Charles Miller Auction Catalogue 10th May 2016 by Charles Miller Ltd

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Order of Sale Paintings Naval Sailor Art Liner Historic Diving Collectables, Fittings & Ephemera Instruments Ship Models

1-51 55-101 102-114 115-137 140-156 160-185 190-299 300-330

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Explanation of Cataloguing Practice Pictures A work catalogued with the name(s) or recognised designation of an artist, without any qualification, is, in our opinion, a work by the artist.

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Paintings

Lot 51 (detail)

1. N.R. OMELL’S ANNUAL MARINE PAINTINGS CATALOGUES a series from 1974-2009 (17), all different; other marine painting exhibition catalogues (6), mostly Richard Green but also including Montague Dawson, The Royal Navy at War, 1939-45, Christopher Wade Gallery; together with miscellaneous maritime auction catalogues from Christie’s, 1988-2012 (8) and Sotheby’s, 1991-2008 (13); Bonham’s Traditional River Craft (at Henley) catalogues (5) and four Christie’s South Kensington catalogues of Shipping Posters, no duplicates, fine (53) This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£80-120 2. CHRISTIE’S (NEW YORK) MARITIME CATALOGUES a complete run of Christie’s (New York) Maritime catalogues, 19952003, inclusive; and similar complete runs for Christie’s (Amsterdam), 1997-2001; and Phillips (London), 1993-2001, all as issued, with official price lists (23) This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£80-120 3. MANNER OF LUDOLF BAKHUIZEN (DUTCH, 1631-1708) Dutch shipping in a channel swell Oil on panel 7¼ x 9½in. (18 x 23.5cm.) £200-400

4 4. ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (BRITISH, 1775-1824) Dutch fishing craft and a man-of-war Oil on panel 15¼ x 18in. (38.5 x 46cm.) £1000-1500

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5 5. JAMES FRANCIS DANBY (BRITISH, 1816-1875) Beach scene, Hastings, at sunset Signed ‘J. Danby’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 7 x 11½in. (18 x 29cm.) £500-800

6 6. DUDLEY HARDY RI (BRITISH, 1866-1922) Near Etaple, coast of France Signed ‘Dudley Hardy’ (lower right) Gouache 6½ x 4¾in. (16 x 12.5cm.) £80-120 additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com

7 7. EDUARD ADAMS (FRENCH, 1847-1929) Shipping off the coast with a rowing boat in the foreground Signed ‘E. Adams’ (lower left) Watercolour heightened with colour 10¼ x 17¼in. (26 x 44cm.) £300-500

8 8. AFTER ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943) Manning the pumps Signed in the plate and dated ‘31’ (lower right) Etching Pl 12 x 9in. (30.5 x 23cm.) £200-300

9 9. AFTER ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943) Furling the foresail Signed in pencil ‘Arthur Briscoe’ (lower right) and numbered 2/75 (lower left) Etching Pl 7¾ x 11½in. (20 x 29.5cm.) £200-300

10 10. ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1900 Shipping at the entrance at a harbour Oil on board Each 11½ x 19½in. (29 x 50cm.) (2, a pair) £200-300

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11. ATTRIBUTED TO REUBEN CHAPPELL (BRITISH, 1870-1940) A three-masted ship in coastal waters with a pilot cutter approaching Pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with white 18 x 31½in. (45.8 x 80cm.) £400-600

12. ALEXANDER KAY BRANDEN (BRITISH, Fl. 1865-1905) The topsail schooner ‘Railway’ Signed and inscribed ‘A.K. Branden, Falmouth’. Oil on canvas 18¾ x 26½in. (47 x 67.5cm.) £500-700

13. C.S. TROUT (BRITISH, 19TH-CENTURY) The Yawl ‘Louisa of Exeter’ R. Chapman, off the Lizard October 3rd 1878 Signed ‘S. Trout’ and inscribed with title (lower right) Oil on canvas 20 x 27in. (51 x 68.5cm.) £500-700

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14. NICHOLAS MATTHEW CONDY (BRITISH, 1793-1857) Shipping in a calm Plymouth Sound Signed ‘N. Condy’ (lower right) Gouache 4 x 6in. (10 x 16cm.) £300-500

16. WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931) Thames Barge Race 1927 Signed and date ‘W.L. Wyllie 1927’ (lower right in pencil) Watercolour 7 x 12¾in. (17.5 x 32.5cm.) £600-900

15. HAROLD PERCIVAL (BRITISH, 1868-1914) The Clipper Ship ‘Valhalla’ Signed and dated ‘H. Percival 1904’ (lower left) Watercolour with scratching out 8¾ x 13in. (22 x 33.5cm.) £200-400

17. RICHMOND W. MARKES (ENGLISH, LATE 19TH-CENTURY) Shipping off Leigh-on-Sea Signed ‘R. Markes’ (lower left) Watercolour 6¾ x 11½in. (17 x 29.5cm.) Together with a portrait of the steam vessel Soho by James Miller Huggins. (2) £150-250

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18. GEORGE MEARS (BRITISH, 1865-1910) The London Brighton & South Coast Railway Co. channel ferry 'Prince Arthur' Signed and dated 'G. Mears '96' (lower right) Oil on canvas 11½ x 23in. (29 x 58.5cm.) Built by Denny Bros. of Dumbarton for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Co., she was ordered in October 1895 and delivered in July 1896 for a total cost of £20,296. A handsome vessel with raked twin pole masts, she registered 705 tons and her two triple expansion engines gave her a very satisfactory service speed just shy of 16 knots. She was transferred to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1901, renamed Deal, and served a further twenty-five years before being sold to Youngs of Sunderland for breaking in 1926.

£400-600

19. THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) Coming into port Inscribed with title, signed and dated 'T.B. Hardy 1895' (lower left) Watercolour 8¾ x 14in. (22 x 35cm.) £200-300

20 20. WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931) Mucking light Signed and inscribed 'Mucking Light, W.L. Wyllie' (lower right) Watercolour 5 x 18½in. (13 x 47cm.) £500-700

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21. RICHARD HENRY NEVILLE-CUMMING (BRITISH, FL. 1888-1891) The steamer 'Ameer' and the barque 'Sindia' off Gibraltar Signed and dated 'H Neville-Cumming/1889' (lower right) Pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white 25½ x 50½in. (64.8 x 128.3cm.) Provenance: with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool. Although her career provided no particular excitement, Ameer has assumed her small place in shipping history as the first steamer to be ordered for the venerable firm of Brocklebanks when the company realised that the changeover from sail had become inevitable. Built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1889, Ameer was designed as a four-masted steamer and given a barquentine rig to augment her single screw. Registered at 4,127 tons gross (2,689 net) and measuring 400½ feet in length with a 45 foot beam, she was engined by her builders and had a cruising speed of 10 knots. Launched on 24th August 1889 and completed that October, she entered service on the London - India via Suez route and, as the first steamer in the fleet, was commanded by Captain Ray, the company's Marine Superintendent. In 1906 she was transferred to Jenkins' Shire Line, in which Brocklebanks had a half-share, and renamed Cardiganshire, the name she retained when she was transferred again to the Royal Mail Line's fleet in 1907. Sold by Shire to Japanese owners in 1911, she was thereafter renamed on several more occasions before being scrapped in Hong Kong in 1923.

£2500-4000

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22. RICHARD HENRY NEVILLE-CUMMING (BRITISH, FL. 1888-1891) The four-masted barque 'Sindia' under shortened sail in the Channel Signed and dated 'H Neville-Cumming/1888.' (lower right) Pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white 26 x 51in. (66 x 130cm.) Provenance: with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool. Built for the famous house of Brocklebank by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1887, Sindia was a huge four-masted barque which, at the time of her completion, was the largest sailing vessel in the world. Registered at 3,067 tons gross (5,000 deadweight) and measuring 329 feet in length with a 45 foot beam, she was designed with two decks and, consequently, had vast cargo capacity. Intended for the Calcutta trade at a time when most other owners had already gone over to steam, Sindia left Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Calcutta on 6th February 1888 and immediately proved faster than her carrying capacity might have suggested. Although no record-breaker, she had a fine turn of speed and possessed all the handsome elegance of many earlier Belfast ships which turned heads wherever she went. Finally ousted from the Calcutta trade by steam, she became a bulk grain carrier for a few years until 1900 when, along with all the remaining Brocklebank sailing vessels, she was sold out of their fleet. Purchased by the Anglo-American Oil Company, she was converted to carry 'case oil' (oil in drums) on outward passages and chrome ore back into the U.S.A. Sadly, her new career proved short-lived when, on 15th December 1901, she was driven ashore and wrecked at Ocean City, 95 miles south of New York on the coast of New Jersey. Inbound for New York from Kobe, she was caught in a severe winter blizzard and had been trying to run for shelter in Delaware Bay when she stranded. Various attempts to refloat her were unsuccessful and although the greater part of her cargo was salved, the ship herself was declared a total loss and her decaying hull became a local landmark for many years.

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23. δ NORMAN THOMAS JANES RWS RE RSMA (BRITISH, 1892-1980) The Pool of London Signed ‘Norman Janes’ (lower right) Watercolour 13 x 19in. (33 x 48.5cm.) £200-300

24. JOHN HAYES (EDWARD FLETCHER) (BRITISH, 18571945) The Pool of London, Tower Bridge and St Paul’s beyond Signed ‘John Hayes’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 17¼ x 31in. (44 x 78.5cm.) £400-600

25. WILLIAM TH. MARTIN HAWKSWORTH (BRITISH, 1853-1935) River Scene. The Medway (No.3) Signed ‘W.T.M. Hawksworth’ (on bow of barge, lower left) with artists manuscript and Royal Academy of Arts labels for 1887 to reverse. Watercolour 5½ x 8½in. (14 x 21.5cm.) £200-300

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26 26. WILLIAM MACKENZIE THOMSON (BRITISH, FL.1870-1892) The Guion Line armed merchant cruiser ‘Oregon’ under way, circa 1885 Signed ‘W.M.Thomson / New Brompton’ (lower left) Watercolour heightened with white 11 x 17in. (28 x 34cm.) The S.S. Oregon was built by John Roach and Son in Chester, PA and owned by the Oregon Steamship Company. On 7th October 1883 the Oregon embarked on her maiden voyage from England to New Jersey, a passage which took a record setting 6 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes. For part of 1885 she was briefly armed during the “Russian Scare” and it is in this configuration she is depicted here. On 6th March 1886 the Oregon departed Liverpool, England for New York. The voyage was cut short when only eight days later and five miles from her destination she was struck on the port side by a three-masted schooner. The schooner’s identity remains unknown however evidence exists to suggest that it was the Charles H. Morse. All aboard the schooner perished and the remains of the ship and its passengers have never been found. It was determined after surveillance that the Oregon was too damaged for salvage.

£150-250

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27 27. ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-1907) The S.Y. ‘Nahma’ Signed and dated ‘De Simone 1894’ (lower right) Watercolour heightened with white 16 x 23¼in. (40.5 x 59cm.) £300-500 28. ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-1907) The S.Y. ‘St George’ Signed and dated ‘De Simone 94’ (lower right); and inscribed as per title (lower left) Watercolour heightened with white 16 x 23in. (40.5 x 58.5cm.) £250-350 29. ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-1907) A topsail schooner of the Royal Yacht Squadron in the Mediterranean off Naples Signed and dated ‘De Simone 91.’ (lower right) Bodycolour, oval 18 x 24in. (46 x 61cm.) £600-800

30 (part) 30. ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY The Ocean Match with the yachts ‘Red Rover’, Wanderer’ and ‘Kiama’, 27th August, 1878 (illustrated); and The Match with the yachts ‘Red Rover’ and ‘Kiama’ at Yarmouth Roads Regatta Both inscribed as title and further extensively inscribed (under the mount) Pen and black ink and watercolour 9¼ x 13in. (23.5 x 33cm.) (2, a pair) £300-500 31. WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931) Yacht race Signed in pencil ‘W.L. Wyllie’ (lower left) Etching 10 x 15in. (25.5 x 38.5cm.) £150-250

32. δ NEVILLE SOTHEBY PITCHER RSMA (BRITISH, 1889-1959) Yacht racing on a beam reach Signed and indistinctly dated ‘N Sotheby Pitcher’ (lower right) Watercolour and gouache 13¼ x 10in. (33.5 x 25.5cm.) £500-700

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33. CHARLES DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934) The 1901 America’s Cup; a set of three pen and ink drawings comprising ‘The Start’, ‘At the First Stake’ and ‘The Finish’ Two signed, with yacht names and inscriptions throughout including Shamrock and Columbia Pen and ink 8 x 12¼in. (20.5 x 31cm.) (3, a set) £2000-3000

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34. CHARLES DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934) 1902 Rothesay Regatta, with Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht ‘Shamrock’, his steam yacht ‘Erin’ and other shipping Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Charles Dixon, Rothesay Bay ‘02’ Watercolour and gouache 5¼ x 11½in. (13.5 x 29cm.) £600-900

35. ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943) The Royal Yacht ‘Britannia’ racing off Cowes Signed ‘A. Briscoe .33’ (lower right) Watercolour 6½ x 9½in. (16.5 x 24cm.) Provenance: With the Tryon Galleries, London. £400-600

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36. δ MICHAEL VAUGHAN (BRITISH, 1938-2002) Flying with the Wind Signed ‘Michael Vaughan’ (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on board 22½ x 33½in. (56 x 85cm.) £1000-1500

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37. CHARLES DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934) Admiral Jellicoe’s flagship H.M.S. ‘Iron Duke’ with escorting destroyers leading the Grand Fleet into action at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May, 1916 Signed and dated ‘Charles Dixon 1916’ (lower left) 27½ x 37½in. (70 x 95cm.) The Battle of Jutland (31st May — 1st June 1916) was the last occasion on which two great battle fleets engaged each other in full strength - numbering some 250 ships in total. Rather than being a single decisive battle however, it was, in fact, a series of smaller engagements spread over many hours during which the two fleets separated into their constituent parts. Although the opening salvoes were fired at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon of 31st May, the main action began at about 6 o’clock that evening and continued until the following day.

£4000-6000

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38 38. ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-1907) H.M.S. ‘Surprise’ off Naples, 1895 Signed and dated ‘De Simone/- 95 -’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘H.M.S. Surprise’ (lower left) Bodycolour 10 x 17in. (26 x 43cm.) A dispatch vessel built by Palmer’s of Jarrow in 1885, Surprise (and her yard sister Alacrity) displaced 1650 tons, were 250 x 32ft, manned by 93 officers and crew and could develop nearly 18kts. Originally unarmed, they were given a gun so they could be used as fleet scouts in Wartime and were also given elaborate accommodation for diplomats and visiting high ranking officers. She was broken up in 1919.

39. WILLIAM MACKENZIE THOMSON (BRITISH, FL. 1870-1892) H.M.S. ‘Calypso’; H.M.S. ‘Nelson’ Watercolour and gouache 11 x 17¼in. (28 x 44cm.) (2) Calypso was a steel corvette of 1883 and one of the first ships fitted with a protective deck, she survived until 1922; Nelson was an armoured cruiser of 1881 which served on the Australia station until 1889, then undergoing a long refit which added fighting tops to her fore and mizzen masts, so this picture must date from her Australian service. She was sold in 1910.

£250-350

£400-600

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40 40. WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931) Motor Launch ‘ML141’ Signed ‘W.L. Wyllie’ (lower left) and signed on verso by John Wyllie Watercolour heightened with gouache 11 x 17¼in. (28 x 44cm.) £500-700 A new vessel type when introduced in 1915, these motor launches quickly proved versatile workhorses being used for mine sweeping, mine laying, anti-submarine operations, patrols and smoke screens etc. Nearly 600 were built by various yards - initially displacing 34 tons then 37 tons, they were 80 foot long with a 12¾ foot beam and 4 foot draught. Powered by petrol engines they could develop 20kts but also had a habit of catching fire and more were lost to accident than the enemy. They paved the way for the more famous MTBs used in World War II. ML141 survived the War without incident so it is assumed this picture was commissioned by one of her crew.

£400-600 41. A GROUP OF WARSHIP ETCHINGS INCLUDING WORKS BY WILIAM L. WYLLIE, ROWLAND LANGMAID AND FRANK H. MASON Works by Wyllie comprising of ‘Battleship in Portsmouth Harbour’ signed etching; ‘Battleship and Torpedo Boats at Sea’ signed etching; and a signed print ‘Off Portsmouth’; works by Langmaid comprising ‘Portsmouth Harbour’ and ‘Battleships’, both signed; and Frank H. Mason including signed etching of Torpedo boats and signed print of torpedo boats (faded). (7) £400-600

42. δ JOHN BENTHAM DINSDALE (BRITISH, 1927-2008) A Frigate action between ‘Lively’ and ‘Tourterelle’, 13th March 1795 Signed ‘John Bentham Dinsdale’ in pencil (lower left) and inscribed with title (lower right) Watercolour and gouache 7¾ x 10¾in. (19.5 27.5cm.) £100-200

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43 43. δ TIMOTHY THOMPSON (BRITISH, B. 1951) English and Dutch warships off the Dutch coast Signed ‘Tim Thompson’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 20 x 30in. (51 x 76cm.) £400-600 44. JOHN CLEVELEY THE YOUNGER (BRITISH, 1747-1786) An English frigate with a Dutch man-of-war in the Downs off Dover Watercolour 4¾ x 6¼in. (12 x 16cm.) £300-500

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45. CIRCLE OF SAMUEL OWEN (BRITISH, 1768-1857) A British frigate and other shipping in a heavy swell Watercolour 3 x 4¼in. (8 x 11.5cm.) Together with another circle of Samuel Owen Hauling in the nets (2) £150-250

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46 46. CHARLES JOHN DE LACY (BRITISH, 1856-1929) Warships of the Royal Navy preparing to depart for action Watercolour heighten with body colour 14½ x 29¼in. (37 x 74cm.) £600-900

47. δ ROWLAND LANGMAID (BRITISH, 1897-1956) H.M.S. ‘Victory’ at sea Signed in pencil ‘Rowland Langmaid’ (lower right) Etching 11¾ x 7¾in. (30 x 20cm.) £50-80

48. CHARLES W. FOTHERGILL (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY) Cadet training ship H.M.S. ‘Britannia’ at Dartmouth Signed with initials, inscribed and dated ‘H.M.S. Britannia C.W.F. 1901’ (lower right) Watercolour 13 x 19½in. (33 x 49.5cm.) £600-800

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49. ARTHUR DAVID McCORMICK, RI (BRITSH, 1860-1943) Sir Francis Drake at Cadiz Signed ‘A.D. McCormick’ (lower right) Oil on canvas laid down on board 29¼ x 23in. (74.5 x 58.5cm.) £1000-1500

50. ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DRUMMOND, RAA (BRITISH, 1765-1844) A boarding party Oil on canvas 17¼ x 25¼in. (44 x 64cm.) £1000-1500

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51 51. ARTHUR TWIDLE (BRITISH, 1865-1935) Britannia Needs No Bulwarks Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘Arthur Twidle 1912’ (lower right) and inscribed with artist’s titles and provenance to 1913 RA exhibition 21 x 29in. (53.5 x 74cm.) Contained in original frame Provenance: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1913, item number 323; David Cross Gallery, Clifton c.1975 to Private Collector. Painted just two years before the outbreak of the Great War, the artist seems to be anticipating the struggles ahead with a seated Nelson contemplating tactics, presumably before the Battle of Trafalgar, and whose greatness of character embodies the finest virtues of England’s most brilliant heroes throughout history: in the foreground King Arthur representing a strong and united nation; Sir Francis Drake who, against the odds beat the mighty Spanish Armada; and Cromwell whose famed organisational ability and rule of law was closely reflected by Nelson. In short, with so many virtues crowded into one man, Britain was invincible at sea in 1805 and remained so over a century later - a notion that was still very much reflected by - and throughout - the Royal Navy of 1912 which until recently had considered itself beyond the challenge of any two naval powers combined.

£2000-3000

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55. NAVAL LISTS: A LIST OF THE FLAG-OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FLEET [A LIST OF THE FLAG OFFICERS AND OTHER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FLEET] 3 vols. for years 1809; 1819 and 1824, vol. I printed mainly on the versos, contemporary straight - grain red morocco not uniform, vol. I re-backed, gilt edges, vol. I with presentation inscription on title ‘Admiral Patton to Capt. [Edward James] Foote’, 8vo, 1809 (3) £500-800 56. NAVAL LIST, A LIST OF THE FLAG OFFICERS AND OTHER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S FLEET two leaves at the beginning detached, contemporary half-calf by Harmsworth, bookplate of the Royal Victorian Club, London, Clowes, 1838. £200-300 57. BRENTON, EDWARD PELHAM: THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE YEAR [1783-1836] 2 vols., engraved portraits and plates, folding engraved plans, occasional foxing and offsetting, contemporary half-roan, spine of vol. I detached but preserved, 8vo, London, Colburn 1837; and a modern printing of the list of the Naval General Service Medal, Recipients, 1808-27. (3) £150-180 58. NAVAL AND MARTIAL BIOGRAPHY; OR MEMOIRS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED ILLUSTRIOUS BRITISH NAVAL AND MILITARY CHARACTERS, engraved frontispiece and a few plates, some browning. Half roan, rubbed, spine defective, Ormskirk, J. Fowler, 1806; and 14 others (all modern). Sold not subject to return. £100-150

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59. CHARNOCK, JOHN: ‘HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE’ additional engraved title in vol I and 98 engraved plates (of 99). Some aquatint, a little foxing, original buckram. 4to London, various publishers, 1800-1801; together with two tubes of assorted modern yacht plans (5) £400-600 60. THE DEATH OF SIR CLOUDESLY SHOVEL “On Sunday last, two Expresses brought the melancholy News, That Sir Cloudesly Shovel, returning home with the great ships from the Mediterranean, the Association, in which he was, struck on a Rock, off of Scilly, and was unfortunately lost, with all Men on board.”; A group of newspapers all relating to the life, death, and funeral of Rear Admiral Sir Shovel, which has given rise to various legends. The first, bringing news of his death, launches into an excellent and lengthy obituary, the highlights of his achievements being recorded; a short article from the Captain of the St George, a ship that was also dashed on the same rocks off the Scilly Isles; together with two London Gazettes are included, both giving a report of his state funeral at Westminster Abbey, after lying in state at the Queen’s expense — 20½in. of column space, in genuine and complete issues of The Post Boy, dated October 28th, 1707, and The London Gazette, dated 22nd December, and 29th December, 1707 (3) £100-150 61. MANUSCRIPT OF A PRIZE MONEY COMPLAINT TO BARON ERSKINE OF RESTORMEL CASTLE, ENGLISH CIRCA 1815 from the descendants of the owners of four privateers who captured in the years 1745-47 a treasure of bullion. The bullion, later made into bars, was sold at a value of £200,000 and was confiscated and deposited in the Bank of England, 15 leaves, 23-29 lines, top left-hand corners pierced and secured with a silk tie, last leaf defective, folio — 13.5 x 8.5in. (34.5 x 21.5cm.) £200-400 additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com

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62. NAVAL SIGNAL BOOK (HARBOUR SIGNALS, SEA SIGNALS, NIGHT SIGNALS AND FOG SIGNALS) 2 vol, manuscript on vellum, 35 and 25 leaves (including 19 blank), exquisite hand-coloured manuscript frontispiece of a trophy of flags and geographical instruments, folding leaf containing two watercolour drawings of compass diagrams, some of the tables with flags painted in watercolour. Both in contemporary calf, blindstamped decoration round the sides, small 4to, — 6¼ x 4¾in. (15.5 x 12cm.), contained in their original red straight-grained morocco wallet binding with flap, on the flap a small oval silver plaque inscribed: Honble Captn P. Bertie. Captain Peregrine Francis Bertie (1741-1790) was the third son of the Earl of Abingdon and commissioned a lieutenant in 1759, being made post captain in 1762 when he commanded the first-rate ship Repulse. He entered Parliament as MP for Oxford in 1774 and later went to sea again in the 1780s, commanding H.M.S. Fortitude and H.M.S. Carnatic. His son-in-law was Sir Thomas Bertie (1758-1825), a friend and contemporary of Nelson who would rise to the rank of Admiral.

£1000-1500 63. SIGNALS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE SQUADRON UNDER THE COMMAND OF REAR ADML. LEVESON GOWER, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1788 36 leaves, (including two final blanks), 75 exquisitely drawn and hand-coloured manuscript signals including the full-page of ‘Compass Signals’ with 32 hand-coloured flags, contemporary (?original) printed wrappers, stitched as issued, 8vo (15 x 10cm.) John Leveson Gower (1740-1792), naval officer and politician entered the navy and was commissioned lieutenant in 1758. His naval career prospered until 1779 but he was unemployed for three years. In January 1783 he was appointed a junior Lord of the Admiralty. He returned to the navy in 1785 and in 1787 was promoted to rear-admiral of the Blue. Demanding of his subordinates, loyal to his friends and harsh to his enemies, Admiral John Leveson Gower showed himself to be a resourceful and thoroughly competent officer in every command he held, ODNB. This little book contains about 216 signals.

£1000-1500

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64 (detail) 64. NORIE, J.W., TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE PLATES DESCRIPTIVE OF THE MARITIME FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1842 London, C.W. Wilson, 20 hand-coloured engraved plated, modern half-calf, 8vo A charming publication and one of the best and most comprehensive early nineteenth century illustrated guides to maritime flags. Many later editions followed, one of which (1840) was sold in these rooms, 12th May 2015, lot 180 (£250).

65 (detail) 65. A DISPLAY OF THE NAVAL FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1838 hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured plates of flags, fore-margin of frontispiece and following 2 leaves reinforced, occasional light soiling, modern half-cloth, London, H. Fisher and P. Jackson. A collection of 240 flags including those of Arabia, Batavia, Mahrattas, Mecca and Morocco. Despite being one of the first popular flag guides available at relatively low cost, copies of this title are surprisingly scarce.

£250-350

£200-300

66. “FLAGGEN ALLER SEEFAHRENDEN POTENZEN UND NATIONEN IN DER GANTZEN WELDT” [“FLAGS OF ALL THE SEAFARING POWERS AND NATIONS OF THE WORLD”], NURENBERG, CIRCA 1710-15(?) a rare and visually impressive chart, on laid paper, “Presented by” Johann Baptist Homan, Nurenberg, circa 1710-15, featuring 140 engraved flags with contemporary hand-colouring, slight marginal fraying but no significant loss, backed and mounted for display, — 26 x 22in (67 x 57cm.)

Johann Baptist Homan (1664-1724) was one of the greatest German geographers and cartographers and the founder of a publishing house (in 1702) which rapidly became so successful that it was widely credited with the international revival of German printing after almost two centuries of Dutch domination. Appointed Imperial Geographer to the Austrian Emperor Charles VI in 1715, largely as a result of the publication of his magnificent folio atlas in 1710, it has been suggested that this excessively rare flag chart may have been produced as an accompaniment to that atlas. By the time he died in 1724, Homan had issued over 200 maps of superb quality and guaranteed the reputation of his publishing house, which thrived under the name of Homann Heirs for the next hundred years.

£400-600

67. NAVAL SIGNAL TABLE: ‘DISTINGUISHING SIGNALS (WITH SINGLE AND DOUBLE PENDANTS)’, 1807 original printed and manuscript table inscribed as per title, neatly completed in ink with the names of 82 ships, the pennants painted in watercolour, given Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817), Vice Admiral of the White, on board H.M.S. Ville de Paris, Cawsand Bay [Cornwall], 26th July 1807, autographed by Admiral Alan Gardner, Commander of the Channel Fleet, and his secretary John? Day, sheet size — 24.3 x 38.5cm. (9½ x 15in.) framed and glazed £200-400

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68 68. NAVAL SIGNAL TABLE: ‘DISTINGUISHING VANES FOR THE SHIPS AND VESSELS OF THE CHANNEL FLEET’, 1809 original printed and manuscript table inscribed as per title, neatly completed in ink with the names of 53 ships, the pennants painted in watercolour, given to Vice Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817) on board H.M.S. Caledonia, 21st July 1809, autographed by Admiral James Gambier (1756-1833), Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, and by James Wilkinson, Admiral Gambier’s secretary, sheet size — 13.4 x 43cm. (5¼ x 17in.) framed and glazed £200-400

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69. SIGNALS. MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, 3 LEAVES, WRITTEN IN AN ATTRACTIVE MID-18TH-CENTURY HAND. LOOSE IN A LATER 18TH-CENTURY MARBLED PAPER FOLDER, INSCRIBED ON FRONT COVER ‘ORDER BOOK OF THE CENTAUR AND ROBUST’ an important manuscript containing new signals superseding the older ones and making Fleet Signals well nigh impossible for any enemy to decipher. They were produced by Captain (later Admiral) Phillips Cosby who saw extensive service during the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolutionary War. It would appear that Cosby was still using them during the latter war. Together with a certificate to set ashore from H.M.S. Hind Corporal Cromey suffering from rheumatism, dated 7 August 1762 and signed Captain Phillips Cosby (see above), folio 12½ x 8¼in. (32 x 21cm.) £400-600

70. JOURNAL OF H.M.S. WINCHESTER, MOST LIKELY BY THE SHIP’S SURGEON, PROBABLY PORT ROYAL, NOV. 5 1840 - JAN. 12, 1841 manuscript on paper, 8 leaves mostly written on both sides, 10 large or full-page pencilled drawings, one full-page watercolour drawing, contemporary half-roan, foot of spine defective, otherwise rubbed, 4to, — 10¾ x 8¾in. (27.5 x 22.5cm.) An interesting journal lasting two months in which the Winchester landed first in Santa Marta in Colombia and later in Cartagena. The writer’s main preoccupation is the health (or lack thereof) of the crew and the temperature and humidity. At Riollach he meets old friends, the American Consul and the surgeon Smith, formally of the Bolivian Army. A brief mention of the flogging of the Captain’s boy, a serious quarrel with Spanish sailors on the shore, a shooting expedition at San Pedro, local methods of finding gold in the Rio Irlach and the Captain offered a local girl in marriage (declined). 19th-century signature on an endpaper of Henry K. Turnbull.

£300-500

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71 71. CLARKE, JAMES STANIER AND JOHN MACARTHUR, THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, 1809 2 vol., engraved from frontispiece and 11 plates after Westall, Abbot, Pococke and others, 4 engraved plans, one folding, 4 engraved vignettes, several facsimiles, list of subscribers, plates foxed, apart from the foxing a good copy with wide margins, modern sprinkled calf gilt, black labels on spines, large 4to, London, for T. Cadell and W. Davies £500-700 72. AFTER DANIEL ORME (1766-1832): ‘A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF HORATIO NELSON’, CIRCA 1806 oval stipple engraved portrait by Daniel Orme, over lines of verse celebrating Nelson’s life by poet William Thomas Fitzgerald, with black funereal border, printed by J. Nichols for Edward Orme, approximately — 17½ x 12½in. (45 x 32cm.) framed and glazed £80-120

72 73. AN INTERESTING NEAR CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT AND WATERCOLOUR CHART OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE unsigned, on laid paper watermarked for 1795, with shaded coastline and tinted fleet positions neatly annotated with a 10 point reference key on left and entitled in lower Admiral Horatio Nelson’s Victory, — 8 x 11½in. (20.5 x 28cm.) £150-250 74. A VERY RARE ‘BROADSIDE’ COMMEMORATING NELSON’S VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE engraved and published by Thomas Tomkins, 18th January 1799 and featuring a transcript of Nelson’s despatch describing the action, including lines-of-battle, lists of the opposing Admirals, Captains, ships and their fates, and a top edge cartouche containing a vignette of the figure of Victory inscribing an oval shield with details, — 27 x 20in (69 x 51cm.), attractively framed within an oak surround for display Another example but with vacant top cartouche was sold in these rooms on 17th July 2008, lot 22 (£380) Although the ‘broadsides’ issued after Trafalgar have attracted enormous prices at auction in recent years, those for the Nile - or indeed for any of Nelson’s other victories - are equally rare, with only handfuls of examples known to have survived.

£600-800

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75. A VERRE ÉGLOMISÉ LOCKET OF EMMA HAMILTON WITH PROBABLE LOCK OF NELSON’S HAIR BEHIND, CIRCA 1805-6 depicting Emma, looking to sea and releasing a dove whilst clutching an open cage resting on a pediment inscribed NELSON / Obt21Octr / 1805 glazed with verre églomisé border, the reverse with curl of fine grey-blonde hair set on a maroon silk backing, gilt brass frame and suspension loop — 2in. (5cm.) high The hair sample included in this lot closely matches verified examples seen and sold. As is well recorded, Emma was given all of Nelson’s hair and was, initially at least, generous in presenting clips to well wishers. This locket may have been commissioned by Emma to give to important well wishers, or possibly a sympathetic admirer, both of whom thought it beyond reason to state its provenance.

£400-600

76. A TURNED TREEN SNUFF BOX MADE FROM SAN JOSEF TIMBER, 19TH-CENTURY the lid with manuscript paper label reading A Piece Of The Wing Transom Of H.M. Ship, San Josef. Captured By Nelson In The Battle Of Cape St Vincent, February 14th 1797. — 3¼in. (9.5cm.) diam The 112-gun San Josef was the vessel captured as a result of Nelson’s celebrated “patent bridge” - using the captured 80-gun San Nicolas which was entangled with San Josef. San Josef was broken up at Devonport in 1849 with surprisingly little treen seen on the market.

77. A COMMEMORATIVE TRAFALGAR/WATERLOO PRESSED WOOD SNUFF BOX the lid depicting two veterans smoking in a tavern inscribed around edge VICTORY TRAFALGAR WATERLOO / 21 OCTOBER 1805 / 18 JUNE 1815, — 27⁄8in. (7.2cm.) diam.; together with a small treen barrel made from Iron Duke; and a Victory copper medallion issued by the British Foreign Sailors Society in 1805, boxed (3) £100-150

£400-600

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79 78. A COMMEMORATIVE PORTRAIT BROOCH OF NELSON BY WILLIAM TASSIE, 1805 the right facing profile in Tassie’s compound and signed and dated on the shoulder Tassie F. 1805, mounted on bloodstone and set within a yellow metal mount with hinged pin behind — 1in. (2.5cm.) high £600-800

81. AN ‘EDITION DE LUXE’ TRAFALGAR CENTENARY PORCELAIN TYG BY SPODE COPELAND, 1905 numbered 78 of a limited edition of 100 — 6 x 5¾in. (15.3 x 14.6cm.)

79. AFTER LEMUEL ABBOTT, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY Horatio, Viscount Nelson Oil on copper Oval, mounted in contemporary ebonised frame Image size 5¼ x 4in. (13.5 x 10cm.) £400-600

82. THREE NELSON’S VICTORY SOUVENIRS, 1905 comprising a Schools’ Award shield bearing a copper bas-relief of Victory under sail, with extensive inscription below relating to the British & Foreign Sailors’ Society (for whose benefit these items were produced and sold), mounted on a shield-shaped backboard of Victory oak (Hardy 123); together with another similar shield for presentation to Canadian Schools in 1907, apparently unrecorded and presumed very rare thus; a Victory copper biscuit barrel, the ribbed sides with affixed copper medallion showing Victory under full sail at Trafalgar, date 1765 below, 5½in. high (14cm.); and a vesta case made from copper recovered from Nelson’s Foudroyant wrecked in 1897, all good condition (4) £200-300

80. Ø AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE NELSON/TRAFALGAR LOCKET painted on ivory and depicting two first rates in action inscribed around the border Nelson, Tho’ Dead, Yet Speaketh England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty with gilt brass frame and empty hair compartment behind, — 2½in. (6.5cm.) high; together with two silver rowing oars prizes from H.M.S. Sussex, 1931; and naval crown menu holder retained by Gieves Ltd 1933/4. (4) £300-400

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This is the rare larger sized version of this decorative celebration tyg.

£400-600

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83. ENGLISH SCHOOL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY A Naval officer in dress uniform Watercolour Oval in contemporary ebonised frame 3 x 2¼in. (7.5 x 5.5cm.) £200-300 84. ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY A fleet engagement Inscribed Duncan & Victory Oil on vellum Oval 1½ x 2¼in. (2.5 x 6.5cm.) £150-250

85 85. AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TRAY PAINTED WITH AN ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIGATE ACTION, PROBABLY THE CHESAPEAKE AND SHANNON with re-gilded rim — 15 x 20½in. (38 x 52cm.) £150-250 86. AN 1827-PATTERN ROYAL NAVY SWORD HILT WITH CHINESE REPLACEMENT BLADE the 29in. curved blade inscribed with Chinese characters near the hilt, regulation hilt with thumbpiece engraved N. B. Bedingfeld [sic] (lacking scabbard, old wear) — 34¼in. (87cm.) overall Vice-Admiral Norman Bernard Bedingfield, FRGS, was born 1824 and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1842, being successively promoted Sub-Lieut. 1842, Lieut. 1851, Commander 1856 and Captain 1862. Retired and was made Rear-Admiral in 1877 and then Vice-Admiral in 1884. Was Midshipman of the Clio during the operations in China in 1842 and present at the forcing of the boom at Obligado in 1846. Repeatedly commended during five years’ service suppressing the slave trade off the coast of West Africa. Wrecked in the Forerunner and “was instrumental in saving many lives.” Lieut. of the royal yacht Victoria & Albert, 1854-56, and made FRGS in 1855. Accompanied Dr. Livingstone’s expedition to the Zambezi in the capacity of Government Surveyor and Nautical Commander sailing from Liverpool in March 1858, returning to England in January 1859 after dramatically falling out with Livingstone. Received a “good service” pension in 1876, retired 1877 and died 26th February 1894.

£250-350

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87 (part) 87. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, CIRCA 1865 AND LATER a collection of 83 photographs mounted, mostly of identifiable Victorians, but also with several ships and ships’ crews depicted, from H.M.Ships Emerald, Phoebe and Revenue, contemporary hard-grain Morocco, very rubbed, most of spine missing, oblong 4to £200-300

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88. AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY MINIATURE TORTOISESHELL AND HORN PROFILE MODEL OF A JAPANESE DESTROYER, CIRCA 1910 an exquisite miniature model of an Imperial Japanese destroyer, in tortoiseshell and horn, featuring 3 funnels, 2 sparred masts, aft torpedo tubes, wire rigging, WT aerials and national flags on bow and stern, the vessel set within a clear oval in the centre of a rectangular tortoiseshell plaque — length of craft 3.25in. (8.5cm.), the plaque — 6.75in. x 5.5in. (17 x 13.5cm.), the reverse mounted with two small (later) hooks for hanging The scale of this model makes a positive identification of the vessel difficult, a problem magnified by the dearth of photographs for many of the earliest Japanese classes of both destroyers and torpedo boats. In terms of design, however, the model resembles the two “Sakura” class destroyers, Sakura and Tachibana (both laid down in 1911 and completed in 1912), not least because they were originally intended to be large ocean-going vessels but were altered at a late stage to medium coastal types (second class). The precise purpose of the model is equally enigmatic and it is presumed to have been a presentation item to an individual such as an Admiralty official or perhaps the vessel’s first commanding officer. Whatever the truth, only one other comparable plaque is known to the cataloguer, that being of the Russian armoured cruiser Gromoboi [Thunderer] launched in 1899 and completed in 1900, which merely adds to the mystery of these plaques’ country of origin.

£400-600

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89 89. A PAIR OF MIDSHIPMAN’S LOG BOOKS, 1906-1909 kept by H.S. Hornby aboard H.M.Ships Drake 15 September 190630 April 1907; Formidable 1 June 1907-17 August 1908; and Bulwark 18 August 1908-15 November 1909, written in a clear hand with good daily descriptions of activities undertaken by author and crew and copious pasted technical watercolours and charts, occasional officer signature, bound with blue leather boards with gilt titles and full page photographs of Formidable pasted on fly leafs — 12½ x 8¼in. (31.5 x 21cm.) (2, a pair) Drake was a second class cruiser of 1901, torpedoed 1917; Formidable was a battleship of 1898 torpedoed 1915; and Bulwark was a battleship of 1899, which unaccountably blew up at the quayside in 1914. Hugh Stanton Hornby (1890-1916) was a fine all-round athlete and sportsman. Having completed his training, he became a submariner and was serving aboard H.M.Submarine C.26 when he suffered a freak accident diving into the water from a wet platform on H.M.S. Arrogant and died of internal injuries three days later. His funeral was attended by several senior officers, including a representative of Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, founder of the submarine corps.

£500-800

90 90. ADMIRALTY DEPARTMENT REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DESIGNS [FOR THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT AND ARMORED CRUISER INVINCIBLE], 1905 19 folding plates at the end, 12 being specifications for a battleship and a cruiser and 2 plates at the beginning depicting H.M.S. Dreadnought and H.M.S. Invincible, original half-calf with Confidential Report on the Committee on Designs 1905 in gilt on upper cover, rebacked with original spine preserved, slipcase, folio, London, Eyre and Spottiswoode. A rare and extremely important volume, especially for the plate and description of the specifications of H.M.S. Dreadnought, built in the following year and indubitably the most important ship in the British Navy, rendering for a time all other ships in the world obsolete. Her launch helped spark a naval arms race as navies around the world, particularly the German, rushed to match her in the build-up to WWI. Library stamps on title and preliminaries of Dartmouth Naval College.

£600-900 91. AN INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO THE CAREER OF CAPTAIN BASIL M. PECK, M.B.E. ROYAL NAVY spanning his career from 1906 to 1947 and including many unusual and interesting views taken aboard various ships including H.M.S. Powerful; Royal Sovereign; Renown; Courageous and others, and comprising approx. 150 photographs together with numerous topographical views taken on tour and including several views of Captain Scott’s Terra Nova departing Melbourne on 17th October 1910; interesting close-up views of a torpedo being launched; a fine series of scenes about H.M.S. Powerful circa 1909 and of H.M.S. Challenger in heavy seas, May 1910 and a further long series of images from the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Courageous showing several aerial accidents and views; a series of photographs from the 1935 Jubilee Review; views of the Italian liner Ausonia burning in Alexandria harbour and a good series of late personal photographs in and around the Mediterranean; together with a third album comprising a set of professional photographs of his various vessels and approx. 50 annotated photo postcards of naval interest; together with a bound folio of personal paperwork comprising commissions etc.; a dissertation/lecture on Admiral Byng; and a silver cigarette case engraved with owner’s initials and dates and names of all vessels served between 1906 and 1947 (A lot) £400-600

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92. “ENEMY SUBMARINES IN QUESTION AND ANSWER”, A SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL PAMPHLET (BR 145/40) a rare copy of the Admiralty’s official pamphlet published by the Naval Staff, Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, July 1940, illustrated with 8 black & white plates and various silhouettes, original blue paper covers; with Ships of the Royal Navy, publ. by Sampson, Low, Marston, issues for 1938, 1940 & 1941, and an earlier edition for 1926, all small oblong format, generally good condition, the first item especially so (5) £60-100 93. A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1943, RECOVERED FROM U-236, 1945 the tubes with original light green finish, rubber covered back plates, stamped with maker’s code blc and numbered 52934, the eyepieces with Bakelite cover inscribed Benutzer / Okulare / Testgestellt / Nicht / Verdrehen on elasticated Benz — 8in. (20cm.) high; together with a contemporary media photograph showing U236 approaching to surrender

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Provenance: Lt. T. Naughton, 1945, and thence by descent; Private collection. U-236 surrendered to the Royal Navy at Eriboll on 11th May, 1945. These binoculars were liberated by Lt T. Naughton who is marked with an ‘X’ on the accompanying photograph, and who is aboard the previouslysurrendered U-826, now flying the White Ensign. Naughton’s father served in the RN in World War I and liberated the binoculars forming lot 98.

Literature: Seeger, Dr. H.T.: Militärische Ferngläser und Fernrohre in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine, Druck und Verarbeitung, Hamburg 1995, pp373-9. £1000-1500 94. A PAIR OF 7 X 50 FIXED FOCUS SERVICE BINOCULARS BY ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR, CIRC 1940 the back-plates stamped with maker’s code BEH and number ‘448814’, covered in rubber with separate rubber eyepiece covers and leather neck strap — 9in. (23cm.) high £700-900

95 (part) 95. A WORLD WAR II GERMAN NAVY LIEUTENANT’S PEAKED HAT constructed in blue wool cloth, braided insignia, leather chin strap, lined interior; together with an overseas cap for the same period (2) £200-400

93 (part) U-236 surrendering to U-826 (already captured)

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96. A FINE PAIR OF 7 x 50 FIXED FOCUS KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT OFFICER’S BINOCULARS BY ERNST LEITZ, WETZER, CIRCA 1940 stamped on the back plate with Kreigsmarine and maker’s code beh and numbered ‘26482’, compete with Bakelite eyepiece cover, leather strap and original embossed leather case of issue with filter pockets inside lid containing filters — cased size 12in. (30.5cm.) high Provenance: Major H.A. Green, Indian Army attached to the 14th Army, WWII, believed taken from a captured U-Boat around South-East Asia and thence by descent.

£1500-2000

97. A PAIR OF 7 X 50 FIXED FOCUS KRIEGSMARINE BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1943 stamped on the backplate with Kriegsmarine emblem, maker’s mark numbered ‘2060321’, and issue number ‘N / Nr.14026’, leather eye piece guard on elastic cord, leather neck strap, contained in original black leather counter-marked case embossed with with leather strap and sprung catch — 8in. (20.5cm.) high Provenance: Recovered by vendor’s father-in-law from a battlefield near Monte Cassino, 1944. £1000-1500

98. A PAIR OF 10 X 50 KAISERMARINE BRIDGE BINOCULARS BY ZEISS, 1916 REMOVED FROM S.M.S. BADEN, SCAPA FLOW, 1919 heavily constructed in aluminum with splash cuffs, elevation screw, stamped on the backplate with maker’s marks, Kaisermarine mark, dated 14.7.16, and separately focusing eyepieces — overall 13in. (33cm.) long; together with associated tripod stand by Zeiss. (2) Provenance: Sub Lt. James Naughton, 1919, and thence by descent; Private collection. The last German battleship to be completed before the War ended, she was completed after Jutland and saw no action in her single cruise of April 1918. Interned with the rest of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy managed to board and beach her during the mass scuttling of June 1919. Re-floated, she was sunk as a target two years later. It is presumed that Sub Lt. Naughton was one of the boarding party - his son served in World War II and captured the binoculars in lot 93.

£1500-2500

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99. A PAIR OF 25 X 105 SECOND WORLD WAR FORTRESS BINOCULARS BY SCHNEIDER, CIRCA 1943 unsigned, complete with mounting brackets, top handle, filters and rubberised eyepiece — 22in. (56cm.) long Literature: Seeger, Dr. H.T.: Militärische Ferngläser und Fernrohre in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine, Druck und Verarbeitung, Hamburg 1995, pp258, which describes how these binoculars were in service along the Normandy coast during the war. £1000-1500

100. A PAIR OF 10 X 70 BINOCULAR GUN SIGHTS BY ROSS, LONDON CIRCA 1940 contained with regulation crackle finished case, signed as per title with government issue mark, the eyepieces with independent filters, mounted in a bracket with location handle (later) — 14in. (35.5cm.) high overall; together with an associated tripod (2) £300-500

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101. A PAIR OF 30 X 75 BRIDGE BINOCULARS BY SWAROVSKI UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN USED ABOARD THE CANBERRA DURING THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN, 1982 with rubberised lens caps, maker’s plate to top marked as per title with scratched serial number I/II , top mounted handle and location scope rubber shade/splash cup over eyepiece, mounted on deck rail bracket — overall 11½ x 15in. (29 x 38cm.) It is believed the Canberra was fitted with six pairs of Swarovski 30 x 75 binoculars. This pair has been marked in ink CAN no. 2 of 6. £400-600

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Sailor Art

Lot 102 (detail)

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102. AN EXCEPTIONAL NINE-CHARACTER POLYCHROME BONE SPINNING JENNY MADE BY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONERS-OF-WAR, CIRCA 1800 the lower tier with two soldiers jigging with two ladies in turbans flanking elaborately carved and pierced crank mechanism, the top tier with spinning wheel, a harlequin waltzing with a lady, another lady dancing in the manner of Mademoiselle de Camargo and a redcoat soldier seated next to the “Jenny”, both tiers with coloured strawwork bases and supported by fluted corner posts — 7¼ x 4¼in. (18.5 x 11cm.) contained in later glass dome and base £4000-6000

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103 103. AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR CARVED BONE CALVARY SCENE constructed from a section of shin bone, with lattice cut glazed door opening to reveal polychrome Calvary scene on a platform painted with flowers to the front and mounted on three feet, the reverse ornately carved overall, — 5in. (12.5cm.) high £700-900

104 105. A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED HORN POWDER FLASK, ENGLISH 18/19TH-CENTURY incised overall with charming naïve depictions of named beasts including baboon, leopard, peacock, falcon, lyon, unecorn etc., brass end cap and sprung nozzle with powder settings — 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high £600-800

104. A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONEROF-WAR MECHANICAL BONE ‘SPINNING JENNY’ IN BOTTLE the hand-blown clear glass ?drug bottle containing a wooden platform supporting a carved bone ‘Jenny’ cranking a large yarn winder with stylized plants behind, spotted in polychrome overall and sealed with wood-topped cork with bone crank — 7½in. (19cm.) high £600-800

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106. Ø A 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH OF THE CONFEDERATE RAIDERS ALABAMA AND SUMTER finely incised over both sides and depicting the vessels underway flying early Confederate colours, each deeply engraved in a left-hand bias “Alabama” and “Sumter” with blazing ships in the background — 6in. (15cm.) high Both of these highly successful Confederate commerce raiders were commanded by the famous and hot-tempered Raphael Semmes. The dramatic action between Alabama and the U.S.S. Kearsage fought off the coast of France is one of the most gripping encounters of the American Civil War. As Semmes transferred most of his crew as well as his flag from Sumter (a converted merchantman) to Alabama, it is tempting to speculate that this tooth is linked to one of them.

£2000-3000

107. Ø A FINE 19TH-CENTURY NARWHAL TUSK of mellowed yellow hue with slight cork-screw taper — 82in. (208.3cm.); wooden display stand. CITES Certificate No. 543037/01 £6000-8000

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108 108. AN EXCEPTIONAL SAILORS’ KNOTWORK WALKING STICK the plain tapering ebonised shaft covered in intricate knotwork devices which become more complex approaching the Turk’s Head handle, — 35½in. (90cm.) long A tour-de-force of knotwork art, the devices closely copy those seen on the carved bone examples, and is, to date, unique in the cataloguer’s experience.

£400-600

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109. A LARGE SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED NAUTILUS SHELL COMMEMORATING THE GREAT EXHIBITION BY CHARLES WOOD, CIRCA 1850 worked overall and comprising the Royal Arms, the Arms of the City of London, and George and the Dragon, these flanked by the text of a speech entitled Mansion House Speech of His Royal H. Prince Albert at The Grand Exhibition Banquet, London, March 21, 1850, with gift presentation inscription dated for 1852, (restoration) — 8 x 7in. (20 x 18cm.) perspex stand £200-400 110. Ø A REALISTICALLY MODELLED HUMAN SKULL CARVED FROM A WHALE’S VERTEBRAE, PROBABLY 20TH-CENTURY carved with cranium seams, eye sockets, nasal cavity and closed jaw with inset teeth carved from marine ivory, 8in. (20.5cm.) high; mounted on a black metal associated stand. £600-800

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111. A MEERSCHAUM PIPE OF NEPTUNE, 19THCENTURY depicted with flowing hair and beard, and wearing a seaweed crown, threaded amber shaft and contained in plush-lined leather case of issue — 8in. (20cm.) overall £200-300

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112. A 19TH-CENTURY SEAMAN’S CHEST constructed in yellow pine, the lid painted inside with depiction of a trading ship under full sail and inscribed under As She Shone In The Light of Declining Day: Each Sail Was Set and Each Heart Was Gay, inset ditty box with painted lid, the ends with rope Becketttype handles, — 16½ x 36 x 16in. (42 x 91.5 x 44.5cm.) overall, folder of data.

113. Ø A COLLECTION OF BO’SUN’S STARTERS, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY comprising two twisted baleen and two wooden shafted examples, all with twine covered lead terminals — each approx. 12in. (30.5cm.) long (4) £250-350

By tradition, this chest is associated with the clipper Taranaki , launched 1870 by Robert Duncan.

114. A SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE OF AN IRONCLAD, CIRCA 1850 depicted underway off Portsmouth with a Solent Fort beyond — 16½ x 13½in. (42 x 34.5cm.) £150-250

£400-600

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Liner

Lot 133 (detail)

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115. Ø A CARVED TORTOISESHELL SHIP PROFILE depicting an American liner mounted on a blonde shell background and oval mounted within a tortoiseshell plaque surround — 4¼ x 5¾in. (10.5 x 14.5cm.) £300-500

117. Ø A TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY RELIEF PROFILE MODEL FOR A PASSENGER CARGO SHIP depicted underway on a calm sea and mounted in an oval with tortoiseshell mount — 4¼ x 6in. (10.5 x 15cm.) £300-500

116. Ø A TORTOISESHELL CIGAR CASE, EARLY 20TH-CENTURY the lid with carved profile of a passenger cargo ship set on blonde shell background, the reserve with inset yellow metal monogram ‘JM’ — 4 x 2¾in. (10 x 7cm.) £250-350

118. Ø A TORTOISESHELL CIGAR CASE, EARLY 20TH-CENTURY the lid with carved profile of a liner flying an American flag, set on blonde shell background, the reserve with scratch engraved owner’s name — 5 x 3in. (12.5 x 7.5cm.) £350-450

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119 119. A BRONZE CARPATHIA/TITANIC MEDAL, 1912 as issued by Tiffany on behalf of the Titanic Relief Fund Committee (ribbon and later brooch fitting removed) £1500-2500

121. A FIRST CLASS WHITE STAR LINE TURQUOISE GOTHIC PATTERN SIDE PLATE unsigned, bearing registration design no. R.N. 117214 and 324028 and further number 8/1912 — 8¾in. (22.5cm.) diam £150-250

120. A FIRST CLASS WHITE STAR LINE TURQUOISE GOTHIC PATTERN SIDE PLATE unsigned, bearing registration design no. R.N. 117214 and 324028 and further number 8/1903 — 9in. (23cm.) diam £150-250

122. A WHITE STAR LINE FIRST CLASS TURQUOISE GOTHIC PATTERN SIDE PLATE, CIRCA 1910 with maker’s marks for Stonier & Co. Ltd — 9in. (23cm.) diam; together with a White Star Line asparagus dish with maker’s mark for John Maddock & Sons Ltd. for Stonier & Co. Ltd circa 1931. (2) £150-250

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123. A WHITE STAR LINE LUSOL WARE ASPARAGUS DISH, CIRCA 1922 with maker’s marks Keeling and Co. Ltd for Stonier & Co. Ltd — 8¾in. (22.5cm.) wide; together with a vegetable dish in the same pattern (2) £100-150 124. A FIRST CLASS WHITE STAR LINE TURQUOISE PATTERN TASSE DE CAFÉ, CIRCA 1910 by Stonier & Co. Ltd., Liverpool; together with two egg cups in turquoise and brown. (3) £200-300

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125. A SECOND CLASS WHITE STAR LINE DELFT PATTERN ASPARAGUS DISH, CIRCA 1910 with maker’s marks for Stonier & Co. Ltd and impressed R.D. No. 538317 — 9¼ x 8¼in. (23.5 x 21cm.); together with a rhomboid shaped vegetable dish in the same pattern (2) £200-300 126. A GROUP OF WHITE STAR LINE PORCELAIN comprising three soup tureen saucers, a twin-handled chocolate cup, a condiment pot and spoon, an egg cup and a butter dish (7) £100-150

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128 (part)

127. δ STEPHEN J. RENARD (BRITISH, B. 1947) The ‘Titanic’ - A Memory comprising five pen and ink sketches framed as one studio stamp to reverse, together with two pages of notes overall 19 x 26in. (48 x 66cm.) £400-600

128. A RARE AUSTRIAN LLOYD LINE OIL LAMP, CIRCA 1900 the etched glass shade with apposing company crests inscribed VORWAERTS! mounted to silvered oil reservoir stand and attached to turned wooded plinth — 20in. (51cm.); together with a ceramic side plate for the same line with marker’s mark for Haas & Czjek (2) £100-150

129. R… WARING (BRITISH, 20TH-CENTURY) R.M.S. ‘Mauretania’ Signed and inscribed ‘R./. Waring’ H.E.A.M. Egremont’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 16½ x 41½in. (42 x 80cm.) £500-800

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130. A SILVER-PLATED TABLE SERVICE OF FLATWARE BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS FOR S.S. NORMANDIE each engraved with monogram TGC, comprising: 22 table forks; 18 tablespoons; 10 fish forks and knives; 10 dessert spoons; 9 teaspoons; 2 oyster forks and 11 table knives. (92) £800-1200 131. ANONYMOUS, 20TH CENTURY Saturnia-Vulcania; Cosulich-Triest Line Lithograph in colors, printed by Grafiche Modiano, Trieste, a colour cross section of the ship 24 x 60in. (61 x 152.5cm.) £400-600

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131 132. R.M.Ss QUEEN ELIZABETH & QUEEN MARY, AUTOGRAPHED PAYMENT RECEIPTS issued by John Brown & Co. Ltd and addressed to the secretary of the Cunard Steam Ship Company acknowledging cheques for the 41st and 21st instalments (25,000 / 27,500) dated for 11/09/31 and 22/02/38, mounted and framed as a pair, framed size — 15 x 21in. (38 x 53cm.) £150-250

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133. NORMAN WILKINSON: A TRAVEL AGENT’S POSTER FOR THE BLUE STAR LINE depicting a liner at anchor with local craft attending, signed Norman Wilkinson lower right, framed with ebonised frame impressed BLUE STAR LINE LONDON TO SOUTH AMERICA — 23 x 26in. (58.5 x 66cm.) overall £300-500

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134 134. TWO STANDARD LAMPS FROM THE READING ROOM OF THE S.S. UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952 the wooden shaft with bulkhead securing bracket, aluminum base with deck securing holes, shade arms, four threaded sockets and aluminium uplighter — 59in. (150cm.) high £300-500 135. THREE FIRST CLASS DRESSER LAMPS FROM THE S.S UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952 constructed in aluminium with shade arms and threaded socket for two bulbs — 24½in. (62cm.) high (3) £300-500 136. SIX BEER GLASSES FROM THE S.S. UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952 each etched with line’s logo — 6¼in. (15.5cm.) high (6) £100-150

137. A HANCING PIECE THOUGHT TO BE FROM A NORTH GERMAN LLOYD LINE SHIP’S RESTAURANT, CIRCA 1900 finely carved in gilt wood as a half-length Neptune terminating with scrollwork with carved fruits underneath — 79in. (201cm.) high £800-1200 138. - 139. No Lots

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Historic Diving

Lot 152 (detail)

140 and 141 140. ‘NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE MARY ROSE AT SPITHEAD, 20TH JULY 1545..’ by S. Hornsey, Portsea, 1849, second edition, 99 gilt-edged pages with dedication to Sir Edward Codrington, owners name on fly for Herbert Lush, gilt spine titles, bound in oak recovered from the wreck — 3¾ x 2¼in. (9.5 x 6cm.) £250-350 141. TWO ROYAL GEORGE OAK-BOUND BOOKS comprising: True Stories of H.M. Ship Royal George from 17461841, by Henry Slight for E. Hartnall, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 1841, 120 gilt-edged pages plus 4 engravings, gilt titles to spine, bound with oak from the wreck — 3½ x 2in. (9 x 5cm.); together with A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George... Major-General Pasley’s Operations in 1839-40-41-41 & 43.. published by S. Horsey, Portsea, 1844, seventh edition, 172 gilt-edged pages with five engravings including one pull-out of the capsize, presentation inscription on fly from September 1844, gilt spine titles, bound in wood from the wreck — 4¼ x 2¾in. (11 x 7cm.) (2) £200-400

143. THE SINKING OF THE ROYAL GEORGE Yesterday an express arrived at the Admiralty from Admiral Lord Howe at Portsmouth, informing the Board, of the melancholy disaster of his Majesty’s ship the Royal George of 100 guns, with most of her crew, being lost at Spithead.. the accident happened while the she was hove upon a careen, in order to have the water cistern repaired... lengthy account including provisional list of casualties in a complete and original copy of The London Chronicle for 29th August 1782; together with a second complete issue from 31st August with further analysis, eye witness accounts and data (2) £100-150

142. A ROYAL GEORGE OAK DECANTER BOX, 19TH-CENTURY the lid with copper stringing to edge and cartouche inscribed Relic of H.M.S. Royal George Sank 1782, the baize lined interior fitted for six flasks, drop handles and copper lock escutcheon — 12½ x 16 x 11in. (31.5 x 40.5 x 28cm.) The disaster that befell the Royal George in 1782 presented a great challenge to the Royal Navy. As the contemporary accounts in lot 143 state, engineers were confident that they could have the ship raised within a couple of months. As history records, that was optimistic and, as time slipped by, this idea was abandoned in favour of salvage. Whilst some early progress was made, the hull remained a serious obstruction to shipping for over 70 years. The operations undertaken bycmdr. Pasley in the 1840s, where successful underwater explosives were first used, basically became the testing platform and training site which laid the foundations of ‘modern’ enclosed diving. The oak used in this box has areas of black staining suggesting long submersion and so is likely to have been raised in these operations.

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144. A 12-BOLT COPPER AND BRASS DIVING HELMET BY SIEBE GORMAN CO. LTD, MATCHED NO. 18648 the bonnet with counter-numbered face plate, spitcock valve, air inlet with spring non-return valve, adjustable exhaust, hinged safety catch, etc.; the corselet with makers’ plate, front mounted weight studs, signed and numbered brasses with bolts; tinned interior with air inlet ducting to face plates — 19in. (49.5cm.) high Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £2500-3500

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145. A 6-BOLT ADMIRALTY PATTERN DIVING HELMET BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD, LONDON, MATCHED NO. 14394, CIRCA 1930 the bonnet with numbered face plate, spit cock, spring-loaded air inlet with non-return valve and blanking nut, telephone port with stamped blanking nut and adjustable exhaust on corselet, with maker’s plate, front and back weight studs and stamped brasses with wing nuts — 19in. (48cm.) high £2500-4000

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146. A 6-BOLT COPPER AND BRASS ADMIRALTY PATTERN DIVING HELMET, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD, MATCHED NO. 12183 the bonnet with face-plate stamped ‘AP 7985’, spitcock,valve, air inlet with sprung non-return valve and blanking nut, telephone port with stamped blanking nut, hinged safety pin; the corselet with enamelled maker’s plate, front and back weights, bolts with wing nuts (lacking brasses) — 19in. (48cm.) high Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £2000-3000

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147. FOUR CANVAS AND RUBBER STANDARD DIVER’S SUITS, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD comprising one 12-bolt and three 6-bolt examples (4) Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £400-600 148. A PAIR OF FRONT AND BACK LEAD WEIGHTS BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD each stamped with maker’s marks and a Siebe Gorman inspection label complete with ropes and helmet hooks; together with another pair of weights, unsigned (2 pairs)

151. TWO STANDARD DIVER’S TORCHES, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD each stamped with maker’s details for Cwm Bran, Gwent, with leather straps, one inscribed permanent AFT DC (aft decompression chamber) — 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high (2) Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £150-250

Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £200-300 149. TWO PAIRS OF STANDARD DIVER’S BOOTS, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD unsigned, both in black, one with painted toe caps (2 pairs) Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £200-300 150. TWO PAIRS OF STANDARD DIVER’S BOOTS, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD unsigned, the first pair in black with MoD ‘serviceable’ label, dated 1975; together with a pair in brown leather, possibly unused (2 pairs) Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £200-300

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152 (detail) 152. A RARE SIEBE GORMAN & CO. DIVING EQUIPMENT CHEST, CIRCA 1895 the painted exterior inscribed to the front DIVING GEAR FROM SIEBE GORMAN & CO ENGINEERS LONDON, iron drop handles, lock and key, divided interior, hinged lid stencilled CHATHAM with company issued labels pasted inside comprising a list of contents for two divers; an advice on how to dry suits; and instructions to divers using GORMAN’S PATENT SPEAKING APPARATUS — 22 x 47 x 21in. (56 x 119.5 x 53cm.) £600-800

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154 154. A FREE FLOW DIVING HELMET BY SWINDELL, CIRCA 1980 fibreglass outer casing with nickel plated fittings, twin exhaust controls, air inlet, telephone inlets, rubberised neck cuff and internal padding — 14in. (35.5cm.) Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £400-600

153 155. A QUANTITY OF DIVING SPARES AND ACCESSORIES comprising a bolt key; two leather jock-straps with ropes and hooks; two corselet cushions; two pairs of replacement diving suit rubber cuffs; a box of assorted rubber components sealed in original packaging of issue; a length of air hose; and replacement side and face plates (a lot)

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153. A RARE MK V PETROLEUM DIVER’S BAND MASK (‘P.D.M.’), SERIAL NO. 1, BY TRIPLE XXX OF NORWICH, CIRCA 1970 with rubberized hood and neck corselet, air inlet and exhaust controls, telephone control, maker’s plate inscribed and numbered P.D.M. MK V / Ser No. 01 — 17in.(43cm.) high overall Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £300-500

Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £300-500 156. AN MOD DIVING MANUAL, BR 2806 issued by H.M.S.O. 1972, with amendments page issued 24th September 1973 stamped COMEX DIVING LTD, comprising approx. 185pp over seven chapters with numerous illustrations and technical diagrams, bound within blue cloth binder of issue with gilt block titles — 12¼ x 9in. (31 x 23cm.); together with the U.S. Navy Diving Manual Vols. I & II, second printing 1980, each with illustrated technical sections within numbered dividers contained in decorated ring-binders of issue (3) Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £40-60 157. - 159. No Lots

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Collectables, Fittings and Ephemera

Lot 166 (detail)

160. LLOYD’S REGISTER OF SHIPPING a very useful ‘researcher’s run’ of post-War registers comprising 1946-47 (in 1 volume), 1950-51 (2), 1954-55 (2), 1960-61 (1), 1969-70 (2), 1973-74 (2), 1981-82 (3), 1985-86 (3), 1999-2000, Millennium issue (3), 2005-06 (4), mostly practically as new, the last set in its cardboard box of issue (23) This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£150-250 161. ANNALS OF LLOYD’S REGISTER, 1884 2 actual portrait photographs mounted, folding printed table, original green cloth gilt, London, [no printer]; together with Annals of Lloyd’s Register, frontispiece and two plates, one of portraits, 2 illustrations in the text, original red cloth gilt, [London, no printer] and two others similar (4) £80-120 162. TALBOT-BOOTH’S ‘MERCHANT SHIPS’, EDITIONS FOR 1939, 1940 & 1942 “Merchant Ships”, 1939, Paymr. Lieut.-Comdr. E.C. Talbot-Booth, R.N.R., London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., Naval Publishers, containing 95 half-tone illustrations, 1630 line drawings + 780 line drawings of funnels for recognition, numerous contemporary advertisements, oblong folio; and similar editions for 1940 & 1942, both significantly enlarged with many more halftone plates and drawings, and the last including 5 pages of German aircraft recognition silhouettes, all original blind-stamped blue cloth, the first 2 re-backed using original spines, good sound condition throughout (3)

164 (part) 164. ALLEN, GRANT: ‘THE TIDAL THAMES WITH ... PLATES BY W.L. WYLLIE A.R.A’. Five parts, 20 photogravure plates printed on India Paper, illustrations in the text. Folio, London, Cassell & Company, circa 1900. Original pictorial boards, contents loose. Printed for subscribers only. (5) £250-350

All the wartime editions of this invaluable work are very scarce.

£150-250 163. ‘TREASURE OF THE SPANISH MAIN’, SALE CATALOGUE OF THE WORLD’S FIRST PUBLIC AUCTION OF RECOVERED WRECK MATERIAL, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1967; AND OTHER SIMILAR CATALOGUES “Treasure of the Spanish Main” (from the Spanish Plate Fleet of 1715), Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4th December 1967, fully illustrated sale catalogue of the world’s first public auction of material recovered from a submerged shipwreck; and “Treasure from the site of H.M.S. Association” (sunk 1707), parts 1 & 2, Sotheby’s, 14th July 1969 & 28th January 1970, these two sales being the first ever held in the UK; together with other catalogues of shipwreck material (23), including several sales of coins from the Hollandia (sunk 1743), various auctioneers, and sales of material from H.M.S. Invincible (lost 1758), S.S. Medina (sunk 1917), Atocha and Santa Margarita (both lost 1622), Maravillas (lost 1656), S.S. Douro (lost 1882), Abbatucci (lost 1869), S.S. Central America (lost 1857 - 2 catalogues, incl. that for the abandoned first sale cancelled due to legal disputes) and the “Clive of India Treasure” (lost 1755), numerous auctioneers and locations, mostly with official printed pricelists and generally in unused condition, in all a remarkable and potentially unique research archive (26) This collection of catalogues has been formed with great care as well as some difficulty over many years by the vendor. The first catalogue has long been a significant rarity and numerous others are now virtually unobtainable. For any student of shipwrecks, this lot may well be a unique opportunity to acquire such a comprehensive collection.

163 (part)

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165 (part, showing ‘Great Eastern’)

165. A QUANTITY OF 19TH-CENTURY SHIP PROFILE PLANS published by Day & Son, London forming part of a larger set mainly for side paddle vessels and comprising:plate 59 Royal Steam Yacht; plate 60 Extreme Shallow Water; plate 61 Extreme Shallow Water; plate 62 Channel Mail Packet; plate 68 Irish Trader; plate 70 Mediterranean Trader & Mail Ship; plate 99 The ‘Great Eastern’ Fourth Deck Plan (double-size); plate 122 Holyhead Royal Irish Mail; plate 147 Screw Steam Frigate Warrior Class and plate 162 Paddle Wheels & Screw Propellers — various sizes 26½ x 19½in. (67 x 49 (folded) (10) £200-400 166. A FINE SILVER GELATINE PRINT OF J-CLASS YACHTS, BY KIRK OF COWES, 1934 depicting the yachts Velsheda, Candida, Shamrock, Astra and Britannia at the start of a race, signed (lower right) and inscribed in Indian ink and dated 9.8.34 in black lower left, in frame of issue inscribed on reverse by Kirk with studio stamp, — 16 x 21¾in. (40.5 x 55cm.) £400-600

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167. GAVIN, C.M., ROYAL YACHTS, 1932 numerous colour mounted plates and plain plates, original blue morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, London, Richard and Cowan Ltd. Published “by generous permission of His Majesty the King”, in 1932, this widely-regarded standard work - which traces the entire history of British royal yachts - is still regarded as the definitive work on the subject and seems unlikely ever to be superseded.

£100-150 168. A SECTION OF MAST FROM THE FAMOUS RACING YACHT AMERICA [1851] the section of yellow pine with much evidence of old weevil attack and presentation plaque inscribed A portion of the foremast of the yacht America presented by the United States International 14 team 1967 — 10½ x 17½in. (26.5 x 44.5cm.) £400-600

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169. AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PORTRAIT FIGUREHEAD FROM THE BRIGANTINE EMILY BURNYEAT, 1862 carved from laminated yellow pine as a three-quarter length lady clutching a flower to her chest, her hair tied in a ribbon, decorated bodice, skirts and scroll terminus with slotted base and flat back with thole pin and metal bracket fixing (repainted) - 42in. (107cm.) high; together with a copy of Mariners’ Market, 1961; and other data (2) Literature: Rolt, L.T.C.: Mariners’ Market, Privately Published for Burnyeat, Liverpool by Newman Neame Ltd, 1961 and depicting this lot on the cover.

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The Emily Burnyeat, named for the wife of William Burnyeat, the founder of the eponymous Whitehaven firm, was a wooden brigantine of 128 tons which, with her consort barque Sarah Burnyeat, plied a steady trade for over thirty years. Both were built at Gowan’s Yard, Berwick in 1861-2. The Emily Burnyeat found fame of a sort when, during an Atlantic crossing bound for the Mersey, a violent storm had disabled all of her crew save the Master and a cabin boy of fourteen. In a remarkable feat of endurance, the Master (possibly a Captain Bale) managed, almost single-handedly, to navigate his ship to the Mersey. Unable to hove to for a pilot, he sailed on and ran the Emily Burnyeat aground on the Sloyne before collapsing from exhaustion. She disappears from the Lloyd’s Register by 1896.

£12000-14000

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170. A CARVED GILTWOOD BILLET HEAD, PROBABLY AMERICAN, 19TH-CENTURY of typically scrolled form with side carvings, remnant securing nails on underside — 19½in. (49.5cm.) high £400-600

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171. A 19TH-CENTURY MARINE MARQUETRY WORK BOX the lid depicting a three-masted ship underway near a lighthouse within inset plate inscribed Marjorie, internal tray with compartment lids inset with marquetry stylized signal flags — 6¼ x 13 x 8¾in. (16 x 33 x 22cm.) £250-350

171 172. A COLLECTION OF TREEN comprising: a small oak tiller inscribed to top MARY HANNAH in the form of an alligator with ropework arm clasping a ball; two fids; a set of 19 lignum vitæ plumbers’ turn pins; a cased set of boxwood naval architects’ shapes, each stamped ER 1865; a beam compass; a wooden level; a saw, two wood and brass spirit levels and a small model of a spirit level — tiller 19in. (48cm.) long (a lot) £300-500

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173. Ø TWO PAIRS OF LIGNUM VITÆ SPEAKING TUBE TERMINALS, 19TH-CENTURY turned with threaded connectors and removable whistles, one with ivory indicatator, each approximately — 3in. (7.5cm.) high (4, two pairs) £200-300

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174. A PRESSED HORN SNUFF BOX COMMEMORATING SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, POSSIBLY 18TH-CENTURY the lid pressed with the armorial device for Drake — 4in. (10cm.) wide; together with a silver militia buckle, unmarked and engraved with crown BM and XXV, the reserve with two studs and a hook (2) £100-150

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175 175. A GONDOLA FORCOLA, VENICE, 20TH-CENTURY in shaped wood of typical form, mounted on a square display base — 33½in. (85cm.) high £200-400 176. A DECORATIVE BRASS GONDOLA CAVALLI, 20THCENTURY heavily cast in the form of a hippocamp and mounted on an brass socle — 13 x 15½in. (33 x 39.5cm.) £250-350 177. THE SHIP’S BELL FROM THE S.S. GERD, 1896, cast in brass of usual form, inscribed as per title, complete with clapper on chain — 5½ x 8in. (14 x 25cm.) The Gerd was a Norwegian collier of 575 tons built by Robert Craggs of Middlesbrough; Sold to a British firm in 1912 when she became the Laurium (and when this bell was presumbaly removed) she struck a mine laid by U-64 on the 21 April 1917 fifteen miles east of Skegness carrying coal to Rouen with the loss of one life.

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178. AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING SPEAKING TRUMPET, FRENCH 19THCENTURY engraved in sequence with ship names and dates upon which he served between 1825 and 1871 and including: Cécile; Atalant; Manlins; Tourville; Gange; Eclair; Ville de Malaga; Ville de Lisbon and Cadix etc., owner’s initials ‘AG’ engraved within wreath with ?later set ‘FG’ engraved under — 17½in. (44.5cm.) high This speaking trumpet would appear to span two generations of a merchant seaman’s family, the earlier pertaining to ‘AG’ and seems to join his last ship in 1831. There is a break of several years before beginning again with ‘FG’ and ending in 1872. While some names are coincidental with French naval ships, the dates rarely do and so it seems likely it was used in the mercantile marine.

£300-500

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179. A RARE ROYAL YACHT SERVING PLATTER OFF THE PRINCE REGENT’S YACHT, CIRCA 1817 a large oval creamware serving platter by Spode, the white ground decorated with oakleaf and acorn borders above nautical ropes and knots, the centre of the base reading P R in large letters separated by a crowned and garlanded anchor, integral tendril handles and the underside marked Spode in tiny red letters —19 x 14 x 3½in. (48.5 x 35.5 x 8.5cm.) Literature: Pugh, Surgeon Captain P.D. Gordon: Naval Ceramics, Ceramic Book Company, Newport, Monmouthshire, 1971, see plates 127 & 128A for two pieces from the same service although the pattern on only one of the two is absolutely identical to the dish offered here. Far less well-known than her more famous contemporary Royal George, the royal yacht Prince Regent was laid down at Portsmouth in September 1815 but not finally launched until June 1820, by which time her namesake had already succeeded to the throne as King George IV. Little is known of this yacht and it does not appear that she was much, if ever, used by the new king. Whilst it is tempting to speculate that this dish was used in her dining saloon, it is actually far more likely that it graced the Prince Regent’s table aboard Royal George which he used continually during his Regency and after he became King. Named for the Prince Regent, the future George IV, rather than his father, the ailing George III, the Royal George was built at Deptford in 1817 and bore all the hallmarks of the Regent’s flamboyant taste. Carrying a full ship-rig on her three masts, she was measured at 330 tons burden and was 103 feet long on her main deck with a 26½ foot beam. Luxuriously fitted out in a manner befitting her status, she attracted much attention - “The vessel is the most elegant ever seen” wrote a contemporary observer “...with gilt mouldings and the windows of plate-glass. Ornamental devices in abundance....producing a superb appearance”. After a remarkably colourful career during three reigns, Royal George’s life as a working yacht came to an end in 1843, following the completion of the first royal steam yacht Victoria & Albert I. Thereafter relegated to the role of an accommodation ship for officers and men of the Royal Yacht flotilla and based at Portsmouth, she survived, astonishingly, until 1905 when she was finally broken up.

£1500-2000

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180. TWO STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY MODELS OF ‘SAILOR’S RETURN’ AND ‘SAILOR’S FAREWELL’, both unmarked, polychrome painted overall — approx. 9in. (23cm.) high; together with a Staffordshire model of a Jack Tar smoking a large briar type pipe — 12in. (30.5cm.) high (3) £200-300

181. THREE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY ROYAL COPENHAGEN SPIRIT(?) FLASKS each depicting a famous contemporary vessel, comprising Jylland under full sail, rev. Danish arms; Emden under steam, rev. German arms; and Imperator Pavel at sea, rev. Russian arms — all 6.75in (17cm.) high and in excellent condition (3) Jylland was an iconic wooden-hulled screw frigate of 1860 and is now preserved as Denmark’s equivalent of Nelson’s Victory. Emden was a German light cruiser of 1907 sunk in the Cocos Islands by H.M.A.S. Sydney in a classic action in November 1914. Imperator Pavel was a Russian battleship of 1907 which survived the Great War and was broken up in 1923.

£150-250

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182. AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING FIGUREHEAD FROM THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY CORVETTE H.D.M.S. NAJADEN, 1820 carved from a solid piece of stained pine in the form of a threequarter length depiction of Ceres holding a cornucopia in her right hand and wearing a diadem over flowing locks of hair, terminating in a foliate and scrolled slotted foot — 72in. (183cm.) high Launched at Nyholm dockyard in May 1820 and classified as a Fifth Rate of 20-guns, this was the third vessel to carry this name - her immediate predecessor (a 36-gun frigate) of 1811 having been sunk in 1812 at the Battle of Lyngør by the British Royal Navy. Quickly fitted out, she embarked that September for the first of three expeditions to the West Indies before finally returning in 1826. Used thereafter as a cadet training ship, she became a guard ship in 1844 which, apart from a short stint in active service during a national emergency in 1848, was a rôle she remained in until 1851 when decommissioned and sold. It seems probable that the Navy removed her decorative scheme before selling the ship to the merchants H. Puggaard & Co. and she made several more trips to the West Indies. It is believed she caught fire when transporting gold diggers to Alaska and became a total loss sometime in the 1850s The choice of Ceres is appropriate for a vessel used for voyages to the West Indies. The goddess of agriculture, she is associated with plenty and is usually depicted wearing a crown of corn and carrying a sheath of corn or cornucopia as here. In mythology, her daughter, Proserpine was abducted by Pluto causing Ceres to travel everywhere in search of her, during which time crops wouldn’t grow.

£10000-15000

Detail of the carving design for the ‘Najaden’ C.1819 courtesy of the Rigsarkivet

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183. DR. LIVINGSTONE’S WASHSTAND AND PORTABLE DESK, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA EXPEDITION, 1852-1856 probably regionally made in mahogany and comprising a patinated hinged lid with period provenance label framed within, together with additional cutting, fitted interior with vacant recesses, dummy drawer to front, turned legs and iron securing loops (old wear overall, lacks accessories for compartments, ‘drawer’ handles missing) — 30 x 26 x 20in. (76 x 66 x 51cm.)

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183 David Livingstone and James “Paraffin” Young, the Scottish pioneer of chemical engineering became friendly at Anderson’s College (now Strathclyde University). Having discovered its potential, Young took out a patent in 1850 for the production of paraffin oil which went on to make him a fortune and in 1858 he set up a nationwide network of shops to sell both oil and lamps, each run by local managers. The McHaffies were a long established family of lamp dealers who had started as ironmongers, and can be found at several addresses up until the 1880s living in the East End of London. Young’s friendship with Livingstone never waned and he not only part-funded his expeditions, but also some of the searches for him when Livingstone disappeared. When he learnt of Livingstone’s death, he paid for his servants to be repatriated and funded a statue still present in George Square, Glasgow. This washstand is not thought to be of European manufacture and is likely to be something Livingstone acquired on arrival in Cape Town. He famously travelled “light” by contemporary standards, and whilst to modern eyes it seems inconveniently large, a combined writing surface and toilette area may have been one of his few concessions. It may also have been used on his explorations of Southern and Central Africa between 1852-56 and then returned with him in 1857 before it was deposited with his other equipment at Young’s premises in Oxford Street, London. Later on it seems to have passed to Alfred Marsh, a House Furnisher who was still at the 116-118 Kentish Town Road address in the 1891 census.

£3000-5000 184. AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY SIGHTING COMPASS unsigned, the aluminium compass ring stamped in reverse, half blued steel needle with steel pivot and locking clamp, in brass drum case with folding sighers and threaded handle, leather case with belt loops, scratch inscribed A.B. Amundsen, the case — 6in. (12.5cm.); together with pocket marching compass (2) This compass was discovered in a lifeboat located in New Zealand, any connection to the famous explorer Roald Amundsen has yet to be made.

£150-250 185. A 19TH-CENTURY BRONZE SWIVEL GUN unmarked, with 1in. bore, dolphin handles set within foliate section, trunnions, touchole and long cascabel (trunnions bent, touchole worn) — 22½in. (57cm.) long overall £400-600 186. - 189. No Lots

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190. CHRISTIE’S AND SOTHEBY’S SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CATALOGUES approximately 51 Christie’s Clocks & Scientific Instruments from April 1974 to April 2008 and nine Travel, Science & Natural History from 2008 to 2012; together with approx. 101 Sotheby’s Clocks & Scientific Instruments from November 1971 to September 2000, full list available on request (a lot) This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£80-120 191. A FINE 2¾IN. POCKET GLOBE, PUBLISHED BY RICHARD CUSHEE, 1731 signed and inscribed in cartouche A New GLOBE of the Earth by R Cushee 1731, twelve hand painted gores with polar calottes, Australia half delineated, described as New Holland, meridian line inscribed First meridian from London, unknown parts above North America, tinted equinoctial line and elliptic lines, Africa described as Negro Land, Northern Canada described as New Britain etc., contained within original shagreen case with tinted celestial gores — 3in. (7.5cm.) overall

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Provenance: The estate sale of the late William (‘Backstairs Billie’) Tallon, butler to the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Reeman Dansie Auctioneers, 5th July 2008. Literature: Sumira, S: The Art and History of Globes, British Library, 2014, p.121; Dekker & vd Krogt: Globes from the Western World, Zwemmer, 1993, p.112 which both discuss and illustrate examples of the same edition. £8000-12000 192. A FINE 3IN. POCKET GLOBE BY NEWTON SON & BERRY, LONDON, CIRCA 1835 with well-preserved hand-painted gores signed NEWTON’S New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Published by Newton Son & Berry, 66 Chancery Lane, LONDON, mounted within calibrated brass meridian with indicator and contained in fishskin-covered wooden case with horizon ring and celestial gores in lid — 4in. (10cm.) diameter £2500-3500

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193. A FINE 18IN. CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBE BY W. & A.K. JOHNSTON, EDINBURGH CIRCA 1850 with 12 hand-painted gores, applied maker’s label signed as per title and mounted within a calibrated brass meridian mounted in original mahogany stand with signed compass stretcher and casters — 42in. (107cm.) £3000-5000 194. A 12IN. CELESTIAL GLOBE PUBLISHED BY G.F. CRUTCHLEY, LONDON CIRCA 1850 hand-painted gores signed as per title and inscribed Crutchley’s Late Cary’s New Celestial Globe ..., mounted through the Colurus Aequinoctium line with calibrated brass meridian on turned wood stand with tripod foot — 18in. (45.5cm.) high; together with late 19th-century 12in. terrestrial globe by John Haywood, Manchester, London, mounted on turned stand with inset compass to base (2) £400-600

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195. A MID-19TH CENTURY DRY CARD DECK-HEAD COMPASS BY HOOPER & SON, PORTSMOUTH the 5½in. compass card signed as per title and inscribed Compass Makers, Broadstreet, mounted on silvered pin to top glass within brass gimbal-mounted case for deck-head attachment — bracket 10in. (25.5cm.) wide £400-600

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196. A DRY CARD COMPASS BY THOMAS STOKER, NORTH SHIELDS, NORTHUMBERLAND, CIRCA 1840 the 6in. card signed and inscribed Stoker, Old Fish Market, North Shields, Brazier Hardware Man, with brass pivot, sealing wax balancing contained within turned wooden bowl, white painted interior and glass aperture retained with putty — 4 x 8in. (10 x 20cm.) Thomas Stoker is recorded as working from 21 Clyde Street, North Shields between 1834 and 1848.

£300-400

198. A BINNACLE COMPASS, BY H.S.M.I. CO., HULL the 7in. reverse-printed translucent card signed as per title and mounted within a liquid-filled gimballed bowl, mounted within a brassed hood with side light housing and top glass — 18in. (45.5cm.) high Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990. £100-150

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197. A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS GIMBALLED DRY CARD CONTINENTAL DESK COMPASS with 2¾in. paper dial stamped Logia within weighted brass bowl set within gimbal rings attached to tapering support with flared foot base — 7½in. (19cm.) high; together with a finely observed nickel plated model anchor inscribed ‘Anvers’ (2) £150-250

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199 199. A FINE LACQUERED BRASS SUNDIAL BY HENRY SHUTTLEWORTH, LONDON, CIRCA 1770 engraved to a latitude of 55° (Newcastle or Londonderry) with finely worked sixteen-point compass rose, outer minute scale, perspective radiused Roman hour numerals recording IIIIam to VIIIpm each separated by a decorative fleur-de-lys motif, signed at south Shuttleworth London, gnomen, three threaded pad feet, (retaining much original lacquered finish and black-waxed filling) — 10in (25.5cm.) high Literature: Turner, A: Early Scientific Instruments Europe 1400-1800, Sotheby’s 1987, p.176, this dial illustrated fig. 182 Henry Raines Shuttleworth (w. 1760-1797) was apprenticed to the famous London Maker John Cuff in 1746. Made a Freeman of the Spectacle Makers Company 1756 he subsequently established his own Mathematical Shop near the west end of St. Paul’s in Ludgate Street. Succeeded by his son, (also Henry, apprenticed to his father 1778) in Ludgate Street 1797-1811. His signature denotes some of the finest London mathematical instruments of the period.

£2000-3000 200. A FRENCH SLATE SUNDIAL, MID-17TH-CENTURY the octagonal plate with decorative border, compass rose divided VIII-XII-IIII, with armorial device dated 1644 and further inscribed Lubin 1783 Posuit, iron gnomen with moon phase volvelle — 13¼in. (33.5cm.) wide £1000-1500

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201 201. AN 18TH-CENTURY COMPASS SUNDIAL BY BENJAMIN MARTIN, LONDON the 3¼in. silvered dial with finely engraved compass rose, blued steel hand, lacquered brass case, hinged latitude, horizon ring signed B. Martin Fecit with folding gnomon, contained within a lined morocco case (later) approximately — 6in. (15cm.) square £500-800

202 202. A FINE 6IN. UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL RING DIAL BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1840 signed on the outer ring as per title, with silvered inner ring and bridge with sliding pinnule, and contained within original leather plush-lined case; together with a set of period instructions published by Frances West — overall height 8in. (20cm.) £1000-1500

203. A 19TH-CENTURY MARBLE AND BRASS NOON DAY CANNON DIAL with white marble base incised with scales divided from 7-12 and 5-12 with central gnomon, 4in. brass cannon set between quadrants incised with monthly latitude indicators supporting the 1in. ignition loupe-lens — 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter £1000-1500

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204. Ø AN IVORY MAGNETIC AZIMUTH DIPTYCH DIAL BY CHARLES BLOUD, PARIS, CIRCA 1670 the lid engraved with equatorial and polar dials, the inner lid with lunar calendar scales, compass bowl with silver chapter ring and blued steel needle and the reverse with revolving calendar for hour, scale signed Charles Bloud, the lid with securing hooks — 2½ x 3in. (6.5 x 7cm.) £1500-2000

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205. A WOOD AND PAPER POCKET SUNDIAL BY ROWLAND, BRISTOL, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH-CENTURY the lid with compass rose signed as per title and folding lacquered brass gnomon; compass with blued steel needle and clamp — 2¾in. (7cm.) square A family firm which operated between 1791 and 1841.

£80-120

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206. A RARE POCKET SUNDIAL BY T. GAUNT, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1890 paper compass rose with steel needle and clamp, silvered chapter ring signed as per title, folding oxidised gnomon, the lid with printed equation of time, contained within original leather carry case with strap — 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diameter Thomas Gaunt (1829-1890) was born in London and moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1852. He was known as a manufacturer of turret clocks, a dealer and repairer of instruments and, rather eccentrically, also made ecclesiastical jewellery.

£200-300

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207. A FINE 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JOHN POOLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1855 the 4½in. silvered dial signed John Poole, 57 Fenchurch Street, London, 2702, maker to the Admiralty, gold hands with blued-steel subsidiaries, Earnshaw Escapement with Poole’s auxiliary compensation set within a counterweighted and gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier wooden box with tipsy key, with numbered maker’s plate and inset handles, approximately — 9in. (23cm.) square £3000-5000

208. A TWO-DAY HAMILTON MODEL 21 MARINE CHRONOMETER, MID-20THCENTURY with 4in. diameter silvered Arabic dial 48-hour up/down ring and subsidiary seconds ring numbered to the centre N 4639/1941 signed HAMILTON/LANCASTER. PA. U.S.A. black finished hands chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement with helical balance repeat signature and number to plates with parallel line spot-finishing, gimballed mounted within three-tier wooden box (later) — approx. 7½in. (19cm.) square £1000-1500

208 209. A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY THOMAS MERCER, ST ALBANS, NO. 23750, CIRCA 1961 the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title, single chain fusee movement with counter-numbered spot finished plates, spring detent escapement to cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights, Earnshaw escapement and palladium helical balance spring, gimbal-mounted within twotier wooden box with key and Japanese retailer’s plate and label dated ‘1974’ and a copy of the original rating certificate from Mercers — 7in. (18cm.) square £500-800

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210. AN EIGHT-DAY DECK WATCH BY WALTHAM WATCH CO. NO. 19042342, CIRCA 1914 the 2½in. silvered dial signed as per title with Roman numerals blued-steel hands up/down dial subsidiary seconds to 15-jewel movement with engraved plates signed and numbered and threaded counterweight within gimballed two-tier brass-bound mahogany box — 5in. (12.5cm.) cubed £600-800

210 211 (detail) 211. A TWO-DAY RUSSIAN MARINE CHRONOMETER, 20TH-CENTURY the 4in. frosted dial signed in Cyrillic and numbered 06191, upright black Arabic numerals, large subsidiary seconds, up-and-down dial, striped gilt plates, reverse fusee bi-metallic integral balance with four heat compensation weights and meantime adjustment nuts, free-sprung silver-metal helical balance spring, Earnshaw-type footed spring detent escapement, counter numbered plates, gimbalmounted within three-tier box with Cyrillic label and drop handles — 8in. (20cm.) square £500-800

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212. A TWO-DAY RUSSIAN MARINE CHRONOMETER, 20TH-CENTURY the 4in. frosted dial signed and numbered NOVET 07151 ... CCCP, upright black Arabic numerals, gold hands, large subsidiary seconds, up-and-down dial, striped gilt plates, reverse fusee bi-metallic integral balance with four heat compensation weights and meantime adjustment nuts, free-sprung silver-metal helical balance spring, Earnshaw-type footed spring detent escapement, counter numbered plates numbered 07151 gimbal-mounted within three-tier box with Cyrillic label and drop handles — 8in. (20cm.) square contained within plush-guard box of issue with velvet cloth cover approximately — 10in. (25.5cm.) square £600-800

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213. A RARE AND FINE DOUBLE THEODOLITE BY MATTHEW BERGE, LONDON, FORMERLY OWNED BY THOMAS, FIRST BARON DUNDAS, GOVERNOR OF THE FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL COMPANY AND PROMOTOR OF WILLIAM SYMINGTON’S STEAM BOAT TRIALS, CIRCA 1805 constructed in lacquered brass with silvered scales, signed and inscribed on the main plate M. Berge, London / Lord Dundas, bubble levels, compass with jewelled pivot, telescope with blanking nut, lower telescope mounted on separate axis, secondary base with screw levelling and threaded removable tripod feet, contained within original fitted shaped wooden box of issue with two telescope tubes, adjusting instrument and key — 14½ x 11½ x 8¼in. (37 x 29x 21cm.)

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Thomas, Lord Dundas (1741-1820) the educated and well-connected “nabob of the north” was a hugely significant figure in Scottish and Northern English politics and culture almost until the day he died. As a friend of the Prince of Wales, Lord Dundas enjoyed an active social life, being a member of Brooks’s Club, the United Service Club, the Society of Dilettanti and the Society of Antiquaries. From 1793 to 1813 he was the effective commander of the Yorkshire militia, and was Lord Lieutenant and ViceAdmiral of Orkney and Shetland between 1794 and 1820. An enthusiastic agricultural improver, he spent his income from rents on draining and enclosing land, experimenting with new crops and breeds and building water- or horsepowered threshing mills. As governor of the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company (17861816), he presided over the canal’s completion and the creation of Grangemouth and Port Dundas. He also persuaded the company to test the first practical steam-tug, the Charlotte Dundas - named for a daughter. Despite its early promise, concerns over bank erosion were not addressed and the project foundered. Matthew Berge succeeded Jesse Ramsden in 1800 and for a time signed his instruments “Berge, Late Ramsden”. This example has a more flamboyant signature now obscured by a plate securing knob and had to be re-signed underneath, but was probably used by Dundas until he stepped down as Governor of the Canal in 1813.

£6000-8000

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214 214. A THEODOLITE BY GILKERSON & CO. LONDON CIRCA 1820 signed on the bed-plate as per title, 2¾in. silvered compass dial, bubble level, rack-and-pinion arc adjustment, 1in. telescope with bubble level, contained within original fitted box of issue — 6 x 12in. (15 x 30.5cm.) overall £400-600 215. A FRENCH DOUBLE THEODOLITE, CIRCA 1840 unsigned, constructed in lacquered brass with silvered scales, inset compass with jewelled pivot needle and restrainer, bubble level and twin telescopes with rack and pinion focusing, contained within fitted wooden box — 12½ x 14¾in. (32 x 36cm.); together with associated wooden tripod (2) £800-1200

217 (part) and 216 217. AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY THEODOLITE BY W.S. JONES, LONDON signed on the silvered dial as per title and inscribed 30 Holborn, London, constructed in lacquered brass, with telescope and leveling tube mounted over horseshoe arc, 9½in. (24cm.) high; together with a lacquered brass telescope sight and bubble by the same makers. (2) £200-300

216. A 18TH-CENTURY THEODOLITE BY GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON the 8½in. telescope with bubble under, mounted on silvered arc with rack-and-pinion adjustment, 2½in. silvered compass, secondary levelling tube, signed near edge G. Adams London mounted on two stage platform with threaded adjustment, now on later ebonised base — 11in. (28cm.) high £400-600

218. A DUMPY LEVEL BY DANCER, MANCHESTER, 19TH-CENTURY signed on the back-plate as per title and finished in oxidised brass and contained in fitted case, with trade label for Gregory Ltd, Westminster — 17½in. (44.5cm.) wide; together with a further four examples by Cartwright & Son, Preston; Gregory, Birmingham; R.W. Street, London and Hewitson, Newcastle on Tyne (5) £250-350

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219. A LACQUERED BRASS GRAPHOMETER BY PIERRE GOURDIN, PARIS, 1779 of typical form with arc signed and inscribed Gourdin au Paris, Quart Cercle, á Paris 1779, with 3½in. silvered compass with blued steel needle and foliate engraved supports — 12in. (30.5cm.) diam, mounted on later wooden stand Working between 1775 and 1800 Gourdin was twice rejected as an Ingénieur du Roi possibly because of professional protectionism from Charles-Joseph Meurand (see lot 220) who made very similar instruments. His luck partially changed in 1794 when he was chosen to value mathematical instruments seized during the Revolution.

£1000-1500 220. A LACQUERED BRASS GRAPHOMETER ANTOINE JOSEPH MEURAND, PARIS CIRCA 1780 of typical form, signed above the arc Meurand á Paris, foliate engraved sighting arm and support frame, 2¼in. silvered compass dial with blued steel needle and hinged socle support under — 10in. (25.5cm.) Meurand was active between 1750 and 1805 from several address in Paris and specialised in graphometers, panotgraphs and sundials.

£800-1000 221. A FINE ‘CAPTAIN KATER’ PATTERN SIGHTING COMPASS BY THOMAS JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1815 the 5in. mica card with arsenic green scale, signed in manuscript Thomas Jones No. 62 Charing Cross, steel needle, removable inclined lens assembly (later) and folding sight with lens — 5¼in. (13.3cm.) wide

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This pattern was invented by Captain Kater in 1811. A small inclined mirror and lens eyepiece assembly allows simultaneous viewing of the scale and the distant object via the opposite vertical folding sight. Kater’s design pre-dates Schmalcalder’s use of a prism but was not patented and became superseded by it.

Literature: Scientific Instrument Society, Bulletin No. 127 (December 2015) p.36. £200-300

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222. A GROUP OF 19TH-CENTURY SURVEYOR’S LEVELS comprising a boxed miner’s dial by Edward Wrench, London; a boxed sighting compass by Elliott Bros., London; a boxed miner’s dial by Casartelli; an unsigned sighting compass, a level and an alidade (6) £250-350

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224 223. A SIMPLE SURVEYING LEVEL BY WILLIAM WILTON, ST. DAY, CORNWALL signed on the cross bar W. Wilton, St. Day, Cornwall, pin hole sight with cross hair, scale divided from ‘0’ at centre to 40° either side, the reverse with mounting cap for a ?telescope — 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter

225. Ø A 1½IN. IVORY MONOCULAR BY JOHN BLEULER, LONDON, CIRCA 1800 signed on the gilt draw tube Bleuler London, and contained within plush-lined wood and leather case of issue — 2½in. (6.5cm.) high £100-150

Wm. Wilton worked from St. Day in Cornwall between 1830 and 1851. It is uncertain at present what the mounting cap is for, but seems likely that it was to attach the tripod mounted telescope to survey as a primitive level.

226. A 1¼IN. LEATHER AND SHAGREEN GALILEAN MONOCULAR SPY GLASS BY BENJAMIN MARTIN, LONDON signed on the embossed draw tube B: Martin / London, dust slide to eye piece, green shagreen main tube with stained ivory dividers — 3in. (7.5cm.) closed £250-350

£100-150 224. Ø A EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND RARE ½IN. SINGLE DRAW SPYGLASS ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS RIBRIGHT, LONDON CIRCA 1750 unsigned, the tortoiseshell main tube with intricate silver wirework and rococo silver end pieces conjoined with a fluted spiral twist, eyepiece and main lens with dust slide — 5½in. (14cm.) closed Literature: Louwman & Zuidervaart: A Certain Instrument for Seeing Far, Wassenarr 2013, pp166-168 where similar instruments are displayed. £4000-6000

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227. A 1½IN. GILT BRASS POCKET SPY GLASS BY WATKINS & HILL, CHARING CROSS, LONDON signed around the eye piece as per title, eight draws and embossed body tube — 1½in. (4cm.) closed £80-120 See illustration on page 79 228. A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 1¼IN. GILT BRASS THREE-DRAW TELESCOPE BY GILBERT with engine-turned and fluted main tube and eye piece, signed on the back GILBERT LONDON — 23¼ / 8in. (59 / 20.2cm.) open / closed £400-600

229. A RARE 1¼IN. POCKET TRIPOD GALILEAN SINGLE DRAW TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON signed on the draw tube as per title, four eye-pieces with numbered selector side wheel, draw tube with counter-numbered focus lines, threaded objective cap, folding cabriole legs mounted on slide to fit inside main tube, assembled — 7 x 4¾in. (18 x 12cm.) closed £400-600 230. A 1¼IN. SILVERED MONOCULAR BY GILBERT & WRIGHT, LONDON, CIRCA 1805 signed on the eyepiece as per title, with 1 / 2 power switch, draw tube with corresponding 1 / 2 lines, contained within original simulated red leather covered wooden case of issue — 4in. (10cm.) high £200-400

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231 231. A RARE 2IN. FOUR-DRAW TELESCOPE BY STEINBERG, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 signed on the draw tube Steinberg, 44 Cirencester Place, Fitzroy Square, London, main tube covered in stained baleen, dust slide and lens cap — 12in. (30.5cm.) closed Literature: Scientific Instrument Society, Bulletin 91, November 2006 p.18-21 where Steinberg’s process is examined. £800-1200 232. A 1IN. THREE DRAW CARD AND FISH SKIN TELESCOPE, ENGLISH CIRCA 1760 unsigned, the green card sections with focus lines, horn stage dividers, lignum vitæ lens assembly, dust slide and lens cap — 12½in. (31.5cm.) closed £200-300 233. A LEATHER AND CARD 11⁄8IN. THREE DRAW TELESCOPE TUBE, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 18TH-CENTURY unsigned, the draws with impressed focus lines, with ivory stage dividers and lenses (later) — 15½in. (39.5cm.) closed overall £200-400

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234. A 1½IN. THREE DRAW WOOD AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY RAMSDEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 signed by the eyepiece Je Ramsden London, satinwood main tube, lens cap and dust slide — 9¾in. (25cm.) closed £250-350 235. A LATE 18TH-CENTURY 1¼IN. THREE-DRAW MAHOGANY AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY RAMSDEN with shade and dust slides, signed by the tapering eye-piece Ramsden LONDON — 39 / 12in. (99 / 30.5cm.) open / closed £250-350 236. A 2IN. FIVE-DRAW MAHOGANY AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY JESSE RAMSDEN, CIRCA 1790 signed by the eyepiece Je. Ramfden, London, with dust slide to eyepiece — 10¼in. (26cm.) closed; together with a 1½in. three draw example signed Berge London late Ramsden, with leather covered tube, dust slide, lens cap and splash cup — 9½in. (24cm.) closed (2) £300-400

238. THREE 19TH-CENTURY POCKET TELESCOPES comprising 1¼in. three-draw by Dollond, in wood and brass, and a 1½in. four-draw signed and inscribed Brooks, Floodgate Street, London from Dollonds and a 1½in. two-draw signed Troughton & Simms, London with tapering leather covered main tube (3) £200-300 239. FOUR 19TH-CENTURY POCKET TELESCOPES comprising 1¼in. three-draw wood and brass example signed Wm. Harris & Co, 50 Holborn, London, with lens cap — 6in. (15.2cm.) closed; together with three unsigned leather covered examples of similar type (4) £100-150

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237. A 1IN. SINGLE DRAW MAHOGANY AND BRASS REVERSE TAPER CAMPAIGN TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 signed on the main lens dust slide Dollond London, main tube divided with substantial brass thread, tapered eyepiece with dust slide — 26¼in. (66.5cm.) closed £250-350

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240. A ½IN. SINGLE DRAW WOOD AND BRASS DECAGONAL MARINE TELESCOPE BY SPENCER, BROWNING & RUST, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 the signature stamped on the tube as per title by bulbous eyepiece with dust slide, main lens assembly with dust slide, — 13½in. (34.5cm.) closed. £300-500 241. A 1½IN. SINGLE DRAW MAHOGANY AND BRASS MARINE TELESCOPE BY SPENCER, BROWNING & RUST, LONDON, 19THCENTURY signed by the eyepiece as per title and inscribed Day or Night, — 20¾in. (52.5cm.) closed; together with an associated brass tripod and stand. (2) £100-150

242. A 3IN. LIBRARY REFLECTING TELESCOPE, ENGLISH, 19THCENTURY unsigned, the 18in. tube with speculum mirrors, rack-and pinion focusing, eyepiece with tinted cap, objective cover, mounted in a folding tripod base — 16 x 22in. (40.5 x 56cm.) £800-1000 243. A FINE 2IN. REFRACTING LIBRARY TELESCOPE BY STEINBECK, MUNICH, CIRCA 1840 the 19½in. parallel wooden tube signed and numbered on the main lens assembly Steinbeck in München No. 684, complete with star finder, single draw with rack and pinion adjustment, mounted on calibrated counterweighted stand attached to turned wooden base, assembled — 14 x 32in. (35.5 x 81cm.) closed, contained within fitted yellow pine box complete with accessories — box 25½in. diameter £1000-1500

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244 (detail) 246. A 1½IN. EIGHT-DRAW POCKET TELESCOPE BY GEORGE ADAMS, FLEET STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1800 signed as per title, the main tube with red leather covering (later) — 5½in. (14cm.) closed £80-120

244 244. A 3IN. REFLECTING TELESCOPE COMPENDIUM, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820 unsigned, the 8in. tube with refracting star sight with crosshairs, rack and pinion secondary mirror adjustment, sprung-loaded speculum main mirror, interchangeable secondary mirrors scratch inscribed 100 135 175; 45 66 86, tube cap, threaded folding tripod feet, three eyepieces, sprung-loaded quick release tripod support, contained within fitted wooden box of issue — 9¾in. (24.7cm.) wide £1000-1500

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245. A REFRACTING TELESCOPE COMPENDIUM BY W. & S. JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1825 comprising 2¼in. five-draw patinated leather covered brass telescope, signed by the eyepiece W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London, contained within fitted wooden case of issue, with folding tripod stand and alternate power eyepiece, with maker’s label inside lid dated for 1825 — 13¼ x 7in. (33 x 18cm.) £600-800

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247. A FINE SOLAR MICROSCOPE BY ROBERT HUNTLY, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 constructed in lacquered brass, signed on the back plate Huntly LONDON, comprising a two-part tube and accessories comprising brass and bone slides, varied strength lens slide, platform pincers, tweezers etc., contained within fitted box of issue — 11 x 8in. (28 x 20cm.) Robert Huntly was an optician working between 1811 and 1840 from several addresses between High Holborn and Burlington Arcade.

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248. Ø A FINE MICROSCOPE COMPENDIUM, PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740 unsigned, comprising a lacquered brass solar microscope, contained in felt-lined mahogany fitted case, with rococo lock plate and drop handle to lid, further containing a shagreen box with compartments for screw barrel microscope and accessories, including six numbered nosepieces, two monoculars, shagreen sliding case containing one brass 4-aperture slide, glass tubes and other accessories — 5½ x 8¾ x 5¼in. (14 x 22 x 13.5cm.) £1000-1500

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249. AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE BY CARY, LONDON of botonist-type, signed on the pillar as per title, with 5¼in. main tube contained in plush-lined tray of accessories including mirror, four nose-pieces, large and small Lieberkuhn mirrors, four bone four-aperture slides with some samples, platform, forceps, magnifer, tweezers, scalpel etc., the box — 3½ x 10 x 7½in. (9 x 25.5 x 19cm.) £500-800 250. A CARY TYPE BOTANIST’S PORTABLE MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1840 unsigned, constructed in lacquered brass with 5in. main tube, thread-mounted to sprung platform, with rack and pinion focus, contained in fitted tray with accessories including three nosepieces, mirror, tweezes etc. — 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter £200-300 251. A CARY TYPE PORTABLE BOTANIST’S MICROSCOPE, CIRCA 1840 unsigned, the 5in. main tube of typical lacquered brass construction, threaded pillar with sprung slide stage and rack-andpinion adjustment, contained within fitted box with four nosepieces and three four-sample slides with samples — 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.5cm.) £250-350

252. A CARY TYPE BOTANIST’S POCKET MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1830 unsigned, of typical lacquered brass construction, with 3½in. main tube, threaded to rack and pinion mount, contained within fitted removable tray of accessories including three nosepieces, mirror etc., contained within red leather morocco case with plush lining 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter; together with late 19th-Century student’s binocular microscope, unsigned, uncased (2) £150-250 253. A 19TH-CENTURY SIMPLE MICROSCOPE unsigned, threaded column with platform mirror, contained in fitted case with accessories including two eyepieces, platform pincers, light disc etc. — 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter; together with an unsigned student’s microscope in box; and a spectrometer by John Browning, London, in box (3) £150-250

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254 256 255 254. A SIMPLE MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740 unsigned, constructed in lacquered brass, folding stand with sliding shaft to lid mount, threaded platform focusing, three numbered eyepieces, platform pincers, tweezers, turned ivory handle, three 4-aperture bone slides with insect wing samples and associated mirror contained within plush-lined shagreen box of issue — 4in. (10cm.) diameter £300-500 255. A FINE SIMPLE MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740 unsigned, contained within fitted shagreen box of issue, complete with accessories including three nosepieces, three eyepieces, platform, bull’s eye mirror platform and pincers, and other accessories — 5½in. (14cm.) diameter £600-800 256. A SCREW BARREL MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740 unsigned, contained within fitted shagreen case, with accessories including two eyepieces, three bone triple-aperture slides with samples, one brass slide — 4in. (10cm.) diameter £300-400

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257 and 258 257. A SIMPLE BOTANIST’S MICROSCOPE, CIRCA 1820 unsigned, with folding eyepiece and handle, slotted bar with slider for forceps/pin sample holder, contained within original red leather covered case — 3½in. (9cm.) wide This type of microscope was introduced by W. & S. Jones in 1798 and remained popular for several decades.

£100-150 258. A SIMPLE MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH 18TH-CENTURY unsigned, with folding turned ivory handle, lens and turned sample clamp/tweezer, contained within leatherette box of issue — 2½in. (6cm.) high £100-150

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259. AN ENTOMOLOGICAL MICROSCOPE BY WITHERING, CIRCA 1820 unsigned, constructed in lacquered brass with alternate power eyepieces flanking a sliding platform on two-pillar frame — 2¾in. (7cm.) high £80-120 260. TWO DRUM MICROSCOPES, ENGLISH 19TH-CENTURY unsigned, contained within fitted boxes of issue, complete with accessories and bone slides — 10.5in. (26.5cm.) (2) £300-500 261. TWO DRUM MICROSCOPES, ENGLISH 19TH-CENTURY unsigned, contained within fitted boxes of issue, complete with accessories and bone slides — 10.5in. (26.5cm.) (2) £300-500

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262 and 263 262. A JONES-TYPE MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE, CIRCA 1830 unsigned, tapering barrel threaded to folding rack and pinion support with rotating nose pieces, mechanical platform with light diffuser and concave/convex mirror — assembled height 18½in. (47cm.) £300-500 263. A COMPOUND MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE BY M. PILLISHER, LONDON, 19TH-CENTURY signed on bedplate as per title and numbered 423, the eyepiece with micrometer slide, revolving two-power eyepiece, adjustable stage, and concave/convex mirror — 17½in. (44.5cm.) high; contained within later glass dome (2) £150-250

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265. A LACQUERED BRASS BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, CIRCA 1890 signed on the bed-plate as per title, and contained in original box with accessories, including three nosepieces, eyepieces, bull’s eye lens, live box, platform tweezers, etc., and a drawer of 19 professionally prepared slide samples, mainly of insect origin — 16¼ x 8¼in. (41 x 22cm.) overall £400-600 266. A MICROSCOPE OIL LAMP BY WATSON & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1900 constructed in lacquered brass and signed around the foot as per title and inscribed 313 High Holborn, glass reservoir with stopper, blue glass chimney and ceramic hood, mounted on adjustable shaft and contained within original box — 12in. (30.5cm.) high £100-150

264. A GOOD MONOCULAR COMPOUND MICROSCOPE BY W.J. SALMON, LONDON, CIRCA 1855 the lacquered brass frame signed on the back W.J. Salmon, 100 Fenchurch Street, London, 8½in. main tube, rack and pinion adjustment, mechanical platform, double mirror, secured to sliding wooden base within case, the case containing a bull’s eye condensing lens to rear, and lower draw with accessories including five eyepieces, live box, platform light adjusters, platform pincer etc.; together with two sales brochures for “Davon Patent” microscopes, issued by S. Davidson & Co. — 14¼ x 8¾ x 9¼in. (35.5 x 21 x 22.5cm.) (3) £600-800

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267. A COLLECTION OF MICROSCOPE SLIDES, MOSTLY 19THCENTURY approx. 250 mixed slides, prepared by assorted professional makers and amateur hands, covering lepidoptery, botanics and medical, etc. including the feline embryo, contained in a small chest and two matched boxes — chest 9½ x 8½in. (24 x 21cm.) (3) £600-800

268 (detail) 268. MICROSCOPE SLIDES PREPARED BY J. TEMPÈRE, ARCACHON, 19TH-CENTURY comprising 70 slides of mainly tissue samples, and including three foetuses and several full size insects, each slide with handwritten description and maker’s label, contained within five fitted card boxes with cockleshell securing catches — each 13½ x 8½in. (34 x 21.5cm.) £600-800

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269. A 19TH-CENTURY SET OF ‘SEED SOURCE INDICATOR’ MICROSCOPE SLIDES comprising 25 slides, each with four numbered samples, contained within fitted wooden case, the sliding lid with outer label inscribed The Origin of Seeds Source Indicators, the reverse with full manuscript listing for 100 samples, divided into seven sections covering South Europe, West Europe, Great Britain, Northern France, Holland, North America, Australia, Asiatic Provinces, East Europe, Russia, Hungary and South America — 14½ x 7in. (37 x 18cm.) £150-250 additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com

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270. A LATE 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS SPECTROMETER BY TOWNSON & MERCER, LONDON signed on the top of one tube as per title, of typical form with two 1in. telescopes of 12in. flanking prism, bed-plate with silvered scale and vernier, secured to sliding wooden base, with fitted box — 14¼in. (38cm.) high £300-500 271. Ø A RARE PAIR OF COMBINATION OPERA/QUIZZING GLASSES, FRENCH CIRCA 1840 constructing in tortoiseshell and gilt brass marked 12 Verres Breveté and with [?] maker’s marked J.M. over a pair of pince nez, both the opera glasses and quizzing glasses sprung hinged between tortoiseshell plates with blank cartouche, contained in card box of issue — 5in. (12.5cm.) high £400-600

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272. A RECORDING AND INDICATING BAROGRAPH BY WEIR & SONS, BELFAST & DUBLIN, CIRCA 1910 the drum with 8-day clockwork motor, eight atmosphere pressure drum with reciprocal dial weather indicator signed along lower edge as per title, bevelled glass cover on display base with twin compartment chart drawer under — 8¼ x 14½in. (21 x 36cm.) £250-350 273. AN ANEROID BAROGRAPH BY SHORT & MASON LTD, LONDON, CIRCA 1910 signed on an ivorine plate as per title, lacquered brass fittings, stamped on cross bar Pat. No. 22556., clockwork motor in recorder drum, aneroid mechanism in base, cased in oak with glazed cover — 7½ x 12½ x 6½in. (19 x 32 x 16.5cm.) This method of hiding the mechanism in the base was patented in 1904.

£250-350 274. A GROUP OF INSTRUMENTS comprising a pocket aneroid barometer signed F. Cooke & Sons, London, in fitted leather case, the lid with compass and curved bar thermometer inside; a pocket barometer by R. & J. Beck, in leather case; a pocket barometer by Pillischer, in shaped leather case; a drum sextant by Stanley, London, in lacquered brass case; a bearing compass by Negretti & Zambra, in lacquered brass case, and a small compass sundial, unsigned, in turned lignum vitæ case (6) £400-600

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275. A FINE DOMESTIC VACUUM PUMP DEMONSTRATION SET AND ACCESSORIES BY E.G. WOOD, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 constructed in polished mahogany and lacquered brass, with inset bone maker’s plate signed and inscribed E G WOOD 74 LATE OF 117 CHEAPSIDE LONDON, contained within fitted box of issue, complete with novelties and accessories including carved human head of hair, magnetic, static and electric experiments, contained within fitted compartments, the lid with maker’s label, painted exterior and carry handles — approx. 14in. (35.5cm.) square £800-1200

276. AN UNUSUAL DIDACTIC DEMONSTRATION PISTON AND GEAR, INVENTED BY GEORGE DIXON AND MADE BY W. THOMAS, 1853 comprising an arrangement of cog wheels, the largest signed and inscribed Geo. S. Dixon Invt. 1855 / W. Thomas, fecit, 1854, the top wheel driven by rear mounted bone handle crank acting on single piston shaft, mounted vertically on a square wooden post on stepped base - 22in. (56cm.) high £200-400

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277. A FINE DOMESTIC MEDICINE CHEST BY COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 with full set of graduated glass stoppered bottles contained in fitted top compartment, plush-lined lid with inset label inscribed From Apothecaries Hall London; together with Cox’s Companion to the Family Medicine Chest published 1833, the lower drawer apparently complete with accessories including glass pestle and mortar, medicine measure, pill jars, scales with weights, zinc boxes with hinged lids etc., all contained within brass bound wooden cabinet — 9 x 11 x 9in. (23 x 28 x 20cm.) £800-1200

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278. A WOODEN STEEL TREPAN DRILL, CIRCA 1760 the square shank with shaped handle and wooden grip — 9¾in. (25cm.) high £150-250

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279. A PARTIALLY COMPLETE ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE BY GEORGE ADAMS I, CIRCA 1770 with hand-cranked glass drum mounted on wooden base with glass insulating posts and ivory maker’s label inscribed G. ADAMS / FLEET St. / LONDON — 17½ x 20½ x 15in. (44.5 x 52 x 38cm.) £150-250

280. AN ACETOMETER SET BY JOHN & PHILIP TAYLOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1818 with componants including powder flask, bone spatular, mercury ballast, etc. contained in fitted box with maker’s plate to lid inscribed No. 128 Revenue Acetometer J. & P. Taylor London, with instructions in lid inscribed Use of the Slide Rule / For Converting Gallons of Acetic Acid of any Strength into Gallons of Proof Acid..., and instruction booklet, — 11in. (28cm.) wide; together with a collection of medical instruments comprising: plated syringe by Evans & Co.; a tonsillectomy instrument; a glass syringe in metal case; a multi-hygiene tool; a domestic thermometer by Dollond, a glass thermometer with paper label, in case; a flask and stopper in threaded treen case, and a medicine cup in treen case (9) £150-250

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281 281. THREE MAHOGANY AND BRASS GALVINOMETERS, ENGLISH LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH-CENTURY comprising examples by Griffin, London; Philip Harris Ltd, Birmingham and one unsigned — largest approx. 9in. (23cm.) high (3) £200-400 282. Ø AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY POCKET DRAWING SET unsigned, of typical form, with instruments including dividers, compass, brass protractor, parallel rule, square etc., in fitted shagreen covered pocket case — 7in. (17.8cm.) high; together with three cased proportional dividers; and an ivorine sector by Gardner & Co., Glasgow (5) £250-350 283. A COLLECTION OF RULES, ENGLISH 19TH-CENTURY comprising roll rules including ebony example Chas. Gaupp & Co. Hong Kong, contained in box with sliding lid; ebony with ivorine edging example Elliott Bros. 449 Strand London; ebony example by W. Elliott, 268 High Holborn, London; two parallel rules, unsigned, one inscribed Field’s Improved; two boxwood rules, the first signed Jones, late Wellington, Crown Court, Soho, the other unsigned (7) £100-150

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282 (part) 284. A 6½IN. BRASS SECTOR BY JEAN CHOIZY, PARIS, CIRCA 1660 divided and inscribed over both sides, signed Choizy AParis and hinged at centre — 6¾in. (17cm.) closed Jean Choizy or Choisy worked from several address in Paris from 1649 until his death in 1682.

£400-600 285. A 14½IN. PANTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM HARRIS, LONDON, CIRCA 1805 of typical form and constructing in lacquered brass, signed on one arm Harris, 47 Holborn, and contained in original wooden box with accessories, maker’s label in lid and a rare set of instructions — 15½in. (39cm.) wide; together with a circular protractor by Abraham, Liverpool; and a folding arm protractor by Doublet, 6 Moorgate St, London (3) £150-250

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286 (detail) 286. AN EBONY CROSS STAFF SECTION, POSSIBLY BY HENDRIK DONCKER, AMSTERDAM, 1678 stamped on the side 1: HD 1678 with maker’s device, remnant scales remaining for 90°, 60° and 30° — 13¼in. (33cm.) long

287. A FINE 19TH-CENTURY OTTOMAN TURKISH, ISLAMIC WOODEN ASTROLABIC QUADRANT with markings in red and black, gilt decoration, red-painted edges, divided horizon with gilt decorations every 5°, diagram of unequal hours to top right corner, two manuscript cartouches, the reverse with a gilt-decorated sexagesimal trigonometric grid — 7in. (17.5cm.) maximum radius £1000-1500

Two other examples of cross staffs by Doncker are contained in the Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam dated for 1682 and 1698. In his book The Cross Staff Willem Mörzer Bruyns states that Doncker specialised in cross staffs and sold from the 1655 onwards.

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288, 289 and 290 288. Ø AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 9½IN. RADUIS VERNIER OCTANT BY SPENCER & CO. LONDON inset scale divided to 100, braced brass index arm, sighting tube, six shades, two mirrors, pencil cap, contained within a fitted keystone case — 13in. (33cm.) high £300-500

289. Ø A 7½IN. RADUIS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HARRIS & CO. LONDON, CIRCA 1840 signed on the arc as per title, with brass tulip pattern frame, inset scale divided 135°, vernier with magnifier, braced arm, sighting tube, shades and mirrors, containing in original fitted keystone box with retailer’s label for B.R. Cousens Swansea — 10in. (25.5cm.) wide £300-500 290. Ø AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY EBONY AND BRASS 10IN. VERNIER OCTANT BY MATTHEW BERGE, LONDON the arc with inset ivory scale divided to 90°, signed to the right BERGE LONDON, fouled anchor division engine mark at 45°, stamped JR, brass index arm, pinhole sights, three shades, two mirrors, pencil cap and note plate to reverse, contained in original keystone box — 13in. (33cm.) wide £400-600 291. Ø AN 11¼IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY CARY, LONDON, WITH DOLLOND-TYPE BACK-GLASS ADJUSTMENT, CIRCA 1800 the scale divided to 100°, signed on the cross bar as per title, pinhole sights with swivelling shade and back-glass adjusting lever behind, three shades, mirrors and pin feet, contained within stepped keystone case with shaped escutcheon — 14½ x 13in. (37 x 33cm.) The reverse glass adjustment is not commonly seen. A similar but earlier version can been seen in the collection of the Royal Museums, Greenwich, numbered NAV1356.

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292 (detail) 292. Ø A 15½IN. RADIUS MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD FIDUCIAL OCTANT BY GREGORY LONDON, CIRCA 1765 signed on inset plate London Gregory, the boxwood arc divided to 90°, index arm with bone reading edge, pin hole sights, three removable shades and mirrors, the reverse with brass feet — 18 x 15in. overall £1500-2000

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294 294. A FINE 5IN. RADIUS VERNIER REFLECTING CIRCLE BY EDWARD TROUGHTON, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 the 10¾in. diameter lacquered brass lattice frame signed and numbered on the index arms Troughton London 210, inset silvered scale, vernier magnifier with light diffuser, wooden handles with threaded holes for mounting, removable bulbous handle, six shades, two mirrors, contained within original fitted box of issue with accessories including four sighting tubes and two eyepiece shades — 7 x 11½in. (17.8 x 29cm.) £2000-3000

295. A 5IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY ELLIOTT BROS. LONDON, CIRCA 1850 the lacquered brass ladder frame signed on the arc as per title, with inset silvered scale divided to 150°, Vernier with magnifier, adjustable sighting tube mount, seven shades, two mirrors, mounted on black painted section, ebony handle with mounting hole, pin feet, contained within fitted keystone box of issue with accessories including trade label annotated to 449 Strand, the lid with brass mounting slot at apex, and mounting pillar escutcheon — 7¼ x 9in. (18.5 x 23cm.) £1200-1500 296. CAPTAIN DOUGLASS’S REFLECTING PROTRACTOR, BY WILLIAM CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1825 constructed in lacquered brass, arc divided to 130° and signed Cary, London, vernier scale inscribed Patent 289, index arm with pinhole sight, attached to square protractor, contained within original fitted wooden case — 7in. (17.5cm.) diameter £300-500

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297. A FINE 8IN. RADIUS PLATINUM SCALED VERNIER SEXTANT BY CARY LONDON, CIRCA 1840 constructed in lacquered brass, ‘T’ frame with arc inscribed and numbered Cary London, Platina & Gold, 950, platinum scale divided to 150°, vernier with gold scale, swivel magnifier and bubble level, adjustable sighting tube socket, black painted mirror and shade assembly with threaded cap over adjusting screw, ebony handle with mounting recess for stand, on three brass feet , contained within fitted box complete with accessories and key, and later retail label in lid for Scientific Instrument Works Johannesburg — case 11½in. (29cm.) square approximately £800-1200 298. A FINE 8IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY GEORGE LEE & SON, PORTSMOUTH the oxidised brass ladder framed, polished arc, signed as per title and numbered ‘W784’, vernier with diffuser and magnifier, quick relapse clamp for sighting tube assembles, seven shades, two mirrors, wooden handle with inset ivorine note-plate, and case arbour, containing in original fitted case complete with accessories, maker’s label and test certificate for 1926 — approx. 5in. (12.5cm.) square £400-600 299. A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT unsigned, oxidised brass three circle frame, brass arc no. ‘2275’, silvered scale divided to 150degrees, vernier with magnifier, sighting tubes, mirrors, shades, shaped ebony handle, contained within fitted box with accessories, trade label for Henry Hughes & Son and test certificate for 1892, — 10in. (25.5cm.) square £200-300

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Ship Models

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300 300. A WELL PRESENTED ADMIRALTY-STYLE MODEL OF A TROOP BARGE OF CIRCA 1750 the boxwood clinker-built hull with blue bulwarks and Venetian red topside, fully fitted internally with seats, foot boards etc, and replete with full crew of painted alloy sailors holding boxwood oars aloft and mitre-capped red coat soldiers accompanied by a drummer and commanded by an officer in tricorn hat, mounted on turned brass supports on baize-lined base with bun feet and glass dome cover, overall measurements — 8½ x 18½ x 8in. (21.5 x 47 x 20cm.) £250-350 301. A WELL PRESENTED ½IN. TO 1FT MODEL OF THE NORFOLK BEACH YAWL BITTERN [1892] modelled by R. Phillips as in working practise, with clinker built hull fitted with seats, mast steps with masts and rigged cotton sails, finished in varnish and mounted on two wooden columns to display base carved awls and boat hooks, overall — 14 x 21 x 6½in. (35.5 x 53.5 x 19cm.) £300-500

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300 (detail) 302. A FINELY OBSERVED ½IN. TO 1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE PILOT GIG BONNET [1830] modelled by R. Phillips in cherry and spruce wood and constructed as in working practise with clinker hull complete with seats, foot rest, rollocks, etc., mounted on wooden columns to display base with six carved awls — 4½ x 18 x 6in. (11.52 x 46 x 15cm.) £400-600

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303. AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL MADE AND PRESENTED 8FT:1IN. SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY AS FITTED AFTER HER ‘GREAT REPAIR’ OF 1800-1803 modelled by D. Patrick-Brown with a planked and framed hull sheathed in verdigris ‘copper’ below the waterline, contrasting yellow black livery, gun ports with rigols and opening ropes mainly closed with several open revealing iron guns with red tompions, carved entrance port, chain plates and deadeyes, anchors with bound stocks, catheads with polychrome crowns, lined head rails, carved crest with cherub supporters, carved and glazed stern and quarter lights; planked deck with inked trenails complete with detailed fittings including gratings, stove pipe, belfry, well deck with fitted gun carriages,shot racks, fitted dinghy, hammocks nets, moulded handrails, binnacle with chimney, rigged double helm, deck lights; bound masts with with yards, s’tun’sl booms, foot ropes, standing and running rigging with blocks, tackle and much other fine detail. The hull mounted in ‘dry dock’ along runners set into a cobbled section with side supports and a scale workman on starboard side, on display base set within glazed wooden case with battery compartment and switch to operate stern cabin illumination and engraved plate. Cased measurements — 34 x 50 x 22in. (86.5 x 127 x 56cm.) A high-quality offering of this much-modelled ship, it was produced at this slightly unusual scale to prove that it could not, in any part, emanate from one of the many kit versions now available. The quality, eye for detail, attractive finish and presentation set it apart from the many others offered to this House. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

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304. A REMARKABLY DETAILED 1IN:1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE ‘BRISTOL’ CLASS FRIGATE BRISTOL (1861) MODELLED BY COMMANDER A.H. OLIVER CIRCA 1870 AND LATER the hull carved from the solid with copper-coloured ‘sheathing’, raising propeller, rudder with guide chains, enamelled name plate, gun ports with guns, figurehead; planked decks with contrasting central divide, gratings, bitts, belaying rails, cleats with rope coils, retractable funnel with chains, fully fitted long boat complete with oars, rollers, seats, foot rests etc, and steam pinnace with steam engine with folding chimney, opening grate etc, painted capstan, rigged double helm and binnacles, poop with propeller lifting gear, side and stern davits with fully-fitted boats in straps; bound masts constructed as in working practice, fully rigged with standing and running rigging with running blocks and sheaths, yards with s’tun’sl booms and footropes, mounted on later perspex stand. Overall measurements — 23 x 33in. (58.5 x 84cm.); Copies of historical data Provenance: Oliver-Bellasis family and thence by descent; loaned to the Science Museum 1931-2016, inv. 1931-660. Algernon Hardy Oliver (1855-1934) completed his training aboard Britannia in 1869 and joined H.M.S. Bristol in December 1870 for eighteen months. He went on to serve on many vessels of which he kept meticulous logs which are now housed in the library of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He retired a Commander in September 1900 and pursued a career as a silversmith and jeweller - skills he clearly drew on in this model where the most minute details are observed. His talent as a modeller was mentioned in his obituary of February 1934 which also noted that his model was now in the care of the Science Museum. The ‘Bristol’ Class comprised fourteen vessels with some enlarged retrospectively as the “modified” Bristol Class. Built at several yards, the design was approved in 1858 and was basically a conventional ‘wooden wall’: a 250ft gundeck mounting 51 assorted guns manned by 550 crew. The nameship was built at Woolwich by Napier & Son, fitted with a steam engine able to produce an impressive eleven knots and launched in 1865. Commissioned the same year as the Flagship of Commodore G.T.P. Hornby for a cruise to West Africa, she was paid off in 1868. Recommissioned later that year as a cadet training ship, it was a role in which she remained until sold to the famous Lambeth breakers firm of Castle in July 1883.

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305. A FINELY RIGGED CARVED BONE AND HORN PRISONER-OF-WAR STYLE MODEL OF THE 74-GUN SHIP SCEPTRE the planked and pinned hull with horn main and secondary wales, open gun ports with retractable gun and Venetian red lids, chain plates with deadeyes, warrior figurehead with carved head rails, quarter lights, stern with broadside cords, metal anchors with bound bone stocks; planked deck with fittings including belaying rails, capstan, gratings, belfry, well deck, water casks, seat, deck lights etc.; bound masts with yards, s’tun’sl booms, standing and running rigging with two launches rigged port and starboard and other details, mounted on a fine ebony and bone marquetry base with compass rose to middle. Overall measurements — 17½ x 25in. (44.5 x 63.5cm.) £6000-8000

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306. A 1:72 SCALE PLANKED AND FRAMED ADMIRALTY-TYPE MODEL FOR AN 80-GUN SHIP OF CIRCA 1783, PROBABLY INTENDED FOR THE CAESAR AND COMMENCED PRIOR TO HER LAUNCH IN 1793 WITH LATER PARTIAL COMPLETIONS OF CIRCA 1830 WHEN ALSO MISNAMED THE VICTORYN. The fully-planked boxwood hull with black-painted main wales, raised Venetian red gun port lids, chain plates with deadeyes, boarding steps, finely painted port bulwarks, stern gallery and quarter lights with fine raked ivory pilasters and tracing with painted mica windows, non-regulation lion figurehead holding 1801-16 pattern shield of arms, fine boxwood carving on the trailboards, curved boomkins, cathead with sheaves; the partially opened decks with details including finely painted head area with round houses and central pierced ivory door frame, belaying rails, bitts, stove with stove pipe and panelled compartments, belfry with bell, pierced gratings, red-painted fore and aft capstans, ivory stanchion posts, balustrading and double helm, shaped taffrail and much other fine and detailed work, mounted on two turned brass supports with starboard restraining brace on a stepped wooden base with glazed case secured by threaded bun feet. The model 10 x 36 x 8¼in. (25.5 x 91.5 x 21cm.); the case - 17 x 40 x 12in. (43 x 101.5 x 30.5cm.) £20000-30000 This intriguing model has been with the vendor’s family since around 1830 and, in recent times at least, has been something of an enigma. As The Victoryn it has no matches - none in the lists of the Royal Navy, or indeed the several Continental navies. It therefore appeared to be a fiction and is probably the work of an over-zealous sign writer who copied, too literally, notes intending it to be called ‘the Victory’, the copperplate flourish translating to this odd name. The use of the Royal Arms covering the period of Trafalgar strengthens the suspicion that the incomplete model was intended to represent Nelson’s flagship - at odds with our modern scholarship, but adequate for 19th century office decoration perhaps! The name, coupled with several other anomalies such as the non-regulation lion figurehead clutching a coat of Royal arms and incompletion to the stern carvings and starboard bulwark painting presented a true puzzle as what was there was done to an extremely high standard - an incomplete masterpiece which only served to distract and send frustrated researchers down several blind alleys.

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Too good to be a spontaneous whimsy, the model had to be of a specific vessel. To solve it, it is important to ignore the name and the figurehead and concentrate instead on the actual layout of the eighty guns. Fifteen gunports a side on the lower deck and sixteen in the upper deck battery is an unusual arrangement, and characteristic of only the 80gun ship, which was a very rare class in the Royal Navy of the late 18th Century. In fact, the standard 74 was so successful that the two 80s ordered in the early 1780s - the Caesar and the Foudroyant - were the first British two-deck 80-gun ships to be built for nearly a hundred years, and no more were to be ordered for two decades. As the model has minor anomalies which allow the case for either vessel to be made, the balance of probability has to be with the Caesar - the first ship ordered to a novel design might well have merited a good model, whereas her consort, Foudroyant only became famous when completed and served as flag ship to Nelson. The recent publication of the first volume of the Rogers Collection shows a strong similarity between this model and the 90-gun Princess Royal (1773), and it seems possible these models are by the same hand. Modelled at a scale of 1:48, the Princess Royal is a tour-de-force of the modellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art, with exquisite detailing in boxwood and ivory, a fullycarved stern and head and fully-painted bulwarks, it is also highly finished internally and shows a tantalising glimpse of how this model might have looked had it been completed by the same hand. It is unlikely the identity of this modeller will ever be established - the Princess Royal was built at Portsmouth and the Caesar at Plymouth so did the modeller live near enough to be commissioned by the Admiralty. If so, one wonders why he stopped when two thirds of the way through. If this conjecture is correct, then the most likely explanation is that he died and the incomplete hull finally ended up with a model or furniture dealer where the vendorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ancestor acquired it as part of a collection of models for his city office; another model from this group was sold in these rooms as lot 298 on 30th April, 2014, although it came from a different branch of the family, it shared this common ancestor - both models retaining the same pattern of case he had fitted at the time.

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The first 80-gun two-decker in the Royal Navy for almost a hundred years, H.M.S. Caesar was laid down at Plymouth on 24th January 1786 and launched on 16th November 1793. Designed by Surveyor Hunt, she was measured at 2,002 tons and was 181 feet in length with a 50∏ foot beam. Mounting 80 guns of varying calibre, including a main armament of 3032pdrs., her initial complement consisted of 719 officers and men and her completion - as the first such English warship for nearly a century - even inspired a contemporary play “The Launch of the Caesar, or a Trip to Plymouth Dock” to celebrate the event. Entering service in time to participate in the opening fleet action of the War with Revolutionary France, her part in the battle of ‘The Glorious 1st of June’ [1794] proved anything but thanks to the blunders of her commander Captain Molloy. Dismissed from the ship as a result, Molloy’s actions were entirely his own however and left no lasting stigma as far as Caesar herself was concerned. Continually at sea for the remainder of the decade, her next major encounter with the enemy came in 1801 when she was flagship to Sir James Saumarez’s squadron blockading Cadiz. On 12th July, after several days of enemy activity during which Caesar had to be hurriedly refitted, Saumarez attacked and roundly defeated a

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large combined Franco-Spanish squadron in the battle which soon became known as the action in the ‘Gut of Gibraltar’. Thereafter taking part in the famous blockade of Brest from 1803-05, Caesar then found herself leading the squadron which, on 3rd November 1805, intercepted and captured the four surviving French ships from Trafalgar for which her commanding officer Sir Richard Strachan was made a Knight of the Bath. In 1809, by which time she was commanded by Captain Charles Richardson, she took part in the action against the French fleet in the Basque Roads and also played a major role in the Flushing expedition that July. Withdrawn from sea service late in 1813, she was converted into an Army Clothing Depot Ship at Plymouth where she remained until broken up in February 1821.

Literature: Walker, Grant H: The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models at the U.S. Naval Academy, Volume 1 First & Second Rates, Seawatch Books 2015, Model No.70, p.123 Charles Miller Ltd is grateful to Robert Gardiner for his assistance with attributing this lot.

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307 307. A RARE 1IN:39FT SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M.S. HAWKINS MODELLED BY NORMAN OUGH, 1926 the hull carved from the solid with painted sides and natural deck, carved and painted fittings including capstan, bitts, anchors with painted chains, main and secondary armament, bridge with fire control, masts with radio aerials and signal lanyards, stayed funnels, covered boats in davits, and other details, mounted on raised cloth-covered plinth with maker’s plate, name and scale plates, and contained within ebonised wood glazed cover with exhibition label to one corner. Cased measurements — 6½ x 23½ x 6½in. (16.5 x 60 x 16.5cm.) Norman Ough (1898-1965) was principal model maker to both the National Maritime Museum and Imperial War Museum and made commissions for many others as well as private clients. A considerable eccentric, he was sometimes found half starved having forgotten to eat for days being so wrapped in his work. His models are considered amongst the finest evocations of the genre, capturing the essential spirit of the ship and, at an age when few, if any short cuts were available, did not see the need to over-crowd detail. This model was presumably a private commission for someone connected to Hawkins, another example of this ship is held in the Imperial War Museum, Catalogue No. MOD1637. H.M.S. Hawkins was one of the five ‘Cavendish’ class cruisers ordered in 1915. Designed primarily for trade protection, Hawkins was built at Chatham where she was laid down in June 1916. Displacing 9,750 tons (12,190 deep loaded) and measuring 605 feet in length with a 65 foot beam, she could steam at 30 knots and carried a surprisingly heavy main armament of 7-7.5in. guns. Launched in October 1917, she was not completed until after the end of the Great War and her first tour of duty was as flagship to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron on the China Station where she served from 1919 29. After a spell in the East Indies, she was rearmed in 1939 just in time for active duty in the Second World War during which she initially served as Flagship to Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood immediately after the Battle of the River Plate; She was scrapped in 1947.

£800-1200 308. A 16FT TO 1IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF NORWEGIAN TYPE 2 HUNT CLASS DESTROYER K.N.S ARENDAL (EX. H.M.S. BADSWORTH) AS DEPICTED IN 1946 modelled by E. Dyke, carved and laminated hull finished in red below the waterline and grey above, with detailed fittings and armaments as appropriate and depicted underway in a calm painted sea, contained on wooden display glass, with legend and plexiglass cover, overall — 6½ x 19½ x 6in. (16.5 x 48 x 15cm.) Badsworth was built by Cammell Laird in 1941 as one of 33 produced under the emergency building programme. Displacing 1050 tons, they were 2ft 6in. wider than the Type 1s, their Parsons gears turbines developed 27kts and they were crewed by 168 personnel. Sold to Norway in 1946 and named Arendal she was struck from the list in 1961.

£250-350

309. A 16FT TO 1IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE NORWEGIAN S-CLASS DESTROYER K.N.S STORD (EX H.M.S. SUCCESS) AS DEPICTED ON OPERATIONS CIRCA 1943 modelled by E. Dyke, carved and laminated hull finished in camouflage colours with detailed fittings and armament as appropriate and depicted underway in a calm painted sea, contained on wooden display glass, with legend and plexiglass cover, 9½ x 26 x 10in. (24 x 66 x 25.5cm.) Built at Whites of Cowes in 1943, Success and her yard sister Shark were two of a small number immediately sold to the Norwegian Government in exile to boost their navy. Displacing around 1710 tons and crewed by around 200 personnel, their Parson’s turbines developed an impressive 36kts. Renamed Stord, she survived the War to be broken in 1959; her sister (transferred to Norway in 1944 and renamed Svenner) was less lucky and was sunk by a German MTB whilst supporting the D-Day landings - the only vessel to be sunk in the first wave of 6th June.

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310 310. A 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M.S. SWIFTSURE DEPICTED AS FLAGSHIP TO THE EAST INDIES STATION IN 1913 modelled by E. Dyke, with laminated carved hull, finished in red below the waterline with white and grey topsides, complete with details including furled sponson nets, main and secondary armament, fitted bridge and overbridge, suite of 11 assorted steam and rowing pinacces, badges etc., stayed funnels, mast with fire directing nests and other details, depicted secured to a mooring buoy on a calm painted sea, on display base with plexiglass cover — overall 10 x 34 x 10in. (25.5 x 86.5 25.5cm.) Built by Armstrongs and intended for Chile, Swiftsure and her sister, Triumph, were bought on the stocks to prevent possible transfer to Russia. Fast, but comparatively lightly armoured and armed, Swiftsure was used in the Channel and Mediterranean Squadrons before becoming Flagship East Indies in March 1912. A veteran of Gallipoli, she was sunk as a target in 1919.

£600-800 311. A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE SHIP MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE including Japanese WW2 battleships: Kongo, Mutsu, Hiei, Ise, Fuso, Huruna and Jamashiro; together with US Navy WW1 destroyers: USS Blakely, USS Farrgut, USS Barker, USS Dale, USS Bagley, USS Dewey, USS Helm, USS Maury; USS Mugford; USS McCall, USS Benham, USS Gridley, USS Drayton and USS Selfridge; together with collection of similar models for Royal Navy warships by Reginald Carpenter: H.M.S. Agamemnon, H.M.S. Dreadnought, H.M.S. Vangard, H.M.S. Hercules, H.M.S. Agincourt, H.M.S. Conqueror, H.M.S. Marlborough, H.M.S. Warspite, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and H.M.S. Royal Oak, each model labelled as appropriate and loosely taped to blue wooden display base with plexiglass cover and legend to front. (31 in three cases) £400-600

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312 312. AN ATTRACTIVE UN-RIGGED MODEL OF THE FAMOUS RACING YACHT AMERICA (1851), POSSIBLY CIRCA 1901 the 25½in. hull carved from the solid with bow decoration and stern eagle, painted deck with cut-away bow-sprit and masts, covered hatch, finely modelled capstan, deck light, companionway and circular cockpit, mounted to two turned columns on wooden base — 11 x 31½in. (28 x 80cm.) Arguably the most celebrated racing yacht ever built, America was commissioned by a syndicate of New York businessmen who engaged George Steers to design them a schooner based upon the lines of the city’s distinctive pilot boats. Launched on 3rd May, 1851, she measured 95ft in length and was constructed of five different woods, mostly white oak. She left American waters in June and, after a brief call at Le Havre, arrived at Cowes on 1st August where she caused an immediate sensation. The now famous race for which the Royal Yacht Squadron had put up a handsome new Hundred Guinea Cup took place amidst great excitement on 22nd August, 1851. Commencing at 10 o’clock, the 58 mile course was around the Isle of Wight and, after a disappointing start, America took the lead at 11.30. She crossed the finishing line at 8.37 that evening, eight minutes ahead of the nearest challenger and, in that instant, achieved the fame which was to remain hers long after her timbers had perished away.

£800-1200 313. A HALF BLOCK MODEL OF THE 1937 DEFENDER J-CLASS YACHT RANGER carved from the solid and finished in white and gold, mounted on a bevelled display board with brass plaque — 10¼ x 28¾in. (26 x 73cm.) £250-350

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314. A WELL PRESENTED 1⁄5IN. TO 1FT SCALE HALF BLOCK MODEL OF THE ROYAL RACING YACHT BRITANNIA, modelled by C. Starling and carved from laminated wood and finished with a matt antifoul below the waterline and gloss black above and contrasting satinwood deck, mounted on display board marked Britannia 1893-1936 lower right, modeller’s labels to reverse — 9 x 31½in. (23 x 80cm.); together with a small half model of an X-boat carved from contrasting laminated woods and mounted in display board with information on reverse — 8 x 16in. (20 x 40.5cm.) (2) £250-400

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315. A FINELY DETAILED 1⁄8IN. TO 1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE STEAM YACHT NAHLIN, DESIGNED BY G.L WATSON AND BUILT BY JOHN BROWN [1930] with bespoke moulded hull, planked deck with silvered fittings, painted and varnished superstructure, seven assorted and detailed boats swung out on davits and much other fine detailing, mounted on cradles within a glazed wooden display case — 18½ x 47in. (47 x 119.5cm.) Undoubtedly the most famous pleasure yacht of her day, the Nahlin also achieved a degree of celebrity, some would say notoriety, after she was chartered for a summer cruise in 1936 by King Edward VIII, amongst whose guests was his companion, Mrs Wallis Simpson. Designed by G.L. Watson & Co. and built by John Brown at Glasgow in 1930, Nahlin had been ordered the previous year by Lady Henrietta Yule, the immensely wealthy widow of the business tycoon Sir David Yule who had died in 1928 leaving a fortune estimated at £20 million. Registered at 1,392 tons gross (556 net & 1,574 Thames), Nahlin measured 296 feet in length with a 36 foot beam and was powered by four of John Brown’s own steam turbines to give her a cruising speed of 17½ knots. Described as “the most beautiful yacht in the world and the most seaworthy”, Watson’s brief had been to design a yacht to enable Lady Yule to “visit every part of the globe she desired” and the finished vessel fulfilled every expectation. Indeed, her appointments were so lavish that it was rumoured she cost £250,000 and her dimensions have rarely been surpassed, even by the most ultra-modern of luxury craft.

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After four years of extensive cruising, Lady Yule felt she had seen everything she wished to and, rather surprisingly, placed the yacht out to charter. In the late summer of 1936, the new — though as yet uncrowned — King Edward VIII decided to hire her for a cruise around the eastern Mediterranean with a party of special friends, including the American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson, who was already occupying a prominent place in the King’s life. The resulting photographic coverage of the carefree couple on holiday was inevitably published in the British press and it has been said that the ‘Abdication Crisis’ of December 1936 probably started to gather momentum as a result of this public exposure of the King’s liaison. The notoriety of this cruise brought Nahlin to the attention of King Carol II of Roumania who, in the summer of 1937, purchased her for £120,000. Renamed Lucearful (“Morning Star”), she was modified to suit the King’s taste and acted as the Roumanian royal yacht until he was forced into exile in Spain when his country was occupied by German troops soon after the start of World War II. The subsequent history of Nahlin is tortuous in the extreme yet somehow she survived not only the War and its Communist aftermath but also obsolescence and decay. Once again bearing her original name, after numerous changes over the past fifty years, she completed a reputed £25 million restoration in 2010 which saw her steam turbines replaced with diesel, but otherwise retaining her fine lines, and she is now one of just three surviving large steam yachts from this elegant age. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

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316. A BOARDROOM-STYLE MODEL FOR THE M.Y. BEATRIZ OF BOLIVIA, ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR A. PATINO BY CAMPER & NICHOLSON, 1963 by Martin R. Harrop, Model Shipwright, with laminated and carved hull with bilge keels and planes, prop shafts, rudder and port holes, wood-capped bulwarks and deck rails, planked decks with fittings, glazed superstructure and bridge with comms over, two fitted launches with davit and other details, mounted within brass bound glazed case with brass maker’s label, overall measurements — 16½ x 38 x 13½in. (42 x 96.5 x 34.5cm.) This 191 ton yacht is believed to be still extant and was available for charter after a “50%” refit in the mid-1980s; During the winter of 1967-8 she was chartered by the “super-celebrities” Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor whilst their own yacht Kalizma was being refitted. Moored near Tower Bridge, they were able to evade strict British quarantine laws for their pet dogs who remained aboard for the duration without setting a paw on the mainland, whilst Burton was filming sequences for Where Eagles Dare. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

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317 317. A WELL PRESENTED PICTURE DIORAMA OF A STEAM YACHT REGATTA, CIRCA 1910 with ten carved and painted models of assorted steam yachts in white or black livery, each spouting cotton wool ‘smoke’ from their funnels and sporting white ensigns with tri-colour pennants, waterline mounted on a carved and painted sea and contained in case with painted ‘sky’ back and angled side mirrors — 13½ x 28¾ x 10½in. (34 x 73 x 26.5cm.) £500-800

318. A FINE HISTORICAL ROWING DIORAMA, PUTNEY, CIRCA 1866 with well carved and detailed models of two competing oarsmen crossing the line with spectators crowded on a following paddle steamer named RIGHT, a cutter and other rowing vessels, set on a carved and painted river within glazed case with finely painted background of Putney bridge and the bank with further spectators, with banner over reading ROBT. CHAMBERS WINNER OF 100 RACES. ON NOV-22-1866-BEAT JOSEPH SADLER, OF PUTNEY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP., framed and glazed for wall hanging. Measurements overall — 18½ x 34½in. (47 x 87.5cm.) Chambers won the world professional sculling championship in 1866 beating Sadler in a time of 25 minutes and 4 seconds over the Putney to Mortlake course.

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319. A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE comprising vessels from mixed lines including Greenore, Waipori, Beaverburn, Esperance Bay, Huntsman, City of Agra and Reina Victoria Eugenie; together with Norddeutscher Lloyd Line liners Bremen and Columbus; and seven similar models of cross Channel ferries by R. Carpenter: Maid of Kent, Caledonia Princess, Caesarea, Cambridge Ferry, Pride of Dover, St George and St Edmond, all loosely taped to blue painted base with plexiglass cover (17 in three cases) £700-900 320. A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE comprising P&O cargo/passenger ships: Macedonia, Narkunda, Naldera, Mooltan, Maloja, Ranchi and Viceroy of India, copy notes from first line, each model labelled as appropriate and loosely taped to blue wooden display base with plexiglass cover and legend to front (7 in one case) £800-1200

321. A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE the Canadian Pacific vessels: Duchess of Bedford, Duchess of Atholl, Conte Birncamand, Empress of Australia, Empress of Japan, Empress of Britain, Empress of Canada, Marquis of Asia, Empress of Scotland (1926), Empress of Scotland (1921), Montcalm, Montclare and Duchess of York, each model labelled as appropriate and loosely taped to blue wooden display base with plexiglass cover and legend to front (13 in two cases) £600-800

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322 322. A FINE BUILDER’S HALF BLOCK MODEL FOR THE IRON HULLED WOOL CLIPPER MERMERUS, BUILT FOR A. & J.H. CARMICHAEL’S GOLDEN FLEECE LINE, GREENOCK, BY BARCLAY, CURLE & CO., GLASGOW, 1872 carved from ¾in. laminated yellow pine with ebonised topside stencilled No.224, simulated gun ports, finely carved scrolled stern, head and figurehead decoration, lined boxwood fore and poop decks, mahogany main deck with cut-away masts and bow sprit, mounted on mahogany display board with suspension hooks — 13 x 74½in. (33 x 189cm.) overall Considered a remarkably fine vessel with excellent sailing properties and beautiful lines, she was deemed worthy enough for inclusion in Basil Lubbocks’ Romance of the Clipper Ships published in 1930 and was even used by his collaborator Jack Spurling for the frontispiece. Registered at 1750 tons gross, she measured 264.2 feet long with a 39.8 feet beam and depth of 23.7 feet. Given an exceptionally high rig, her three masts carried 35,000 yards of sail - about 3300 more than the four-masted County of Peebles built by the same yard. Over fifty feet longer than Cutty Sark, she was proportionally slim and a crack sailer when given her legs recording crossings from Gravesend to Melbourne of 66 days in 1876 and 71 days from Melbourne to the Lizard in 1872. In 1898 she was sold on and by 1900 was in the possession of Robert Mattsson of Mariehamn. On the 8th December 1909 Mermerus left Fredrikshald bound for Melbourne with a cargo of timber when, three days later, she ran aground off Ranö, 12 nautical miles from Kristiansand in dense fog. During efforts to refloat her she lost her foremast and, when finally freed, it was only her cargo which kept her afloat. Uneconomic to repair, she was sold in 1910 for breaking. Her house flag from the Golden Fleece Line is preserved in the Royal Museum, Greenwich, object number AAA1000. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£2500-4000

322 (detail) 322 (detail) 323. A HALF BLOCK BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER CARGO SHIP MENDOZA BUILT FOR HAMBURG-SUDAMERIKANISCHE DAMPFS.GES. BY REIHERSTIEG SCHIFFSWERFTE & MASCHINENFABRIK HAMBURG, 1894 the carved and laminated hull with painted red and black topsails, pierced for portholes, varnished decks with lined cabin, cutaway mast and funnel and lined superstructure, mounted on a white edged wooden display board with brass builder’s plates, overall measurements — 17 x 79in. (43 x 201cm.) A large vessel of nearly 4,000 tons, she was wrecked off Punta Mogotes, Patagonia on 10th July, 1914. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£600-800

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324. AN ATTRACTIVE MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE RAM-BOWED 20-KNOT STEAM YACHT SCUD, BUILT FOR A.H.E. WOOD, ESQ. BY JOHN SAMUEL WHITE, EAST COWES, 1896 the laminated and carved hull, propeller shaft with bracket and silvered propeller, painted ‘rope work’ gunnel, enclosed foredeck with silvered fittings including anchor, chain, davit, capstan, searchlight, painted deck with silvered signalling telegraph, funnel with safety valve extension pipe and whistle, coal shute covers, ventilators, engine room lights, open bridge area with helm, rigged lifeboat davits, telegraphs and binnacle, panelled main saloon with glazed lights and grab rails, named life buoys and emergency stern controls, mounted on a later mirror with angled end mirrors within original glazed case with wooden builder’s plate and label to back for entry as an exhibit at the Imperial Institute Exhibition of 1897. Overall measurements — 15 x 58½in. (38 x 148.5cm.) Built on the lines of a naval torpedo boat, this yacht was essentially designed for speed and compares closely with the famous Turbinia which must have stolen her thunder when she was unleashed at the 1897 Spithead Review just a year after Scud was launched. That may account for why Mr Wood sold her in 1898 to W.C.S. Connall who in turn sold her in 1902 to His Highness Thakur Sahib of Morvi (India) who still owned her when she was wrecked in 1909.

£3500-4500

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325 325. A FINE BUILDER’S MIRROR-BACKED HALF MODEL FOR THE TANKER S.S. LUMINA, BUILT BY SIR JAMES LAING & SONS, LTD, FOR THE LUMINA SS CO., 1915 the laminated and carved hull finished in pink and black with lowered companionway, white lined decks and superstructure with goldplated and painted metal fittings as appropriate, two covered boats rigged in davits, cut-away funnel and masts, mounted on a finely-preserved front-silvered mirror with angled bow and stern mirrors within original glazed wooden case with ivorine builder’s plate. Overall measurements — 21 x 92in. (53.5 x 234cm.) Launched in May and completed on 15th August 1915, the S.S. Lumina was a large vessel exceeding over 6,200 tons. Sadly her life was to be an exceedingly short one when she was cornered barely ten weeks later on the 6th November 1915 by U-35 on passage to Malta with oil and sunk by gunfire - there were no casualties though. Her replacement and namesake was launched a year later to the day by Palmers of Jarrow and lasted until 1935.

£2000-3000

325 (detail) 326 (detail) 326. A GOOD MIRROR-BACKED HALF MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIP S.S. RIVER LUGAR, BUILT BY LITHGOWS LTD FOR CAMPBELL BROTHERS & CO., 1937 the laminated and carved hull finished in two-tone pink and black with lowered companionway, lined and lacquered boxwood decks and superstructure, gold-plated metal fittings as appropriate, fitted open lifeboat with oars rigged in davits, liveried funnel and cut-away masts, mounted on front-silvered mirror with angled bow and stern mirrors within original glazed wooden case with ivorine makers plate, finials and later presentation plate to front. Overall measurements — 14½ x 72in. (37 x 183cm.) A large vessel of over 5,400 tons, the River Lugar (named for a Scottish river) was a typical general purpose cargo ship and was steaming in convoy SL-78 about 200 miles off the Azores in iron ore. At 01.49 on the 27th June 1941, U-69 (which had already made one attack) fired a torpedo which hit River Lugar amidships. Almost instantly she broke in two and sank within seconds taking thirty seven of her complement of forty-four with her, including her Master, William Frame and two passengers. Six survivors were plucked from the freezing waters by H.M.S. Burdock.

£3000-4000

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327 (detail) 327. A BOARDROOM MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIPS M.V. DONNINGTON AND DALLINGTON, BUILT BY VEROLME, HOLLAND, 1975 by Unterweser Modellbau, Bremen, the laminated and carved hull with Plimsoll line, bilge keels, bulbous bow and gilt propeller, green painted fore and aft decks with metal fittings as appropriate, covered hatches, white painted superstructure with bridge, gilt binnacle over, covered lifeboats in davits, comms mast, companionways, funnel and other fittings, mounted on wooden display board with maker’s label and builder’s plate with glazed cover. Overall measurements — 18 x 61 x 13½in. (45.5 x 155 x 34cm.) Donnington became the Sider Genova in 2007 and the Zehra VIII in 2011 and was broken up in February 2013; Dallington became the Lena Kileva in 2010 and was broken up in September 2015. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£800-1200

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328. A BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER/CARGO SHIPS S.S. SURINAME AND SARAMACCA, BUILT BY THE NEDERLANDSCHE SCHEEPSBOUW MAATIJ, AMSTERDAM, FOR THE KONINKLIJKE WEST INDISCHE MAILDIENST, 1908 the carved hull finished in red, pink and grey, lined white decks with painted fittings, lacquered hatch covers, awning stanchions overall, four lifeboats in davits, masts and rigging (some loose rigging and wear to hull paint), mounted on a plush-lined board with maker’s plate and glazed case (later). Overall measurements — 30 x 93½ x 16in. (76 x 97.5 x 40.5cm.) Suriname and Saramacca were an almost identical pair of singlescrew passenger-cargo steamers built by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam in 1908. Ordered for the West Indian services of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company, Suriname was registered at 3,275 tons gross (2,103 net) and Saramacca slightly more at 3,284 tons gross (2,110 net). Each vessel measured 336½ feet in length with a 42 foot beam and was powered by a triple-expansion 3-cylinder engine capable of 13 knots. After five years in service, both ships were sold to the British-owned Tropical Fruit Company in 1913 and re-registered in Belize. Both survived the Great War and, in the early 1920s, passed into American ownership as part of the fleet of United Fruit of New York. Still trading in the mid-1930s, neither ship is listed by 1939 suggesting both had been scrapped during the shipping slump which preceded World War II. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£4000-6000

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329. A VERY FINE SHIP BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP S.S. FAIR HEAD (EX-ABOYNE), BUILT BY THE CALEDON SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., DUNDEE, 1937 AND RE-FITTED FOR THE ULSTER STEAMSHIP CO. LTD’S HEAD LINE CIRCA 1947 the laminated and carved hull complete with Plimsoll marks, portholes, four-blade propeller and rudder, painted and lined boxwood decks with silvered fittings and superstructure as appropriate, stayed funnel with company emblem, fitted bridge with binnacle over, masts with radio aerials to radio shack and much other fine detailing, mounted on four silvered columns within original case with up-dated plates set fore and aft, on original table stand. Measurements including stand — 69 x 75½ x 20in. (175.5 x 192 x 51cm.) Provenance: Head Line to retired director. Originally built for the Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull SS Co. and named Aboyne, she was briefly named Arklow when held by a broker in 1946 and then bought by the Ulster SS Co. in 1947. In line with their policy of naming their fleet after Irish Headlands, named her Fair Head and had this builder’s model carefully up-dated with the new name and distinctive funnel emblem of the Red Hand of Ulster (albeit a left-hand version, and not the usual right-hand version). In 1948 the ship was converted to oil and the funnel changed to the shorter type required, but the model was left alone and remains in her original configuration. Sold on again in 1954, she was under Greek colours when, in June 1963 she was on passage from Galatz to Liverpool with a cargo of timber when she caught fire, was beached near Scalambri (Sicily) and burned out. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road

£6000-8000

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330. A FINE BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE S.S. ASHLEIGH, BUILT FOR THE TATEM STEAM NAVIGATION CO. BY ROPNER & SONS LTD OF STOCKTON, 1917 The laminated carved hull with bilge keels, Plimsoll lines, propeller and rudder with depth markers, lined lacquered and painted decks with covered hatches, detailed silver plated fittings including oxidised anchors with studded chain and winches, deck rails, bollards, hose reels, companionways, rigged derricks with winches, superstructure with binnacle over, covered lifeboats with names rigged in davits, ventilators, stayed funnel with company logo and hooter, engine room lights, steering chains, quick-firing gun on platform, emergency steering gear with double helm and much other fine detail, mounted on oxidised brass column within original glazed case with shaped ivorine builder’s plates. Overall measurements — 24 x 64 x 16in. (61 x 162.5 x 40.5cm.) A large vessel of nearly 7000 tons, the S.S. Ashleigh was launched on the 7th May 1917 but was cornered a mere ten weeks later on 23rd July by submarine U-54 when on passage from Newport, South Wales to Port Said carrying coal. Despite being lightly armed, she was sent to the bottom 290 nautical miles southwest of Fastnet Rock, but her crew survived.

This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £7000-9000

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Ship Name Index Ship Agamemnon, H.M.S. Agincourt, H.M.S. Alabama, C.S.S. Ameer, S.S. America Arabic, R.M.S. Arendal, K.N.S. Ashleigh, S.S. Astra Baden, S.M.S. Badsworth, H.M.S. Bagley, U.S.S. Barker, U.S.S. Beatriz of Bolivia, M.Y. Beaverburn Benham, U.S.S. Berlin, S.S. Bittern Blakely, U.S.S. Bonnet Bremen Bristol, H.M.S. Britannia Britannia, H.M.S. Bulwark, H.M.S. Caesar Caesarea Caledonia Princess Calypso, H.M.S. Cambridge Ferry Canberra, H.M.S. Candida Centaur Chesapeake City of Agra Columbia Columbus Conqueror, H.M.S. Conte Biencamand

Lot 311 311 106 21 168, 312 137 308 330 166 98 308 311 311 316 312 311 137 301 311 302 312 304 35, 166, 314 48 89 306 312 312 39 312 101 166 69 85 312 33 312 311 321

Dale, U.S.S. Dallington, M.V. Dewey, U.S.S. Donnington, M.V. Drake, H.M.S. Drayton, U.S.S. Dreadnought, H.M.S. Duchess of Atholl Duchess of Bedford Duchess of York

311 327 311 327 89 311 90, 311 321 321 321

Emily Burnyeat Empress of Australia Empress of Britain Empress of Canada

169 321 321 321

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Ship

Empress of Japan Empress of Scotland Erin, S.Y. Esperance Bay

321 321 34 312

Oregon, S.S.

Fair Head, S.S. Farragut, U.S.S. Formidable, H.M.S. Fuso

329 311 89 311

Gerd, S.S. Greenore Gridley, U.S.S.

177 312 311

Hawkins, H.M.S. Helm, U.S.S. Hercules, H.M.S. Hiei Huntsman Huruna

307 311 311 311 312 311

Invincible, H.M.S. Ise

90 311

Jamashiro

311

Kiama Kongo

30 311

Lively Louisa Lumina, S.S.

42 13 325

Macedonia Maid of Kent Maloja Marlborough, H.M.S. Marquis of Asia Mary Rose Mauretania, R.M.S. Maury, U.S.S. McCall, U.S.S. Medoza, S.S. Mermerus, S.V. ML141 Montcalm Montclare Mooltan Mugford, U.S.S. Mutsu

320 312 320 311 321 140 129 311 311 323 322 40 321 321 320 311 311

Nahlin, S.Y. Nahma, S.Y. Najaden, H.D.M.S. Narkunda Nelson, H.M.S. Normandie, S.S.

315 27 182 320 39 130

Lot 26

Pride of Dover Prince Arthur, S.S. Prince Regent, R.Y.

312 18 179

Queen Elizabeth, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, R.M.S. Queen Mary, R.M.S.

311 132 132

Railway Ranchi Ranger Red Rover Reina Victoria Eugenie River Lugar, S.S. Robust Royal George Royal George, R.Y. Royal Oak, H.M.S. San Josef Saramacca, S.S. Sceptre, H.M.S. Scud, S.Y. Selfridge, U.S.S. Shamrock Shannon Sindia, S.V. St Edmond St George St. George, S.Y. Stord, K.N.S. Success, H.M.S. Sumter, C.S.S. Suriname, S.S. Surprise, H.M.S. Swiftshore, H.M.S. The Victoryn Titanic, R.M.S. Tourterelle

12 320 313 30 312 326 69 141, 142, 143 179 311 76 328 305 324 311 33, 34, 166 85 21, 22 312 312 28 309 309 106 328 38 310 306 127 42

U-236 United States, S.S.

93 134, 135, 136

Valhalla Vanguard, H.M.S. Velsheda Viceroy of India Victory, H.M.S.

15 311 166 320 47, 51, 82, 303

Waipori Wanderer Warspite, H.M.S Winchester, H.M.S.

312 30 311 70

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Artists Index Artist

Lot

Abbott, L. Adams, E. Bakhuizen, L Branden, A.K. Briscoe, A. Chappell, R. Cleveley, J. Condy, N.M. Danby, J.F. De Lacy, C.J. De Simone, A. Dinsdale, J.B. Dixon, C. Drummond, S. Fothergill, C.W. Hardy, D. Hardy, T.B. Hawksworth, W.T.M. Hayes, J. Huggins, J.M.

79 7 3 12 8, 9, 35 11 44 14 5 46 27, 28, 29, 38 42 33, 34, 37 50 48 6 19 25 24 17

Artist Janes, N.E. Langmaid, R. Markes, R.W. Mason, F.H. McCormick, A.D. Mears, G. Neville-Cummins, R.H. Owen, S. Percival, H. Pitcher, N.S. Powell, C.M. Renard, S.J. Thompson, T. Thomson, W.M. Trout, C.S. Twidle, A. Vaughan, M. Waring, R. Wilkinson, N. Wyllie, W.L.

Lot 23 41, 47 17 41 49 18 21, 22 45 15 32 4 127 43 26, 39 13 51 36 129 133 16, 20, 31, 40, 41

Instrument Makers’ Index Maker Adams, G. Beck, R. & J. Berge, M. Bleuler, J. Bloud, C. Cartwright & Son Cary Choizy, J. Cooke & Sons, F. Cox Crutchley, G.F. Cushee, R. Dancer Dixon, G. Dollond Doncker, H. Elliott Bros Gaunt, T. Gilbert Gilbert & Wright Gilkerson & Co. Gourdin, P. Gregory Gregory H.S.M.I. Co. Hamilton Harris & Co. Harris & Co. Harris, W. Haywood, J. Hewitson Hooper & Son Huntly, R. Johnston, W. & A.K. Jones, T.

Lot 216, 246, 279 274 213, 290 225 204 218 249, 291, 296, 297 284 274 277 194 191 218 276 229, 237, 238, 293 286 295 206 228 230 214 219 218 292 198 208 239 289 285 194 218 195 247 193 221

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Maker Jones, W. & S. Lee & Son, G. Martin, B. Mercer, T. Meurand, J. Negretti & Zambra Newton Son & Berry Pillischer, M. Poole, J. Ramsden, J. Ribright, T. Rowland Salmon, W.J. Short & Mason Ltd Shuttleworth, H. Spencer & Co. Spencer, Browning & Rust Stanley Steinbeck Steinberg Stoker, T. Street, R.W. Taylor, J. & P. Tempère Thomas, W. Townson & Mercer Troughton & Simms Troughton, E. Walton Watch Co. Watkins & Hill Watson & Son Weir & Sons Wilton, W. Wood, E.G.

Lot 217, 245 298 201, 226 209 220 265, 274 192 263, 274 207 234, 235, 236 224 205 264 273 199 288 240, 241 274 243 231 196 218 280 267 276 270 202 294 210 227 266 272 223 275

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10. Failure to collect purchases (a) If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but does not collect the lot within 20 working days of the auction, the lot will be stored at the buyer’s expense and risk at CM’s premises or in independent storage. (b) If a lot is paid for but uncollected within 6 months of the auction, following 60 days written notice to the buyer, CM will re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at CM’s discretion. The sale proceeds, less all CM’s costs, will be forfeited unless collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original auction. 11. Data Protection (a) CM will use information supplied by bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by CM for the provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and as otherwise required by law. (b) By agreeing to these Conditions of Business, the Bidder agrees to the processing of their personal information and to the disclosure of such information to third parties worldwide for the purpose outlined in Condition 11(a) and to Sellers as per Condition 9(i). 12. Miscellaneous (a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by CM are the copyright of CM. (b) These Conditions of Business are not assignable by any Buyer without CM’s prior consent, but are binding on Bidders’ successors, assignees and representatives. (c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set out the entire agreement between the parties. (d) If any part of these Conditions of Business be held unenforceable, the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect. (e) These Conditions of Business shall be interpreted in accordance with English Law, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts, in favour of CM.

Charles Miller Ltd’s Authenticity Guarantee If Charles Miller Ltd sells an item of Property which is later shown to be a “counterfeit”, subject to the terms below Charles Miller Ltd. will rescind the sale and return the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer to Charles Miller Ltd. for that Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase Price. The guarantee lasts for one (1) year* after the date of the relevant auction, is for the benefit of the Buyer only and is non-transferable. “Counterfeit” means an item of Property that in Charles Miller Ltd.’s reasonable opinion is an imitation created with the intent to deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description of such matters is not included in the catalogue description for the Property. Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or restoration and/or modification work (including, but not limited to, recolouring, tooling or repainting). Please note that this guarantee does not apply if either:(i) the catalogue description was in accordance with the generally accepted opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; or (ii) the only method of establishing at the date of the sale that the item was a counterfeit would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in Charles Miller Ltd.’s reasonable opinion); or

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(iii) there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its value had it accorded with its catalogue description. To claim under this guarantee the Buyer must:(i) notify Charles Miller Ltd. in writing within one (1) month of receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property, specifying the lot number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and (ii) return the Property to Charles Miller Ltd. in the same condition as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the Property, free from any third party claims arising after the date of the sale. Charles Miller Ltd. has discretion to waive any of the above requirements. Charles Miller Ltd. may require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s cost the reports of two independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and acceptable to Charles Miller Ltd. Charles Miller Ltd. shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, and reserves the right to seek additional expert advice at its own expense. In the event Charles Miller Ltd. decides to rescind the sale under this Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to two mutually approved independent expert reports, provided always that the costs of such reports have been approved in advance and in writing by Charles Miller Ltd. *This excludes books and prints which are sold not subject to return.

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Charles Miller Ltd Sale Title Maritime & Scientific Models, Instruments & Art Date 10th May 2016

ABSENTEE BID FORM (Please print or type) Name Address

Code: COURAGEOUS Please mail or fax to: Charles Miller Ltd 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road London SW6 2AG Fax +44 (0) 207 806 5531

Important Please bid on my behalf at the above sale for the following Lot(s) up to the hammer price(s) mentioned below. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves and in an amount up to but not exceeding the specified amount. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve by placing responsive or consecutive bids for a lot. I agree to be bound by Charles Miller Ltd.’s Conditions of Business. If any bid is successful, I agree to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price at the rate stated in the front of the catalogue and any VAT, or amounts in lieu of VAT, which may be due on the buyer’s premium and the hammer price. Methods of Payment Charles Miller Ltd. welcomes the following methods of payment, most of which will facilitate immediate release of your purchases. Wire Transfer to our Bank Electronic transfers may be sent directly to our Bank: HSBC Bank Plc 38 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DG Please ensure all bank charges are met so that we receive the total invoiced amount

Postcode Telephone/Home

Business

Mobile Fax

Vat No.

Email Signed

Date

Card type (Visa, Mastercard, Debit) Card Number Cardholder Name Expiry Date

3 digit security code

Billing Address (if different from above)

Cardholder Signature We reserve the right to use these details if prompt payment is not received Lot

Description

£ Bid Price

IBAN No.: GB47MIDL40190401754750 BIC.: MIDLGB2128K Sort Code: 40-19-04 Account No.: 01754750 Account Name: Charles Miller Ltd Credit/Debit Card A 4% surcharge is payable on all credit card transactions; there is no charge for UK debit cards. International debit cards attract a 4% surcharge. By signing this form you are authorizing payment for this sale. Sterling Bankers Draft Drawn on a recognised UK bank. Sterling Cash or Cheque Cheques must be drawn on a recognised UK bank. We require seven working days to clear a cheque without a letter of guarantee from your bank. Telephone bid requests must be received by 12pm on the day prior to sale additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com

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Auction Enquiries and Information Tel: +44 (0) 207 806 5530 Fax: +44 (0) 207 806 5531 Email: enquiries@charlesmillerltd.com

Sale Number: 017 Code name: COURAGEOUS Enquiries Charles Miller Sara Sturgess

Catalogue £20 plus postage

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Historical Consultant Michael Naxton Charles Miller Ltd 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road LONDON SW6 2AG

This catalogue is available to download with the Auction Net App available free from the App Store Listen to the Auction Live: +44(0)20 7806 5535

Sale venue: 25 Blythe Road, London W14 0PD

Absentee/Telephone Bidding

For items over 100 years old: import VAT of 5% payable on whole hammer price, less premium (a further 20% is payable on the premium.)

For items under 100 years old: import VAT of 20% payable on whole hammer price, less premium (a further 20% is payable on the premium.)

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For lots sold from within the EU, if the client is VAT registered and not using the Auctioneers’ Special Scheme, full VAT at 20% is levied on the hammer price and premium.

covers: lot 37 Photography: darwinmedia.com

Part view & Post sale collection: 6 Imperial Studios, London SW6 2AG

Please complete, sign and return the form on page 127. If you wish to bid by telephone this is strictly by availability and must be booked by 12pm on Monday 9th May.

Payment

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT (“DROIT DE SUITE”)

Electronic transfers may be sent directly to our Bank (please add any additional bank charges ensuring we receive the full receipted amount):

HSBC Bank Plc 38 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DG

Royalty For the portion of the Hammer Price (in Euro) 4.00% 3.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.25%

up to 50,000 between 50,000.01 and 200,000 between 200,000.01 and 350,000 between 350,000.01 and 500,000 in excess of 500,000

Account Name: Charles Miller Ltd Account Number: 01754750 Sort Code: 40-19-04 IBAN Number: GB47MIDL40190401754750 BIC.: MIDLGB2128K Swift Code: MIDLGB22

Charles Miller Ltd

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art London Tuesday 10th May 2016

6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road, London, SW6 2AG Tel: +44 (0) 207 806 5530 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: +44 (0) 207 806 5531 â&#x20AC;˘ Email: enquiries@charlesmillerltd.com www.charlesmillerltd.com

London Tuesday 10th May 2016

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