An original WWII Second World War era Smiths MkII 8 day cockpit clock. Complete with hands, and stick wind. The serial number 6A/579 to dial. Fitted into either a Lancaster or a Spitfire. Air Ministry markings to verso. Appears in full working order. Rare. NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
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HMS Foudroyant - Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship from 1799-1801. Original walking stick topper / knop, made of copper, with notation ' Foudroyant - Nelson's Flagship - Oak & Copper From Vessel After Breaking Up '. One side depicts and image of Nelson, with his birth and death dates, and the other side depicting the ship with its dates also. The knop measures approx; 5.5cm tall. The oak walking stick sadly no longer present. HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, one of only two British-built 80-gun ships of the period (the other was HMS Caesar. Foudroyant was built in the dockyard at Plymouth Dock (a.k.a. Devonport) and launched on 31 March 1798. Foudroyant served Nelson as his flagship from 6 June 1799 until the end of June 1801.
AN ITALIAN BAYONET etc. A model 1891 Italian Carcano bayonet with blackened blade, complete with brass and leather mounted scabbard. An Officers 1900 dated Cavalry Whistle, with broad arrow markings by Dean & Parker of Birmingham. With attached red cord and thumb ring mount. A partial length silver topped swaggerstick, Kings Royal Rifles by Swaine & Adeney. Hallmarks for 1918, the ebony stick has been snapped some time ago. (16.3/4").
WW1 Interest: Minature Silver framed photos of Field Marshall John French: stick pin made from a Field Marshall's button: photo stick pin of FM French: Kings Crown cap badge for the Queens Own 4th Hussars: Kings Crown cap badge for the 14th Kings Hussars: Eendragt Maakt Magt badge: PR VII badge. (8)
An Elkington silver plated tazza, of circular wire work basket form, with scrolling rim, raised on a tapering support terminating in a circular base chased and applied with fruiting vines, 15cm high, together with a silver plated three branch candelabra, convertible into a single stick, 52.5cm high as a candelabra, and a gilt silver plated white metal swing handle basket, in the neo-classical taste with fanned and pierced inner bowl, length 31cm. (3)
A JAPANESE KYOTO WARE JOSS STICK HOLDER EDO 1603-1868 The rectangular body decorated with abstract roundels in thick red and blue enamels on a basil green ground, with honeycomb-shaped apertures to the sides and round openings to the top for holding the joss sticks, the base with a paper label for Worcester Royal Porcelain Works Museum N.6.03, 9cm. Cf. J Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol. II, pp.706-707, no.1719, for a Kyoto ware vase with similar decoration and honeycomb-shaped reticulations. According to the author, Kyoto wares were seldom exported from Japan. Examples can be found in the collections of Augustus the Strong in Dresden and at Burghley House.
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO EDO/MEIJI PERIOD Decorated with the Three Friends of Winter (prunus, pine and bamboo) in gilt, black and red lacquer on a cinnamon-coloured ground, attached to a glass ojime and with a stag-antler netsuke carved as an elderly figure with a walking stick, 8.5cm.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY, comprising a baroque pearl set stick pin, modelled as a claw, with white stone highlight, the fitting stamped '333', a seed pearl torsade necklace, with diamond set spherical clasp, stamped '585', and a white stone set brooch, of scroll design, (all pearls untested for origin), stick pin terminal length 2.2cm (3)
A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN AND LATER BROOCHES AND STICK PINS, comprising a sapphire and diamond set dragonfly bar brooch, stamped '15ct', a diamond and green stone cluster bar brooch, (adapted with later pin fitting), a similar half pearl example, (later fitting), an opal single stone bar brooch, a gem set insect bar brooch, a Victorian citrine set panel brooch, four further brooches, a French half pearl set stick pin, with horse's head mark, and a further pearl stick pin, (all pearls untested for origin), first brooch length 6.3cm (12)
A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY, comprising a Victorian enamel and half pearl set stick pin, six gem set dress rings, of varied design, a 9ct gold locket pendant on chain, a lady's bracelet watch, and assorted further rings, pendants and chains, (pearls untested for origin), stick pin panel diameter 1.9cm
A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY, comprising a pair of pearl dress studs, with French eagle's head control marks, a sapphire and half pearl heart-shaped stick pin, a pearl bar brooch, stamped '9ct', (all pearls untested for origin), a clover leaf brooch pin, a hardstone kilt pin (fitting deficient), a pair of red enamel cufflinks, a pair of lorgnettes, and further items
A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY, comprising a pearl set stick pin, a cabochon opal single stone bar brooch, a 22ct gold wedding band, with interior inscription, a white precious metal wedding band, stamped 'plat', also inscribed, assorted dress studs, and a bracelet, (clasp deficient), first bar brooch length 4.4cm
A COLLECTION OF GEM SET JEWELLERY, comprising an amethyst and purple paste cluster panel brooch, a gem set double row half hoop ring, stamped '18k', a diamond set stick pin, stamped '15ct', a turquoise and half pearl set cross pendant, in fitted case, (some stones deficient), and a tennis racquet brooch, stamped '9ct', ring size M (5)
A VICTORIAN SILVER SMALL CHAMBER STICK, of pierce decorated and shaped hexagonal form with snuffer, by Henry Wilkinson & Co, Sheffield (probably from a desk stand), 8cm high; a late Victorian silver baluster cream jug, repoussé decorated with swags of flowers, London 1892, another Victorian example on scalloped feet by Henry Holland, London 1873; a silver repoussé decorated sugar basin, London 1931; and a Dutch swing handled sugar basket, import marks for London 1893, 17oz overall (5)
A COLLECTION OF GEM SET JEWELLERY, comprising a turquoise and half pearl set star pendant/brooch, 9ct gold mounted, suspended from a fine trace-link chain, an amethyst and diamond dress ring, stamped '14k', an amethyst single stone ring, stamped '9k', a baroque pearl stick pin, a Victorian paste set panel brooch, and a pair of ear studs, (all pearls untested for origin), pendant/brooch length 4.6cm (6)

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