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Click here to subscribeKing & Country - Remember the Alamo Series, comprising: Set RTA059 - Robert Mckinney, American Civil War Confederates Series Set CW019 - Kneeling Firing Rifleman, Set CW020 - Running Forward Rifleman, Set CW022 - Standing Ready & Set CW024 - Kneeling Loading Rifle. Possible minor display wear otherwise generally Mint overall, contained in near Mint set boxes. [5]
Britains - Herald - American Civil War Series. - Set 4434 [1961-66 version], Confederate Forces with Gun, comprising: Infantry Officer, Bugler, Infantryman Advancing, Infantryman Firing & Cannon [Britains metal version]. Some minor paint chips to Figures otherwise generally Excellent overall, contained in a generally Excellent [some storage wear] open window display box with scenic insert. Rare Early Plastic / Hollowcast Hybrid Issue
San Francisco Mint. The collection includes a 1990 US Eisenhower Centennial 6 Coin Set, with a Penny, a Nickel, a Dime, a Quarter, a Half Dollar, and a Silver Dollar. The collection also includes, a 1995 Civil War Battlefield Commemorative 7 Coin Set, with a Penny, a Nickel, a Dime, a Quarter, a Half Dollar, a Clad Half Dollar, and a Silver Dollar. Each set includes original box. A box is approximately: 7.25"L x 5.25"W x 1.5"H. Issued: 1990 and 1995Dimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: United States MintCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Uncirculated
San Francisco Mint. The collection includes a 1986 Liberty Prestige Coin Set, with a Penny, a Nickel, a Dime, a Quarter, a Half Dollar, a Liberty Half Dollar, and Liberty Silver Dollar. The collection also incudes a 1995 Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Set, with a Penny, a Nickel, a Dime, a Quarter, a Half Dollar, a Clad Half Dollar, and a Silver Dollar. Each set includes original box. 1986 box is approximately: 7.25"L x 5.25"W x 1.5"H. 1995 box is approximately: 7.25"L x 5.25"W x 1.75"H. Issued: 1986 and 1995Dimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: United States MintCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Uncirculated
An Oscar winning collection of movie ad posters. All included are Award winners of their time. Titles included in this lot are Gone With The Wind from the 1961 re-release in tribute to the centennial of the Civil War, True Grit, Porgy and Bess, Wonderful...Is the Word For It! Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and another Paul Newman gem in 1961's The Hustler. All posters measure 14"W x 22"L. Set also includes the theater poster for The Sound Of Music measuring 14"W x 20"L. Issued: 1961 - 1969Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
Classical cover style of the book edited by E.B. Long, presenting the personal accounts of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and a prominent Union general during the Civil War. Publisher: Easton Press, United States, 1989. Artist: E.B. Long (American 1911-1990)Issued: 1989Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1.75"W x 9.5"HCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Very good condition.
Set of two volumes by Stephen E. Ambrose, detailed biography exploring the life and presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States. The biography highlights key moments of his presidency, including his handling of the Cold War, civil rights issues, and domestic policies. Each book dimensions 6.5"L x 1.75"W x 9.5"H. Publisher: Easton Press, United States, 2004. Issued: 2004Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Good condition.
Set of two volumes by Harry J. Sievers covers three parts: Hoosier Warrier: Through the Civil War Years, 1833-1865, Hoosier Statesman: From the Civil War to White House, 1865-1888, and Hoosier President from the White House and after, 1889-1901. Each book dimensions 6.5"L x 2.25"W x 9.75"H and 6.5"L x 1.25"W x 9.75"H. Publisher: Easton Press, United States, 1998. Issued: 1998Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Good condition.
Pulitzer Prize winner 1933. Brown leather cover with gilded design cover and gilded edge pages. The second book in the Vaiden trilogy, the setting just after the American Civil War. Depicts how the wealthy white planters and newly freed African Americans attempt to adapt to life in post Civil War South. Artist: T.S. StriblingIssued: 1977Dimensions: 6.5"L x 1.5"W x 9.5"HManufacturer: Franklin Mint CorporationCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1987. Blue leather bound book with a charming gilded pattern on the front and back cover. Philip Shriver Klein (1909-1993) was an American historian and author known for his work on American political history, particularly regarding the presidency and Civil War era. President James Buchanan, a 506-page book examining the life and presidency of James Buchanan, focusing on his early career, the challenges he faced in office, and his controversial handling of the tensions leading up to the Civil War. Issued: 1987Dimensions: 6.5"L x 9.25"W x 1.5"HCondition: Age related wear.
Pulitzer Prize winner 1934. A brown leather bound book with floral gilded design and gilded edge pages. A novel of a poor white man growing up in Pre-Civil War rural south. Artist: Caroline MillerIssued: 1978Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1.25"W x 9.5"HManufacturer: Franklin Mint CorporationCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1987. Hardcover leather bound brown book with gilded motif on the cover. William S. McFeely (1930-2019) was an American historian. Grant: A Biography, a 592-page work, offers a detailed and insightful examination of the life of Ulysses S. Grant, focusing on his military leadership during the Civil War and his presidency. Artist: William S. McFeelyIssued: 1987Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1.75"W x 9.5"HManufacturer: The Easton PressCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Very good.
Joan Borrell Nicolau (Barcelona, August 13, 1888 - April 26, 1951)“La Ramona”.Bronze sculpture.Signed and dated 1922. Post modernism.75 x 58 x 34 cm.Joan Borrell Nicolau (Barcelona, August 13, 1888 - April 26, 1951), was a Spanish sculptor, descendant of the notary of La Pobla de Segur (Lleida). He spent his youth in that town and in Tárrega, and in 1900 he moved to Barcelona and studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de La Lonja. At the same time, he collaborated in the workshops of the brothers Venancio and Agapito Vallmitjana and Enrique Clarasó.In 1909, he visited Paris, where he returned in 1913 and met Pablo Picasso. He was in contact with the sculptors Charles Despiau and Antoine Bourdelle. He held his first exhibition in Barcelona in 1910 and between 1927 and 1929 he lived between Barcelona and Madrid, where he set up a workshop.In 1929, he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, held in Madrid, where he was awarded a Second Class Medal for Bust of a Young Man.During the period of the Civil War, he took refuge in Perpignan and later spent long stays on the island of Mallorca, where many of his works can be found.He excelled as a portraitist, and in this facet the busts he modeled of the politician Enric Prat de la Riba -located in the Patio de los Naranjos of the Palau de la Generalitat de Cataluña-, of the painter and writer Santiago Rusiñol and of the composer and pianist Federico Chopin, among others, stand out.Undoubtedly, the statue of Jacinto Verdaguer, which adorns the monument that the city of Barcelona built in honor of the famous Catalan poet and ecclesiastic, is his most recognized work. For the same monument, he created three statues symbolic of epic, mystical and popular poetry. The construction of the monument was extremely long, since, although the design competition was held in 1912, it could not be inaugurated until 1924, due to several mishaps.In the same city, more than a dozen sculptures by Borrell Nicolau can be found, such as those he made for the decoration of the Plaza de Cataluña in 1928 or those that formed part of another work of the same year: the fountain called The Awakening of the Dawn, which, when some of the statues that made it up were dismantled, were placed in the same place.Juan Borrell Nicolau carried out a solid, serene and robust naturalism, with characters that showed a certain rigid aspect coming from the norms of noucentisme.His great creations stand out for their elegance with a clear Greco-Roman influence, and for his skill in representing the details of clothing. He was a member of the Artistic Circle of Barcelona and in 1950 he was appointed member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of St. George.Among his disciples the sculptors José Viladomat, Martín Llauradó, José Granyer and Joan Rebull stand out. Reference bibliography:https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/50235/juan-borrell-nicolau
1968-1994 A.D. C.J. Becker - Studies in Northern Coinages of the Eleventh Century - København, 1981, hardback, cloth cover, 173 pp, monochrome photographs, text figures; Glendinning-Spink - Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins sale 20 November 1974 - card covers, monochrome photos; A. Dieudonné - Les Monnaies Capétiennes ou Royales Françaises - Paris, 1923, hardback, cloth cover, 85 pp, line drawings, monochrome plates; Craig Barclay & Edward Besly - A Little Barrel of Ducatoons: The Civil War Coinage of Yorkshire - York, 1994, card covers, 58 pp, monochrome photos; D.M. Metcalf et al - Studies in the Composition of Early Medieval Coins - Newcastle, 1968, card covers, 63 pp, 4 monochrome plates. 2.13 kg total, 21 x 15 - 27.5 x 19.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 - 10 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.). [5, No Reserve]Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Smith of Derby (Thomas, c.1720-1767), Attributed to. South View of Leicester Abbey, Leicestershire, oil on canvas, 77 x 129 cm (30 1/4 x 50 3/4 in), relined, craquelure, some abrasion and rubbing, minor losses, unframed, [possibly circa 1740s] Provenance: Collection of John and Eileen Harris *** The great Augustinian Abbey of St Mary de Pratis at Leicester where Cardinal Wolsey died, was dissolved by Henry VIII's commissioners in 1538. It was subsequently granted to William Parr, brother of the monarch's last Queen and then passed into the Hastings family before being sold by them to William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, in 1613. Cavendish enlarged the house built by his predecessor to rival the family's Derbyshire seat at Chatsworth. In due course it became the dower house of the earl's intrepid daughter in law Christian, Countess of Devonshire. During the civil war it was used by Charles I who stayed there before meeting the Parliamentary forces at Naseby. As a result, following his defeat, it was looted and burnt. The Cavendish family though held on to the estate until 1737.The painting shows the south front at that time, with the ruined buildings now being admired by visitors, an early depiction of such antiquarian interest. The ancient structure had earlier caught the eye of the engravers Nathaniel and Samuel Buck who published an engraving of the ruins. Comparison between the engraving and the painting show that the building had further collapsed during the intervening years. Yet, the ruins still stand and are now the centrepiece of Abbey Park in the centre of Leicester. The painting is attributed to Thomas Smith of Derby who also painted a view of Chatsworth (see Collection of The Dukes of Devonshire), which was engraved in 1744 which might suggest that this view was a commission by the 2nd Duke of another family property by the local landscape artist.
The Gallery of Modern British Artists : Consisting of A Series of Engravings from Works of the Most Eminent Artists of the Day, publ. London: Proprietors, I Cloudsley Terrace, Islington; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court; C. Tilt, Fleet Street; and G. Virtue, Ivy Lane (af); Les Belles Du Duc De Berry, book of hours, Thames and Hudson, label to inside cover, celebrating 10 years signed in biro by Walter Neurath Managing Director, boxed; Englebert, Omer, The Lives of the Saints, 1st edition, publ. Thames Hudson, 1951; Churchill, Winston S.; (Rhodes, Col. F. (Ed.)), The River War - An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan vol.II, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900; The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book, 1939-1945, lge. 4to, cloth, illus., published on behalf of The Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund by G. Bell & Sons, 1950; Frontline 1940-41 - The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain". Published 1942 by His Majesty's Stationery Office; War Graves of the British Empire. Iraq, Part One A-L; etc
THE CLASH - 7" COLLECTION. A collection of 25 x 7". Titles include Train In Vain, The Call Up, London Calling, Bankrobber, City Rockers, Complete Control, English Civil War, Cost Of Living EP, White Riot, Rank Roger (x 2), I Fought The Law, Listen, London Calling (x 2), Remote Control, Rock The Casbah (x 2 inc picture disc), Should I Stay Or Should I Go (picture disc), This Is England, Radio Clash, Tommy Gun, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (x 2) and Should I Stay Or Should I Go. The condition is generally VG to Ex+.
Folder of Home Guard, Civil Defence, Police & Fire Service cap Collar & Lapel Badges. Lot includes Queen’s Crown War Messenger Cap & Collar Badges, M.o.D & Defence Fire Service Caps & Officers Control Commission Officer’s cap Badge. Also included in this lot are Home Guard Shoulder Titles & Army Reserve Lapel Badges. Quantity
Sheaffer Legacy CP4 Richmond limited edition Classic Pens sterling silver fountain pen. This edition was limited to 1865 pens (426/1865), this being the Richmond example, originally offered along with Washington pen to form the two pen Civil War commemorative set. This is just the Richmond pen without box and papers with fine 18 K nib. Length 5 7/16†and 5 13/16†posted, filling mechanism Touchdown fill. Overall excellent condition.
Europa. Napoleon vs. Wellington. Schachfiguren aus Metall. Monochrome Spielfiguren, eine Partei ist dunkel, die andere silberfarben. Produktion des 20. Jahrhunderts. Höhe: König 6,5 cm, Bauer 7 cm. (54) * Kompletter Figurensatz. Die Figuren in den entsprechenden Armeeuniformen. Beiliegt: Europa. Schachfiguren aus Metall – Amerikanischer Bürgerkrieg. Kleine monochrome Spielfiguren, eine Partei ist dunkel, die andere silberfarben. Produktion aus den 1980er Jahren. Höhe König 3,9 cm; Bauer 3,8 cm. Zustand: Beide Spiele in undeutliche Ausführung ohne Feinheiten, mit minimalen Defekten. / Europe. Napoleon vs. Wellington. Historical chess set made of metal, created after the battle of Waterloo. Monochrome set, one side is stained dark, the other silver (metallic). Production from the 1980's. King 6,5 cm high, pawn 7 cm. Enclosed: Europe. Small chess set made of metal – American Civil War. Monochrome set, one side is stained dark, the other silver (metallic). Production from the 1980's. King 3,9 cm high, pawn 3,8 cm. Both sets without any details, with minor chips and defects.
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)Study for ‘The Ratification of the Irish Treaty in the House of Lords, December 1921’ signed 'J Lavery' (lower left), inscribed 'HOUSE OF LORDS STUDY/ LAVERY' (on the backboard) oil on canvas-board 25 x 35cm Provenance Property of the Artist; Gifted by Lavery to the sculptor, George Henry Paulin (1888-1962), circa 1934; Gifted by his wife, Muriel Margaret Cairns, to her son-in-law as a wedding present on 15th March 1969; Thence by descent to the present ownerThe present lot will be exhibited at Cromwell Place SW7 2JE on 5th & 6th November; please follow the link below for further detailsWinter highlights previewCatalogue NoteArguably, 16 December 1921 is one of the most auspicious dates in British history. On that Friday, the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. From that moment the British Empire, which had been expanding rapidly since the 1870s, went into steep decline, and civil war in Ireland, watched by Gandhi and others, led to the emergence of a ‘Free State’. The eyewitness on this portentous occasion was Sir John Lavery.He arrived well prepared. Taking his seat in the centre of the Strangers’ Gallery, directly facing the thrones, he had come equipped with a ‘pochade’ box, and an ample supply of 10 x 14-inch canvas-boards, primed in burnt umber (1).Now in his mid-sixties, Lavery’s illustrious career began over thirty years earlier when, as a Paris Salon medallist, he was commissioned to paint The State Visit of Queen Victoria to the International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1888 (Glasgow Museums). One of the first featured artists at the Venice Biennale and an Academician, he had been knighted for his services as an Official War Artist. Although known as a portrait painter, Lavery was also renowned for his ability to capture the specific newsworthy occasion. That early royal reception in Glasgow lasted no more than 30 minutes, but his job was not only to record the scene, but also to portray each of its 254 participants – a task that took two years to complete. Something of the same challenge lay before him in December 1921 when Earl Morley rose in the Lords to present the Irish Treaty Bill. Lavery could not know in advance how long he would have, so he must work quickly, roving his eye to either side of the house, catching profiles from the seated members. These vital jottings were not composed as pictures; they were fragments to be brought together in the studio.In the present work, a recently rediscovered missing link in the series, the artist catches the heads of three women spectators in the Strangers’ Gallery, dropping to two series of members’ rows taking us down to the floor of the house and what may be the head of Morley – a mere dab of flesh colour. Then in the foreground, directly beneath where he was sitting, we see the barristers’ desk with its litter of papers, facing the Lord Speaker’s and Judges’ woolsacks (2). Other canvas-boards produced in the same few minutes show rows on the left of the house and more prominent identifiable heads (fig 6) (3).Two ensemble sketches also form part of the series, one revealing the full range of benches to left and right (fig 7), and the other, the full height of the chamber – as would be seen in the final composition (4). With these in hand Lavery started work immediately on the large version which was to be his principal exhibit at the Royal Academy the following year, hailed in one newspaper as examples of ‘that most difficult branch of art, the painting of contemporary history’ (fig 8) (5).Although tempted to file away, paint over or otherwise discard his working notes, Lavery seldom did so. When giving one to Sir Ian Hamilton for instance he told him that this was the first oil painting of the House in session, adding that it was thus, an ‘historical document’ (6). This was to be the case a dozen years later when the present sketch was retrieved from the racks for George Henry Paulin ARSA (1888-1962) in gratitude for his fine portrait of Lavery, a cast of which can be found in Glasgow Museums (fig 9) (7).Prized for their authenticity as ‘historical documents’, Lavery’s on-the-spot sketches do not neglect the aesthetic potential of what lay before his eyes. As in the present case, collaged and disconnected vignettes are set down with remarkable spontaneity. They are neither snapshots nor newsreel. No nearby gossip nor sudden crash would distract him. Throughout his career observers, those looking over his shoulder as he worked, commented upon his formidable concentration as the action rolled out before his eyes. He kept pace with its unfolding even in the most testing of circumstances. Mastery is avid of complications. He was trained for this. Bellmans are extremely grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for this catalogue note.Footnotes1. Lavery had sought the assistance of Sir Patrick Ford and Lord Birkenhead in obtaining permission to paint while the House was in session; see John Lavery, The Life of a Painter, 1940, (Cassel), p. 186-7. 2. Lord Curzon, the Lord Speaker, during these years was acting as Foreign Secretary, but frozen out of the Peace Treaty negotiations at Versailles by Lloyd George, frequently passed his duties to his friend, FE Smith, Lord Birkenhead. 3. Two other identifiable sketches are known (both private collections), one naming the chief actors –Carson, Birkenhead etc. 4. The upright sketch is contained in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.5. Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 5 May 1922, p. 6. 6. Quoted in Kenneth McConkey, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, 2010 (Atelier Books, Edinburgh), p. 236 (note 37). Lavery frequently gave sketches like these as souvenirs to friends and sitters. Lavery’s own views on Irish independence were clearly declared in a letter to his friend and pupil, Winston Churchill, then Minister for the Colonies. He wrote that he believed that Ireland ‘…will never be ruled by Westminster, the Vatican, or Ulster, without continuous bloodshed … and [that] leaving Irishmen to settle their own affairs is the only solution’ (McConkey 2010, p. 154). 7. Paulin’s sculpture was currently on exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in October 1934 (no 4) and the cast was acquired by Glasgow Museums at this time. The work (possibly a further cast) was then exhibited with a series of artists’ portraits in Paulin’s exhibition at the Walker Galleries, London, in June 1935.Condition ReportThe canvas-board is sound; paint surface in good original condition; minor frame abrasions to outer edges, only visible upon examination out of frame; ultraviolet reveals an even varnish but no sign of retouching - good, original condition; under glass and held in a gilt-painted wooden frame in fair condition.
BELGIUM: A COLLECTION OF SIX SECOND WORLD WAR BELGIAN MEDALS. A collection of medals comprising Belgian Medal for Gratitude for Red Cross Members, Military Combatants Cross 1940-45, Medal for membership of the Confederation of Trade Unions, Civil Resistance Medal, Prisoner of War Medal and Defaulters Medal. Six medals. Mounted for display with copied history. *CR Good condition.
AUSTRIA: A COLLECTION OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND SIMILAR AWARDS. A collection of medals comprising: War Merit Cross for Civil Merit class II, III and IV. Gilt Honour Medal for 40 Years Military service, a similar civil issue and Merit Medal. 7 awards. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Some marking, generally good condition.
A TWO CLASP AFGHANISTAN MEDAL 1878-80 TO THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. An Afghanistan medal with Charasia and Kabul clasps, named to 230 Cpl L. Kite 67th Foot. Levi Kite was also entitled to a Second China War Medal with Taku Forts 1860 and Pekin 1860 clasps. His record includes 'He has been four times entered into the Regimental Defaulters Book inclusive of twice tried by courts martial and once convicted by the Civil Power'. He clearly improved his conduct as by the end of his service having been up and down the ranks several times he was a provisional Lance Sergeant. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Good condition.
BELGIUM: A COLLECTION OF LONG SERVICE AWARDS. The Military Decoration of loyal service 1st class, King Albert I issue with gilt chevron to the ribbon, three similar second class awards, one with prisoner of war clasp, others A and double A ciphers. And a Civil decoration of long service in Administration. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Some light marking, generally good condition.
A SECOND WORLD WAR GROUP OF FIVE TO THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS AND ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS WITH RELATED EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHS. A Second World War and later group of five comprising 1939-45 and France and Germany Stars, Defence and War Medal, all unnamed as issued and an Elizabeth II Royal Observer Corps Medal named to Observer L.H. Broster. Mounted court style as worn. Leslie Herbert's Certified Copy of Attestation is included, he attested for seven years with the Royal Welch Fusiliers on the 1st July 1932. Born on the 9th May 1913, a resident of Birkenhead, Cheshire, the collection of ephemera with this lot includes a photograph of the 1st Birkenhead scout troop, from the war there are copies of the 'Yorkshire pud' the magazine of the 7th Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment, copies of the 'Polar Bear' magazine. Photographs post-war show groups of members of the Civil Defence Corps. For this recipients Father's Great War medals see lot number 1250. *CR Medals as worn with an interesting collection of ephemera.
FINLAND: A COLLECTION OF FIVE AWARDS INCLUDING A CROSS OF LIBERTY WITH SWORDS AND OAK LEAF. A Finish Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th Class with swords and oak leaf, on red and white ribbon, dated 1941. Civil Guard Medal of Merit, War Veteran's Association Medal for 25 years service, Commemorative Medal for the War of Liberation in 1918 and a Blue Cross for the Civil Guard Veterans. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Good condition, some wear to ribbons.
* Model Cannon. An American Civil War 'Dahlgren' field gun, late 20th century, the 18 cm barrel mounted on a wooden carriage labelled 'Dahlgren 1861' with two large 12 spoke wheels, with 2 wheel limber and ramrod, overall length approximately 75 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Dahlgren guns were muzzle-loading naval guns designed by the American Navy Rear Admiral John. A. Dahlgren (1809-1870). They were mostly used during the American Civil War.
* Miniature Medals. A group of five miniature dress medals attributed to A.V. Askwith, C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Servicea) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamelb) British War and Victory Medals c) Jubilee Medal 1935 d) Coronation Medal 1937, very fine or better, swing mounted as wornQTY: (5)NOTE:Arthur Vivian Askwith (1893-1971) was educated at Bedford School and joined the 28th Light Cavalry, Indian Army in 1919. He served in Salonika and Transcuacasia. He then joined Indian Civil Service in 1921 being appointed Assiantant Commissioner, Punjab, he received various promotions advancing to Chief Commissioner, Delhi from 1940-45 after which he retired from service and resided in Hereford.The full size medals (along with these miniatures) were sold at Sotheby's on 12 September 1989, lot 366.
A percussion cap double barrel shotgun, 19th century, with 787mm (31") long 20mm bore Damascus barrels, and associated ram rod, accompanied with a trench art vesta cover, incised to one side with the Welsh dragon and punched 'Pte J.W. Gebbons', and to the other punched 'No618509. 8th Buffs. FRANCE', 6cm long; with a Princess Mary Christmas tin(lacking contents) and an American nickel plated Gillette shaving kit case issued 1916/1917 (lacking contents) (4)Shotgun provenance: Given to the vendors by an American family, who believe it to have been used in the Civil War.
* American Civil War. A group of 11 Autograph Letters Signed, mainly from Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the Confederate States, 1861-70, all to James Spence of Liverpool, including 3 Autograph Letters Signed from Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States, 14 July & 23 September 1869 & 7 October 1870, the first saying he has sent Mrs Pattison a letter of introduction to Spence, ‘She said she desired your aid in procuring a ship to transport immigrants to Venezuela, Guiana…’, later referring to the possible disposal of a mine, referring to ‘that inconvenient disease of which I informed you still affects me’ but that he is hoping to go to Scotland, and then referring to trade once more, ‘When the cotton market is transferred from Liverpool to London, the wonderful prognostic in regard to the great city would seem to be in the way of fulfilment’, 3 pages, 8vo, the second and third letters concerning accounts and Mrs Davis and his planned departure from Britain, a total of 7 pages, 8vo/16mo; the other 8 letters comprising: 1) William Ewart Gladstone, 27 November 1861. On Spence's book The American Union; 2) James Murray Mason (1798-1871), Commissioner of the Confederacy to Britain and France, 21 February 1862. "The North must break soon", written following his release after seizure on the Trent; 3) James Murray Mason, 25 October 1864. On money for imprisoned countrymen, and a gift from England of £20,000; 4) John Slidell (1793-1871), Confederate representative in France, seized with Mason on the Trent, Paris, 25 July 1862. On diplomatic moves for the recognition of the South; 5) John Slidell, Paris, n.d. On the 4th edition of The American Union (1862), and moves for the recognition of Southern independence by Britain and France; 6) John Slidell, Paris, n.d. On Mercier's diplomatic visit to Richmond; 7) Judas Philip Benjamin (1811-1884), Secretary of State for the Confederate States. Escaped to London, 1865. London, 30 September 1865. On a proposed company for the aid of the Southern States and to help his poor countrymen with the revival of industry; 8) Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (1818-1893), Confederate Army General. London, 11 June 1866, a total of 21 pp., 8voQTY: (11)NOTE:James Spence was a leading English supporter of the Confederacy and author of The American Union (1861), On the Recognition of the Southern Confederation (1862) and Southern Independence (1863).
* Commonwealth of England. Two Documents Signed by two eminent figures of the period, 1659/60, comprising:Monck (George, 1608-1670), 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and prominent military figure under the Commonwealth. Document Signed, ‘George Monck’, St James’s, 25 February 1659/60, manuscript commission on vellum, appointing Thomas Bullor to be ‘Lieutenant to Captain John Paddhonis Trooper of Horse in my regiment and of my command for the service of Parliament and Commonwealth of England’, signed lower right, papered seal upper left, a little dust-soiled, endorsed, 21 x 30 cmLenthall (William, 1591-1662), English politician of the Civil War period who served as Speaker of the House of Commons before and after the execution of King Charles I. Document Signed, ‘Wm Lenthall, Speaker’, Westminster, 11 August 1659, manuscript commission on vellum, appointing Robert Pelham Captain of a Troop of Horse in Dorset, signed lower right, four holes near leftmost vertical fold and one near right margin, affecting a few words including most of Robert Pelham’s name at start of second line of text, some dust-soiling, endorsed, 25.5 x 35 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:George Monck was a key figure in the Restoration of the monarchy to King Charles II in 1660. During the confusion which followed Oliver Cromwell's death on 3 September 1658, Monck remained silent and watchful from Edinburgh, careful only to secure his hold on his troops. At first he contemplated armed support of Richard Cromwell, but on realising the young man's incapacity for government, he gave up this idea and renewed his waiting policy. In July 1659 direct and tempting proposals were made to him by the future Charles II.
* American Civil War. A cartes-de-visite photograph album titled The Photographic Album, Philadelphia: Altemus & Co., 1863, containing 43 window-mounted cartes-de-visite portraits of Confederate officers plus members of the John Gibson and John White families of Richmond, Virginia, including Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate States, by E. & H. T. Anthony, New York, General Sidney Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, General Morgan, Cavalry Officer, Wm Smith Major General C.S. Army and Governor of Virginia, Commander Semmes, C.S. Navy, Admiral Buchanan, Genl. Henry A. Wise, Genl. Edward Johnson, plus John Gibson and John White family individuals and groups, all inscribed (and many dated January 14th 1867) by John Gibson in ink to versos, and many with CDV tax stamp affixed to versos, original publisher's brown morocco gilt with brass clasps and four small white ceramic bosses to both covers, slightly rubbed, small thick 4toQTY: (1)
* China. A series of 14 photographs of Communist life during the Chinese civil war, c. 1930-40, vintage gelatin silver prints, many showing people at work in the Yan'an Caves, plus groups, children, women sewing on Singer sewing machines, dwellings, etc., 175 x 230 mm and similar sizes, all in individual window mountsQTY: (14)
AN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR PERIOD BREAST PLATE. A breast plate of heavy iron plate with pins for securing shoulder straps and belt clips, with raised medial ridge and shallow flared skirt, turned arm apertures and raised and turned neck apertures. Struck with armourer's stamp 'M' and a musket ball mark. 36 cm x 36 cm. *CR Good condition for age and object. Remains of paper label to the reverse.
George Elgar Hicks, RBA, British 1824-1914- Utilising Church metal; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'G.E. Hicks. 1868.' (lower right), 45.7 x 61.1 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 June 1991, lot 164. Private Collection, UK. Note: Hicks was best known for his genre scenes, which were heavily influenced by the works of William Powell Frith (1819-1909). Hicks's paintings are typically imbued with an idealised, somewhat sentimental, atmosphere, often with a strong moralising tone, like contemporaries such as Frith and Augustus Egg (1816-1863). In the present work, Hicks has depicted a historical scene, with figures in 17th-century clothing, who appear to be Puritans from the Civil War era, ripping up the metal which marks a memorial on the floor, whilst a figure hidden in the darkness furtively slips out of a door to the left of the scene.
Selection Of British WW2 Respirators consisting British Army hose example complete in 1942 dated transit box ... Post war, lightweight respirator with side filter. Complete in canvas case dated 1945 ... Civilian mask (perished), complete in leather bag ... Civilian mask in card box ... Empty gas mask tin ... Civil Defence respirator in sacking bag.
Pablo Picasso - Guernica 'Print' A large print depicting Picasso's famous oil painting, depicting the horrors of the Spanish civil war. Created in 1937 in response to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by German and Italian forces. Signed Picasso to verso. A cafe/ Restaurant lable to verso with the ink inscription "Pour Sylvette - Picasso" It is believed that Picasso signed this when they were together in the Restaurant. 64.5cm x 131cm frame inclusive. Provenance: Private collection.( no other details) Some staining and minor scuffing to the print surface.
† Stephen (1135-54), silver Penny, local and irregular issues of the civil war, Southern Variant, Southampton mint, moneyer Sanson, crowned bust right of local style with collar of pellets, fleur tipped sceptre before, legend reads STEFNE REX, rev. voided cross moline, annulet at centre, fleurs in angles, annulets at edges, legend reads S+ANSON ON AN, the S in moneyer retrograde, 1.00g (B.M.C. I, Mack 207-13; N.905; S.1295). Struck on an irregular flan, typical for the type with some of the usual soft areas and contact marks. About or near very fine, very rare.Provenance:Ex Timothy Webb Ware
† Stephen (1135-54), silver Penny, local and irregular issues of the Civil War, southern variant, Oxford mint, Adam moneyer unclear, crowned bust right, rosette in place of sceptre, reads [--]IER[--], rev. [..]:on:ox[..], cross pattée, mullet in each angle, 0.93g (Br. 1c; Mack 181; N.887; S.1293). Struck on an irregular flan and dished. Fine, extremely rare.The legends translate as "Stephen King" on obverse and "[Adam] of Oxford" on the reverse. In North for this type we have Adam as the Oxford moneyer, or Ubert with an uncertain reading.
A 'Spanish' Morion Or Cabasset, late 16th Century almond-shaped skull made from single piece russet iron, the short stalk removed and lead insert at the top, the base of the skull encircled by lining rivets on embossed brass washers (two incomplete), and down turned brim with turned edge and struck with a mark, approximate 22.5cm high.Note: these were often used during the English Civil War
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