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Lot 24
Fernie, F "Dry-Fly Fishing in Border Waters", Adam and Charles Black 1912, photographic frontis, hinges cracked, green cloth with gilt titles Hodgson, W L "Salmon Fishing", AC Black 1920, frontis, various colour illustrations Traherne, Major "The Habits of the Salmon", Chapman & Hall 1889, some inscriptions on title page Hartley, J R "Fly Fishing", illustrated 1991 with dust jacket Venables "Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing, a guide in pictures to fishing around the year", presented by Mirror Features, soft limp covers, pictorial covers, numerous colour illustrations (4)
Lot 29
Francis Grant, R "Old English Drinking Glasses, their chronology and sequence", Herbert Jenkins Limited 1926, numerous photographic illustrations, green cloth, gilt titles, dust jacket with glassine cover, other volumes on collecting including Clocks, Cups, Stevengraphs, Wood Engravings Cable Boyd "100 Year History of the P&O" 1837-1937, pub. Ivor Nicholson and Watson 1937, colour frontis with tissue guard, numerous colour and other illustrations, blue cloth with gilt titles and crest to front cover Bonhote, J Lewis "Birds of Britain", Adam & Charles Black 1907, colour illustrations (9)
Lot 307
Twelve Single 1914-15 Stars, to 15207 PTE. S. WATCHMAN BORD. R., 9820 PTE. T. GROVE. S. STAFF. R., T3-025263 DVR: R.H. STAINSBY A.S.C., 89498 GNR. G.T. FOX. R.F.A., SE-2348 PTE A.E. DEARSON. A.V.C., A-1515 ARMR. S. SJT. C.H. WHITEHOUSE. A.O.C., 17451 PTE. J. HODGKISS. S. STAFF: R., 11169 PTE. C. FAULKNER. D. OF CORN. L.I., 9881 PTE. A. BROWN. S. STAFF. R., 17264 PTE J. BOTFIELD. S. STAFF.R., 6683 PTE. J.PANTING. SHROPS L.I., 62422 GNR: J. FOXALL. R.F.A. (12)
Lot 308
Queen's South Africa Medal and Death Plaque Group of Four, to 5913 PTE C. GALE. NORTHAMPTON REGT on the QSA with SOUTH AFRICA 1902 and CAPE COLONY bars, (re-pinned to clasp), 19176 PTE. C. GALE NOTTS & DERBY: R on the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, CHARLES GALE on the Death Plaque, together with a First War Trio to 14229 PTE J. GALE NOTTS & DERBY: R on the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, a quantity of paperwork being a trimmed memorial scroll for Charles Gale, Certificates of Death for Charles Gale and Albert Gale and Discharge Certificate of a Militiaman to Charles Gale, St Johns and Colliery Rescue Medal to John Gale. Private Charles Gale was killed on the 22nd of March 1918 aged 34, he served with the 12th Bn Sherwood Foresters and an is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.
Lot 315
Second War British Cloth Insignia, a pair of Military Police Vulnerable Point blue diamond shoulder badges embroidered VP in red, together with a single Traffic Control example, single Polish Armoured Division and a further Polish Eagle, SAS (?) breast or sleeve wings, York Release Centre (?) embroidered R on blue square ground, 88 Army Group RA embroidered yellow cannon and 88 on a blue and red diamond ground, three further embroidered yellow GY on red and black diamond ground and EG or EAG within a laurel wreath. (12)
Lot 16
"The Ascot Cup" An impressive Garrards silver trophy, designed by Harrison Weir for Robert Garrard, London 1864, naturalistically modelled as Joan of Arc in armour mounted on horseback, holding aloft a banner on removable pole, engraved 'Iesus Maria' surrounded by fleur-de-lys motifs, the horse modelled in rearing pose, raised on oval textured terrain with grass tufts, upon ebonised plinth, base stamped ‘R & S Garrard Panton Street London’, 94cm high, 72cm wide Note: This trophy was mentioned in ‘The Illustrated London News Supplement June 24, 1864’; ‘The Ascot Gold Cup, value £300, given from the Ascot Race fund, in addition to a subscription of £20 each, was won on the Thursday by Mr W. S. Cartwright’s four-year-old horse Ely, whose ped igree and exploits we have recorded in another page. This piece of plate though styled as a cup, is neither more nor less than an equestrian statuette of Joan of Arc, designed by Mr Harrison Weir, modelled by Mr W. F. Spencer and manufactured by Mess rs R and S Garrard, goldsmiths of the Haymarket. The truth, grace and spirit of its design and the beauty of its workmanship are apparent at a glance.’ illustrated
Lot 2076
A pair of George III English bronze barrelled cannons, circa 1775, the barrels decorated with a shell touch hole, astragal mouldings with the weight marked on the front reinforce, at the breech is the crest of the Pierrepoint family of Thoresby Hal l Nottinghamshire together with London proof stamps, raised on oak wheeled common carriages, 86cm from cascabel to trunnion (ex: The collection of R J Wiggington) illustrated
Lot 2086
A pair of early 19th century 5.5 inch bronze mortars on teak block carriages with five securing rings, front adjustment wedge, impressed "Artillery R.E.V.1800, A Barker E.F.", 77cm x 47cm overall including rings (ex Arbour Antiques Ltd Stratford-upo n Avon - R J Wiggington 1997) illustrated
Lot 736
Gill, Eric A collection of material relating to his contributions to periodicals and other volumes, includes; "Caelum et Terra Transibunt", Black Vine Press, San Francisco 1958, bears hand written inscription "For Austen Harrison from Evan R. Gill", also Tegetmeier, Denis, "The Seven Deadly Virtues" published by Lovat Dickson Ltd., forward to Eric gill, a signed limited edition of 250 copies, signed by the author and Gill
Lot 93
A mid 17th century Welsh oak elbow chair, the arched crest rail carved with opposing leaf scrolls over a scallop arch, flower head roundel ends, panelled back with floral lozenge centred arch, with acanthus carved frame and floral spandrels, floral r osette and leaf scroll brackets flanking the swept arms, on ring and baluster turned supports, trapezoid seat on moulded rails, baluster and ring moulded turned and square block legs, plain stretchers, 65cm wide, 117cm high, 44cm deep
Lot 501
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Mid 4th century BC. Large race horse rearing up to right, ridden by Phillip II of Macedon, bearded, wearing kausia, diadem and chlamys; tunny fish to right below / Speckled quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 168, pl. 5, 16; Greenwell -; SNG France 315; Boston MFA Supp. 151; Lanz 157, lot 137. 16.00g, 19mm. Near Mint State. A splendid coin, bright and sharply struck. Extremely Rare, and by far the finest known of very few examples. The early Milesian foundation of Kyzikos on the isthmus of the Arktouros peninsula, protruding from the south-west coast of the Propontis, was ideally sited for its role as commercial intermediary par excellence at the centre of east-west trade. The earliest electrum coinage of Kyzikos with its characteristic ‘tunny fish’ emblem dates from about 550, and was based on the Phokaic weight standard of about 16.1g, the equivalent value to a Persian gold daric of 8.4g. They were contemporarily called Kyzikenes and the distribution of hoard finds makes it clear that it was the acceptable currency for trade between Thrace and the northern coasts of the Black Sea, and from Athens to Ionia, so much so that Kyzikenes are mentioned in Athenian inventories (cf. ACGC p. 261-2). This electrum coinage bears a wide variety of types, many of which are mythological or historical and types copied from contemporary Greek poleis from Magna Graecia to the Levant. Before one can identify the obverse type of this splendid Kyzikene, it is important to first secure a date for the issue. The celebrated Prinkipo Hoard of over 200 Kyzikenes, 16 Pantikapaion and 4 Lampsakos gold staters (IGCH 1239; Regling ZfN 1931, pp. 1-46) places the burial date to about 335-4 BC, a chronology followed by most modern studies (see Hurter and Liewald SNR 81, 83 and 85). Even if in 1974 the Philip II gold staters were discovered to be a separate hoard (AJA 1974, 308; CH 2, 1976, 41), this low chronology is confirmed by the presence of three specific copied types: the Alexander the Great young Herakles head type derived from his imperial tetradrachms (von Fritze 194; ACGC 964); a young jockey with raised hand on horse derived from Philip II’s later tetradrachms (von Fritze 214; SNG France 344); the present type with a bearded figure wearing kausia and chlamys riding a horse derived from Philip II’s early tetradrachms which celebrate his victory at the Olympic Games in 356 (cf. Le Rider p. 5, 1; Kraay-Hirmer 562), the same year that Alexander was born. Added to these examples are the Philip II bearded portraits types identified by M. R. Kaiser-Raiss (SNR 63, 1983, Philip II. Und Kyzikos, pp. 27-53; von Fritze 197 and 199). Together these types paint a picture of the last issues of Kyzikene electrum, deriving their types directly from the coinage of the liberating Greek forces led by Alexander. The suggestion that the reverse figure should be identified as Kyzikos, the eponymous founder of the city who was accidentally killed by the Argonauts, lacks any credible supporting arguments, and falls down when the dating of the issue is taken into consideration. With no identifying features besides a kausia, it would be highly illogical to suppose that such an issue, struck at this late period, would represent the mythical founder of the city. Given the evidence presented by the Prinkipo Hoard, and the clear stylistic similarities, an identification of the rider as Philip II of Macedon seems secure.
Lot 734
Caligula AR Denarius. Lugdunum (Lyon), AD 40. C CAESAR • AVG • PON • M • TR • POT • III • COS • III, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R •/P • P OB • C • S • in three lines within oak wreath. RIC 28 (Rome); Lyon 183; RSC 21; cf. BMC 29-30 (aureus); BN 39. 3.60g, 18mm, 2h. Attractive dark tone, Good Very Fine. Rare.
Lot 943
Hungary, Ladislaus V AV Goldgulden. Nagybànya, moneyers Christophorus and Antonius de Florentia, 1455-6, + LADISLAVS• D • G • R • VnGARIЄ •, quartered arms of Hungary-Bohemia-Mähren-Austria in beaded border / • S • LADISL-AVS • RЄX, St. Ladislaus standing facing, an axe in his right hand and globus crusiger in left. Pohl, Tabelle 21, H 2-8; Huszar 636; Friedburg 16. 3.60g, 22mm, 7h. Mint State, slightly wavy flan.
Lot 514
LEON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE (FRENCH 1844-1925)Depart des laveuses le soir, 1892oil on canvas98 x 78 cm (38 1/2 x 30 3/4 in.)signed and dated lower left L Lhermitte 1892PROVENANCEAcquired from Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris (no. 22249)Collection of John Parkinson, Boston, MAMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (loan 1920-1946)Vose Galleries, Boston, MACollection of Jacob L. Rosenthal, New York, NYPrivate Collection, New YorkEXHIBITEDSalon de la Societe nationale des beaux-arts, 1892, no. 683Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1920-1946LITERATURENew York Herald, March 29, 1892Doumic R. le Moniteur universel, May 5, 1892Fourtel Eugene, le Petit Marseillais, May 5, 1892les Petites Nouvelles, May 5, 1892Andre A. la France nouvelle, May 6, 1892Cardon E., le Moniteur des arts, May 6, 1892Correspondence Haras, May 6, 1892Fremine Ch., le Rappel, May 7, 1892l'Electeur, May 7, 1892Silvestre A. l'Echo de Paris, May 7, 1892De Fontissant M., le Telegraphe, May 9, 1892Dac H., le Monde, May 16, 1892Godin H., la Revue des Beaux-Arts, May 21, 1892l'Echo republicain, May 27, 1892De Gourcoff O., l'Avenir national, May 28, 1892Dalligny A., le Journal des arts, May 31, 1892le Phare de Dunkerque, June 10, 1892Talansier Ch., le Genie civil, July 2, 1892Furnel Ch., Revue moderne, September 10, 1892Hamel M. M., op cit., C 184, cat. No. 181Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Leon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925, Catalogue Raisonne, (Paris: Editions Cercle D`Art, 1991), p. 136, no. 160, illustrated LOT NOTESLeon Lhermitte spent the formative years of his life in rural northern France before moving to Paris at the age of 19 in 1863 to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and debuting at the salon the following year. He has been praised for his monumental and unsentimental treatment of the peasant life with which he himself was so familiar from an early age. Lhermitte at once showed the hard, daily toil of the rural working class and imbued his subjects with a sense of dignity so often lacking in the works of his predecessors. Lhermitte revisited the subject of women doing laundry on the banks of the Marne on several occasions, but this composition focusing on two young women at dusk is among his most striking. When Depart des Laveuses le Soir was shown in 1892 at the Salon exhibition of the new Societe nationale des beaux-arts it caused quite a stir, and in the catalogue raisonne Monique Le Pelley Fonteny has accrued an extensive list of reviews and mentions of the painting in contemporary publications. In the 20th century, the work continued to fascinate and inspire its audience during the decades it was at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.Ever since first seeing his work in the early 1880s, Vincent van Gogh was taken with the Lhermitte: “He`s a master of the figure. He`s able to do what he likes with it -- conceiving the whole neither from the color nor from the local tone, but rather proceeding from the light -- as Rembrandt did -- there`s something astonishingly masterly in everything he does -- in modeling, above all things, he utterly satisfies the demands of honesty.” (Letter to his brother Theo, September 2, 1885)In the dapples of soft pink on a robin egg blue sky, the reflections of the setting sun in the water highlighted with scrapes from the wooden end of the brush, and the delicate silhouette of the carefully modeled peasant woman`s profile shimmering in the twilight, one can sense Lhermitte`s attempt to create a synergy between the teaching of the academies and the play of light using unadulterated colors popularized by the Impressionists. The admiration heaped upon Lhermitte by the van Gogh brothers may have also contributed to the artist`s association with Boussod, Valadon & Cie, the prominent international gallery which signed an exclusive contract of representation with Lhermitte in 1887. Vincent van Gogh (the uncle of the painter) was a partner at the firm, and both of the brothers were at one point or another employed by the gallery, as well.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.
Lot 541
WILLIAM R. C. WATSON (BRITISH 1831-1921)Cattle Drinking at the River , 1917oil on canvas laid on board61 x 91.5 cm (24 x 36 in.)signed and dated lower rightPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.
Lot 658
A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A FOX, MEISSEN, PAUL WALTHUR, 20th CENTURYrealisticaly modeled black fox walking across a snowy ovoid base, with impressed paw print on base, underglaze blue crossed swords mark and incised V189 on underside, height: 17 cm. (16 3/4 in.)RELATED LITERATURESee R. Rontgen, The Book of Meissen, Second Edition, 1996, plate 75 for a similar example. PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.
Lot 16
CRICKET: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, signed programme and magazine photographs of various sizes (some irregularly clipped), a few signed postcard photographs etc., by various Test Captains, including Michael Clarke, Stephen Fleming, Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Graham Gooch, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Richie Richardson, Kim Hughes, Mike Gatting, Mike Brearley, Greg Chappell, Keith Fletcher, Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Ian Chappell, Ted Dexter, Brian Close, Len Hutton, R. E. S. Wyatt etc. G to VG, 26
Lot 2
CRICKET: A good small oblong 4to autograph album containing over 200 signed clipped pieces, some signed team sheets, a few A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. and irregularly trimmed signed magazine photographs etc., by various cricketers, each neatly laid down to pages (mainly in multiples) including Charles Kortright, Frank Vigar, Frederick Fane, Alf Russell, Trevor Bailey, Jack O'Connor, Harry Crabtree, Walter Mead, Stan Nichols, Arthur Porter, Johnnie Clay, Arnold Dyson, Gilbert Jessop, Walter Hammond, Tom Goddard, Phil Mead, Charlie Knott, Tich Freeman, Leslie Ames, Bryan Valentine, Frank Woolley, Godfrey Evans, Wally Hardinge (2), Cyril Washbrook, Reggie Spooner, Eddie Paynter, George Geary (2), Denis Compton, Bill Edrich, Gubby Allen, E. Patsy Hendren, Pelham Warner (brief A.L.S. stating that he has just returned from the West Indies, 1948), Jack Hearne, George Gunn, Harold Larwood (3), Walter Keeton, Len C. Braund (2; one an A.L.S.), Jack White, Arthur Wellard, Jack Hobbs, Laurie Fishlock, Andrew Sandham, Alec Bedser, Percy Fender, George Cox, John Langridge, James Langridge, Arthur E. R. Gilligan (brief A.L.S.), C. B. Fry, Maurice Tate (2), Willie Quaife, Bob Wyatt, Fred Root, Cyril Walters, Len Hutton, Norman Yardley, Herbert Sutcliffe, Bill Bowes, David Denton (2), George Hirst, Wilfred Rhodes, Ellis Robinson, Colin McCool, Gil Langley, Sidney Barnes, Arthur Morris, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Don Bradman, Bill O'Reilly, Alan Melville, Dudley Nourse, Athol Rowan and other members of the South Africa team of 1947, Sailor Young (2; one an A.L.S.) etc. G to about VG
Lot 352
TITANIC: STEAD WILLIAM T. (1849-1912) English Newspaper Editor, a pioneer of investigative journalism. Stead died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic. T.L.S., W T Stead, one page, 4to, Strand, London, 21st March 1891, to R. G. Lundy, on the printed stationery of The Review of Reviews. Stead thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues 'I agree with you entirely as to the comparative criminality of the two men. Parnell is a saint compared with Dilke, and the readiness of English Liberals to support Dilke and reject Parnell is one of the most painful illustrations of selfishness and inconsistency that I have seen in my time. I do not think that there are any details or statistics as to the result of the working of the Criminal Law Amendment Act which would enable you to afford a ready reply to those who would assail the agitation of 1885. It is not altogether a question of statistics. The raising of the age has been admittedly a great protection for young girls, and has operated as a deterrent to an extent that is never shown by statistics to conviction. At the same time, there have been I think, ever since the Act was put in operation, from 100 to 200 persons constantly serving in jail, who would have been at large. The impetus which the agitation here gave to attainments to raise the age of consent in America and the Colonies, was, in my opinion, amply sufficient to justify all that was done, even if it had had no other result'. Two slight, neat splits to the left and right edges of the central horizontal fold, not affecting the text or signature. About VG Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) Irish Nationalist Political Leader. Charles Dilke (1843-1911) English Liberal and Radical Politician.
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Lot 385
[PARR CATHERINE]: (1512-1548) Queen of England and of Ireland 1543-47, the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII. A selection of strands of light brown, fair coloured hair, the lock apparently cut from the head of Catherine Parr, loosely contained in a 19th century folded 8vo sheet of notepaper bearing a contemporary annotation in dark ink, in full, 'Katherine Parrs Hair, last wife of Henry VIIIth - cut off in Worcestershire upon the body being exhumed by R. Powell Cotton'. Rare. VG Catherine Parr died, aged around 35 or 36, on 5 September 1548, at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, from childbed fever, having given birth to her only child, the daughter of her fourth husband, Thomas Seymour, six days earlier. In May 1782, John Locust discovered the coffin of Queen Catherine in the ruins of the Sudeley Castle chapel. He opened the coffin and observed that the body, after 234 years, was in a surprisingly good condition. Reportedly the flesh on one of her arms was still white and moist. After taking a few locks of her hair, he closed the coffin and returned it to the grave. The coffin was opened a few more times in the next ten years, including a disinterment by Colonel Richard Powell Cotton in 1783, when the present hair was apparently removed. Parr's coffin was finally officially reopened in 1817, when nothing but a skeleton remained. Her remains were then moved to the tomb of Lord Chandos whose family owned the castle at that time.
Lot 387
On the deer in Hyde Park WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1689-1702. A good D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Kensington, 1st June 1699. The manuscript document is addressed to Edward, Earl of Jersey, ('Ranger of Our Park, called Hide Park') and states, in part, 'We do intend to increase the stock of Deer in Our Park, called Hide Park:…and We do hereby direct that there be a restraint upon the said Park for this Buck or Doe Season, so as that no Deer be kill'd there except by Our particular Warrant….' With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear and a few light stains, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signature, otherwise VG Edward Villiers (c.1656-1711) 1st Earl of Jersey. English Nobleman and Knight Marshal. Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1699-1700 and Lord Chamberlain 1700-04. In 1689, when King William III moved his residence to Kensington Palace on the far side of Hyde Park, he had a drive laid out across its south edge, formerly known as The King's Private Road, which exists today as a wide straight gravelled carriage track leading west from Hyde Park Corner across the south boundary of Hyde Park towards Kensington Palace. The drive is now known as Rotten Row.
Lot 388
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A good L.S., Mon frere, votre bon frere, George R, as King, one page, folio, St. James, 8th March 1742/3, to [Clemens August of Bavaria] the Elector of Cologne, in French. The King states that he has received his correspondent's letter in which he confirms that he is abiding by the rules of neutrality in the current war and allowing free passage of the Queen of Hungary's auxiliary troops as required by the Constitution of the Empire, remarking 'Your stance is most honourable and it gives me non-equivocal proof of your moderate views. I can only applaud this...'. The King also informs his correspondent that 'the Generals commanding my troops, who are going to help the Queen, have instructions to spare your country's subjects as far as possible and to consult with your officers on the ground. I will not fail to order them to conform to that, in lending all that can be procured to the relief of Your Country...' With integral address leaf bearing two good red wax seals and the original small pink threads. Some light staining and two small areas of paper loss at the upper corners, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signature, otherwise VG Clemens August of Bavaria (1700-1761) Archbishop-Elector of Cologne 1723-61. Maria Theresa (1717-1780) Queen of Bohemia 1740-41, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Croatia 1740-80, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen 1745-65. The present letter was written during the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-48 which involved most of the powers of Europe.
Lot 389
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, (a good, bold example), as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Saint James's, 5th December 1798. The manuscript document is a warrant issued to Dudley Ryder and Thomas Steele, Joint Paymaster General of the Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces, and requests them to pay Messrs Bernard and Brooksbank, joint agent & solicitor to the late Regiment & Independent Company of Invalids, the sum of £704.19.7, being for the pay of several supernumerary officers belonging to the regiment. Countersigned at the foot by William Windham (1750-1810) British Statesman, Secretary at War 1794-1801. Some minor dust staining, light age wear and a few very minor small tears at the edges, not affecting the signatures, about VG
Lot 390
GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. Signed Free Front envelope panel, addressed in the King's hand to Sir William Knighton and marked 'Most Private & Immediate' in his hand. Signed with his initials ('G. R.') to the lower left corner. Together with a second signed Free Front envelope panel, also addressed in the King's hand to Sir William Knighton and marked 'Private' in his hand. Signed with his initials ('G. R.') to the lower left corner. Both of the Free Fronts are neatly and lightly mounted to a contemporary 4to page removed from an album. About VG Sir William Knighton (1776-1836) British Private Secretary to the Sovereign, King George IV, from 1822-30.
Lot 393
WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland 1830-37. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 5th January 1835. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Geoffrey Nightingale to be a Lieutenant in the 94th Regiment of Foot. Countersigned at the foot by Henry Goulburn (1784-1856) British Statesman, Home Secretary 1834-35. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG
Lot 394
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An exceptional D.S., Victoria R I (a large, bold example) as Queen, at the head, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Court at Osborne, 2nd February 1895. The manuscript document, a formal instrument of diplomatic appointment, states, in part, ‘Whereas for the better treating of and arranging any matters which are now in discussion….between Us and Our Good Sister The Queen of the Netherlands….We have judged it expedient to invest a fit person with full powers to conduct the negotiations on Our part….therefore…We reposing especial trust and confidence in the wisdom, loyalty, diligence, and circumspection of Our trusty and well beloved Sir Horace Rumbold, a Baronet of Great Britain, a Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Our Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of the Hague, have named, made, constituted and appointed, as We do by these Presents name, make, constitute and appoint him Our undoubted Commissioner, Procurator and Plenipotentiary: Giving to him all manner of Power and Authority to….conclude….and Treaties, Conventions or Agreements between Us and Our said Good Sister, and to sign for Us….everything so agreed upon and concluded….with equal force and efficacy as We Ourselves could do if personally present: Engaging and promising upon Our Royal Word, that whatever things shall be so transacted and concluded….shall….be agreed to, acknowledged, and accepted by Us in the fullest manner….In witness whereof We have caused the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to be affixed to these Presents, which we have signed with Our Royal Hand….’ With the Great Seal of Queen Victoria affixed at the foot, a very fine example in mustard yellow wax, measuring just over 6 inches in diameter, featuring the enthroned Queen Victoria to the recto, holding an orb and sceptre, with the allegorical figures of Justice and Religion seated either side and with the Royal Arms and Crown at the foot, the border wreathed with oaks and roses, and depicting Queen Victoria riding on horseback to the verso, the horse fully caparisoned, with a plume of ostrich feathers floating from the headstall, led by a page. At the base appears a harp surrounded by shamrocks and with the Latin legend Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensor (‘Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith’) to the margin. The seal is attached to the document by attractive laces of intertwined silver and burgundy thread terminated by two fine tassels and is contained in the plain black-japanned skippet. The document is housed in the original cream and burgundy felt lined presentation box with brass hook clasp and blind embossed Royal Cipher to the lid. A magnificent document and seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the document, largely at the folds, and a couple of very minor hairline cracks to the seal, VG Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) Queen of the Netherlands 1890-1948. The Queen, a teenager at the time of the present document, was not enthroned until 1898 and her mother, Princess Emma of Waldeck and Piermont (1858-1934) Queen of the Netherlands 1879-90, acted as Regent. Queen Wilhelmina had visited Queen Victoria in 1895, the same year as the present document, the latter noting in her diary of ‘The young Queen….still has her hair hanging loose. She is slender and graceful, and makes an impression as a very intelligent and very cute girl. She speaks good English and knows how to behave with charming manners’ Sir Horace Rumbold (1829-1913) British Diplomat, Minister to the Netherlands 1888-96.
![[VICTORIA]: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A rare collection of Queen Victori](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/fbc463d5-a118-4c6b-9c10-a51000a2f7ce/15bf09ef-68be-4377-8d8f-830e2d405831/468x382.jpg)
Lot 404
[VICTORIA]: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A rare collection of Queen Victoria’s intimate apparel, comprising a large white linen short sleeved Nightdress with a fine machine lace patterned border to the collar and sleeves, with embroidered Royal crown and initials VR; a cream linen Chemise, also with a machine lace patterned frill at the neckline and sleeves and with embroidered Royal crown, initials VR and size number 24 beneath; a pair of white linen Bloomers with embroidered Royal crown, initials VR and size number 36; a fine pair of black silk Stockings with white tips, and with embroidered Royal crown and the initials VR beneath; and a white lace pocket Handkerchief featuring two different attractive patterned borders and the Royal crown and initials VR embroidered in one corner. Accompanied by two autograph notes, unsigned (although most likely in the hand of Mrs. John Nicholas Price Wood, Lt. Col., wife of the High Sherriff of Shropshire in 1943), each on different correspondence cards from Henley Hall, Ludlow, n.d. (c.1936), the first stating, in full, ‘Underlinen & stockings worn by Her Majesty Queen Victoria’ and the second stating, in full, ‘This Pocket Handkerchief belonged to Her Majesty Queen Victoria & was given to Elma Wood by Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria, grand daughter of Queen Victoria’, (also included is a Registered envelope, evidently originally containing the handkerchief, hand addressed by Princess Helena Victoria to Mrs. Price Wood at Henley Hall, Ludlow, post marked 8th July 1936, and signed H.V. by the Princess with her initials in the lower left corner, some small tears and age wear), and further including a third autograph note, unsigned, in an unidentified hand, n.p., n.d., stating, in full, ‘Night Gown worn by her late Majesty Queen Victoria the year she died January 1901’. Some pinholes, evidently where the notes were originally attached to the garments. All of the clothing and notes of provenance are contained in a handsome red leather despatch box with the gilt stamped name of Sir Albert K. Rollit L.L.D. to the lid, the brass handle with a brown oblong 12mo luggage label tied to it, with the printed address of Mrs. Price Wood, Henley Hall, Ludlow, Salop, annotated in ink (presumably in the hand of Mrs. John Nicholas Price Wood once more) in part ‘This Box contains H.M. Victoria’s under clothes worn during the year of her death, Night dress, stockings, chemise….& drawers, Handkerchief. The Handkerchief was given me by H R Highness Princess Helena Victoria grand daughter of Queen Victoria’. A rare collection with good provenance. Some light age wear, generally VG, Sml Qty. Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870-1948) Granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sir Albert Kaye Rollit (1842-1922) British Politician, Lawyer & Businessman, Consul-General for Romania 1911-22. A single pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers sold at an English auction for £10,500 in July 2015.
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EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. D.S., Edward R & I, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 12th April 1907. The partially printed document approves the appointment made by the King of the Belgians for Mr. S. Rosenbaum to be a Consul at Singapore and allows Rosenbaum 'all the Privileges, Immunities and Advantages' belonging to his post. Countersigned at the foot by Edward Grey (1862-1933) 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British Statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1905-16. With blind embossed seal at the head. Two file holes to the upper corners, some extensive dust staining and age wear and a few small holes to the folds, slightly affecting the text and signatures, FR Sigmund Rosenbaum (1874-1948) German-born Diplomat.
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