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Click here to subscribeA Georgian Mahogany country longcase Clock having swan neck pediment with brass disc decoration. The hood having turned brass mounted column supports flanking the single pane glazed door. Floral pattern face with bird to the centre. Signed I.E. Mason Worcester. Thirty hour movement with date roller. Short door case with lower cross banded panel. 18 3/8'' wide x 76'' high x 8 1/4'' deep
Two 19th Century paper posters, the first advertising the sale of 'Valuable oak, ash and elm timber at Clent near Stourbridge' dated March 1827, the second 'Particulars of the valuable timber sold by auction by John Davies on a farm near the church at Belbroughton, near Stourbridge', dated March 1825 together with an 1825 'Account of an unjust information laid against John Lowe, Shoe-maker of Worcester' (3)
An 18th Century First Period Worcester water jug decorated in the Pinecone pattern, crescent mark to the base, height 22cm, S/D, together with a late 18th Century Staffordshire mug decorated with a blue and white cottage scene and an early 19th Century motto mug 'One sweet kiss is the price of this' (3)
An early 20th Century Royal Worcester cabinet plate decorated by Richard Seabright, the central reserve with hand painted peaches and red grapes against a dark blue ground with pale pink cartouche panels and gilt jewelling, the foot with similar decoration, puce mark with date code for 1911 and manufactured for H.G Stephenson Ltd, Manchester, diameter 22cm, A/F
Worcester, Charles Somerset, Marquess of (1660 - 98). Autograph manuscript in ink: A Short Account of my Voyage into France Anno 1673 . 118 pp., small 4to., 18th c. calf gilt, with old red morocco label on verso of upper cover reading " A Short Account of the Marquis of Worcester's Voyages into France Anno 1673" (rubbed, joints cracking, small loss to final leaf). Inscribed on Raglan bookplate "from Lady Mary Farquhar", and bookplate "C.S.B." at end (Charlotte Sophia Beaufort, wife of the sixth duke, and mother of Lady Mary). A charming, youthful account of travels through France, with descriptions of the towns and cities, beginning on 6th May, "I went from Chiswick upon the Thames, with my Father in his Coach to Whitehall where having kissed his Majesty hand & had his blessing as Godfather, I came to Rochester in another Coach…accompanied by Mr. Frederick Howard 2nd sonn to the Earle of Carlisle with his Governour Monsieur Roux, my owne Company being a Governour Dr. Edward Chamberlaine a Tutor Mr. Henry Watkins a Valet de Chambre & a Footman." In Paris he is greatly impressed by the Louvre, "ye infinat quantity of huge plate, Rich Hangings…curious cabinets, costly Pictures antient & modern Statues… The observatorie…seated upon high ground for ye use of ye Royal Academy for observing of ye starres & promoting Experimentall Knowledge…" and the menagerie at Versailles, with descriptions of the birds and animals, including an elephant. Charles Somerset later attended Christ Church, Oxford, became a Colonel in the militia, and served as a Deputy Lieutenant and M.P. for Monmouthshire. Dr. Edward Chamberlayne (1616 - 1703) was the author of Angliae Notitia or The Present State of England, 1669, and one of the original Fellows of The Royal Society. See illustration
SECOND WORLD WAR - THE BLITZ - THE UNIQUE 'HOME FRONT' PERSONAL POCKET DAIRIES OF F. J. HADLEY, 4 MAYFAIR AVENUE, WORCESTER PARK, SURREY, JANUARY 1939 - DECEMBER 1940 a member of the Red Cross and First Aid Post, detailing daily accounts of the raids and air battles in London and the South of England during the Battle of Britain period - Thursday 15th of August 1940 'Bombs on Croydon 7 p.m. - warning in Limehouse'; Friday August 30th 1940 'F.A.P. (first aid party) all night' - 'delayed going home by air-raid, planes over-head gunfire at 1.30 but got some sleep after'; Thursday 7th of September 1940 'Stay in L.H. to mend trestle. Very heavy air raid 5-6.30 p.m., shelter 'Guardian Angels' church M.E. Parish o.k. SCD on fire, A.F,S. in continious streams N & W & central London, much H.E. in East London, night raid attracted by glow of fire'; Sunday 15th September 'Watch mid-day air battle after Church (S.E. at Old Malden'; Thursday 21st November 1940 'letter from Aunt Flo - house damaged by 'land mines', etc.
A quantity of ceramics including a blue and white butter dish and cover, Portmerion Meridian milk jug and two cups with another Portmeirion floral milk jug, various Queen's Green Solanware green rimmed plates, servers and platters, a miniature tagine dish and cover, a Gerz, West Germany tankard decorated with knights, two Emma Bridgwater mugs, Royal Worcester Mappin and Webb plates with green floral patterned borders, a decorative serving bowl decorated with sprays of flowers and a Clee Pottery trinket dish
A quantity of commemorative armorial plates including two marked with the emblem 'Heart in hand' blue and gilt rims, kite marks to base, two plates marked with emblems and the words 'disce pati suffer', maroon and gilt rims, a Chaimberlains plate marked with an axe emblem and the words 'altera merces' and a Royal porcelain works Flight Barr & Barr, Worcester plate marked 'sapere aude' (7)
A selection of china and glassware including Royal Worcester, Royal Albert, a Karl Ens china rose, a set of six green glass wine glasses, two coloured glass poesey vases, a Bourne Denby floral hand painted bowl, and a Hughes Longport floral meat platter together with a pair of wooden poesy vases
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