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Click here to subscribeA 19th century Ralph Wood style group of 'Vicar and Moses'Together with two Toby jugs, a pair of Dutch Delft baluster vases (lacking covers), a pair of Dutch Delft moon flasks, 23cm high; a stoneware barrel shaped flask; six Delft plates and other items, the first 23.5cm high, 10cm wide, 12.5cm deep. (17)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of vintage 20th century LP vinyl records to include genres in the vein of folk, soft rock, pop rock. With artists comprising of artists Love Justice, Andrew Gold, Gary Puckett & The Union Gaps, Alison Moyet, The Mamas & the Papas, Evita, Wood, Ralph Mctell, Garth Hewitt, Bill Clifton, Don Hill, Ciannad, Patrick Sky, Matchbox, Barclay James Harvest, Fivepenny Piece, Gordon Gilttrap, Anne Murray, Kevin Peek, Don McLean, Steeleye Span, Dory Previn, Roger Whittaker, Barbara Dickson, Justin Hayward, Cashman & West, The Ivy League, Barry Marilow, Helen Reddy, Freespirit, Judy Collins, The Sand Pipers, Henry Gross, Status Quo, Barbara Streisand, Bobby Vee, The Hollies, Elkie Brookes and The Everly Brothers.
A RALPH WOOD PRATT TYPE PEARLWARE BACCHUS AND PAN JUG, c.1810, well moulded with Bacchus holding a cornucopia with fish head spout, seated on a barrel back to back with the young Pan, with brown mottled leopard handle, painted in blue, ochre and green, unmarked, 11 1/2" high (Illustrated) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)Chip to base near Bacchus' left foot, chip to drum painted over (original) chip to rim above Pan's head
Mead (Richard). A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays, 1st edition, London: Printed by J.R. for Ralph South, 1702, early signature E. Adey to title, some toning and occasional light spotting, 19th-century bookplate of Samuel Holdsworth to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints split and upper board loosening, extremities worn, 8vo, together with:Teresa (of Avila, Saint), Vida da seraphica madre Santa Teresa de Jesus..., Lisbon: Antonio Vicente da Silva, 1761, engraved illustration laid-down on front free endpaper, contemporary limp vellum, with leather ties, 4to,Chambaud (Lewis), A Grammar of the French Tonge, with a prefatory discourse..., 6th edition, revised and corrected, London: C. Bathurst, W. Strahan [& others], 1775, contemporary calf, spine without title label, rubbed, 8vo,Vyse (Charles), The New London Spelling-Book; or, the Young Gentlemen and Ladies' Guide to the English Tongue..., new edition, with alterations, improvements, and additions, London: Published by all the booksellers, and R. & W. Dean, Manchester, 1807, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, front free endpaper inscribed 'Miss Lough's Book April 9th 1809 Bainton', contemporary sheep, lacking spine, upper board loose, worn, 8vo,Bertrand de Moleville (Antoine-Francois), Annals of the French Revolution; or, a chronological account of its principal events, with a variety of anecdotes and characters ... translated by R.C. Dallas, 4 volumes, London: Printed by S. Low, 1800, contemporary diced calf, joints split, lacking spine labels, worn, 8vo,Clarke (Samuel), Homeri Ilias Graece et Latine, new edition, 2 volumes, London: J. Nunn, Baldwin, Cradock & Joy [& others], 1825, folding engraved map frontispiece to each with some offsetting to titles, armorial bookplate of Thomas Fletcher Twemlow to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, 8vo, plus other 17th-19th century antiquarian volumes, including grammars etc., some odd volumes, and two 18th century vellum documentsQTY: (34)
Staffordshire pearlware Ralph Wood Shepherd and Shepherdess on a rock , impressed 88 inside the base , circa 1780-1800 .25.5cm high6.5cm crack to back of base , old restoration to the the top of the bocage missing top part , goat's ear and horns . lambs ear , end of his pipe , her arm and missing an animal on the centre of the rock
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste relief of Ralph Fisher, inscribed RALPH FISHER OB, 12 FEB 1793, Tassie F, in a later oval moulded wood frame, the portrait - 7.2cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Furniture reference books, including: Ralph Fastnedge, Sheraton Furniture, Antiques Collectors Club, 1983; Lucy Wood, Catalogue of Commodes, The Lady Lever Art Gallery, 1994; Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collections, Antiques Collectors Club, 1983; Georg Himmelheber, Biedermeier Furniture, Faber and Faber, 1974; Graham Child, World Mirrors, Sotheby's Publications, 1990; Nicholas A. Brawer, British Campaign Furniture, Harry N. Abrams Inc, New York, 2001; (A LOT)Please refer to department for condition report
Bindings. Anecdotes of Painting in England..., also a catalogue of engravers ... collected by the late George Vertue; digested and published from his original MSS. by Horace Walpole; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway, 3 volumes, new edition, revised with additional notes by Ralph N. Wornum, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1862, engraved portrait frontispieces and plates, light scattered spotting, contemporary light brown calf by Bickers & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, together with Pfeiffer (Ida), Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy, translated from the German by H.W. Dulcken, London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1852, tinted wood engraved frontispiece, additional title and plates, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated brown morocco, 8vo, with Leigh (M.A.), Leigh's Guide to Wales & Monmouthshire..., 2nd edition, London: M.A. Leigh, 1832, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, blind & gilt decorated spine, rubbed, 12mo, and other 19th & early 20th century history and literature etc., mostly in gilt decorated leather bindingsQTY: (46)
RASHID JOHNSON (B. 1977)Carver 2012 signed on the reverseburned red oak flooring, black soap, wax and spray enamel in artist's frame184.2 by 125.7 cm.72 1/2 by 49 1/2 in.This work was executed in 2012.Footnotes:ProvenanceHauser & Wirth, New YorkPrivate Collection, US Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Curated, 24 September 2014, Lot 230Acquired directly from the above by the present ownerSince the turn of the millennium, there are but a handful of artists that have captured the spirit, the tumult, and the ideas of an unravelling twenty-first century, those who occupy a rarefied place in the nascent contemporary canon. Rashid Johnson is unquestionably an artist of this calibre. His practice has delivered some of the most compelling visions of human experience that relate directly to black history and the history of the United States, and as such have been powerful images amidst the social unrest and political evolution of the last twenty years. His is lauded and highly sought-after by institutions and private collectors alike, and the present work, Carver from 2012, is definitive of Johnson's career as a voice in the broader artistic and cultural discourse. With typical verve and vigour, the work lays bare an intensely layered and worked surface of black wax and soap over a burned wooden support. It is pure materiality and conjures not only the splashy expressive canvases of Abstract Expressionism or the reserved palette and fabric of Minimalism, but an organic reality that speaks to the spectator through the painting's almost rudimentary construction. Born in Chicago in 1977, Johnson studied photography at the School of the Art Institute, graduating in 2005. His early work showed a deep engagement with the photographic medium as documentary form and conceptual linchpin, consistently citing broader influences and inspirators from art and history through portraiture. His multi-disciplinary practice took shape rapidly, however, underpinned by these questions of identity as he developed a relationship with his materials that was personal and alchemical. 'The materials I've used over the last five to 10 years were things that were close to me, that reminded me of certain aspects of my experience growing up', Johnson has stated; 'for example, the relationship I had to Afrocentrism through my parents in the late '70s and early '80s. My mother would always have shea butter around, and she wore dashikis. I was celebrating Kwanzaa, hearing this unfamiliar language, Swahili, and seeing black soap and chew sticks around the house, things that were about applying an Africanness to one's self. [...] I was forced to negotiate what that period and those objects meant for me. I saw these things, as I got older, in Harlem, in Brooklyn, being sold on the street. I always thought to myself: What is the goal now with these materials? What are people trying to get from them?' (the artist interviewed by Christopher Stackhouse, ArtNews, 3 April 2012, online).Whilst Johnson's work relates closely to the plurality of black experience, his aesthetic concerns have remained frontal in his work. In the vein of Jannis Kounellis and Joseph Beuys, the nature of objecthood and materiality confronts the formality of abstract painting. Perhaps most akin to his contemporary Mark Bradford, the work's associations with blackness are at once profoundly material and peripheral. In the present work, like much of Johnson's practice, the title lends a contextual opening to the piece – Carver. This can be read in so many ways: primarily, as a nod to George Washington Carver, one of the most eminent agricultural scientists of the twentieth century who revolutionised the agricultural economy of the south. Carver was born into slavery before abolition in 1865, at which time he sought an education, receiving a Master of Science at Iowa State University. He identified peanuts, soy and sweet potatoes as alternative crops to cotton that had been over-farmed and depleted the soil across southern farmland. Johnson has consistently nodded to the writers and intellectuals that have been massively inspirational to him, citing James Baldwin, Henry Miller, James Joyce, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alice Walker as various touchstones. Yet, the title can also be read as pure gesture – a possible nod to the action painting of Kazuo Shiraga or Jackson Pollock. In the surface of the painting, the motion of 'carving' comes vividly to life, and Johnson the named 'carver' of the present work. In the physical and passionate surface of Carver there is a beauty and violence. The piece impresses upon the spectator an emphatic presence, as a silhouette against the burnt wood support and that of the artist himself throwing molten wax and black soap across the surface of the piece. The soap offers up a material that is meant to cleanse the body. Yet, as a work of art, it becomes an element that may cleanse the mind or soul, or yet an aesthetic question – to alleviate the work of an accrued intellectual bearing. Such examples as this, of Johnson's large-scale paintings, tackle questions of formality and painterly resolve as a method of highlighting a conceptual and cultural thread. Carver is undoubtedly one of the most refined of these works, its composition wonderfully balanced and materials sumptuously dense. It is through this social and art-historical matrix that the artist gives rise to a novel type of abstraction – one borne of a materiality and formality that places a cultural lens over the work whilst serving to embolden the visceral experience of the painting. A contemporary artist whose work has been at the forefront of contemporary practice for nearly two decades as one of the most significant voices of his generation, Rashid Johnson's Carver is a painting that benefits from a strong associative title and magnificent scale. Having been selected for inclusions in global Biennales, his work resides in institutional collections that include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. The present work is an impeccable example of his practice, displaying Johnson's masterful, effortless hand with his quintessential materials, and encapsulates the indelible impact and legacy that he has already established as one of the key names of the twenty-first century.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) - Framed Hand-Drawn Ralph McQuarrie Y-Wing Concept SketchA framed Y-wing concept sketch hand-drawn by Ralph McQuarrie from the production of George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope. McQuarrie worked on the film in multiple capacities, including designing several iconic vehicles during pre-production. This sketch was done circa early 1976 after production shifted the rebel hangar indoors. It consists of four thumbnail sketches depicting different views of Y-wings in their hangars rendered in graphite and red pencil on illustration paper signed by McQuarrie and numbered "18." The paper comes mounted behind glass below a color photograph of McQuarrie illustrating in a custom black wood frame with metal hanging brackets on the reverse. There exhibits a white stain on the front of the glass from handling. Dimensions (framed): 16.5" x 22.5" x 1" (41 cm x 57.25 cm x 2.5 cm)Sold without copyright; see notice in the Buyer's Guide. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000This lot will be auctioned on Tuesday, June 21st. The auction will begin at 8:00am PDT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on Wednesday, June 22nd; Thursday, June 23rd; or Friday, June 24th.
A very rare 'Bargeman' Toby Jug, circa 1790Modelled on a rectangular base with a curved front, the back and sides applied with portrait medallions above swags of laurel leaves, an anchor resting between his legs, standing and holding a flask in his left hand and a small glass in his right, wearing a grey jacket and blue waistcoat and pantaloons, his shoes and shallow hat picked out in brown, 24.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBute Collection, Christie's, 8 July 1996, lot 9James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoAnother example is illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon, and Ralph Wood Figures, and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.LI, no.86 where it is suggested that the portrait medallions on the base represent King George III, while the jug represents a waterman of the King's barge. The same example is also illustrated by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (third edition, 1999), p.71 and discussed at p.27 where it is stated that only four examples of the model are recorded.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Automobilia Rolls-Royce interest - The Magic of a Name The Rolls-Royce Story by Peter Pugh; bound volume of Rolls-Royce Owners Vol I 1963-4 magazine; Rolls-Royce The Formative Years 1906-1939 by Alec Harvey-Bailey; Rolls-Royce The Pursuit of Excellence Alec Harvey-Bailey & Michael Evans; In the Beginning the Manchester Origins of Rolls-Royce by Mike Evans; Rolls-Royce The Derby Bentleys by Alec Harvey-Bailey; The Early Days of Rolls-Royce and the Montagu Family by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu; Rolls-Royce Hives the Quiet Tiger by Alec Harvey-Bailey; The Life and Times of Henry Edmunds (Godfather of Rolls-Royce) by Paul Tritton; Rolls-Royce and Rateau Patens by Henry Pearson; 24th Wings Club Rolls-Royce lecture 'To the Standards of Sir Henry Royce by Ralph Robins Managing Director of Rolls-Royce plc; Rolls-Royce by Jonathan Wood and lastly Rolls-Royce cars and the Great Victory (WWI) by Rolls-Royce. (13)
Solzhenitsyn (Alexander). One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, translated by Ralph Parker, 1st UK edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963, original boards in price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, together with:Jacob (Naomi), Young Emmanuel, 19th thousand, London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1932], front free endpaper inscribed by the author, original cloth, 8vo,Collier (John), The Devil and All, Nonesuch Press, 1934, wood engraved frontispiece, edges untrimmed, original green cloth, 8vo (limited edition 272/1000, signed by the author), plus other miscellaneous modern first editions etc., including works by Martin Amis, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, Beryl Bainbridge, H.E. Bates, John Banville, Julian Barnes, Roddy Doyle, Alistair Maclean & Eric Linklater etc., in original cloth/boards and dust-jackets, with few biographies and early journals containing essays by Arnold Bennett and H.G. WellsQTY: (approx.. 100)
Antiques reference books to include Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture vol I-III, Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base Metal Candlesticks, Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture The British Tradition, Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Finlay, English Decorated Bronze Mortars (10)Chris Pickvance Collection
A RALPH WOOD, BURSLEM PEARLWARE AND COMPOSITION OBELISKTHE BASE CIRCA 1790 with later wood replacement upper section, 31cm high overall; and a Wilson pearlware Janus vase, 16cm high Condition Report: Upper section replaced with wood section after damage and loss.Janus vase cracked and restored. Missing cover?Condition Report Disclaimer
Two Staffordshire pearlware busts, c.1800-20, after Ralph Wood, one of George Frederick Handel, the other of Matthew Prior, each wearing a red and green robe over a burgundy jacket and white shirt, Prior in his characteristic turban, both raised on black socle bases, some retouching to the enamels, restoration to one shoulder, 23.7cm max. (2) Provenance: the bust of Prior purchased from Bratton Antiques, Westbury, 7th March 1986.
Elton (J.Frederic) Travels and Researches among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa, first edition, portrait, 3 folding maps (one colour), 13 wood-engraved plates (one folding), illustrations, occasional spotting or light staining, bookplate of John Ralph Willia, contemporary burgundy morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., 1879 § Pinto (Maj. Serpa) How I Crossed Africa, 2 vol., first English edition, maps, plates and illustrations including large folding map and folding facsimiles, a few small stains, contemporary calf, gilt, 1881, both school prize bindings with presentation label or inscription, slightly rubbed; and 2 others, Africa, 8vo (5)
A Ralph Wood family creamware Toby Jug of 'Mould 51' type circa 1780, of traditional form with tricorn black hat, green jacket and yellow breeches, holding his left hand a jug of ale and a foaming glass in his raised right hand, a pipe leaning to his side, on a canted rectangular base, 25cm high
A Ralph Wood family creamware Toby jug of 'Mould 51' type, circa 1780, of traditional form and crisply modelled, seated and holding a foaming jug of ale in his left hand and a foaming glass in his raised right hand, a pipe leaning at his side, decorated in translucent glazes ,with a brown jacket and pale yellow breeches, 25cm high
Stanley (Henry Morton). Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, 1st US edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, two folding lithograph maps (one detached and with folds repaired to verso), original cloth, 8vo, together with:Thompson (Ralph Wardlaw), Griffith John: the story of fifty years in China, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1906, photogravure portrait frontispiece, monochrome plates from photos, top edge gilt, original cloth, covers fade to spine and around board edges, board corners frayed, 8vo,Wylde (Augustus B.), Modern Abyssinia, London: Methuen & Co., 1901, monochrome portrait frontispiece and folding map, original cloth, 8vo,Vivian (Herbert), Abyssinia: through the Lion-Land to the Court of the Lion of Judah, London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1901, monochrome plates and illustrations, folding map, original cloth, 8vo,Cheesman (Robert Ernest), Lake Tana & the Blue Nile, an Abyssinian quest, London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1936, folding monochrome panoramic frontispiece, monochrome plates and folding map, original cloth, 8vo, and 15 volumes of Hakluyt Society series publications and an issue of the Geographical Journal, vol. LXXI No. 4, April 1928, which includes the 'upper waters of the Blue Nile' by R.E. Cheesman, original printed wrappers, 8voQty: (21)
In the manner of Ralph Turnbull, an early Victorian specimen timber inlaid worktable, the octagonal top with palm wood, green heart, West Indian satinwood, rosewood and other exotic timbers in a radiating pattern. The underside of the hinged lid is inlaid with a fruit design and bearing the legend "Lady's Companion" above a fitted interior. On a "Trafalgar" base with simple scroll feet. (Possibly colonial West Indies) 47.5 cm diameter/wide x 68 cm overall height.Condition report: Some slight lifting to veneers and the lappet shaped apron below the frieze has some damage.The table stands wellThe scroll feet show signs of old woodworm flight holes The top doesn't seem to have the usual warp seen in these tables.
[Hannett, John], "John Andrews Arnett". Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, in all its branches, 2nd edition, with considerable additions, London: Richard Groombridge, 1836, wood engraved frontispiece (torn & ink stained to lower outer blank corner), nine plates, some toning and spotting mostly to plates, front free endpaper with pencil ownership signature Ralph Smith, Preston, contemporary sheep, rubbed and light wear, 12mo in 6s, together with: Anstruther (G. Elliot), The Bindings of To-morrow. A record of the work of the Guild of Women-Binders and of the Hampstead Bindery, London: Guild of Women Binders, 1902, half-title (crease to lower outer corner), 50 chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece), adhesive tape stain to gutter margins of half-title, frontispiece & title, modern green morocco, 4to, British Bookbinder, The British Bookbinder: A journal for the book printer - the book illustrator - the book cover designer - the book binder - librarians, and lovers of books generally, vol. 4, London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., Ltd, 1891, numerous plates and illustrations (including mounted marbled paper samples), frontispiece attached to title with adhesive tape, sewing broken with some gatherings and pages detached, edges frayed, 4to, contained in purpose-made book boxQty: (2)
A good Great War 1918 ‘Battle of Amiens’ Cavalry D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant H. R. Smith, 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, who with the help of another Trooper captured 20 Prisoners and 2 motor lorries on the first day of the Battle, 8 August 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9502 Pte. H. R. Smith. 5/D. Gds:); 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (9502 Pte. H. R. Smith. 5/D.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (D-9502 Pte. H. R. Smith. 5-D. Gds.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (D-9502 A.Sjt. H. R. Smith. 1-D. Gds.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, contact marks throughout, nearly very fine or better (8) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 30 October 1918: ‘For exceptional gallantry during an attack. He was sent out with another man to reconnoitre a village. This reconnaissance was carried out with the greatest dash, the two entering the village and capturing twenty prisoners and two motor lorries. He displayed fine courage and enterprise.’ Original citation additionally annotated ‘Vauvillers 8.8.18’. One of only eighteen D.C.M.s awarded to the 5th Dragoon Guards for the Great War. Henry R. Smith attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914. In July 1918 the regiment moved to Autieule (3 kilometres east of Doullens), and were attached to the Third Army. On 5 August the 5th Dragoon Guards started moving by night on Amiens, for planned operations in that area. Three days later, in the early hours of the morning of 8 August, the regiment arrived at the divisional concentration area, east of Longeau. As part of the 1st Cavalry Brigade they initially moved into position to the south-east corner of the Bois d’Aquerre (south-west of Villers Bretonneux) before progressing along the northern side of the Amiens - Chaulnes railway. By 9:45 a.m. the brigade, less the advanced-guard which was formed by the Queen’s Bays on this occasion, had reached a point 1,000 yards south of Bayonvillers. At approximately the same time the infantry (Australian troops) had nearly reached one of their objectives for the attack - a line running north and south through the eastern outskirts of Morcourt and 500 yards west of Harbonnieres. ‘The 5th Dragoon Guards were ordered to pass through the infantry and advance between Harbonnieres and the wood 1,200 yards north of it to gain the third objective (the old Amiens defence line), if not too strongly resisted. The line Framerville-Vauvillers was to be the limit of their advance. At 10:00 a.m. the regiment (less one troop C Squadron, liaison with 9th Cavalry Brigade) moved off at a trot in double echelon of squadrons, A Squadron (Captain A. D. Winterbottom) leading, B Squadron (Captain L. F. Mitchell) on the left, C Squadron (Captain H. O. Wiley, M.C.) on the right; headquarters with C Squadron: objective, the line Framerville-Vauvillers. The regiment passed through the leading infantry 1,000 yards west of the second objective, and advanced to a point 1,000 yards past the second objective without opposition ... From this point the operations of squadrons were as follows: A squadron [Smith’s squadron] was shot at by machine-guns from Harbonnieres, but went straight on, and reached the old Amiens defence-line, and found it unoccupied. After crossing the trench-line the squadron was fired on from a train on the railway running from Proyart to the east of Harbonnieres. The train was trying to steam away, but was hit by a bomb from an aeroplane and set on fire. Continuing its advance the squadron overran the train, and the men in the train (most of whom had just returned from leave) tried to get away towards Framerville, but were all killed or captured, some by this squadron and some by B Squadron. Still advancing, the squadron was enfiladed by machine-gun fire from the cemetery at the western outskirts of Vauvillers, but reached its objective, the Framerville-Vauvillers road, where it came into dismounted action against the retreating enemy. Some infantry, transport, and two motor-lorries [see Smith’s citation] coming out of Vauvillers were captured, and the walking wounded and personnel of a casualty clearing station at the Moulin de Vauvillers, numbering about 180 men in all, were captured; two anti-aircraft guns, two field-guns, and one 5.9 howitzer were captured, and the personnel either killed or captured. The squadron remained in dismounted action till joined by B Squadron, when both squadrons, being much depleted, owing to casualties and escorts to prisoners, and as no reinforcements appeared to be coming up, retired to the Amiens defence line, north-east of Harbonnieres.’ (Regimental History of the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales’ Dragoon Guards, by Major the Hon. Ralph Legge Pomeroy, refers). At 1:30 p.m. the regiment withdrew to west of Harbonnieres, having captured 20 enemy officers, 740 other ranks, 50 horses and 5 transport wagons. The 5th Dragon Guards suffered 1 officer killed, and 1 wounded, 6 other ranks killed, and 42 other ranks wounded, with 122 horses killed, wounded, or missing. The regiment received congratulations from the King of the Belgians on 13 August, and from the Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig the following day, when he carried out an inspection. For their gallant attack on 8 August the 5th Dragoon Guards received 2 D.S.O.s, 5 M.C.s, 5 D.C.M.s, and 17 M.M.s. The other man mentioned in Smith’s D.C.M. citation was Private R. W. Short, who also received the same award for this action. Smith later transferred for service with the 1st Dragoon Guards as part of 18 Division, 7th Cavalry Brigade in Iraq, 1919-20, and saw further service during the Second World War. Note: It has not been possible to confirm entitlement to the M.I.D., Delhi Durbar, Defence and War Medals.
A rare Prattware 'Postillion' Toby jug, circa 1800-10Modelled seated on a fine scrolled chair, the pot-bellied coachman wearing a bicorn hat, striped jacket, pale blue waistcoat and yellow breeches, a jug of foaming ale in his left and a foaming glass in his raised right hand, 18.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoA similar jug is illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures, and Toby Jugs (1922), no.91, pl.LII and another was sold by Bonhams, 14 November 2018, lot 296.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare creamware 'Welshman' Toby jug, circa 1790The portly gentleman seated with a goat beneath his legs, his head turned to one side, holding a foaming jug with both hands, wearing a mottled green coat, light blue waistcoat and brown breeches, shoes and hat, 26.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoWhile the idea of a Welshman mounted on a goat may just be an attempt at bawdy humour, in his catalogue in 1922, Capt. Price first suggested that this curious jug was meant to represent Sir Watkin William Wynn, celebrated Master of the Cycle Club and one of the most notorious Welshmen of his day. Sadly, there is no evidence to support this claim.Welsh regiments have had a goat as their mascot since the 18th century. The tradition goes back to the American War of Independence in 1775 when a wild goat wandered onto the battlefield at Bunker Hill and ended up leading the Welsh regimental Colours off the battlefield. A decade or so later the goat mascot supports this 'Welsh Country Gentleman', to give this jug its alternative name.Only two other creamware examples are recorded, one in the Bute Collection, Christie's 8 July 1996, lot 53, and the other exhibited by Jonathan Horne in 2003. Four pearlware examples are known. One was in the Bute Collection, lot 52 and one in the Price Collection, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.XLVI, fig.34. An example in the Christopher Bibby Collection was sold by Christie's 6 October 1970, lot 9 and another from the Sir Harold Mackintosh Collection was sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 113. Most early authors have stated that this is not a product of the Wood family and it is quite different to the Midshipman family by Jacob Marsh. Among other possible creamware and pearlware makers it is worth considering the Cambrian Pottery in Swansea. Some underglaze blue sprigs noted on Swansea pearlware have similarities to those used on the Welshman jugs.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally large Hollins Toby jug, circa 1815-20Seated and holding a foaming jug with both hands, a pipe resting on the paved base to his right, his smiling, warty face highly coloured, wearing a green coat, brown waistcoat and pale yellow breeches, characteristic stripy pale blue socks below, 31.5cm high, impressed HOLLINSFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoOther examples are illustrated by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (Third Edition 1999), p.20 and by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon, and Ralph Wood Figures, and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.XLIX, no.73. Another from the same collection was sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2020, lot 71This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Portuguese creamware 'Sailor' Toby jug, circa 1790-1800In English style, modelled seated with a bottle in his left hand and a glass in his raised right hand, his face sporting a fine beard and moustache, wearing blue jacket, ochre waistcoat and green breeches, 29.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoFor a similar jug from the same collection lacking the beard and moustache, see Bonhams, 23 June 2021, lot 85. Another similar jug is in the Museo Nacional de Arte Antigua, Lisbon, Inv.6299cer and is attributed to the Cavaquinho factory at Porto. See also Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.LVIII, no.130.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
In the manner of Ralph Turnbull, a 19th-century probably West Indian colonial made Figured rosewood circular snap top pillar table, the circular top is inlaid with a radiating parquet flower head in coconut palm, West Indian satinwood, bitter wood and other native timbers, on a plain panelled tapering stem over a "Trafalgar" type base with carved bun feet. 51 cm diameter x 71.5 cm high.Condition report: Some white cup rings and white splash spots.Structurally good.
HMS Tiptoe visitors book with 846 autographs inc four Donald Cameron VC and two Bell Davies VC. Incredibly rare signatures of Lt Cdr (later Commander) Donald Cameron VC and Lt (later Vice Admiral) Lancelot Richard Bell Davies VC, CB, DSO, AFC. As far as we know, no copies of these signatures have appeared on the market. They are significantly rarer than, say, Guy Gibson. has over 100 pages of text, signature list etc. A rare opportunity to acquire an important Visitors' Book that was kept in HMS Tiptoe between Nov 1947 and May 1952. Its 846 signatures, most of which have been identified, are a Who's Who of the Royal Navy. Cameron has signed the book four times; Bell Davies has signed it twice. There is some bleeding on some pages, but priced just for the rare VC autographs. Comes with list of the signatures. Includes many Killed in Action during the war with huge array of Admirals and important medal winners. Full list of signatures included, following hundreds of hours of research. Sure to have some valuable and scarce autographs. Includes Commander Donald Cameron VC, David Riley Johnston OBE, DSC Lawrence Hugh Oliphant CBE, DSC Robert Thomas Smith MID x 2Cedric William Crocker Green DSM Lt Michael Timothy Hickie DSC Lt [later Vice Adm] Lancelot Richard Bell Davies VC, CB, DSO, AFC Commander Donald Cameron VC Lt Cdr (E) [later Cdr] David John Lisle Foster DSC Capt Hugh Christopher Lee Browne CBE, DSO Lt Cdr Edward Talbot Stanley DSO, DSC, MID Vice Admiral (E) Sir Denys Chester Ford KCB, CBE Lt John Arthur Davis DSC Lt (E) Alfred Lewis Giordan DSC Surgeon Lt Eric Arthur Penn DSC, MRCS, LRCP Lt Cdr John Dennis Martin DSC Lt [later Lt Cdr] John Norman Devlin DSC, MBE Lt [later Lt Cdr] Andrew Thomas Chalmers DSC, MID Wilfred Allan Plummer DSC Lt Cdr Arthur John Wright Pitt DSO Cdr Edward Talbot Stanley DSO, DSC Commissioned Engineer Albert Ewart John Hodge MID Lt Phillip Rutter Wood DSC, MID Capt [later Admiral Sir] Gerald Vaughan Gladstone GBE, KCB Lt Ian Macfarlane Stoop DSC Possibly Lt Cdr Robert Stuart Scott Ingham OBE, DSC Lt Cdr Herbert Anthony John Hollings MBE, DSC, MiD Skipper Lt Harry Leonard Lang DSC, RD, RNR Lt Cdr [later Cdr] Cecil Gordon DSO Lt Cdr Robert George Pierson Bulkeley DSC Instructor Lt Clifford John Jones MID Lt [later Capt] Donald Roy Saxon DSC, MID, RCN Lt [later Cdr] Charles Brian Mills DSC Lt Cdr (E) [later Cdr] Gerald Slingsby Mellor DSC Lt John Hateley Blacklock OBE, MIDL (E) [later Rear Admiral] Derek Garland Spickernell CB, CEng, FIMechE, FIET, FIMar Cdr (E) Richard Frederick Hermann Schlesinger Tolson DSC Lt Cdr (E) [later Cdr] Gerald Slingsby Mellor DSC Lt Cdr (E) Robert George Lane DSC, MIMarE Lawrence Hugh Oliphant CBE, DSC Lt Donald Cameron Douglas MID Cdr [later Commodore] Sir Thomas Erasmus Barlow, 3rd Baronet, DSC, DL Lt Cdr (S) Gerald Huthwaite Moore CBE, MID Lt Cdr Peter Edward Newstead DSC Capt Casper Silas Balfour Swinley DSO, DSC, ADC Lt [later Cdr] Charles Brian Mills DSC Cdr [later Capt] Stewart Armstrong Porter DSC, MID Temp Lt Cdr Herbert Frank Metson DSC Cdr [later Capt] George Edward Hunt DSO, DSC, MID x 2 Lt Michael Timothy Hickie DSC Lt Donald Cameron Douglas MID Lt Reginald Patrick Fitzgerald DSC, MID Lt Cdr Peter Edward Newstead DSC Lt Reginald Patrick Fitzgerald DSC, MID Lt Donald Cameron Douglas MID Lt Cdr (E) [later Cdr] Richard John Sutton DSC Lt Cdr Jack Whitton DSC Lt Cdr Guy Stewart Chetwode Clarabut DSO, DSC, MID Lt Cdr [later Rear Admiral Sir] Michael Francis de Halpert DSC Lt Cdr Jack Whitton DSC Lt Cdr (E) [later Cdr] Richard John Sutton DSC Cdr (E) Edward Hort Player DSC Lt Cdr Henry Carty Gowan OBE, MID Lt Cdr [later Capt] Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford DSC, MIDL (E) [later Vice Admiral Sir)] John Stuart Crosbie Lea F/O Gerhard Hegland DSC (500909)Senior Commissioned Engineer Joel Clifford Edgecombe Blamey DSC, DSM Lt [later Major] Michael Mancell Aldworth VRD, MID Lt Cdr [later Vice Admiral] Iwan Geoffrey Raikes KCB, CBE, DSC Cdr [later Capt] George Edward Hunt DSO, DSC MID x 2 Lt Cdr James Stuart Launders ADC, DSO, DSC Cdr Edward Talbot Stanley DSO, DSC, MID Lt Cdr James Anthony Lawrence Wilkinson DSC Lt Cdr John Dennis Martin DSC Lt Cdr [later Rear Adm] David Hepworth CB Cdr (S) [later Rear Admiral] Morrice Alexander McMullen CB, OBE Cdr (S) [later Rear Admiral] Morrice Alexander McMullen CB, OBE Lt [later Admiral Sir] Derek Roy Reffell KCB Cdr John Douglas Hayes DSO, MID x 2Air Commodore Henry Edward Forrow CB, OBE, OAR4 (04007) Lt Col George Burnett Stevenson MID (52699)Capt Archibald George Forman CBE, DSC, MID x 2 Lt Cdr Robert Francis Gerard Elsworth DSC Ian Edward Fraser VC, DSC, LoM, RD, JP Lt William Albert Perren MID Lt Cdr Henry Carty Gowan OBE, MID Lt Cdr Douglas Lambert DSC Capt Casper Silas Balfour Swinley DSO, DSC, ADC Capt Douglas Henry Reid Bromley DSC, MID x 2 Lt Cdr (E) Ronald Henry Bull DSC Cdr (L) Thomas Joseph Roger Kirkby MID Vice Admiral Albert Lawrence Poland KBE, CB, DSO, DSC, MID x 2Capt Basil Jones DSO, DSC, MID Rear Admiral (E) Ronald Gordon Murray CB, CBE Lt Cdr [later Cdr] Donald Hay MID Lt Cdr David Swanston DSO, DSC Lt [later Admiral Sir] Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert KCB, OBE Lt [later Cdr] John Hateley Blacklock OBE, MID Lt Cdr [later Rear Adm] David Hepworth CB Cdr Edward Talbot Stanley DSO, DSC, MID Cdr Donald Cameron VCL (E) John Watkins Northwood MBE, DSC, MID, MIMarE Lt Cdr James Stuart Launders ADC, DSO, DSC Lt Cdr Brian Cochrane Longbottom MID Cdr Donald Cameron VC Lt Cdr [later Capt (Hon)] Richard Femister Tibbatts DSC Lt Cdr [later Vice Admiral Sir] Ian Stewart McIntosh CB, MBE, DSO, DSC Lt Cdr [later Capt] Stanley William Clayden DSC Lt Cdr Sybold van Ravesteijn ON4, BK x 2, OHK5, OV1, XX, DSC Lt [later Rear Admiral] John Bethell Hervey CB, OBEL (E) [later Lt Cdr] Ernest Redver Head OBE, MID Lt Cdr (E) [later Cdr] Gerald Slingsby Mellor DSC Squadron Leader Sidney Frank Tolman MID (73914) Cdr Alec Murray McKillop DSC, MID x 2 Lt [later Admiral Sir] Allan Gordon Tait KCB, DSC, MID Capt Ian Agnew Patterson Macintyre CBE, CB, DSO, LegH Charles Learmonth Bedale DSC, RN Captain Francis Howard DSC, RN Cdr John Bertram de Betham Kershaw DSO Cdr (E) [later Reverend] Oliver John Frank Lockwood St John DSC Capt Hugh Christopher Browne CBE, DSO Capt [later Rear Admiral] Bertram Wilfrid Taylor CB, DSC, MID Lt Cdr [later Cdr] John Raymond Henry Bull MBE, DSC Lt Cdr Bruce Collins MBE, MID Capt [later Vice Admiral Sir] Maxwell Richmond KBE, CB OBE, DSO, RB, CdeG, MID x 2 Cdr Ralph Grosvenor Jenkins OBE, DSC, MIDG/C [later Acting Air Vice Marshal] Fergus Alexander Pearce CBE, MID x 2 (26187)Capt [later Admiral of the Fleet Sir] Michael Le Fanu GCB, DSC, LoM, MID Lt Cdr Edmund Roger Stone MIDF/L [later G/C] Basil William Parsons CBE, DFC, AFC, MID (133754) Lt [later Vice Adm] Lancelot Richard Bell Davies VC, CB, DSO, AFC. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
A Ralph Wood 'Sailor' Toby jug, circa 1785-90, seated on a sea chest with a glass of ale in one hand, the other holding an empty jug, 29.5cm high (extensive damage) and two other Toby jugs/see illustration CONDITION REPORT: 253 - the Ralph Wood toby: a 'v'-shaped section is broken out of the side of his face and glued, with some small pieces missing. Associated crack travelling down the front of his waistcoat and forking off left and right, the right fork travelling round the lower edge of his coat and up into the back of the chair. A hairline crack at the back of the jug, travelling down from the rim to under his left arm. The other two tobies with chipping to hats, the grey one with glued sections, the blue one with missing section of the jug.
70s ROCK/ POP - 7" COLLECTION. A quality collection of around 300 7" rock & pop singles. Artists/ titles include John Miles - Manhattan Skyline, Ralph McTell, Art Garfunkel, Kiki Dee, Roy Wood - Forever, Strawbs - Shine On Silver Sun. The Bee Gees, Twiggy, Abba, Elton John, Gene Cotton, Billy Joel, Dr Hook, The Hollies, Jimmy Scott, Sakkarin, Change, Rocky Sharpe, Waterloo And Robinson, Demis Roussos, Randy Newman, Magnificent Mercury Brothers, Deep Feeling, Rogue, Steve Colyer, After Hours, Hustler, Husky, Mouth & McNeal, Kris Kristofferson, Melanie, Yvonne Elliman, Britt Elkland, Clout, Abba, Lindisfarne, Alan Love, Faces, Candlewick Green, England & John Ford Coley, Pat Codd, Rogue. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
Ralph Roybal (American, b.1955) 'Windy Day' Bronze Sculpture 1991, signed, dated and #29/30 lower back side, bust depiction of female Native American Indian, mounted on a wood plinth having title and artist plate; together with a brass postal scale including 5-piece weight set Height: 13 inches, Width: 8 inches, Depth: 5 inches (without plinth) Condition: Very Good, no damage to artwork noted; plinth having overall finish loss; light dirt accumulation Category: Fine Art > Sculpture Estimated Sale Time: 1:27 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Sales Tax (United States Only): Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%) Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8Photograph #9Photograph #10Photograph #11
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