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Click here to subscribeA George III silver-gilt Royal Waterman's/ushers badge, maker's mark only, that of Philip Rundell, London circa 1825, the front gilded, lacking cross finial, length 13.5cm, approx. weight 6.3oz. Provenance: purchased in these rooms, 24th April 2007, lot 295. For a similar example by John Bridge, see: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 13th July 2006, lot 234.
A small collection of three silver vesta cases, comprising: one embossed 'PAT A CAKE', by H. Cooper and Co, Birmingham 1927, one embossed with Charley's Aunt, by Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1909, and one with a scene from A Mid Summer Night's Dream, by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1905, approx. total weight 2.4oz. (3)
A Victorian silver-gilt presentation plaque, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, by George Angell, part-marked, London circa 1880, chased with a view of the Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, with the base of Nelson's Column to left and the statue of Charles I at Charing Cross to right, a carriage and hansom cab in foreground, inscribed 'A Souvenir presented to Frederick Gordon Esq.re by a few sincere friends to commemorate the completion of this; his latest Great Enterprise, May 29, 1880', mounted on a later blue velvet backed easel mount, diameter 24cm. Provenance: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 13th July 2006, lot 241. By early 1876, Northumberland House, built in 1605, had been demolished and a new 30 metre-wide thoroughfare created along which by the 1880's, new buildings including several hotels, The Grand, The Metropole and The Victoria, were built by the Northumberland Avenue Hotel Company. These palatial hotels were especially popular with American visitors, with their central position providing easy access to the City and the West End, to Parliament, the gentlemen's clubs and major railway termini.
A George IV silver London Land Coal Meter's badge, by Thomas Smith and Thomas Merryweather, London 1824, oval form, reeded border, engraved with the arms of the City of London, and inscribed 'LAND COAL METER' and '49', with a ring attachment, length 8.8cm, approx. weight 0.7oz. Provenance: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 13th July 2006, lot 245. These were officials of the Corporation of London, appointed under a Law of 1807 to measure and assess the quality of coals imported into the Port of London. These positions were abolished in 1831 as it was decided that due to the difficulty of applying the legislative regulations for preventing fraud in relation to the qualities of coals which were found to be continually varying, the public were not obtaining the security or benefit as regards quality or quantity. In short, the advantage to the public was not equivalent to the cost of administering the regulations. By abolishing the office of Land Coal Meter it was estimated that a direct saving of four pence per cauldron was made.
A Victorian silver rowing prize coat and badge, by Stephen Smith, London 1883, The oval silver arm badge with laurel and ribbon border, chased with a shield-shaped cartouche depicting the arms of the City of London and the various parishes named in the inscription, centred by an anchor on a heraldically shaded gold ground, encircled by inscribed ribbons, the inscription reading 'Watermen and Lightermens Apprentices Annual Regatta', the number '22' chased between, 'Ferdinand J. Phillips', 'Presented by the inhabitants of the City of London, St. Dunstan, Temple, Lincolns Inn, St. Clement Dane Strand, and St. Martin in the Fields, Treasurer Mr. John Child' and 'Managers and Collectors John W. Audsley, City Waterman, W.H. Campbell, Waterman to Her Majesty', the badge mounted on the arm of a scarlet coat with green facings and wings, silver braid and green piping in the back seams, the badge mounted on a green oval backing patch edged in silver braid, length of plaque 18.5cm. Provenance: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 13th July 2006, lot 233.
A rare set of six George III old Sheffield plate asparagus holders, unmarked, circa 1790, tapering shaped rectangular form, the sides and base with pierced slats, engraved with initials, length 9.3cm. (6) Provenance: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 3 July 2006, lot 69.
A vintage collection, an engraving 'The East View of Rockingham Castle in the County of Northampton', floral painted hat brush, two samplers one dated 1930 with verse and garden scene, the other dated 1891with alphabet "Ellen Walker aged 13" 22cm x 21cm, a Wedgwood tile 'January' and a 19th Century scrapbook.
* GWEN HARDIE (SCOTTISH), FACE 06.22.04 oil on canvas, inscribed veros65cm x 59cm, Framed Note: Hardie is the youngest artist ever to be awarded a solo show at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland (1990).Gwen Hardie is represented in many private and public art collections in Britain, Europe and America including two major works in The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art. Since moving to New York in 2000, she has shown with The Lennon Weinberg Gallery, Dinter Fine Art and has been awarded Residencies at Yaddo in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a Bogliasco Fellowship at The Liguria Study Center in Italy. She lived in London between 1990 and 2000 and had 6 solo shows with galleries such as Annely Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fischer fine Art. In 1997 her painting was awarded a prize at the John Moores biennial, Liverpool and was included in the New British Painting'' which toured America in 1986. Hardie left her native Scotland in 1984 when she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to study with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. A documentary was broadcast on Scottish Television about her in Berlin in 1987. At Edinburgh College of art she was awarded the Richard Ford Award to study the paintings of Velasquez at the Prado Museum and received a first class honours degree in 1983. Three of Gwen Hardie's paintings were included in ''REALITY; Modern and Contemporary British Painting'' at The Walker Art Gallery (ended 29th November 2015) alongside the work of Walter Sickert, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, L S Lowry, Jenny Saville, Ken Currie, George Shaw, David Hockney, Alison Watt, Paula Rego and other important 20th century and contemporary artists.
STAR WARS: An original vintage Star Wars Palitoy made Scout Walker action figure vehicle. In the rarer Empire Strikes Back 'Hoth' photo box. The Scout Walker very near mint, and likely unused. Comes with the original largely unused sticker sheet (the only two stickers applied being to the front). With instructions and complete with top gun. Rare in such form.
Two boxes of assorted EPNS and silver plate comprising a pair of Old Sheffield Plate telescopic candlesticks and a pair of wick trimmers, a large tray, a Victorian rollover bacon dish, a pair of French oval entree dishes, a Walker and Hall hors d'oeuvres stand with fitted cut glass dishes, assorted flatware, an Elkington baluster form hot water jug etc (Qty).
ATHLETICS Approximately 70 black & white Press photographs of various sizes with some duplication from the 1980's with some duplication including Sally Gunnell, Robert Harrison, Kim Hagger, Tessa Sanderson, Alberto Salazar, Calvin Smith, Cameron Sharp, Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Alan Wells and John Walker. Good
NOTTINGHAM FOREST Two items, rare booklet entitled Nottingham Forest FC The Club and War-time Football by Billy Walker (Manager). History and Records of the Club seasons 1939-47 with Photograph and Pen Pictures of the Playing Staff. The second item is a menu for the Forest League Championship Dinner at The Trent Bridge Hotel , 13/7/51. Forest won Division 3 South in 50-51. Good
Arab-Byzantine, ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, fals, unread mint, standing caliph, rev., modified cross-on-steps with wafin to left and mint-name to right, 2.85g (Walker p.41, T.2, same obverse die), almost very fine and rare. Walker suggested that the mint-name, which is clearly written but hard to interpret, may be a blundered version of Lataqiya (Laodicea). Interestingly, the present coin is struck from a different reverse die from the example Walker published, indicating that this spelling of the mint was clearly intentional.
Umayyad, dinar, Ifriqiya 116h, rev., two pellets below field, 4.28g (Bernardi 43Ca, this date not listed; cf Walker p.10, P.55 = Lavoix 465 [dated 117h]), very fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. This coin fills in one of the gaps in the sequence of Umayyad dinars from the mint of Ifriqiya. Examples are known for the years 114h and 117h, both from unique coins first published by Lavoix in the nineteenth century. Like the specimen dated 117h, the present coin has two pellets below the third line of the reverse field. While all dates for Umayyad post-Reform gold from Ifriqiya are at least very rare, and several dates are in fact only known from single examples, it does seem that a more-or-less regular coinage of dinars was produced from 100h until the early 120s. For the twenty-three years from 100h through 122h inclusive, the only dates for which no gold coins are currently reported appear to be 108h, 109h, 112h, 113h, 115h, 118h, 119h and 120h.
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