Charles Miller Ltd

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Charles Miller Ltd

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art London Wednesday 25th April 2012

London Wednesday 25th April 2012

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Front cover: lot 276 Back cover: lot 148 (detail)

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Charles Miller Ltd Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION AT 25 Blythe Road, London, SW14 0PD

Wednesday 25th April 2012 at 12 noon, precisely POST SALE COLLECTION Important Notice: Lots not collected by 5pm on day of sale will be available from 2pm on Thursday 26th April at Charles Miller Ltd, 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road, London, SW6 2AG

Public Exhibition Sunday 22nd April

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Monday 23rd April

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Tuesday 24th April

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Wednesday 25th April (Limited View Only)

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Order of Sale Pictures 1-16 Travel & Exploration

17-21

Naval & Nelson

22-86

Sailor Art

87-121

Liner (including Titanic)

122-138

Fittings & Collectables

139-167

Instruments 170-235 Models 237-276

This auction is conducted by Charles Miller Ltd in accordance with our Conditions of Business printed in the back of this catalogue.

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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.

“Builder’s/Prisoner-of-War-Style…”

In our opinion a modern model which is built closely conforming to the typical types of examples found within the genre.

In other cases, the following expressions, with the following meanings are used:

“Restored…”

In our opinion an original model which has been to a lesser or greater extent restored in some or all areas.

The condition report may attempt to detail more precisely which areas these are.

“Attributed to…”

In our opinion probably a work by the artist in whole or in part “Studio of…”

“Workshop of…”

In our opinion a work executed in the studio or workshop of the artist, possibly under his supervision.

“Circle of…”

In our opinion a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence.

“Follower of…”

In our opinion a work executed in the artist’s style but not necessarily by a pupil.

“Manner of…”

In our opinion a work executed in the artist’s style but of a later date.

“After…”

In our opinion a copy (of any date) of a work of the artist.

“Signed…”

“Dated…”

“Inscribed…”

In our opinion the work has been signed/dated/inscribed by the artist. The addition of a question mark (?) adds an element of doubt.

“With signature…”

“With date…”

“With inscription…”

In our opinion the signature/date/inscription/stamp is by a hand other than that of the artist.

Models “Builder’s model…”

In our opinion a model produced in the workshops of the yard “Boardroom model…”

A model which has been produced under contract by a professional modelling firm for the yard.

Catalogue produced by atgmedia A2

“Restored overall…”

In our opinion a model or object which has been restored in every context, including fixings and mounts.

Model Scales Where possible indications are given of model scales, in some instances these are provided by individual modellers, or worked out from measurements.

Measurements These are provided in order of Height x Width x Depth, unless otherwise stated. Where it is not possible to separate the model from the case, overall measurements are taken from the widest point of each surface.

Condition Condition may be mentioned in italics within brackets at the end of a description; detailed condition reports may be had from CM Ltd. prior to sale and are for reference only. Clients should satisfy themselves in person wherever possible as to the condition of a lot, or ask an agent to inspect it for them. All statements provided by Charles Miller Ltd. are honestly given, however our staff are not trained conservators or restorers and accordingly any statement given will not be exhaustive.

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Lot 5 (detail)

Pictures

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WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)

3. δ JACK RIGG (BRITISH)

‘’Portsmouth harbour with shipping under tow’

‘’Misty morning at Scarborough’

Signed in pencil WL Wyllie (lower left)

Signed, inscribed, and dated on reverse 1981

Etching published 1911 by WR Howell and Co. and printed by Chas Welch

Oil on canvas laid on board

Plate size 8 x 19½in. (20 x 49.5cm.) together with another by the same publisher of a harbour scene. Signed in pencil. Printed on silk -- 8 x 19½in. (20 x 49.5cm.)

12½ x 17in. (32 x 43.5cm.)

Exhibited: R.S.M.A. at the Mall Galleries 1981 £150-250

£400-600 2.

WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)

4. δ ROGER DESOUTTER (BRITISH, B. 1923) ‘On the mud flats’

‘’Landing at low tide’

Signed ‘Roger Desoutter’ (lower right)

Signed in pencil WL Wyllie (lower left) and inscribed on old label on reverse

Oil on board

Etching Plate size 3½ x 13¾in. (8.5 x 35cm.) £150-250

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8½ x 10½in. (21.5 x 26.5cm.)

Exhibited: Mall Galleries £200-300

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LIEUT. JAMES HOLL (BRITISH, D. 1789)

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LIEUT. JAMES HOLL (BRITISH, D. 1789)

‘A view of Ramsgate’

‘A view of Margate harbour from the sea, as it appeared from the trinity house yacht in 1785’

Signed and inscribed, ‘drawn from the West Pier in 1785’ LIEUT JAS HOLL delint (lower middle)

Signed and inscribed, drawn by LIEUT JAS HOLL of the Navy (lower right)

Watercolour over pen and ink

Watercolour over pen and ink

12 x 17½in. (30.5 x 44.5cm.)

12 x 17½in. (30.5 x 44.5cm.)

£500-800

£500-800

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G.H. ANDREWS (BRITISH, 1816-1898) History of Steam Navigation a series of sixteen vignettes of notable early steamships, including Comet, Sirius, Great Western and Great Britain, surrounding a central larger drawing of Brunel’s colossal Great Eastern shown during construction on the Thames foreshore in 1857 Pencil on cream card, the central vignette with a grey wash 25 x 30in. (63.5 x 76.5cm.) Framed and glazed George Henry Andrews trained as an engineer but then became an artist, specialising in watercolour, sepia and wash. During his career, he worked extensively for both the Illustrated London News and The Graphic, and it seems likely that the work offered here is the preparatory sketch for an engraving in one of these periodicals which, given the inclusion of the incomplete Great Eastern, presumably dates it to circa 1857.

£200-400 8.

FOLLOWER OF THOMAS SEWELL ROBINS ‘The First Rate Duke of Wellington at anchor in a heavy swell’ Watercolour and gouache 16 x 19¾in. (40.5 x 50cm.)

Built at Pembroke Dock and converted for screw propulsion whilst still on the stocks, she was launched on 14th September 1852, the day of the Duke of Wellington’s death, and thus renamed in his honour two weeks later. A splendid 1st Rate measured at 3,759 tons (5,829 tons displacement), she was 240 feet in length with a 60 foot beam and 131 mounted guns of varying calibre, including 30-8in. on her gundeck and 30-32 pdrs on each of her other two decks. For her auxiliary power, she was fitted with a 700nhp. engine by Napier -- removed from the iron-screw frigate Simoom when she was converted into a troopship in April 1852 - which, on her trials in April 1853, gave her a very satisfactory cruising speed of 10.15 knots.

Sent to the Baltic as flagship to Admiral Sir Charles Napier’s fleet for the campaign against the Russians in 1854-55, she was widely admired both for her sailing as well as her steaming qualities, although her sea-going career proved a short one, apparently, due to the age of her secondhand machinery and the indecent haste of her conversion to steam as she approached completion. After a brief spell in the Mediterranean as Second Flagship in 1856, she came home to be paid off and was then placed in reserve until 1863 when she became a receiving ship at Portsmouth. This last role proved a lengthy one and, for nearly forty years, she remained a familiar sight at her permanent mooring in the harbour there until she was sold in 1902 and finally broken up in 1909.

£200-400

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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS MITCHELL (1735-1790) ‘The Tartar, Roebuck and Phoenix forcing the passage of the Hudson River, July 1776’ Signed and inscribed and dated on reverse 1981 Oil on canvas 28 x 46in. (71 x 117cm.)

From a cartouche accompanying this lot: In July 1776 Lord Howe arrived at Sandy hook to join his brother, General Sir William Howe, in the concentration which led to the capture of the New York. As a preliminary move the Admiral sent a squadron under Captain Hyde Parker, (afterwards Nelson’s Commander-in-Chief at Copenhagen), to reconnoiter the north River. Hyde Parker in the Phœnix, with the Tartar and Roebuck, sailed 25 miles upstream despite the interference of the fire ships and heavy sustained cannonades from both shores; and returned after a month with their purpose accomplished.

£2000-3000

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FOLLOWER OF THOMAS WHITCOMBE, BRITISH 19TH CENTURY The frigate action between the ‘Phœbe’ and ‘L’Africaine’ 19th February 1801 Oil on panel. A set of three Each 17 x 24¼in. (43 x 61.5cm.)

(3, a set) At 4pm on the 19th February 1801, H.M.S. Phœbe (36) under Captain Robert Barlow spotted an unknown vessel whilst patrolling off Gibraltar; attempting to flee, the French frigate L’Africaine (40) under Commodore Saulnier pressed on more sail. By 7.30pm Phœbe had caught up, forcing her opponent to clear for what was to become one of the bloodiest frigate actions of the Napoleonic Wars - L’Africaine was crammed with men and munitions intended to reinforce the French army in Egypt. The French broadsides were hastily fired to little or no effect, whereas the Phœbe’s first well-aimed broadside wrought devastation. A furious action ensued at pistol shot for the next two hours, ending at 9.30pm when, with over five feet of water in the hold, most of her guns dismounted and her decks piled with casualties (of a complement of 715, 185 were killed outright - including three surgeons dressing wounds in the cockpit - and 125 were wounded), L’Africaine finally struck her colours. Barlow was knighted for his efforts, and L’Africaine was absorbed into the Royal Navy where she gave many years’ good service under the name Amelia.

£2000-3000

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JOHN SCOTT (FL. 1844-1866) The French steamer ‘Paris’ off the mouth of the Tyne bound for Hamburg Signed and dated ‘J. Scott / 1856’ (lower right) Oil on canvas

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26 x 38¼in. (66 x 97.2cm.)

The iron-screw passenger/cargo steamer Paris was built at Newcastle by Mitchell & Co. in 1856 for Schuller & Co. Registered at 413 tons gross (281 net), she measured 181 feet in length with a 24 foot beam, and this portrait of her was clearly commissioned by her owners or her first master (Capt. F. Vasse) to mark her completion. No further details of her career are available at the time of writing.

£7000-9000

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WILLIAM HOWARD YORKE (AMERICAN, 1847-1921) ‘The Connemara in foul weather’; ‘The Connemara in fair weather’ A pair, both signed, inscribed and dated ‘WH Yorke Liverpool 1880 (lower right) Oil on canvas 20 x 30in. (51 x 76cm.)

(2, a pair) £4000-6000

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NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY

15. δ ROBERT MOORE (BRITISH, 1905-1963)

The P&O Passenger/Cargo Steam Ship ‘Pekin’ underway

Stormy conditions in the Bristol Channel (off Portishead, Avon)

Gouache

Signed ‘Rbt Moore’ (lower left)

15 x 23¾in. (38 x 60.5cm.)

Oil on board

Built by Palmers of Jarrow and launched in 1887 as the Locksley Hall for the Sun Shipping Co., she was a classic passenger/cargo liner of her day. Registered at 3,957 gross tons and measuring 380 feet with a 45 foot beam, her triple-expansion engines produced 3,000psi giving a very creditable 15.5 knots service speed. Purchased and used by P&O between 1899-1906, she was renamed Pekin thus providing a fairly tight time-frame for this picture. Subsequently sold in 1906 (Shah Nawaz) and 1909 (Namji), she was broken up in Bombay in 1911.

15 x 24in. (38 x 61cm.)

£400-600

£400-600 16.

ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1880 ‘The Barque Fifeshire’ Oil on canvas 18 x 23¼in. (46 x 59cm.)

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NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY

£300-500

S.S. ‘Calliope’ in the bay of Naples Gouache 16 x 24in. (41 x 61cm.) £300-500

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Travel & Exploration

Lot 20 (detail)

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[SIR JOSEPH BANKS / ENDEAVOUR EXPEDITION 1768-1771] AN 18TH-CENTURY POCKET COMPASS unsigned, 2½in. dial with blued-steel needle inscribed in gilt for ‘N’ and ‘S’, inscribed inside lid Sir Joseph Banks / Compass / use by him on / Captain Cooks / voyages -- 3in. (7.7cm.) diameter £200-400 18.

HERBERT GEORGE PONTING (1871-1935) Spray ridges of ice, Cape Evans, inaccessible island in distance with studio stamp (lower right) and label inscribed with title to reverse stamped Photograph by Herbert G. Ponting, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 -- 17 x 24in. (43 x 61cm.) unframed £700-900 19.

HERBERT GEORGE PONTING (1871-1935) study of a female Adelie penguin: I don’t care what becomes of me with studio stamp (lower right) and label inscribed with title to reverse and numbered ‘64’ -- 18 x 13¼in. (46 x 33.5cm.) unframed £500-800

19: “I don’t care what becomes of me”

18: “Spray ridges of ice, Cape Evans, inaccessible island in distance”

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[SHACKLETON’S IMPERIAL TRANS-ARCTIC (‘ENDURANCE’) EXPEDITION 1914-1917] A MAGIC LANTERN AND ARCHIVE OF MARITIME AND EXPLORATION SLIDES INCLUDING THIS EXPEDITION, FORMERLY OWNED AND USED BY CMDR. FRANK WORSLEY, R.N. the mahogany and brass lantern by W. Watson & Sons, converted to electricity and contained in original fitted box with maker’s labels and instructions pasted inside lid; together with nearly four-hundred 3¼ x 3¼in. glass slides in wooden storage boxes with manuscript indices, one inscribed inside lid COMMANDER WORSLEY RN / 6 GLEDSTANES Road LONDON W.14., the lantern -- 13¾ x 22½in.

(35 x 56.5cm.) manuscript lecture notes on Shackleton, spare bulbs and paperback book of Shackleton interest. (a lot) £1000-1500

20: Endurance

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20: Nimrod

20: Aurora

Frank Arthur Worsley (1872-1943) a New Zealand-born sailor and explorer who formed part of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated attempt to cross the Antarctic continent. When their ship Endurance, captained by Worsley, was crushed by the ice, the crew were forced into small boats and reached the remote Elephant Island safely. With no prospect of rescue, Worsley was one of five men hand-picked by Shackleton to accompany him on the perilous open-boat voyage to South Georgia in the lifeboat christened the James Caird (named in honour of the Glasgow jute manufacturer who largely underwrote the expedition and which is now preserved in Dulwich College). At 800 nautical miles (920 miles) this voyage remains the second longest undertaken in such a vessel (the longest being Captain Bligh’s 3,000 mile journey after the infamous mutiny) and that Worsley was chosen proves the extent of Shackleton’s faith in him. Upon reaching Europe, Worsley captained a Q-Ship (disguised warship) and was one of the few to sink a U-Boat with this ruse. In 1921-2 he Captained the Quest for Shackleton’s return voyage to South Georgia but Shackleton died and, at his wife’s request, was buried there.

According to hearsay evidence, Worsley, a member of the Little Ship Club in the City of London, gave regular talks on Maritime themes and history, and his Arctic experiences in particular. No less than 86 of the slides here pertain to the region and include views of Endurance, icebergs, whaling, penguins etc. He died of lung cancer in 1943 and this set passed to Lt. Higley Halliday RN who gave it to the vendor in the early 1970s.

20: CDR F.A. Worsley

20: Discovery

20: Penguins and Gramophone

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY ROYAL NAVAL OFFICER’S ALBUM OF GREY WASH SURVEYING WATERCOLOURS PERTAINING TO THE MEDITERRANEAN comprising approximately fifty closely-observed coastal elevations, each titled and located, with distinguishing features named, with views from locations including Sardinia; Majorca; Navarin; Corfu; Bonifacio; St. Lucia & St. Vincent, etc.; at the back, three worked-up washes of views, contained between original boards (mostly disbound) -- 5 x 10¾in. (12.5 x 27.5cm.); photocopies of service record These very competent watercolours were made by Lieut. Alfred Miles (born 1796) who entered the Royal Navy as a First Class Boy in 1811. His first ten years were spent in various theatres before he joined the Adventure, a small surveying vessel Captained by Henry Smyth on the Mediterranean station, and surveyed the coast of Sardinia on 17th February 1825 for a passage to the West Indies. He spent the rest of his sea-going naval career surveying, but from 1833 he assisted at the Hydrographic Office at the Admiralty and reached the rank of Commander in 1846.

£1500-2000

Wall in Cagliari Convent Cagliari

Excavated temple near Cagliari

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Interior of excavated temple near Cagliari

Town of Alghero Sardinia

Pula Tower from Port Efficio - Sardinia -- Cape Teulada from off Cape Mafretana Sardinia

Isle Serpentaria - Sardinia

Corfu Citadel N.W. 4 or 5 Miles

St Lucia - St Vincents

Castle Island at N.E.&N. 2 or 3 Miles

Land near Castel Sardo. Sardinia Town S E 6 miles - Porto Torres from the Anchorage

Mafretama Tower N6’E 4 or 5 Miles

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Naval & Nelson (including the collection of Warwick Leadlay)

Lots 38 and 39

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Warwick Leadlay Collection (selection) 22.

A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE SILK PICTURE

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‘ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B.’

worked in brightly-coloured silks and depicting Britannia mourning over a memorial to Lord Nelson, with oak tree and recumbent lion and shipping beyond, in original verre eglomise oval gilt border within early 19th-Century gilt gesso frame -25 x 22in. (63.5 x 56cm.)

after J. Hoppner, published by Welch & Gwynne, London, 1839, mezzotint contained within ornate gilt gesso frame.

Measurements overall -- 24 x 17½in. (61 x 44cm.); together with ‘The Battle of the Nile August 1st 1798’, after Whitcombe, published 1816, from Jenkins Naval Achievements -approximately 8½ x 12in. (21.5 x 30.5cm.), framed and glazed

£500-800

(2) £250-350

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A COMMEMORATIVE PEARLWARE BOWL, CIRCA 1805 blue and white transfer print, the interior with portrait of Lord Nelson with usual inscriptions -- 6¾in. (17cm.) diameter £300-400

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A COMMEMORATIVE CREAMWARE JUG FOR LORD NELSON AND THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 1805 black transfer print of Lord Nelson opposite a plan of the battle with description -- 7in. (18cm.) high £250-350

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A COMMEMORATIVE BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER JUG, CIRCA 1805 with commemorative inscription and trophy-of-arms under spout flanked by portrait oval of Lord Nelson and H.M.S. Victory in action -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high £200-300

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A SET OF THREE 19TH-CENTURY ADMIRAL NELSON AND CAPTAIN BERRY COMMEMORATIVE PRATTWARE JUGS each finished in typical palette -- 5¼in; 6in.; 7½in.

(13.5cm.; 15cm.; 19cm.) high (3) £700-900

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A MID 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE STAFFORDSHIRE LORD NELSON PORTRAIT JUG modelled half-length in uniform with decorations, sparsely coloured with gilt highlighting -- 10¼in. (26m.) high £200-300

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A RARE NEWCASTLE POTTERY COMMEMORATIVE LORD NELSON FROG MUG, CIRCA 1810

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A COMMEMORATIVE CREAMWARE FROG MUG, CIRCA 1805

a black transfer print of a marine and sailor mourning either side of a memorial to Lord Nelson, with inscriptions and poems -4¾in. (12cm.) high

with hand-coloured black transfer print of Lord Nelson flanked by a mourning jack tar and Britannia, the frog finished in green with red eyes -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high £400-600

£600-800 30.

AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE CREAMWARE FROG MUG with black transfer print of Lord Nelson flanked by a mourning jack tar and Britannia, the frog finished in green with red eyes -5½in. (14cm.) high £400-600

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A COMMEMORATIVE PEARLWARE JUG, CIRCA 1810 with sepia transfer print of Lord Nelson flanked by children at play -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high

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AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE JUG OF LORD NELSON

£300-500

modelled as a full-length figure standing in front of a cannon and finished in typical palette -- 11¾in. (30cm.) high; together with a Royal Doulton portrait jug of Lord Nelson, the base with maker’s mark and copyright date for 1951 -- 7½in. (19cm.) high

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A COMMEMORATIVE PEARLWARE JUG, CIRCA 1810

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with single puce transfer print of Lord Nelson, with inscription -5in. (12.7cm.) high

£150-250 36.

A ROYAL DOULTON TWO-HANDLED COMMEMORATIVE MUG, CIRCA 1905

£250-350 34.

A COMMEMORATIVE PEARLWARE JUG, CIRCA 1810 with black transfer print of a quarter-length portrait of Lord Nelson, with inscription, and a roundel of a small sailing boat off a fortified headland -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high

with portrait bust of Lord Nelson to front, opposite England Expects... quote behind, rope handles, finished in typical palette, base impressed with Royal Doulton maker’s mark -5¾in. (14.5cm.) high £150-250

£200-300 37.

A 19TH-CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE JUG OF LORD NELSON modelled full-length beside a cannon, holding a telescope, and finished in typical palette -- 11½in. (29cm.) high; together with a moulded marble bust of Nelson after the Parian ware original by Joseph Pitts, mounted on a black socle -- 14in. (36cm.) high £80-120 38.

A MID 19TH-CENTURY PARIAN WARE BUST OF LORD NELSON after the original by Flaxman, the reverse inscribed with dedication to Admiral Sir William Parker, and stamped for Joseph Pitts, London, 1853 -- 9½in. (24cm.) high £500-800

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A 19TH-CENTURY COPELAND BUST OF LORD NELSON after the original by John Flaxman, maker’s mark impressed behind, secured to socle with brass screw -- 11½in. (29cm.) high; together with a 19th-Century black basalt plaque of Lord Nelson by Wedgwood, after John De Vaere, and mounted in a glazed case for wall hanging, plaque 3½in. (9cm.) high, mount 9 x 8in. (23 x 20.2cm.)

(2) £500-800 40.

A LARGE COMMEMORATIVE GLASS LORD NELSON RUMMER bust-length portrait of Lord Nelson within wreath of laurels opposite his name and title wreathed in oak leaves with the England Expects ... quote between, supported on a hollowed baluster stem to circular foot with pontil mark -- 9in. (23cm.) high

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£400-600 41.

A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SMOKER’S CABINET BY GOODALL, LAMB & HEIGHWAY LTD, MADE FROM THE TIMBER AND COPPER OF H.M.S. FOUDROYANT the door with elaborate pressed-copper relief of the wreck, with provenance inscriptions, and carved NELSON’S FOUDROYANT below, the hinged top with maker’s plate, fitted internally with twin pipe-racks, tobacco jar cavity, four drawers and lower recess -- 21 x 16 x 8¾in. (53.5 x 40.5 x 22cm.) £500-800 42.

A QUANTITY OF COLLECTABLES PERTAINING TO H.M.S. FOUDROYANT comprising a copper bon bon dish, vesta case and medallion made from Foudroyant copper, and four period postcards of the wreck at Blackpool in 1897 (7) £100-150 40

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THREE WALKING STICKS MADE FROM THE WOOD AND COPPER OF H.M.S. FOUDROYANT two with knob ends and one with wooden handle, each with pressed copper provenance plate, the tallest -- 36in. (91.5cm.) tall (3) £300-500 44.

AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MARQUETRY COAT OF ARMS FOR EARL NELSON the sycamore panel with inlaid fruitwood on scroll-form ground entitled NELSON -12 x 8¾in. (30.5 x 22.2cm.), later frame with trade label for the Hoyer workshop, San Francisco Note: it has been suggested that this coat of arms was originally located in one of the doors of Earl Nelson’s carriage.

£400-600 45.

AN ATTRACTIVE IVORY-INLAID YEW WOOD CRIBBAGE BOARD, CIRCA 1788 of oval form with marquetry floral design to centre, on a box base with sliding lid containing original paper label inscribed A CRIBBAGE BOARD made of Yew found Eight feet below the surface of the Marsh in digging the Foundation of the new MastPond in HIS MAJESTY’S YARD at WOOLWICH began in 1788. Suppos’d to have lay’d under Ground ever since the Deluge. Years since the deluge 4144. -- 6¾in. (17cm.) wide £200-400

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A GOOD WEDGWOOD BLUE AND WHITE JASPERWARE PLAQUE OF LORD NELSON

49.

ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 1798

finely-detailed impression after John de Vaere, the reverse impressed with maker’s mark and ‘Nelson’ -- 4¼in. (10.4cm.) high

silver gilt, engraved in sky ‘HL’ (Henry Lowcay), rim with usual dedication from Davison interrupted to top with mark from a missing eye ring -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.)

£200-400 47.

A 19TH-CENTURY BROWN WEDGWOOD PLAQUE OF LORD NELSON after John De Vaere, now mounted on marble base to serve as a paperweight -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) £80-120 48.

‘BATTLE OF THE NILE, AUGt. 1ST, 1798’ after Thomas Whitcombe, aquatint, London, 1816, for Jenkins Naval Achievements -- 9 x 12in. (23 x 30.5cm.) framed and glazed £100-150

Commander Henry Lowcay (1764-1849) enjoys a good description in O’Byrne’s Naval Biographical Dictionary, published the year he died.

He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1791 and almost immediately enjoyed a lively naval career, present at the capture of many vessels and was also aboard the Juno when she effected her daring escape from Toulon in 1794, and served alongside Nelson at Santa Cruz and Tenerife. Aboard the Culloden at the Nile, he was able to witness the action without further involvement as this vessel was stranded on a shoal and acted as a marker for the following ships. Subsequently he was employed on blockade, and retired on half pay from October 1813.

£300-500 50.

ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 1798 in bronzed copper, by C.H. Küchler, as presented to all ratings and marines, 1 .7/8in. (4.7cm.), very fine £250-400

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A WALKING STICK MADE OF TIMBER RECOVERED FROM H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE, SUNK 1782, RAISED 1840 the plain tapering shaft blackened towards the handle, gilt-brass knob engraved at per title. Length overall -- 35in. (89cm.) £200-400 54.

AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF NELSON

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HAMILTON’S ATTITUDES: ‘DRAWINGS FAITHFULLY COPIED FROM NATURE AT NAPLES AND WITH PERMISSION DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON...’

About the middle of the action, with combined fleets, on the 21st of October, Lord Nelson was on the Quarter-deck, where he had resolved to take his station during the whole of the battle. A few minutes before he was wounded, Mr Bourke was near him; he looked steadfastly at him and said “Bourke, I expect every man to be at his station.” Lengthy article, giving interesting details of the final hours of the illustrious sea Lord, including the famous interaction with Capt. Hardy -- of column space, page 2, column 2-3; also - another account referencing Lord Nelson, with regards to the funeral procession, describing the hearse, and coffin, as well as programme and attending dignitaries, the inscription in gold plate for the coffin is also reproduced in full -- 11in. of column space, page 2, column 2; other articles of interest: two advertisements for portraits of “The Immortal Nelson” and Collingwood -- 9in. of column space, front page, and page 3; two articles relating to the Trial and Verdict of Vice Admiral Sir Robert Calder -- 18in. of column space, page 2, columns 2-3), all in a complete issue of THE NORWICH MERCURY, dated 4th January, 1806

Frederick Rehberg, Rome, 1794, twenty-four plates of Emma Hamilton recreating the principal Characters in the PLAYS of RACINE, in their proper costume.., bound between contemporary grey card covers with gilt title to spine -- 13 x 10in. (33 x 25.5cm.); together with a 19th-Century watercolour of Emma, after Romney -- 16 x 12in. (40.5 x 30.5cm.) framed and glazed

£400-600

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with three-quarter shoulder-length profile of Nelson in full-dress hat with chelengk, uniform with decorations and inscribed HORATIO NELSON / 1805 · THE TRAFALGAR CENTENARY · 1905, mounted on plush backing within oak frame 16 x 14½in.

(40.5 x 37cm.)

£800-1200 52.

AN 1804-PATTERN CUTLASS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY

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A RARE 1905 CENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF LORD NELSON BY L.F. VON ROSELIEB

£600-800

with 29¼inch straight steel blade, ribbed handle and solid tapering guard to pommel. Overall length -- 35in. (89cm.) £300-500

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE ‘NELSON’ FOB SEAL the 10mm. shoulder-length bust mounted in Pinchbeck fob with later Albert chain £150-250 57.

H.M.S. AGAMEMNON: CAPTAIN HORATIO NELSON TO COMMODORE ROBERT LINZEE -- AN AUTOGRAPH REQUEST FOR SUPPLIES, PROBABLY AT CAGLIARI, OCTOBER 1793

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written in a clear hand over half a folded sheet now laid on board, addressed to Commodore Linzee / Adelaide and urgently requesting rope, blocks and bales of sail cloth ...[as] we have not a fathom of rope in the ship... I would be much obligd Believe Me Dear Sir / Yours Most faithfully / Horatio Nelson -- 6¾ x 8¾in.

(17 x 22cm.), framed and glazed with notes behind Shortly after Louis XVI’s execution in January 1793 precipitated hostilities between England and France, Nelson was delighted to be given command of his first ship-of-the-line. Although only a 64-gun ship, the twelve year old Agamemnon had a reputation for speed and being able to pack a punch. Nelson initially sailed to Toulon via Naples (where he first encountered Lady Hamilton) and thence on the 8th October with orders from Admiral Hood for Cmdr Robert Linzee’s squadron at Cagliari, Southern Sardinia. On the 22nd, Agamemnon was in action with the rear guard of a French convoy and nearly sank the 44-gun Melpomème after a protracted action lasting until nightfall. Returning to Cagliari to refit, Linzee (aboard the Adelaide) found that Hood had ordered him to Tunis suggesting this note was sent shortly after the action.

£1500-2000

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY ROYAL MARINE’S PRIVATE POCKET JOURNAL, KEPT BY LT. PAUL HARRIS NICHOLAS ABOARD H.M.S. BELLEISLE AND INCLUDING HIS SERVICE AT TRAFALGAR begun on 6th July 1805 and written in a small, neat hand over thirty pages (sixty sides) and noting his part in various actions and events, noting men wounded, transfers, the Death of Nelson, with good narrative descriptions over several pages, the account of Trafalgar taking up seventeen sides and including plan of attack, bound between original board with brass clasp -- 3¼ x 4¾in. (8 x 12cm.)

Lieutenant Paul Harris Nicholas (c.1790-1860) became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Marines on 6 July 1805, was promoted Lieutenant on 27 July 1808 and was placed on half-pay (effectively retired) in September 1814. He served in the 74-gun Belleisle at Trafalgar, under Captain William Hargood, and is known to have produced at least one other watercolour of the battle showing the position of his own ship at 1.00pm.; Belleisle was so badly damaged by enemy fire that she eventually had to be towed out of the action by the frigate Naiad.

After Trafalgar, Nicholas also saw action in the attack on the Basque Roads in 1810 and survived to receive the Naval General Service medal with two clasps in 1848. One of his brothers was Sir N.H. Nicholas, G.C.M.G., the compiler of the monumental work which published all Lord Nelson’s extant letters and despatches in the 1840s.

£800-1200

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A RELIC OF ADMIRAL SIR [WILLIAM] SIDNEY SMITH, GCB (1764-1840) consisting of a circular silver locket, partially glazed and the enclosed back engraved Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith’s hair cut off by Sophia, wife of Comr. W.H. Budd, at Wootton Cottage, Isle of Wight, 1806 in neat running script -- 35mm. (diam.), with integral and secondary loops for suspension; together with a white metal medal commemorating Smith’s presidency of the so-called Knights of the White Slaves -- 54mm. (Brown’s British Historical Medals, 1760-1960, vol. 1, no. 920); and an unrelated silver medallion marking Sir Robert Peel’s Installation as Lord Rector of Glasgow University in January 1837, 46mm. (Brown, BHM, 1, no. 1749) (3) Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, invariably known as Sir Sidney Smith, entered the Navy in 1777 and, after action during the American War of Independence including ‘The Moonlight Battle’ off Cape St. Vincent on 16th January 1780, thereafter served in various foreign navies until France’s declaration of War against England in 1793. He brought the despatches home after the evacuation of Toulon in 1793 but was captured off Le Havre in 1796 and imprisoned in Paris for two years before making a daring escape. Given command of the captured French 80-gunTigre, he is chiefly remembered for his heroic defence of Acre against Napoleon’s army in 1799 after which he served mainly in the Mediterranean or out of Lisbon.

Possessing a plethora of wildly contrasting personal characteristics, his whole career was filled with adventure and his contemporaries regarded him as something of a latter-day Elizabethan buccaneer. His final appointment as Admiral came in 1821 and he died in Paris, a city he greatly loved and where he spoke fluent French, in 1840. Typical of his eccentric lifestyle, he had earlier assumed the title of President of the entirely fictitious Knights of the White Slaves, an organisation founded in Paris in 1814, whose objective was the liberation of Christian slaves from the Barbary pirates.

Commander W.H. Budd is not recorded as a naval officer and his residence on the sea at Wootton, west of Ryde, Isle of Wight, may suggest that he was employed in either the Coast Guard or Revenue Services.

£800-1200 60.

CAPTAIN COOK

61.

THE FIRST FLEET

1. The Return of Captain Cook. On Saturday last, an express arrived at the Admiralty, with the agreeable news of the arrival in the Downs of the Endeavour, Capt. Cooke, from the East Indies….-- 3in. of column space, page 3, column 1, in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE, dated July 13th, 1771; 2. Excellent and lengthy account by a member onboard the Endeavour, during July 1768, starting with the viewing of the transit of Venus, and then on to the land discoveries -- 11in. of column space, page 6, columns 1-2, in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE, dated 27th July, 1771

1. An excellent and lengthy account from the Surgeon on the Lady Juliana Transport bound for Botany Bay, dated from the Cape of Good Hope, March 22nd, 1790 -- 10in. of column space, page 2, column 2, in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE, dated August 21st, 1790; 2. Extract of a letter from Portsmouth detailing the sailing of H.M.S. Guardian to Botany Bay, describing ship, crew, convicts, and conditions aboard -- 3in. of column space, back page, column 1, in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE, dated September 8th, 1789

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(2) £350-450

£400-500 62.

SET OF THREE PAPERS RELATING TO THE EXPLORER LA COMTE DE LA PEROUSE 1. Account by a member of Comte De La Perouse expedition relating to the various places covered up to the second year (1st of October,1788), and plans to return to France a year hence, after proposing to finish the discoveries which remain to be made in the Austral hemisphere…-- 7½in. column space, front page, columns 1-2; Extract of Comte De La Perouse’s Dispatches. A detailed and lengthy article giving an excellent description of events regarding the last voyage, up until the 15th of October, 1788 -- 13” of columns space, page 2, columns 1-2, in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE, dated November 4th-6th, 1788; 2. Report from the ship Sydney Cove, following a discovery which may shed some light on the fate of the unfortunate French Admiral -- 9in. of column space, page 3, column 5, in a complete issue of THE LONDON PACKET AND CHRONICLE, dated August 15th, 1827; 3. An excellent and detailed and lengthy article pertaining to further discoveries regarding De La Perouse’s ship, by the commander of an expedition sent specifically to determine the navigator’s fate -- 7in. of column space, page 4, column 5, in a complete issue of THE LONDON PACKET AND CHRONICLE, dated January 19th, 1829 (3) £300-400

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THE EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG

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NAVAL FLAGS & SIGNALS

with an eye witness account of the last moments of Admiral Byng ..He threw his Hat on the Deck, kneel’d on a Cushion, tied one Handkerchief over his Eyes, and dropped the other as a Signal, on which a Volley from Six Marines was fired, five of whose Bullets went through him, and he was in an Instant no more.., in an original issue of the London Chronicle (also known as The Universal Evening Post) for March 17, 1757, page 5 (261) cols 2-3 with a 47 line report, duty stamp to lower corner of page 2

comprising an undated (early 19th century?) tabulated manuscript signal book containing two hand-coloured flag plates, one titled ‘Port Admiral’s Portsmouth, Telegraph Flags’, original worn calf (lacking spine); Complete and Universal Dictionary of Signals for the Boats of Her Majesty’s Fleet...... 2nd ed., London, 1851, containing several hand-coloured flag and compass plates, disbound but apparently complete; Bentley’s Complete Phrase Code, a later American edition of the 1909 reprint, original black cloth; together with a quantity of colour-printed plates from two of the greatest British naval flag publications, Drawings of the Flags in use at the Present Time by Various Nations, Admiralty, various editions, late 19th/early 20th centuries, and Hounsell’s Flags & Signals of All Nations, London, undated (but circa 1873), some of the large and impressive latter plates in cream card mounts ready for framing

£40-60 64.

PAPERS RELATING TO SIR JAMES SAUMAREZ 1. The Sea Engagement…between the Crescent and the ReUnion….took place on Sunday last near Cherbourg, at a distance of less than a league and a half from the shore. The loss on board the French frigate was 118 killed and wounded, and not a single man hurt on board the Crescent, by the fire of the enemy….; The Crescent capturing La Reunion - First Report On Captain James Saumarez ship -- 7in. of column space, back page, column 2, in a complete issue of THE ORACLE, dated 26th of October 1793; also includes much of the Trial and Execution of Marie Antoinette - Queen of France; 2. Copy of a Letter from Captain James Saumarez of His Majesty’s Ship Crescent, to Mr Stephens, dated off Cherbourg, the 20th of October, 1793 -- 4½in of column space, page 2, column 3, in a complete issue of THE ORACLE, dated 28th of October 1793

(a lot) Bentley’s Phrase Code (and others) was devised to enable mariners in foreign ports to send home the briefest of telegrams and thereby make substantial savings on telegram costs.

£100-150

(2) £300-400 65.

‘THE BATTLE OF SOLEBAY’ issued for the Navy Records Society, 1901 after the original by William Van De Velde, printed in colour and linen-backed -14½ x 122½in. (37 x 3m.10cm.) £150-250

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H.M.S. MERSEY (1858): A COMMEMORATIVE BRASS AND ENAMEL INKWELL

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AN OFFICER’S COCKED HAT AND EPAULETTES FOR THE ROYAL NAVY

modelled in the form of a regulation sailor’s straw hat, tally inscribed MERSEY, the crown lifting and further inscribed H.M.S. MERSEY 40 CAPtn H CALDWELL CB / SHIPS COMPLEMENT 600 / TONS 3740. HORSEPOWER. 1000 -- 6in. (15cm.) diameter; together with a page from the Illustrated London News for May 7th 1859 with full page engraving of the Mersey; and historic data

for the rank of Lieutenant Commander, contained within tinned trunk of issue, with plush-lined interior, containing belting, inscribed on the lid R.E. Portlock. RN -- 9¼ x 19in. (23.5 x 48.2cm.)

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A 19TH-CENTURY NAVAL ARCHITECT’S DRAWING BOX

£300-500 68.

A LAUNCHING CASKET FROM H.M.S. ABOUKIR (1848) comprising a turned gavel, and etched chisel inscribed ABOUKIR OF 90 GUNS LAUNCHED APRIL 1848 MARY LOUIS, contained in original fitted box with sliding lid and manuscript plaque with details -- 11in. (28cm.) wide One of seven 2nd Rate ‘Albion’ Class vessels designed by Sir William Symonds in 1839, Aboukir was laid down in 1840 at Plymouth Dockyard. Whilst she was launched in 1848, she remained in Ordinary, uncompleted as a sailing ship and was converted to screw propulsion in 1856. She served as a Receiving Ship in Jamaica between 1863-1877 when she was sold and broken up in 1878.

£250-400

the top trays for watercolour cakes, pens/pencils, lidded compartments with ceramic watercolour dishes, spare watercolour cakes; compartments under trays with numerous paper shapes for naval application - whaler’s, guns, anchors etc., the lower compartment with wooden shapes, each stamped for ‘W.T. Norris’, one inscribed H.M.S. Edinburgh, the lid with Inman Line label applied internally -- 5¼ x 13in. (13 x 33cm.)

The preponderance of shapes connected to the Royal Navy suggests, despite the Inman Line label, this was mostly used in designs for the RN Ships. H.M.S. Edinburgh was a ‘Colossus’ Class battleship built at Portsmouth in 1882 and sold in 1910.

£500-700

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U.S. NAVY: A PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ‘GREAT WHITE FLEET’, C.1908 printed in sepia and showing the fleet steaming in line accompanied by torpedo boat destroyers, entitled THE FLEET ENTERING GOLDEN GATE, OPPOSITE POINT BONITA LIGHTHOUSE, signed for the ‘Pillsbury Picture Co.’ lower right -9 x 32in. (23 x 81.5cm.) Framed and glazed Assembled in the autumn of ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt’s administration and cruising between 1907 and 1909, the intention was to demonstrate to the world (and particularly Japan) that America was now a major sea power. However, such was the furious pace of change, particularly after the launch of Dreadnought, it was obsolete by the time it reached European waters and achieved the opposite of America’s intentions.

£150-250

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A QUANTITY OF GREAT WAR-PERIOD NAVAL POSTCARDS comprising approximately twenty of Imperial German interest, and thirty-five of Royal Navy interest; together with a folder of Liner and Merchant photos and postcards, mostly b/w (a lot) £150-200 73.

A PAIR OF CAST-BRASS ADMIRALTY-PATTERN DOLPHINS mounted on 14in. square iron-backed brass plates with sockets for brass flag poles -- 60in. (152.5cm.) high (2, a pair) Used for securing red carpet for formal occasions in port. £1200-1800 74.

AN ADMIRALTY-PATTERN GROG MEASURING SET comprising six copper measures between a gill and a gallon, and two half-gallon copper jugs, bearing stamps for George VI or Elizabeth II. (8) £500-800

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A RARE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO EARLY ROYAL NAVY SUMARINE DEVELPMENT, COLLATED BY CAPT. JOHN MORETON RN, PROTÉGÉ OF ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD BACON comprising approximately 170 sepia and b/w images of assorted sizes and state spanning this officer’s naval career between c.1895-c.1910, on tour in the training ship Calypso and including views of life aboard and ashore; a selection of fine full-page views of H.M.S. Centurion receiving guests, c.1900; a section of full-page views devoted to submarines H1, H2, H3, A3 and B1 from launch to trials, some impressed with stamp for ‘Vickers Sons & Maxim’; several full-page views of Dreadnought (1906), dressed overall, with guests, underway, displaying successful targets hit in practice; officer groups with Bacon from 1901 and 1906; and a quantity of loose images including rare views of the 15in. monitor Erebus, contained in two albums (partially disbound) and a loose folder, the albums -15 x 10in. (38 x 25.5cm.) (a lot) £2000-3000

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75: A Royal Sovereign Class vessel docking at Portsmouth c1895

75: ? Captain Moreton c1906-7

75: Dreadnought with Victory beyond and submarine c.1906

75: Dreadnought target practice c.1906

Captain John Alfred Moreton (1877-1920) was one of the earliest submarine captains in the Royal Navy and was closely associated with Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon who commanded the First Submarine Flotilla between 1902-1906. When Bacon left to take command of Dreadnought in 1906, he took Moreton with him to act as First Lieutenant. Promoted Commander on 30th June 1909, after a few more months with submarines at Portsmouth, he was appointed Commander of HMS Duncan, flagship of Admiral Jerram in the Mediterranean for two years from August 1910 when he was transferred to the Indomitable. After a distinguished career during the Great War, gaining the DSO and promotion to Captain, he died of pneumonia whilst on active service in 1920 aged 43. The images included in this lot provide a fascinating glimpse of his career in the first modern submarines, a programme tolerated but not wholly endorsed by the Naval Establishment, but one which Admiral ‘Jackie’ Fisher knew was vital in order to take them as seriously as his new battleships; and it’s no coincidence that, in choosing Bacon, he put a trusted ally in charge of both projects in their early stages.

75: “these photographs look like A3”

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AN ARCHIVE OF WARSHIP PHOTOGRAPHS comprising over 400 b/w images spanning from approximately 1900 to the 1960s, of various size and contained in three large albums organised by navy and vessel type, most stencilled with the vessel name or annotated with further details and supplemented with some magazine clippings; together with seven albums of negatives with register; a box of slides; a folder of correspondence and articles between 1966-68; and small preWar album of family snaps

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AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINE ENAMEL RECRUITING SIGN

This archive was owned and used by the late Robert Quickenden, Naval Corespondent for Marine News.

white enamel ground with blue and red lettering, and Royal cipher over -- 24 x 34in. (61 x 86.5cm.)

£400-600

£250-350

77.

TEN SEPIA-TONE PHOTOGRAPHS OF LATE VICTORIAN BATTLESHIPS

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A COLLECTION OF MID 19TH-CENTURY CABLE-LAYING PRINTS

each approximately 11 x 14in. taken for Repulse; Revenge; Devastation; Royal Arthur; Gibraltar; Vulcan and Camperdown, each mounted on card with studio stamp for ‘A Debenham, Southsea’ (10)

(18) £400-600

£100-150

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by Thomas Picken, after Robert Charles Dudley, and comprising assorted views of various vessels in the art of cable laying, published by Day & Son, London, each bearing title, approximately 8 x 11in. (20 x 28cm.) framed and glazed

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A RARE 19TH-CENTURY MESS PLATE FROM H.M.S. CAMBRIDGE

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ROYAL YACHT OSBORNE

with ochre-coloured transfer print inscribed H.M.S. CAMBRIDGE, GUNNERY SHIP. MESS 8 -- 9in. diameter (23cm.); together with main and side plates from H.M.S. Worcester Training College; a timepiece contained in sailor-made wooden case with plaque inscribed H.M.S. VERNON 1832-1923; a half-globe meridian converted to a protractor; and a copy of The Daily Graphic, the 20th of April 1912 concerning the loss of Titanic

cut glass spirit flask etched with Prince of Wales’ feathers over the yacht’s garter roundel -- 6in. (15cm.) high; together with a porcelain mess plate with blue and gilt border and yacht garter roundel to top -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter (2) £300-500

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H.M.S. HOOD: AN EPNS GLASS-LINED OVAL DISH

£150-250 81.

A RARE MESS PLATE FROM GREENWICH HOSPITAL with coloured transfer printed foliate border and central roundel with Greenwich Hospital device, the reverse with maker’s marks and registered design diamond -- 10½in. (27cm.) diameter

with perforated sides, with applied ship’s badge and removable opaque glass liner with cut underside -- 4¼in. (11cm.) wide £150-250

£200-400

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A PRESENTATION SILVER LAUNCHING SALVER FOR H.M.S. PLUCKY, 1943 with pie-crust border, engraved to centre H.M.S. “Plucky” / Built by / Harland and Wolff Limited / Belfast / named by Mrs. F. Quin / 29th September 1943, Chester hallmarks for 1919-20 -- 11in.

(28cm.) diameter

84.

A BRONZE BADGE FROM H.M.S. CALCUTTA (1918) 8½in. diameter, possibly a pre-official or dockyard souvenir casting, mounted within roundel of circuit board with brass banner legend inscribed and filled in red 1926-7 CALCUTTA A.&W,I, -- 10¼in. (26cm.) wide overall

A minesweeper of 850 tons, Plucky served at Normandy and in Burma in the War, and survived until 1962.

£400-600 87.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE

Launched by Vickers in 1918, this 4,290 Capetown Class light cruiser was sunk by enemy air attack whilst supporting the evacuation of Crete in 1941. The badge and its presentation are typical products of either an onboard engineer’s department, or a naval dockyard. The principal variation between this design and the registered one is the use of the coronet under the ‘sea lion’.

depicting a Royal Navy frigate under sail in a choppy sea, framed within laurel wreath and patriotic international flags and symbols -- 17 x 22½in. (43 x 57cm.)

£100-150

88.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE

85.

A BRONZE BOAT BADGE FROM THE BATTLESHIP H.M.S. ANSON (1940) sandcasted bronze, finished in a later palette -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter £150-250

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depicting a fully rigged ship of the Royal Navy, underway in a calm sea -- 17½ x 22 in. (44.5 x 56cm.) £600-800 89.

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A SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT BOWL INSCRIBED BY SURVIVORS FROM THE WRECK OF H.M. TROOP SHIP TRANSIT, BANGKA, 1857 polished, with simple rope design under rim, inscribed in redfilled letters THE TRANSIT wrecked off the ISLAND OF BANCA 10 July 1857, the silver rim engraved ‘W.T.P.’ -- 5in. (13cm.) wide; together with a printed copy from The Times of the 6th October 1857 with a survivor’s account of the wreck Bound for Hong Kong, the troopship Transit had anchored off the eastern coast of Sumatra for the night before weighing anchor at 6.30am. At 9.30am she hit an unmarked reef at the northern end of Bangka Island and settled quickly. There was time to save some provisions and to make an orderly evacuation before the ship split along the keel stem to stern.

Commander Ennis Chambers and her Master John Allard were severely reprimanded by a court martial for steaming too close and too fast to the island. According to the officer and author of the account published inThe Times ‘we have much to be thankful for. Had there been a rough sea the ship must have gone to pieces, and it must have washed off the reef those would could have reached it. Thank God! we are all alive, well, and on a very beautiful island, abounding in fresh water, plus pine apples, cocoanuts, and bananas...’

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A FINELY-CARVED SWEETHEARTS ‘BUG BEAR’ COQUILLA NUT SCENT FLASK carved with symbols of love and fidelity, the end terminating with a hound’s head, the ‘open’ end with metal bead eyes and ivory stopper in mouth, suspension chain secured either side -4in. (10cm.) long £300-500 93.

A PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY PAINTED WHALEBONE VERTEBRæ depicting two demons with raised arms -- 5in. (13cm.) high £200-400 94.

A 19TH-CENTURY PAINTED WHALEBONE VERTEBRA depicting a preacher [?John Wesley/Jack in the Pulpit] -4¾in. (12cm.) high

£400-600

£150-200

91.

A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH-THEMED SWEETHEARTS ‘BUGBEAR’ COCONUT FLASK, C.1820

95.

A 19TH-CENTURY PAINTED WHALEBONE VERTEBRA

inlaid with white metal thistles and hearts, glazed eyes, and incised with a Scottish tar wearing a Tam O’Shanter courting his lady, and another couple, the gentleman holding a umbrella with coconut palms beyond -- 5in. (13cm.) high

depicting a wide-eyed Chinaman with raised arms -5¾in. (14.5cm.) high £150-250

£500-800

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95

96

96.

A RARE 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH BY EDWARD BURDETT (1805-1833)

97.

A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH PROBABLY BY EDWARD BURDETT

incised over both sides with depictions entitled H.M.S. Sealark / H.M.S. Isis, each with carved hull, the Sealark with red sealing wax infill to open gun port lids, sailing on a typical woven sea with foliate bands to tip and root -- 5½in. (14cm.) long; 321g.

carved and incised over both sides with ‘fair and foul’ depictions of a whaler entitled Elizabeth of London, with carved hull and gun ports, sailing in a woven sea, the root partially wreathed with a geometric design -- 5in. (12.7cm.); 312g.

Literature: Frank, S.M.: Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1991, p.23.

This interesting tooth has close similarities to the example in lot 96 - the hollowed hull, woven sea and manner of text seem to be the same hand, if achieved to a less confident degree. It seems plausible therefore to suggest that this example was one of Burdett’s early efforts before he became the master of this art form.

£5000-8000

£1500-2500

97

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98 (part)

99 (part)

98.

A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH incised over both sides with portraits of the Duke of Wellington and Princess Charlotte -- 5½in. (14cm.) high 275g.; together with a small tooth depicting a whaler -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) 155g.; and another, smaller with a group of children (3)

100

£250-350 99.

A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH worked over one side and depicting a half-length profile of a lady -- 6in. (15cm.) high; 344g.; together with another, partially completed with a dotted quarter-length bust outline of a lady in a hat -- 6¾in. (17cm.) high; 473g.

101.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WALRUS TUSK incised on both sides with a whaler and whale boats harpooning their catch -- 15 in. (38cm.) long; 800g. £1000-1500

(2) £200-300

102.

A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH

100.

A FINE PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAWDECORATED WHALE’S TEETH

incised on one side with a whaling team harpooning a whale, and the obverse with a full-length depiction of a fashionable lady -7½in. (19cm.) long; 562g.

incised with opposing whalers, the sea and whaling scene extending around the root with whale boats harpooning whales, each -- 7in. (18cm.) high; 445g.

£800-1200

(2, a pair) £2000-4000

101

102

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98 (part)

103

104

105 (part)

103.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH incised over one side with a profile of a Royal Navy First Rate Ship of the Line similar to H.M.S. Victory -- 5in. (13cm.) high; 258g. £350-450 104.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH worked over both sides, the obverse containing a Royal Navy warship portrait entitled Blonde; the reverse depicting a fulllength picture inscribed Wm the CONQUEROR -- 5in. (12.7cm.); 229g. £300-500 105.

A LARGE 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAWDECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH worked over both sides with a full-length depiction of a beautiful lady in ball gown, finished in coloured inks; the reverse with a soldier group and cavalryman and crossed Stars & Stripes -- 6¼in.

(16cm.) high, 358g.; together with another, smaller, depicting an aviary, and a seated lady in hat, finished in coloured inks -- 5in.

(12.5cm.) high, 206g.

106 (part)

105 (part)

(2) £300-500 106.

A LARGE SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH incised over one side with ship-wrecked survivors on a tropical island -- 7in. (18cm.) high; 616g.; together with a small tooth of a boy on a gate -- 3½in. (9cm.) high; 126g.

(2) £400-600 107

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108

109 107.

A PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TEETH

110.

A FINE 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAWDECORATED SWEETHEARTS WHALEBONE STAY BUSK

worked over all sides with apparently unconnected subjects comprising a Knight and song bird; and ?Lord Byron and a reclining savage, both mounted teeth on wooden plinths, the teeth -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high

incised over both sides with a whaling scene off a tropical headland, and lover’s motifs and American patriotic symbols highlighted in red ink, inscribed BARON across centre -12½in. (32cm.) long

(2, a pair)

£800-1200

£200-300 111.

AN UNUSUAL 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAWDECORATED MARINE IVORY AND BALEEN FID

108.

A 19TH-CENTURY NARWHAL TUSK WALKING STICK

constructed in sections and incised in the round and comprising tables with symbols and (?)shorthand, barrels created by month, a (?)salamander interspersed with geometric designs and terminating in an ebonised baleen tip -- 18½in. (47cm.) long

with gentle cork-screw twist, pleasant yellow finish and silver cap -- 30in. (76cm.) high £2000-3000

£800-1200 109.

A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S CARVED WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK with contrasting barley-twist shaft terminating in a fluted ivory handle with baleen edging under -- 34½in. (87.5cm.) long £1500-2000

110

110 (reverse)

111

111 (detail)

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112

113

114 112.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED BALEEN SWEETHEARTS STAY BUSK incised over one side with a mermaid, whaling ships, red-filled heart and whale with foliate borders and shaped end -14½in. (37cm.) £600-800 113.

A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE BONE STAY BUSK worked over one side with a side-funnel paddle steamer flanked by two views of a Classical-style building -- 15¾in. (40cm.)

115.

THREE 19TH-CENTURY CARVED WOOD STAY BUSKS carved in mahogany with repeated geometric patterns, approximately -- 15in. (38cm.) high £150-250 116.

FOUR 19TH-CENTURY ?FLENSING KNIVES with shaped steel blades and contrasting stone and brass hooped handles, the longest -- 12in. (30.5cm.)

(4) Provenance: Sotheby’s, Maritime Sale, 28 April 1999

£400-600

£400-600 114.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED BONE BUSK worked over one side and showing the legend of ‘Tam O’Shanter’ between a jack tar holding a sword and pointing, and a sweetheart waving her handkerchief -- 13¼in. (34cm.) high £300-500

115

116

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117 117.

AN EXTREMELY RARE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAWDECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH PIPE

118.

A RARE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALEBONE ‘PICK WICK’

incised overall with finely-observed geometric patterns and a whaler’s profile entitled META around the back of the bowl -3¾in. (9.5cm.) long; 75g.

comprising turned handle with steel pick, and base incised with foliate motif and inscribed CAPtn. DEXTER BELLOWS, the base lined with shark skin -- 3½in. (9cm.) high

This extraordinary artefact is singular not only for its rarity, but the complex nature of its construction - hewn from a tooth and using the root as a natural ‘pipe’, the contrast between the root and tooth is clearly visible, as are the heavily carbonised bowl, tooth-marked and nicotine-stained mouth piece: this was clearly more than a souvenir or gift, but a much used part of this seaman’s life aboard.

Apparently used in the cleaning and clearing of oil lamps.

£3000-4000

£700-900 119.

AN UNUSUAL WHALE’S TOOTH SNUFF MULL the lid with finely carved relief of a recumbent lion wearing a crown, with curtains beyond -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high £400-600

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120

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A CASED PRESENTATION MARINE IVORY CARVING SET, MAPPIN & WEBB, LONDON, C.1895 comprising large and small carving pairs, with a sharpener, Sheffield steel blades signed for Mappin & Webb, each with whale’s tooth handle and contained in a fitted plush-lined blue leather case embossed with presentation dedication from the crew of the S.S. Arawa, 1895 -19in. (48cm.) wide Built by William Denny & Bros in 1884 for Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, the 5,060 passenger/cargo ship Arawa was a fine clipper-bowed vessel with twin raked funnels. She was sold to Transatlantica Co and renamed Colon in 1895 presumably the reason for this presentation set. Ultimately sold several times, she was under Italian colours and called Porto Said when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on 10th December 1915.

120 (detail)

£800-1200 121.

A 19TH-CENTURY IVORY-INLAID GAMES BOX the lid forming a cribbage board, with geometric designs between, lined internally with red paper (contents missing) -- 11½in. (29cm.) wide; together with two carved coconuts and a small bell (4) £150-250 120: SS Arawa

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Liner including Titanic

Lot 127 (detail)

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THE LOSS OF THE WHITE STAR LINER TITANIC, 14th/15th APRIL 1912 The disaster which overtook Titanic and the sequence of events culminating in her loss are better known than those surrounding any other tragedy in maritime history; nevertheless it is useful to relate here the outline of what occurred, particularly in respect of the part played by the Carpathia. itanic’s maiden voyage was enjoyable but uneventful; the weather cold but fine. Just after 11.40pm. on the night of Sunday 14th April, the ship’s lookout sighted an iceberg dead ahead and although the deck officer altered course immediately, the berg scraped along the starboard bow and tore a 300 foot gash in the ship’s side. The engines were stopped, Captain Smith was summoned to the bridge and Thomas Andrews, Titanic’s designer, was sent below to inspect the damage. His report came all too quickly; Titanic was doomed and wireless calls for aid were sent out at once. Carpathia, 58 miles away and the nearest ship to respond, received the distress call just before 12.30am. Captain Arthur Rostron, her master, issued a string of orders to put Carpathia about and make for Titanic’s position as soon as possible, the last of which was to make ready to swing out the boats. Carpathia’s speed rose steadily as Rostron drove her through the night as fast as he dared and every crewman aboard her strained their eyes seeking some reassurance that the great liner was at least still afloat.

At about 3.30am. the first of the green lifeboat flares was sighted and at 4.00am., Rostron signalled “Stop Engines” on the bridge telegraph as Carpathia reached Titanic’s last known position. As the first lifeboat approached, Rostron ordered an officer and two quartermasters over the side in order to board it and get it safely alongside Carpathia. The last to leave that lifeboat was Fourth Officer Boxhall and in response to Rostron’s anxious enquiry about Titanic’s whereabouts, he reported the stunning news that she had sunk at 2.20am. As the dawn sky lightened, other lifeboats were spotted and their occupants recovered. In four-and-a-quarter hours, 703 survivors were hoisted aboard along with thirteen of Titanic’s lifeboats; when the last lifeboat was emptied at 8.30am., Rostron spent a further twenty minutes cruising the immediate area and, having satisfied himself that no-one remained to be saved, he put Carpathia about and headed back to New York. Within hours, the news of the disaster broke in New York and by the time Carpathia docked at 9.30pm. on Thursday evening, the city was at fever pitch. Rostron and his crew were the heroes of the hour but, resuming their voyage on Saturday 20th April, it was to be late May before Carpathia returned to New York and the occasion arose to reward those who had participated in the most famous sea rescue of them all.

122.

R.M.S. TITANIC: A DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE FOR 2ND CLASS SMOKE ROOM STEWARD JAMES WITTER issued by the Board of trade and inscribed on fly Renewal Book / Original lost / through shipwreck, the first twelve entries recording service aboard Olympic, Adriatic and Majestic inscribed in signature blocks Extracted from Agreement / Registrar General 9th July 1912, entry 13 recording service aboard Titanic listing the discharge as 15 April 1912 / At Sea / Intended for New York, the remainder complete to May 1914 for service aboard Oceanic -- 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.5cm.)

Born 1880, James Witter was transferred to Titanic on 4th April as there was a need for experienced crew on this new type of liner. On duty at the time of the collision he was asked by some of the passengers to find out what the problem was, and encountered the joiner John Hutchinson who told him the bloody mail room’s full, and then saloon steward William Moss it’s really serious, Jim. Latterly he was assisting with lifeboat 11 when, in trying to calm a panic-stricken woman who was thrashing about, they lost their footing and tumbled in to the boat which was being lowered, luckily he was ordered to remain. He remained with White Star (and Cunard White Star) for the rest of his working life and assisted Walter Lord in his seminal account A Night to Remember. He died in 1961, still haunted by the horror he had witnessed.

£1000-1500

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THE TITANIC-CARPATHIA MEDALS OF 1912 Even as R.M.S. Carpathia steamed back to New York after picking up those who had survived the sinking of the Titanic, several prominent First Class passengers - led by the redoubtable Mrs. J. J. “Molly” Brown - formed themselves into the Titanic Survivors’ Committee. Apart from its desire to aid those made destitute by the disaster, the Committee also wished to reward Captain Rostron and his officers and crew for their stalwart efforts in saving so many lives. When Carpathia docked in NewYork on the evening of 18th April, the members of the Committee initially dispersed to their homes and families but soon reconvened to discuss the options for suitably rewarding those to whom they owed their lives. In due course, it was decided that Captain Rostron should be presented with a handsome silver loving cup bearing an appropriate inscription whilst every man aboard Carpathia, including Captain Rostron himself, was to receive a specially commissioned medal in the name of the “Titanic” Survivors’ Committee as a tangible gesture of thanks from those who had been saved.

The medal was manufactured by Dieges & Clust of New York but since a number of the extant examples are to be found in Tiffany boxes, it may be assumed that the order was placed through that firm which may also have prepared the designs. There is certainly no record of any reputation for design by Dieges & Clust whereas the great house of Tiffany was eminently well placed for such a prestigious commission. Given the social hierarchy of the time, it was natural that the medal would be struck in three different metals - gold, silver and bronze - but what has vexed researchers ever since, however, is the precise number of each type which were produced. The award ceremony took place on 29th May 1912, the first occasion that Carpathia had returned to New York after resuming her normal schedule, and a contemporary report states that gold medals were presented to Carpathia’s Commander (Captain Rostron) as well as to her Purser, Surgeon, Chief Steward, Chief Engineer and Second Engineer. The report then continues, “the junior officers received the medal in silver, while the members of the crew had bronze.” The only details of numbers struck quoted in a numismatic work of reference are those given in the current MedalYearbook (Token Publishing), where it states that the numbers awarded in the various metals were gold (14), silver (110) and bronze (180). Unfortunately, the compiler does not state his source for these figures and, when questioned, did not recall from where they were extracted. Like some other statements therefore, these numbers must also be treated with some scepticism and given the fairly frequent sightings of bronze examples when compared to the far more unusual silver specimens, the suggestion that both types exceed 100 seems highly improbable.

Subject to new evidence being discovered, the conclusion would seem to be that medals in gold are excessively rare, those in silver are undoubtedly very rare - even though the number awarded is more difficult to quantify - and those in bronze are relatively common, with probably well in excess of 250 being struck.

123.

R.M.S. CARPATHIA MEDAL, AWARDED FOR THE RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS FROM THE TITANIC in silver, of irregular shape, by Dieges & Clust of New York, obv.

Carpathia amongst icebergs and lifeboats within elaborate border of nautical motifs, rev. “Presented to the Captain, Officers & Crew of R.M.S. Carpathia, in recognition of gallant & heroic services from the survivors of the S.S. Titanic, April 15th 1912”, with usual integral loop for suspension and small length of original red ribbon for wearing, excellent condition £3000-5000 124.

R.M.S. CARPATHIA MEDAL, AWARDED FOR THE RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS FROM THE TITANIC in bronze, of irregular shape, by Dieges & Clust of New York, obv. Carpathia amongst icebergs and lifeboats within elaborate border of nautical motifs, rev. “Presented to the Captain, Officers

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& Crew of R.M.S. Carpathia, in recognition of gallant & heroic services from the survivors of the S.S. Titanic, April 15th 1912” and additionally engraved “J.J.K Q.M.”, with usual integral loop for suspension and length of original red ribbon for wearing, some contact wear but in good condition; named examples of this medal (in any metal) are extremely rare The most recent example with an apparent attribution (although, in fact, unnamed) achieved £5000 (hammer price) in Bonham’s Marine Sale on 28th September 2010 (lot 31).

J.J. Kirkpatrick, seemingly known to his fellow crewmen as Benjamin, was born in Liverpool and was only twenty years old when made Quarter Master on Carpathia. It is believed that he was the man ‘at the wheel’ on the fateful night of the sinking and, under orders from Captain Rostron who, in turn, was being advised by several look-outs, steered the “gallant little Carpathia” through random ice-flows and ‘growlers’ as she raced headlong through the darkness to reach the disaster scene. It is also recorded that Carpathia’s carpenter, David Eaton, prised the nameplate off Titanic’s lifeboat no. 4 and subsequently gave it to Kirkpatrick as a memento.

£4000-6000

123 (reverse)

124 (reverse)

125.

CAPTAIN ROSTRON, LOSS OF THE TITANIC, COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL uniface, in bronze, by Theodore Spicer-Simson, obv. head of Captain Rostron facing right within border inscription, rev. plain, 50mm. (Eimer, British Commemorative Medals, 2nd ed., 2010, no.

1929), excellent condition and very rare The most recent specimen in good condition sold for £1400 (hammer price) in Christie’s Maritime Sale on 31st October 2002 (lot 68) although a stained and damaged example has recently sold in a provincial auction for £600 (hammer).

Theodore Spicer-Simson was a French-based designer and medallist born in France of English parents in 1871. During a prolonged visit to the USA, he produced many medals including this rare portrait piece of Captain Rostron, the hero of the Titanic rescue operation, who achieved celebrity in the aftermath of the disaster. Although it is not known how many of these medals were produced, the very few examples known in commerce would suggest that they are very rare indeed.

£800-1200 126.

EVERETT, MARSHALL (EDITOR): ‘WRECK AND SINKING OF THE TITANIC, THE OCEAN’S GREATEST DISASTER....’

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copyright, 1912, by L.H. Waller, 320 pp., illustrated throughout with b. & w. photographic plates as well as numerous drawings and engravings, and also containing an early and somewhat incomplete list of Titanic’s missing passengers, original cloth, with titled black leather spine; together with Sinking of the ‘Titanic’ and Great Sea Disasters.... edited by Logan Marshall, copyright 1912,

by L.T. Myers, similarly illustrated to the previous volume, original decorated cloth, with inset b. & w. photograph of Titanic on upper cover, the binding a little worn on the second volume but generally good condition and both rare, two of the earliest works ‘rushed into print’ after the disaster (2) £150-250 127.

[R.M.S. TITANIC]: A COLLECTION OF DOCKYARD ARCHITECTS’ PLANS BY HARLAND AND WOLFF, CIRCA 1908 pertaining to the dockyard extension plans to accommodate the building of the Olympic and Titanic, including PLAN SHOWING CENTRE LINES OF NEW SLIPS; SECTIONS OF NEW SLIPS SHOWING THICKNESS OF CONCRETE X 3; ADDITIONAL PILING AND COFFER DAM NO 4 SLIP AND CONCRETE AND BANKING AT SIDE OF SLIP (1901); REINFORCED CONCRETE EXTENSION TO NOS 1 & 2 SLIPS / OUTLINE OF GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, ink on linen, inscribed with titles, with scales mostly set at 1:48 and dated in part for June 1908, various sizes, the largest -- 39 x 106in.

(99 x 269.4cm.)

126

(7) Provenance: These plans were discovered in the attic of a terrace house in Belfast by the vendor’s father when he acquired the house in the 1970s £400-600

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129

128.

R.M.S MAURETANIA (1906): A SMALL CUT-GLASS DECK HEAD LAMP

130.

A LARGE CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT FITTING FROM R.M.S. OLYMPIC

fitted for a single bayonet-type bulb, ram’s head and swag rim, securing nut to bowl -- 10 x 10in. (25.5 x 25.5cm.)

the opaque bowl secured at centre to ornate gilt-brass rim and raised arms with internal fittings for three bayonet-type bulbs -15 x 16¼in. (38 x 41cm.)

£400-600

£1000-1500 129.

R.M.S MAURETANIA (1906): A LARGE CUT-GLASS DECK HEAD LAMP fitted for four bayonet-type bulbs, plated ram’s-mask rim and threaded securing plate -- 12 x 17in. (30.5 x 43cm.) £800-1000

131.

A SMALL CUT-GLASS SINGLE LAMP FITTING FROM R.M.S. OLYMPIC the clear glass bowl secured to gilt brass fitting with raised arms for one bayonet-type bulb -- 14½ x 9in. (37 x 23cm.) £500-800

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132 132.

A GOLD AND HARDSTONE FOB ORNAMENT COMMEMORATING THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF R.M.S. MAURETANIA, NOVEMBER 16th, 1907 comprising an adapted George III gold sovereign of 1774 hinged to cover a miniature watercolour of the liner underway, the back set with red hardstone engraved “MAURETANIA”/NOVEMBER 16th/1907 -- 1in. (2.5cm.) diameter

134.

CUNARD LAUNCHING BROCHURES for Mauretania (1938), Queen Mary, launch and publicity brochures, both signed by Stephen M. Paye designer Queen Mary II 18/8/08; and Queen Elizabeth (1938) (4) £100-150

£500-700 133.

A SILVER AND ENAMELLED CIGARETTE CASE FOR THE SWEDISH-AMERICAN (SVENSKA AMERIKA) LINE’S M.S. GRIPSHOLM (1925) with three-quarter profile depiction of Gripsholm underway to front, the interior with elastic retainer and Chester hallmarks for 1930-31 -- 5½ x 3¼in. (14 x 8.3cm.)

Built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gripsholm was a large vessel of nearly 18,000 tons. Designed as a passenger cargo ship, she was the first built with diesel engines for the Transatlantic route and, the day she was delivered (7 November 1925) coincided with the change of the Company’s name from Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika to the more practical Swedish-American Line. Laid up for the duration of the War, commercial operations resumed in March 1946 and in 1955 she was sold to the North German Lloyd Line who renamed her Berlin. She remained under these colours until sold from breaking at La Spezia in 1966.

135.

UNION CASTLE LINE : ‘PARTICULARS OF FLEET’ a rare 19th-century spreadsheet detailing the precise state of the fleet with annotations in red ink, giving the specifications for 56 vessels for cargo, passenger capacities, engine hull specifications etc., contained between black leather boards impressed in gilt PARTICULARS OF FLEET. / THE UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP CO, LD.; together with a manuscript dated for 17th December 1889 entitled Rates of pay of Officers and Engineers from 1st January 1890, folded and contained within Fleet Particulars (2) £150-200

£300-500

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Fittings & Collectables

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137

138

137.

TWO PORTHOLES RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE S.S. AFRIC (1899-1917)

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THE WRECK OF THE S.S. AFRIC The S.S. Afric was a passenger/cargo ship of nearly 12,000 tons built for the White Star Line in 1899 by Harland & Wolff. Designed specifically for the Australian service with four sisters (Medic; Persic; Runic and Suevic) they had impressive cargo capacity including refrigerated space for 100,000 carcasses and could cruise at 13.5 knots. Afric was torpedoed on the 12th February 1917 twelve miles s.s.w. of the Eddystone lighthouse. Five were killed outright, seventeen drowned and 145, including the Captain survived. Title has been granted to the vendor by the Receiver of Wreck, Droit No. A/2458.

136.

A LATE 19TH-CENTURY EMERGENCY DOCKING HELM RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE S.S. AFRIC (1899-1917)

cleaned and polished, one impressed with maker’s mark for ‘Roby’ with hinged cover and retaining original, now shattered and opaque, glass, each now fitted with mirror -- 21in. (53.5cm.) diameter; together with a postcard sent from Afric (3) £800-1200 138.

A COLLECTION OF WRECK-RECOVERED ARTIFACTS comprising: a small brass porthole (S.S. Nyon); a brass shell case dated 1916 (S.S. Basil); four earthenware bottles (two with corks); two brass engine room oiling valves; a green glass ink bottle; a ceramic tooth powder pot; a brass spigot; and a threaded brass fitting with wood remnant (wreck unidentified) (12)

heavily constructed in brass and in cleaned, conserved and working condition, the top plate inscribed PORT/STAR.d with indicator connected to eliptical drive gear to helm hub -- 34½in.

(87.5cm.) high

The S.S. Basil was a small cargo ship of 3,223 tons built by Workman, Clark & Co in 1895. She was sunk in a collison on November 11th 1917 s.e. of the Owen Light whilst carrying ammunition from Southampton to Boulogne.

£1500-2000

£150-250

S.S. Afric

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140

139

140 (reverse)

139.

A COPPER AND BRASS JAPANESE 12-BOLT DIVING HELMET

142.

A WALKER’S “ROCKET” MECHANICAL SHIP’S LOG

with removable faceplate, cross-banded oval side ports, right mounted spitcock valve, air inlet with non-return valve, screwsafety pin, and adjustable exhaust valve. The corselet with front weight pins, numbered four-section brass banding and Oriental maker’s plate, the interior with knock release pin and air ducts to ports -- 17in. (43cm.)

constructed in brass with enamel dial plate signed as per title -- 12½in. (32cm.) long; together with a bulkhead oil lamp gimbal and ebony parallel rule

£400-600

(3) Provenance: All three items in this lot were recovered from a now unknown wreck although are in surprisingly good condition. £100-150

140.

A RUSSIAN 3-BOLT OXYGEN-HELIUM DEEP SEA DIVING HELMET constructed in copper with heavy brass fittings including three ports, front threaded for removal, rebreathing inlets, adjustable exhaust valve and handle to top, the corselet with weight studs, hooks, threads and hinged brass plate to reverse, internal arrangement with padded knock exhaust pin, grated gas inlet covers to rear of bonnet -- 20½in. (52cm.) high

143.

THREE ITEMS OF ALLAN LINE PLATEWARE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE S.S. IONIAN comprising a two-handled cannister; a jug and spoon, all marked with Allan Line owner’s mark and registration numbers for 1884, the jug -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high

£1200-1800

Built by Workman Clark 7 Co. of Belfast and launched in 1901, the 8265 ton passenger/cargo ship Ionian hit a mine laid by UC51 off Milford Haven on the 14th October 1917, crippled but afloat, she was torpedoed on the 20th and sank with the loss of seven lives.

141.

AN 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING OF A DIVING BELL IN USE

£80-120

from the Universal Magazine, with later colouring, contained in frame with facsimile pages describing its use; together with a large print of the diving operations at Tay Bridge disaster taken from the Illustrated London News with later colouring, framed and glazed; and two further prints of historical diving interest, the largest -- 14 x 21in. (35.5 x 53.5cm.)

(4) £100-150

142

143

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144 144.

A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SILKWORK PICTURE BY THOMAS WILLIS, NEW YORK depicting a ‘J’ Class yacht on a starboard reach under full sail, the yacht in silkwork relief applied to a painted seascape canvas, signed T. Willis NY -- 22 x 30in. (56 x 76cm.) framed and glazed £1500-2000 145.

A QUANTITY OF ELECTRIC ENGINE ROOM BULKHEAD LIGHTS heavily constructed in polished brass inscribed Oceanic to top, with glass liners and fitted for screw-type bulb fixings -10in. (25.5cm.) high overall (8) £400-600 146.

A FINE SILVER-PLATED STEAM YACHT BULKHEAD OIL LAMP BY Wm. McGEOCH & Co. GLASGOW & BIRMINGHAM, C.1910 signed on the oil tray as per title, with double-wick burner and glass, contained within lamp housing with bevelled glass sides and front, dome-topped chimney cover inscribed VESTIBULE / AWNING DECK, top ring and mounting brackets -- 16in. (40.5cm.) high Provenance: McGeoch family Apparently unused, this lamp is thought by the family to have been made or used for exhibition purposes.

£700-900

146

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A PAIR OF NICKEL-PLATED AND ENAMEL INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNAL PLATES BY BENZIE, COWES, FOR THE ‘K’ CLASS RACING YACHT MOONBEAM (1920) comprising one for letters and the other for numeral pendants, substitutes and anwering pendant, signed along lower edge as per title and backed with wood -- 7 x 4¾in. (18 x 12cm.); together with a copy of ‘Brown’s Signalling’ for 1941; and a 11 x 9in. sepiatone photograph of Moonbeam by Beken & Sons, Cowes

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AN ATTRACTIVE ROLLED SET OF YACHTING SIGNAL FLAGS, C.1902 the brown leather cover inscribed for R.H.Y.C. Dormouse and containing numbered linen pockets each with furled signal flag as appropriate, with coloured request flags between and pocket for signal book below (book missing), the flap inscribed INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS -- 51in. (129.5cm.) high, overall Dormouse was an 11 ton wooden yawl built by A.V. Robertson of Woodbridge for R.E. Dickson of Glemham Hall, Suffolk in 1902.

Presumably Mr Dickson was a member of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club.

(4) £300-500

£500-800 148.

BEKEN OF COWES: “BRITANNIA LEADING ‘J’ CLASS” sepia-tone print, signed and inscribed in Indian ink as per title and numbered ‘12375’ lower left -- 9 x 11in. (23 x 28cm.); together with ‘Margaret & Ilex’ signed Beken & Sons, Cowes lower right; and one other, mounted on card (3) £150-250

148: “Britannia leading ‘J’ Class”

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PAIR OF EDWARDIAN SILVER MENU HOLDERS modelled as a pair of crossed oars behind an eight-spoke ship’s helm, Birmingham hallmarks for 1904-5 -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) wide £100-150 151.

A FINE ENGRAVED GLASS RUMMER COMMEMORATING THE LAUNCH OF THE S.S. JUVERNA, 1846 the tapering bowl finely-engraved with patriotic symbols including roses, thistles, shamrock, inscribed THE STEAMSHIP JUVERNA LAUNCHED Sepr. 26th 1846, flanked by swags of oak leaves, fluted stem to circular foot -- 7in. (18cm.) high The 555 ton Juverna was built by Lunnel of Bristol, her fate is not recorded.

£300-500

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19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND METAL PATENT MODELS FOR MOODY’S FOUR-RAY STABILISING SYSTEM comprising models for a lifeboat and rescue station, each carved from wood, painted in gesso and painted white, with oars and ladder, the larger -- 10in. (25.5cm.) wide; together with a large quantity of paper ephemera promoting this system, with correspondence and brochures etc (a lot) Proposed in 1869 by Captain John Moody, the four-ray stablising system was a new concept in ship design. His idea was a four-arm vessel, with sealed compartments and curved surfaces, which would remain safe and buoyant in all weathers. He envisaged applications including floating submarine telegraph stations, lighthouses, armed batteries, rescue floats and lifeboats. Several prototypes were constructed, including a 30ft. lifeboat used by the Orkney & Shetlands Telegraph Company in 1871, and a 49ft. lightship which was moored off Southend Pier in 1881.

Despite prolonged efforts by Captain Moody and, after his death, his son, to promote and publicise the idea, it was never successfully taken up and remains an interesting curiosity.

£150-250 153.

A PRESENTATION SILVER LAUNCHING BOX FOR THE S.S. CROSSGAR, 1936 the lid engraved To Lady Kelly / from / A. & J. Inglis Ltd. / Launch of S.S. “Crossgar” / Pointhouse Shipyard, Glasgow / 30th. Sept.

1936, with Celtic knotwork strapping inset with amethyst, the interior lined for cigarettes, with pull out plush-lined jewellery tray, Birmingham hallmarks for 1935-6 -- 3½ x 9¾ x 5¼in.

(9 x 24.7 x 13.5cm.)

Launched for John Kelly Ltd, the 661 ton Crossgar was a general cargo ship. In 1952 she was renamed Ballygrainey and was broken up by Viane, Holland, 1962.

£1200-1800 152

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‘A NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE AT SPITHEAD AUGUST 1782..’ printed and published by S. Horsey, 1842, Fifth Edition, bound in wood recovered from the wreck -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; together with three books on diving: Hass, H. Diving to Adventure; Crile, J & B Treasure Diving Holidays; and Masters, D. Epics of Salvage (4) £100-150 155.

A QUANTITY OF ‘PILGRIMS’ MENUS approximately 28 examples for luncheons and dinners at the Savoy Hotel, dating between 1908 and 1937, some with pictorial covers and guest lists, and copy of the speeches for January 1930 An Anglo-American Society established in 1902 to cultivate and maintain the ‘special relationship’ between the US and UK, the Society’s motto is Hic et Ubique -- ‘Here and Everywhere’; the logo depicts a pilgrim riding on horse-back. The dinners are held to welcome newly-arrived ambassadors, and the Patron is H.M. The Queen.

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£80-120 156.

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NELSON-RELATED STERN, PROBABLY TAFFEREL, CARVING POSSIBLY FROM H.M.S. NELSON carved in probably laminated yellow pine and in the form of a trophy-of-arms with Victory lamenting over a profile of Nelson on a Union Flag-shaped shield with flags, masts, rigging etc. behind -- 70 x 37in. (178 x 94cm.)

Two candidates suggest themselves as being the original recipients of this carving: H.M.Ships Nelson and Horatio. Horatio was a 5th Rate of 1807, however Nelson was a 1st Rate built in 1814. No completely satisfactory carving plan survives, however the case for locating it to the Nelson is compelling: Tafferel were still ornately decorated at this date, at least on larger ships, and the substantial nature of this carving suggests it was intended to withstand harsh, exposed conditions. Originally one of a pair, the iconography and scale suggest that this came off the larger of these two vessels. It seems likely that the other vessels of her class would have been fitted with commemorative battle honours for their respective namesakes.

The Nelson, one of five ‘Nelson Class’ vessels (the others being Howe, St. Vincent, Prince Regent and Britannia), was, like her namesake, quite a poor sailor and was “very crank” at sea. Arriving too late for action during those wars, she was cut down to a two-decker in 1859 reducing her from 120 to 89 guns and was also fitted with engines. She was presented to the Australian Colonial Government of Victoria in 1867 as a coastal defence and training vessel, was sold in 1908 and broken up in 1928 at Launceston.

£5000-8000

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A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH CHANDLER’S SIGN carved in the form of an officer in a cocked bicorn hat, uniform with red facing and off-white waistcoat, breeches and stockings, shown holding an octant and mounted on a plinth base (paint restored to original scheme) - 51in. (130cm.) high £3000-5000 158.

A RARE, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY HELM-BACKED QUARTERDECK CHAIR constructed in steamed (?)yew with eight-spoke helm design back, slatted seat and gothic stretcher legs -- 36½ x 21½in.

(93 x 54.5cm.) wide £400-600 159.

A VENETIAN GOLDOLA TILLER HEAD CARVING, LATE 18THCENTURY in the form of an exotically dressed Blackamoor with turban, elaborate tunic and belt, terminating in a scroll foot and finished in gesso and polychrome -- 42in. (107cm.) high £2500-4000

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A 19TH-CENTURY ‘ELSINORE’ BOWL with opposing oval cartouches each depicting a schooner at sea, gilt rim and foot and internal floral decoration -- 11in. (28cm.) diameter £200-300

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OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE: A SOUVENIR COMMEMORATIVE WOODEN BOX inscribed on lid Part of the Boat in which the Sliding Seat of Cambridge was first used against the Oxford, 1873. & the fastest time on record 19’36’’ the Cambridge Crew won the University Race, decorated with respective coats of arms and signed ‘Royston’ -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) wide

161.

A 19TH-CENTURY MARQUETRY WORKBOX

£100-150

the lid with depiction of a twin-masted yacht probably intended as America flying the Stars & Stripes, the side panels decorated with geometric designs -- 5¾ x 13 x 9¾in. (14.5 x 33 x 25cm.)

163.

A QUANTITY OF NAVIGATION TEACHING AIDES unsigned, comprising turned fruitwood spindles with painted navigation markers located on shaft or arms as appropriate -5½in. (14cm.) high

£300-500

(8) £150-200

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A 19TH-CENTURY BRASS AND SHAGREEN BULKHEAD CLOCK unsigned, with 7in. painted dial with black spade hands and subsidiary seconds, eight-day going-barrel movement contained within a shagreen-covered brass bulkhead case with hinged and bevelled-glass port -- 9¼in. (23.5cm.) wide £300-500 165.

AN ADMIRALTY-PATTERN EIGHT DAY SHIP’S BULKHEAD CLOCK with 8in. painted dial with black hands and red sweep seconds, going barrel movement with push-button arrest and hands mover, face plate securing lock, the back with issue date for 1980 -10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter; together with a modern bulkhead aneroid barometer by ‘Royal Mariner’ -- 8in. (20.4cm.) diameter

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A COLLECTION OF BLACK AND WHITE BEKEN OF COWES PHOTOGRAPHS approximately one hundred and twenty images pertaining to small motor and sailing vessels, vessel name and studio stamp on the reverse, some inscribed and signed in Indian ink on image, contained in pocket-pages in album, all -- 3¼ x 5¼in.

(8.5 x 13.5cm.) (a lot) £150-250 168-169.

NO LOTS

(2) £150-200 166.

A 19TH-CENTURY WOOD AND METAL LIGHTHOUSE-FORM CLOCK with rotating glass lamp housing painted ‘I-XII’, removable top to candle chamber, the lower edge with teeth, loosely sitting on cog drive from ?verge-type pendulum movement with key extending through balcony rail and time indictor needle opposite, mounted on a tri-form wooden base with lion claw brass feet -17in. (43cm.) high £800-1200

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170. ‡ A RARE IVORY NUREMBERG DIAL BY JOHANN GEBHART DATED FOR 1550 face 1a with universal equinoctial dial (pin gnomon missing) for common hours numbered 5-12-6 and table of latitudes; face 1b comprising a pin gnomon dial with Italian hours numbered in red from 14-24 over a string gnomon dial for common hours numbered 6-12-6, and dated ‘MDL’ in red, below is a vertical string gnomon dial for common hours numbered 5-12-7, signed along lower edge JOHANN GEBHART NO, the right edge impressed with a scale of latitudes from 0°-70°; face 2a with inset brass-lined compass bowl and pin impressed for common hours, hinged brass supporting arm in recess, lower pin dial for Italian hours marked between 10-23 and inscribed ISEX AD SXTVM CLIMA HOROLOGICVM INTEGRVN; face 2b lined in brass, faintly inscibed ‘LV’ at opening end (string and two pin gnomons missing, shrinkage cracks to left and upper right edge of face 2) -- 2¼ x 3¾in. (5.7 x 9.5cm.)

Literature: Gouk, P: The Ivory Dials of Nuremberg 1500-1700, Cambridge (Whipple) 1988 £3000-4000

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AN 18TH-CENTURY ITALIAN SILVER RING DIAL with revolving pin-hole sight, internal hours, and the months delineated on the outer edges, with chain -- 1in. (2.5cm.) diameter £400-600 172.

AN IVORY DIAL BY CHARLES BLOUD, DIEPPE, CIRCA 1660 face 1a engraved with an equatorial dial (lacking gnomon); face 1b the right edge stamped with a latitude scale 0-80°, central calendar disc with moon phase volvelle and index pointer graduated in days, this with index pointer to the main disc graduated in twice twelve hours and days of the month; face 2a inset folding arm to the right-hand side for the latitude scale, central glazed compass with manuscript paper and bluediron needle, punched Arabic azimuth hour scale 8-1, 12-4; face 2b silvered perpetual calendar volvelle signed around the edge Par Charles / Bloud / Dieppe / Faict & Inve, with an engraved pointing finger indicator by hinge, with two silver securing hooks, wire hinges and silvered hook cover for gnomon recess - 3in.

(7.5cm.) square This dial was converted, probably during the 18th century, from a magnetic azimuth dial, to a conventional compass sundial.

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A MID-18TH-CENTURY AUGSBURG POCKET DIAL IN THE MANNER OF ANDREAS VOGLER constructed in brass with black-filled lettering, 1in. glazed compass with original steel needle, silvered dial with compass rose engraved ‘OR’ for east and ‘OC’ for west, the back plate with latitudes for European capitals and ?maker’s initial’s ‘WTM’, contained within original leather-covered card case with remnant lining and securing hook -- 2¾in. (7cm.) overall Literature: Higton, H: Sundials, A Portable History, Philip Wilson 2001, p.101 £1000-1500 174.

A 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH NOON DAY CANNON DIAL inscribed on the 1½in. thick marble base Lusardi, Opticien à Valenciennes. nickel-plated brass fittings including calibrated arcs supporting burning lens assembly and cannon on location slide, black-filled numerals with gnomon and latitude inscribed as 50º 21 -- 10in. (25.5cm.) diameter £1000-1500

£1000-1500

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A 17TH-CENTURY DOUBLE HORIZONTAL BRASS SUNDIAL BY ELIAS ALLEN, LONDON, C.1640 signed in the chapter ring between ‘VII’ and ‘IIII’ Elias Allen fecit, octagonal form, the corners pierced for screws, engraved plate for solar declination and hours, gnomon (later) underpinned at centre -- 13in. (33cm.) diameter Invented by his friend William Oughtred (1575-1660), Elias Allen (1588-1663) produced several of these dials although this one is of an unusually large size, the Greenwich example and the few seen at auction being 8in. diameter examples. Known as “double horizontal” dials because they have two scales, they were useful not only for telling the time but for demonstrating the motion of the sun throughout the day and year, being able to also calculate the altitude of the Sun and its azimuth as well as showing the position of the Sun on the ecliptic. As an instrument, they enjoyed a flourish around the mid-late 17th Century, but not many appear to have been made post-1700.

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A BRASS SUNDIAL BY HILKIAH BEDFORD, LONDON, C.1666-1674 of typical octagonal form, signed between ‘VIII’ and ‘IIII’ H. Bedford in Fleet street, complete with original foliate gnomon -- 14in. (35.5cm.) diameter Hilkiah Bedford specialised in mathematical instruments and portable dials, working between 1656-1680 from several addresses in the City, he signed his instruments ...in Fleet street. between 1666 and 1674, thereafter adding near Fetter Lane.. He died in 1689.

£1500-2000

£2000-3000

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‘MECHANICK DIALLING: OR, THE NEW ART OF SHADOWS’ Charles Leadbetter, London, 1737, first edition, owner’s initials to frontispiece ‘WRD’, eleven folding engraved plates pertaining to the construction and use of various sundials, lists of mottos, appendix for meridian locations throughout Europe, how to prepare, glue and paint wall-mounted sundials etc., modern calfbacked boards -- 8 x 5½in. (20 x 14cm.) £400-600 178.

A REPRODUCTION ARMILLARY SPHERE constructed in brass with 10½in. diameter meridian and horizon rings, 3in. 18th-century-style globe with paper gores enclosed within zodiac ecliptic engraved with star signs, mounted on baluster base -- 20¾in. (52.5cm.) high £400-600 177

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C. ABEL-KLINGER (C. 1852), NUREMBERG: AN 8-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE signed as per title, made up of twelve printed and coloured gores with polar calottes with Dutch titles, the equatorial and prime meridian graduated in degrees, the ecliptic ungraduated, the oceans coloured a light green/blue, the continents coloured pale yellow showing mountains, rivers, towns, cities etc., Australia and Tasmania described as Nieuw Holland / Van Diemens Eil, mounted in wooden tripod stand with paper meridian -- 19½in. (49.5cm.) high £1000-1500 180.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY 12½-INCH DUTCH SCHOOL LIBRARY GLOBE

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unsigned, printed with twelve coloured gores and two polar calottes with graduated equator line showing trade routes and trade winds, Australia and Tasmania described as Nieu Holland and Vandiemans Land. Continents outlined in red with differential shading for countries; principal towns and cities mentioned.

Mounted in brass meridian within two-part tripod stand with paper horizon ring -- 29in. (74cm.) high £500-800 181.

A MID 20TH-CENTURY GERMAN 13-INCH DIAMETER LUNAR GLOBE RÄTHS MONDGLOBUS .. Liepzig made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes showing topography in shades of green on a yellow ground with place and area names and information about Russian exploration, the “dark” side of the moon left blank, raised on a turned bakelite foot -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high

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The notes recording Russian explorations relate to the expedition of 1959, before the “dark” side of the moon had been recorded by the American Apollo flights. Although the photographic information for this globe was compiled in 1959, it was not accessible to the Räth until 1963, probably made to advertise the Russians’ space supremacy.

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£500-800

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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY D. McGREGOR & Co., GLASGOW & GREENOCK, C.1860 with 4in. silvered dial signed as per title and numbered ‘C/2106’, gold spade hands to fusée movement with Earnshaw escapement and Poole’s patent auxiliary, contained in gimballed bowl numbered ‘670’ within three-tier wooden box with counter-signed and numbered ivorine plate, approximately -- 7in. (17.7cm.) square

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£1500-2000

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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY THOMAS MERCER, ST. ALBANS, C.1955

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A 19TH CENTURY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JOHN POOLE, C.1843

the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title and numbered ‘25113’, blued-steel hands to fusée movement with spot-finished plates, Earnshaw escapement and Mercer’s auxiliary balance, contained within a gimballed bowl numbered ‘16’ set within two-tier wooden box with glass top, approximately -- 7in. (17.7cm.) square

with later 3¾in. silvered dial signed and numbered for Joseph Sewill 3172, movement signed and numbered Poole London No.707 with ‘S’ balance, blued helical balance spring, Earnshaw escapement and chain fusée, contained in a gimballed brass bowl with domed glass cover within converted two-tier box with associated key, drop handles and inset ivory label engraved Pennington 315 -- 6¾in. (17.2cm.)

£700-900

£1000-1500

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A RARE HAMILTON MODEL 221 4-ORBIT TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER, 1944 the 4in. silvered dial signed outside minute ring Hamilton / Lancaster, P.A., U.S.A. and numbered in middle dials ‘4E006 1944’, outer minute dial with 24-hour dial, seconds, week days and up/ down dials within, black steel hands to fully counter-signed and numbered 14 jewel movement with silvered line-finished plates, Earnshaw-type escapement with uncut stainless steel balance, Invar cross-arm and Elinvar helical balance spring, spring detent with jewelled locking stone, contained in a brass gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier mahogany box with tipsy key, maker’s plates and rating certificate for 1973 -- 7½in. (19cm.) square £3000-5000

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A 19TH-CENTURY CHRONOMETER GUARD-BOX complete with leather strap, inscribed inside lid [illegible] -9¼in. (23.5cm.) high; together with a 19th-Century marine stick barometer, unsigned, for restoration; and two modern brass barometer gimbals (4) Lot sold not subject to return - as per condition report. £100-150 187.

A FINE AND RARE SILVER-CASED KEYLESS DECK WATCH BY VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, PRODUCED FOR THE BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, 1940’S with 2in. matt silvered dial signed as per title with Arabic numerals and blued-steel spade hands with sweep seconds, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement with Guillaume balance and special alloy Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer, movement counter-signed and numbered ‘454898’, contained in fully-marked silver case numbered ‘286295’ stamped on reverse ‘H.S. 2 54898’ with Government broad arrow mark (suspension fob missing) -2½in. (6.5cm.) diameter £2000-3000

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A HAMILTON ‘NAVIGATION MASTER’ DECK WATCH FOR THE BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, CIRCA 1942 with 1¾in. enamel dial signed HAMILTON, Arabic numerals, blued spade hands with sweep seconds, the movement counter-signed and numbered ‘30225’, lever escapement, ‘3992B [calibre], 22 jewels, adjusted to 6 positions and temperature’, Government mark, contained within a chromed steel case, the back signed and inscribed over earlier Hydrographic marks ‘H.S. 527-3637 Serial No. 601-1942 (‘H.S. 3’ cancelled), contained within fitted box of issue with serial numbers in lid -- 1½ x 3¾ x 5in.

(4 x 9.5 x 12.7cm.)

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A SUNSHINE RECORDER BY CASELLA, LONDON, C.1920S heavily constructed in brass, stamped on the bed plate as per title and numbered ‘1670’, adjustable levelling screws, spherical burning lens support and curved brass holder for recording papers, mounted on a wooden base -- 9 x 9 x 11in. (23 x 23 28cm.); together with approx 40 blank papers (2) £300-500

£600-800 189.

A SILVER-CASED DECK WATCH BY ULYSSE NARDIN LOCALE SUISSE FOR THE BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, CIRCA 1940 the 2in. diameter enamel dial signed as per title and numbered ‘122937’, Roman numerals, blued-steel spade hands with sweep seconds and push-button setting, the gilt movement countersigned and numbered, with Guillaume balance contained in 925 standard silver case stamped on the back ‘H.S.2’ with the Government mark, secured by glazed bevel to lacquered brass bowl set within wooden case of issue -- 2½ x 4 x 5in.

(6.4 x 10 x 12.7cm.) £600-800 190.

AN ELGIN DECK WATCH FOR THE BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, C.1930S with 1¾in. enamel dial signed as per title, Arabic numerals, black spade hands with sweep seconds, standard lever escapement counter-signed, numbered ‘41751157’, adjusted to five positions, 21 jewels, inscribed B.W. Raymond, in chromed case inscribed on the back plate ‘H.S.3 51157’ with Government mark, contained within fitted box of issue with matched serial number -1½ x 3¾ x 5in. (4 x 9.5 x 12.7cm.)

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£300-500

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19TH CENTURY 3-INCH REFRACTING LIBRARY TELESCOPE unsigned, with tapering 56in. leather covered tube, star finder, rack-and-pinion fine focus, secured to mahogany tripod stand with mechanical winch action for raising and lowering and ?makers plate inscribed S.PENNY Fortunes Well LEIGH-ON-SEA, approximate height 54in. (137cm.) £700-900

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A RARE 18TH-CENTURY NOON DAY CANNON DIAL BY JOLY, LILLE, 1789 the 16in. dial with oxidised-brass fittings comprising meridian arc signed and dated Joly Fecit à Lille 1789 with months delineated and supporting a large burning lens, a pair of split quadrant sundials with gnomons, and a large 1in. (4 bore) diameter cannon with lion passant handles on bedplate, mounted with a locating pin to twopart white marble base and column -- 48in. (122cm.) overall £8000-12000

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A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, 3-INCH REFRACTING LIBRARY TELESCOPE BY POWELL & LEYLAND, LONDON signed on top of 40in. main tube as per title, star scope, rackand-pinion fine focusing, four vary-power eye-pieces including a star diagonal by Broadhurst Clarkson (illustrated), mounted on substantial brass platform with telescopic stabilisers to wooden tripod -- 68in. (172.8cm.) high (5) Closely associated with microscopes, this well made telescope is thought to be the only example signed by this firm and may have been a special commission, or possibly an exhibition piece.

£2000-3000

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A LARGE EARLY 19TH CENTURY 4¼-INCH REFLECTING TELESCOPE BY ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, LONDON heavily constructed in brass and signed on the back plate MACKENZIE / 15 Cheapside LONDON, speculum mirrors, platform assembly with universal hinged lever horizontal and vertical fine adjustment, sighting tube, rack-and-pinion focusing, mounted on folding tripod stand -- 19 x 28in. (48.5 x 71cm.)

Alexander Mackenzie worked from this address between 1816-1822.

£2500-4000 196.

A 1-INCH SIX-DRAW POCKET TELESCOPE BY DAVIS, CHELTENHAM

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J.B. DANCER MICRO-PHOTOGRAPH SLIDES, MID 19TH-CENTURY comprising: ‘Cent Francs, Banque de France’; ‘Her Majesty the Queen, the Princess Royal, and Prince of Wales. Painted by E. Landseer and engraved by S. Cousins’; ‘£20 Bank Note’; ‘Laying Down the Law. Sir E. Landseer’; ‘The Marriage of the Queen’; ‘Major Dickson’s Tablet, In Rostherne Church, Cheshire’. Size of original, 5 feet.’; ‘Illuminated Lord’s Prayer’; ‘David Livingstone, L.L.D, Born 1816, The African Traveller’; and ‘Family Group seven figures’ (8) £700-900

with baleen-covered main tube, signed by the eyepiece as the title, dust slide and lens cap, contained in plush-lined, fitted, pocket case with secondary eyepiece and stand with screw-thread foot -- 5 x 2¾in. (12.7 x 7cm.) £200-400

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A BRASS SCREW-BARREL POCKET MICROSCOPE, C.1780 unsigned,with three eye-pieces, sprung slide cassette retainer and one brass three-aperture slide, contained in original fitted plushlined shark-skin box with securing hooks -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) wide £500-800 200.

A SET OF 19TH-CENTURY EBONISED IVORY MICROSCOPE SLIDES

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A FINE LACQUERED-BRASS ‘ACHROMATIC ENGIOSCOPE’ (BOTANICAL MICROSCOPE) AND ACCESSORIES BY ANDREW PRITCHARD, CIRCA 1840 signed on the foot Andrew Pritchard / 162 Fleet St. London, hinged candle socket with bull’s-eye lens, yew wood arm rest, assorted platforms and stages, 9in. monocular tube with rackand-pinion fine focus, contained in fitted walnut case with five drawers of accessories including two sides of original manuscript instructions and a magnification rate card, both thought to be in Pritchard’s hand, and bull’s-eye magnifier - 12in. (30.5cm.) square; together with a copy of Pritchard’s History of Infusoria, 1862, London, 4th Edition, owner’s autograph dated 1862 on frontispiece, 968 pages, the back containing forty plates of engraved specimens, some hand coloured

unsigned, each pierced for four [mostly organic] samples, and numbered in pencil from 1-12 inclusive, contained in original imitation fish-skin pocket case with marbled edges (six blank spaces) -- 3½in. (9cm.) high £250-400 201.

AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY IVORY AND BRASS POCKET BOTANICAL MICROSCOPE OR NATURALIST’S MAGNIFIER unsigned, with simple lacquered-brass frame with threaded aperture for two eye-pieces, steel and ivory pincer, supported with threaded ivory handle and contained in fitted case with red morocco covering and securing hooks -- 6in. (15cm.) diameter This type of microscope was introduced in 1798 by W.&.S. Cary and remained popular for much of the 19th Century.

£800-1000

(2) £2500-4000

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A 19TH-CENTURY CARY-TYPE BOTANIST’S POCKET MICROSCOPE unsigned, the lid with centred securing point for limb, fine-screw adjustment, monocular microscope, stage, mirror and alternative eye-pieces contained in plush-lined interior, case -- 5in. (13cm.) wide £350-450

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A LATE 19TH-CENTURY PORTABLE MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE unsigned, similar to Cary-type, lacquered-brass fittings secured to lid, with adjustable 5in. tube, contained in fitted box with accessories -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) wide £200-300 205.

A CARY-TYPE PORTABLE MICROSCOPE

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A LATE 18TH-CENTURY PORTABLE TRUNK-TYPE MICROSCOPE unsigned, with hinged platform folding from edge, the microscope secured by two nuts, the base with swiveling supports -- 4¾in. (12cm.) wide

unsigned, with threaded and hinged support with fine-focusing, 5in. barrel threaded at nose-piece, contained in a fitted box with accessories -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) wide £350-450

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A 19TH-CENTURY MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE BY C.W. DIXIE, LONDON signed on the barrel as per title and inscribed Optician to the Queen / New Bond Street, London, fine-screw adjustment, platform with rotating light disc and mirror, contained within fitted box with bull’s-eye lens and alternative eye-piece -- 14½in. (37cm.) diameter £400-600 207.

A LACQUERED-BRASS ENGLISH DRUM MICROSCOPE, C.1820 unsigned, with rack and pinion focusing, contained in fitted box with accessories -- 11in. (28cm.) diameter £400-600 208.

AN 18TH-CENTURY THEODOLITE COMPASS MOUNT BY BENJAMIN COLE, LONDON with 4in. silvered dial signed Cole Fecit, with elaborate compass rose, bubble level and blued steel compass needle swivelmounted on brass circumferentor with brass star brace behind -- 8in. (20.3cm.) diameter

209.

‘PRACTICAL MEASURING MADE EASY TO THE MEANEST CAPACITY..’

E. Hoppus, London, 1790, 12th edition, owners inscription on fly for Woolston Hall, Cheshire, with tables for measuring a huge variety of items including timber, nails etc., bound between original leather boards -- 8¼ x 3¼in. (21 x 8.3cm.) £80-120 210.

A LATE 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH POCKET DRAWING ETUI unsigned, comprising silver instruments with silver shafts and steel head with wing-nut adjustment, contained in a moroccocovered fitted box with silver owner’s plate -- 5in. (13cm.) high £200-300 211.

A CASED SET OF DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, CIRCA 1865 unsigned, comprising one tray with steel and ivory instruments inscribed with owner’s initials DHD, over lower tray with watercolour cakes by Newman’s of Soho, with architectural shapes under, contained within original mahogany box -8¾in. (22.3cm.) diameter £150-250

Benjamin Cole worked from several addresses around Fleet St. between 1720 and 1750; his son, also Benjamin made the octant in lot 219.

£150-250

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A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY IVORY POCKET COMPASS BY GILBERT, LONDON with 1¾in. mica-backed card signed Gilbert & Sons, near Ye India House, Londoni, sealing wax balancing, removable brass pin, supporting inner ivory restraint ring and turned, threaded lid -1½ x 2½in. (4 x 6.4cm.) £1200-1800 213.

A RARE YACHT COMPASS BINNACLE BY SPENCER, BROWNING & RUST, LONDON, C.1800, RETAILED BY ATKEY & SON, COWES the 4in. dry card compass card signed and inscribed as per title, backed with newspaper and braced with brass and steel, contained within a ballasted gimbal-mounted bowl within heavy brass binnacle with tapering glazed top and side securing rings -- 13in. (33cm.) high Spencer, Browning & Rust (founded 1785) continued as a trade name until 1840, long after the original partners had died.The newspaper lining the back of the card has been identified as coming from a copy of The Times from 7th March, 1854, suggesting that the card was refurbished then or shortly after. Atkey & Son changed their name to Pascall, Atkey & Son in 1799 and continue to trade from the same premises.

213 214.

AN ADMIRALTY STANDARD COMPASS PATTERN 1, 1840-88 with 7½in. diameter blue and black compass card contained within separate lid compartment, oxidised-brass and whitepainted bowl with lacquered-brass fittings, folding sights, shades etc., with gimbals and mounting frame, contained within fitted case of issue with plummet line, bubble level and set of typed notes from The Admiralty Compass Observatory, for determining magnetic variation dated 13 July 1953 and inspection stamps inside for 1937, the compass frame and box numbered B40, securing hooks and original leather carry strap, overall measurements -- 10¼ x 15 x 13½in. (26 x 38 x 34.5cm.)

The lack of a good-quality standard compass for naval use had long been a problem for the Royal Navy. Various learned experts (such as Dr. Gowan Knight) had produced instruments which were highly satisfactory as long as they were tested ashore. Once aboard, the rolling ship combined with dramatic magnetic variation produced by iron guns and girdles, made them more of a hazard than a help if blindly trusted by ships’ commanders. The response to growing peril was the Admiralty Compass Committee, founded in July 1837 and comprising six members (including Francis Beaufort and James Clark Ross), they first met on the 24th July that year in the Admiralty Library. The product of this Committee was the Admiralty Standard Compass Pattern 1 of 1840 and which transformed marine compasses overnight. Orders from foreign navies flooded in and it remained the principal RN compass until 1888, after which it was re-designated a ‘landing compass’. In his book Steady As She Goes, Cmdr A. Fanning states ‘Although it was removed from the Rate Book shortly before World War II, it is known to have still been in operational service as late as 1944, over a century after its introduction’; This example remained in Admiralty surplus stores until sold to the present vendor in 1988.

£1200-1800

£700-900 214

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A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY CORNISH MINER’S DIAL, SIGNED J. HALSE, PENZANCE with 6½in. compass card with stepped manuscript outer-ring highlighted in red, mahogany case with sliding lid, inset bubble level and sights with declination arc signed as per title, tripod attachment under (missing one sight, remaining one fractured) -- 9in. (23cm.) square J. Halse has not been located at the time of writing.

216

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A LATE 18TH-CENTURY GUNNER’S LEVEL BY CARY, LONDON constructed in lacquered-brass with recessed screw heads, signed on the vertical limb Cary London, arc divided 0º-90º, index arm with vernier divided 15º-0-15º with flange for level (missing) -17¾in. (45cm.) diameter Probably a product from the workshop of William Cary who worked in the Strand between 1789-1821.

£200-400

£800-1200 216.

A 19TH-CENTURY MINER’S DIAL BY J. CASARTELLI, MANCHESTER with 5in. silvered dial signed as per title, brass dial cover, bubble levels, folding sights, contained in a fitted box with declination arc and accessories -- 12½in. (31.5cm.)

218.

AN 18TH-CENTURY BRASS GUNNER’S SECTOR BY DUBOIS, PARIS signed Dubois AParis and with calibrations over both sides marked in French for ‘equal parts’, ‘the ropes’, ‘the solids’, ‘the metals’ etc., pin location on inner arm, and decorated hinge -6¾in. (17.5cm.)

Probably Charles Adrien Dubois (1737-1777) who specialised in brass measuring instruments.

£200-300

£400-600

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A 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT, CORNHILL, LONDON

219 (detail)

with oxidised-brass triangle-pattern frame, silvered scale divided to 150º, telescopes, mirrors, shades and fruitwood handle, contained in a fitted box with accessories, named on tied label for Charles Leigh de Hauteville, DSC, RD, RNR -- 11in. (28cm.) diameter £300-400

219.

A FINE 17½IN. RADIUS VERNIER MAHOGANY OCTANT BY BENJAMIN COLE, LONDON, 1759 signed on the cross bar Benjamin Cole 136 Fleet St. London / iann Crick 1759, the ivory arc divided 0-90º in both directions, wooden index arm with friction vernier divided 10º-0º-10º, pinhole sights, interchangeable shades and inset note plate behind -19¾in. (50cm.) high

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A 19TH-CENTURY ARTIFICIAL HORIZON with cast-iron basin, glazed brass tent, mercury bottle, stopper and funnel contained within fitted mahogany box -- 7½in. (19cm.) wide £100-150

Benjamin Cole II (1737-1813) was apprenticed to his father, also Benjamin, and sold from these premises for most of his career. A Cole quadrant typically cost between 18s to 25s.

£1800-2500 220.

AN 8IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HENRY HUGHES & SON LTD, LONDON with oxidised-brass triangle-pattern frame, signed as per title and numbered ‘5970’, silvered scale divided to 155º, hinged vernier magnifier platform, sighting telescopes with cross-hairs, mirrors and shades, contained within fitted box with accessories and test certificate for 1907 -- 13in. (33cm.) wide; together with a 19th Century counter-weighted stand stamped ‘H.O. 4’ for the Hydrographic Office and contained in box of issue -14½in. (37cm.) wide (2) £800-1200 221

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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY-CASED BAROGRAPH BY CHADBURNS LTD, LIVERPOOL with three-atmosphere pressure drum, pen set adjustment button, clockwork drive to paper drum, ivorine thermometer, lacquered fittings, maker’s plate signed as per title, contained within a bevelled glass top over paper drawer -- 8½ x 14½in. (21.5 x 37cm.); letter and instructions from Chadburns £400-600 224.

A 20TH-CENTURY BAROGRAPH unsigned, with eight atmosphere pressure drum, matt gilt fittings, clockwork drive to paper drum, with bevelled-glass cover and papers drawer -- 8½ x 14½in. (21.5 x 37cm.) £300-500

225.

A CASED ANEROID BAROMETER PRESENTATION SET BY DOLLOND, LONDON, FROM THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN & MARINERS SOCIETY, 1905 with 4¾in. enamel dial signed as per title and numbered ‘815’ and inscribed for the Society with their flag, contained in oak roundel loosely secured within presentation case with enamelledbrass plaque inside lid inscribed to Henry Saffrey of the S.T. Queenstown for the rescue of the Norwegian barque St. Joseph, October 9th, 1905 -- 9in. (23cm.) square £300-500 226.

A MID 19TH-CENTURY ‘METALLICK’ BAROMETER with 7-inch enamelled outer dial, signed as per title and with exhibition medals for 1849 and 1851, clear glass cover revealing mechanism, wall-mounting suspension ring to top, contained within original plush-lined leather storage case -- 9in. (23cm.) high £300-500

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A DEELEY’S PATENT FRICTION TESTING MACHINE BY J.H. STEWARD LTD, LONDON, C.1919 with 5in. diameter open-work dial calibrated from 0-100, maker’s plate, sprung axis and lower plate drive with crank, contained in fitted mahogany case with quantity of steel discs to fit lower turntable -- 8½ x 19in. (21.5 x 48cm.) copy of original patent specification The Patent states: This invention relates to improvements in machines for ascertaining the friction between opposing surfaces, either when clean or when lubricated... A similar machine can be seen in the Harvard’s History of Science Museum, item number DW0541a.

£200-400

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A COPPER AND BRASS MODEL ATOM after the Atomium monument in Brussels mounted on weighted stepped plinth --18½in. (47cm.) high This model is based on the structure in Brussels, Belgium; commissioned initially as a temporary structure for the Epo/World Trade Fair of 1958 it was designed by Andre Waterkeyn and Les Atchitectes Polak and is a visual representation of an atom comprising nine inter-connected spheres. The monument today stands as a modern day symbol of Belgium.

£400-600 230.

A LARGE 19TH-CENTURY ARTIST’S LAY FIGURE

228 A 19TH-CENTURY ELECTRIC ‘CURE’ BY J. FOWLER, CHESHAM signed as per title on output level dial top right, with large magnet, geared cog wheels, hand/finger conductors and pointed conductors with plug, crank with bone handle to reverse, three levers to adjust ?output levels and contact points to top -13in. (33cm.) high

carved in fruitwood, the limbs with pinned ball-joints, swivelling torso and head -- 33in. (84cm.) high £2000-2500

£200-£300

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AN EARLY 19TH MAHOGANY MARINE BAROMETER BY COX, LONDON with ivory scales and top plate signed as per title, hinged thermometer guard panel, plain parallel shaft with gimbal and weight -- 39½in. (100cm.) high £1500-2000 232.

AN 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH FRUITWOOD PERPETUAL CALENDAR DESK SEAL the heptagon-sided shaft punched in five rows with dates, movable day-ring released by threaded mushroom handle, brass head engraved for ‘S’ -- 3½in. (9cm.) high £200-400 233.

A FINE PORTABLE WRITING SLOPE WITH WATT-PATENT DOCUMENT COPYING ACCESSORY, C.1815 constructed in brass-bound mahogany with tooled leather writing slope, the reverse with paper stowage tray and winding arbor operating brass rollers and baizecovered press, the lid with inset plate engraved with coat of arms and motto Virtue Parta Tuemini [‘defend what is acquired by valor’] and initials ‘EHH’ -9 x 20 x 11½in. (23 x 51 x 29cm.)

Invented and developed by James Watt to save time in copying incessant correspondence between himself and Matthew Boulton, the system works by using special ink and semitranslucent paper. When pressed through the rollers, a copy is made which is read through the reverse. Carl Philipp Moritz describes seeing one of these in operation in his ‘Travels’, 1782. This lot is an elegant example of the earlier prototypes.

£800-1200

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A RARE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY HIGGINS-PATENT CALCULATING TRIANGLE BY W.F. STANLEY, LONDON constructed in mahogany, box and lacquered-brass with vertical and horizontal slides and indicator to assess market parities between the London and New York currency markers, contained in original fitted box with makers label -- 22in. (56cm.) wide £400-600 235.

A SET OF HELMHOLTZ-PATTERN RESONATORS comprising fourteen spun and lacquered-brass spheres with raised nipples to top and inscribed with numbers from 150 to 800, and ranging from 9½in. to 2in. diameter, mounted over pegs attached to painted wooden display base -- 30in. (76cm.) wide £1500-2000 236.

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A WELL-DETAILED 1:48 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE BARQUE BEREAN OF LONDON

239.

A PLANKED AND FRAMED MODEL OF THE 14-GUN SHIP SLOOP FLY (1776)

modelled by S. Kershaw in pear, mahogany, box and walnut with masts, yards with stun’s’l booms and foot ropes, standing and running rigging, carved female figurehead, catheads, anchors, deck rails, bitts, decklights, stovepipes, capstan, winch, companionways, slat-covered hatches, deck winches, deckhouse, four ship’s boats in chocks, davits, poop deck with saloon lights, lockers, aft helm with binnacle and other details. The planked hull with bow and stern detailing, rudder, and planked deck is finished in olive green, black and varnish, and mounted on a realistic scale shingle display base, Plexiglass case. Measurements overall -20½ x 31½in. (52 x 80cm.)

modelled by D. Surridge, with planked and pinned hull and decks, carved polychrome figurehead, turned wooden guns in stepped trucks, gratings, companionways, stove pipe, capstan, tiller and cut-away masts, mounted on a wooden display base. Overall measurements -- 10 x 30in. (25.5 x 76cm.) historic data

£800-1200

240.

A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S MODEL OF A WARSHIP

238.

A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED SCALE MODEL OF THE AMERICAN TOP SAIL SCHOONER PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II, MARYLAND

carved from the solid and finished in a typical palette, with protruding gun barrels, carved and polychromed figurehead and stern carvings, simple deck fittings, masts with yards, standing and running rigging, mounted in a raised mahogany waterline base within glazed case. Overall measurements -24½ x 24½ x 15in. (62 x 62 x 38cm.)

modelled by J. Hawes with planked hull and deck, replete with detailed fittings as appropriate, raked masts with standing and running rigging, mounted on a cradle within wood-bound plastic case with name plates. Overall measurements -26¼ x 34¼ x 14¼in. (66.5 x 87 x 36cm.)

Fly was a Swan Class sloop built in Sheerness Dockyard. She enjoyed an active career and captured several prizes before foundering with all hands on convoy escort duty to Africa in 1802.

£300-400

£300-500

£500-800

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A FINELY PLANKED AND PINNED SCALE MODEL OF H.M.S. BELLE POULE (1765) modelled in fruitwood with ebony keel, cannons run out, finely-carved rampant lion figurehead, stern and glazed quarter galleries, anchors with bound stocks, chain plates with deadeyes, bitts, cleats, capstan, belfry, well deck with suite of open craft, companionways, double helm, bound cut-away masts and other details, mounted on turned-brass columns within brass-bound glazed display case. Overall measurements -- 24 x 49½ x 16½in.

(61 x 126 x 42cm.)

243.

ERIC DYKE (BRITISH, 1930-) Warship profiles for the cruiser H.M.S. ‘Devonshire’ (1904) and the monitor H.M.S. ‘Abercrombie’ (1942) Signed ‘Eric Dyke’ (lower right) Watercolour and pencil 9 x 17in. (23 x 43cm.) Framed and glazed (2) £150-250

Built as La Belle Poule in Bordeaux, she was a 36-gun frigate of just over 900 tons and crewed by 254 men. When hostilities broke out with England, La Belle Poule fought a long and furious duel with the Arethusa. When Arethusa’s main mast fell she was forced to withdraw, however the action was so famous, for a brief period ladies of the French Court wore a ship in their hair in the so-called ‘Belle Poule Style’.

It was not to last, however, and she was captured by the Nonsuch on 14th July 1781. Re-fitted at Portsmouth and absorbed into the Royal Navy as Belle Poule where she remained for twenty years until broken at Sheerness in 1801.

£3000-4000 242.

A DETAILED WOOD AND METAL SCALE MODEL OF THE FAST PATROL BOAT H.M.S. BRAVE SWORDSMAN (1958)

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with detailed fittings as appropriate including twin Bofors guns, four torpedoes, superstructure with bridge controls, loosely mounted on a cradle stand, model measurements -- 17 x 48in.

(43 x 122cm.)

The Royal Navy abandoned the idea of large scale coastal forces in 1957, so only two Braves were built for the Royal Navy. These deployed three gas-turbine engines (trialled in the Bold Class) to produce 52kts (60mph) - the fastest craft ever produced by the RN. Designed to be used as either Motor Gun Boats or Motor Torpedo Boats, this model is in the latter formation with two Bofors and four torpedoes. Brave Swordsman and her sister Brave Borderer were retired in 1970.

£400-600 243 (part)

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246.

A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:384 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE HEAVY CRUISER H.M.S. LONDON (1927) AS CONFIGURED FOR THE CHINA STATION 1947

245.

A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE HUNT CLASS MINESWEEPER H.M.S. SALTASH (1917)

modelled by E. Dyke, with laminated and carved hull, detailed deck fittings, main and secondary armaments and superstructure as appropriate, and depicted on a calm sea display base, tethered to a mooring buoy with bowser alongside and sea plane landing off port side, with Plexiglass cover. Measurements overall -8¾ x 25¾ x 9¾in. (22 x 65.5 x 25cm.)

modelled by E. Dyke, with laminated and carved hull, deck fittings, armaments and superstructure as appropriate and depicted steaming in a calm sea display base with bilges pumping, with plastic cover. Overall measurements -- 5¼ x 20 x 6¼in.

(13.4 x 51 x 16cm.)

£700-900

£250-400

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A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:288 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE LIGHT FLEET AIRCRAFT CARRIER VENGEANCE (1944)

248.

A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE U.S.S. WILLIAM C. LAWE PENNANT No.763 (1946) modelled by E. Dyke with laminated and carved hull, deck fittings, armament and superstructure as appropriate and depicted in a calm green sea display base with wood-bound plastic cover.

Overall measurements -- 9¼ x 32¼ x 9in. (23.5 x 82 x 23cm.)

modelled by E. Dyke, with laminated and carved hull, superstructure and anti-aircraft armaments as appropriate, the flight deck crowded with 19 aircraft preparing to take off, the vessel depicted steaming in a calm sea display base with Plexiglass cover. Overall measurements -- 9¼ x 33 x 9¼in.

(23.5 x 84 x 23.5cm.)

Completed in 1946, the destroyer William C. Lawe survived until decommissioned in 1983 and was sunk as a target in 1999.

£500-800

£700-900

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A RARE 19TH-CENTURY MODEL FOR AN ITALIAN SUBMARINE, PROBABLY BY CAPRONI

250.

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING, POSSIBLY BUILDER’S CONCEPT DESIGN MODEL, FOR A BRITISH L-CLASS SUBMARINE, CIRCA 1917

possibly a test tank model, constructed in conjoined upper and lower sections with framed, planked and pinned hull covered in gesso and painted, with four suspension tabs, now mounted on display stand (rudder section restored, stand later), overall measurements -- 17 x 60in. (43 x 152.5cm.); old label inscribed modello di nave a specchio (‘ship model to mirror’)

carved from laminated and ebonised mahogany and formed as two half-models secured with brass staples, the upperworks studded with vertical steel ‘rivets’ and mounted on a cradle stand (bow section restored, stand later) -- 16 x 102in. (40.5 x 259cm.) £3000-4000

Provenance: Formerly with the Caproni Archive and Private Museum, pre-1939. £1500-2000

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A WELL-PRESENTED AND FINELY DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M.S. EURYALUS AS FITTED IN 1941/2 DURING HER EPIC MALTA CONVOY SERVICE modelled by John R. Haynes, with bespoke preformed hull, lined decks complete with highly detailed fittings and armament including studded chain, deck rails, superstructure with carley floats, bridge complete with telegraph, binnacles etc., search lamps, rangefinder, fitted ship’s boats and assorted launches and other much fine detailing, set on a moulded and painted seascape within metal-bound glazed case, overall measurements -- 9 x 37 x 7in. (23 x 94 x 18cm.)

Launched at Chatham and commissioned in 1941, Euryalus instantly proved herself to be a highly valued addition to the fleet. In a brilliant Wartime career, she was perhaps most famously associated with her service on the Malta convoys. In January and February 1942, Euryalus and other warships escorted no less than four fast small convoys to Malta and back. In mid-March, Euryalus, with three other light cruisers and eleven destroyers, escorted another convoy to Malta. This was intercepted by a strong Italian force - the battleship Littorio, two heavy and three light cruisers and seven destroyers. There followed the brilliant action of the second Battle of Sirte on 22 March 1942, led by Rear-Admiral Vian and fictionalised

by C S Forester in ‘The Ship’. The enemy force was driven off without damaging the convoy. Further convoys followed; these escort duties (known ironically as ‘Club Runs’ were highly stressful work as the convoys and escorts were under near continuous daylight air attack and frequent submarine attack, as well as facing the surface threat; sadly nearly all the merchant ships and their vital cargoes were lost, mainly to air attack in Malta. Between convoys, Euryalus and her sisters bombarded enemy coastal positions in North Africa and Rhodes. Meanwhile the 8th Army had been driven back into Egypt by the German Afrika Korps, leading to even heavier air attacks against Malta convoys. Euryalus had commissioned with some of the first naval radars which provided welcome early warning of air attack, but little more. With the fitting of improved voice radios in 1942 however, Euryalus was able to control supporting fighters and join in co-ordinated fleet air defence. When the 8th Army began their great advance from El Alamein in October 1942, the situation in the Mediterranean improved. In November, a large convoy reached Malta on 19 November 1942; Euryalus led the convoy in to raise the siege. The cruisers Euryalus, Cleopatra and Dido and four destroyers then formed Force K, based in Malta, attacking enemy shipping bound for Libya and bombarding Pantellaria prior to its surrender. In June 1943, Euryalus joined the 12th Cruiser Squadron and participated in the invasion of Sicily. On 27 August 1943, Euryalus hoisted the flag of Rear-Admiral Vian, in command of Force V, consisting of five escort carriers and three cruisers.

Force V provided co-ordinated air cover for the assault on Salerno on 9 September 1943. By 12 September 1943, an airfield had been established ashore and the force withdrew. A powerful German counter-offensive was mounted on 14 September 1943 and Euryalus, Cleopatra and Dido were ordered to Tripoli, to embark troops and transport them at high speed to Salerno, arriving on the afternoon of 16 September 1943. Italy having now dropped out of the war, Euryalus took Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, the Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, to Taranto on 23 September 1943 for a meeting onboard with the Italian Minister of Marine to settle the surrender of the Italian Fleet.

Her peacetime career proved nearly as busy as that of her War career and, arriving at Rosyth on 22 March 1947 to decommission, having steamed 136,767 miles her longest period at sea was in July and August 1945, when the ship was operating off Japan and steamed 16,850 miles non-stop for 44 days, then a RN record, using the new technique of refuelling at sea. She was scrapped in 1958.

£4000-6000 251 (detail)

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A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S WATERLINE MODEL OF THE PASSENGER SHIP UMBRIA with carved hull, simple painted fittings, raked masts with furled sails, twin raked funnels with cotton wool smoke, mounted on a silk sea within wooden glazed case. Cased measurements overall -- 26 x 51 x 15in. (66 x 129.5 x 38cm.)

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A 19TH-CENTURY PICTURE HALF-MODEL OF A COBLE carved from the solid, finished in polychrome, inscribed PILOT and mounted on decorative backing board with shipping, seagulls, etc., and contained within black frame, overall measurements -10¼ x 16¾ (26 x 42.5cm.) £200-400

£400-600 253.

A 19TH-CENTURY WATERLINE MODEL OF THE YOUNG ASTRILLIA probably by Triggs Maritime Architects, with carved hull, simple fittings, raked masts with furled sails, stayed funnel with cotton wool smoke, mounted on a papier mache sea, within painted wooden case for wall hanging -- 17¼ x 34½ x 7½in.

(44 x 87.5 x 19cm.)

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AN ATTRACTIVE 19TH-CENTURY STEAMSHIP DIORAMA MODEL probably by Triggs Maritime Architects, depicting the S.S. St. Olaves underway in a painted paper sea with cotton wool smoke and foam, contained within a wall-mounting case with fully-painted back board of a similar ship passing and other shipping beyond -- 16½ x 33¼in. (42 x 84.5cm.) overall £500-800

£300-500

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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING SAILOR’S WATERLINE MODEL OF THE CABLE-LAYER CHILTERN AND ASSOCIATED ARTEFACTS, PRESENTED BY THE CREW TO HER MASTER of typical construction with carved hull, cable drum platform over bow with cable-feeding drum behind, simple companionways, raked funnel and masts, carved lifeboats swung out on davits and other details, mounted at anchor in a calm sea with dinghy alongside and watercolour backdrop of a beach promenade behind, within original oak glazed case.

Measurements overall -- 20 x 33½ x 13in. (51 x 85 x 33cm.); together with a cased quantity of artefacts also presented by the crew and comprising early tarred cable samples c.1850s, approximately eighty-five bottled, labelled and dated sand samples, and shells etc. raised from the sea bed (2) Built by Archibald Denny, Chiltern was probably the last vessel built before the yard was sold to McMillan’s in 1867. Registered at 1,372 tons and 262 feet long with a 31½ foot beam, she was purchased by the Telegraph & Construction Maintenance Co. in 1867 and sold to the British-Indian Submarine Cable Co. in 1870. Acquired two years later by the Eastern Telegraph Co. she was broken up in 1902.

Presumably this was a retirement present although the identity of the master is not known at present.

£500-800

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A FINELY-PLANKED AND CARVED NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR-STYLE BONE AND BALEEN SHIP MODEL OF H.M.S. ARGO the planked and pinned hull with figurehead in the form of Minerve, carved head rails with sea serpents, brass guns on carriages, deck fittings including capstan, stove pipe, water casks, well deck with long boats, hammock racks, gratings, companionways, binnacle, helm, deck lights, chicken coops etc., bound masts, yards with stun’s’l booms, flags and streamers, mounted on a marquetry base with bone feet. Measurements overall -- 20½ x 23in. (52 x 58.5cm.)

Argo was a 5th rate of 1781, broken up in 1816.

£10000-15000 258.

A WELL-PRESENTED FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WARSTYLE MINIATURE BONE SHIP MODEL with carved 2-inch long hull, ebony wales, guns with open gun ports, warrior-form figurehead, carved stern and quarter galleries, simple deck fittings, fully rigged masts, yards and s’tun’sl booms with bone blocks, mounted on a bone base within glazed dome on decorated ebonised mount with model capstan to top -6in. (15cm.) high £600-800 258

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A WELL-PRESENTED NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR-STYLE MODEL OF A 100-GUN FIRST RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE the planked and pinned hull with polychrome warrior-form figurehead holding a sword, carved and decorated hammock racks, stern and quarter lights, planked deck with typical fittings including stove pipes, belfry, capstan, chicken coops etc., bound masts with yards with s’tuns’l booms, standing and running rigging with bone blocks and a long boat over well deck and other details, mounted on a planked bone base within glazed wooden case.

Model -- 21½ x 27in. (54.5 x 68.5cm.); Case -- 26½ x 29½ x 12in. (67.5 x 75 x 30.5cm.) £6000-8000 260.

A FINELY-RESTORED, WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONEROF-WAR BONE AND BALEEN SHIP MODEL OF A 100-GUN FIRST RATE SHIP OF THE LINE planked and pinned hull, baleen main wale, guns with red gun port lids, carved warriorform figurehead, head rails, stern and quarter galleries, deck fittings including capstan, belfry, well deck with two whalers over, gratings, companionways and deck lights, bound masts, yard with s’tun’sl booms, standing and running rigging with bone blocks and other details, mounted on a planked bone display base within modern glazed case. Overall measurements -- 8½ x 8¼ x 3¼in. (21.5 x 21 x 8cm.)

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAWWORK SHIP MODEL CASE with hinged drop front, decorated externally and internally with typical geometric strawwork decoration, carved bone finials, brass carry handle and mounted on four carved bone feet (overall evidence of ageing and wear, two finials missing) -11¾ x 14½ x 5¾in. (30 x 37.5 x 14.5cm.) £200-400

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A 20TH-CENTURY BERMUDAN-RIGGED MODEL POND YACHT Saravic: with lead-weighted keel, hard chine hull, planked deck with aluminium mast, wooden booms and rigging, with PVC sails, overall measurements -- 51 x 31in. (129.5 x 79cm.) Stand £200-300 263.

A 20TH-CENTURY DUTCH BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR A MOTOR CRUISER carved from laminated wood. Finished in white and mounted on a mahogany display board with builder’s plate inscribed AMSTERDAMSCHE SCHEEPSWERF / Gde VRIES LENTSCH Jr / KLAVERWEG 5 AMSTERDAM -- 9 x 38in. (23 x 96.5cm.) £200-300 264.

A HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR A LINER-TYPE LIFEBOAT carved and painted white, with grab-rail along bilge, mounted on a display board for wall hanging -- 14¾ x 44¼in. (37.5 x 112.5cm.) £400-600 265.

A 19TH-CENTURY PLATING HALF-MODEL FOR A BARGE carved from the solid with inked depths and plate marks, secured to wooden hanging board -- 32½in. (82.5cm.) wide 262

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A FINELY-DETAILED BUILDER’S-STYLE MODEL OF THE LONDON, CHATHAM & DOVER RAILWAY PADDLE FERRIES CALAIS & DOVER, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY DENNY BROTHERS, DUMBARTON, 1896 the laminated and carved hull with lined boxwood deck complete with silvered and gilt fittings as appropriate, stayed funnel, six lifeboats in davits, glazed wheel house with compass, binnacles etc., paddle boxes with feathering gilt paddle wheels, masts and rigging, mounted on gilt posts to a plush-lined green display board with brass plaque and glazed cover. Overall measurements -- 29 x 75½ x 22in. (74 x 191.8 x 56cm.)

Provenance: With Langfords Marine Antiques.

Completed in March 1896, Calais & Dover registered 979 tons each, were 280 feet long and fitted with two 19.5hp engines. Calais was sold in 1912 and re-named the Au Revoir and was fated to be torpedoed and sunk off Cap de la Heve in February 1916; Dover was sold for breaking at Stavanger in 1911.

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A FINE AND DETAILED 1:48 SCALE BUILDER’S-STYLE MODEL OF THE CLYDE PADDLE STEAMER COLUMBA, OF 1878 with mast and rigging, anchors with ‘D’ chains, anchor davit, windlass, cleats, bollards, companionways, glazed superstructure with wood-capped deck rails, fore and aft passenger seats, engine room lights, stayed funnels with safety-valve extension pipes, stairways, open bridge with helm, binnacle and telegraph, lifeboat in stern davits with bottom boards and thwarts and other fine details. The hull finished in pink and black with gilded bow and stern decoration, gold and silver-plated and anodised deck fittings, decorative paddle boxes with feathering paddles, simulated planked deck and off-white upperworks is mounted on four plated turned columns in a mahogany-framed glazed case and stand.

Overall measurements -- 56 x 90 x 25¾in. (142 x 228.5 x 65.5cm.)

(2) This model may be viewed by appointment at our Imperial Rd premises.

Foremost amongst the more notable Clyde steamers and arguably the most famous of them all, Columba was built by Messrs. J. & G. Thomson of Clydebank for David MacBrayne Ltd in 1878. With her outmoded curved stem and square stern, she had a distinctly oldfashioned appearance even when she was brand new yet she was a decidedly handsome vessel with her two large funnels fore and aft of the paddleboxes. Registered at 602 tons gross, she measured 301½ feet in length with a 27 foot beam, and she could steam comfortably at 18 knots. At this speed she was the fastest vessel on the route to the Isles and although nominally a ‘tourist’ steamer, she soon established herself as the premier ship catering for the wealthy West Highland landowners and their summer house guests.

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Usually regarded as the MacBrayne flagship, she was lavishly equipped to the point of carrying a barber’s shop and a post office, and rapidly built for herself a reputation for style which, if anything, grew stronger with the passing years. Even after Glen Sannox outpaced her in 1892, she remained a firm favourite with passengers to the extent that she was re-engined at considerable expense in 1900 and her speed increased to 19½ knots. Probably due to her advancing age, Columba was not required for wartime duty in 1914; nevertheless, she played her part indirectly by helping to keep services running normally after so many of her consorts had been requisitioned for war service. Her owners held her in such high esteem that, even in old age, she was never relegated to inferior duties. MacBrayne kept her, perfectly maintained, on their most important route until she was finally withdrawn after the summer season of 1935 to be sold for breaking the following spring.

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A BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MIRROR-BACK MODEL FOR THE STEAM TRAWLER BIRCH, BUILT BY COOK, WELTON & GEMMELL LTD, 1912

carved from laminated wood with black-painted topside, mounted on two-tone display board for wall hanging -- 13 x 64in.

(33 x 162.5cm.)

with laminated and carved hull, black top side, lined and shaded superstructure with silvered fittings as appropriate, mounted on a front-silvered mirror within mahogany display case with plush lined base and ivorine builder’s plate, overall measurements -16 x 39½in. (40.5 x 100.3cm.)

£2000-3000

Birch was mined of Yarmouth on the 23rd August, 1916.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, 1st April 1998, lot 463 £2000-3000

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE SHIP MODEL OF THE THIRD-RATE SHIP OF THE LINE WARRIOR with planked hull, painted wales, protruding brass guns, simple carved stern with painted coat of arms and name, quarter lights and deck fittings, bound masts with s’tun’sl booms, standing and running rigging, loosely mounted on an ebonised wooden base (later) -- 12 x 15in. (30.5 x 38cm.)

Warrior fought at the Battle of the Saintes (1782), Copenhagen (1801) and Calder’s Action (1805).

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR WOOD AND COPPER SHIP MODEL the carved hull with solid copper sheathing below main wale, painted yellow and black over, painted and decorated stern, quarter galleries, hammock racks and bulwarks, simple figurehead, chain plates with dead-eyes, lined decks with brass guns, bound masts with standing and running rigging, mounted on display base with glazed dome cover (later), model measurements -- 8½ x 10in. (21.5 x 25.5cm.); dome -- 11 x 12in. (28 x 30.5cm.); pot of loose parts including guns, blocks etc £800-1200

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A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED EARLY 19THCENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER OF WAR POLYCHROMED SHIP MODEL OF AN 80-GUN SHIP the carved and painted hull with brass guns protruding from hull with red-painted port lids, carved figurehead in the form of Neptune, decorated quarter galleries, stern and balcony, scored wooden decks with painted fittings, bound masts with yards, s’tun’sl booms, standing and running rigging, mounted on a raised waterline painted display base with two dinghies under tow each side, secured within brass-bound glazed case (later) -- 13¼ x 16½in.

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY WOODEN NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR SHIP MODEL FOR THE 74-GUN SHIP NEPTUNO the carved hull with protruding cannons, simple bow and stern detailing and deck fixtures, painted masts with standing and running rigging, flying a paper ensign inscribed NEPTUNO from the main mast, mounted on a wooden waterline base with later brass-bound glass cover.

Model measurements -- 11 x 13in. (28 x 33cm.); cased measurements -- 14 x 14 x 6½in. (35.5 x 35.5 x 16.5cm.)

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A FINE DOCKYARD BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE STEAM SHIPS PUTNEY HILL & TOWER GRANGE BUILT BY DOXFORD & SONS LTD FOR THE PUTNEY HILL S.S. CO. LTD. AND TOWER GRANGE S.S. CO. LTD., 1940 with laminated and carved hull, with box wood decks and superstructure ink-lined and fitted with detailed gold-plated fittings as appropriate. Stayed funnel with livery, masks with derricks and rigging. Mounted on four gold-plated columns within display case with ivorine builders’ plates, measurements overall -- 22 x 62¾ x 17in.

(56 x 159.5 x 43cm.)

Both the vessels represented by this fine model were sunk by German torpedoes in 1942.

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BUILDER’S MODEL OF THE COASTAL CARGO SHIP SVERIGE BUILT BY KIELLERS MEKANISKA WERKSTAD, GÖTEBORG FOR SVENSKA LLOYD 1869 with laminated and carved hull, secured lacquered decks with painted fittings, masts with standing and running rigging and full suit of stitched linen sails, mounted on two turned brass columns, in original glazed display case with builder’s plates and additional copper plaques at each end impressed A/B SKEPPSMODELL GÖTEBORG, overall cased measurements -- 36¼ x 58½ x 19in.

(92 x 148.5 x 48.2cm.)

This model will be available to view by appointment at our Imperial Road premises Built in 1871, Sverige was a small cargo ship of 454 tons. She was wrecked at Domesnaes on the 25th November 1892.

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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING 1:24 SCALE BUILDER’S MODEL OF THE TWIN-MASTED RACING SCHOONER ALINE, BUILT BY CAMPER & NICHOLSON 1860, AND LATER OWNED BY H.R.H. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES 1882-1895 the carved and hollowed hull with internal saloon table and seats; scored deck complete with detailed fittings including brass anchors, bitts, lignum vitae capstan, chain locker, stove pipe, navigation lamps, bell on belfry, saloon lights, fitted long boats swung out on davits, companionways, bilge pumps, cleats, life buoy, compass, tiller with carved ivory hound’s head, gratings, stern boat in davits; the twin masts with standing and running rigging with carved wooden blocks, topped with flags, mounted on brass ‘V’ supports secured to mahogany plinth contained within wood-bound Plexiglass display case on stand (cleaned and sympathetically conserved overall; case later). Model measurements -- 57 x80in. (145 x 203cm.); Overall measurements -- 84 x 84in. (213 x 213cm.); together with copious historical notes and researches, photographs of model prior to conservation and original running rigging removed during that process £20000-30000

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276 (details) Built for for Captain Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (1822-85) and launched in 1859, Aline was a handsome twin-masted wooden racing schooner yacht designed by Ben Nicholson (allegedly with Thellusson’s help) and built at the Gosport yard of Camper & Nicholson. She was the successor to Thellusson’s earlier 84 ton yacht Georgiana (designed by William Camper) launched in 1854; Aline registered at 113 tons, was 114’9” long with a 21’10” beam and draft of 11’6”. Most strikingly she used nearly vertical rather than raked masts which supported a total sail area of 8,590 sqare feet and was one of the first yachts to have a running bowsprit. These more than proved their worth and debunked the myth that had settled on yacht design since the America’s victory in 1851 that raked masts were a superior design. She quickly justified these innovations and secured her reputation as the best known prize racing yacht of the era, until Britannia displaced her in 1893. She immediately delivered her delighted owner a series of impressive victories beginning with the Queen’s Cup on the 1st August 1860 and the Round Island Race the next day. She continued to deliver winning performances for several years and in August 1876 was matched privately against the Prince of Wale’s yacht Hildegarde: several hours into the race, Aline’s lead was so great that Hildgarde gave up. Sold the next year to Sir Richard Sutton and again in 1877 to Lord Hastings who won again in a re-match against the Prince of Wales, still in Hildegarde. Four years later the H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) acquired the yacht and he used it regularly although does not seem to have raced her seriously. She participated in the 1887 Golden Jubilee regatta and remained with him until he built Britannia in 1893. Sold in 1895 to the Egyptian Prince Muhammed Ibrahim Halim Pasha (1870-1951), what became of her after that is not clear, but she disappeared from the register after 1904.

Image courtesy of Christie’s Images

This model may be viewed courtesy off Pizza Express, Olympia Way, throughout March and April 2012. Please refer to the map inside back cover.

Charles Miller Ltd is grateful for their kind assistance.

Arthur Wellington Fowles (1815-1883): The Prince of Wale’s ‘Hildegarde’ racing ‘Aline’ in 1877 and which ‘Aline’ won by a large margin. Four years later the Prince acquired ‘Aline’

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Ship Name Index Abercrombie, H.M.S. 243 Aboukir, H.M.S. 68 Afric, S.S. 136, 137 Agamemnon, H.M.S. 57 Aline 276 Anson, H.M.S. 85 Arawa, S.S. 120 Argo, H.M.S. 257 Basil, S.S. 138 Belleisle, H.M.S. 58 Belle Poule, H.M.S. 241 Berean 237 Birch, S.T. 268 Brave Swordsman, H.M.S. 242 Britannia, R.Y. ‘J’ Class 148 Calais, P.S. 266 Calcutta, H.M.S. 84 Calliope, S.S. 14 Cambridge, H.M.S. 80 Camperdown, H.M.S. 77 Carpathia, R.M.S. 123, 124 Chiltern, S.S. 256 Columba, P.S. 267 Connemara 12 Crossgar, S.S. 153 Devastation, H.M.S. 77 Devonshire, H.M.S. 243 Dormouse, R.H.Y.C. 149 Dover, P.S. 266 Duke of Wellington, H.M.S. 8

Edinburgh, H.M.S. 70 Elizabeth 97 Endeavour, H.M.S. 17 Euryalus, H.M.S. 251 Fifeshire 16 Fly, H.M.S. 239 Foudroyant, H.M.S. 41, 42, 43 Gibraltar, H.M.S. 77 Gripsholm, M.S. 133 Hood, H.M.S. 83 Horatio, H.M.S. 156 Ionian, S.S. 143 Isis, H.M.S. 96 Juverna, S.S. 151 L’Africaine 10 London, H.M.S. 246 Mauretania II 134 Mauretania, R.M.S. 128, 129, 132 Mersey, H.M.S. 67 Meta 117 Moonbeam, ‘K’ Class 147 Nelson, H.M.S. 156 Neptuno 273 Nyon, S.S. 138 Olympic, R.M.S. 130, 131 Osborne, R.Y. 82 Paris, S.S. 11 Pekin, S.S. 13 Phoebe, H.M.S. 10 Phoenix, H.M.S. 9

Plucky, H.M.S. 86 Pride of Baltimore II 238 Putney Hill, S.S. 274 Queen Elizabeth, R.M.S. 134 Queen Mary, R.M.S. 134 Queenstown, S.T. 225 Repulse, H.M.S. 77 Revenge, H.M.S. 77 Roebuck, H.M.S. 9 Royal Arthur, H.M.S. 77 Royal George, H.M.S. 53, 154 Saltash, H.M.S. 245 Saravic, P.Y. 262 Sealark, H.M.S. 96 St. Joseph 225 St. Olaves, S.S. 255 Submarine, Caproni 249 Submarine, L-Class 250 Sverige 275 Tartar, H.M.S. 9 Titanic, R.M.S. 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 Tower Grange, S.S. 274 Transit, H.M.T.S. 90 Umbria 252 Vengeance, H.M.S. 247 Vulcan, H.M.S. 77 Warrior, H.M.S. 270 William C. Lawe, U.S.S. 248 Young Astrillia 253

Instrument Makers Index Instrument Makers Index Abel-Klinger, C. 179 Allen, E. 175 Bedford, H. 176 Bloud, C. 172 Cary 217 Casartelli, J. 216 Casella 191 Chadburns 223 Cole, B. 208, 219 Cox 231 Dancer, J.B. 197 Davis 196 Dixie, C.W. 206

Dollond 225 Dubois, C.A. 218 Elgin 190 Gebhart, J. 170 Gilbert & Sons 212 Halse, J. 215 Hamilton 185, 188 Helmholtz 235 Hoppus, E. 209 Hughes & Son Ltd., H. 220 Joly 192 Leadbetter, C. 177 Lusardi 174 Mackenzie, A. 195

McGregor & Co., D. 182 Mercer, T. 184 Poole, J. 183 Powell & Leyland 193 Pritchard, A. 198 Räths 181 Spencer, Browning & Rust 213 Stanley, W.F. 234 Steward Ltd., J.H. 227 Ulysse Nardin 189 Vacheron & Constantin 187 Vogler, A. 173 Watt, J. 233

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“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.

Charles Miller Ltd Sale Title Maritime & Scientific Models, Instruments & Art Date 25th April 2012

ABSENTEE BID FORM (Please print or type)

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Code: Anzac Please mail or fax to: Charles Miller Ltd 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11Imperial 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

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IBAN No.: GB47MIDL40190401754750 BIC.: MIDLGB2128K Sort Code: 40-19-04 Account No.: 01754750 Account Name: Charles Miller Ltd Credit/Debit Card A 3% surcharge is payable on all credit card transactions; there is no charge for UK debit cards. International debit cards attract a 3% 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.

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Lot 276, Aline 1860, on view March/April 11.30am-11.00pm

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Payment

Payment is due in sterling at the conclusion of the sale and before purchases can be released. Please note that we require seven days to clear sterling cheques unless special arrangements have been made in advance of the sale. We are pleased to accept major credit cards (regrettably we are unable to accept American Express), for which a surcharge will be made of 3% of the transaction total. There is no charge for payments made by UK debit cards. International debit cards are subject to 3% surcharge. Cash payments above £6,000 will not be accepted without prior arrangement.

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 IBAN No.: GB47MIDL40190401754750 BIC.: MIDLGB2128K Sort Code: 40-19-04 Account No.: 01754750 Account Name: Charles Miller Ltd

Storage

On receipt of cleared funds, lots can be collected from Charles Miller Ltd.’s premises at 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road, London SW6 2AG. Please note that collection is BY APPOINTMENT on +44 (0) 207 806 5530. All lots should be cleared within a month of the auction date, after which they will be transferred to a third party for storage. A transfer fee of £10 per lot plus all incurred transfer and storage costs due to the third party will be payable prior to release.

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6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road, London, SW6 2AG Tel: +44 (0) 207 806 5530 • Fax: +44 (0) 207 806 5531 • Email: enquiries@charlesmillerltd.com

London Wednesday 25th April 2012

Charles Miller Ltd