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Click here to subscribeA Victorian Bronzed Metal Inkstand, of two handled serpentine rectangular form, set with a taper stick and two glass inkwells; a Edwardian cast iron inkstand, advertising Ryhope & Silksworth Ind. & Prov. Society Ltd., Xmas 1907; a small glass inkwell advertising Luke & Spencer, Broadheath, Altrincham (3)
A rare Limbach group of a beggarwoman and child circa 1775 both wearing ragged and patched clothes, the lady with a basket containing linen on her back, the base with a coloured rockwork support at the rear, moulded with a rocaille edged in purple at the front 15cm., 5.875;in. child's left arm broken off at elbow, lady's walking stick lacking A similar group in the Ehmann Collection, Basel, is illustrated by Ch.Fritzsche, 'Thuringer Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts. Die Sammlung Yvonne und Ludwig Ehmann, Basel', in Mittelungsblatt der Keramikfreunde der Schweiz, 116/117, December 2003, p.195f., no.087-01. The author records (p.196) only three further examples of the group, all in German museum collections.
Hummel figure of girl with a rucksack carrying a basket, 5½"; Hummel figure of a boy with a stick staring at a rabbit 5"; Hummel figure of a boy in a hat on a gusty day with his hands in his pockets 6" high; Royal Copenhagen Robin marked 'Denmark TM 226', 2½" high; and a Coalport basket embossed with flowers, marked 'Coalbrookdale by Coalport, Made in England, L.R.77', 7" high
*Churchill (Rt. Hon. Winston S., 1874-1965). Typed letter signed, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, 20th February 1934, to W.E. Fretwell [Consulting Engineer], accepting an estimate for building work at Chartwell, salutation and signature in brown ink, some spotting and minor wear along vertical fold, one page, 4to, window-mounted along with four (unpublished?) b & w photos., two showing interiors of Chartwell, one an exterior and one of Churchill with walking stick and hat held high acknowledging a smiling crowd of onlookers each 11 x 16 cm, the whole framed and glazed The Churchill Papers have the original letters from Fretwell and the carbon copies from Churchill covering this period of correspondence concerning building matters. For the carbon copy of this item see Char 1/257/9 which indicates that the letter was for the installation of hot water boilers for a swimming pool at Chartwell. (1)
QUEEN VICTORIA AND OSBORNE HOUSE-A small collection of ephemera given to Edwin Craig, the Queen's Telegraphist at Southampton, including 3 charming manuscript menus for dinners in 1891 within chromolithographed borders, on card, 2 for Balmoral and one Osborne, 3 printed Entertainments and Visitors lists and a copy of a message, 8 items, together with A Royal Presentation stick-pin, the oval section of banded agate is mounted in gold with pellet border and engraved to the reverse 'I.M.O. Jan 20. 1896. from V.R.I.' In fitted case by Carrington. With a hand-written letter headed 'Osborne' to Edwin Craig on behalf of the Queen. *Queen Victoria was particularly grateful for Edwin Craig's help in transmitting messages for her, via Southampton, when illness struck, so much so that she sent him the gold tie pin as a token of her appreciation. Provenance: Consigned by the descendants.
A Victorian Scottish rosewood mercury marine stick barometer circa 1860 with stepped pediment over ivory double scale calibrated in inches annotated 10am Yesterday and 10am Today and signed Gebbie & Co Late M. Walker & Sons Opticians Greenock over rectangular section upright and gimbal collar with Improved Sympiesometer tube and mercury farenheit thermometer mounted within glazed brass-backed scale beneath the base with cylindrical brass cistern cover gimbals lacking 96cm high.
BRITISH Coins, England, 17th Century TOKENS, Hertfordshire, Cheshunt (2), John Teckoe, Halfpenny 1669, obv queen’s head (W 79); Iohn (John) Wright, Farthing 1660, obv stick of candles (W 80). First buckled, fair, second about fine. (2) John Teckoe is probably a corruption of John Tooke. first with ticket noting “found Fairleigh Farm, Cheshunt”. second bought A J Bliss 1999.
A Decorative African Sword, the broad 47cm double edged blade engraved with two rows of wavy lines, the leather covered grips serving as a sheath for a short dagger set in the pommel, complete in leather scabbard with two more daggers set in the face, together with another short sword and a carved stick (3)
A Victorian Oak Oval Gate Leg Dining Table, the carved top above bobbin turned legs with stretchers, a set of four wheel and stick back dining chairs and a 19th Century Mahogany Chippendale Style Armchair, the pierced splat back above a drop in padded seat raised upon square legs with stretchers and a similar side chair
A DAY'S PATENT BRASS PERCUSSION TRUNCHEON, mid-19th century, 15 3/4in. overall, with turn-off barrel with slightly belled muzzle, action (mainspring defective) with plaque marked 'DAY'S PATENT', and bird's head grip. Footnote: These truncheons employed the same mechanism as Day's walking stick guns. See Lewis Winant, Firearms Curiosa, pp. 154-5. Winant describes the grip as 'sinister', going on to state "...when used as a club, this piece has not the disadvantage of a lead pipe, which may bend on a tough skull."
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