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Charles Miller Ltd
Maritime and Scientific Models,
Instruments & Art
London
Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Front cover: lot 282
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If a lot is affected by this right it will be identified with the symbol G
next to the lot number. The buyer agrees to pay to Charles Miller an
amount equal to the resale royalty and we will pay such amount to
the artist’s collecting agent. Resale royalty applies where the Hammer
Price is 1,000 Euro or more and the amount cannot be more than
12,500 Euro per lot. The amount is calculated as follows:
Royalty For the portion of the Hammer Price (in Euro)
4.00%
3.00%
1.00%
0.50%
0.25%
up to 50,000
between 50,000.01 and 200,000
between 200,000.01 and 350,000
between 350,000.01 and 500,000
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Invoices will, as usual, be issued in Pounds Sterling. For the purposes
of calculating the resale royalty the Pounds Sterling/Euro rate of
exchange will be the European Central Bank reference rate on the
day of the sale. Since 1st January 2012 Droit de Suite extends to the
estates of artists deceased for up to 70 years
Charles Miller Ltd
Maritime and Scientific Models,
Instruments & Art
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION AT
25 Blythe Road, London, W14 0PD
Wednesday 31st October 2012 at 12 noon, precisely
POST SALE COLLECTION
Important Notice: Lots not collected by 5pm on day of sale will be available from 2pm on
Thursday 1st November at
Charles Miller Ltd, 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road, London, SW6 2AG
Public Exhibition
Sunday 28th October
12pm-4pm
Monday 29th October
10am-7pm
Tuesday 30th October
10am-5pm
Wednesday 31st October 10am-12pm
(Limited View Only)
Order of Sale
Pictures
Naval & Nelson
Sailor Art
24-67
70-106
Liner
107-114
Collectables & Fittings
115-159
Instruments
160-246
Models
249-282
This auction is conducted by Charles Miller Ltd in accordance with our
Conditions of Business printed in the back of this catalogue.
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Please note model lots 252, 253, 254, 270, 271, 276, 280, 281 will be on view at
Imperial Road as per the above times
additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com
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Explanation of Cataloguing Practice
Pictures
A work catalogued with the name(s) or recognised
designation of an artist, without any qualification, is, in our
opinion, a work by the artist.
“Builder’s/Prisoner-of-War-Style…”
In our opinion a modern model which is built closely
conforming to the typical types of examples found within
the genre.
In other cases, the following expressions, with the
following meanings are used:
“Restored…”
In our opinion an original model which has been to a
lesser or greater extent restored in some or all areas.
The condition report may attempt to detail more precisely
which areas these are.
“Attributed to…”
In our opinion probably a work by the artist in whole or in
part
“Studio of…”
“Workshop of…”
In our opinion a work executed in the studio or workshop of
the artist, possibly under his supervision.
“Circle of…”
In our opinion a work of the period of the artist and
showing his influence.
“Follower of…”
In our opinion a work executed in the artist’s style but not
necessarily by a pupil.
“Manner of…”
In our opinion a work executed in the artist’s style but of a
later date.
“After…”
In our opinion a copy (of any date) of a work of the artist.
“Signed…”
“Dated…”
“Inscribed…”
In our opinion the work has been signed/dated/inscribed
by the artist. The addition of a question mark (?) adds an
element of doubt.
“With signature…”
“With date…”
“With inscription…”
In our opinion the signature/date/inscription/stamp is by a
hand other than that of the artist.
Models
“Builder’s model…”
In our opinion a model produced in the workshops of the
yard
“Boardroom model…”
A model which has been produced under contract by a
professional modelling firm for the yard.
“Restored overall…”
In our opinion a model or object which has been restored in
every context, including fixings and mounts.
Model Scales
Where possible indications are given of model scales, in
some instances these are provided by individual modellers,
or worked out from measurements.
Measurements
These are provided in order of Height x Width x Depth,
unless otherwise stated. Where it is not possible to
separate the model from the case, overall measurements
are taken from the widest point of each surface.
Condition
Condition may be mentioned in italics within brackets at
the end of a description; detailed condition reports may
be had from CM Ltd. prior to sale and are for reference
only. Clients should satisfy themselves in person wherever
possible as to the condition of a lot, or ask an agent to
inspect it for them. All statements provided by Charles
Miller Ltd. are honestly given, however our staff are not
trained conservators or restorers and accordingly any
statement given will not be exhaustive.
PROPERTY INCORPORATING MATERIALS FROM
ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES)
An export licence issued by the Department of the
Environment will be required for the export of any item
made of or incorporating (irrespective of percentage) animal
material such as ivory, whalebone, tortoiseshell, rhinoceros
horn, rosewood and lignum vitæ etc., and this may take up
to eight weeks to obtain. Clients are advised to check with
the regulating body in the country of importation regarding
any possible restrictions on the importation of items within
this category – some countries have an absolute ban on
the importation of certain materials. For example, the U.S.
generally prohibits the importation of articles containing
species that it has designated endangered or threatened if
those articles are less than 100 years of age.
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Detail of Lot 16
Pictures
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1.
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES GORE (HORKESTOWE, YORKSHIRE
1729-1807 WEIMAR)
Study of a brig in four positions
Inscribed ‘before the wind...on the larboard tack...in Stays...on
Starboard tack’ (lower centre)
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3.
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The harbour at Naples depicted with flags of various nations
flying from anchored vessels, with Vesuvius smoking beyond; and
another similar with Vesuvius dramatically erupting
Both inscribed with ‘Il Vesuvio’ (lower centre)
Pencil, white chalk and watercolour, on paper
Watercolour heightened with white
4½ x 8¾in. (11.4 x 22.2cm.)
16 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.)
£80-120
(2, a pair)
£500-800
2.
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The Brigantine Cimbri underway off a lighthouse
Inscribed in later hand on reverse of frame A. DE CLERK ‘CIMBRI’
Watercolour and pencil heightened with white
4.
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The brig ‘Susannah Knap’ approaching Naples with Vesuvius
beyond
Inscribed ‘Brig Susannah Knap 14 March 1867 Yvan Davis Master’
22 x 31in. (56 x 79cm.)
£400-500
18 x 25in. (46 x 63.5cm.)
£400-600
3 (part)
2
4
5
6
7.
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GEOFFROI ROUX
(FRENCH, 1811-1882)
5.
VINCENZO LUZZO (ITALIAN, FL. 1855-1875)
The Bowser Ormston Cargo Ship ‘Flamboro’ under steam and sail
in a calm sea
Study for an early wooden paddle steamer of circa 1830
Signed ‘Vincenzo Luzzo of Venice 1892’ (lower right)
Watercolour and pencil
Watercolour
11½ x 17½in. (29 x 44.5cm.)
17 x 26in. (43 x 66cm.)
£500-800
The 1,936 ton cargo ship ‘Flamboro’ was launched by Palmers of Jarrow
in November 1885, and wrecked on the Kem Reef on 2nd July 1896.
£400-500
6.
SWEDISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The Aurora Häfverö at sea
Indistinctly signed ‘H.P. ... Aurora Häfverö Kapt. W. Wickstrom’
Watercolour
21½ x 29½in. (54.5 x 75cm.)
£400-500
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8.
AFTER ANTONIO JACOBSON, 19TH CENTURY
9.
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY
The S.S. Blythville under way in a swell
The barque ‘Lawhill’ sailing under reduced sail in a turbulent sea
Inscribed ‘S.S. Blythville of West Hartlepool W.C. Bacon
Commander 1880’
Oil on board
Oil on canvas
24 x 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.)
This cargo ship of 1,390 tons was built and run by W. Gray of West
Hartlepool, launched 28th July 1877. She was wrecked near Rhinns off
Islay on 3rd June 1898.
£500-700
18 x 24in. (45.7 x 61cm.)
Built by the famous firm of W.B. Thompson, this near-3,000 ton
steel barque was launched in 1892 and enjoyed a long career as
one of the last great windjammers able to compete against the onset of
steam. Over the years she changed hands a number of times, and when
being advertised in 1899 was stated to have capacity for 4,474 tons
coal, 22,888 bales of jute, and 118,500 cases of oil. In 1932 she sank the
Polish steamer Niemen in a collision in Skagerrak but was cleared of all
guilt. In 1942 she was confiscated by the South African government and
thereafter traded from East London. She was finally sold for breaking
in 1959.
£100-150
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10. G
ROBERT MOORE (BRITISH, 1905-1963)
11.
ALEX LEES, 20TH CENTURY
Stormy conditions in the Bristol Channel (off Portishead, Avon)
The American stern-wheel river paddle steamer ‘Memphis Queen
III’ under way
Signed ‘Rbt Moore’ (lower left)
Oil on board
15 x 24in. (38 x 61cm.)
£200-400
Signed ‘ALEX LEES’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
24 x 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.)
£400-600
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12.
DAVID JAMES (BRITISH, FL. C.1885-1900)
14.
A pair of pictures: Evening on the North Coast of Cornwall
A ship in a gale about to be wrecked on rocks, firing signal gun of
distress, with anchors lowered
Signed ‘D. James 83’ (lower left); ‘D. James 84’ (lower right)
Inscribed in later hand on back with title and artist ‘D. James 95’
Oil on canvas
14 x 20in. (35.5 x 50.8cm.)
Oil on canvas
£400-600
25 x 50in. (63.5 x 127cm.)
(2, a pair)
£2000-3000
13.
A square-rigged three-masted ship at anchor, at dusk
Oil on board
9½ x 13½in. (24 x 34.3cm.)
£200-300
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15
15.
WILLIAM CLARK (GREENOCK, 1803-1883)
16.
JAMES BAKER PYNE (BRITISH, 1800-1870)
The ‘Hanover’ of Glasgow flying the House Flag of
Stirling & Gordon
The Finger of Providence
Signed ‘J.B. Pyne 1858 No. 490’ (lower right)
Signed ‘W. Clark 1839’ (left of middle).
Artist’s label to reverse inscribed ‘Liverpool Society of Arts
J.B. Pyne The Finger of Providence’
Inscribed on contemporary label to reverse ‘No. 3 portrait of
Hanover of Glasgow, Clark 1839’
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
25 x 30in. (63.5 x 76cm.)
24 x 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.)
£2000-3000
Built and launched by Scott of Greenock in 1826, the 290 ton barque
Hanover was one of a small fleet of eight vessels built over the years for
the West Indian sugar traders Stirling & Gordon of Glasgow, making many
round trips to Jamaica. Hanover served her original owners until 1843,
when she was sold to W. Blues of Leith for their Africa trade. By 1846 she
was transferred to Halket & Co. of London and was absent from Lloyd’s
Register by 1848. An earlier painting by Clark dated for 1830 depicts
Hanover arriving in the Clyde just as her consort, the Christian, departs.
Literature: A.S. Davidson: Marine Art and the Clyde, Jones-Sands
Publishing, 2001, page 113.
£3000-5000
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17.
OLIVIER LE MAY (1734-1797)
An English Squadron of the Red encountering multiple water
spouts, probably off Gibraltar, whilst in pursuit of a Spanish
armed merchantman
Signed ‘O Le May’ (lower left on stern of principal two-decker)
Oil on canvas
19½ x 29in. (49.5 x 73.7cm.)
This intriguing scene undoubtedly records an incident which has yet
to be properly identified. Frustratingly, the artist has signed the picture
where the most obvious clue - the vessel’s name - might have been put.
However, the vessel apparently aground under the headland, is flying a
white flag with a red saltire - although Ireland was not fully part of the
Union of Great Britain at that time, neither did she maintain a significant
navy, merchant or otherwise; The most likely candidate would seem
to be the “Ragged Cross” flag. This ‘Cross of Burgundy’ as it is also
known, was in use as the Spanish naval ensign between 1506-1701, and
as a Biscayan merchant ensign between 1511 and 1830. If this is indeed
a Spanish armed merchantman run ashore by British vessels intent on
booty, there are several Wars which would have provided them with a
suitable excuse, however the looming headland in the middle distance
looks distinctly like the famous Rock of Gibraltar which has served as a
notorious flash-point between Great Britain and Spain ever since it was
handed over in perpetuity by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
£3000-5000
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18.
AFTER GILBERT STUART, LATE 19TH-CENTURY
John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent
inscribed ‘G. Stuart, 1794’ (lower right)
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Watercolour
15½ x 10¾in. (39.4 x 27.3cm.)
20.
NAVAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
£150-250
H.M.S. Raleigh passing Hang Klip Head
Initialled ‘F.G.D.B. 1894’ (lower left)
19.
BRIAN COOLE (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
Watercolour
Full-length portrait of the American Commander Stephen Decater
Signed ‘Brian Coole’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Commander
Stephen Decater’ (mid left)
Oil on canvas
5½ x 7in. (14 x 18cm.); together with another similar entitled
After Sunset, Simons Bay, initialled ‘F.G.D.B. 1894’ (lower right)
(2)
£100-150
60½ x 30½in. (153.5 x 77.5cm.) Framed
£600-800
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21.
H.L. JOHNSON (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
23.
ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
S.S. Discovery frozen in for the winter off Hut Point,
McMurdo Sound
Two watercolours of Malta convoy interest: H.M. Ships ‘Mohawk’,
’Eagle’ and ‘Warspite. 1941.’; H.M. Ships ‘Royal Sovereign’, ‘Eagle’
and ‘Malaya’. 1940
Signed ‘H.L. Johnson 17.7.16’
The latter signed ‘E. Tufnell..’ (lower right); each with detailed
pasted notes to reverse
Oil on panel
15½ x 20½in. (39.5 x 52cm.)
£1000-1500
22.
ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
Approximately 10¼ x 14½in. (26.5 x 36.5cm.); together with
another similar entitled All quiet off Crete Autumn 1940.
Eagle, Ramillies, Malaya, and Kent
Signed in ink ‘E. Tufnell’ (lower right)
Wei Hai Wei - June, 1939
10 x 15in. (25.5 x 38cm.)
Signed ‘E. Tufnell, Wei Hai Wei. 1939’ (lower right), with detailed
typed notes appended to reverse
(3)
£300-500
Watercolour
9½ x 14¼in. (24 x 36.2cm.)
£150-250
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Naval & Nelson
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24.
H.E. FRECKER, 20TH CENTURY
The Battle of Jutland
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Signed ‘H.E. Frecker’ (lower left)
Pencil on paper
5½ x 15in. (14 x 38cm.); together with a print after W.M Birchall of
battleships in convoy, published by J.F.E. Grundy, 1918, stamped
and signed lower left -- 6 x 9in. (15 x 23cm.)
(2)
£100-150
25.
THE BELL FROM THE RIVER CLASS DESTROYER H.M.S. BOYNE,
1905
with moulded rim and shoulder, inscribed in black-filled lettering
as per title -- 12½in. (32cm.) high; associated clapper and knotwork pull
Ordered from Hawthorn Leslie under the 1903-4 programme, Boyne was
laid down in February 1904, launched that September and completed in
May 1905. Displacing 545 tons and measuring 222 x 23½ feet, she was
initially armed with five 6-pounders, but from 1907 that became four
12-pounders and two torpedo tubes. Surviving the Great War, she was
sold for breaking in August 1919, but seems to have been sunk as a
target. This bell was recovered from the wreck in 1988 and a letter from
the Ministry of Defence accompanies it, conferring rights to the vendor.
beginning from around the outbreak of war in 1914 until 1925
with some later insertions and comprising signal and cypher
logs liberally over-filled with a mass of ephemera including
photographs, letters, programmes, menus, personal and official
papers, etc. from his career aboard several vessels, the first
volume predominantly war-related, the second volume includes
several photographs of King George V aboard, the second
inscribed with owner’s name and marked ‘PRIVATE’
(2)
Rev. Vice-Admiral Alexander Riall Wadham Woods, D.S.O. (1880-1954)
joined the navy in 1894. He served throughout the Great War and was
present at the Battle of Jutland as flag officer to Jellicoe aboard Iron
Duke, for which he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the
D.S.O. Later in the War he commanded the light cruiser Topaze. After
the War he was Captain of the Dockyard and the King’s Harbourmaster
at Portsmouth. He retired a rear-admiral in 1931 and promoted viceadmiral in 1936. He was ordained deacon in 1933 and priest a year later.
He made his home the Red Ensign Club in Stepney and was a familiar
and popular figure there and in the dockland parish of Whitechapel.
£500-800
£1000-1500
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AN INTERESTING PRIVATE ARCHIVE KEPT BY CAPTAIN, LATER
THE R EV. VICE-ADMIRAL, A.R.W. WOODS
26 detail: George V aboard ‘Iron Duke’, Woods third from right
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27.
A LAUNCH BOARD FOR THE FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIP DUNCAN
(1901)
painted overall and inscribed Success to the “DUNCAN.”,
the reverse inscribed I saw this ship launched 21st Mar 1901
E.T. Adams -- 9½ x 96¾in. (24 x 246cm.); photographs and data
(a lot)
Provenance: E.T. Adams (naval architect and amateur
photographer); Bernard Cheese (executor of Adams’ estate);
Vendor (acquired from Cheese mid 1970s)
The name ship of a class of six, Duncan was built at the Thames Iron
Works and laid down in 1899. Displacing 15,200 tons (deep load), they
were built in response to increased naval output from Russia and
France. Sacrificing armour for speed, their two-shaft four-cylinder tripleexpansion engines fired by twenty four Belleville boilers could generate
18,000hp, giving a maximum of 19 knots, and were famously good
steamers. Operating in the Mediterranean Squadron based at Malta
from 1904-5 and 1908-12, they were still front line vessels in the early
days of World War I (despite the advances made with Dreadnoughts) and
formed part of the 3rd Battle Squadron at Scapa Flow. Transferred to the
Third Detached Squadron in 1916, she fought against Greek Royalists
and landed Royal Marines in Athens on December 1st. In February 1917
she was put in reserve at Chatham and used as an accommodation
ship. Placed on the disposal list in March 1919, Duncan was broken up
in 1920.
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29.
AN ADMIRALTY-PATTERN GROG MEASURING SET
comprising six copper measures between a gill and a gallon,
and two half-gallon copper jugs, bearing stamps for George VI or
Elizabeth II
(8)
£400-600
£400-600
28.
A 19TH-CENTURY SHAGREEN-COVERED BRASS BULKHEAD
CLOCK
unsigned, with 7in. painted dial inscribed behind in pencil
Osborne, with black spade hands and subsidiary seconds, eightday chain fusée movement, contained within a shagreen-covered
brass bulkhead case with hinged and domed bevelled-glass port
-- 9¼in. (23.5cm.) wide
30.
AN UNOFFICIAL BRASS BADGE FOR H.M.S. SPORTIVE (1918)
circular, depicting a billy goat and inscribed BUTT IN over,
refinished -- 7in. (18cm.) diameter; together with a small brass
badge for Wizard -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) diameter; a naval jack staff
crown; and a quantity of later copies from various ships
(a lot)
Sportive was a destroyer of 1918 broken up in 1936.
£150-250
£250-400
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30 (part)
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31.
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PAIR OF WORLD WAR II JAPANESE NAVAL
BRIDGE/CONNING TOWER ‘BIG EYE’ BINOCULARS CAPTURED BY
H.M.S. EURYALUS 1943-5
with 3in. diameter objective lenses, folding sights, adjustable eye-piece with
individual focusing, trunnion mounts with radial quadrant and handle, finished in
original grey paint and contained within fitted wooden box with lid inscribed The
Superintendent / Admiralty Research Laboratory, / Teddington, / Middlesex. / Via.
S.N.S.O. at Ports concerned. / Case No. E.C. 4624/155 / from Capt., R. O-B.
H.M.S. Euryalus. Cased measurements -- 9¾ x 22¼ x 16in. (25 x 56.5 x 40.5cm.)
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Provenance: Capt. Richard Oliver-Bellasis (1900-1964), Commander of H.M.S. Euryalus 1943-45 and thence by descent
According to family history, having captured this pair of binoculars and sent them for examination, the Admiralty had no further use for them and
returned them to his care. They have languished in the painted and partially-padded box he sent them in ever since and remain in highly original
condition. Oliver-Bellasis was a specialist in underwater defences and in charge of experimental mine sweeping before the war. He joined Euryalus
on 15 August 1943 - just after her epic service escorting the famous Malta convoys. On 27 August, Euryalus hoisted the flag of Rear-Admiral Vian,
in command of Force V, consisting of five escort carriers and three cruisers. Force V provided co-ordinated air cover for the assault on Salerno on 9
September 1943. By 12 September 1943, an airfield had been established ashore and the force withdrew. A powerful German counter-offensive was
mounted on 14 September 1943 and Euryalus, Cleopatra and Dido were ordered to Tripoli to embark troops and transport them at high speed to
Salerno, arriving on the afternoon of 16 September 1943. Italy having now dropped out of the war, Euryalus took Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham,
the Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, to Taranto on 23 September 1943 for a meeting on board with the Italian Minister of Marine to settle the
surrender of the Italian Fleet. Her longest period at sea was in July and August 1945, when the ship was patrolling in the Pacific looking for Japanese
naval craft. She steamed 16,850 miles non-stop for 44 days - then an RN record (using the new technique of refuelling at sea) and when OliverBellasis presumably acquired this lot. As one of the larger British ships located there, Euryalus liaised with any smaller British craft in the area.
Although she did not encounter the enemy it seems likely the binoculars were captured and brought aboard by one of these. Oliver-Bellasis left
the ship in November 1945 and, upon his return to the Admiralty, became Director of Underwater Weapons from 1947 until his retirement in 1950.
£2000-4000
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HMS ‘Saracen’
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A BELL FROM H.M. SUBMARINE SARACEN, 1942
of typical form, the front inscribed in black-filled lettering P.247
1942, the reverse with the broad arrow mark, complete with
clapper and sally, the bell -- 11 x 11in. (28 x 28cm.)
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HMS Saracen was built at Cammell Laird and launched on 16th February
1942. Her original designation was to have been P213 but there was
resistance against having an unlucky ‘13’ in the number, so she became
P247 - which still added up to 13. She was named Saracen in January
1943 and issued with a named bell (this lot, which has many strike
marks, becoming redundant). Her short career started auspiciously
when she sank U335 in the North Sea on 3rd August 1942 - one of the
two survivors died when he refused to be rescued. Latterly she sank the
Italian submarine Granito, the sub-chaser Maria Angelette and several
axis merchantmen and convoys. Her end came on 14th August 1943
when, cruising off Bastia, Italy, she was spotted by the Italian corvettes
Minerva and Euterpe who promptly depth-charged her. Forced to the
surface, her crew evacuated and scuttled her to prevent capture. More
recently in September 2008 the families of crewmen from Saracen
were invited to Corsica to witness the unveiling of a memorial to British
secret agents who helped establish the Corsican Resistance, and to the
submarine that landed them, Saracen. A plaque commemorating her
already existed in the fortress at Bastia, where the crew were taken
after her sinking.
34.
A PRESENTATION SILVER LAUNCHING SALVER FOR H.M.S.
PLUCKY, 1943
with pie-crust border, engraved to centre H.M.S. “Plucky” / Built
by / Harland and Wolff Limited / Belfast / named by Mrs. F. Quin /
29th September 1943, Chester hallmarks for 1919-20 -11in. (28cm.) diameter
A minesweeper of 850 tons, Plucky served at Normandy and in Burma
in the War, and survived until 1962.
£250-400
£1500-2000
33.
A NINE CARAT GOLD SOUVENIR BROOCH FOR H.M. SUBMARINE
K5
modelled in a waterline starboard profile, the superstructure
enamelled ‘K5’, impressed ‘9C’ behind hinge -- 2½in. (6.4cm.)
diameter; 6.6gr.
Built in 1917, the K5 was one of a class of seventeen steam-driven
submarines designed to cruise at 24 knots to keep up with the Grand
Fleet. The challenge of steam propulsion in such craft was never fully
mastered and the whole class was bedevilled by a litany of problems
until they were scrapped in 1931. K5 disappeared, with all 51 hands,
on exercise in the Bay of Biscay on 20th January 1920. From wreckage
floating at the scene, it was assumed she had exceeded her maximum
depth and was crushed.
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£150-250
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35.
A MIDSHIPMAN’S LOG FROM H.M. SHIPS MARLBOROUGH &
VETERAN
36.
A CREW PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM FROM H.M.S. POWERFUL,
TAKEN BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 1905-1911
completed in official-issue volume by A.B. Ford and commenced
aboard Marlborough at Malta, 18th February 1922, and from
Veteran 7th September 1923 to 30th November 1923, with service
completed in and around the Mediterranean, the text written in a
fair clear hand and accompanied by numerous maps, diagrams,
sketches and some photographs, indices pasted inside front cover
bound between hard boards -- 13½ x 8½in. (34 x 21.5cm.)
comprising approximately 150 largely 4 x 5in. black and white
views of life and activities aboard and on excursions; the latter
part the album composed of family views and souvenir ephemera,
the album -- 15 x 11in. (38 x 28cm.)
The battleship Marlborough, a veteran of Jutland, was launched in
1912 and broken up in 1932; the Veteran was a destroyer of 1919 which
saw service at Norway in 1940 and was on convoy escort duty when
torpedoed and sunk in September 1942.
(a lot)
The identity of the photographer is not certain, but there are two or
three suggestive images that could identify him; Powerful is most
famously associated with the Siege of Ladysmith, where she served in
1899. The views in this album provide a fascinating close-up look at her
just after that action, from rarely-seen angles and vantage points.
£100-150
£400-600
37.
A 14TH/15TH-CENTURY MING DYNASTY CLOISONNÉ VASE HANDLE AND SILK
BANNER LOOTED AT THE SACK OF THE OLD SUMMER PALACE, PEKING, 1860
the 7in. handle with brass dragon’s head and terminating in scroll foot; the red silk
banner with applied characters reading SI CHUAN / DU ZHONG / TOU QI -- 110 x 78in.
(279.5 x 198cm.); together with autograph card inscribed a handle torn from a large
vase at the ‘sack’ of the Imperial Summer Palace at Pekin 1860 - curious metal work
inlaid with lapis-lazuli / Dr. Clarke A. Ducket, RN.
(3)
Provenance: Dr. C.A. Duckett, RN, to family friends and thence by descent.
The Old Summer Palace was a vast complex of gardens and palaces founded in 1707 and which
was under constant expansion until the mid-19th Century and is several miles from the Summer
Palace, also in Peking (now Beijing). During the Second Opium War of 1860, two British Envoys
(Henry Loch and Harry Parkes) accompanied by a Times journalist and a small escort met the
Prince on September 29th to negotiate peace under a flag of truce. After a day of talks they were
imprisoned and tortured, resulting in about twenty deaths - the bodies almost unrecognisable.
To deter the Chinese from using kidnap as a bargaining tool again, Lord Elgin, the British High
Commissioner to China, reacted by ordering the destruction of the Old Summer Palace, which
was carried out on October 18th by 3,500 British and French troops and took three days to set
the whole complex ablaze. Dr. Duckett was aboard one of the ships carrying marines which
assisted and where he acquired this lot. Charles Gordon, a contemporary officer in the Royal
Engineers, gives a flavour of the episode: We went out, and, after pillaging it, burned the whole
place, destroying in a vandal-like manner most valuable property which [could] not be replaced
for four millions. We got upward of £48 apiece prize money...I have done well. The [local] people
are very civil, but I think the grandees hate us, as they must after what we did the Palace. You can
scarcely imagine the beauty and magnificence of the places we burnt. It made one’s heart sore
to burn them; in fact, these places were so large, and we were so pressed for time, that we could
not plunder them carefully. Quantities of gold ornaments were burnt, considered as brass. It was
wretchedly demoralising work for an army.
The banner removed/acquired by Duckett was the personal banner for a visiting official from
one of the provinces.
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£1000-1500
38 (part)
38.
A REMARKABLE ARCHIVE OF NAVAL DIARIES, KEPT BY CAPTAIN GEORGE JAMES
TOMLIN R.N. BETWEEN 1861 AND 1905
comprising forty-six volumes of 150+ pages each in mixed bindings, the covers with
sequentially-numbered labels and periods spanned, and with long descriptive passages
including voyages to the Pacific West Coast in 1862 and 1867; Honolulu; Tahiti; the
Society Islands and Pitcairn Island amongst numerous others; together with a cabinet
photograph of Tomlin; his mahogany writing slope; bicorn hat and a three-draw leathercovered telescope by Gregory & Co Ltd, London
(a lot)
Captain George James Tomlin (1837 - 1906); seldom is a complete run of diaries spanning a
whole naval career seen, covering the period from sail to steam when the Victorian navy’s
supremacy remained unchallenged throughout the world.
£5000-8000
38 (part) Captain G.J. Tomlin
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39.
A PRIVATE AUTOGRAPH JOURNAL KEPT BY ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD (1750-1810) WHILST COMMANDING THE BRITISH FLEET IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN DECEMBER 1807-JUNE 1810
approximately 45 pages of laid paper written in a hasty hand and comprising a sporadic sequence of memoranda and remarks
describing operations, movement of ships, allies, enemies, navigational conditions etc.: Russian manoeuvres cause alarm: ..a letter from
Capt. Harvey informing me that all the Russian vessels of war - Viz 4 Ships of the line, 3 frigates, 3 Corvettes etc. - had sailed from Corfu
up the Adriatic on the 26th last - they passed near the English ships - had Russian colours up but showed no disposition to chase them.
I suspect the French frigates have been escorted by the Russians.. ...No account yet of the French fleet - I shall therefore proceed of cape
Sapienza for a few days and getting to advise of them return to the coast of Sicily.. (2/1/1808); later that year: A Portuguese boat from
the Nilia Real, and brot.[sic] information that on the 13th July a numerous Body of Portuguese 7 Spaniards attacked the French at Lisbon
- they continued the assault for 6 days.. (3/8/1808); continuing with similar content and ending with an interesting account of the Battle
of the Roses: ..the Enemy is in possession of some of the end works - in this town is a Military company of women - of 260 called the
Company of St. Barbara - armed and doing duty on the Garrison - they are Commanded by a Lady of fashion, the officers are women of
quality - this [illegible] Corps is distinguished for its gallantry -- (10/12/1809), bound between original vellum boards inscribed on cover
-- 7½ x 6½in. (19 x 16.5cm.)
Manuscripts by Collingwood are comparatively rare when considered in light of his great friend Nelson’s phenomenal output. He was a succinct
man who rarely used two words when one would do, which means that this little volume is packed with interesting detail and shows just what a
fraught place the Mediterranean was at this date. Little wonder that Collingwood never set foot in Britain again after the Battle of Trafalgar - there
was simply no let-up in the various intrigues arising from the continuing Wars with France and Spain, and Collingwood was occupied in important
political and diplomatic transactions in the Mediterranean, in which he displayed tact and judgement. His health began to decline alarmingly in 1809
and he repeatedly requested the Admiralty to allow him to return home, which was finally granted. Collingwood died on board the Ville de Paris, off
Port Mahon as he sailed for England, on 7 March 1810. He was laid to rest next to Nelson in the crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral.
£6000-8000
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40.
AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM
SAMUEL, LORD HOOD
written on board BARFLEUR off Bagana
Island 13th Jany 1809 and marked
Private. Letter regarding the disorganised
retreat of the British from Corunna
Bay: By private letter of the 6th from
Beresford he says the division he was
in was much harassed. Many without
shoes or stockings and some of the
officers not better off..., signed off Yours
most faithfully Sam’ L Hood in haste’.
Written on single folded sheet of official
laid paper with watermark, folded size
-- 9¼ x 7¼in. (23.5 x 18.5cm.); modern
transcript and biographical detail sheet
for Hood contained in a plastic wallet
(3)
£250-400
40 (part)
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AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM ADMIRAL LOUIS-THOMAS DE VILLARET-JOYEUSE
written aboard his ship in the harbour at Brest and dated in the revolutionary calendar for 1er Messidor (19th/20th June) and addressed
to Au Conseiller d’etat préfet Maritime a Brest (the maritime prefect), Caffarelli, reporting that the Spanish frigate La Solidad is not at
full force and requests that the prise anglaise of nine carronades be allocated to it etc., on an official printed sheet of laid paper signed
Villeret, folded measurements -- 9¾ x 7¼in. (25 x 18.5cm.)
£200-400
42 (part)
42.
A NAVY OFFICE ARCHITECT’S SHEER PROFILE DRAUGHT FOR THE CONVERSION OF H.M.S. CEYLON TO A TROOPSHIP, C .1811
ink on paper with re-fit outlined in red, annotated on the reverse Ceylon of 38 guns as fitted for a Troop Ship -- 20 x 50in. (51 x 127cm.)
framed and glazed; together with a Georgian land-pattern sword in scabbard (poor condition)
(2)
Built by Pitcher of Northfleet for the East India Company and launched as Bombay 27th April, 1803, she was re-named Ceylon in 1808. Captured
by the French frigates Bellone, Minerve and Victor in July 1810 and taken to Mauritius and used as a prison ship, she was re-captured when the
British took Mauritius in December 1810 and sold to the Royal Navy in 1811, which refitted her for use as a troop transport, in which capacity she
was employed between 1813 and 1815. She was laid up between 1816 and 1832 when she was hulked at Malta and used as a receiving ship until
sold from the service in 1857.
£500-800
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43.
‘A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE GR AND FUNERAL C AR WHICH
CARRIED THE BODY OF THE MUCH LAMENTED LORD NELSON...’
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46.
‘H.M.S. VICTORY, SOUTHSEA AND PORTSMOUTH...’
hand-coloured engraving after N. Heideloff, London,
Jan 14th 1806 -- 14½ x 9in. (37 x 23cm.)
a promotional poster printed by Clarke & Sherwell Ltd, London,
circa 1925, depicting H.M.S. Victory photographed by S. Cribb seen
through an arch at Portsmouth England -- 30 x 20in. (76 x 51cm.)
£150-250
£300-500
44.
‘MEMOIRS OF THE PR OFESSIONAL LINE OF THE R IGHT
HONOURABLE HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON..’
47.
AFTER GEORGE ROMNEY, 19TH-CENTURY
Joshua White, second edition published by James Cundee,
London, 1806, bound with original quarter-calf marbled boards
with marbled edging -- 6¾ x 4¼in. (17 x 10.8cm.)
£250-400
Emma, Lady Hamilton
coloured mezzotint mounted in oval frame with trade label for
Ackerman’s to reverse. Overall measurements -- 26¼ x 22in.
(66.5 x 56cm.)
£100-150
45.
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR/NELSON’S FUNERAL
Victory at Trafalgar….The Last General Order of Lord Nelson,
dated the 21st Oct. 1805, previous to the engagement between
the continental fleets of France and Spain, consisting of 33 sail
of the line, and the British Fleet of 27 sail of the line - on board
the Victory at Sea… Nelson’s and Bronte’s orders for tactics and
action are printed (page 2, Column 1, 31cm. of column space);
also Extract from the Log Book of His Majesty’s Ship Victory…
a faithful reprint from the retrospective of the battle (page 2,
columns 1-2, 18cm. of column space); also Lord Nelson’s Coffin…
The following are the principal ornaments and devices on the
external coffin, which has been prepared for the remains of the
departed hero… (page 3, column 3, 14cm. of column space); also
Lord Nelson’s Funeral…. Long account describing the details of
the vast funeral to take place with details of attendees, procession
and service. (page 3, column 3, 26cms of column space), all in a
contemporary and complete issue of THE ENGLISH CHRONICLE
AND WHITEHALL EVENING POST, dated December 31st, 1805;
together with Further Particulars Of The Late Naval Victory Off
Cape Trafalgar… A lengthy and descriptive account of the great
Naval action written from information obtained from both British
and Spanish sources (front page, column 4-5, continues on page
2, columns 1-2, 214cm. in total), in a contemporary and complete
issue of THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, dated January 20th, 1806.
(2)
£700-900
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48.
‘A VIEW O F THE FRENCH RAFT AS SEEN AFLOAT AT ST. MALOES,
IN FEBRUARY 1798... FOR THE INVASION OF ENGLAND’
50.
A RARE 1905 CENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE
PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF LORD NELSON BY L.F. VON R OSELIEB
published by John Fairburn, London, 13th February, 1798, handcoloured engraving, plate -- 9½ x 16½in. (24 x 42cm.), mounted,
framed and glazed
with three-quarter shoulder-length profile of Nelson in full-dress hat
with chelengk, uniform with decorations and inscribed HORATIO
NELSON / 1805 · THE TRAFALGAR CENTENARY · 1905, mounted on
plush backing within oak frame 16 x 14½in. (40.5 x 37cm.)
£150-250
£400-600
49.
A SET OF FOUR POLYCHROME WAX PROFILES OF 18TH/19TH
CENTURY ADMIRALS
comprising Nelson, Howe, Duncan and St. Vincent, the first two in
matched frames -- 6 x 5in. (15 x 12.5cm.)
(4)
51.
AFTER GEORGE ROMNEY, 19TH CENTURY
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Watercolour
16 x 12in. (40.5 x 30.5cm.) framed and glazed
£80-120
£100-150
49 (part)
51
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52.
A LARGE 19TH-CENTURY ETCHED GLASS RUMMER
COMMEMORATING THE FUNERAL OF LORD NELSON
55.
A 19TH-CENTURY BILSTONWARE ENAMEL BOX
COMMEMORATING TRAFALGAR AND NELSON
the slightly tapering bowl wheel-engraved with depiction of the
funeral bier, inscribed within a wreath opposite LORD NELSON /
JAN 9 / 1806, baluster stem to circular foot -- 7¾in. (19.6cm.) high
the lid depicting two ships in the action, the side panels with
similar coastal marine scenes; the inside lid displaying portrait of
Nelson after Abbot and the base with two crossed anchors and
initialled ?’F K’ -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) diameter
£500-800
£700-900
53.
A 19TH-CENTURY ETCHED GLASS RUMMER COMMEMORATING
THE FUNERAL OF LORD NELSON
the slightly tapering bowl wheel-engraved with depiction of the
funeral bier, inscribed within a wreath opposite with owner’s
initials HEB and LORD NELSON / JANy. 9 / 1806, baluster stem to
circular foot --6¼in. (16cm.) high
£300-500
54.
AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE JUG OF LORD
NELSON
modelled as a full-length figure standing in front of a cannon and
finished in typical palette -- 11¾in. (30cm.) high; together with a
Royal Doulton portrait jug of Lord Nelson, the base with maker’s
mark and copyright date for 1951 -- 7½in. (19cm.) high
(2)
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56.
ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE BATTLE OF THE NILE,
1798
silver gilt, engraved in sky ‘HL’ (Henry Lowcay), rim with usual
dedication from Davison interrupted to top with mark from a
missing eye ring -- 17⁄8in. (4.7cm.)
Commander Henry Lowcay (1764-1849) enjoys a good description in
O’Byrne’s Naval Biographical Dictionary, published the year he died.
He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1791 and almost immediately
enjoyed a lively naval career, present at the capture of many vessels
and was also aboard the Juno when she effected her daring escape
from Toulon in 1794, and served alongside Nelson at Santa Cruz and
Tenerife. Aboard the Culloden at the Nile, he was able to witness the
action without further involvement as this vessel was stranded on a
shoal and acted as a marker for the following ships. Subsequently he
was employed on blockade, and retired on half pay from October 1813.
£80-120
£300-500
57.
ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 1798
55
in bronzed copper, by C.H. Küchler, as presented to all ratings and
marines, 17⁄8in. (4.7cm.), very fine
£250-400
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58.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY PAIR OF REVERSE GLASS PICTURES
COMMEMORATING NELSON
59.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY REVERSE GLASS PRINT
COMMEMORATING NELSON’S FUNERAL
Admiral Ld Nelson mortally wounded...; and Britannia lamenting
the death of Admiral Lord Nelson..., published 5th of December
1805 by W.B. Walker London, contained in matching contemporary
Hogarth frames -- overall size 16 x 12in. (40.5 x 30.5cm.)
A correct representation of the funeral car which conveyed the
body of Lord Nelson..., published by W.B. Walker, 4th of February
1806, contained within a period frame -- overall measurements
15¾ x 20in. (40 x 51cm.); together with a further two examples,
now with cracked plates
(2, a pair)
£600-800
(3)
£300-500
59 (part)
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60.
A NAVAL BOARDING AXE, 18TH/19TH-CENTURY
64.
EARLY DISCOVERIES OF AUSTRALIA
the head secured through top with fore-and-aft bracing, bound
to oak handle with a pinned collar, overall -- 19½ x 10½in.
(49.5 x 26.5cm.)
A Miraculous Maritime Expedition: An account of certain English
people, who in the year 1569, making a voyage to the East Indies,
were cast away, and wrecked upon an uninhabited island near
the coast of Terra Australis Incognita, and all drowned except one
man and four women. Given by Cornelius Van Sloetten, Captain of
a Dutch Ship, which was driven there by foul weather in the year
1667, who found their posterity (speaking good English) to the
amount of twelve thousand souls…. an amazing and rare account
of the voyage and end of the ship, the East India Merchant
as related to Captain Van Sloetten by a surviving castaway’s
grandson (back page, columns 1-2, 68cm.), in a contemporary and
complete issue of THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY, dated September
2nd, 1790; together with Announcement Of The Discovery OF
Australia, A New discovery of the unknown part of the Earth
call’d Terra Incognita Australis, or The Southern World. By James
Sadeur, a French-man: who being cast there by shipwreck liv’d
35 years in that Countrey…. (back page, column 2, 4cm. of column
space), in a contemporary and complete issue of THE ATHENIAN
MERCURY, dated June 17th, 1693
£300-500
61.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY ROYAL NAVAL DIRK
with curved 14in. blade, acorn motif in side ring, crosshatched
ebony handle with lion mask back, contained within brassmounted leather scabbard of issue -- overall 18½in. (47cm.)
£200-400
62.
THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
First News: The rumours of Sunday and Monday of a disaster
that had befallen the Bounty Armed Ship, we were unwilling to
believe; and we therefore suppressed all mention of an event of
such calamitous tendency; til it came in too authenticated shape
to be rejected. A long and detailed account of the particulars of
the voyage, mutiny, and return of Captain Bligh to England (back
page, column 2, 42cm. of column space), in a contemporary and
complete issue of THE DIARY; or WOODFALL’S REGISTER, dated
March 19th, 1790
£600-800
63.
THE FIRST FLEET
Early yesterday morning, Lieut. Maxwell, of the Marines, arrived
at the Admiralty with dispatches for the Government…. A very
long and descriptive account of the voyage to Botany Bay of the
First Fleet including details of the conditions during the journey as
well as those on arrival, the establishment of administration, and
the inhabitants and nature prevailing there. (pages 4-5, 95cm. of
column space) in a contemporary and complete issue of
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, dated March 28th, 1789
(2)
£250-350
65.
CAPTAIN COOK ON THE ENDEAVOUR
An authentic account of the natives of Othaittee, or George’s
Island: Together with some of the particulars of the three years
voyage made lately by Mr Banks and Dr Solander, in the years
1768, 1769, and 1770.…on board The Endeavour…. good lengthy
account describing the details and occurrences of the epic voyage
(Front Page, Columns 1-2, 67cm. of solumn Space), in a genuine
and complete issue of ARI’S BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE, dated
August 5th, 1771
£350-450
£400-600
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THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK
Our famous geographer, M. De Busching, hath just received a letter
from Mr Pallas, professor of the Imperial Academy of Petersburgh,
dated the 21st of December, containing a recital of the unhappy
end of the famous English traveller, Captain Cook, as follows….
a long and descriptive account of the voyage and details leading
to the death of the famous explorer (front page, column 3, 29cm.
of column space), in a contemporay complete issue of THE
EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, dated February 2nd, 1780
£500-700
67.
A NAVAL BROADSIDE PERTAINING TO THE MUTINIES AT
SPITHEAD AND THE NORE, 1797
addressed To the King from the master, wardens, assistants, and
elder brethern of the Corporation of Trinity House..., declaring
their loyalty and offering assistance, printed on single side of laid
paper -- 12½ x 8in. (32 x 20cm.); together with a bookplate of one
of the lead mutineers, Richard Parker; and his widow Ann aged 68,
and a short historical summary
(3)
£200-400
66
68-69.
NO LOTS
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Sailor Art
75
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70.
A SET OF EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC
PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE DOMINOES
74.
comprising 44 tiles concluding in a double ‘8’, contained in a twinchambered wooden box with decorative bone trim and legs and
sliding wooden lids -- 5½in. (14cm.) wide
comprising 42 tiles concluding with a double ‘9’, contained in
carved bone case with wooden base and sliding lid pierced for a
cribbage board -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.)
£200-300
£150-250
71.
75.
containing 49 tiles contained in a wooden box with decorative
bone trim around strawwork panels and sliding lid with cribbage
board -- 6¼in. (16cm.) wide
comprising a complete set of 28 tiles concluding with a double
‘6’, contained within a decorated bone box with wooden base and
sliding bone lid with cribbage lanes flanking a pierced family of
deer -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) wide; together with a small scrimshawdecorated whale’s tooth incised with a three-quarter view of
a sailing ship, the reverse inscribed Ship Swale Hull -- 3¼in.
(8.3cm.) high
£150-250
72.
comprising 54 tiles contained in a bone case with wooden base
and compartment for three dice, decorated sliding lid pierced for
a cribbage board -- 5in. (13cm.) diameter
(2)
The pierced hunting scene forming the lid of the first box is typical
of prisoner work associated with the camp at Norman Cross near
Peterborough.
£100-150
£200-300
73.
a set of 36 tiles concluding with a double ‘7’, contained in an allbone case with a repeated bull’s-eye ‘domino’ design to sides, the
sliding lid pierced for a cribbage board -- 4¾in. (12cm.) long
£150-250
76.
THREE MINIATURE SETS OF EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH
NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE DOMINOES
comprising a small-sized set of 26 contained in a pierced bone
barrel with screw top -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high; another miniature set
(complete) felt-backed and contained in a metal case with glass lid
-- 1½in. (4cm.); a walnut shell with hinged section, containing
13 miniature dominoes -- 1¼in. (3cm.) high
(3)
£150-200
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80
77.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OFWAR STRAWWORK BOX
79.
A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC
PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAWWORK PICTURES
the lid depicting a man o’war sailing off a town, mirror inside lid,
bright strawwork-lidded compartments and two pin cushions -8¾in. (22cm.) diameter
each describing a similar scene with shipping off fortified
coastline with a blazing sun in the mid horizon -- approximately
12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm.), framed and glazed
£250-400
(2)
£500-800
78.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OFWAR STRAWWORK BOX
the lid depicting a French man o’war sailing off a French town,
mirror inside lid, bright strawwork-lidded compartments and two
pin cushions -- 8¾in. (22cm.) diameter
£250-350
80.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OFWAR WATERCOLOUR
in a vivid palette and depicting a view entitled A VIEW OF
BEAUFORT CASTLE, laid on original wooden panel with strawwork
frame and back. Overall size -- 7½ x 12¾in. (19 x 32.5cm.)
£80-120
79 (part)
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81.
A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONEROF-WAR BONE ALLEGORICAL CALVARY ALTAR SCENE
the crucifix decorated with French and Christian symbols
including a cockerel, chalice, stone mason’s tools, lantern, spear,
sponge on spear, ladder, monstrance, pricket candles etc., the
cross flanked by carved depictions of the Virgin Mary and Mary
Magdalene, finished in polychrome and mounted in a glazed
strawwork-lined wooden case with silk curtains to front -10¼ x 7½in. (26 x 19cm.)
£1500-2500
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82.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OFWAR WOOD AND BONE WATCH STAND AND CASKET
the hinged jewellery casket with lid supporting a small drawer
with reverse-access watch stand over, with pinned and
polychrome bone plates over paper-lined wooden core -15¼in. (38.5cm.) high
£500-700
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83.
A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC
PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE MODEL OF A GUILLOTINE
comprising three planked and pinned platforms supporting
numerous model cannon, fretwork railing with warrior-form
masks on each corner and six polychromed guards with muskets,
hinged gate to upper platform, model guillotine with sliding
blade, now mounted within a later glazed domed display case
-- the guillotine 13 x 12in. (33 x 30.5cm.); overall 16½ x 16in.
(42 x 40.5cm.)
£3000-5000
83A.
A FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR-STYLE BONE CALVARY IN BOTTLE
delicately carved with the crucifix surrounded with allegorical
symbols on turned bone posts, with a rotating motif over
operated through the stopper -- 9in. (23cm.) high
£100-150
84.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OFWAR BONE AND WOOD CRUCIFIX
depicting the bone Christ figure and additional symbols
comprising a heart, the INRI plaque, a skull, bones and Magdalene
figure pinned to ebonised crucifix, originally for wall hanging,
now mounted in an ebonised base -- overall height 19in. (48.3cm.)
83A
£500-800
84
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85.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OFWAR BONE SPINNING JENNY SINGLE-CHARACTER AUTOMATON
of typical form and comprising a seated lady at her spinning
wheel next to a small windmill, on a platform raised over a hand
crank and cogs etc., on turned circular base, now secured to an
ebonised display base with glass dome cover -- the automaton
5in. (13cm.) high, overall measurements 6½in. (16.5cm.) high
£500-800
85
86.
A DECORATIVE CARVED EMPEROR HELMET (CASSIS
MADAGASCARIENSIS) SHELL
one side with oval cameo of young lady with flowers in her hair
-- 7in. (18cm.) diameter
£3000-5000
86
87.
TWO 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED HORN BEAKERS
incised with similar profile ship designs, both inscribed
HOPE AND PRAY, each with white metal rim -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
(2)
£150-250
87
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88
88.
A LARGE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S
WOOLWORK PICTURE OF THE THREE-MASTED S TEAM YACHT
VALHALLA, R.Y.S.
89.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE OF
A SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY CROSS CHANNEL
PADDLE STEAMER
depicted in profile with lower sails set and flying call sign and
pennants for the Royal Yacht Squadron, inscribed in banners
VALHALLA R.Y.S -- 27 x 43½in. (68.5 x 110.5cm.) framed and
glazed
with twin raked funnels and masts flying house flags, depicted in
profile in a calm sea -- 15¼ x 21in. (39 x 53.3cm.) framed and glazed
Valhalla, 1,218 tons gross, was the only British steam yacht to have a
full ship rig and is believed by many to have been the finest example
of a steam auxiliary ever built. Designed by W.C. Storey and built for
Captain J.F. Laycock by Ramage & Ferguson in 1892, she is best known
for her achievement of third place in the Kaiser’s famous Trans-Atlantic
Race of 1905 despite the competition afforded by the much faster
schooners taking part. She had several owners, most notably the Earl
of Crawford & Balcarres (from 1902 to 1908 under whose tenure she
featured in the book by M.J. Nicoll Three Voyages of a Naturalist : Being
an Account of Many Little-Known Islands in Three Oceans Visited by the
‘Valhalla’ R.Y.S., published by Whitherby & Co. in 1908), and she also
did War service with the Royal Navy including a period at Limnos - in
the Aegean - during the Gallipoli campaign. After the War she became
a Spanish-owned fruit carrier but she was wrecked and sunk off Cape
St. Vincent in 1922.
£500-800
90.
A FRENCH 19TH-CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAWDECORATED GOURD
possibly a powder flask or water bottle, the top section with
repeated portrait busts of Napoleon III, the lower section with a man
o’war in profile flanked by six soldiers in differing dress uniforms,
the top with a carved ivory bird stopper -- 11in. (28cm.) high
£300-500
£1000-1500
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90
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92
93
94
95
91.
A MID 19TH-CENTURY SILVER-MOUNTED SAILORWORK
COCONUT LADLE
with the polished coconut bowl secured to shaped ebonised
handle with silver mount inscribed in pin-prick to reverse
C. Frost. 1852 -- 17in. (43cm.) high
96
95.
A SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE BONE STAY BUSK
incised over one side depicting three whalers with spouting
whales and tails between -- 11in. (28cm.) diameter
£200-400
£100-150
96.
A LARGE CAST IRON NORWEGIAN HARPOON HEAD, CIRCA 1900
92.
A SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH OF GRACE
DARLING
incised with her half-length portrait, and rowing a boat with her
father casting a line -- 7in. (18cm.); 586g
£800-1200
93.
A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH
incised over one side with an American sailor holding the Stars
and Stripes and clutching a sword -- 7in. (18cm.); 384g
with threaded neck, inscribed with maker’s mark ‘CMV’ on two
opposing lugs -- 17¼in. (44cm.) high
£100-150
97.
A S CRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH
incised over both sides and depicting a British whaler at anchor
off a lighthouse; and a whaler sailing towards the horizon off a
headland with a jubilant whale looking on, with banner inscribed
Going home sweet home over -- 8in. (20.3cm.); 586g
£350-500
£700-900
94.
A PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED
WHALE TEETH
pricked-out and incised over both sides with historical male and
female characters -- each 7in. (18cm.) high; 554g
98.
AN UNUSUAL SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH
depicting two views of narwhal -- 5½in. (14cm.); 244g
£400-500
£800-1000
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98
99
100
99.
A S CRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE TOOTH
incised over both sides with the profile of a sailing ship; the whale being harpooned and upsetting a
whaling boat -- 6in. (15cm.); 616g
£500-800
100.
A S CRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH
incised over both sides with a profile of a whaling ship; and a whale being harpooned -- 6¼in. (16cm.);
645g
£500-700
101.
A 19TH-CENTURY NARWHAL WALKING STICK
the polished shaft set with marine ivory knob handle -- 32in. (81.3cm.)
£600-800
102.
A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S CARVED WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK
with contrasting barley-twist shaft terminating in a fluted ivory handle with baleen edging under -34½in. (87.5cm.) long
101
102
£1000-1500
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103.
A 19TH-CENTURY MARINE IVORY CANE HANDLE
carved in the form of a fist clutching a serpent, with
threaded cavity to wrist -- 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
£300-500
104.
A 19TH-CENTURY NARWHAL (MONODON MONOCEROS)
TUSK
of barley-twist form, with mellow yellow patina -76½in. (194.5cm.)
£2000-5000
105.
A RARE DOUBLE NARWHAL TUSK
of tapering barley-twist form, set in fragment of skull -the larger is 72in. (183cm.) overall
£5000-8000
106.
A 19TH-CENTURY WHALE’S RIB BONE
of typical curved form (old wear) -- 64in. (162.5cm.) high
£500-800
105
104
106
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Liner
Lot 107
107.
The Orient Line passenger ship ‘S.S. AUSTRAL’ under way
with four mast sails set
Inscribed ‘S.S. Austral’ (lower left)
23 x 19½in. (58.5 x 49.5cm.)
A passenger ship of 5,524 tons, built at Govan by John Elder & Co.,
the Austral was launched on 21st December 1881 for the Orient
Steam Navigation Company, better known as Orient Line, and was
broken up at Genoa on 27th May 1904.
£200-400
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108. G
STUART BECK (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
A trio of watercolours of Cunard liners comprising: ‘R.M.S. Queen
Elizabeth’; ‘R.M.S. Queen Mary’ and ‘Queen Elizabeth II’
109
110.
A S OUVENIR TOLEWARE TRAY FROM THE R .M.S. LUSITANIA,
CIRCA 1910
Watercolour on gouache
with typical image of ship steaming in a calm sea, foliate edges
with corners decorated with fouled anchor and Cunard Line
ensigns, signed along the lower edge Industria Metalgrafica a
Tintore & Oiler, Barcelona -- 14 x 19¼in. (35.5 x 49cm.)
Each approximately 9 x 17in. (23 x 43cm.)
£150-250
Each signed ‘STUART BECK’ (lower right)
(3)
£300-500
109. G
JOHN W. JURITZ, 20TH CENTURY
R.M.N.V. ‘Stirling Castle’
Signed ‘John W. Juritz’ (lower right) and inscribed as per title
(lower left)
111.
R.M.S. QUEEN MARY: A SOUVENIR PLATED BRASS REPOUSSÉ
PICTURE
depicted in a classic profile view with tugs and small craft
attending, contained in an ebonised frame, overall -- 9½ x 15in.
(24 x 38cm.)
£100-150
5¼ x 10¼in. (13.4 x 26cm.)
£100-150
110
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111
112: a similar example in use aboard ‘Queen Mary’
112.
R.M.S. QUEEN MARY: A RARE PAIR OF CHAMPAGNE ICE
BUCKETS AND STANDS BY ELKINGTON PLATE, 1939
112
of ‘plain pine’ pattern, the bucket and stand bases marked for line
and maker with date letter ‘D’ (1939) - 18¼in. (46.5cm.) high overall
(2)
The plain pine pattern was originally designed for the Queen Mary.
Latterly it was used throughout the Cunard fleet. However, the date of
this example firmly establishes it as being from the Queen Mary
£2000-3000
113.
A PAIR OF ELEC TRO-PLATE TOOTHPICK VASES FOR THE WHITE
STAR LINE
114.
R.M.S. MAURETANIA: A RARE THREE-TIER ELECTROPLATE CAKE
STAND BY ELKINGTON, C.1928
the frame of reed and cross-band form supporting three plates
(two by Elkington dated for 1939; one by Harrison Bros, Sheffield),
the handle with Cunard device -- 18in. (46cm.) high
£600-800
signed by Elkington Plate and stamped ‘K’ (1922); together with a
pair of White Star Line grape scissors by the Gold & Silversmiths
Co. with design registration ‘483781’ (1906-7); and a White Star
Line letter opener
(4)
£80-120
114
114: a similar example in use aboard ‘Mauretania’
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Collectables & Fittings
115 (part)
115.
LOG BOOK FOR THE AMERICAN M ERCHANTMAN GOOD
FRIENDS, 1805/6
kept by the master Robert Thompson between July 27th 1805 and
April 8th 1806 for a voyage from Leghorn to France and back to
Philadelphia, written in a variable hand and containing the usual
sightings, weather reports and observations, contained within
hardboards (disbound) -- 13 x 8in. (33 x 20cm.); together with a
sea chart of the East Coast of America allegedly used aboard ship;
and a quantity of associated ephemera from the Thompson and
Baker families
116
120 (part)
ALL BOOKS SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN
117.
‘HUNTS UNIVERSAL YACHT LIST’,
for years 1851; 1852; 1854; 1856; 1858; 1859; 1863; 1866; 1884,
bound between hard boards, (mixed conditions) -- 4¼ x 5½in.
(11 x 14cm.)
(9)
£300-500
(a lot)
Ref: J Welles Henderson papers, Independence Seaport Museum,
Philadelphia.
118.
JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS PUBLISHED BY SAMPSON LOW
The Good Friends was built and owned by Stephen Girard (1750-1831),
an ex-Pat Frenchman who settled in America and became a Philadelphia
businessman, shipbuilder, banker and philanthropist. As a former sea
captain, he understood ships well and placed orders for the construction
of what was then an advanced fleet - by 1793 his business was flourishing
and he became one of the few millionaires in America.The Master, Robert
Thompson, seems to have had a daughter who married into a family
called Baker and this collection seems to have passed down that line.
for years 1934 (2), 1939, 1942, 1944-5 and 1947-8
£200-400
116.
TWO MID 19TH-CENTURY MERCHANT MIDSHIPMAN’S LOGS
BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND ALEXANDRIA
kept by Benjamin Phillips in a fine clear hand. First volume: first
half has a lengthy description complementing the log kept in the
second half for a return voyage aboard the barque Fairfield from
Liverpool-Alexandria between February-August 1847 during which
the author records sighting slave ships and their cargoes: July 9th:
The Barque Clarendon came in 11A.M. from Sera la Own [sic] with
260 Africans on board. I went to Church this afternoon...; July 11th
..Sent the Holly Bush ashore she brought off a cargo of blacks to the
Barque Clarendon...; Second volume: autographed on fly for October
1846, the first half given over to exercises, the latter half records a
voyage aboard the barque Napan Belle from Liverpool to Alexandria
commencing January 1850 and the return from 17th May to 5th July,
the last few pages filled with poetry, each bound between marbled
quarter-calf boards (partially disbound) -- 8 x 6¾in. (20 x 17cm.)
(6)
£80-120
119.
MARINE ART REFERENCE BOOKS
comprising Archibald: Dictionary of Sea Painters; Davidson:
Samuel Walters...; Modern Art and The Clyde; Barbance: Histoire
de la Compagnie Générale Transatlantique..; together with
three assorted marine volumes and a quantity of catalogues for
maritime exhibitions held by the Omell Gallery
(a lot)
£80-120
120.
CHRISTIE’S MARITIME CATALOGUES
South Kensington issues for May/Nov 1997; May 1998; May 1999;
May/Nov 2000; May/Nov 2001; June/Oct 2002; May/Nov 2003;
May/Nov 2004; May 2005; Trafalgar Bicentenary 2005 (King St.);
Nov 2006 and May 2007
(18)
£80-120
(2)
£400-600
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122
121.
‘THE BRITISH MARINE ALBUM (DEDICATED TO THE MARINERS
OF ENGLAND)’
123.
A COLLECTION OF 18TH/19TH-CENTURY COPPER PRINTING
PLATES WITH VIEWS O F THE ISLE OF WIGHT
a photograph album of standard form c.1895, with thick gilt-edged
card pages containing period photographic portraits, every third
page dedicated with images connected to one of the ten principal
lines including P & O; Cunard and White Star, padded covers with
brass clasp -- 12 x 9½in. (30.5 x 24cm.)
comprising four marine views, two landscapes, plate of (?)local
crests; a letter from Thomas Worsley/John Glynn dated 1768; and
a plan of Sandown Fort, some stamped on reverse for ‘Whittow &
Large’ -- the largest 8 x 10¼in. (20 x 26cm.)
£100-150
(9)
£300-500
122.
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF MARITIME POSTCARDS
comprising approximately 500+ annotated cards for every
mercantile vessel lost in World War II, organised by line [omitting
the Union Castle Line; some duplicates], contained in a card
filing box with ten-page indices organised by line -- 15in. (38cm.)
diameter
124.
A RARE SET OF WORKING CARD ENGINEERING MODELS
by Thomas and Gilbert Jones and comprising eight coloured
models for engine side valves, contained in original box of issue
with associated leaflets etc. -- 6¾in. (17cm.) diameter
£200-300
£500-800
123
124
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125 (detail; part)
125.
A CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ROWING SCULL, 1923
127.
A 1 9TH-CENTURY WOOD AND B RASS YACHTING TILLER
the blade painted and decorated with crest for Caius College for a
match against Jesus, Lady Margaret, Trinity and Peterhouse, May
1923, maker stamp for Norris on shaft -- 145in. (368cm.); together
with a boxed compass sight (unsigned)
with fluted shaft terminating in a carved hound’s head -31in. (79cm.) overall
£200-400
(2)
128.
A 19TH-CENTURY OAK TILLER
£300-500
with knot-work grip -- 44in. (112cm.) long; together with a
standish in the form of a punt supporting two inkwells and a pen
rest -- 16½in. (42cm.) diameter; and a small ivory sand glass
126.
TWO LARGE 19TH-CENTURY ROYAL NAVY LIGNUM VITÆ FIDS
with pinned steel cuffs to top, the larger one impressed with the
Government broad arrow mark and numbered ‘RLT 87 [MARK]
9104596’ -- 24in. (61cm.) long; together with a souvenir pipe rack
from H.M.S. Victory; and a plated tot cup inscribed for the launch
of H.M.S. Colossus in 1909
(3)
£250-350
Please see illustration of sandglass on page 51
(4)
£150-200
126 (part)
127
128 (part)
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129.
A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND GESSO
MARINE-THEMED WATCH S TAND
130
131.
A BOTTLED DIORAMA
comprising Neptune standing over a mermaid with watch cavity
on his left surmounted by a fountain, gesso covered with gilt
highlighting, mounted on a shaped ebonised base -- 13½ x 9in.
(34 x 23cm.)
depicting a sailor sitting in his cabin making his model of a ship in
bottle, plaque inscribed A. Cogoni fecit -- 10in. (25cm.) diameter;
together with a well-presented miniature model of a Dutch sailing
barge set in a turbulent sea, contained within a green glass bottle
-- 12½in. (32cm.) diameter
£800-1200
(2)
£150-250
130.
A 19TH-CENTURY WORKING DEMONSTRATION MODEL FOR A
LIFE-SAVING BREECHES BUOY
modelled as a midship’s section with stayed mast, standing
rigging, hull sections with chain plates and deadeyes with lifeline supporting a child in special harness to a tripod -- 17½ x 24in.
(44.5 x 61cm.)
£100-150
132.
A COLLECTION OF MID 19TH-CENTURY, MOSTLY ‘GREAT
EASTERN’, CABLE-LAYING PRINTS
by Thomas Picken, after Robert Charles Dudley, and comprising
assorted views of various vessels in the art of cable laying,
published by Day & Son, London, each bearing title,
approximately 8 x 11in. (20 x 28cm.) framed and glazed
(18)
£200-400
132: the cable drum of Great Eastern
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133.
A CUT GLASS AND BRASS DECKHEAD SALOON LAMP FROM
THE S.S. ROKER (1898)
the glass shade secured to balustrade top plate with central hole
for electrical attachment, inscribed on top rim SS ROKER -11in. (28cm.) high
Built by Short Brothers for James Westoll, the Roker was launched
on 2nd April 1898 and registered at 3,495 tons. She was broken up at
Rosyth on 24th July 1933.
£150-250
134.
AN EARLY VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS MARINE-THEMED INKWELL
of capstan form with glass liner, the lid modelled as a jack tar
sailor standing next to an anchor float -- 6in. (15cm.) high
£400-600
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135.
A 1 9TH-CENTURY B RASS TILLER YOKE
in the form of two opposed dolphins, their tails supporting the
guide rope loops, the reverse punched PRESD. BY W.R TO H.B -18in. (46cm.) diameter
135
£150-250
136.
A PAIR OF LATE 19TH-CENTURY BRASS FIRE DOGS
COMMEMORATING LACHLAN MCQUARIE, GOVERNOR OF NEW
SOUTH WALES
each depicting a pair of intertwined dolphins surmounted by a
ship (?H.M.S. Dromedary) on plinth inscribed McQUARIE, with
brass supports behind -- 12 x 8in. (31 x 20cm.)
(2)
£250-400
137.
A RARE VENETIAN DECORATIVE BRASS CASTING FROM A
GONDOLA, PROBABLY LATE 19TH-CENTURY
in the usual form of a stylised seahorse -- 10 x 10in. (25.5cm.) high
136
137
40
£300-500
134
141.
138
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY EMERGENCY DOCKING HELM
RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK O F THE WHITE STAR S.S. AFRIC
(1899-1917)
heavily constructed in brass and in cleaned, conserved and
working condition, the top plate inscribed PORT/STAR.d with
indicator connected to eliptical drive gear to helm hub -- 34½in.
(87.5cm.) high; together with two portholes recovered from the
same wreck, cleaned and polished, one impressed with maker’s
mark for ‘Roby’ with hinged cover and retaining original, now
shattered and opaque, glass, each now fitted with mirror -21in. (53.5cm.) diameter; and a postcard sent from Afric
(4)
140
The S.S. Afric was a passenger/cargo ship of nearly 12,000 tons built
for the White Star Line in 1899 by Harland & Wolff. Designed specifically
for the Australian service with four sisters (Medic; Persic; Runic and
Suevic) they had impressive cargo capacity including refrigerated
space for 100,000 carcasses and could cruise at 13.5 knots. Afric
was torpedoed on the 12th February 1917 twelve miles s.s.w. of the
Eddystone lighthouse. Five were killed outright, seventeen drowned
and 145, including the Captain, survived. Title has been granted to the
vendor by the Receiver of Wreck, Droit No. A/2458.
£800-1200
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138.
A COMPASS AND BINNACLE BY HENRY BROWNE & SON,
LONDON
the 6½in. compass card signed with ‘Sestrel’ trademark and
numbered ‘1800N’, mounted within double-glazed (top and
bottom) liquid-filled bowl within counter-signed and numbered
gimbals further stamped ‘deadbeat compass’, contained within
wooden binnacle with maker’s plates, red/green Kelvin spheres,
access hatch to interior components, Flinder’s bar and brass hood
with hinged ports, overall -- 56in. (142.3cm.) high
£400-600
139.
A BRASS BRIDGE TELEGRAPH BY DURKEE MARINE, NEW YORK
of typical form with (?)rexine white instruction plates and internal
gong -- 49½in. (126cm.) including vertical handle
£250-400
140.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY PORT NAVIGATION LAMP
of typical form, with maker’s plate for Wm Harvie, Glasgow,
stamped with repeat marks dated for 1898 and with additional
stamps ‘GWR’, complete with original burner on sliding tray -21½in. (54.5cm.) high
£100-150
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142.
A PAIR OF 10 X 50 PERISCOPE BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, CIRCA 1962
now finished in polished steel and stamped with maker’s mark and number 1331847
on baseplate, viewing aperture with shade cowl, bubble level filters, anti-mist silica gel
chamber, adjustable eyepiece, lockable 360º swivel action, 60º up angle, 20º down angle,
mounted on adjustable wood and metal tripod -- approximate height 78in. (198cm.); copy
of instruction manual, spare sachets of silica gel, cleaning cloth and brush
£2000-3000
143.
AN UNUSUAL 19TH-CENTURY MARINE LAMP BY MILLERS, LONDON
of cylindrical copper form with blue glass circumferential, maker’s plate to front inscribed
MILLERS SHIP SIGNAL LAMPS, 179 PICCADILLY LONDON, hinged top to internal burners,
lashing points top and under -- 19in. (48cm.) high
£200-400
144.
A 19TH-CENTURY BRASS BINNACLE COMPASS
unsigned, with 5in. aluminium compass disc with paper laid over, mounted on a hinged
pin within a brass bowl with glazed aperture and lamp flange to rear (card worn; missing
lamp) -- 11½in. (29cm.) high; together with a brass porthole with hinged cover; and a
large three-reel wooden block
(3)
£250-350
142 detail
144
143
142
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145.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SHIP’S BELL FOR THE DORSET OF
LIVERPOOL, 1811
with moulded rim, inscribed to front in raised lettering SHIP
DORSET / OF / LIVERPOOL / 1811, with original iron-mounted
wooden stock, hanging pins and pull loop and clapper, overall -17 x 19in. (43 x 48cm.)
The Dorset was a single-decked sloop of 110 tons and, although built
in Dartmouth, traded between Liverpool and Rotterdam. Manned by a
crew of 10, she was owned and Captained by H. Hart.
£800-1200
146.
A 19TH-CENTURY BRASS BULKHEAD CLOCK BY EMANUEL,
PORTSEA
the 4¼in. enamel dial signed Emanuel / 3 The Hard Portsea, black
steel hands, slow/fast lever above ‘XII’, single arbor to 8-day
going barrel movement, removable bevelled-glass face plate with
locking loops, brass bulkhead case with three securing points -5½in. (14cm.) overall
Emanuel are recording working in Portsea between 1859-1878
£200-300
147.
TWO LIGNUM VITÆ BLOCKS
each with hinged brass spool set within -- 4in. (10cm.) diameter
(2)
145
£150-250
148.
A SET OF 19TH-CENTURY LIGNUM VITÆ CAMPAIGN COASTERS
comprising a nest of three, the largest -- 4¼in. (11cm.) diameter
£150-200
148
147
146
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149.
A RECONSTRUCTED ELEPHANT BIRD EGG (ÆPYORNIS
MAXIMUS)
of composite reconstruction, comprising parts from two or more
examples -- 14in. (35.5cm.) high
The elephant birds were giant rarities native to Madagascar. Thought
to be extinct for about 1,000 years, it was the world’s largest bird,
believed to have been up to 3m tall and weighing close to half a ton.
The egg volume is approximately 160 times greater than a chicken, their
thickness proving durable to the climate, fragments are littered over
desert areas of the island.
152
150.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY MARINE IVORY CARVING SET
comprising two knives, two forks and a sharpener, the blades
signed for Cooper Brothers, Sheffield, the longest -- 15in. (38cm.)
(5)
£200-300
151.
A 19TH-CENTURY MARQUETRY WORK/WRITING BOX
the lid depicting an American full-rigged ship in full sail, ebony
banding, ivory lock plate, fitted interior -- 10¼in. (26cm.) diameter
£1500-2500
£200-300
152.
A COCO DE MER
nut removed and shell skillfully re-attached, some husk remaining
in crevices -- 17in. (43cm.) high
£300-500
150
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153.
A 19TH-CENTURY MERCHANT SHIP’S FIGUREHEAD
carved from the solid in the form of a lady wearing blue
and red costume and a turban topped with a sunflower,
finished in polychrome (missing right arm, conservation,
repainted) -- 44in. (112cm.) high
£2000-3000
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154.
AN ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY CARVED
FRAGMENT, POSSIBLY FROM A NAVAL WARSHIP
finely carved in the form of a sea horse leaping over
a scroll-form base, with scales extending behind from
shoulders to tail, finely carved mane, remains of gesso
and gilt covering, mounted on an ebonised base (later,
wear and losses) -- overall measurements 12½ x 14in.
(32 x 35.5cm.)
£800-1000
154
45
155
155.
AN INTERESTING 19TH-CENTURY BRASS SIGNAL GUN
with heavily-constructed 1in. bore 14in. two-stage barrel with touch hole, cascabel with integral wheel elevation, mounted on a solid
brass truck with brass wheels, front axle attached to sprung recoil mechanism, the whole secured to inset brass bed plate with runners
for wheels set on thick oak base with brass securing loops to sides. Overall measurements -- 8½ x 18 x 10½in. (21.5 x 46 x 26.5cm.)
£2500-4000
156.
A 19TH-CENTURY WOODEN SIGNAL GUN TEMPLATE MODEL
turned from ebonised teak and comprising a 26½in. five-stage barrel, cascabel and trunnions, partially-bored muzzle with lead ballast
and touch-hole, (ebonised finish worn) -- 29in. (73.5cm.) overall
Traditional gun casting methods used unique positive (or ‘male’) templates which were destroyed as part of
the process. This is possibly a later template used to create the more modern boxed or split mould, so that
after forming the hollow mould, this was split, being contained in two heavy iron boxes, to release the model
or pattern for re-use. This saved time and money, since the model could be used repeatedly, and allowed
identical sets to be produced. The central cone, which would have been created with this model, gives a
founder a starting point to bore the barrel.
£500-700
156
46
155
(detail)
157
157 (detail)
157.
AN INTERESTING 19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND BRASS MODEL
NAVAL CANNON
with four-stage tapering brass ¾in. barrel with inset touch hole,
mounted on stepped mahogany truck with sliding plate with
locks operated by universal side levers via front axle, inset brass
securing points, brass wheels -- 6½ x 14in. (16.5 x 35.5cm.)
The front of the sliding plate is designed to be secured to the bulkhead
and is shaped to allow a certain amount of lateral movement. It also
does away with the traditional ropes which cannon had in order to
arrest recoil. Presumably once the locks were released, the cannon
could simply be slid back to position.
£1200-1500
158.
A 19TH-CENTURY BRASS SIGNAL GUN
with three-stage 17¼in. tapering barrel with fluted muzzle,
trunnions, top hole and cascabel, mounted on a stepped wooden
truck with wooden wheels (later) -- 11½ x 20in. (29 x 50.8cm.)
This signal gun was recovered by recreational divers from the sea bed
in 1985.
£1500-2000
159.
A SMALL BRASS 19TH-CENTURY SIGNAL GUN
with 11½in. two-stage tapering barrel with fluted muzzle,
trunnions, touch hole and spherical cascabel, mounted
on a stepped wooden truck with wooden wheels -- overall
measurements 10 x 16in. (25.5 x 40.5cm.)
£700-900
158
159
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198
197
196
48
160
160.
A BRASS SUNDIAL BY HILKIAH BEDFORD, LONDON, C.1666-1674
of typical octagonal form, signed between ‘VIII’ and ‘IIII’
H. Bedford in Fleet street, complete with original foliate gnomon
-- 14in. (35.5cm.) diameter
Hilkiah Bedford specialised in mathematical instruments and portable
dials, working between 1656-1680 from several addresses in the City,
he signed his instruments ...in Fleet street. between 1666 and 1674,
thereafter adding near Fetter Lane.. He died in 1689.
£1200-1800
161.
A GOOD MID 19TH-CENTURY DIPLEIDOSCOPE BY E.J. DENT
constructed in oxidised-brass, signed on the polished-brass cap,
countersigned and numbered to side E.J. Dent Patentee 624,
levelling screw, bubble level and compass, contained within
original mahogany box, together with a copy of Dent’s Table
for the equation of time, 1846 to accompany his new meridian
instrument, and a note attributing provenance to Captain Thomas
Levois, in the slave trade most of his time, the lid containing
polarising filter. Overall measurements -- 6in. (15cm.) square
The dipleidoscope was patented in 1843 by James Bloxam and marketed
by Edward Dent for timing the meridian transit of the sun. The mirror
cell contains a hollow, right-angled prism, with two sides silvered and
one of glass. The meridian transit was determined by the coincidence of
two images of the sun by single and double reflection, one from the top
glass and the other from both mirrors. With the base properly levelled
and oriented, the meridian transit could be read to seconds.
£400-600
161
162.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY POCKET COMPASS SUNDIAL BY
STEWARD, LONDON
with 1½in. silvered compass dial signed as per title, steel hand
with clamp, lacquered-brass bowl with hinged sundial over with
dual divisions inscribed INNER CIRCLE OF LETTER & FIGURES
USED IN SOUTHERN LATITUDES, oxidised-brass gnomon and
folding latitude scale, contained in original plush-lined leather
case with securing hooks -- 3in. (7.5cm.) overall
£200-400
163.
A MID-18TH-CENTURY AUGSBURG POCKET DIAL IN THE
MANNER OF ANDREAS VOGLER
constructed in brass with black-filled lettering, 1in. glazed
compass with original steel needle, silvered dial with compass
rose engraved ‘OR’ for east and ‘OC’ for west, the back plate
with latitudes for European capitals and ?maker’s initial’s ‘WTM’,
contained within original leather-covered card case with remnant
lining and securing hook -- 2¾in. (7cm.) overall
Literature: Higton, H: Sundials, A Portable History, Philip Wilson
2001, p.101
£500-800
162
163
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164
165
166
164.
AN 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY BARRAUD’S, LONDON,
No.639, CIRCA 1820
166.
A HAMILTON ‘NAVIGATION MASTER’ DECK WATCH FOR THE
BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, CIRCA 1942
the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title, Barraud’s up/down
aperture over ‘VI’, blued spade hands, Earnshaw escapement with
OZ-type balance, blued helical spring, jewelled locking stone,
mounted in gimballed brass bowl with Barraud ‘butterfly’ winding
assembly within three-tier mahogany box (later), approximately
-- 7in. (18cm.) square
with 1¾in. enamel dial signed HAMILTON, Arabic numerals, blued
spade hands with sweep seconds, the movement counter-signed
and numbered ‘30225’, lever escapement, ‘3992B [calibre],
22 jewels, adjusted to 6 positions and temperature’, Government
mark, contained within a chromed steel case, the back signed
and inscribed over earlier Hydrographic marks ‘H.S. 5273637 Serial No. 601-1942 (‘H.S. 3’ cancelled), contained within
fitted box of issue with serial numbers in lid -- 1½ x 3¾ x 5in.
(4 x 9.5 x 12.7cm.)
£2000-3000
£400-600
165.
A 2-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY J. W. RAY & CO.,
60 DALE ST. LIVERPOOL, NO.262, CIRCA 1919
167.
A FINE AND RARE SILVER-CASED KEYLESS DECK WATCH BY
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, PRODUCED FOR THE
BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, 1940S
the 4in. silvered dial signed and numbered as per title, up/down
and subsidiary second dials, blued spade hands, Earnshaw
escapement with bi-metallic balance, steel helical balance,
jewelled locking stone, stamped ‘10824’ on back plate with
counter stamp inside bowl, gimbal-mounted within three-tier
mahogany box with numbered ivorine maker’s plate to middle
section, approximately -- 7in. (18cm.) square.
The movements for Ray & Co. chronometers were provided by Mercers
and their number (10824) corresponds to manufacture in 1917.
with 2in. matt silvered dial signed as per title with Arabic numerals
and blued-steel spade hands with sweep seconds, 21 jewels,
straight line lever escapement with Guillaume balance and special
alloy Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer, movement
counter-signed and numbered ‘454898’, contained in fully-marked
silver case numbered ‘286295’ stamped on reverse ‘H.S. 2 54898’
with Government broad arrow mark (suspension fob missing) -2½in. (6.5cm.) diameter
£1000-1500
£1200-1800
164 (detail)
50
167
168
170
128 (part)
169
168.
A LATE 18TH-CENTURY MARINER’S HOUR GLASS
171
comprising two hand-blown bulbs conjoined at middle by waxcovered twine, contained within two hexagon plates supported
with six square-sided supports -- 7in. (18cm.) high
£800-1000
169.
AN 18TH-CENTURY-STYLE SANDGLASS
173.
A ‘HUSON’ STAR GLOBE BY HENRY HUGHES & SON, LTD,
LONDON
with bulbs blown as a single unit, contained within wooden
holder lined with marbled paper and covered with Morocco
leather tooled with gilt motifs -- 8¾in. (22cm.)
with 7in. globe signed THE HUSON STAR GLOBE / H. HUGHES
& SON LTD, LONDON, contained in mahogany box with brass
meridian ring and removable horizon rings with sliding indicators,
instructions pasted inside lid -- approximately 10½in. (27cm.)
square
£80-120
£400-600
170.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY BONE SANDGLASS
with hand-blown bulbs conjoined at middle with twine, contained
between turned bone plates with three bone “bamboo-form”
supports -- 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
£300-500
171.
A MARINE-THEMED SHIP-STRIKE CLOCK & BAROMETER DESK
SET
with brushed-steel dials signed Westbury, U.S.A., the clock with
eight-day going barrel movement and “Ship’s Watch” strike train,
ship’s wheel rims, mounted opposite matching aneroid barometer
on a bronzed base with thermometer set between -- 8 x 12½in.
(20 x 32cm.)
£200-300
172.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION GLOBE BY CARY
& CO., LONDON
172
173
with 5½in. diameter paper-covered globe signed and inscribed
Cary & Co. Makers to the Admiralty, 7 PALL MALL, LONDON,
varnished and mounted in a brass meridian set within a countersigned horizon ring with removable altitude frame with indicator,
contained in a teak box with instructions pasted inside lid -8in. (20.5cm.) square; photocopy of 1896 patent
(2)
£500-800
51
175
174
174
176
174.
A 19TH-CENTURY DRY CARD COMPASS
(unsigned), the 5¼in. card contained in gimbal-mounted,
lacquered-brass and painted bowl within wooden box with sliding
lid -- 9in. (23cm.) diameter; together with another similar
177
(2)
£300-500
175.
A 19TH-CENTURY DRY CARD COMPASS BY H.J. HARTING BANK
UTRECHT
176.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SINGER’S-PATENT DRY CARD COMPASS
with 4½in. compass card signed at centre as per title, contained
within a black-painted and lacquered-brass bowl, gimbal-mounted
within oak box with sliding lid -- 10in. (25.5cm.) square
the 3½in. paper-covered compass card of typical form, mounted
within a lacquered-brass gimbal-mounted bowl within mahogany
box with sliding lid -- 6¼in. (16cm.) square
£200-400
£150-250
177.
C. ABEL-KLINGER (C. 1852), NUREMBERG: AN 8-INCH
TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
signed as per title, made up of twelve printed and coloured gores
with polar calottes and with Dutch titles, the equatorial and prime
meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic ungraduated, the
oceans coloured a light green/blue, the continents coloured pale
yellow showing mountains, rivers, towns, cities etc., Australia and
Tasmania described as Nieuw Holland / Van Diemens Eil, mounted
in wooden tripod stand with paper meridian -- 19½in. (49.5cm.)
high
£500-800
178.
A DISTRESSED MID 19TH-CENTURY 12IN. TERRESTRIAL TABLE
GLOBE BY W. & A.K. JOHNSTON, EDINBURGH & LONDON
the globe fractured and missing sections, mounted within brass
meridian ring, contained within a mahogany stand with horizon
ring -- 17in. (43cm.) high
178
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£200-300
179
180
179.
A 1 9TH-CENTURY TURNED-IVORY THERMOMETER
constructed in three sections in the form of an ‘Eleanor Cross’
the mercury tube set to front with range of 20-120º and annotated
Freezing to Fever Heat opposite, secured to ebonised base within
glass dome -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) high
£150-250
180.
A MODERN THERMO-BAROGRAPH BY CASELLA, LONDON
the drum with eight-day clockwork motor, temperature/pressurerecording arms with felt tip markers, contained in a plastic case
with plexi-glass flip-lid and folding metal handle, the front with
applied maker’s mark signed as per title -- 11¾in. (30cm.) diameter
£80-120
181.
A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MARINE INCLINOMETER,
ATTRIBUTED TO JESSE RAMSDEN
the lacquered-brass pendulum indicator with reciprocating upper
action mounted on a bedplate engraved with two 30º scales and
broad arrow marks, contained within an inverted glazed keystone
case for bulkhead mounting -- 22in. (56cm.) high
181
182.
A GOOD TWO-CYLINDER VACUUM PUMP BY BENEVOLO, LYON,
C.1880
heavily constructed in lacquered-brass and signed BENEVOLO,
Opticien, A LYON on the stock, wooden-handled crank operating
twin glass cylinders, brass bed plate supporting enclosed mercury
thermometer, isolation and operating valves, circular glass bell jar
platform with cylinder and fruitwood funnel to top, overall -20in. (51cm.) square
£400-600
183.
A 19TH-CENTURY HAND-OPERATED VACUUM PUMP
unsigned, constructed of cast iron and brass, glass-enclosed
cylinder, atmospheric mercury level, bell jar and platform with
adjustable input valve, mounted on mahogany base -- 15 x 28in.
(38 x 71cm.); together with a hand-cranked set of bellows; and a
small swordfish rostrum
(3)
£100-150
A near-identical example of this instrument signed by Ramsden was sold
at Christie’s, South Kensington, 17 November 2004, Sale 9969, lot 210.
£500-800
183
182
53
184.
AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY 3IN. REFRACTING TELESCOPE BY
J. MERZ, MÜNCHEN
signed as per title around objective, white-painted brass main
tube with tripod mounting lugs, lacquered-brass eye-piece with
rack-and-pinion fine focus, length overall -- 51½in. (131cm.)
£400-600
185.
A LARGE MID-18TH-CENTURY 1½IN. SINGLE-DRAW NAVAL
TELESCOPE
unsigned, with tapering mahogany decagonal tube, main lens
assembly with dust slide, inscribed in copperplate script on the
gilt brass draw-tube Captn. Matthew Smith R.N. (missing eye cup,
tube cracked) -- 49½in. (126cm.) closed
This officer is recorded as being made Lieutenant on 4th December
1779, Commander 18th April 1782 and Captain exactly one year later.
Intriguingly he is also listed as being Dismissed the Service in 1796, but
Restored again in 1798. He died in 1844. This telescope was discovered
recently in the attic during a clearance and despite losses and wear,
remains in good optical condition.
£400-600
186.
A GOOD 18TH-CENTURY 2IN. NAVAL SINGLE-DRAW TELESCOPE
BEARING DUAL SIGNATURES FOR DOLLOND AND RAMSDEN
the tapering mahogany tube with brass draw signed Dollond
London and Ramsden London, bulbous eye-piece with dust slide
-- 38¼in. (97cm.) closed; contained in later canvas rod case
Jesse Ramsden married John Dollond’s youngest daughter in 1765,
thus aligning two of the greatest instrument-making families in London.
Dollond was justly famed for the quality of their optics and zealously
guarded the acquired rights and subsequent patent to the invention
of the achromatic lens against London competitors - a share of which
was given to Ramsden as part of the dowry when he married Dollond’s
daughter. It seems that in the instance of this lot, Ramsden simply acted
as a retailer and had a somewhat hasty-looking signature added.
£300-500
188
184 (detail)
187
187
186
185 (detail)
185
184
186 (detail
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189 (detail)
190
187.
A 19TH-CENTURY 1IN. THREE-DRAW WOOD AND BRASS
TELESCOPE BY DAVIS, LONDON
signed by the tapering eye-pieces E. Davis, London,
Day or Night, dust slides, foul-weather extension cuff -11¼in. (28.5cm.) closed; together with another similar,
signed Dolland
(2)
£100-150
188.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 1¼IN. THREE-DRAW
TELESCOPE SIGNED RAMSDEN, LONDON
with nickel-plated tubes signed as per title, wooden main
tube, contained within original wood and leather container
(optically impaired) -- 7¾in. (19.5cm.) high
£80-120
189.
AN EXTREMELY FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY BALEEN,
SHAGREEN AND LIGNUM VITÆ COMPASS & TELESCOPE
SYSTEM STICK BY WILLSON, LONDON
comprising 1in. single-draw shagreen covered telescope
signed by the eye-piece as per title, the cap containing
a 1in. dry card compass with card clamp in rim, secured
when top cap is in place, the stick covered with a spiral of
baleen and shagreen to brass terminus, assembled length
-- 36¼in. (92cm.) high
190.
A RARE 18th-CENTURY 1¼IN. THREE-DRAW BRASS AND
SHAGREEN REFRACTING “SUBSCRIPTION” TELESCOPE
BY WILLIAM STORER, LONDON
with shagreen-covered main tube, lens cap and dust-slide
to eye-piece, finely engraved on tube with the Royal Arms
and inscribed underneath The Subscription Telescope /
by the King’s Patent / Sero sed Serio / Warranted to be
adjusted by Wm. Storer, / & delivered to the Subscribers
/ at Chas. Lincoln’s, / No.62 Leadenhall Street, / London,
rack-and-pinion focus, further engraved on lower stage
* Storer, Professor of Optics to His Majesty No.8 -- 7¾in.
(19.6cm.) closed
William Storer worked in London (off Leicester Fields, now
Leicester Square) between 1778-1789 but was bankrupted in
1784. These telescopes are discussed in the article reference
below. The numbering seems to have been rather opaque and,
despite the highest number (188) being sold in these rooms in
April 2010, the present lot, the lowest number to date, brings
the total known to just six examples, suggesting that Storer
used random numbers to disguise low sales. That Sero sed
Serio (Late, but in earnest) was included in the inscriptions is
telling.
Literature: De Clercq, Dr. P: Bulletin 98, (pp37-8) September
2008, Scientific Instrument Society.
£800-1200
George Willson is recorded as an ‘optical turner’ working from
1798 in his own capacity, having been apprenticed to James
Moulding in 1781. He himself latterly had significant apprentices
in George Dixey and John Cole, forming a partnership with
Dixey between 1802-1809, suggesting that this stick was made
between 1798 and 1802.
£3000-5000
189 (detail)
189
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191 (detail)
191.
AN 18TH-CENTURY 2¼IN. REFRACTING TABLE
TELESCOPE BY RAMSDEN, LONDON
the 24½in. lacquered-brass main tube with rackand-pinion focus extension to threaded sighting
tube, mounted on folding tripod stand with levelling
screws, bubble level, rack-and-pinion elevation,
horizontal vernier above feet and elevation quadrant,
approximately -- 20 x 35in. (51 x 89cm.)
£600-800
191
192
56
193
194
192.
A 19TH-CENTURY IVORY, HORN AND BRASS 1¼IN. SINGLEDRAW MONOCULAR
194.
A RARE LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH-CENTURY ITALIAN CARD,
LEATHER AND IVORY 1IN. THREE-DRAW TELESCOPE
the main tube set with coloured brilliants, gilt-plated draw-tube,
contained within associated leather and wood pocket case -3in. (7.5cm.) high
unsigned, each draw with impressed focus ring and ivory stage,
turned dust cap and eye-piece (conservation and restoration) -15¾in. (40cm.) closed; contained within an early 19th-century sixsided plush-lined hinged oak case with securing hook and handle
-- 28in. (71cm.) long
£50-80
(2)
193.
A 19TH-CENTURY ENGLISH IVORY AND STEEL POCKET DENTAL
HYGIENE SET
£2000-3000
unsigned, the turned ivory handle with six types of scraper etc.,
contained in fitted red morocco leather case with securing hook
-- 2¾in. (7cm.) diameter
195.
AN 18TH-CENTURY CARD AND HORN 1IN. THREE-DRAW
TELESCOPE
£200-300
unsigned, each tube covered with vellum and marked for correct
withdrawal length, horn staging, eye-piece and objective lens
mount, stained coloured main tube with tooled decoration -13in. (33cm.) closed
£400-600
195
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196.
A FINE LACQUERED-BRASS UNIVERSAL MICROSCOPE
COMPENDIUM BY BENJAMIN MARTIN, CIRCA 1774
signed by the eye-piece B. Martin, Invt. et Fecit, London, with
triangular section pillar with rack and pinion platform adjustment,
double-sided substage mirror, six numbered objective lenses,
sprung ‘Bonanni’ stage, fish-plate, stage forceps and other
accessories, contained in a fitted mahogany box (later) -12in. (30.5cm.) diameter
198
£4000-6000
199
197
196
197.
A FINE ‘JONES MOST-IMPROVED’-TYPE COMPOUND
MICROSCOPE COMPENDIUM BY DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA
1800
signed on the foot as per title, the square-section shaft with
front-inset rack-and-pinion strip, 7in. main tube, substage
condensing lens and plano-concave mirror, together with nearcomplete complement of accessories including a ‘wheel of lenses’
numbered 1-6; fish-plate; live box; large and small bone slides
with some original specimens; ivory tube of mica spares; sprung
Bonnani spring stage; cone substage light condenser; Lieberkuhn
reflector, etc., contained within original fitted mahogany box with
side-securing hooks -- 4 x 13½ x 9½in. (10 x 34 x 24cm.)
Originally devised by George Adams the Younger (1750-1795) and
published after his death in the 2nd edition of Adams Essays on the
Microscope (1798), which W.& S. Jones purchased the copyright of, this
type thus became known as the Jones Most-Improved Microscope. The
London firms W.& S. Jones, Bleuler, Cary and Dollond all made these
magnificent microscope compendiums, which achieved their greatest
popularity in the first half of the 19th Century. This lot represents the
largest ‘Jones Most-Improved’ model Dollond made and is in highly
original condition.
£4000-6000
196
196 (detail)
197 (detail)
197
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198 (detail)
199 (detail)
198
198.
A FINE DOUBLE-REFLECTING COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP O F EDMUND CULPEPER, CIRCA
1725-30
unsigned, with rayskin-covered main tube, green paper-lined
draw-tube with embossed gilt decoration and inked focus staging
lines and numbers, turned lignum vitæ eye-piece with brass
dust slide supported over circular brass objective stage by three
legs, and secured by three legs to circular lignum vitæ base with
concave mirror at centre, contained within pyramidal case with
lower drawer containing some accessories. The microscope -14½in. (37cm.) high (closed); the case -- 18in. (46cm.) high
Very similar examples to this can be viewed in the Golub Collection
(No.181) located at the University of California, and the History of
Science Museum, Oxford (No. 43576), which appears to use the same
embossed designs and focus line numbers on its draw tube.
199
199.
A FINE LACQUERED-BRASS COMPOUND MICROSCOPE BY JOHN
CUFF, LONDON, CIRCA 1745
signed around the aperture on the cruciform stage J. Cuff
London Invt. & Fecit, the 7in. main tube with eye-piece dust slide,
rectangular-section pillar engraved with objective settings 1-6,
clamp screw and fine-screw focusing adjustment, substage mirror,
secured to a base with internal accessories, drawer containing six
numbered objectives; swivelling platform lens; ebony loup; bone
handled tools; tweezers; platform forceps; ivory canister of slide
spares; contained in pyramidal storage case with top handle and
internal drawer containing fish-plate; wet box; Bonnani spring
stage; Lieberkuhn reflector; substage cone; fish skin-covered case
of numbered bone slides with original specimen interest etc., the
box -- 17½in. (44.5cm.) high
£5000-8000
£8000-12000
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201
200
202
203
200.
A MID 19TH-CENTURY DRUM-TYPE MICROSCOPE
unsigned, the 6½in. lacquered-brass sighting tube with rack-andpinion focus, single-sided mirror, contained in fitted mahogany
plush-lined box with accessories including six nose-pieces,
Lieberkuhn reflector, live box, forceps and magnifier, the box -11in. (28cm.) diameter
£200-400
202.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY PORTABLE MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE
PROBABLY BY SWIFT & SON
the lacquered-brass 5½in. tube with 1in. nose-piece signed Swift
& Son, rack-and-pinion adjustment, removable plano/convex
mirror, folding tripod legs contained in mahogany travelling box
with some accessories and drop handle, the box -- 7in. (18cm.)
diameter
£300-500
201.
A 19TH-CENTURY CARY-TYPE BOTANIST’S MICROSCOPE
unsigned, of typical form and contained in box with plush-lined
lid and partial accessories including tweezers, two 6-specimen
wooden slides, live box and glass blanks, the case -- 6¼in. (16cm.)
diameter
£300-500
203.
A CULPEPER-TYPE BRASS MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, C.1800
of typical form with 7in. sighting barrel, dust slide, platform
forceps, contained in fitted pyramidal box with drawer containing
four nose-pieces and hinged top handle -- 13in. (33cm.) high
£400-600
204.
AN ENGLISH MID 18TH-CENTURY POCKET COMPASS
MICROSCOPE
unsigned, apparently complete and comprising three lenses with
silvered lieberkuhn mirrors, slide clamp, pincers, loup and shade
attachments, in fitted plush-lined black fish skin case with securing
hooks -- 5in. (12.8cm.) diameter
Literature: Turner, G.L’E: Collecting Microscopes, p.28-9, where a
similar example is discussed.
£400-600
204
60
205
206.
A 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH LACQUERED-BRASS SOLAR
PROJECTING MICROSCOPE
205 (detail)
unsigned, with substantial lens assembly and bed plate with
adjustable mirror, contained in fitted mahogany box with
removable two-tier fitted compartment for accessories including
live box, specimen brass slides and two annotated wooden slides,
the case -- 14½in. (37cm.) diameter
£800-1200
205.
A RARE OPTICAL COMPENDIUM RETAILED BY W.& S. JONES,
CIRCA 1820
comprising a lacquered-brass drum-type microscope; a projecting
microscope with lignum vitæ scioptric ball; and a two-draw
mahogany and telescope, all contained in fitted mahogany box
with two four-sample ivory slides and tweezers and maker’s label
inside lid. The box -- 13¼in. (33.5cm.) diameter
207.
A RARE 19TH-CENTURY MICROSCOPE PROJECTION ACCESSORY
FOR A MAGIC LANTERN
unsigned, constructed in lacquered-brass with 4in. objective
lens supporting microscope nose-piece with rack-and-pinion
adjustment -- 19¾in. (50cm.) long
£400-600
£1200-1800
206
207
61
209
208
208.
A GOOD MID 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS MONOCULAR
MICROSCOPE BY ANDREW ROSS, LONDON
210.
A LATE 18TH-CENTURY BRASS THEODOLITE BY THOMAS JONES,
LONDON
signed and numbered on the foot ANDRw. ROSS, LONDON.
No.85., rack-and-pinion focus, adjustable stage, plano-convex
mirror, contained in a fitted double-door box with accessories
including nose-pieces, three by Ross, the 1/12th dated for
‘1857’, assembled -- 16in. (40.5cm.) high; box -- 10 x 7½ x 9in.
(25.5 x 19 x 23cm.)
signed on the base plate Thomas Jones, Charing Cross, London,
and impressed with the Government broad arrow mark between
‘BO’, numbered 2176, silvered compass, quadrant with telescope
and level over (missing parts, old wear) -- 10 x 11in. (25.5 x 28cm.)
£200-400
£700-900
211.
A SURVEYOR’S LEVEL BY BAKER, LONDON
209.
J.B. DANCER MICRO-PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES, MID 19TH-CENTURY
comprising: ‘Cent Francs, Banque de France’; ‘Her Majesty the
Queen, the Princess Royal, and Prince of Wales. Painted by
E. Landseer and engraved by S. Cousins’; ‘£20 Bank Note’; ‘Laying
Down the Law. Sir E. Landseer’; ‘The Marriage of the Queen’; ‘Major
Dickson’s Tablet, In Rostherne Church, Cheshire’. Size of original,
5 feet.’; ‘Illuminated Lord’s Prayer’; ‘David Livingstone, L.L.D, Born
1816, The African Traveller’; and ‘Family Group seven figures’
in oxidised-brass with lacquered fittings, signed on the main tube
Baker, 244 High Holborn, London 2818, bubble levels, compass,
levelling screws and base plate for tripod attachment, contained
in fitted mahogany box with leather strap -- 16in. (40.5cm.) wide;
together with a ‘Walker’s’ yacht log and impellor
(2)
£150-250
(8)
£500-800
210
62
211
212 (detail)
215.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY DUTCH ‘ROEDEN’ (ROD)
ALIDADE RULE BY BRENER, NAMUR
212.
AN 18TH-CENTURY MAHOGANY AND BRASS SURVEYOR’S
LEVEL BY COTTAM & HALLEN, LONDON
the brass bedplate secured to coromandel wood
base, signed as per title and further inscribed
Dubbe De Schaale / Generalitait Schaale van 160
Rýnlan dse Roeden with measurements and Gunter
squares delineated along length, each end with
hinged sights, each with two further hinged sights,
contained within original felt-lined leather-covered
box with securing hooks and handle -- 24in. (61cm.)
diameter
comprising a lacquered-brass quadrant, signed and inscribed
Cottam & Hallen Winsley Strt, London No 180, the scale
divided 12-0-12 and inscribed to left Inches Full In 3 Feet, and
to the right Inches Rise In 3 Feet, thumb-screw retention, the
crossbar with folding pin-hole and cross-hair sights, shaft
terminating in a sharp point with foot plate; accompanied with
matching surveyor’s staff -- dimensions overall 56½ x 54in.
(143.5 x 137cm.)
(2)
At the date this was made, many variations of rod
measurement co-existed. The Dutch roede was generally
shorter than the English rod (16.5 ft) however the
subdivisions, or voeten, varied dramatically from place
to place and there could be anything between 7 and 21
voeten to a roede. Louis XIV invaded Namur 1692-5 when
he built Namur castle. Napoleon re-occupied the area
from 1794-1815 when he introduced his Code Napoleon
unifying all these measurements and making instruments
such as this lot obsolete.
£500-800
213.
A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS PANTOGRAPH BY
JOSEPH CASARTELLI, MANCHESTER
of typical form, signed J. Castartelli, 43 Market Street,
Manchester, contained in fitted mahogany box with
accessories and trade label -- 35½in. (90cm.) diameter
£300-500
This firm operated from this address between 1851-95.
£100-150
214.
A 19TH-CENTURY CIRCULAR PROTRACTOR BY WATSON &
SON, LONDON
signed on one of the oxidised-brass cross limbs Watson &
Son, 313 High Holborn, London, polished-brass main scale,
hinged sprung arms with threaded points, contained in fitted
mahogany case -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter; together with a
brass roller rule signed UWV Birmingham in pine box -19in. (48cm.) diameter
212
213 (detail)
(2)
Watson & Son worked from this address between 1869-1872.
£200-300
213
215
63
216
216.
A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SHAGREEN-COVERED
DRAWING ETUI BY FRASER, LONDON
the fitted interior with folding rule and sector signed as per title,
pen, compass ends and rasp (missing some content) -5½in. (14cm.) high
William Fraser worked from 3 New Bond Street between 1780-1805.
£600-800
217
218.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY CASED DRAWING SET BY STANLEY
with single tray of instruments containing pens signed as per title,
proportional dividers, compasses, etc.; the lower compartment
with ivory folding rule, sector and parallel rule and tortoiseshell
pen, contained in a burr walnut box with plush-lined lid with
maker’s label and nickel-plated mounting -- 8½in. (21.5cm.)
diameter
£200-300
217.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY DRAWING SET ETUI
with brass, steel and ivory instruments comprising a folding rule
signed W.& S. Jones; sector; protractor, compass, dividers, pricker
etc., contained in a sharkskin-covered case with hinged lid -7in. (18cm.) high
219.
A LARGE QUANTITY OF ASSORTED DRAWING INSTRUMENTS,
SPARES AND PARTS
various makes and dates, comprising compass, divider, screws
etc., contained in a cardboard box
(a lot)
£300-500
£100-150
218
64
219 (part)
220
221
220.
A RARE 19TH-CENTURY SET OF GEOMETRIC SOLIDS BY
CLAXTON & MORTON
222.
AN UNUSUAL AND RARE COURSE INDICATOR BY J.R. STEBBING,
SOUTHAMPTON, C.1862
cut from satinised wood, each stamped ‘C&M’ and numbered,
contained within original box of issue with maker’s label inside lid
with diagram numbered to correspond -- 12in. (30.5cm.) diameter
constructed in lacquered-brass, signed and inscribed Invented by
Comr. Hay, R.N. & J.R. F.R.A.S. Southampton No.518 together with
diamond registration mark for 1862 and Stebbing monogram,
and comprising a 12in. rule with cutaway section, twin scaled
circumferentor, three indicators with wire sights and a swivelling
sight with sliding shade -- 5 x 12in. (13 x 30.5cm.)
Claxton & Morton worked between 1840-1845 from 27 Harrington
Street, London. A similar set by Claxton & Prothero who worked
from the same address between 1846-1849 was sold in these rooms
20th April 2011, lot 218.
£600-800
£300-500
221.
A QUANTITY OF CASED DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
comprising a nickel-plated pillar compass in fitted case signed
Meulemans, Bruxelles; a spring bow with ivory handle, unsigned;
three nickel-plated proportional dividers in fitted cases, one
signed Rieffler, the widest -- 8¾in. (22.2cm.) diameter
(5)
£250-400
222
65
223
224
225
226
227
230
223.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MAHOGANY MARINE BAROMETER
BY COX, LONDON
226.
A DOMESTIC BAROMETER BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR,
LONDON, C.1760
with ivory scales and top plate signed as per title, restricted
mercury tube, hinged thermometer guard panel, plain parallel
shaft with gimbal and weight -- 39½in. (100cm.) high
the mahogany case with break arch and urn pediment, silvered
scale plate signed Made by Geo Adams in Fleet Street LONDON /
Inftrument Maker To His MAJESTY, exposed full-length mercury
tube to demi-sphere cistern with level adjustment under (cleaning,
restoration) -- 39in. (99cm.) high
£1000-1500
£2000-3000
224.
A MID 19-CENTURY ROSEWOOD SHIP’S ‘IMPROVED
SYMPIESOMETER’
unsigned, the carved case with ivory barometer plates with twin
adjustment wheels, brass gimbal ring, silvered sympiesometer
inscribed as per title and brass clad weight under -- 38in. (97cm.)
high
£1500-2000
227.
A KEW-PATTERN MARINE BAROMETER BY NEGRETTI &
ZAMBRA, LONDON
with black-painted main tube, silvered thermometer, signed as per
title to left of main scale, gimbal mount for wall securing -36in. (91.5cm.) high
£200-400
225.
A FINE FLAT-BACKED BOW-FRONT DOMESTIC BAROMETER BY
WATKINS & HILL, LONDON, C.1840
signed on the silvered scale Watkins & Hill, 5 Charing Cross,
LONDON, long thermometer with Fahrenheit and Reaumur scales,
original mercury tubes, contained in a fruitwood case with indicator
key to front and reservoir adjustment under -- 38in. (96.5cm.) high
£2000-3000
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228.
A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS MARINE BAROMETER
GIMBAL
of typical horseshoe form, supported on a 7½in. column hinged
to base plate, drilled for bulkhead mounting -- 14in. (35.5cm.);
together with a similar modern example.
£150-250
229.
A 19TH-CENTURY POCKET ANEROID BAROMETER BY HAMILTON
& INCHES, EDINBURGH
with 1½in. silvered dial signed as per title, blued-steel indicator,
rotating bevel scale, contained within a gilt fob-form case with
back half of leather outer case -- 3½in. (9cm.) overall
£100-150
232.
EMPTY 19TH-CENTURY INSTRUMENT BOXES
comprising two three-tier chronometer boxes; an outer guard box
with leather strap for a chronometer; and a keystone box for an
octant
(4)
£100-200
230.
A RARE EARLY 20th-CENTURY CYCLONOMETER BY HUGHES &
SON, LONDON
with 6in. silvered aneroid barometer inscribed COMPENSATED /
THE CYCLONOMETER / No.531, with rotating bevelled glass scale
divided for different dates, latitude settings and storm distances,
blued-steel indicator with gold marker, set in an oxidised-brass bed
plate contained within mahogany box with ivorine maker’s label
inscribed Hughes & Son, Opticians, 59 Fenchurch Street, London.,
the hinged lid containing an ivorine-backed thermometer and an
adjustable cyclonometer indicator -- 4½ x 8½in. (11.5 x 21.5cm.)
Designed to give sailors early warning of typhoons and cyclones, this
instrument seems to have been developed around 1912 with Hughes &
Son issuing this version from the mid-1920s. Alternate names are the
‘barocyclonometer’ or ‘typhoon barometer’.
£1000-1500
231.
‘SLIDING SCALE FOR CORRECTING LONGITUDE AT NOON, FOR
AN ERROR IN THE LATITUDE USED IN THE COMPUTATION AT
TIME OF SIGHTS, BY GILBERT, T. KEY, LIEUT. R.N.’ J.D. POTTER,
LONDON, C.1865
233.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY ANEROID BAROMETER BY JOHN NOBLE,
HONG KONG
with 4¼in. silvered dial signed as per title, black steel needle with
gilt indicator and curved tube thermometer around lower edge,
contained within lacquered-brass case with suspension loop -5in. (12.8cm.) diameter overall
£100-150
234.
‘A NEW AND COMPLETE EPITOME OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION..
AT SEA..’
J.W. Norie, seventh edition, 1822, containing maps, charts,
diagrams and tables, rebound in full calf with gilt titles -- 8¾ x 6in.
(22 x 15cm.); together with a copy of Nicholls’s Seamanship &
Nautical Knowledge, 17th ed, 1937; and a ‘Capt. Field’s Improved’
boxwood parallel rule -- 24in. (61cm.) diameter
(3)
£150-250
signed on the top plate J.D. Potter / 31, Poultry, London and
comprising three card discs inscribed True 45º Bearing; Latitude
0º and Error in Latitude conjoined by a central brass stud,
instructions and examples printed on the top plate, the reverse
with manuscript inscription reading Rec Feb 7th 1865 at [?] Fort
Menrue. -- 6¼in. (16cm.) diameter
John Dennett Potter worked between 1851 and 1880 from this address
with a second establishment running from King St. from 1884.
£300-500
229
231
234 (detail)
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235
235.
A FINE 12IN. RADIUS DOUBLE-FRAMED VERNIER SEXTANT BY TROUGHTON, LONDON, CIRCA 1800
the oxidised-brass frame with polished-brass arc signed as per title and divided to 140º, Vernier scale with magnifier, sighting tubes,
mirrors, four shades, contained within original wooden fitted keystone case, together with counter-weighted pillar support and
accessories, the lid with trade label for John Bruce of Liverpool -- case 17in. (43cm.) square
£2500-4000
235 (detail)
68
235 (detail)
236
237
236.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 5IN. VERNIER REFLECTING CIRCLE BY
LISTOR & MARTINS, BERLIN
with oxidised-brass frame, polished-brass meridian signed as per
title, with inset silvered scale, lacquered-brass index arms, vernier
magnifier, five shades, two mirrors and sighting tube, double
rosewood handle, contained within original fitted wooden box,
with accessories. Case -- 12¼ x 12¾in. (31 x 32.5cm.)
£700-900
237.
A LATE 18TH-CENTURY 13½IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY
DOLLOND, LONDON
the ‘T’-frame with ivory scale divided to 100º, index arm signed as
per title, pencil top, pin-hole sights, interchangeable shades, index
and horizon mirrors, brass feet to reverse, overall -- 15in. (38cm.)
high
£500-800
238.
AN UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS
DRUM SEXTANT BY W.& T. GILBERT, LONDON
signed as per title, inset silvered scale divided to 145º, vernier
with external slot and clamp with fine adjustment over, magnifier,
internal pin-hole sighting and shades and threaded cover -3in. (7.7cm.) diameter
238
William and Thomas Gilbert worked from 148 Leadenhall St between
1819-1831.
£400-600
69
239 (detail)
239
240 (part)
239.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 11½IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY
B. WALTER, LONDON
241.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER ‘HEZZANITH’
SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO. LTD.
with maker’s plate inscribed WALTER : LONDON, the ebony
frame with ivory scale divided to 95° and Ramsden’s foul-anchor
dividing mark to centre, braced lacquered-brass index arm and
fittings including pin-hole sight, interchangeable shades and
mirrors, turned pencil head in ‘T’ bar, note plaque to reverse and
pin feet, contained within stepped keystone case with trade label
for J. W. Norie & Co., lock and brass escutcheon -- 15in. (38cm.)
wide
with oxidised-brass bell-frame, signed on the arc as per title,
numbered ‘3959’ and inscribed George Louis Browne R.N.,
silvered scale divided to 150º, Vernier scale with magnifier,
permanent sighting objective with front focus and alternate tube
socket, shades, mirrors and fruitwood handle, contained in fitted
case with press-button release on handle and test certificate for
1897 in lid -- 10¼in. (26cm.) diameter
£400-600
240.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 11½IN. RADIUS VERNIER EBONY AND
IVORY OCTANT BY SYEDS, ROTHERHITHE
with ∏-shaped ebony frame, inset ivory scale divided to 105º, signed
on the crossbar SYEDS 379 ROTHERHITHE , pin-hole/telescope sight,
index mirror, seven shades, rosewood handle, contained in fitted
wooden keystone case; together with letter of provenance from Port
of London Authority dated 1933 -- 14 x 13in. (35.5 x 33cm.); together
with a similar, but incomplete, example by Norie, London, contained
within a distressed wooden stepped keystone case
(2)
Agnes Syeds worked from 1834-1853 from this address, having taken
over the business from her late husband in 1834.
Details concerning this officer are scant, however he was awarded the
China Medal of 1900 with a Relief of Pekin clasp; seems to have been
made Lieutenant in 1903, was lent to the Royal Australian Navy and is
listed as Lieutenant of the Tingira in 1912; and in 1918 was awarded the
Croix de Guerre by the French President.
£400-600
242.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 7¼IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY
MATHESON & CO., LEITH
with oxidised-brass T-frame, polished-brass arc, signed as per title,
with inset ivory scale divided to 125º, magnifier, shades, mirrors,
sighting tubes, rosewood handle, contained in fitted wooden box
-- 10¾in. (27cm.) diameter
£300-500
£300-500
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241
242
243 (part)
243.
A GOOD 19TH-CENTURY 7IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY
CARY, LONDON
245.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY
LARMOUR, BELFAST
the lacquered-brass ‘T’-frame with polished-brass arc signed as
per title and numbered ‘898’, inset silvered scale divided to 160º,
Vernier engraved P. Somerville R.N, swivel magnifier, sighting
tubes, mirrors and shades with blackened frame, contained in
fitted mahogany box with accessories and test certificate for 1923
in lid -- 9¾in. (24.8cm.) square; together with a cased boxwood
roller rule signed W. H. Harling, London, inscribed with same
owner’s name -- 16in. (40.5cm.) diameter
with black-painted tulip frame, the polished-brass arc signed
as per title, inset scale divided to 130º, silver magnifier, shades,
mirrors, sighting tubes, contained within a fitted wooden box with
trade label for Hayes Brothers, Cardiff -- 10¾in. (27.4cm.)
£200-300
(2)
Cmdr. Philip Somerville D.S.O. and Bar was the son of Vice-Admiral
Hugh Gaultier Coghill Somerville, C.B., D.S.O. of County Cork. He
served aboard the K-Class destroyer H.M.S. Kingston during WWII and
was killed aboard her in 1942.
£500-700
246.
A 6¼IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY T.L. AINSLEY, SOUTH
SHIELDS
with oxidised-brass three-circle frame, polished-brass arc, signed
as per title, inset scale divided to 150°, vernier with quick-release
clamp, silver magnifier, mirrors, shades, sighting tubes, wooden
handle, contained in fitted wooden box with test certificate for
1927 -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter
£300-500
244.
A 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO., LONDON
with three-circle oxidised-brass frame, polished brass arc, signed
Heath & Co., New Eltham, London SE9, No. B889, inset silvered
scale divided to 155º, shade, mirrors, sighting tubes, contained in
fitted oak box with test certificate for 1936 -- 11in. (28cm.) diameter
247-248.
NO LOTS
£300-500
244
245
246
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Models
Detail of Lot 277
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250
249.
TWO GLASS DISPLAY DOMES SUITABLE FOR SHIP MODELS
one with fitted ebonised base -- both approximately 13 x 13in. (33 x 33cm.)
(2)
£100-200
250.
A WELL-PRESENTED AND FINELY-OBSERVED NAVY BOARD-STYLE MODEL OF THE 28-GUN FRIGATE SOLEBAY (1694)
modelled in fruitwoods after the original held at the Central Naval Museum, St. Petersburg with deck details including launching masts
with hand-painted flags, cast brass figurehead and ‘carved work’, bronze guns with Royal Arms in stepped wooden carriages, finished
in natural wood and wax and mounted on a pair of cast dolphin set wooden stands on sliding display base within glazed case. Model
measurements (excluding masts) -- 9½ x 34½in. (24 x 87.5cm.); Overall measurements -- 22¼ x 41¼ x 14¼in. (56.5 x 105 x 36cm.)
The model offered here has been copied, with meticulous attention to detail, from the original now housed in the Central Naval Museum in
St. Petersburg. One of two (the other being Royal Sovereign) presented to Peter the Great (1682-1725) when he visited London during his novel
European progress of 1697-98, these source models are justly famous, not least because of the unusual circumstances which took them to Russia.
Soon after the innovative Tsar Peter ascended the Russian throne, he realised that if he was to modernise his backward country he must learn
something of Western Europe’s technological skills, especially shipbuilding. It was this latter interest which eventually brought him to the Thamesside shipyards in the spring of 1698 to study the shipwrights’ craft and where he saw, with amazement, the huge bulk of Royal Sovereign taking
shape on the stocks. In commemoration of this visit, King William III is said to have presented Peter with a beautiful model of the new flagship which
the Tsar then took home with him along with the model of Solebay, presumably given to him when he called into Snelgrove’s yard nearby.
£2000-3000
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250 (detail)
251.
A 1:20 SCALE NAVY BOARD-STYLE MODEL OF AN ADMIRAL’S BARGE AND CREW OF CIRCA 1710
with typical open-framed boxwood hull decorated with blue bulwarks and gilt string-work, Venetian red-painted interior with ten
moulded polychrome crew holding red sculls, a seated Admiral with periwig and tricorn, and a tiller man, mounted on a walnut veneered
display base. Overall measurements (with oars insitu) -- 6 x 19 x 17in. (15 x 48 x 43cm.)
This model closely resembles the example sold at Christies, South Kensington 7th October 1993, lot 277.
£500-800
251
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251A
251A.
A FINELY-REALISED 1:64 SCALE MODEL OF THE SIXTH RATE UNICORN
(1776)
with planked and pinned hull, the planks omitted to expose ribs
amidships on port side, ebony wales, open gun ports with red-painted
lids, painted and decorated bulwarks, finely carved unicorn and warrior
figurehead, caryatid and taffrail carvings, semi-planked decks revealing
‘tween decks and great cabin, gratings, guns in carriages, helm, capstan,
belfry, masts with standing and running rigging with blocks, chain plates
and deadeyes and masthead streamers, mounted on a planked wooden
display base within brass-bound glazed cover. The model -- 23 x 33in.
(58.5 x 84cm.); The case -- 26 x 37¾ x 16in. (66 x 96 x 40.5cm.)
A typically active ship of the American War of Independence, Unicorn was
built by John Randall & Co of Rotherhithe for a fitted and coppered cost of
£8,524.7.1d. Commissioned in April 1776, she sailed from Plymouth under
Captain John Ford in July for North America to serve as a troop convoy escort,
and within a few months had taken six American privateers, and together with
the Experiment also took the 32-gun U.S.S. Raleigh. After a refit in England,
she returned to American waters and took the Hope before she herself was
captured by the French L’Andromaque in September 1780, but was re-captured
in April 1781 in the West Indies by the Resource and renamed Unicorn Prize.
Refitted at Portsmouth for over £6,500, she served in the Channel and Irish
Sea but by 1786 was worn out and, paid off at Deptford, was broken up there
in August 1787.
251A (detail)
£2500-3500
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. TOM PERKINS
REMOVED FROM PLUMPTON PLACE, EAST SUSSEX -- LOTS 252-254
252.
A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY, POSSIBLY DOCKYARD, WOOD AND METAL MODEL FOR A TOPSAIL S CHOONER
the hull planked with square-headed copper pins, ebonised main wale and top sides, scroll-form head piece, carved and glazed stern,
gallery and quarter lights, planked and pinned deck with details including anchor winch with working ratchet, bitts, metal anchor with
wooden stock, gratings, deck rings, raised companionway with glazed sides, sliding top revealing painted interior, wood and brass
helm inscribed DEXTER, twin raked masts with ebonised yards, with stun’s’l booms, standing rigging with ebonised locks secured
to chain pates, running rigging with sheathed locks etc.
Measurements overall -- 43 x 62in. (109 x 157.5cm.); wall-mounting brackets
£3000-5000
This lot may be viewed at Imperial Road
252
252 (detail)
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252 (detail)
253.
A 19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND METAL MODEL 18-GUN FRIGATE
with planked and pinned hull, carved and gilt scroll-form figure piece, stern and quarter lights, planked and pinned deck with details
including winch, carved wooden anchors with bound stocks, bitts, deck hatches, deck rings, twelve brass cannon in rigged trucks with
sliders, suite of fitted ship’s boats and dinghies, capstan, wood and metal helm, companionway etc., three raked bound masts with
yards, stun’s’l booms, bow sprit with metal dolphin striker, standing and running rigging, with ebonised dead-eyes and wooden blocks
-- measurements overall 44 x 58in. (112 x 147cm.); wall-mounting brackets
£2000-3000
253 (detail)
253
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254 (detail)
254
254.
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND METAL MODEL FOR A 28-GUN FRIGATE
with green-painted hull carved from the solid, ebonised main wale, gun ports with wooden barrels, Royal Navy-type carved full length
figurehead of an officer in bicorn hat, glazed stern and quarter lights, planked and pinned deck with details including cannons in sliders,
bitts, well deck with fitted boats over, companionways, capstan, double helm, deck lights, with three bound masts, white-painted to the
first stage yards, stun’s’l booms, bow sprit with double dolphin striker, standing and running rigging, blocks and tackle -- measurements
overall 47 x 62in. (119.5 x 157.5cm.); wall-mounting brackets
£1000-1500
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Various Properties
255.
A 19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND METAL MODEL OF A
12-GUN CUTTER
with planked and pinned hull with lead-weighted
keel, scored deck with details including working
mahogany anchor, winch, deck hatches, gratings,
deck light, guns and carriages and tillers, with
single gaff, rigged raked mast with suit of stitched
linen sails, standing and running rigging -- overall
measurements 53 x 52ins. (134.5 x 132cm.); stand
It has been suggested that this model may in fact be a
small dockyard-pattern model which was converted with
a lead keel in the latter part of the 19th-Century.
£2000-3000
256.
AN ATTRACTIVE 19TH-CENTURY PICTURE MODEL/
SHADOW BOX OF A THREE-MAST MERCHANT SHIP
depicted with carved hull, carved wooden sails and
rigging, sailing on port reach on a calm sea with blue
cloudy sky behind, contained within a marquetry
frame with demi-lune cartouche of a similar vessel
over -- overall measurements 22 x 33in. (56 x 84cm.)
£2000-3000
257.
A 19TH-CENTURY PICTURE HALF-MODEL OF THE
WHITBY COBLE MEG
the 20in. hull carved from the solid with clinker
planking, seats and mast, and mounted on a canvas
laid on board in oils, with a colourful harbour scene
with cliffs behind -- overall measurements including
frame 22½ x 35½in. (57 x 89.5cm.)
£600-800
255
256
257
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258.
A REMARKABLE 1:96 SCALE MODEL DIORAMA
OF THE VICTORY PREPARING TO SAIL, ANCHORED
OFF AGINCOURT SOUND, SARDINIA, AT 3.45PM
ON THE 19TH JANUARY 1805 WITH THE CAPTAINS
OF THE ACTIVE AND SEAHORSE APPROACHING
TO REPORT
modelled and presented from his own exhaustive
researches by T. Davies; the Victory fully modelled
in fruit and box woods with planked hull copper
sheathed below the waterline, contrasting black
and yellow hull with open gun ports on upper
two decks with guns fitted with red tompions run
out forward, the latter ports glazed, finely carved
head-piece, glazed stern and quarter galleries with
internal fittings visible, planked decks and bound
masts with standing and running rigging of correct
weight, yards and stun’s’l booms, flying the signal to
‘unmoor’ from the mizzen mast, the decks crowded
with numerous crew and officers undertaking
tasks including furling sails, stowing anchor ropes,
preparing to raise an approaching pinnace, with a
company of marines being drilled, the poop deck
with Nelson pointing and Hardy watching as Pascoe
stows signal flags, the whole mounted in a 6in. deep
rippled green glass sea with painted white flecking, a
pinnace with ten oarsmen, two officers and a marine
approaching, contained in a bespoke glazed case
with backdrop and stern views painted by Geoff Hunt
showing the headland and rest of squadron, internal
electric lighting, dust trap and legend to front,
mounted on tapering legs. Measurements overall -75 x 53½ x 26in. (190.5 x 136 x 66cm.); framed charts
of location and description of activities; service table
(5)
£20000-30000
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Born of a frustration with the inadequacies of some models to show the Victory accurately enough and to put it into an interesting moment of
history, this model evolved into what is possibly the most complex and detailed presentation of this famous ship yet undertaken. Log books and
site visits were used to determine Victory’s precise anchorage at this date, from which photographs and period pictures were used by renowned
marine artist Geoff Hunt to provide the backdrop canvases; detailed discussions with historians and the curator of H.M.S. Victory were undertaken
to extraordinary degrees to establish precisely the arrangement of the vessel at this date - there was a small refit before the Battle of Trafalgar which
provided additional challenges. Three years of trials were taken with the sea to get it realistic. It is uniquely poured around the hull to conform to
the modeller’s wishes to create the correct light refraction, so the hull and anchor cable look as they did when Nelson gave the order to set sail. The
success of the vignettes on the deck, in the rigging and the pinnace is a rare achievement with very few models so successfully employing this detail.
To preserve the model for posterity, the modeller designed an airtight case with temperature-controlled climate and a dust trap on top, however
should anything ever come astray, full instructions on how to access it are provided along with a table of the right height to slide the model on.
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A WELL-PRESENTED H ALF-MODEL OF THE C ELEBRATED AMERICAN TEA C LIPPER RED JACKET (1854)
modelled by J. Hayward with laminated carved hull coppered below the waterline, carved and painted deck fittings with cut-away masts,
mounted on a green baize-covered backing board with engraved brass specification plate -- 17¼ x 40in. (44 x 101.6cm.)
£200-400
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A WELL-PRESENTED 1:24 SCALE HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE G.L. WATSON-DESIGNED R ACING YACHT MADGE (1879)
modelled by Peter Ward, carved from laminated mahogany with black-painted top sides brass fittings, cutaway mast, bow sprit and
boom, mounted on wooden display board with details -- overall measurements 10 x 38½in. (25.5 x 98cm.)
£600-800
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A WELL-PRESENTED ¼IN. TO THE FOOT SCALE HALF-MODEL OF THE 23 METRE CLASS RACING YACHT CAMBRIA (1928)
modelled by Peter Ward, with carved hull finished in red, green and white, cutaway mast with boom and bow sprit, mounted on a
polished wood display board with details -- overall measurements 9 x 37½in. (23 x 95.3cm.)
£400-600
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A FINE AND WELL-PRESENTED 1:48 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE WORLD’S FIRST TURBINE-POWERED C RAFT TURBINIA
DESIGNED BY SIR CHARLES PARSONS IN 1894
modelled by John R. Haynes with bespoke pre-formed hull, painted deck with superstructure and fittings as appropriate and including
anchor, winch, glazed wheel house with steering wires to aft rudder shoe, deck rails with named life buoys, raked buff-coloured funnel,
engine room companionway and observation post, fitted dinghy with gratings, oars etc, the two-tone hull fitted with three propeller
shafts each supported three brass propellers, mounted on brass columns within wooden glazed case with maker’s plate. Cased
measurements -- 9¾ x 31 x 6in. (25 x 79 x 15cm.)
Turbinia was designed by Sir Charles Parsons, inventor and builder of Parsons turbines. She was built by him in 1894 to test Parsons turbines in
service and to demonstrate the advantages of turbine vs reciprocating engine propulsion. Naturally, the fastest type of craft should be used for such
demonstrations. It was a sad blow when, powered by one radial flow turbine, Turbinia made less than 20 knots due to cavitation at the high turbine
speeds of 1800-2000 RPM. Parsons made many studies of cavitation. The single turbine was removed and replaced by three Parsons parallel-flow
turbines, each driving a shaft with three propellers on each shaft as clearly seen in this model.
The Royal Naval Review for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee took place at the Spithead in 1897. With all the ships of the Navy, guest vessels, and huge crowds
looking on, the tiny (comparatively) Turbinia ripped through the rows of cumbersome naval vessels at an astonishing 35 knots. This bravado display
effectively demonstrated beyond question the superiority of steam turbines, and in a very short time successful turbine installations had been made
and put in service on coastal steamers. The Cunard Line experimented with turbines in the 20,000 ton Carmania, and then entrusted turbines to their
Mauretania and Lusitania. Both ships became world famous, the former holding the transatlantic speed record from 1910 to 1929.
Turbinia was solely a demonstration vessel to show, as she certainly did, the advantages of turbine drive. Her weight of 44½ tons divided by her
horsepower gave a very low 49 pounds per horsepower, only to be surpassed five years later by the American Arrow which, even with reciprocating
engines, achieved a figure of 36 pounds per horsepower.
Shortly after being photographed alongside the Mauretania, the first large, fast, turbine powered ocean liner, she was laid up on the Tyne. Her after
part was retired to exhibition in 1927 in the Imperial Science Museum in London. In 1961 both halves were re-joined in Newcastle on Tyne where
she can now be seen.
£2000-3000
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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR
BONE AND BALEEN MODEL OF A FIRST RATE SHIP OF THE LINE
with planked and pinned hull, polychrome figurehead and guns
run out of ports, mounted on original wood and bone base
(unrigged, missing parts, dust), together with a quantity of
associated bone components, base diameter -- 8in. (20.3cm.)
£800-1200
265.
A WELL-PRESENTED FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WARSTYLE MINIATURE BONE MODEL FOR A 64-GUN THIRD RATE
SHIP
with carved 3-inch long hull, ebony wales, guns with open gun
ports, warrior-form figurehead, carved stern and quarter galleries,
simple deck fittings, fully rigged masts, yards and stun’s’l booms
with bone blocks, mounted on a bone base secured to ebonised
case with glazed cover -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) square
£600-800
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A 19TH-CENTURY IVORY DIEPPE MODEL FRIGATE
with carved hull, masts with standing and running rigging,
blocks and ivory sails, mounted on ebonised base with dinghy
off port side contained within a glass dome. The model -- 3 x 4in.
(7.5 x 10cm.); the dome -- 6½ x 6in. (16.5 x 15cm.)
£400-600
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A FINELY-CARVED AND DETAILED EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH
PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE SHIP MODEL FOR A 74-GUN THIRD RATE SHIP OF THE LINE
the 13in. planked and pinned hull with fretwork and gold leaf main wale, retractable
guns with stern cords and red-painted port lids, warrior-form figurehead, balustrade
stern with quarter galleries, deck details including capstan, casks, fretted hammock
racks, well deck, bitts, deck lights, bound masts with yards, stun’s’l booms, standing
rigging with deadeyes and chain plates, running rigging with blocks and two long boats,
mounted on planked bone base secured within glazed wooden case with provenance
plaque. Overall measurements -- 22 x 27½ x 11½in. (56 x 70 x 29cm.)
Provenance: Princess Eugene’s Collection
£12000-18000
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A WELL-PRESENTED BONE AND BALEEN NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR SHIP MODEL
with 12in. planked and pinned hull, sprung guns operated via stern cords, brass anchors with bone stocks, carved figurehead, stern and
quarter galleries, the deck with baleen to centre, polished guns in trucks, deck rings, casks, belfry, capstan, wooden long boats, bound
masts with yards, stun’s’l booms, standing and running rigging with bone blocks and deadeyes, mounted on contemporary parquetry
bone and wood base with balustrade. Overall measurements -- 17 x 21in. (43 x 53.3cm.)
£15000-20000
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A LARGE, FINELY-CARVED AND DETAILED EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR WOODEN SHIP MODEL OF
THE HEROIC FRENCH VETERAN O F TRAFALGAR L’INTRÉPIDE
the planked and pinned hull with ebony main and secondary wales, three decks of retractable brass guns operated via stern cords, brass
anchors with wooden stocks, finely-carved ivory warrior-form figurehead, stern and quarter galleries, planked decks with details including
capstan, stove pipe, water casks, two large brass ship’s bells flanking the well deck, ship’s boat fitted with cross boards, thwarts and
oars, gratings, companionways, helm, front of poop carved with swags of arms, deck lights, chicken coops, stern boats in davits, Jacob’s
ladder, brass guns in carriages, bound masts with yards, stun’s’l booms, standing and running rigging and other details, mounted in a
wooden cradle stand (later, cleaning, restoration to rigging). Overall measurements -- 29 x 36in. (74 x 91.5cm.)
A ‘Bold’ Class 74-gun frigate launched as Intrépido in Ferrol, Spain in 1799, she was given to France in 1800 which adapted the name. She took part
in Villeneuve’s West Indies expedition in May/June 1805, and fought at Calder’s Action on her return that July. However her most glorious (and final)
action was at Trafalgar. Captained by the bluff-but-experienced Louis Infernet (who had assumed command in August), she formed part of Vice Admiral
Dumanoir’s van squadron. Attempting to relieve the pressure on Villeneuve’s centre, L’Intrépide was the only one of ten ships that sailed straight
for the mêlée and, during two hours of intense fighting, engaged seven or eight British ships, on one occasion coming under fire from four or five
simultaneously. Incredibly Infernet came through unscathed, however 242 of his 745 crew were casualties, and ultimately dismasted with her rudder
shot away and wheel smashed they were “obliged to yield” as Infernet put it. During the severe storms that followed the action it proved impossible to
preserve all the prizes and L’Intrépide was burnt on Collingwood’s orders. Six months later Infernet returned to France as part of a prisoner exchange
and was awarded the Grande Croix Légion d’Honneur by Napoleon and is one of the few French naval officers to have his name carved in the Arc de
Triomphe in Paris. As one of the most illustrious French vessels atTrafalgar, it is not surprising that the prisoner who made this model felt secure enough
to name it, as Lt. Senhouse of the Conqueror commented afterwards, she put up one of the most gallant defences I have ever witnessed and would
have been a viable commercial prospect in an age when heroic gallantry counted for as much, if not more, than the cause in which it was deployed.
£28000-35000
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A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY DETAILED BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE ‘A’ C LASS TANKER M .V. ARIES, BUILT BY NIPPON KOKAN KK,
YOKOHAMA FOR SOCIEDAD TRANSOCEANIC CANOPUS, S.A., 1957
the laminated carved hull with lowered boarding companionway, bilge keels and Plimsol marks, with green-painted deck covered in
a multitude of gold-plated fittings, central and aft superstructure with boats in davits, awning stanchions, liveried funnel and much
other fine detailing, mounted within brass-bound glazed case with specification plate. Overall measurements -- 22½ x 71 x 15¾in.
(57 x 180 x 40cm.)
Aries was renamed Irenes Spirit (‘73) and broken at Inchon in 1976; Antares was renamed Antares II (‘72) and Black Builder (‘74) and was broken at
Browsville in 1978; Andromeda was renamed Scapriver (‘72) and Kyra-Christina (‘74) and broken at Bilbao in 1976.
£3000-5000
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A BOARDROOM DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE B RITISH FERRIES SEALINK PASSENGER ‘SUPERFERRY’ M.V. FANTASIA
the hull constructed from carved laminated wood with metal and plastic superstructure and fittings, completed with company livery
(damage to bow section, some loose parts and wear) -- 20 x 65in. (51 x 165cm.) contained in wooden transit box with rope handles
£400-600
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A BUILDER’S MIRROR-BACKED HALF-MODEL FOR THE S INGLE
SCREW CARGO STEAMERS CROWN OF TOLEDO AND CROWN
OF SEVILLE, BUILT BY RUSSELL, GLASGOW, FOR THE C ROWN
STEAMSHIP CO., 1912
the laminated and carved hull with gold-plated fittings, line deck
and superstructure, cutaway funnel and masts and fruitwood
boats in derricks, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within
original mahogany case with builder’s plate (mirror fractured).
Overall measurements -- 22½ x 135 x 11¾in. (57 x 343 x 32.5cm.)
Launched in November 1911 and August 1912, the Toledo was registered
at 5806 - 520 tons heavier than her sister. Both were sold in 1920 to
the Charente Steam Ship Co. and renamed Craftsman and Collegian
respectively. They were both broken up by different Scottish firms in
1933.
£1000-1500
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Sold on behalf of the The Wellesley Nautical School Charity
A FINE MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER’S HALF MODEL OF THE
CARGO SHIPS DALMORE & DALVEEN, BUILT AND ENGINED BY
SCOTTS’ OF GREENOCK FOR CAMPBELL BROS & CO., 1927
with laminated and carved hull, lowered companionway, silvered
fittings as appropriate, lined and lacquered fruitwood decks,
hatches and fitted, glazed bridge, painted superstructure with
stayed funnel, two boats in davits, steering gear with chains etc.
and much other fine detailing, mounted on original front-silvered
mirror with angled end mirrors and ivorine builder’s plate below
within original glass-fronted mahogany case. Measurements
overall -- 19¼ x 64¾ x 7¾in. (49 x 164.5 x 19.6cm.)
Provenance: H.M. Training Ship Wellesley and thence to the
Wellesley Nautical School Charity
This pair of large cargo steamers registered 5,193 tons. Dalveen was
bombed and sunk by German aircraft on 28th September, 1940 on a
voyage from Montreal to Hull. Eleven of her crew of 43 were killed;
Dalmore fared better and, surviving the War, was sold and renamed
Ingerto (1946), Tassos (1960) and Claire (1961) under which name she
was broken up at La Spezia in July 1969.
£2500-3500
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AN 19TH-CENTURY BUILDER’S HALF-MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIP EGLINTON, BUILT BY HUGH McINTYRE, PAISLEY, 1877
the laminated carved hull with black-painted topsides, lined decks and superstructure, gilt fittings, cutaway masts and funnel, mounted
on a satinwood display board with builder’s plate within dome-fronted glazed display case. Overall measurements -- 10 x 38in.
(25.5 x 96.5cm.)
Launched in April 1877, no career history has been found for this 186 ton vessel at the present time.
£2500-3500
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A BUILDER’S MODEL OF THE TUG IRANDE, BUILT FOR THE THAMES STEAM TUG & LIGHTERAGE CO. LTD. BY JOHN I. THORNEYCROFT
& CO. LTD, SOUTHAMPTON, 1929-30
the carved hull fully painted with gold-plated fittings including anchor davit and winch, foremast with navigation lamps, air intake, bell,
wheel house with helm, telegraphs, klaxon, life buoys, counter-weighted collapsible funnel with company colours, ventilators, navigation
lamps on brackets, engine room hatch covers, tow hook etc, mounted on turned wooden fittings within glazed wooden case and ivorine
builder’s plate (detached). Cased measurements -- 14 x 29½ x 13½in. (35.5 x 75 x 34.5cm.)
No ‘Irande’ is listed in the company inventory compiled by K.C. Barnaby in his history of Thorneycroft, however, two motor tugs numbered 1084-5 were
built in 1929-30 for the Thames Steam Tug & Lighterage Co. The single name listed is Wortha which has the same overall length noted on the model’s plate,
the next deliveries to this company were for diesel electric tugs in 1935 and 1937. What Wortha’s sister was called, or their fates, remains unknown.
£2500-4000
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A BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MIRROR-BACK MODEL FOR THE S TEAM TRAWLER BIRCH, BUILT BY COOK, WELTON & GEMMELL LTD, 1912
with laminated and carved hull, black top side, lined and shaded superstructure with silvered fittings as appropriate, mounted on a frontsilvered mirror within mahogany display case with plush-lined base and ivorine builder’s plate, overall measurements -- 16 x 39½in.
(40.5 x 100.3cm.)
Birch was mined off Yarmouth on 23rd August, 1916.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, 1st April 1998, lot 463
£1500-2000
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A HALF-BACKED BUILDER’S MODEL OF A PADDLE STEAMER, FIRST HALF 19TH-CENTURY
the laminated carved hull with painted black topside and paddle box, hatch covers, four cutaway masts and two raked cutaway funnels,
mounted on wooden display board -- 15 x 118in. (38 x 300cm)
It has been suggested that this model was built by Elders of Glasgow, circa 1830.
£1000-1500
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A RARE BUILDER’S MIRROR-BACKED HALF-MODEL FOR THE FIRTH PASSENGER PADDLE STEAMER TANTALLON CASTLE, BUILT FOR
THE GALLOWAY SALOON STEAM PACKET COMPANY BY J. SCOTT, KINGHORN, 1899
the laminated carved hull painted pink below the waterline and lavender grey over, decorated paddle box with feathering wheel, lined
deck and superstructure complete with silvered fittings and twin raked stayed funnels in company livery, mounted on a front-silvered
mirror with angled end mirrors and details plaque within mahogany display case for wall hanging -- 23 x 68½ x 11in. (58.5 x 174 x 28cm.)
Launched 6 May 1899 by Scott of Kinghorn -- a yard noted for launching ships ready to sail, with steam up, Tantallon Castle was GSSP’s largest
steamer at 393 tons and a length of 190ft. A “wet” steamer, she didn’t remain with her first owners long -- even after her funnels were lengthened
to improve her steam, which possibly explains her frequent changes of owner. By 1901 she was located in Brighton as the Sussex Belle under the
ownership of Captain Lee; in 1904 she was sold for service in North Wales and renamed Rhos Colwyn. A year later the emerging Barry Railway
Company purchased her in 1905, and she was renamed again as the Westonia where she operated mainly on the Cardiff-Weston ferry. She remained
with the railway company until 1910 until her sale to P & A Campbell at the end of 1911 who re-boilered her. Emerging with one funnel instead of two
and now renamed Tintern, she only worked for the 1912 season in the Campbell fleet before being sold for use in Portugal, changing name one last
time to Alentejo, surviving there until broken up in 1924.
£6000-8000
Please also see detail on section divide, page 72
Tantallon Castle
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A BUILDER’S MIRROR-BACKED HALF-MODEL FOR THE STEEL SCHOONER-RIGGED STEAM YACHT VENETIA, BUILT BY HAWTHORNE &
CO. TO DESIGNS BY COX & KING, 1903
the laminated and carved hull with glazed portholes, silvered fittings including anchor with studded cable and winch, deck lights,
companionways, masts, binnacle, superstructure with over bridge with binnacle, helm, telegraph, ventilators, cutaway funnel, aft
helm and binnacle, capstan and other details, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within glazed wooden case with details plate, overall
measurements -- 27½ x 74½in. (70 x 189.5cm.)
Owned by several well-known yachtsmen over the years, Venetia served out of Gibraltar during World War I where, with the assistance of the U.S.
Coast & Geodetic Survey vessel Surveyor, she was credited with damaging U-39 so severely, the submarine was forced to seek internship with
Spain. Her later years were spent in Canada on the Great Lakes, and she disappeared from Lloyds’ List in 1968.
£8000-10000
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A FINE BUILDER’S MODEL FOR A THREE-MASTED
SCHOONER-RIGGED STEAM YACHT, PROBABLY
BARROW SHIPBUILDING CO. LTD. C.1873
the hull carved in laminated fruitwoods with ebonised topsides,
brass glazed portholes, finely carved figurehead, lined and
planked decks with lined and painted superstructure, brass and
silvered fittings including four boats in davits, open bridge with
telegraph, binnacle and helm, raked stayed funnel, engine room
lights, gratings, saloon, benches etc., three raked two-stage masts
with standing and running rigging, mounted on brass columns
within wooden display case with access door to stern. Cased
measurements -- 24 x 37 x 14in. (61 x 94 x 35.5cm.)
Provenance: Langfords Marine Antiques.
Although un-named, this model bears a striking resemblance to one
sold by Messrs Christie’s, South Kensington in sale 9855 (24 May
2004, lot 324) and which was known to be the S.Y. Aries built for Sir
James Ramsden in 1873. That model also bore no name, but her unique
propeller arrangement and lines gave ample means of confirming the
identity suggested by a later plaque. It seems reasonable to suggest
therefore that this model is not a proposal model but another yacht of
similar vintage whose identity has yet to be revealed.
£8000-12000
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A FINE BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE S .S. PENCARROW, BUILT BY
IRVINE SHIPBUILDING, WEST HARTLEPOOL FOR R.B. CHELLEW,
1921
the laminated and carved hull with lined grey-painted decks
with detailed silver-plated fittings, white-painted superstructure,
stayed liveried funnel, davits with fitted boats, masts with
derricks and rigging, contained within glazed mahogany display
case with ivorine builder’s plates on glazed display base and
stand (later). Measurements including stand -- 58½ x 84 x 17½in.
(148.5 x 213.5 x 44.5cm.)
Registered at 4,841 tons, the Pencarrow enjoyed a long career. Surviving
the War, she was sold to A. Jurgenthal and renamed Avon. Sold again in
1955 to S.G. Embiricos and renamed Staras, she was broken up under
that name at Hirao in July 1959.
£8000-10000
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A FINE BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE M .S. VANCOUVER CITY,
BUILT BY W. DOXFORD & SONS FOR REARDON SMITH & SONS,
1930
the laminated and carved hull with lined lacquered boxwood
decks with detailed gold-plated fittings, white-painted
superstructure, stayed liveried funnel, davits with fitted boats,
masts with derricks and rigging, contained within glazed
mahogany display case with ivorine builder’s plates on glazed
display base and stand (later). Measurements including stand -56 x 73 x 20in. (142 x 185.5 x 51cm.)
The Vancouver City (a large vessel of nearly 5,000 tons) was on passage
from Suva bound for the United Kingdom with a cargo of sugar when,
on 14th September 1939 (eleven days after War had been declared), she
was torpedoed and sunk at position 53.23 N, 7.03 W with the loss of
three lives.
£8000-10000
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A FINE 1:48 SCALE BUILDER’S DISPLAY MODEL OF THE R OYAL
NAVY ‘LIGHTFOOT’ CLASS FLOTILLA LEADER TORPEDO BOAT
DESTROYER H.M.S MARKSMAN, BUILT BY R. & W. HAWTHORN,
LESLIE & CO. LTD, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, 1915
with laminated and carved hull finished in light grey with pink
underside, the cream-coloured deck complete with silvered
fittings and armament as appropriate, four stayed raked funnels,
three fitted wooden boats in davits, and much other fine
detailing, mounted on sliding base with builder’s plate within
original mahogany glazed display case with lockable end panels.
Measurements overall -- 36½ x 95 x 19in. (92.7 x 241.3 x 48.3cm.)
Provenance: H.M. Training Ship Wellesley and thence to the
Wellesley Nautical School Charity
£15000-25000
END OF SALE
Next Sale Date Wednesday 24th April 2013
Closing 28th February 2013
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One of originally two flotilla leaders laid down as a result of the emergency 1914/15 naval estimates, the ‘Lightfoot’ class ultimately totalled seven.
Each was named beginning with the designation letter of each flotilla it was to lead. Displacing 1,440 tons (significantly larger than ordinary
destroyers), her three-shaft Browne-Curtis turbines developed a very respectable 34½ knots. Armed with four 4in. quick-firing and other smaller
guns, and four 12in. deck-mounted torpedo tubes, she was manned by 104 crew and, with her enlarged administration space below deck, proved
to be a great success. Commissioned on the 18th November 1915, by when she was urgently needed for the War effort, she saw service at Jutland
where she was commanded by Commander Norton Sulivan as part of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla. She was broken up in November 1921.
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Ship Name Index
Afric, S.S.
Andromeda, M.V.
Antares, M.V.
Aries, M.V.
Aurora Häfverö
Barfleur, H.M.S.
Birch, S.T.
Blythville, S.S.
Bounty, H.M.S.
Boyne, H.M.S.
Cambria
Ceylon, H.M.S.
Cimbri, H.M.S.
Crown of Seville, S.S.
Crown of Toledo, S.S.
Dalmore, S.S.
Dalveen, S.S.
Dexter
Discovery, S.S.
Dorset
Duncan, H.M.S.
Eagle, H.M.S.
Eglinton, S.S.
Endeavour, H.M.S.
141
269
269
269
6
40
275
8
62
25
261
42
2
271
271
272
272
252
21
145
27
23
273
65
Euryalus, H.M.S.
Fairfield
Fantasia, M.V.
Flamboro, S.S.
Good Friends
Hanover
Iron Duke, H.M.S
K5, H.M.S.
Kent, H.M.S.
Kingston, H.M.S.
L’Intrépide
Lawhill
Lusitania, R.M.S.
Madge
Malaya, H.M.S.
Marksman, H.M.S.
Marlborough, H.M.S.
Mauretania, R.M.S.
Meg
Memphis Queen III, P.S.
Mohawk, H.M.S.
Osborne, R.Y.
Pencarrow, S.S.
Plucky, H.M.S.
31
116
270
5
115
15
26
33
23
243
268
9
110
260
23
282
35
114
257
11
23
28
280
34
Powerful, H.M.S.
36
QEII, R.M.S.
108
Queen Elizabeth, R.M.S.
108
Queen Mary, R.M.S.
108, 111, 112
Raleigh, H.M.S.
20
Ramillies, H.M.S.
23
Red Jacket
259
Roker, S.S.
133
Royal Sovereign, H.M.S.
23
Saracen, H.M.S.
32
Solebay
250
Sportive, H.M.S.
30
Stirling Castle, R.M.N.V.
109
Susannah Knapp
4
Tantallon Castle, P.S.
277
Turbinia, S.Y.
262
Unicorn
251A
Valhalla, R.Y.S.
88
Vancouver City, M.S.
281
Venetia, S.Y.
278
Veteran, H.M.S.
35
Victory, H.M.S.
46, 258
Warspite, H.M.S.
23
Instrument Makers Index
Abel-Klinger, C.
Adams, G.
Ainsley, T.L.
Baker
Barraud
Bedford, H.
Benevolo
Brener
Cary
Cary & Co.
Casartelli, J.
Casella
Claxton & Morton
Cottam & Hallen
Cox
Cuff, J.
Culpeper, E.
Dancer, J.B.
Davis
Dent, E.J.
177
226
246
211
164
160
182
215
243
172
213
180
220
212
223
199
198
209
187
161
Dolland
Dollond
Fraser, W.
Gilbert, W. & T.
Hamilton
Hamilton & Inches
Harting Bank, H.J.
Heath & Co.
Hughes & Son, H.
Johnston, W. & A.K.
Jones, T.
Jones, W. & S.
Larmour
Listor & Martins
Martin, B.
Matheson & Co.
Menlemans
Mercer
Merz, J.
Negretti & Zambra
Noble, J.
187
186, 197, 237
216
238
166
229
175
241, 244
173, 230
178
210
205
245
236
196
242
221
165
184
227
233
Norie, J.W.
234
Potter, J.D.
231
Ramsden
181, 186, 188, 191
Ray & Co., J.W.
165
Ross, A.
208
Stanley
218
Stebbing, J.R.
222
Steward
162
Storer, W.
190
Swift & Son
202
Syeds, A.
240
Troughton, E.
235
Vacheron & Constantin
167
Vogler, A.
163
Walter, B.
239
Watkins & Hill
225
Watson & Son
214
Westbury
171
Willson, G.
189
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1.
(a)
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(iii)
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2.
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and available from Charles Miller Ltd.;
Charles Miller Ltd.’s Authenticity Guarantee;
Any additional notices and terms printed in the sale catalogue,
in each case as amended by any saleroom notice or auctioneer’s
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4.
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(i)
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(iii)
(c)
(d)
5.
(a)
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(a)
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lots for sale (including after the fall of the hammer) if (s)he believes
that there may be an error or dispute, and may also take such
other action as (s)he reasonably deems necessary.
The auctioneer will commence and advance the bidding in such
increments as (s)he considers appropriate and is entitled to place
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(b)
(c)
(d)
8.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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above.
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shippers.
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Reject future bids from the Buyer;
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shortfall between the original Purchase Price and the amount
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applying the sale proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
10.
(a)
(b)
11.
(a)
(b)
12.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Failure to collect purchases
If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but does not collect the lot
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the buyer’s expense and risk at CM’s premises or in independent
storage.
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following 60 days written notice to the buyer, CM will re-sell the
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discretion. The sale proceeds, less all CM’s costs, will be forfeited
unless collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original
auction.
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over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where
the correct description of such matters is not included in the catalogue
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or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of
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(ii) the only method of establishing at the date of the sale that the
item was a counterfeit would have been by means of processes
not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive
or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value
to the Property (in Charles Miller Ltd.’s reasonable opinion); or
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(iii)
there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its
value had it accorded with its catalogue description.
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receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question
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number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the
reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and
(ii) return the Property to Charles Miller Ltd. in the same condition
as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the
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Sale Title
Maritime & Scientific Models,
Instruments & Art
Date
31st October 2012
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