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Click here to subscribeA large quantity of Royal Worcester 'Evesham' pattern dinner and table ware to include a large lidded oval tureen, cups and saucers, salt and pepper cruets, coffee cups, jugs, gravy boat and saucer, hors d'oeuvres dish (boxed), teapot, coffee pot, egg coddlers, etc (approx 120 pieces). CONDITION REPORT Most scratched, a lot with rubbed gilt, one salad plate chipped, one dinner plate chipped
Four Royal figures comprising a boxed limited edition Queen Mother figure, a Spode limited edition 'Queen Elizabeth II The Diamond Jubilee 2012', Royal Worcester 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II', Royal Worcester 'In Celebration of the Queen's 80th Birthday 2006' and a further Royal Worcester 'Figurine of the Year 2011 - Susannah' (5). CONDITION REPORT The Elizabeth II sceptre regluedThe Queen mother figure is missing the walking stick
Sandford (William). A Few Practical Remarks on the Medicinal Effects of Wine and Spirits; with observations on the oeconomy of health: intended principally for the use of parents, guardians, and others interested with the care of youth, 1st edition, Worcester: printed by J. Tymbs, 1799, half-title and errata leaf at rear, spotting throughout, light ink stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute to title, 20th-century library cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, 12moQty: (1)
* Cromwell (Oliver, 1599-1658). English General and Statesman, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1653-58. Document Signed, ‘O. Cromwell’, as Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland and Captain General of all the Land Forces of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, no place, 30 June 1651, manuscript military commission on vellum, appointing Richard Johnson an ensign in the Company of Foote commanded by Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, written in an italic hand and boldly signed at the foot, small red wax seal on paper wafer in upper left corner, scattered minor spots, 1 page, oblong folio (20 x 29cm)Qty: (1)NOTESColonel Sir Richard Ingoldsby (1617-1685) was an English officer in the New Model Army during the English Civil War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1647 and 1685. As a Commissioner (Judge) at the trial of King Charles I, he signed the king's death warrant but was one of the few regicides to be pardoned. In May 1651 Ingoldsby's regiment left Oxford and joined the army which fought at the Battle of Worcester, the last battle of the English Civil War.
* Wolsey (Thomas, 1470/71-1530). English archbishop, statesman and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Lord High Chancellor of England 1515-29. A very fine manuscript Document Signed, ‘Thomas Wulcy’, Richemount [Richmond], 25 November [1513], boldly penned in black ink in a secretarial hand on laid paper, being a Privy Council Warrant ordering [John Dauntesey] ‘Daunce’ to make payments in Flanders to Richard Fermour and William Brown, merchants of the Staple at Calais, of £1000 to be paid to William Copland for the purchase of ‘artillerye and other habilymentes of Warre’ and a further £1000 to be paid to Alan Kyng ‘for provision of Wyne for the kynges use’, a holograph receipt by Fermour and Brown (per me Rychard Fermer; per me Wyll[ia]m Browne junior) on the lower half of the document, dated 6 December 1513, Wolsey’s signature appears at the centre of the document alongside those of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443-1524, English soldier and statesman, Lord High Treasurer 1501-22, Earl Marshal 1509-24; signed ‘T. Norfolk’), Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (c.1460-1526, Lord Chamberlain 1509-26; signed ‘C. Som[m]ersete’), Richard Foxe (1447/88-1528, Bishop of Winchester 1501-28, Lord Privy Seal 1487-1516, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; signed ‘Ri Wynton’) and Sir Thomas Lovell (c. 1449-1524, English soldier and administrator, Speaker of the House of Commons and Treasurer of the royal household; signed ‘Thomas Lovell’), filing hole touching one letter in second line, incorrectly dated at the head of the document in a hand of c.1800, some light browning and overall age wear, one short split to left upper margin not touching text,1 page, 4to (210 x 180mm), endorsed: ex[aminat]ur p[er] Dalison (examined by Dalison) [George Dalison, Auditor of the Exchequer]Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: collection of Sir Joseph Dimsdale – ‘D’ (blind-stamp monogram collector’s mark with crest above to lower margin; not located in Lugt); subsequently part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Documents and Letters. The present document is illustrated in full in The Guinness Book of World Autographs by Rawlins (1977, p. 241). The document was included in the auction of the Rawlins Collection by Sotheby’s, June 1980 (Lot 67, £1,300, Thomas) and the small circular stamp of the Rawlins collection has been neatly removed from the lower left corner leaving a light, minor stain. Docketed in Rawlins’ hand in pencil to the verso as formerly part of the collection of Sir Joseph Dimsdale; XII 265; Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992) bookseller; Sotheby’s, London, 13 December 1993 (Lot 306, £2,000); International Autograph Auctions Ltd., 3 April 2011 (Lot 609, £5,600). In pencil, at top, c1850: Pl 2 No 1 implying illustration as Plate 2, number 1. The same hand has annotated the signatures of the privy councillors 1-5, and the same hand has written lines at right-angles below them, suggesting that the lower half of the document was not illustrated. Above the box formed by these lines is a short inscription of which only the words Thereabouts to be … can be made out. The left and bottom margins have been trimmed – note the straight cuts, the tightness of the trace of the circular stamp to the margin and the loss of a word in the left margin. Sir John Dauntsey (Daunce) (c.1484-1545) of Thame, Oxfordshire and London, rose from humble origins to the highest offices in King Henry VIII’s financial administration by way of the London company of Goldsmiths. ‘Richard Fermor (1480/84-1551) of Isham and Easton Neston, Northamptonshire and London, merchant of the Staple of Calais, merchant. Fermor was given a share in the contract for victualling the royal army during the Tournai campaign of 1513, and he exported large quantities of wheat, flour, beer barrels, cannonballs, harness, and saltpetre. As a reward he was given licences to export wool direct to Italy. … In 1524 Fermor was in Florence and gave financial assistance there to John Clerk, Wolsey's agent, who was negotiating for the cardinal's election to the papacy. At the time of his fall (1529), Wolsey owed Fermor £125 for various silks.’ For both Dauntsey and Fermor see History of Parliament Online for fuller details. George Dalison of Clothall in Hertfordshire, Cransley in Northamptonshire and Gray’s Inn, c.1480-1524. Gave 40 marks (£26 13s 4d) for the Auditorship of the Exchequer in 1507, and served in that office to 1521. Wolsey’s ability to keep a large number of troops supplied and equipped for the duration of the Anglo-French War (1512-14) was a major factor in its success. Wolsey also had a key role in negotiating the Anglo-French treaty of 1514, which secured a temporary peace between the two nations. Under this treaty the French king, Louis XII, would marry Henry VIII’s young sister, Mary. In addition, England was able to keep the captured city of Tournai and to secure an increase in the annual pension paid by France. The present document dates from the beginning of the power struggle between Wolsey and his co-signatory the Duke of Norfolk, who had fought for King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth (1485), and made an important contribution, as Earl Marshal, to the coronation of King Henry VIII. Norfolk challenged Wolsey in an attempt to become the new king’s first minister, although eventually accepted the cardinal’s supremacy. Two months before signing the present document Norfolk had been instrumental in crushing James IV’s forces at Flodden, 9 September 1513. His signature, T Norfolk, is anomalous since his father’s dukedom was not restored to him until 1 February 1514. It was also at the time of signing this document that Wolsey was given a significant opportunity to demonstrate his talents in the foreign policy arena. The war against France had begun in 1512 and, although the first campaign was not a success, Wolsey learned from his mistakes and in 1513, with Papal support, a joint attack on France was launched. Thomas Lovell, one of the privy councillors who signed the warrant, supervised the procurement of artillery and the fortification of Calais between 1511 and 1514 (ODNB). A handsome document of exceptional rarity.
* Shakespeare (William & Phillipps, Thomas). Letter containing written transcript of the bond given at the time of obtaining a marriage licence for William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway in 1582, sent to Sir Thomas Phillipps by James Davis (for W. Clifton) the Clerk of the Worcester Registrar's Office, 2nd June 1836, 4pp. (1835 watermarked laid paper), addressed to Thos. Phillips Bart, Middle Hill, Broadway, single page manuscript transcript of marriage bond, with pencil notes in Sir Thomas Phillipps' hand, red wax seal applied, folded and post markedQty: (1)NOTESThe letter reads "Registrars Office Worcester, 2 June 1836, Sir, On the other side I send you a copy of the bond given at the time of obtaining a marriage licence for William Shakespeare and Anne Hathwey. We have been very busy in preparing for the Bishops Visitations which commence on Tuesday next and end on the following Saturday after which time copies of the Wills you wrote for shall be sent, I am Sir (for W. Clifton) Your very obt. sevt. James Davis." The bond was discovered among the Registry archives by the antiquary Sir Thomas Phillipps and was one of the few surviving records containing information regarding Shakespeare's life and marriage, for which the discovery was of great importance. The original marriage bond, dated November 28, 1582 states that there was nothing to prevent William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s marriage from taking place and that the bishop of Worcester, who issued the marriage license would be safeguarded from any future possible objections. The bond is one of two documents recording the marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway; however, the evidence appears to be confused. An entry, dated the day before the bond on November 27, 1582, in the bishop of Worcester’s register records that a license was granted to William Shakespeare for his marriage to Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton, while this bond names the parties as William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway of Stratford-upon-Avon. The marriage bond is only one of three documents that might have been produced to secure the license (now lost). William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway late in November 1582. However, the marriage did not take place in the couple’s parish church at Stratford-upon-Avon and nor were the banns read there three times, as would normally have been required. Instead application was made to the bishop of Worcester, in whose diocese Stratford-upon-Avon then lay, for a license for the marriage to take place elsewhere after a single reading of banns. The license itself, which would have been addressed to the minister of the church at which the ceremony was to take place, is not extant. However, no existing surviving parish register records the event; therefore Shakespeare’s marriage may have taken place at any local church without a surviving register. Anne Hathaway was three months pregnant (the couple’s child being born the following May) and the couple’s relative ages were unusual for the time. William was 18 and Anne was eight years older than Shakespeare at the age of 26. Considering Anne’s pregnancy, scholars have argued that the couple may have been married by license due to insufficient time for the reading of banns three times before Advent began on December 2. Advent was a customary prohibited period for marriages, which lasted until eight days after Epiphany, observed 12 days after Christmas. (See: Robert Bearman, "The Shakespeare marriage bond," Shakespeare Documented, https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/shakespeare-marriage-bond).
A 20th Century glass decanter of ovoid form with outwardly raised pools and textured stopper, on a circular foot, the base with impressed indistinct makers mark, possibly 'Wells', height 31.5cm, together with a small group of glass wares and a Czechoslovakian part porcelain tea set and Royal Worcester tea wares in the 'Bernina' pattern (quantity)
A Royal Worcester ewer with naturalistic handle and hand painted landscape, the base with factory cipher and numbers 37112 and 1116, height 19cm, together with a Victorian transfer printed hand coloured ironstone plate of birds amidst flowers and a Royal Doulton series ware candlestick holder 'Old English Scenes' (3)
Obsolete Calibre Ethan & Allen Side Hammer Rimfire Revolver .32 RF, 4 inch, octagonal, blued barrel. White metal blade sight. Top flat marked Ethan Allen & Co Worcester Mass. Allens Pat Sept 7th Nov 9th 1858. Sept 24 1861. Lower securing rod. Six shot, plain rimfire cylinder. Solid frame with small sheath trigger. Side mounted percussion style hammer. Polished wooden slab grips.
Allen & Wheelock Side Hammer Rimfire Revolver obsolete calibre. .32 RF, 3 inch, octagonal blued barrel. Brass blade sight. Side flat marked Allen & Wheelock Worcester MS.US. Allens Pats Sept 7. Nov 9 1858. Lower securing rod. Six shot, plain rimfire cylinder. Solid frame with small sheath trigger. Side mounted percussion style hammer. Polished wooden slab grips.
Allen & Wheelock Side Hammer Rimfire Revolver obsolete calibre. .32 RF, 4 1/4 inch, octagonal barrel. Brass blade sight. Side flat marked Allen & Wheelock. Worcester MS. US. Allens Patent Sept 7. Nov 9 1858. Lower securing rod. Six shot, plain rimfire cylinder. Solid frame with small sheath trigger. Side mounted percussion style hammer. Polished, wooden slab grips.
A group of Worcester porcelain decorated in the Evesham pattern, oven to table, dinner and tea wares, including a casserole dish and cover, vegetable tureens and covers, open dish, gravy boat and stand, souffle dishes, flan dish, dinner, dessert and side plates, teacups and saucers, etc. (a quantity)
A Paris late 19thC porcelain cornucopia vase, 13cm high., Chamberlains Worcester porcelain tea cup and saucer, decorated with reserves of birds against a turquoise ground, gilt heightened, painted mark, Royal Crown Derby porcelain hexagonal box decorated in the Derby Posies pattern, a pair of Bethel Rye pottery figures of caricature cats, 8.5cm high, and a pair of Moyses Stevens porcelain vases moulded as tulips, 10cm high. (7)
Quantity of Royal Worcester Vitreous pattern dinnerwaresCondition report: Set appears in good order overall, one tureen is missing its lid. Every piece is very dirty and would benefit from a good wash! Because of the dirt it is difficult to say with certainty if there are hairlines or other damage, however the pieces all appear to 'ring true' and appear in good order with just the usual age related wear to gilding etc.
Victorian Royal Worcester tea service with hand painted floral decoration together with a 'Queen Anne fine bone china' tea service (qty)Condition report: Royal Worcester tea service:Sugar bowl- cracked, broken and re-glued2 plates- one has large chip to rim, other plate is good.12 saucers- two saucers have chips to rim, one saucer has crack across body, one other has chip to underside rim. Some wear to gilding and the bead decoration to saucers but otherwise the remaining 8 saucers are good. 10 cups- two cups have restored handles, three cups have large hairline cracks to body, one cup has smaller hairline crack to rim, two cups have chips to gilding along the rim, other two cups appear to be in good condition. All cups have staining to inside bowl from use. Quee Anne tea set: the set is dirty and would benefit from a clean1 cake plate- good6 side plates- all good6 saucers- all good1 milk jug- good1 sugar bowl- good 6 tea cups- one cup has nibbles to foot rim, otherwise all good. Other set: unmarked4 side plates- good4 saucers- 2 with hairline cracks across body, other 2 good1 sugar bowl- hairline crack to underside of base1 milk jug- some chips to paintwork on handle, otherwise good4 tea cups- some wear to gilt rim and some chips to paintwork on bamboo style handle but overall good.
Group of assorted decorative teaware including Ridgway, Crown Staffordshire and others (qty)Condition report: Crown Staffordshire set: 6 saucers- one with chip to underside rim. 5 coffee cans- all good. 1 sugar bowl and 1 milk jug- both good. Royal Worcester coffee set: 6 coffee cans- one has heavy scratch to side of body, others good. 6 saucers- some crazing but overall good.Vienna miniature coffee set: 5 coffee cans- yellow one has restoration to rim, turquoise one has chip to rim, others fine. 4 saucers- yellow has chip to rim, other fine (turquoise saucer missing)Other Vienna navy and gilt coffee set: 3 cups- one cup broken and re-glued, others fine. 3 saucers- good.Four various tea cups and saucers- some chips to rims. One handle re-glued.Vicotrian tea set- only 2 saucers present, 1 larger tea cup and 5 smaller cups. Overall good
Collection of Victorian bisque porcelain shell vases , fish and hand vase ( 6)Condition report: Minton fish vase- firing crack to trout’s head. Various small chips and losses around the base. Gilded hand vase- some evidence of restoration around the top. Hairline crack to base. Conch shell vase- in good condition.Pair Worcester shell vases- one has minor chips around base and chip to inside of shell. Other vase has couple of minor chips to base.Worcester nautilus shell- appears to be in good condition
Three Victorian Worcester figures and another figure - classical maidensCondition report: Worcester figure with gilt base- several small chips around circumference of base. Firing crack to one leg. Chip to inside of foot rim. Pair figures with black bands to bases- several small chips to base. Small firing cracks in folds of dress. Other figure also has chips around base. Worcester figure with blue drape- evidence of restoration to upper part of torso, head has been off and restored. Overall crazing to glaze. Hairline cracks running across base. Further evidence of restoration to base.
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