put in the rooms from the [?] & nobody to cook for you but you are obliged to cut a bit of [?] & frizle it how you can that is a Soldiers Living from Year to Year without any [?] Except you can buy them yourself which is unpossible for we get but one shilling & 7d a week besides your Bread Meat & Washing which the pay for themselves & out of that small trifle you have pipe clay & oil & many other small articles and if you have any Small Beer you must pay a penny a pint & what money I thought of Receiving what stopt for I cursed thing or another I have not settled yet...’ (27th May 1807). Letter fifteen: `...I was obligated to go into the rear owing to having a rupture come on by hard Marching and heavy fatigues which rendered me incapable of Marching with my regiment so I was sent to General Hospital but was well in health three Days after I left the Regiment I got to be a Clerk in the Commissary Department and had a guinea per week wages besides my corporals pay from the regiment at which place I continued for five months and was allowed besides my wages what provisions Spirits & wine I wish for my Own use and a friend if I Choosed During which time I saved more than Eleven Guineas which I have by me at this time and ten months pay Due at the Regiment which would be of great service to me if please god I was at Home Again... I have very Little to inform of Concerning the State of Affairs in this Country [Spain] for being Away so long from them and so very far off that I see nothing of it and hear very little at this time I ham as much as much as three Hundred Miles away from them the Army are a Considerable long way in Spain Driving the French before them & if the Spanish troops stand firm I am of Opinion that we will be Clear out of the two Countries this Summer which will be a happy Day for Soldiers here for their hardships are undescribable but still fight with the Greatest of ardour and firmness never undertake a Battle but what the Complete it with Spirit & loyalty the British Army is prior to the Eyes of All nations and a Severe terror to their Enemy tho of a much infiror number I can give you but Very Little Account of the Battle of Badajoz but our Loss is Estimated at three thousand men as I hear our Regiment Got very much Hurt... `. Recent typed transcriptions of the letters are included with the lot. (a bundle)
Lot 673
Simon (AndrŽ L.). Bibliotheca Vinaria, A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Dealing with Viticulture, Wine-Making Distillation..., Use and Abuse of Wines and Spirits, pub. Grant Richards Ltd., 1913, some spotting to endpapers, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, slightly scuffed and marked, 4to, (Limited ed., 92/180), together with The History of the Wine Trade in England, vol. 1 only (of 3), pub. Wyman & Sons, 1906, 15pp. ads. at rear, some browning to title, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo (2)
Lot 52
A Flight, Barr & Barr (Worcester) porcelain pot pourri vase of footed form with gilt dolphin and shell handles set on pierced shoulders with flaring neck the body finely enamelled with a gilt edged panel of roses, passion flowers, peony and other blooms reserved on a wine ground, 30.5 cm high, impressed FBB with crown and puce script mark, minor scuffs to wine ground.
Lot 426
A collection of five modern silver wine labels comprising: A Queen’s Silver Jubilee label ‘SHERRY’ by Roberts and Belk London 1977 No. 477 of an edition of 2500 another Silver Jubilee label ‘WHISKY’ London 1977 a pair ‘SHERRY’ and ‘WHISKY’ London 1973 and continental slot in label shield form mounted with a bird and dated 1751-1951. (5)
Lot 433
A late 18th silver wine label marks worn probably Irish navette form bright-cut borders engraved ‘MADEIRA’ also engraved with a coronet and the later initials C.J.E length 4.6cm plus two wine labels by Joseph Wilmore of rectangular form canted corners engraved ‘SHERRY’ and ‘MADEIRA’. plus an electroplated label ‘CHERRY BRANDY’. (4)
Lot 439
A George IV silver wine label by Matthew Linwood Birmingham 1820 scroll form pierced scroll mantle and foliate borders incised ‘RUM’ length 6.1cm plus a William IV silver wine label by Taylor and Perry Birmingham 1832 oval shell and grape decoration and with a mask incised ‘RUM’ length 4.7cm. (2)
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