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Lot 381
Assorted porcelain tea wares; to include Foley trio, cups and saucers including English blue and white transfer print and a Victoria Czechoslovakia matching set of porcelain items decorated with flowers comprising pair candlesticks, pair of jugs chamber stick and snuffer, ring stand, pots and rectangle tray
Lot 242
A late 18th / early 19th Century Georgian ivory and silk fan having sixteen ivory sticks with pierced decoration, the silk being hand painted with florals and insects together with another later paper and wooden fan (AF). Some cracks to the ivory but still functions well, some damage to the silk to the verso, damage to stick and paper on the second fan.
Lot 774
John William Bailey (1831-1914) - A rare 19th Century Victorian antique stick pin having a hand painted ceramic panel depicting a black and brown spaniel, signed to the verso J W Bailey 1851, mounted within a gold stick pin with twisted centre. Bailey is a well known enamel portrait miniature artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy and who's work is housed at the V & A museum, and trained under William Essex. Measures approx 6.5cm.
Lot 956
Lucian Ercolani style - Ercol model 391 style - All Purpose Chair - A set of three mid 20th century retro vintage beech and elm stick back side / dining chairs having a saddle seat and stick back backrest attached to the top rail and leg spindle stretcher. All being raised on spindle legs. The chairs being finished in the blonde colourway. Measures 81 x 42 x 47cm.
Lot 81
RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER) - ANGLO-PERSIAN WAR & ZANZIBARSeries of twenty six autograph letters signed from Christopher Palmer Rigby ('C.P. Rigby') to his friend Joseph Miles, Quartermaster of Marines at Bombay ('My dear Miles'), comprising: (i) seventeen letters written from Bushire during the Anglo-Persian war of 1856-7, in his position as Superintendent of Police and Assistant Civil Commissioner, reporting on life in the town ('...supplies coming in from all parts, fruit, vegetables, fish etc in abundance, and the meat as good as English...'), troop movements ('...The Persians are still encamped 2 marches off and are trying to cut off our supplies... the Russians have occupied Asterabad and have a large army on the Persian frontier...'), reporting '...you will hear of the defeat of the Persian Army... Outram arrived looking remarkably well... [The Highlanders] caused an immense sensation marching through the town in their kilts. The Persians think they are our great warriors... their force amounted to eight regiments of infantry, 18 guns and four or five thousand irregular horse... They [the Persians] evacuated their camp before our arrival... finding we did not follow them came back to make a night attack on us in their entrenched camp... our Artillery blazed at them with grape and cannister... the Persians fled in confusion... we might march through their country with moderate force...'), General Jacob ('...detested by nearly everyone in camp... he is doing everything he can to embroil us with the Persians and the tribes around... a wretched stick, pig headed as a mule... it is a wretched patched up peace, we gain nothing...'), visit from a Persian Colonel ('...looks as if he had just been figged out in Paris... The Persians seem really anxious to cultivate friendship with us...'), news of mutual friends ('...what a 1000 pities all our fellows are marrying, it hampers a Regiment in every way...'), complaints of the Bombay postal system ('...a disgrace to any Christian country, a foul blot upon the 19th century...'), reports of mutinies in India ('...most exaggerated...'), and withdrawal (...'I suppose I shall be the last to embark from here...'); (ii) one letter from aboard the Falkland giving a description of the Seychelle Islands ('...every species of tropical fruit...The roads are lined with roses, myrtles & oleander... the whole island almost is in a state of nature... the root of the manioc which grows like a weed makes excellent white bread... people are too lazy... no money is ever spent on improvements... the style of living is very different... I don't think they even have tiffin or dinner, breakfast seems to be the meal... turkey, ham, curries, fish, salads, ducks stewed in olives... with claret... fancy eating all this at 10 in the morning...'); (iii) eight letters from Zanzibar as British Consul, describing being greeted by the Sultan on arrival ('...he gave a capital dinner in the European style but only sherbet to drink... the English Consul is the only person here the Sultan calls on...'), hospitality ('...the French Consul... has a French cook... would have done credit to the Café de Paris... The American Consul... can't speak a word of French... only language in which he can make himself understood is the Sowahili or negro language... I laughed when I heard them salute each other with 'Jambo Monsieur'...'), scenery and abundant produce ('...like a fine park... huge mango trees, groves of oranges etc...'), arrival of slaves ('...they all wear a wooden ticket round the neck...') and slave ships ('...they come to try to bully the Sultan into consenting to a slave trade, but they find it no go... they pretend it is not a slave trade that the negroes are only 'engaged' to serve for a term of years and go willingly...'), cholera ('...raging here... carried off thousands of people...'), threat of attack from Muscat ('...there will most likely be a good deal of fighting... There are 25000 wild Africans here & a firing & yelling is kept up all day... & kill 2 or 3 people daily by accident...'), the arrival of Burton and Speke ('...Speke has done much more than Burton, he left Burton after surveying the Tanganika Lake which is about 400 miles long and went alone 25 days journey North where he discovered Lake Nianza... unknown to any...'), his low opinion of Burton ('...Speke is a right good jolly resolute follow, Burton is not fit to hold a candle to him... Speke works, Burton lies on his back all day & picks other people's brains...'), arrival of explorer Albrecht Roscher from the interior ('...Burton is very jealous of him...') and his discovery of Lake Nyassa ('...the first white man who has ever done so... There is a report he has been murdered... we are very anxious about him... Speke is going with 50 armed men...'), French designs on the colony ('...all very savage altho' outwardly polite... they want to get rid of the Sultan...'), the quashing of the rebellion of the El Harth Arabs ('...the Sultan's brother who was backed up by the French... The rebel tribe has suffered severely... the English are in high favour here now...'), his own legacy ('...I have lately emancipated 3700 slaves here... I was occupied from daylight to dark for 6 weeks having the slaves brought up and writing a certificate of freedom for each...'), and much else, c.96 pages, creased with some small tears along folds, one small portion excised to remove postmark, rust staining from old paperclips, some integral address panels with red wax seals, 8vo, Bushire, Karrack, Seychelle Islands, British Consulate Zanzibar, 28 December 1856 to 22 June 1860Footnotes:'ENGLISH INFLUENCE IS SUPREME HERE': LETTERS FROM THE BRITISH CONSUL IN ZANZIBAR & HIS FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE ANGLO-PERSIAN WARA wide-ranging, closely written and detailed correspondence beginning with Rigby's first-hand experience of the Anglo-Persian war of November 1856-April 1857. As Bushire's only Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, on the arrival of Sir James Outram, commander of the British forces, Rigby was elevated to Assistant Civil Commissioner and Military Commandant. His services were indispensable as the only officer who could speak Persian. Rigby's account covers the battle of Bushire, the British attack on Brazjun, and the battle of Khushab, the largest battle of the war. During his next posting as British Consul in Zanzibar, against a vividly portrayed background of life on the island, he speaks of his great successes in fighting the slave trade, the quashing of the Burghash rebellion, describes assisting several explorers and reveals his personal thoughts on the rivalry between Burton and Speke (see Lot 89).These letters were retained in the papers of Christopher Palmer Rigby, extracts from which were published in his daughter's memoir, General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, published in 1935.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 258
UNUSUAL TELESCOPE COMPASS WALKING STICK 19TH CENTURY the screw-off pommel fitted with a compass while the removable upper section of the stick fitted with telescopic lenses, bound in shagreen with a woven string collar, the malacca shaft with a brass ferrule; the engine turned brass band stamped PATENT(86cm long)
Lot 259
RARE REPUBLIC OF CANADA COMMEMORATIVE WALKING STICK CIRCA 1838 with a twisted natural wood shaft with horn ferrule and white metal pommel embossed with scrolling leaves and a bird, engraved 'C. Dale/ Navy Island Niagara River'(90cm long)Footnote: Note: Navy Island lies in the Niagara River, 4.5 kilometers above the Horseshoe Falls, between Ontario and New York. Long a strategic military outpost and centre of shipbuilding, in 1837 it was the home of the Rebellion of 1837, and self-proclaimed 'Republic of Canada' led by William Lyon MacKenzie and 200 of his supporters, who sought independence from British rule. Under continuing threat, MacKenzie abandoned the island in early 1838, escaping with his followers to Buffalo where he was taken prisoner. The island is now a Canadian National Historic site (since 1921) in recognition of it’s ship building and attempted Canadian Republic history.
Lot 406
Y FRENCH CASED PAINTED TORTOISESHELL AND ABALONE FAN 18TH CENTURY with gilt embellished pierced tortoiseshell sticks, the leaf painted with an oval reserve portrait of a lady flanked by further reserves with classical scenes and fêtes galante, the guard with a portrait of a young man, mounted in a shadow-box frame with rococo mouldings(Stick 26cm long)Footnote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/ Provenance: Previously Bardrochat House, South Ayrshire
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