A large quantity of assorted 19th century and later leather bound books and antique reference books, including 'Army and Navy, General Price List 1933-1934, 1935-1936 and 1939-1940, also various reference books including 'Cartier', 'Pocket Watches', 'Automobilia', 'The Grapes of Ralph', 'Radio Art', 'Drawing and Painting the Landscape', 'A & N Story Circular' 1908 and 1903, 'Old Glass Paperweights', 'Fountain Pens', 'The Art of the Cigar Label', 'Clocks and Watches', etc.
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A Victorian needlework sampler signed by Eleanor Hodgson age 11 in 1849, worked predominantly in red, dark navy and green to a hessian backing, with a poem, alphabet and numerals, within a stitched border with a pair of stylished birds to lower corners,30 x 27cm excluding frame,together with a William IV sampler,circa 1833, signed by Sarah Stevens age 9,37.5 x 29.5cm (2)Condition ReportBoth appear in good condition given age. Fading and staining evident but not extreme.Write up on Sarah Stevens on reverse of William IV sampler.
A World War Two Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse's cape, owned by Joyce Rycroft (1918-2009), 1940s, navy wool with scarlet lining decorated with cloth formation signs and shoulder titles from UK, US and Canadian units, and tartan strips, together with, a collection of five 'The British Red Cross Society' enamelled badges (3 years service, Merit, Proficiency in Red Cross First Aid, Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing), four named 'J Rycroft', two pairs of brass 'Red Cross Cheshire' shoulder badges, a '3 years service slide', four 1942-1945 enamelled badges 'Red Cross Nursing', an enamelled Free French supporters 'Resurgam 1940' badge, a WVS Civil Defence badge, a British Blood Donor lapel badge, The British Red Cross Society brass and enamelled cap badge, two gorget cloth patches, a 'Mobile VAD' cloth badge, two buttons, an East Africa cloth Majors' rank slide, and a brass 'The King's African Rifles' cap badge, and a miniature George VI Defence Medal, and further ephemera, including her 'Soldier's Service Pay book, ATS and VAD Release book, handwritten and typed lecture cards, Red Cross certificates, (qty) Joyce Rycroft (1918-2009) served in the VAD as a nurse between 1942-1945. From extracts of her diary kept by her family, she was based at Capesthorne Hall, Nr Siddington, Cheshire, Woolton Towers, and Moston, then later at the Chester Military Hospital. On 26th October 1943, she noted that a large convoy of repatriated POW's arrived, many of whom died of Tuberculosis. In January 1944 she transferred to the Chester Military Hospital, again caring for many sick patients. She was very popular with the patients and was apparently called 'Honey Pot'.On D-Day, 6th June, the colonel-in-charge celebrated by sharing a bottle of champagne with the staff in the ward kitchen. She was demobbed on 4th February 1946.Her daughter notes that she worked extremely hard, was upset by some of the injuries she treated, but found solace in getting to know the patients and kept in contact with many of them. The diary recalls trips to dances, the cinema and dinners at the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester. Condition ReportFair overall. Wear to the collar and loose hanger tab Badges with some chips and wear.
A Navy Colt six shot revolver Serial number 203824, .36 calibre having octagonal barrel, brass trigger guard and grip frame with walnut grip, barrel length 9cm, Provenance : from the estate of a collector, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Shipping Disclaimer Buyers must be aware of their country’s shipping and import policies regarding guns, knives, swords, and other offensive weapons prior to purchase. They are required to ensure that the lot can be delivered by a specialist shipper, whether in the UK, Europe or internationally. No compensation will be given to buyers who fail to organise shipping arrangements for goods and weapons due to the prohibitions, restrictions or import regulations of their country. Condition ReportBarrel length 9cm faint markings to cylinder. Knocks to the cylinder and the barrel. Action working. Screw heads worn.
An officers dress coat and trousers the dark navy suit with gold braid detail, the jacket inscribed Sir Fredrick Phillips KC, 1933, contained in a toleware travelling case 105cm wide 34cm deep 28cm high together with a naval officers dress coat and a bicorn, also housed in a black toleware tavelling case, and one other toleware case (qty) Condition Reportslight wear to clothing paint losses and dents to casesFirst jacket,44 inches chest, 39.5 inches length total, trousers: 35 inches waist, 29.5 inches length, top to bottom trousers 42 inches total lenght, jacket number 2pit to pit 39 inches, sleeve length 18 inches, total length 40 inches
A single navy, green and white wool tartan curtain, handmade triple pleat heading, interlined and lined, heavy wear to leading edge and some sunfade, some small holes, remainder in fair vintage condition, 258cmW x 202cmH; together with 2 x green, navy and black wool tartan pelmets with dark green fringe to bottom edge, handmade, lined and interlined, fixed heading with inverted pleats below, some holes and sunfade on face fabric and fading to fringe, 222cmW x 48cmH.
An Indian painted miniature on ivory, late 19th/early 20th century, North India, of two ladies on a garden balcony, feeding a peacock below positioned on a terrace, with palm trees beyond, opaque pigments heightened with gilt, within a navy border decorated with scrolls and foliage, image 15 x 10.5cm, framed and glazed IMPORTANT NOTEThis lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Condition ReportOverall the panel appears to have no obvious condition issues. Some slight wear to the gilding and to a small section of the peacock. See additional images.
Italian Navy .44 six-shot single action revolver with cylinder engraved with scenes of ships, brass frame and trigger guard, shaped wooden grips and 7.5 inch octagonal barrel, overall length 35cm, serial number 28431. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIREARMS CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Navy Arms .36 six-shot single action percussion revolver with brass trigger guard, shaped wooden grips and 6.5 inch octagonal barrel, overall length 33cm, serial number 2250, in fitted wooden box with percussion cap dispenser, embossed copper powder flask, bullet mould etc. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIREARMS CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Navy Arms .44 six shot single action percussion revolver with brass trigger guard, wooden grips and 8 inch octagonal barrel, overall length 36.5cm, serial number 4298. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIREARMS CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Army & Navy CS Ltd 16 bore side by side ejector shotgun with named and engraved locks, engraved underside, trigger guard, top plate, thumb lever and fences, chequered grip and forend, carved teardrop to the wrist, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock, double trigger and named 28 inch barrels, overall length 111.5cm, length of pull 35.5cm, serial number 58042. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Army & Navy 12 bore side by side shotgun with named and engraved locks, engraved underside, trigger guard, top plate, thumb lever and fences, chequered grip and forend, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock, carved teardrop to the wrist, double trigger and named 28 inch barrels choked cylinder and ¾, overall length 112.5cm, length of pull 36.5cm, serial number 60094. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Army & Navy 12 bore side by side shotgun with named and engraved locks, engraved underside, thumb lever and fences, chequered grip and forend, carved teardrop to the wrist, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock, double trigger and named 30 inch barrels choked ¾ and cylinder, overall length 117.5cm, length of pull 35.5cm, serial number 46408. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Army & Navy 12 bore sidelock side by side ejector shotgun with named and engraved locks, engraved underside, trigger guard, top plate, thumb lever and fences, blue enamel 'Safe', chequered grip and forend, carved teardrop to the wrist, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock, double trigger and named 28 inch barrels choked ¼ and cylinder, overall length 113.5cm, length of pull 36cm, serial number 50814, in original canvas and leather case with fitted interior and 'Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd 105 Victoria St Westminster SW Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Fishing Tackle, Boats & Naturalist Work No 8 Gun & Sporting Department 3 Howick Place' label. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Army & Navy 12 bore sidelock side by side ejector shotgun with named and engraved locks, engraved underside, trigger guard, top plate, thumb lever and fences, chequered grip and forend, carved teardrop to the wrist, vacant gold cartouche to the underside of the stock, double trigger and named 28 inch barrels choked cylinder, overall length 115cm, length of pull 38.5cm, serial number 45570, in fitted canvas and leather case with 'E Whistler & Co Est 1825 New & Second Hand Guns, Rifles and Revolvers of Every Description also Pneumatic Glasses by Zeiss, Goerz, Ross etc 11 Strand Charing Cross W.C.' label. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.
Royal Navy WW2 medal group of seven comprising Naval General Service Medal with clasp for Palestine 1936-1939, 1939-45 Star named to KX8595 W Master Sto 1, RN, Atlantic Star with clasp for France & Germany, Africa Star with clasp for North Africa 1942-43, Italy Star, Defence Medal and War Medal
[Naval] An interesting collection of documents relating to the Dutch Destroyer Hr. Ms. Kortenaer (previously HMS Scorpion - taken into active service by the Royal Dutch Navy in 1945), including details of specific assignments, information for crew and a lengthy first hand account of the ship's departure from The Netherlands in 1945 for emergency active duty patrolling around the waters of the Dutch East Indies helping suppress the freedom movement “...more than two thousand Amsterdammers and family saw us off..” then the voyage hit rough waters “..seasickness has taken hold of 90% of the crew...tables & benches fell over...a tin of jam rolls from starboard to port – nobody cares, they are all much too ill!!” and at the lunch table later only 6 of the 15 officers appeared. Loading oil at Gibraltar they encounter other Dutch vessels and minesweepers heading for the Indies. And their arrival at Columbo is met by “..a harbour full of Warships, Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Hunters, Minesweepers, supply ships and more, the Kortenaer gets a place alongside an English Hunter”. The 150 newcomers onboard are subject to a Baptism ceremony, where they are are shaved with huge razors and rinsed off with the fire hose before each receiving a certificate as proof they are now true seamen. On reaching their final destination at Tanjung Priok they are welcomed by Hr. Ms.Tromp, Heemskerck, Piet Hein and Van Galen along with three submarines. Detailed assignments include a landing order on Dec. 6th near Soengaihantoe after a cargo of military material was taken ashore and partly stolen, Instructions for the Spotter in Pandang “Operation Emma” Nov. 1946, reports of attacks in Kangean with orders for providing assistance, patrolling the coast around Semarang, assisting on the Island of Mendanau, Kampang Batakan and Katajaan following attacks by armed extremists etc. There are instructions for the correct proceedures during battery attacks, notes for commanders on dress codes, danger areas, patrol reports, entertainment etc on taking leave at Ceylon. Regulations concerning marriages. Quarentine rules. Notes regarding the security add guarding of the Kortenaer and port regulations at Zaandam. Other items include lists of Government furniture provided in a First Officer's cabin, notes for responding to indirect bombardment while anchored and several Marine Reunion dinner programmes, towing problems, a lecture on Destroyers, Combat role compilation guide etc and a photograph with gun crew aboard the Kortenaer. Approximately 100 pages, mostly in Dutch with some English [The Kortenaer returned to The Netherlands in 1948, she supported the United Nations in Korea (1950-53) and served as a destroyer until the late 1950’s before being decommissioned and scrapped in 1962].
Radley 'Smile' interior slogan classic black shoulder bag with inner zipped compartment and stripe lining, Radley blue and grey tones shoulder bag, dog pattern wash bag and card purse zip wallet together with a Carvela cream shoulder bag with gold hardware, Paul Costelloe leather navy shoulder bag with gold hardware and cream card wallet purse, Viyella croc effect leather cross body bag, Carvela grey mock croc front pocket back pack bag and a River Island tan faux ostrich hand bag (1 box)
A British Royal Navy pair of gilt braid Officers Epaulettes; together with assorted military dress uniform mounts, including a pair of shoulder mounts, assorted gilt braid; also two military uniform jackets, both inscribed by Major Wolfe-Murray, etc. (a lot). Provenance: Captain James Wolfe-Murray and by descent. The naval epaulettes relate to Captain James Wolfe Murray, D.S.O., R.N. (9 June, 1880 – 16 November, 1930. Among his commands were H.M.S Ark Royal and the Light Cruiser Colombo. He also served as gunnery officer during the Battle of the Falkland Islands during WWI.
Wenceslas Cifka (Tscheraditz, Bohemia, then Austrian Empire, 1811 - Lisbon, 1884)“Portrait of Queen Mary II of England, in royal attire.”Painted in enamel on copper. Signed and titled on the back.20 x 17 cm.Based on the engraving published circa 1689-1694 by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) after the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt, kept in the National Portrait Gallery (reference no. NPG D32780).Wenceslau Cifka, also known as Václav Cífka, a versatile artist, arrived in Portugal in 1836 on the occasion of the marriage of Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Queen Maria II. He established himself mainly as a landscape painter at the Portuguese royal court.Gifted in the arts, and under Ferdinand's influence, he became a regular at auctions, acquiring important collections for the king's gallery. However, it was above all as an artist that he made his greatest contribution to Portugal. As a draftsman, lithographer, photographer, painter, ceramist and enameler, he left remarkable ceramic pieces and very special lithographs and enamels. He was one of the pioneers of photography in Portugal. He was also a pioneer of photographic techniques, he started using the daguerreotype in the 1840s and set up his studio at Rua Direita das Necessidades, nº 31 in Lisbon.He is the photographer of the first photographs of members of the royal family, who until then had only been portrayed by painters, starting with Ferdinand II, father of Pedro V.He is considered to be the first publisher of stereoscopic views in Portugal. Among his disciples were Carlos Relvas, Francisco Augusto Gomes and João Paulo Cordeiro Júnior. He was appointed photographer to the Royal Household and traveled around Europe with the King, specifically in 1854, to update and perfect his techniques in London, Paris and Berlin. As a friend and protector, King Ferdinand acquired most of his work and is represented in much of it, whether in photography or ceramics. His love of ceramics led Cifka to devote himself almost exclusively to artistic earthenware. At the end of his career he joined the Constância ceramics factory, where he specialized in glazes and ceramics. He participated in several exhibitions, at the Lisbon Industrial Exhibition in 1849, at the Philanthropic Exhibition of the Arsenal of the Navy in 1851, at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1867 and 1878, among others. He was awarded the Gold Medal at the Portuguese Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro in 1879. He held several royal posts, among them that of Photographer of the Royal Household in 1855, Reporter of the Royal Chamber in 1859 and was named Knight of the Order of Christ in 1864. After his death, the artist's work was auctioned by his son Fernando Augusto Cifka and dispersed among private collections and institutions. A catalog was published for the occasion “ Leilão das Collecções de Gravuras, Livros ilustrados, Louças de faiança e da China, India, etc., etc., do fallecido Sr. Wenceslau Cifka, na Rua 24 de Julho 460, 1º andar (Aterro) a começar em 26 de Junho de 1884. Lisboa”.In the 20th century, there have been several exhibitions dedicated to Cífka held in Portugal, among which we highlight:“Wenceslau Cifka. Ceramist, Lithographer and Enameller”, 1949, National Palace of Pena in Sintra, Portugal. Edited catalog.“9ª Exposição Temporária. Desenhos do Album Cifka”, 1948, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Lisbon. Edited catalog.“Cifka - Obra Cerâmica”, 1993 -1994, Lisbon, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, - Instituto Português de Museus.Reference bibliography:https://arquivomunicipal3.cm-lisboa.pt/x-arqweb/Result.aspx?id=66220&type=Autoridade
Ten boxed metal figures / figure sets to include 2 x Britains 43075 Victoria Cross Crimean War British 57th Regiment Advancing, Britains 43126 Victoria Cross Crimean War British Scots Fusiliers Firing Line Set #1, 2 x The Stadden Edition figures, Dorset Soldiers Traditional Lead Miniatures, Navy Personnel Lead Miniatures, etc, all ex overall
Seven boxed Franklin Mint Armour Collection 1/48 diecast model aircraft to include 98173 US Navy F6 F Hellcat, 98174 US Navy F6 F Hellcat, B1BB567 98320 F6 F Hellcat, B11B545 98277 P38 Lightning, 98045 FW190 Focke Wulf, 98010 Bf109 Messerschmitt Luftwaffe WWII Aces and 98006 P51 Mustang USAAF WWII Aces, all complete and ex

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