Charles Miller Auction Catalogue 7th November 2017

Charles Miller Ltd Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art London Tuesday 7th November 2017

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Front Cover: lot 195 Back Cover: lot 300 Photography: darwinmedia.com

Charles Miller Ltd Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION AT 25 Blythe Road, London, W14 0PD

Tuesday 7th November 2017 at 11am, precisely

POST SALE COLLECTION Important Notice: Lots not collected by 5pm on day of sale will be available on Wednesday 8th November at 2pm from: Charles Miller Ltd, 6 Imperial Studios, 3/11 Imperial Road, London, SW6 2AG

Public Exhibition Saturday 4th November 11am-5pm Sunday 5th November

11am-5pm

Monday 6th November 10am -5pm Tuesday 7th November 10am-11am (Limited View Only)

Order of Sale Pictures Naval Sailor Art Collectables including Photographs Liner Instruments Ship Models

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

Additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com

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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.

“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. Ø PROPERTY INCORPORATING MATERIALS FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES) An export licence issued by the Department of the Environment will be required for the export of any item made of or incorporating (irrespective of percentage) animal material such as ivory, whalebone, tortoiseshell, rhinoceros horn, rosewood and lignum vitæ etc., and this may take up to eight weeks to obtain. Clients are advised to check with the regulating body in the country of importation regarding any possible restrictions on the importation of items within this category – some countries have an absolute ban on the importation of certain materials. For example, the United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA and generally prohibits the importation of articles containing species that it has designated endangered or threatened if those articles are less than 100 years of age.

Lots which will require CITES licences are denoted by the symbol Ø

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Pictures

Lot 12 (detail)

1. * HUGGINS...

Figures on the dockside Signed in pencil ‘* Huggins’ (lower right) Etching 8 x 10in. (20 x 25.5cm.); together with two further etchings comprising: ‘Looe - the Ferry’ by Oliver Wray; and another, after Wyllie: ‘A Brunel...’

(3) £150-250

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ROWLAND LANGMAID (BRITISH, 1897-1956) Off Sheerness, Kent; On the Clyde Signed and inscribed Each 6½ x 14½in. (16 x 37.5cm.)

(2, a pair) £100-150

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HAROLD WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1880-1973) Shipping in an estuary; A moonlight estuary with anchored shipping Etching and aquatint Pl. 6 x 16½in. (15.5 x 42cm.)

(2, a pair) £100-150

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ERNEST STUART (BRITISH, fl.1889-1915) A misty morning in Dartmouth Harbour Signed ‘Ernest Stuart’ (lower left) Watercolour 13½ x 21in. (34.5 x 53.5cm.) £150-250

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A.D. BELL (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) The ‘Dreadnought’; The ‘Thomas Stephens’ (River Thames) Signed ‘A.D. Bell 1947’ (lower left); inscribed on mount with gallery labels to verso Watercolour and gouache 10 x 14½in. (26 x 37cm.)

(2) £250-350

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PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) ‘I saw three ships’ Signed ‘Peter Knox’ (lower right) and inscribed with title lower left Watercolour and gouache 12 x 16in. (31 x 40.5cm.)

Provenance: Marine Society, London.

This is the original artwork used by the Marine Society for their 1990 Christmas card.

£150-250

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FOLLOWER OF THOMAS HART (BRITISH, 1830-1916) Shipping off Whitby Abbey Bears a signature Watercolour with scratching out 16 x 22¼in. (40.5 x 57cm.) £200-300

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PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) The Guiding Star Signed ‘Peter Knox’ (lower right) and inscribed with title lower left Monochrome and gouache 12 x 16.5in. (31 x 42cm.)

Provenance: Marine Society, London.

This is the original artwork used by the Marine Society for their 1992 Christmas card.

£150-250

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LOUIS PAPALUCA (ITALIAN, 1890-1934) The S.Y. Fantôme II Signed ‘L. Papaluca’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘Fantôme II R.Y.S.’ (lower centre) Watercolour and gouache 10½ x 15½in. (27 x 39.5cm.); together with a white damask tablecloth from the Fantôme II (2) Built by A. Dubigeon at Nantes in 1896 and originally christened Belem the steel barque later known as Fantôme (II), began her career as a purely commercial trader owned by Denin Crouan et Fils working out of Nantes. First registered at 546 tons gross (407 net) and measuring 168 feet in length with a 29 foot beam, her working life came to an unexpected end when, shortly before the Great War, she was purchased by the Duke of Westminster for cruising. Presumably laid up for the duration of hostilities, in 1920 the Duke installed two disel engines by Bolinders of Stockholm and enjoyed the use of her until 1922 when he sold her to the Hon. Arthur Guinness. Since her new owner already had a steam yacht called Fantôme , he renamed his new acquisition Fantôme (II) and sailed her until his death in 1949 when she was sold for use as an Italian sail training ship and re-christened Giorgio Cini.

Subsequently sold back into French ownership, she resumed her original name of Belem and is still sailing as a sail training ship.

£250-350

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GRENVILLE COTTINGHAM (BRITISH, 1943-2007) Preparing to coal the ship Signed ‘Grenville Cottingham’ (lower right) Watercolour heightened with white 11 x 15½in. (28 x 38cm.)

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PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) ‘Steamer about to enter the [Liverpool] dock’ Signed ‘Peter Knox’ (lower right) and inscribed with title lower left Watercolour and gouache 13 x 20in. (33 x 52.5cm.)

Provenance: Marine Society, London. £150-250

Provenance: Marine Society, London. £150-250

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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS GOLDSWORTHY DUTTON (BRITISH, 1819-1891) The cutter yacht ‘Godiva’ preparing to race Watercolour and scratching out 9½ x 11½in. (24 x 29cm.) £800-1200

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IRISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1830 A convict ship and other shipping in Kingstown (now Dunlaoghaire) Harbour, Ireland Inscribed on reverse with vessel names and other data Watercolour 11¾ x 18½in. (30 x 47cm.) £500-800

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ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (BRITISH, 1775-1824) An English warship and Dutch shipping in a heavy swell Oil on canvas 27½ x 37½in. (70 x 95cm.) £1000-1500

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DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A Dutch boeier yacht with other shipping sailing off a headland Oil on panel 18¾ x 24¾in. (48 x 63cm.) £800-1200

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DUTCH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY Fishing boats at dawn Oil on canvas 11½ x 15in. (29 x 38cm.) £400-600

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DUTCH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A two-masted Dutch armed merchantman in company with an English warship and other shipping Oil on canvas 30½ x 41in. (77.5 x 104cm.) £800-1200

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MARCEL MOUILLOT (FRENCH, 1889-1972) A four-masted barque Signed ‘Marcel Mouillot’ (lower right) and counter-signed and numbered ‘292’ on reverse Oil on canvas 8 x 10in. (21 x 26cm.) £300-500

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FOLLOWER OF JOHN WILSON CARMICHAEL (1800-1868) A rescue off Whitby Abbey Oil on canvas 13 x 17in. (33 x 43cm.) £400-600

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LAI FONG OF CALCUTTA (CHINESE, ACTIVE 1870-1910) The four-masted iron barque ‘County of Edinburgh’ Signed and dated ‘Lai Fong Calcutta 1895’ (lower right) Oil on linen 25 x 35in. (63.5 x 89cm.)

Built by Barclay, Curle & Co. in 1885 for R.&J. Craig Ltd, County of Edinburgh registered 2160 tons (1903 net) and was nearly twenty years old when she was sold to Russian owners in 1904 and renamed Frieda. On November 7th, 1916 she was on passage from Mobile to Greenock with a cargo of timber when she was wrecked on South Rock, near Cloughey, Co. Down.

£2000-3000

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JAMES WILLIAM BLANCH (BRITISH, 1905-) The Golden Hinde (II) lying off the Tower of London, circa 1992 Signed ‘J.W. Blanch’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 23½ x 27½in. (60 x 70cm.) £200-400

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WILLIAM J. POPHAM (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) ‘The Taiping’ Signed ‘W.J. Popham’ (lower left) and inscribed as per title to gallery label verso Oil on canvas 23½ x 35½in. (60 x 89cm.) £400-600

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FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM CLARK OF GREENOCK, 19TH CENTURY The P.S. ‘Marquis of Bute’ Oil on canvas laid down on board 15½ x 30¾in. (39.5 x 78cm.)

Built by Barclay, Curle & Co. of Whiteinch in 1868, the Marquis of Bute was a finely proportioned passenger steamer typical of the many which competed for commuter and pleasure traffic around Glasgow. Registered at 173 tons she was 196.6 feet in length and was powered by a single diagonal engine of 85h.p. Owned and run

by A. & T. McLean, she entered service on the Glasgow-Rothesay run where she remained until 1889. Sold several times after this date, she ran railway connected services between Princes Pier and Fairlie for the Glasgow & South Western Railway 1891-1904 during which she had an aft deck saloon added. Thereafter she was used for excursions from Preston and was finally broken up in 1908 after forty years’ service.

£1000-1500

24. * GIANNI (ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY) A two-masted Maltese mystique sailing off the Grand Harbour, Valetta Signed ‘* Gianni 1887’ (lower right) Oil on board 10¼ x 15¾in. (26 x 40cm.) £150-250

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FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1876-1965) A motor launch of the Royal Thames Yacht Club off Cowes; and off Calshott Castle Signed ‘Frank H. Mason 1945’ (lower right; lower left) Oil on canvas 16 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.)

(2, a pair) Provenance: Bonhams Knightsbridge, Marine Paintings & Works of Art, 10th August 2000, lot 208 £600-800

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PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) Storm Petrol Signed ‘Peter Knox’ (lower right) and inscribed with title lower centre Oil on canvas 20 x 30in. (51 x 76cm.)

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Naval

Lot 30

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AN ADMIRALTY SHEER DRAUGHT PROFILE PLAN FOR THE 74-GUN ‘ARMADA’ CLASS SHIP BARHAM, 1806 pen and ink drawing on three conjoined sheets of paper inscribed and dated Navy Office, 21st Nov 1806 with further details including a list of ships proposed — 20 x 54¾in. (51 x 139cm.)

As a result of Trafalgar Napoleon initiated a massive building programme to restore his fleet. The Royal Navy had to respond and its two surveyors Peake and Rule - were ordered to work together to combine the best of their designs. The result was the largest offensive class ever built to a single design in the Royal Navy, although they were delivered towards the end of hostilities and so had few battle honours to their credit. Nicknamed the ‘40 Thieves’ for their alleged excessive cost, the class comprised Agincourt, Ajax, America, Armada, Asia, Anson, Berwick, Blenheim, Barham, Benbow, Boscawen, Clarence, Conquestadore, Cressy, Cornwall, Cornwallis, Defence, Dublin, Duncan, Devonshire, Edinburgh, Egmont, Gloucester, Hercules, Hero, Hogue, Indus, Mulgrave, Medway, Pitt, Poictiers, Pembroke, Redoubtable, Rodney, Rippon, Russell, Scarborough, Stirling Castle, Vigo, Vengeur and Vindictive.

£1500-2500

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A COLLECTION OF EARLY TO MID-18TH CENTURY NAVAL PORTRAIT MEZZOTINTS comprising Lord Anson; Sir William Bartley; George Lee (x2); Edward Vernon; Sir Edward Hawke; Henry Medley; Sir Chaloner Ogle (x2); Edward Boscawan; Sir Charles Hardy; Augustus Keppell (x4); Captain Arthur Forrest; William Rowley; Charles Saunders; together with a sea officer by Hogarth and one unidentified, various sizes and conditions (20) £500-800

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A COLLECTION OF LATE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY NAVAL PORTRAIT MEZZOTINTS comprising Hyde Parker (x2); Sir Samuel Hood; Lord Gambier; Sir Edward Codrington; Sir Harry Neale; Sir George Murray; Captain George Farmer; Lord Duncan; Earl of St Vincent; Sir William Sidney Smith; Edward Bruce; Sir Charles Saxton; Admiral Sir Richard King; James Hawkins Whitshed; John Stewart; James Vachon; Sir Henry Fletcher; Lord Hugh Seymour and two unidentified portraits, various sizes and conditions (21) £500-800

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JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH (BRITISH 1752-1812) Captain William Hotham, circa 1806 Inscribed on verso in Painted in April 1806 at Bath by J. R. Smith of 33 Monmouth Street, London Pastel 18¼ x 14¼in. (46.5 x 36.5cm.)

Provenance: Dominic Winter, British & Continental Picture Sale, 3 Dec 2008, lot 145 Admiral Sir William Hotham, GCB (1772-1848) came from a distinguished military and naval family. He served actively throughout the Napoleonic Wars including the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, for which he was awarded the naval gold medal depicted in this portrait. His ship, the Adamant (50), was also one of the very few not to mutiny at the Nore a few weeks before this battle. Whilst blockading Toulon his health suffered to the extent he resigned his command in September 1803 and he came ashore in June 1804 to marry, not returning to sea until 1808. Taking the ‘cure’ in Bath would have been a normal part of Georgian recuperation and many portrait artists set up studios to meet demand, the date of 1806 falls neatly into this middle of this period on half pay. He returned to semi-active service and commanded the Sea Fencibles off Hull and then the Royal Yacht Royal Sovereign which he relinquished in 1814. Thereafter he became a Gentleman at Court and a knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1840; He died at New Windsor in 1848 by when he had risen to the rank of a full Admiral.

£1500-2500

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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH (BRITISH 1752-1812) Lieutenant William Hotham, circa 1790 Pastel 13 x 10in. (33 x 25.5cm.)

Provenance: Dominic Winter, British & Continental Picture Sale, 3 Dec 2008, lot 146 £300-500

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THOMAS BUSH HARDY (BRITISH, 1842-1897) H.M.S. ‘St. Vincent’ Off Portsmouth at Sunset Signed and inscribed ‘T B Hardy / HMS St. Vincent, Portsmouth’ (lower left) Watercolour 26 x 41in. (66 x 104cm.)

H.M.S. St. Vincent, a large First Rate of 2,612 tons designed to mount 120 guns, was laid down at Plymouth in May 1810 and launched on 11th March 1815. By that date however the Napoleonic Wars were effectively over and, with plans already in hand to reduce the activities of the fleet, she was laid up “in Ordinary” until first commissioned in February 1831 for service with the Mediterranean Fleet. Recommissioned for the Channel Squadron in 1841, she was frequently in Portsmouth where she was twice visited by Queen Victoria in 1842 and 1847. During the 1842 visit, she acted as flagship to the ‘Experimental Squadron’ at the last Royal Review of a fleet in which all the major vessels were sailing ships. In 1854 she took part in the war in the Baltic having first carried 1,300 French troops from Calais and returned to Portsmouth after the surrender with Russian prisoners-of-war aboard her, this operation marking the end of her sea service. In 1862 she became a training ship for boys and was given a permanent mooring off the entrance to Haslar Creek in Portsmouth Harbour where she is depicted in this picture. On 1st March 1906 she was towed to Falmouth and broken up that summer.

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£2000-3000

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ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A warning shot Oil on panel 9¾ x 11¾in (24.8 x 30cm.) £100-150

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SIX 19TH CENTURY COLOURED PRINTS AFTER THOMAS GOLDSWORTH DUTTON depicting the 16-gun brig Acorn chasing a pirate slaver; H.M.S. Collingwood (80); H.M.S. Daphne (18); H.M.S. Thetis (36); H.M.S. Superb (80); and H.M.S. Cornwallis (72), each approximately — 11 x 15in. (28 x 38cm.) mounted with cut-away titles, framed and glazed (6) £400-600

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SIGNAL LOGS FOR H.M.S. ST. VINCENT, 1847-1848 kept between 20th May 1847 and 4th November 1848 whilst under the command of Rear Admiral Sir C. Napier, three volumes (of four, lacks vol. IV), vol. I contemporary black half roan, other vols contemporary red roan (all vol. rubbed) — 10¼ x 8¾in. (26 x 22cm.)

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(3) Please refer to lot 32 for a history of H.M.S. St. Vincent.

£400-600

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‘A TRUE DESCRIPTION OF HIS MAJESTIES ROYALL SHIP, BUILT THIS YEARE 1637, AT WOOLL-WITCH IN KENT’ published by Thomas Heywood, first edition 1637, engraved frontispiece (slightly shaved at fore-margin, lower part of inner margin of title reinforced), early 19th century calf, (rubbed) Sovereign of the Seas was the first ship in the Royal Navy to mount 100 guns: Her layout was well described in the words... of the playwright Thomas Heywood, who designed her decoration... (Winfield, pp. 4 & 5), and mentions Selden’s Mare Clausum STC 13367.

£1000-1500

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THE LOSS OF THE WAGER: ‘THE NARRATIVE ... CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT DISTRESSES ... ON THE COAST OF PATAGONIA’ John Byron, first edition 1768, engraved frontispiece by Grignon after Wale (with a few minor stains and offset onto title), 20th century half calf

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‘MARSHALL’S NAVAL BIOGRAPHY’ John Marshall, London, 1823, twelve vol. spanning 1760-1823, list of officers in each vol., contemporary half calf with marbled boards, (spines a little rubbed) — 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)

(12) £200-300

An interesting account of Byron’s travels in Patagonia until his return to England in 1746. He also relates the loss of the Wager, one of Admiral George Anson’s squadron.

£400-600

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COPY LETTER BOOK OF ADMIRAL CORNWALLIS 112 leaves and 13 leaves blank, contemporary reverse calf (a little rubbed, hinges worn) — 12¾ x 8in. (32.5 x 20cm.)

A remarkable letter book of 191 letters containing letters to and from Admiral Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819), brother of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the Siege of Yorktown. William Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the Battle of Saintes, but is best known for his friendship with Nelson and as the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. There are 85 letters to and from him including an allusion to Rhode Island and Florida. There are 14 letters to and from Sir Philip Stephens, secretary to Lord Anson and later appointed assistant to secretary of the Admiralty, also, a friend of Cook. Walter Stirling (1718-1768) was, in 1780, Captain of the Gibraltar and was present when Admiral George Rodney captured the island of Sint Eustatius during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch war (one letter).

Sir Peter Parker began his naval career during the War of Jenkin’s Ear and assisted in the capture of New York and Long Island in the American War of Independance (eight letters). The remainder consist of Charles Middleton (16), A. Chorley (1), Thomas Pye (3), George Marsh (5), A. North (1), Evan Napstock (1), George Gayston (1, one of the victuallers bound for New York), Charles Emery (2), Caleb Barton (3), John Todd (7), Joseph Beale (4), William Munro (1), James Melling (6), Thomas Spry (1), Thomas Pakesham (1), Nicholas Watson (4), Charles Inglis (1, one of the two prominent loyalists in New York during the War of Independence), Henry Martin (1), Jonas Hanway (1, celebrated traveller and philanthropist), C. Bates (1), Joseph Sparrow (1), John Darby (1), Rupert Digby (2, admiral after whom Digby, Nova Scotia is called), John Hamilton (3), William May (1), G.B. Rodney (2), John Colburn (1), R. Barber (1), James O’Hara (1), J. Townshend (4), J. Hood (1) and Admiral Graves (1).

£2000-3000

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AN IRON GRENADE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, 1744 with casting mark impressed to one side, and wooden plug-fitted fuse — 4in. (10cm.) diameter Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 10th March, 1988 £80-120

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A QUANTITY OF TREEN RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, 1744 probably elm or laurel and comprising three plumbers’ turn-pins and a roller from a parrel truck, the largest turn-pin — 4¾in.

(12cm.) high (4) Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 10th March, 1988 £80-120

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GEORGE VANCOUVER’S SEXTANT A 14½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY JESSE RAMSDEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1772, AND PROBABLY USED DURING CAPTAIN COOK’S SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY constructed in brass, signed on the lower cross bar Ramsden London, scale divided to 130º direct to arc, vernier inscribed G. Vancouver, braced index arm, index mirror with Maskelyne flap, sighting tube, four shades, secondary mirror on rear-mounted adjusting lever, wooden handle and brass pin feet (missing secondary mirror and part of sighting tube) — 17 x 17in. (43 x 43cm.) overall Provenance: Acquired unidentified 2005 from the estate of a retired R.N. officer in Devon.

George Vancouver (1757-1798) joined the Royal Navy as a ‘young gentleman’ in 1771 and served as a midshipman on Captain Cook’s second and third Voyages of Discovery (1772-75; 1776-79) during which he is recorded as using a Ramsden sextant. Promoted Lieutenant upon his return in 1780, he served on several foreign tours thereafter and proved adept at hydrographic survey work. Latterly given his own command he was sent on his own ‘voyage of discovery’ in command of the Discovery (1791-95) where he produced some of the most significant and accurate surveys of the Pacific and North West coast of America. Like Cook, he was sent off with a selection of instruments to test including no less than twelve sextants by various makers including Ramsden, Adams, Dollond, Troughton and Gilbert and which he reported agreed exceedingly well together upon his return. In Canada, Vancouver Island and the city of Vancouver are named after him, as are Vancouver, Washington, in the United States; Mount Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border; and New Zealand’s sixth highest mountain. His final promotion was to Captain in August 1794 however, despite his impressive achievements, his work was never fully recognised in his own time and he died unmarried at Petersham, Surrey, on the 18th May 1798, his grave marked by a plain stone.

Ramsden’s Sextant for Vancouver It seems Vancouver was not entirely satisfied with this instrument’s error and wrote a stiff enough letter of complaint that Ramsden - who brooked very little criticism - responded with a robust defence of it to the Board of Longitude, claiming the error was no more than a 1⁄4 of a minute of arc having re-tested it on Vancouver’s return. As a midshipman on Cook’s Second and Third voyages, he would certainly have taken many of the measurements recorded and possibly used them in conjunction with the trial ‘sea clocks’ sent by John Harrison to determine their location - an error of just 1 minute of arc equates to two nautical miles which would have to be compensated for. It would have been produced on Ramsden’s first circular dividing engine of 1768 which, whilst representing a great leap forward in scale division, he himself found wanting mainly for ease of usage, and he had completed new updated engine in 1774, selling the first engine to a French collector. The instruments he would have sent for testing with Vancouver would have had smaller radii and therefore frames as this second engine could divide accurately and to a finer degree. The instrument offered here conforms closely to the example held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, believed to have been taken by Cook on his Third Voyage, item number NAV1236.

Literature: McConnell, A: Jess Ramsden (1735-1800) London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Ashgate, 2007. £10000-15000

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AN INTERESTING ARCHIVE OF EPHEMERA FOR THOMAS LOWTON ROBINS, R.N. comprising his appointment to third lieutenant of the Egmont dated 29th June, 1793 and signed Hood; a message of truce carried

by Robins to Admiral St. Julian, Toulon, demanding the removal of powder from their ship dated 28th August, 1793; a gilt embossed prisoner-of-war permit to travel inscribed to Robins and dated 18 January, 1812, and other documents concerning his son E.V. Robins’ naval appointment; together with a six livre silver coin dated 1793 and pierced for neck chain (A lot) £300-500

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AN OFFICER’S COMMISSION TO THE BELLEROPHON, CIRCA 1804 issued to William Pryce Cumby, appointing him lieutenant of the Bellerophon, dated for the 3rd November 1804, printed on vellum and completed in manuscript — 7¼ x 10in. (18.5 x 25.5cm.)

William Pryce Cumby (1771-1837) fought at Trafalgar on board Bellerophon and was obliged to take command after the death of the captain, John Cooke. He was raised to captain, 1st January 1806, and Companion Order of the Bath in 1831.

£300-500

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H.M.S. NEPTUNE: A HURT TICKET FROM TRAFALGAR FOR JOHN WILD, QUARTER GUNNER on vellum — 13 x 9in. (33 x 23cm.)

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H.M.S. ROYAL SOVEREIGN: A GREENWICH CHEST AWARD FROM TRAFALGAR FOR WILLIAM DAVIS, ORDINARY SEAMAN for £8, on vellum — 13 x 8¾in. (33 x 22cm.)

The Chatham Chest award isn’t noted, but Wild received severe burns over several parts of his body and eyes from a large quantity of gun powder being ignited. Wild was 29 years old and from St. Ives, Cornwall.

William Davis, ordinary seaman, on board H.M.S. Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar for receiving a wound in the groin. He was about 22 years old and from Barton St. David, Somerset.

£300-500

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A NAVAL UNION FLAG, PROBABLY FROM H.M.S. TÉMÉRAIRE, CIRCA 1810 comprising thirty hand-stitched bunting panels with sleeve, lanyard and toggle (holes, old repairs) — 8 x 16½ft.

(244 x 503cm.); together with a pennant of similar provenance — 75in. (190.5cm.) long; historical notes; and an early 19th Century navy blue frock coat with nonregulation buttons, together with a pair of flecked silk stockings (4) Provenance: Captain Hyde John Clarke, R.N. (1777-1857) and thence by descent; purchased in these rooms 27th October 2010, lots 80 and 81 (part) This officer enjoyed a full naval career and has an entry in O’Byrne’s Naval Biographical Dictionary of 1848. By family tradition this flag was “at Trafalgar”, however, as Clarke himself was serving in the East Indies, this seems unlikely. More plausible however is the attribution to Téméraire, which Clarke joined in 1810, being promoted auspiciously on Trafalgar Day that year to the rank of Commander. He seems to have left the navy soon thereafter making this a likely souvenir which, because of Téméraire’s history, family folklore fused together.

The Naval system of retired officers continuing slowly up the promotions ladder on half pay was still used and Clarke was made Captain in 1840, his final promotion.

£2000-3000

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Capt. John Hyde Clarke, R.N. (Not included)

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AN AMBROTYPE CABINET PORTRAIT BELIEVED TO BE OF HORATIA NELSON, CIRCA 1850 depicted half-length in black satin costume with white frilled bonnet cap and delicately rouged cheeks, mounted in decorative gilt brass surround and set within folding plush-lined leather pocket case — 3¾ x 3¼in. (9.5 x 8.5cm.); together with a letter sent

by Mrs Alexander Wilson, Ballarat, Austrailia, on behalf of her ailing husband to his brother, dated May 2nd 1869 and relating the family’s connection to Lord Nelson; an English School miniature portrait of Horatia Nelson’s doctor, John Mace Jnr., dated 6th June, 1843; and an associated black leather wallet with mss owner’s name inside inscribed Benjm. Colby / Mar 1823 containing three Bank of Ireland treasury cheques from March 1799 signed by Col. H.J.A. Woodward; and a quill pen by tradition believed to have been one of Nelsons.

(5) Provenance: Mrs Colby Borley née Wilson and thence by decent. A paragraph in the above-mentioned letter states: “...Lizzie is very happily & comfortably married to a Mr. McKibbin from Down. His mother was niece to Lord Nelson...”; Benjamin Colby was related to Col. H.J.A. Woodward who had presented him his annotated history of Nelson, see lot 49 Horatia Nelson Ward (1801-1881) was the love child of Nelson and his mistress, Emma Hamilton. After Emma’s husband, Sir William Hamilton, died in 1803, Horatia was christened with Nelson and Emma being listed as “godparents” and was shortly afterwards adopted as an “orphan”.

Nelson wrote to her before Trafalgar signing his letter as her “Father”, left her £200 per annum in his will and asked that she take his name. After Trafalgar Emma fell on hard times and she and Horatia spent some ten months in debtors prison - a fact that caused Horatia to deny Emma as her mother. She arranged Emma’s funeral in Calais in 1815 and returned to Britain disguised as a boy to evade debtors. Living in Sussex with Nelson’s sister, Catherine Matcham, she was reputedly good at languages, music and sewing - all skills taught by Emma. In 1822 she 48 (part) married the Rev. Philip Ward (1795-1861) at Burnham Westgate - near to Nelson’s father’s Parish in Norfolk, and went on to produce ten children.

After Philip died, Horatia moved several times and, despite renewed interest in Nelson, struggled financially. For a while she resided in Tenterden and clearly made friends with the local Doctor whose miniature accompanies the lot. She died and was buried in Pinner, along with two of her children.

Of the known portraits of Emma, several are oil paintings from childhood and, until now, two photographic. The last picture taken in 1859 shows a more sunken and care-worn face than that revealed in this ambrotype, suggesting a date of 8-10 years earlier. Ambrotype photography was the successor to the first commercially successful type developed by Louis Daguerre in the 1830s and was popular from about 1850. Whilst it captures more detail and is warmer to behold, each image was exposed on fragile glass with no negative produced from which to make copies. As such, they are usually found in protective leather cases.

£1000-1500

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‘BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE RIGHT HON LORD VISCOUNT NELSON..’

John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson’s funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson’s column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor’s, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case — 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)

Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.

Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it. Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson’s life to include Trafalgar and is rare.

£600-800 50.

A MEZZOTINT OF LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1799 engraved by J. Young after the oil by Guzzardi and printed

by M.H. Keymer, Yarmouth from a Portrait by a Celebrated Artist at Palermo, Portrait-Painter to the King. and inscribed in title Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile, Pl. — 12½ x 9¼in. (31.5 x 23.5cm.) framed and glazed £200-400 51.

‘ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, GIVING HIS LAST ORDERS TO CAP. HARDY..’ hand coloured print published by J. Hinton, London, 21 November 1805, Pl. — 13½ x 9¾in. (34 x 24.7cm.) together with a small framed print of Nelson issued by Baxter; another of Maurice Suckling (probably a book plate); and three other loose images of Nelson (6) £200-400

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‘ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, K.B. AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE’ coloured proof published by G. Riley, Old Bailey, London, March 25th, 1799, depicting Nelson in cartouche with the battle progressing under and L’Orient exploding to the left, Pl. — 16½ x 10½in. (42 x 26.5cm.) framed and glazed. £200-400

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A LARGE PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TRAY COMMEMORATING LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1820 with geometric gilt border, and portrait after Lemuel Abbott, framed within gilt laurel wreath — the tray 30in (76cm.) wide £600-800

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A WHITE PARIANWARE BUST OF LORD NELSON after Flaxman, impressed R&L [for Robinson & Leadbetter] behind shoulder — 8in. (20.3cm.) high £100-150

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A BILSTONWEAR SNUFF BOX CELEBRATING LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1800 depicted half-length with mast and rigging behind, inscribed Adl Nelson top right, hinged to mauve box — 2¼in. (5.7cm.) wide £300-500

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GEORGE HORACE DAVIS (BRITSH, 1881-1963) Cutaway profile of H.M.S. ‘Victory’ Watercolour and gouache Signed and dated ‘G.H. Davis 1946’ (lower right) 23 x 64in. (59 x 162.5cm.) £400-600

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A 19TH CENTURY ROYAL NAVY TOMAHAWK PATTERN BOARDING AXE with heavily pitted flared head secured to plain wooden shaft, drilled for loop — 23in (58.5cm.) long overall £300-500

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A FINE CADET GUNNERY TRAINGING NOTE BOOK FROM H.M.S. EXCELLENT, CIRCA 1862 kept by J.W. Biggs in a neat copper plate hand over 213 pages of ruled laid paper, twenty-seven section index to front, finely realised watercolour title page inscribed NAVAL GUNNERY / As Taught On Board / H.M.S. EXCELLENT. / Written by / J.W. Biggs. / 1862 / READY AYE READY., three sepia toned photographs and numerous fine technical diagrams throughout, signed on fly as ‘approved’ by the Commander and Senior Lieut., bound in quarter calf marbled boards — 9½ x 8in.

(24 x 20cm.) £500-800

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER’S SWORD with 28½in curved steel blade, ebonised ribbed grip with decorative brass guard (lacking scabbard) — 34in. (86.5cm.) long £150-250

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60.

FOLLOWER OF ARTHUR J. W. BURGESS (BRITISH, 1879-1957) The British India liner ‘Rohilla’ serving as a troop ship Oil on panel 14½ x 20½in. (37 x 52cm.); together with a postcard of painting (2) Built at Harland & Wolff in 1906, this 7,409 ton liner was taken over early in the Great War for use as a hospital ship. On October 30th, 1914, between Leith and Dunkirk to evacuate wounded, she hit rocks half a mile off Whitby and, with a full gale blowing quickly foundered, the area mistakenly believed to have been mined. 82 lives were lost but Capt.

Nielson and all the crew survived. This painting appears to be the original artwork for a post-card, an example of which is included with this lot.

£200-400 61.

A QUANTITY OF NAVAL EPHEMERA including a letter to Queen Victoria alluding to Admiral Cochrane’s ‘War Craft’ patented for use in South Africa during the Boer War, written from Osborne House 1899; together with RUSSIA, AL.s by Melville requesting and allowing the Grand Duke Nicholas (later Czar Nicholas II), to examine the British Fleet, 1p.; THOMAS LUDWIGE, AL.s. 2pp., describing a black boy aboard, and mentioning 1100 barrels of rice and references to Samuel Bowman, 2pp., framed and glazed; two photographic portraits of H.R.H. Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary), both signed and dated 1901, Malta; and a small quantity of letters and ephemera including a few letters from Captain Bastard (A lot) £300-500

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NAVAL GUNNERY, CIRCA 1915 a comprehensive guide to naval gunnery, 151pp, 107 handcoloured technical pen and ink drawings, numerous pencilled drawings in the text, fine pen and ink drawing of a light cruiser loosely inserted, original half-buckram (rubbed) — 14¾ x 9½in.

(37.5 x 24.5cm.)

An extraordinarily detailed description of all the functions and workings of ships’ guns. A few of the chapters or sub-chapters are entitled Hydraulics, Bogey and Safety Gear, Main Hoist Unlocking Gear, Cut Off Compensating Gear, 1/5” Hand Control Power Gear, Types of Director Sight, All Guns 12” V Upwards, Small Type Training Receiver, the Lewis Automatic Gun and Tasks of Variations of Range.

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WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931) The Q-Boat ‘Merope’ sinking a U-Boat Signed in pencil ‘W.L. Wyllie’ (lower left) Etching Pl. 6¾ x 9in. (17.5 x 23cm.) £100-150

£300-500

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A BAROGRAPH FROM CAPTAIN SCOTT’S BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-04 heavily constructed in brass with maker’s plate to top signed and inscribed ANT : EX : 1901 / H.O. 14. / M.O.9. / SHORT & MASON / LONDON, hinged front-glazed top with leather handle to recorder drum with clockwork movement, eight-atmospheres acting on cup pen and inkwell, mounted on solid case brass feet. Overall measurements — 7¼ x 10¼ x 5in. (18.5 x 26 x 12.5cm.)

Provenance: Acquired 2003 at a local rooms near Portsmouth from the estate of a collector of clocks, watches, instruments and mechanical items, and where the significance of the maker’s plate (and provenance) had not been identified.

Founded in 1845, by the early 20th Century Short & Mason were leading suppliers of instruments for work in the field and supplied several barographs to both the Scott and Shackleton expeditions where they were used aboard ship and ashore and found to perform reliably at all times.

£2000-4000

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STUDIO OF HERBERT G. PONTING A Weddell Seal Silver gelatine print with studio stamp embossed lower right, contained within original wooden frame with remnant Fine Art Society label to verso 22¾ x 29in. (58 x 74cm.) (including frame) Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (1870-1935) accompanied Captain Scott on his 1910-13 Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole as expedition photographer and cinematographer.

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£400-600

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66. Ø A MALACCA WALKING STICK PRESENTED TO AN OFFICER OF H.M.S. TERRIBLE, 1902 the polished shaft with gold-plated ‘buckle’ London marked ‘18ct G.P.’ inscribed From The DAILY EXPRESS to Mr. T.C. Cole Souvenir of Reception to Men of H.M.S. TERRIBLE October 25th 1902, complete with tortoiseshell handle and brass ferrule — 36in.

(91.5cm.) high £200-400

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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, CIRCA 1880 twenty-five mainly large, mounted photographs mounted of naval interest, bound with original roan gilt, gilt edges (rubbed), including H.M.S. Lord Clyde, H.M.S. Iron Duke, H.M.S. Dwarf, H.M.S. Collingwood and H.M.S. Colossus; together with another album containing 33 actual photographs mounted, 20 of nautical interest, one dated 1893, original half roan (worn), also containing three photographs of a bullfight (2) £200-300 68.

MIDSHIPMAN’S JOURNAL FROM H.M.S. MINOTAUR, 1914-1915 kept by Mr Lloyd between 25th July 1914 and 28th July 1915, nine pen and ink maps and plans, all but hand-coloured in outline, two technical pen and ink drawings, eight pen and ink silhouette drawings of the various classes of the British Navy, numerous overslips for the most part, detailing the loss of Allied and Central Powers shipping, original buckram (rubbed) For the Minotaur, this was truly a world war with the maps showing all parts of the globe. This was one of the last logbooks to be written, with an entry after the final date stating that the keeping of log books was banned with immediate effect.

£200-300 69.

A RARE UNOFFICIAL SHIP’S BADGE OF H.M.S. BARHAM [1914] cast in brass and depicting a liion rampant surrounded by fleur-delys, and mounted on a shaped section of circuit board with brass plate inscribed H.M.S. Barham 1935-7; together with a brass ship’s badge of H.M.S. Cheviot; four painted alloy badges and a sailormade copper duplicate badge for Barham (7) £150-250

69 (part)

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JOHN SMITH (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) The Mighty ‘Hood’ Signed ‘J.S. Smith’ (lower right) Oil on board 23½ x 35½in. (60 x 89cm.) £200-400

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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 322 actual photographs mounted including a portrait of George V, 92 of naval interest, original reverse calf with ‘World Cruise of the British Special Service Squadron, 1923-24’ in gilt on front cover, together with two other albums (3) £200-300

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GREGORY ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1876-1967) An Atlantic convoy with escorts Signed in pencil ‘Gregory Robinson’ (lower right) Watercolour and gouache 7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.) £150-250

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GEORGE HORACE DAVIS (BRITSH, 1881-1963) Cutaway of H.M.S. ‘Daring’ with cartouche comparison of ‘Daring’ (1893) Signed ‘G.H. Davis 1954’ (lower right) Monochrome and gouache 18 x 29½in. (46 x 75cm.) £150-250 Reproduced in the Illustrated London News 11th September 1954

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GEORGE HORACE DAVIS (BRITISH, 1881-1963) A section drawing and tank test for a R.N. destroyer Signed ‘G.H. Davis 1949’ (lower right) and inscribed by diagrams with technical data Monochrome and gouache 17 x 29in. (43 x 73.5cm.) £200-400

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A 1920S NOVELTY INKWELL CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM H.M.S. TIGER modelled as a double gun turret, with lid to two inkwells inscribed Cast From Metal Ex-H.M.S. Tiger, Thomas W. Ward Albion Works, Sheffield, Dismantled 1932, and mounted on swivelling base — 7½in. (19cm.) wide overall £200-300

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A UNUSUALLY LARGE ENGINEER’S MODEL OF A T-CLASS SUBMARINE, CIRCA 1938 constructed from solid brass with fore and aft planes, air tanks, conning tower with snorkel, periscope and quick firing gun, twin prop-shaft with propellers and rudder, mounted through the keel to two rubber grommets on section of circuit board with rubber feet — 5½ x 21in. (14 x 53.5cm.) overall £500-800

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A RARE GERMAN SILVER MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE SINKING OF THE HOGUE, ABOKIR & CRESSY BY U-9, 1914 depicting an eagle clutching a laurel, initialled ‘F.H.’ lower right; the reverse inscribed U 9 vernichtet am 22.Sept. 1914 3 engl. Kreuzer Abukir Hogue u. Cressy — 1¼in. (3.2cm.) diameter

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A CONTEMPORARY SAILOR’S WORK ALUMINIUM PROFILE MODEL OF THE U-20 depicted on a painted sea with sky and cloud background within original wooden frame, overall 14 x 21½in. (35.5 x 55.5cm.)

U-20 under the command of Capt. Schwieger was responsible for the torpedoing and sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania in 1915. £150-250

It’s understood that only thirty of these medals were struck in silver.

£600-800

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THE BELL FROM THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-44, 1939 cast in iron, the front with embossed eagle emblem over gothic ‘U44’, moulded rim and shoulder, single crown suspension with threaded hasp and clapper, finished in grey paint overall — 9¾ x 11in. (24.5 x 28cm.)

A Type IX submarine of 1032 tons ordered in 1936, the U-44 was laid down in November 1938, launched in August 1939 and commissioned on 4th November for crew training. Departing Wilhelmshaven on 6th January 1940, her first patrol lasted until 9th February and could be counted a great success: eight allied merchant ships totalling 30,885 tons were sunk over the thirty-five days and her commander, Kapitänleutnant Ludwig Mathes, was praised by Admiral Dönitz for having “perfectly executed” the fifth most successful mission of the War to date. Refitted and rearmed, U-44 embarked on her second mission on 13th March 1940 - but later the same day she hit a British mine off Holland and sank with all 47 hands. Second World War German U-Boat bells are rarely seen and, whilst in peacetime bells were fitted and used as in the traditional navy, they were removed on active service as submarines maintained silence to evade the increasingly sophistication sonar detection systems developed by the Allies. It has been further speculated that many bells for lost submarines were recycled later in the War as metals became acutely short in supply.

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A PRESENTATION MODEL FOR THE U-192, 1942 cast in base metal, possibly German silver, the conning tower engraved ‘U192’ with snorkel and periscope, deck guns, gratings, fore-and-aft planes and rudder, mounted on metal sea-form base with plate (recipient’s name obliterated) on an ebonised wooden display base with eagle and oak leaf plate to front.

Overall measurements — 7¼ x 13½ x 5¼in. (18.5 x 34.5 x 13.5cm.)

U-192 was a type IXC/40 submarine, displacing a little over 1200 tons she was armed with 22 torpedoes in addition to 44 mines and two deck guns. Capable of 19 knots on the surface (7.3kts submerged), she could safely dive to 755 feet (230 meters) and her extended range of 13,850 miles meant that she was capable of reaching the Atlantic ‘box’ - the area where spotter aircraft from the UK and US couldn’t operate and so was much safer. Launched on 31st July 1942, she was commissioned that November and trained her crew until 30th April 1943. The very next day she was dispatched on her first mission under the command of Werner Happe but, just five days later on the 6th May, she was depth charged and sunk by the corvette H.M.S. Loosestrife with the loss of all 55 hands.

£1000-1500

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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KAISERMARINE BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1914 stamped on the back plate with maker’s name and numbered ‘431429’, Bakelite twist-focus eyepieces, leather covered tubes with splash cuffs and leather strap, contained within original leather case with elastic securing strap — 11½in. (29cm.) high £400-600 82.

A PAIR OF 7 X 50 FIXED FOCUS BINOCULARS BY LEITZ, WETZLER, CIRCA 1944 stamped on the back plate with maker’s code and ‘469546’ rubber back plate and eyepiece covers, crackle finished tubes with rubber ended objectives, contained fitted leather case of issue, embossed with Kriegsmarine marks to lid and dated 1944 to edge — 10in. (25.5cm.) high £500-700 83.

A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KRIEGSMARINE OFFICER’S BINOCULARS BY LEITZ, WETZLAR, 1942 stamped and numbered on the back plate ‘beh 453718’ and contained in leather case of issue counter-marked and dated on rim with naval emblem to lid — 10in. (25.5cm.) high £500-800

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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KRIEGSMARINE OFFICER’S BINOCULARS BY LEITZ, WETZLER CIRCA 1942 stamped on the back plate with maker’s code and Kriegsmarine marks ‘25583N’, Bakelite eyepiece cover, crackle finished tubes contained within original leather case with embossed lid and sprung leather securing strap — 12in (30.5cm.) high £500-700

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A PAIR OF 10 X 50 ‘RABBIT’S EAR’ PERISCOPE BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1910 signed on the underside as per title, adjustable eyepieces, and bubble level with micrometer scale, green-painted tubes with detachable shade cuffs, contained within original leather-covered wooden box of issue with adjustable and lockable micrometer mount for tripod securing with folding magnifier — 18 x 9 x 9in. (46 x 23 x 23cm.) cased overall; together with a telescopic gun sight dated ‘1944’ (2) £350-450

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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING MARINE TELESCOPE BELIEVED FORMERLY OWNED BY GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ with 2½in. lens numbered ‘274’, four oxidised brass draws with threaded adjusting tube between 1 and 2, signed and inscribed around main lens housing Apochromat N2 274. Carl Zeiss, Jena, splash cuff, tapering leather-covered main tube and dust-slide, contained within fitted lined leather tube of issue with securing straps — 13in.

(33cm.) long, closed in tube

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Provenance: Given to vendor in early 1950’s by an R.N. Officer who recovered it from Bremerhaven at the close of WWII.

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Karl Dönitz (1891-1980) succeeded Erich Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine on 30th January 1943 and quickly developed the infamous ‘wolfpacks’ of submarines used to persecute allied convoys. This was met with considerable initial success and allied losses rocketed until new methods of detection — aided by the breaking of naval enigma code — redressed the balance. With Hitler’s suicide on April 30th 1945, Dönitz was, briefly, Chancellor of the crumbling Reich until the arrest of the Flensburg Government on 23rd May. Sentenced to ten years imprisonment for war crimes at the Nuremburg Trials, he lived quietly thereafter in a village near Hamburg until his death aged 91. Zeiss confirm that this instrument was made between 1900 and 1906 so may have been given to Dönitz when he was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant in 1913. The apochromatic telescope is an improvement on the standard achromatic type by using a secondary lens to align coloured light even more closely; they are generally more compact and far more expensive for the results yielded.

£1000-1500

87.

A PAIR OF 7 X 50 ZEISS FIXED FOCUS U-BOAT BINOCULARS CAPTURED AND USED

BY FIGHTER ACE WING CMDR ‘BILL’ BRUEN, FLEET AIR ARM, CIRCA 1940 stamped with maker’s code ‘blc’ and numbered ‘219451’ on right back plate, thick rubber insulators and 87 eye-pieces, finished in green with added rope work grips and leather strap — 8in. (20.3cm.) high Provenance: Cmdr J. M. ‘Bill’ Bruen and thence to his son, Cmdr N.A. Bruen M.B.E. D.S.C. W.K.h.M. R.N./R.N.O., who used them during his thirty year career in the Royal Navy and the Royal Navy of Oman; specifically during operations in the Falklands War; the first Gulf War; the Gulf of Suez mine-clearance operations (1984); and subsequently in the Omani tall-ship Shabab Oman.

Cmdr J. M. Bruen D.S.O. D.S.C. M.I.D. R.N. (1910 - 1966) commanded 803 Squadron during WW2 when they were engaged in operations in the Mediterranean protecting convoys for Malta. During this time he took part in the Battle of Matapan and, in order to distract attention from the attacking Swordfish torpedo bombers, flew ‘strafing runs’ at and past the Italian Battleship Vittorio Venito - despite the fact that the magazines were empty in his Seafire airplane. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and was presented with these U-boat binoculars by his squadron comrades in 1941.

88 88.

A KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT CLOCK the 6¼in. silvered dial marked with Kriegsmarine device, black spade hands with sweep seconds (replaced) and slow/fast [V / N] lever by ‘2’, winding arbor to 7-day going barrel movemement, hinged glazed face plate with locking arbor, bulkhead case with three suspension points, the black-painted back numbered ‘4605’ and scratch marked ‘C988/32649’ — 8in. (20.5cm.) diameter overall £800-1200

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A UNION FLAG LANDED WITH THE 3RD CANADIAN DIVISION AT JUNO BEACH, D-DAY 6TH JUNE 1944, CARRIED BY ‘P’ COMMANDO SUB-LT. ALAN DALTON R.N. stitched bunting, the canvas sleeve stencilled 3YD JACR [?], with rope lanyard (tattered edge and wear to top by sleeve) — 68½ x 36in.

(174 x 91.5cm.); together with a brass plate inscribed S/LT. DALTON LED THE COMMANDO TEAM THAT THE CLEARED THE BEACHES PRIOR TO THE LANDINGS; and a later plate inscribed THE FIRST UNION JACK TO BE FLOWN ON THE ‘D’ DAY BEACHES. HOISTED BY S/LT. NOW SIR ALLAN [SIC] DALTON; historical data.

Provenance: Sir Alan Dalton to family friend, Cornwall.

Sir Alan Dalton C.B.E. D.L. (1923-2006) joined the Royal Navy in April 1943 and, as soon as basic training was completed, volunteered for the R.N. Commandos (not to be confused with Marine Commandos) created specifically for the invasion of Europe, and was posted to their depot, H.M.S. Armadillo at Loch Long, 45 miles north-west of Glasgow. From September 1943 he was posted to ‘P’ Commando (originally known as R.N. Beach Commando ‘Peter’) and trained with Force ‘J’ for operation Neptune (the naval element of the Normandy landings). In March 1944 he was promoted Sub-Lt. and commenced training with the Canadian 3rd Division which was moved to the South Coast in stages. On D-Day the unit was landed just before 07.30 (a delay of half and hour because of strong winds and tide) and Dalton guided this division (numbering some 14,000 men in total) across the beachhead carrying this flag. ‘P’ Commando suffered heavy casualties in the intense fire fight and were reinforced by ‘W’ (Canadian) Commando on D-Day+3. The unit then remained at the beach command post for 6 weeks to supervise the follow up troops. In July 1944 ‘P’ Commando was returned to the UK and Dalton brought this flag back as a souvenir - the unit was disbanded in October 1944 and Dalton released from Naval Service in July 1945 - H.M.S. Armadillo was also paid off that September. In his post-War career Dalton became the highly successful chairman of English China Clay based at St. Austell in Cornwall, was made C.B.E. in 1969 and knighted in 1977.

Canadian 3rd Division landing Juno Beach 6th June 1944

£3000-5000

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Sailor Art

Lot 90 (detail)

90 90.

A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLELONIC PRISONER-OFWAR STRAW WORK PICTURES each depicting the L’lle d’Ville [Elba]; and Une Vue de L’isle St. Helene [St Helena], contained in original flame mahogany frames — overall inc. 15½ x 20in. (39.5 x 51cm.)

(2, a pair) £800-1200

91 91.

A QUANTITY OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONEROF-WAR BONE SPINNING JENNIES AND PARTS comprising a single two-character and two single-character partially complete spinning jennies; together with a small quantity of associated parts (A lot) £400-600

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92 92.

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED POWDER HORN decorated in the round and depicting a man o’ war and floral and fauna including a serpent, grouse, scorpion, alligator and a palm tree, inscribed in laurel cartouche R. CLACK R A terminating in a wooden spout with plug (old wear) — 17in. (43cm.) overall £300-500

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94 94. Ø A SMALL 19TH CENTURY SAILOR-WORK PAINTED SCRIMSHAW PAN BONE depicting a three masted barque underway with two pierced holes to top — 3 x 5in. (7.5 x 12.5cm.) £200-300 95.

A SAILOR’S HALF MODEL OF A FULLY RIGGED SHIP, CIRCA 1890 the caved wooden hull ebonised below the waterline with copper chain plates, carved wooden sails, bow sprit and dolphin striker mounted on a painted display board with frame — 21½ x 39½in.

(54.5 x 100.5cm.) £150-250

95 93. Ø A RARE MARINE IVORY AND BALEEN TOBACCO CUTTER, CIRCA 1850 the marine ivory handle carved with a heart inscribed ‘L’ and ‘N N’ under, the ends plugged with ebony inlaid with bone, the baleen blade decorated with plants, and crossed U.S. flags inscribed N.W. Norton under — 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high £400-600

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96. Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH incised over both sides and depicting an armed cutter of the Royal Navy firing towards a small frigate — 6in. (15cm.) high, loosely mounted on wooden plinth stand.

(2) £600-800

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97. Ø AN AMERICAN SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH, CIRCA 1840 worked in the round and depicting an American whaler in full sail with a masonic eye over and inscribed Deus Meum Que Jus (‘God And My Right’), the reverse with a partially clad lady in hat with ringlet curls numbered ‘33’ over — 6in. (15cm.) high £400-600 98. Ø A SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH, CIRCA 1840 depicting a full-length figure of a fashionable lady in bonnet; and some flowers — 5½in. (14cm.) high £300-400 99. Ø A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH principally decorated on one side with a heavily incised market scene with town beyond and sailor nailing Stars & Stripes to a flag staff above banner inscribed LIBERTY; the reverse with unfinished profile design, possibly later — 4in. (10cm.) high; 354g £250-350 100. Ø A RARE GERMAN SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH, CIRCA 1840 worked over one side and depicting a young sailor dancing with his girl, inscribed over Eduard Schultz / Vergieszmeinnicht (‘Do Not Forget’) — 4¾in. (12cm.) high £400-600

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101. Ø A MID-19TH CENTURY SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH incised over one side with a view of a reclining nude — 6¼in. (16cm.) long £600-800 102. Ø A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH OF THE BARQUE JEAN IN A STORM, CIRCA 1908 incised over one side and depicting the Jean battling a violent storm whilst rounding Cape Horn with shredded sails etc., a mother and child (?Mary and the Christ child) looking over them, signed, inscribed and dated Nils / Cap Horn / 1908 — 7in. (18cm.) wide

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Built in 1902 by Loire of St. Nazaire, this 2309 ton barque was captured as a prize by the Kaisermarines Prinz Eitel Friedrich on the 11th December, 1914 whilst in passage between the UK and Chile in coal. She was subsequently scuttled on the 5th January 1915 near Easter Island.

£600-800

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103. Ø A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WALRUS TUSK TIP SECTIONS, CIRCA 1895 possibly converted from a carving set, incised with a fashionable lady and Jack Tar raising his hat, the reverses with silver ciphers for ‘AKR’ or variation thereof, the roots capped in worked silver — 7in. (18cm.) high (2, a pair) £400-600

104. Ø A LARGE PAIR OF SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WALRUS TUSKS, CIRCA 1860 each incised over one side and depicting various contemporary persons of note including Napoleon III; Queen Victoria; David Livingstone and other characters including a buccaneer; mother and daughter; a Jack Tar and others — 23½in. (59.5cm.) high (2, a pair) Many of these illustrations are pricked out from contemporary sources such as illustrated magazines; the image of the Tar may well be a self portrait.

£1000-1500

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Collectables including Photographs

Lot 135 (detail)

105 105.

A RECONSTRUCTED ELEPHANT BIRD EGG (ÆPYORNIS MAXIMUS) of composite reconstruction, comprising parts from two or more examples — 14in. (35.5cm.) high

106 106. Ø A MID-19TH CENTURY SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER TURTLE CARAPACE the mellowed overall tone with suspension loop behind — 28 x 20in. (71 x 51cm.) long £800-1200

The elephant birds were giant rarities native to Madagascar. Thought to be extinct for about 1,000 years, it was the world’s largest bird, believed to have been up to 3m tall and weighing close to half a ton. The egg volume is approximately 160 times greater than a chicken, their thickness proving durable to the climate, fragments are littered over desert areas of the island.

£800-1200

107.

EAST INDIA COMPANY LOG OF THE LOWTHER CASTLE, 1833-1834 kept by Capt. Henry Harris between 2nd January 1833-6th May 1834 from London to St Helena, Bombay [Penang, Barbe West, Gaspe Island, Houte’s Bay, Peak of Krakatoa] and China, contemporary reverse calf (rebacked, corners defective) — 23¾ x 9in. (60 x 23cm.)

An interesting log book detailing a voyage with numerous crew (a list of 44) and more than a few passengers (3pp) 107 and a severe court martial. Inside front cover is an oval ticket advertising Merchant Books of Accounts Which Sells All Other Stationery. The Lowther Castle was a 1507 ton vessel launched in 1811 by Thomas Pitcher of Northfleet. This log is for her last voyage and she was sold to Thomas Ward for breaking in June 1834.

£1000-1500

108 108.

EAST INDIA COMPANY LOG OF THE CHARLES GRANT, 1810 kept from Bombay toward England, maiden voyage 7th Feb-7th September 1810, contemporary vellum-backed blue boards (very slightly defective), original sailcloth cover — 14 x 9¾in. (35.5 x 25cm.)

A curious journal of the H.C.S. Charles Grant’s description of her only port between Bombay and Dover Roads, at St Helena. There is also a list of the principal officers. The Charles Grant was a 1264 ton vessel built in the Bombay Dockyard by Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia for William Moffatt.

Thereafter she served almost exclusively between Bombay and China. In February 1834 she was sold to Hyde Lennox and disappears from Lloyds Register by 1840.

£800-1200

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110 109 109.

A GOOD 12-BOLT DIVING HELMET BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD, NO. 19342 MATCHING of typical form with front weight studs, spit cock, numbered face plate, air inlet, spring return valve telephone port, exhaust, signed set of braile with wing nuts, fitted internally with chin buzzer and telephone speaker, finished with remnant tinning — 19in (48cm.) high £2500-3500

110.

A PAIR OF DIVING BOOTS unsigned but probably by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, constructed in heavy duty leather with brass eyelets, wooden liner with thick lead sole and brass toe cap — 14in. (35.5cm.) long £300-500 111.

A DIVER’S TORCH BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD signed as per title, the bull’s eye lens with protecting prongs — 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high £80-120

112 112.

TO BE SOLD NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN A COLLECTION OF WRECK-FIND SILVER SPECIE comprising approx. 53 examples dating from the 17th and 18th centuries for predominantly English currencies for a variety of denominations (mixed condition); together with a few small artifacts also recovered including a fragment of clay pipe, a musket ball, etc.

(A lot) These coins are understood to be have been recovered from the environment of the Scilly Isles in the 1960s-1970s, but the late diver failed to recorded where or when he made his finds.

£200-400

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113 113.

A WORK BOX MADE FROM ROYAL GEORGE BLACK OAK inset with light oak compass rose inside lid and copper provenance plate dated 1840 — 11in. (28cm.) wide £300-500

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The wreck of the Forfarshire (not included)

114 114.

A STEAM WHISTLE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE P.S. FORFARSHIRE WHOSE SURVIVORS WERE SAVED BY GRACE DARLING, 7TH SEPTEMBER, 1838 cast in brass, the domed whistle threaded to steam pipe with outlet under, now mounted to a wooden display board for wall hanging, the whistle — 12¼in. (31cm.) high Provenance: Recovered and identified by recreational divers in 1978 and allocated Droit Number 229/12 by the Receiver of Wreck in July 2014. A full account accompanies the lot.

Built in Dundee in 1836 and measured at 192 tons burthen, she was 132 feet in length with a 20 foot beam and was paddle-powered from a 190hp. 2cylinder engine. On 5th September 1838 Forfarshire left Hull, bound for Dundee, carrying both passengers and freight. Early the next morning the starboard boiler sprang a leak and the same afternoon the engines gave out completely in deteriorating weather. Instead of putting into port for repairs, Captain Humble made sail and stubbornly maintained his course until, at about 4 o’clock the following day, the ship ran aground amongst the Farne Islands and broke her back. The stern section sank immediately taking most of the passengers and six crew. The forepart with thirteen passengers lodged precariously on a rock where, just before 5.00am on the 7th September, Grace Darling finally spotted them. It was a further two hours before she and her father saw any survivors and, as he made ready to launch a boat, William Darling realised that he could not manage the task alone. Looking to Grace for assistance, she did not hesitate and the two of them made the perilous journey out to the Big Harcar Rock and rescued a woman, an injured man and three others. Once back at the Longstone lighthouse, Grace and her mother tended the distraught woman and injured man whilst her father and two of the rescued men returned to the wreck for the second time. News of the Darlings’ exploits soon became known and before long Grace was the toast of the nation. The Darlings, and particularly Grace, were showered with gifts as well as the medals of various lifesaving institutions but, sadly, Grace did not live to enjoy her fame for long and died of tuberculosis in October 1842 aged just 27.

£1200-1800 115.

A HIGHLY DETAILED TRAVELLING SALESMAN’S MODEL FOR A SHIP’S STOVE, CIRCA 1812 constructed in brass and steel as in working practice with hinged lined doors, removable ash tray and shelves, slotted pan retainers, hot water tape with valve, removable hot plates, water tank with removable filling hatch and chimney, and maker’s label to front inscribe R.W. Patt. 3160 15-20 Men, manufacturer’s W. Green & Co. Ecclesfield — 12½ x 9½ x 7in.

(31.5 x 24 x 18cm.) £1200-1800

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Detail from lot 17 showing an example in situ 117 116.

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING SHIP BUILDER AND CARVER’S ACCOUNTS BOOK, KEPT BY KELSICK WOOD BETWEEN 1828-1833 comprising approximately 110 pages of neatly written accounts, each page representing a different named vessel and owner with list of work undertaken and individual costs with total under, the end papers filled with watercolours and doodles with some, smaller, included in the main body of text, first page inscribed 1828 / Kelsich Wood / Maryport with list of watches owned by the family describing make, number and material used, bound in embossed full calf with marbled lining papers, inscribed on cover ‘2’ — 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.5cm.)

Kelsick Wood (1771-1840) is considered the greatest of the Maryport shipbuilders and is singular for keeping excellent account books, such as the rare example offered here. Another copy dating between 1839-40 is held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (SPB/45)

£600-800

117.

A FINE 18TH CENTURY DUTCH RUDDER HEAD CARVING OF MERCURY depicted with typical winged helmet, plumes and flowing locks of hair, finished in delicately applied polychrome overall and set on scrolled plinth with securing holes — 11in. (28cm.) high £2000-3000

118.

A 19TH CENTURY FIGUREHEAD PROBABLY OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI carved full length in laminated yellow pine, and depicted wearing fur-lined boots, flowing green robes with belt, clasping a document and holding his chin, mounted on an ebonised plinth — 59in.

(150cm.) high (including plinth) Reputedly the explorer who “gave” his name to America, Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) would be a logical choice of figurehead for an American merchantman.

Modern scholarship however regards his account of his visit to the New World as dubious.

£3000-5000

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119 119.

A BOXWOOD FIGUREHEAD STUDY OF A UNICORN BY ROBERT SPENCE, CIRCA 1925 full length, depicted prancing forwards, the head with metal pin ‘horn’ — 4½in. (11.5cm.) high Robert Spence (1871-1964) is considered one of the finest model makers and restorers of Admiralty Board Models from the inter-War era. He owned the original model of St. Albans (now with Trinity House, London) of which he made the near-perfect copy located at Greenwich, and restored many others. This carving is strikingly similar to the equestrian head seen on the Naseby model at Greenwich. The famous portrait artist Frederick Elwell depicted Spence in his studio circa 1938 and which is located in the Beverly Art Gallery.

120 (part) 120.

AN EXHIBITION STANDARD KNOT-WORK DISPLAY

by R. Phelan, worked in hemp, cotton cord, manilla, jute and flax and comprising a pair of oversized beckett handles; two bell lanyards; a cat o’nine tails and several others, finished in traditional colours and mounted on a sacking-backed display board with rope edging, engraved brass detail plaques and further data behind — overall 29 x 4½in. (73.5 x 103cm.); together with a porcelain prize winning plate from Great Yarmouth, 2000; and a folder of provenance and data (3) £800-1200

£150-250 121.

A LARGE SEAMAN’S CHEST constructed in simulated mahogany with camphor lining, two internal trays and lockable central section, inset ring handle and two wooden side beckets (lacking handles), now mounted on casters — 27 x 42 x 24in. (68.5 x 107 x 61cm.) £400-600

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122.

A SINGLE CYLINDER MODEL MARINE ENGINE cast in bras and finished in red with reversing gear and flywheel and mounted on plate to wooden block, 13in. (33cm.) high overall £350-450

122

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MODEL FOR A MARINE MORTAR the 1½in. bore three-stage 5in. barrel with touch-hole and trunnions mounted into chamfered wooden block secured with hinged arms — 6 x 8½in. (15 x 21.5cm.) £600-800

123.

SLAVERY an eleven page indenture circa 1820 between Thomas Hartley, Milham Hartley and Adam Cliff on the one part and Robert Scott (attorney for John Simpson) on the other, four leaves for the schedule (a few stains), duty stamps on verso to each leaf — 24 x 30¼in. (61 x 77cm.)

A remarkable document with a wealth of information, giving the slaves’ names (and aliases and sobriquets), colour (African, mulatto and quadroon or Creole), age (0-87). Many of the slaves were lent out from their plantation at Trelawney Parish, Jamaica. But by the time of this indenture most seem to have returned (circa 1817-20). One phrase from page 4 of the indenture reads and until such sale of all or any of the said negros or slaves ...

£1500-2500

124

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125 (part)

125.

‘AMERICA’S CUP YACHT DESIGNS 1851-1986’ autograph copy by Chevalier and Taglang, first edition 1987, numbered 2536, 684pp, with dust jacket — 12 x 17¾in. (32 x 45cm.); together with an autograph copy of American and British Yacht Design 1870 to 1887 by Chevalier and Taglang, first edition 1992, numbered 339; a copy of The Lawson’s History of the America’s Cup, published by Ashford Press Publishing 1986, number 276/1,500; and a facsimile edition of Dixon Kemp’s Manual Yacht and Boat Sailing published by Ashford Press Publishing, 1986 (4) £300-500 126.

A CONTEMPORARY SEPIA PRINT BY BEKEN & SON, COWES OF SHAMROCK AND WHITE HEATHER RACING depicting heeling dramatically, signed and inscribed with title in India ink and contained in original oak frame 26½ x 20in. (67.5 x 51cm.) overall £400-600

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A CONTEMPORARY SEPIA PRINT BY BEKEN & SON, COWES OF H.M.Y. BRITANNIA RACING depicting heeling dramatically, signed and inscribed with title in Indian ink and contained in original oak frame 26½ x 20in. (67.5 x 51cm.) overall £400-600 128.

AN EDWARDIAN STEAM YACHT DECK CHAIR with folding mahogany adjustable frame, black studded leather seat — 32 x 25¼ x 38in. (81.5 x 63.5 x 96.5cm.) £800-1200 129.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF STEAM YACHTS, CIRCA 1930 approximately 107 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing, including the recently restored Nahlin — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.) each; together with a number of smaller images (A lot) £150-250

129 (part)

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130.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF RACING YACHTS, J-CLASS AND AMERICA’S CUP INTEREST, CIRCA 1930 approximately 100 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing; together with others by Beken and Rosenfeld, named vessels include: Endeavour, Endeavour ll, Shamrock 23m, Shamrock lV, Shamrock V, Velsheda, Britannia, Resolution, Astra, Westward, also including images of racing in the Big Class and Solent competitions (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.)

(A lot) £150-250

130 (part)

131.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YACHTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL RULE, 12 AND 8 METRES, CIRCA 1930 approximately 140 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.)

(A lot) £150-250

131 (part)

132.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOLENT YACHTS OF THE LARGER SORT, CIRCA 1930. approximately 105 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.); together with some smaller images (A lot) £150-250

132 (part)

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133.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WEST SOLENT AND LYMINGTON ONE DESIGNS, CIRCA 1930 approximately 112 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.) each (A lot) £150-250

134.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOLENT RACING YACHTS AND DINGHIES, CIRCA 1930 approximately 96 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing, including: International 14, “Q” and “H” class Solent Handicap, 30 Square Metre, International Dragon, Redwing, plus various small craft, including an International 10 Square Metre sailing canoe — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.) each (A lot)

133 (part)

The International 14 pictures include early West of England Class clinker built, Gunter rigged variants. Early class numbers were issued in batches, so are not a reliable indicator of age. The “Q” class mostly comprised superannuated yachts of the 6 Metre class, rendered out of rating by virtue of rig or cruising modifications. They often raced with the “W” class. The 30 square metre was one of a group of Scandinavian “Skerry Cruiser” type yachts, with little control over hull design, but restricted to a designated sail area. There were yachts in 15, 22, 30 square metre groups, right up to 75. One yacht depicted in this collection, Tsu Hang, was famously owned by Lt. Col ‘Blondie Hasler’ after WW2.

£150-250

134 (part)

135.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOLENT YACHTS OF THE SMALLER SORT, CIRCA 1930 approximately 120 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.) each; together with some smaller images (A lot) £150-250

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136 (part) 136.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOLENT YACHTS OF THE MIDDLING SORT, CIRCA 1930 approximately 170 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing, including images of Marigold, Dorade, Jolie Brise (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.) each; together with some smaller images (A lot) £150-250 137.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YACHTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL RULE, 7 AND 6 METRES, CIRCA 1930 approximately 111 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9 in. (28 x 23cm.) each (A lot) £150-250

138 (part)

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A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YACHTS TO THE DESIGNS OF ALFRED WESTMACOTT AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1930 approximately 97 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing, comprising: X One Design, Seaview Mermaid, Solent Sunbeam, Victory; together with the Yarmouth One Design.

(A lot) Alfred Westmacott (1868-1936) was a small boat designer and Managing Director of Woodnutt’s Boatyard at St Helens, IoW. The Yarmouth One Design, produced initially at JS White in Cowes to a design of Harry Longmore, was very similar to Westmacott’s X One Design, and the fleets often raced together in the early days.

£150-250 139.

A COLLECTION OF LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTOR CRUISERS AND LAUNCHES, CIRCA 1930 approximately 83 by Kirk, Cowes, mostly signed and annotated some with ink stamp to reverse or blind embossing (some duplicates) — generally 11 x 9in. (28 x 23cm.) each, together with some smaller images (A lot) £150-250

139 (part)

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140 142.

P.&O. PENCILLINGS: A SET OF COLOURED MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, CIRCA 1910 numbered 1-12 and comprising humorous scenes from the series after W.W. Lloyd, each — 3¼in. (8cm.) square (12) £150-250

140.

JOSEPH GARDENER STUTTERD (BRITISH/AUSTRALIAN, 1799-1868) The Great Eastern under steam Signed and inscribed ‘J. Stutterd Nov. 1857’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 28½ x 46¼in. (72.5 x 117.5cm.) £6000-8000 141.

A 19TH CENTURY ELSINORE BOWL with opposing polychrome images of two-masted brigs underway, gilt titles worn but dated ‘1876’ — 11in. (28cm.) diameter £100-150

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A CALEDONIA-PATTERN TRANSFER WARE DISH FOR THE P.&O. LINE, CIRCA 1846 with green toned design, moulded handles, crinkle-cut border and P&O device to centre; embossed to maker’s mark and diamond registration number for 1846 to reverse for Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co — 6in. (15cm.) wide £200-400

142 (part)

143

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144 (part) 144.

DVLA VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER P8O SNC [P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY] front and back plates together with Certificate of Entitlement for transfer of ownership for UK registered vehicles (3) £500-800

146 146.

A PAIR OF SILVER LAUNCHING SCISSORS FOR THE S.S. CORANGAMITE, 1885 the shafts engraved with a depiction of the ship and engraved L.MS. MEMENTO OF LAUNCH S.S. CORANGAMITE, 15TH APRIL 1885, with London hallmarks for 1879-80 on reverse, contained within fitted plush-lined case of issue (lid worn), case — 8in. (20cm.) wide

145 (part) 145.

A RARE NAPKIN COMMEMORATING THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND DISASTER, 29TH MAY, 1914 printed on tissue by S. Burgess, London, and depicting the ship surrounded by lists of those lost — 14½in. (37cm.) square, contained in a clip frame; together with a contemporary oval photograph of the S.S. Parisian — 7½in. (19cm.) wide (2) £80-120

Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham for the Australian firm of Huddart Parker & Co. based in Melbourne, the Corangamite was a general purpose passenger/cargo ship registered in Melbourne at a little over 2,400 tons.

Her career was cut tragically short when, on 6th December 1886 she ran aground in fog in the aptly-named ‘Wreck Bay’ and became a total loss whilst on passage between Melbourne and Sydney with 120 passengers and general cargo.

£300-400

147. Ø A FINE IVORY LAUNCHING MALLET FOR THE ORIENT LINE’S S.S. OMRAH, 1898 handsomely carved overall, the head inscribed S.S. “OMRAH” / THE FAIRFIELD SHIPBUILDING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED / 3rd SEPT. 1898 - 12¼in.

(31cm.) high A handsome liner of 8,200 tons built expressly for the UK-Australian service, Omrah was requisitioned as a troop carrier in World War I. On the 12th May 1918 she was on passage between Marseilles and Alexandria when she was torpedoed by U-52 forty miles off Sardinia and was sunk with the loss of one life.

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CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934) R.M.S ‘Olympic’ Signed ‘Charles Dixon’ (lower left) Watercolour heightened with white 9 x 6¼in. (23 x 15.5cm.) £2000-3000

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CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934) The White Star Liner ‘Cymric’ steaming off the south coast of Ireland Signed and dated ‘Charles Dixon 1918’ (lower left) Watercolour heightened with white 7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.)

Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, the Cymric was intended as an enlarged Georgic but with the livestock provision converted to emigrant accommodation whilst she was on the stocks. Registered at 13,096 tons and with accommodation for 258 1st and 1,160 3rd class with a crew of 110, her maiden voyage took place on 11th February 1898. Two years later she was used as a troop transport in the Boer War and thereafter she ran the Boston route, but was transferred in December 1914 back to her original Liverpool-New York run. On April 29th, 1916 she departed New York without passengers and by 9th May was steaming 140 miles north west of Fastnet when she was torpedoed three times by U-20 under the Command of von Schwieger, who just one year before had destroyed the Lusitania. Five men were lost with 105 saved.

150.

A WHITE STAR LINE FIRST CLASS SIDE PLATE turquoise pattern, maker’s mark for Stonier & Co. to reverse and white Star Line flag and banner to front (1½in. chip at 11 o’clock) — 9in. (23cm.) diameter; together with a facsimile copy of the Daily Mail, Tuesday 16th April 1912; and a copy of the Daily Graphic ‘Memoriam’ issue, 20th April 1912 (3) Provenance: Onslow’s Titanic Sale 15th April 1987, Lot 5 £80-120

£2000-3000

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151.

THE MAIN SHIP’S BELL FROM THE R.M.S. LAURENTIC, 1908 cast in bell metal with name inscribed over an arc with black-filled lettering, single hanging bracket to head (lacks clapper staple and clapper, pitted lower right on exterior) — 19 x 17 x 14in. (48 x 43 x 35.5cm.)

Provenance: Bembridge Maritime Museum £10000-15000

Built, as all White Star liners were, by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, the Laurentic was registered at nearly 15,000 tons and could carry about 1,700 passengers over three classes, plus crew. She enjoyed her first brush with fame in July 1910 when Chief Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard boarded her in order to overtake the S.S. Montrose and apprehend Dr. Crippen and his mistress. In the Great War she maintained passenger services but was also registered as an auxiliary cruiser. On January 23rd 1917 Commanded by Capt R.A. Norton, she left port in fine but bitterly cold weather. About an hour later she struck two mines laid by U-80 in Lough Swilly and sank in just 45 minutes. Fifty-two officers and 316 ratings

were saved but 475 died in the freezing seas.

It later transpired she was carrying a cargo of 3211 (45 tons) in gold bars then valued in excess of £5 million — over 390 million today. All but 25 of these were subsequently raised by the Royal Navy in the 1920’s and a further three by a private company in 1934 — the remaining 22 bars are still unaccounted for. The wreck was bought for £100 in 1969 by hobby diver Ray Cossum who, in 1979 raised this bell and sold it to the Bembridge Maritime Museum in 1993. The pitting seen lower right is believed to have been made by a crewman who used a hammer to sound the alarm whilst the ship was sinking.

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R.M.S. Laurentic

152 (part) 152.

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE R.M.S. MAURETANIA depicted departing the Tyne on her maiden voyage in 1907 and inscribed “On her last journey”. To H. de Wyton Wigley from A.T. Brown Captain R.N.R. in command July 1st 1935 — 10 x 12½in.

(25.5 x 31.5cm.); together with a framed set of Edwardian life jacket instructions from Mauretania; a photograph by Stewart Bale Ltd of the Berengaria, a ‘giant’ photo postcard of the Queen Mary and a press photo of the Queen Elizabeth (5) £100-150 153.

FLAGS AND FUNNELS a set of enamelled house flags and funnels comprising 35 different lines including Cunard, P&O, Blue Star, Holland Amerika and others, mounted on light blue ground with artist’s monogram lower right — 10 x 16in. (25.5 x 40.5cm.), framed and glazed £200-400

154 154.

R.J. CLARKE, RCA (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) R.M.S. ‘Edinburgh Castle’ Signed ‘Clarke RCA 1980’ and inscribed with title to verso, with exhibition label Oil on board 23 x 33in. (59 x 84cm.)

Provenance: Marine Society, London £200-300 155. Ø A SILVER MOUNTED IVORY AND ENAMEL LAUNCHING HATCHET FOR THE S.S. PENTWYN, 1910 the tapering handle with engraved collars and axe head hallmarked for Birmingham 1909-10, engraved “S.S. PENTWYN”. / LAUNCHED 11TH MARCH, 1910. with enamel house flag and cypher for ‘CHD’ either side, contained in plush lined leather case of issue by R.L. Rennison, Sunderland, cased measurement — 11¾in. (30cm.) wide Built by J.L. Thompson of Sunderland for the Pentwyn SS Co., she was a general purpose cargo ship of a little over 3,500 tons. On 30th September 1918 she steamed from Cape Verde as part of convoy HD52 but, just as she was closing Liverpool, she was picked off by U-90 and sank with the loss of one life.

£1000-1500

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156.

SYD BAKER (20TH CENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL) ‘Tamathai’; ‘Tamayhal’ Signed ‘Syd Baker’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 23½ x 35½in. (60 x 89cm) (2, a pair) £100-150

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A PAIR OF 15 X 80 BRIDGE BINOCULARS BY FUJI, JAPAN, CIRCA 1960 inscribed to top plate Fuji Miebo 15 x 80 4º no. 4350 with adjustable eyepieces with rubber eye insulators, splash cuffs to objectives, finished in polished steel and mounted on adjustable tripod floor stand — binoculars 15in. (38cm.) wide (2) £5000-8000

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A RARE ISAYEV LIQUID FUEL ROCKET ENGINE ON STAND, RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1957 constructed in coated metal and complete with seals and tabs, now welded to ebonised tubular steel display stand — 40in. (102cm.) high Designed by Alexei Isayev (1908-1971) this engine was developed as a high altitude surface-to-air missile and is similar to the one used to shoot down the supposedly invulnerable U-2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers on May 1st 1960. The engine could develop 6000HP generating 615mph and were for single use - being destroyed by the high temperatures they created, consequently very few have survived.

£3000-5000 159.

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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY ULYSSE NARDIN, CIRCA 1962 the 4in. white finished dial signed as per title, inscribed and numbered Locle Suisse 10070, black spade hands, matt-finished plates counter stamped with number and trademark, Earnshaw escapement, standard bi-metallic balance with helical spring, mounted in coated aluminium bowl gimbal mounted within threetier numbered box (fusée chain detached and broken, movement un-wound, possible wear to pivots, jewels and detent) — 7½in.

(19cm.) cubed £300-400

161.

A TWO-DAY MARINE HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY CHRONOMETER,

BY THOMAS MERCER, ST ALBANS, CIRCA 1950 the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title with 24hr dial, plugged winder aperture, open subsidiary seconds dial, up/down dial numbered ‘14752’, blued steel hands, contained in drum case with stop/start lever and secondary contacts to side with counterstamped plastic and aluminium lid, contained in sponge-lined wooden box of issue with numbered key, and MoD label to front — 6 x 11 x 8¾in. (15 x 28 x 22cm.)

Rated to sidereal time these were used in conjunction with a tape chronograph for determining precise time of observations in survey work.

The opening in the seconds dial reveals the electrical (seconds) contacts.

£400-600 162.

A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY LILLEY & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1895 the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title, inscribed and numbered 10 London St. LONDON, 1081, gold spade hands with blued secondaries, Mercer movement numbered ‘5789’, spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement to standard balance with blued helical spring, contained within gimbal mounted bowl within best-bound three-tier mahogany box with tipsy key, inset brass stringing and handles and mother-of-pearl maker’s plate to front, approximately 7in. (18cm.) cubed This chronometer is recorded as used aboard several vessels in the 1940’s including the R.M.S. Queen Mary, the others being the S.S’s Lancashire; Derbyshire and Rena del Mar.

£1500-2000

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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY H.G. BLAIR & CO., CARDIFF & BARRY, CIRCA 1910 the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title and numbered ‘2191’, gold spade hands with blued seconds, Mercer movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement to standard balance with silvered helical spring, contained within gimbal mounted bowl within three-tier mahogany box with tipsy key, inset brass handles and ivorine maker’s plate to front, approximately 7in.

(18cm.) cubed £1500-2000

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THE ‘CONCORDE CHRONOMETER’ A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY PARKINSON & FRODSHAM, LONDON, RETAILED BY PETER L. DE MORY GRAY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1834 AND USED TO TIME THE INAUGURAL WEST-BOUND AND RETURN EAST-BOUND FLIGHTS OF CONCORDE, 24TH / 25TH MAY, 1976 the 3in. silvered dial signed as per title and numbered ‘1627’, blued steel hands, counter signed movement with Earnshaw escapement and standard balance contained in sprung insulated cover within gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier wooden box with inset handles, approximately - 6½in. (16.5cm) cubed; associated guard box with labels — 9½ x 12 x 9½in. (24 x 30.5 x 24cm.); file of documentary provenance; flight label (A lot) Concorde flight G-BOA took off from Heathrow at 13.01 BST on 24th May and arrived at Dulles Airport, Washington at 11.53 local time (16.53 BST) having flown over 3000 miles in 3 hours 52 minutes. This instrument was selected to time these flights as it was supplied to Peter L. de Mory Gray, one of the earliest suppliers of navigational instruments in America. The accompanying notes state that it was carried on this first supersonic flight between England and America ‘in recognition of the ties which, like the original ‘Longitude Project’ of the last century, continue to unite our two countries in this year that marks the Bi-Centenary of the American War of Independence’. The information contains lists on BA paper of all the Concorde cabin crews, the passenger list including political and media representatives; associated data concerning the transport of this instrument and a certificate for the flight from London to New York in 1977 when that route opened to Concorde.

The instrument was chosen by Lt. Cmdr. David Harries, RN, a renowned chronometer specialist, for its UK-US connections, and entrusted to and carried by Gordon Davidson, Director of Concorde, in all of its inaugural supersonic flights.

Provenance: Lt. Cmdr. David Harries, R.N. (Rtd.) £6000-8000

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Concorde’s maiden passenger flight 1976

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY D. McGREGOR & CO., GLASGOW & GREENOCK the 4in. dial signed as per title, inscribed Makers to the Admiralty and numbered ‘S/5011’, gold spade hands with blued secondary dial indicators, fusée movement within spotted plates with Earnshaw escapement and bi-metallic balance with silver helical spring, gimbal mounted within two tier wooden box with tipsy key, ivorine maker’s roundels to front and drop handles (lacking top lid), approximately — 7in. (18cm.) cubed; together with service receipts from B. Cooke & Son Ltd from 1982 and 2006 Provenance: By tradition with the Blue Funnel Line, supported by J. Sewell label pasted to front annotated to a ‘Capt. Silvester’. £1500-2500

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER FOR HENRY LEWIS & CO., LONDON & COWES the 4in. dial signed as per title, inscribed Jewellers to the Queen and numbered ‘385’, gold spade hands with blued secondary dial indicators, fusée movement with Earnshaw escapement and bimetallic balance with blued helical spring, gimbal mounted within three-tier wooden box with tipsy key, ivorine repeat number roundel to front and drop handles, approximately — 7in. (18cm.) cubed; together with service certificate issued by Mercer, dated 1981. £1500-2000

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AN 18TH CENTURY TWO-HOUR SANDGLASS the glass bulb containing volcanic sand and set within frame with five turned supports, the end-pieces etched with decorative rings and notches, remnant ?makers label to one plate inscribed J Foster, 16 Narrowgate, Alnwick (bulb later) — 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high £200-400

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A U.S. NAVY BOAT COMPASS, CIRCA 1942 the 4in. dial set in liquid filled bowl signed The Lionel Corporation 1942 Mk IV. U.S. Navy, gimballed mounted within copper binnacle with lamp housing complete with burner, bevelled viewing glass and riveted naval to front and top handle with back bracket — 9in.

(23cm.) high, excluding handle £100-150

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A POCKET COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE, CIRCA 1770 the 4¼in. paper dial signed around needle pivot MADE BY G:ADAMS IN FLEET STREET, LONDON, brass degree ring, blued steel needle, contained in square mahogany case with hinged lid, impressed by dial and to lid 313 B O — 6in. (15cm.) square £300-500 170.

A POCKET COMPASS SUNDIAL BY WILLIAM WATKINS, BRISTOL, CIRCA 1820 win 2½in. paper dial signed Watkins Bristol, blued needle, silvered latitude arm and chapter ring signed W. Watkins Bristol, folding gnomon, set within hinged wooden pocket case with the equation of time inset in lid, counter signed and inscribed W. Watkins, Opticians, St. Augustine’s Back, Bristol — 4in. (10cm.) square

171.

A FINE PORTABLE COMPASS SUNDIAL BY C.W. DIXEY, LONDON, CIRCA 1850 with 1½in. silvered dial, chapter ring signed as per title and inscribed 3 Bond Street, London, with lacquered brass hinged gnomon, latitude arm, bed plate with twin bubble levels and adjustable pin feet, contained in plush-lined Morocco case of issue with equation of time in base and securing hooks — 4in. (10cm.) diameter £500-800 172.

A POCKET INCLINING DIAL BY ELLIOTT BROTHERS, LONDON, CIRCA 1860 with 1½in. compass, hinged chapter ring signed Elliott Broths / 449 Strand London, folding latitude arm and gnomon and threaded pin feet, contained within original fitted plush-lined leather case with error correction label inside lid — 3½in. (9cm.) diameter £400-600

William Watkins occupied this address between 1814-1832.

£400-600

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A BRASS QUADRANT BY GEORGE ADAMS (SENIOR) LONDON, CIRCA 1750 divided to 90° and signed G. Adams London - 7¼in. (18.5cm.) wide; mounted on perspex stand £400-600 174.

A 6IN. UNIVERSAL RING DIAL BY RICHARD RUST, LONDON, CIRCA 1760 constructed in brass and of typical form, signed by ‘VII’ R Rust fecit, pivoted bridge with calendar and zodiac scales and sliding gnomon — 6in. (15cm.) diameter Richard Rust worked in the Minories from 1753 and died 1785.

£1500-2500

175. Ø AN UNUSUAL IVORY PEDESTAL DIAL BY DANIEL, PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1700 OR EARLIER the 1in. silvered dial inscribed with compass points ‘T’ [Tramontane - North] ‘L’ [Levante - East] ‘M’ [Mistral - South] ‘P’ [Ponente - West], set within bowl with rim further inscribed in red and black with duplicate abbreviations, hinged chapter ring signed under Daniel F[ecit], mounted on a turned tapering three-part pillar support with shaped vents in middle section and threaded cover (missing gnomon and latitude arm) — 3in. (7.5cm.) high It has been suggested the maker might be William Daniell (1632-70). A member of the Clockmakers’ Company with premises at the Sign of the Golden Ball, Ivy Bridge, Strand, London, he specialised in watch-cases and dials. It’s possible he only made the signed chapter ring which was later mounted in Italy to the distinctive pedestal.

£1000-1500 176.

A ROBERTS’ PATENT ‘TRUE COURSE FINDER’ BY ALFRED APPS, LONDON, CIRCA 1876 the 4in. silvered dial signed APPS / Sole Manfacturer, 433 Strand London and inscribed as per title, oxidised brass vernier with hinged magnifier, the eastern scale in red, the western in black, complete with fitted lid — 4½in. (11.5cm.) diameter overall A similar example is held on loan by the Science Museum, London, Object Number 1876-771

£250-350

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A BATTENBURG COURSE INDICATOR, CIRCA 1900 unsigned but probably by Elliott Brothers, painted wooden plate on axis with calibrated brass arms and compass ring to edge — 12in.

(30.5cm.) diameter Invented by Prince Louis of Battenburg in 1892, it was manufactured under licence

by Elliott Brothers of London. A popular instrument, several versions were produced and it was found particularly adept at keeping ships on station when in convoy. Instruments were also supplied to other navies (including the U.S.) and an aviation version was later produced.

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A SUNDIAL BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, CIRCA 1860 cast in brass and signed as per title, 45º gnomon (latitude of Como), and additionally inscribed WATCH - SLOWER around inner edge of chapter ring — 12in. (30.5cm.) diameter Henry Negretti lived in Como suggesting that this may have been made for his personal use - very few horizontal sundials by Negretti & Zambra are known.

£800-1200 179.

A BRASS SUNDIAL BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1750 signed G. Adams No.60 Fleet Street, LONDON, gnomon latitude 52º for London, pierced with three holes for platform securing — 9in. (23cm.) diameter £600-800 180.

A BRASS SUNDIAL BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1760 signed G. Adams London, gnomon latitude 52º, pierced in three places for platform securing — 8in. (20.3cm.) diameter £400-600

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A SUNDIAL BY RIQUIER, ARMIEN, CIRCA 1780 the plate signed as per title in cartouch between ‘VIII’ And ‘IIII’ and engraved below gnomon 49 degres 54 minutes — 13in (34cm.) diameter £600-800 182.

A SUNDIAL BY THOMAS WRIGHT, LONDON CIRCA 1750 engraved brass, engraved T. Wright Fecit between ‘IV’ and ‘VIII’ and inscribed for latitude 51:00 — 9in. (23cm.) diameter £200-400 183.

AN ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SUNDIAL, CIRCA 1722 unsigned, inscribed between ‘IIII’ and ‘VIII’ A Sure Reckoning, 1722 — 8in (20.5cm.) diameter £300-500

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A 6IN. TERRESTRIAL DESK GLOBE BY W. & S. JONES, LONDON, 1822 signed in cartouche as per title, coloured gores with the tracks Anson, Cook and other explorers, horizon ring with zodiac and calendar scales, turned mahogany stand with stretchers — 10¼in.

(26cm.) high Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 29 March 1990, lot 57 £1000-1500 185.

A RARE ‘MOTHER AND CHILD’ CELESTIAL / TERRESTRIAL GLOBE COUPLET BY JOHAN BAUER, NUREMBURG, 1791 the celestial signed and inscribed in cartouche GLOBUS COELESTIS ex tabulis celebri Aftro, nomi Bode Deliniatus a Johan Bern Bauer / Chrif Hein: Kuraet fc., the printed and coloured paper gores engraved with constellations represented by animals, birds, mythical beasts, scientific and musical instruments, the stars by size and magnitude, pasted to fruitwood former hollowed and divided to receive the terrestrial globe — 4in. (10cm.) diameter; the terrestrial signed and inscribed in carchouche Die ERDE fo wie fie Jeztbekant Entworfen von I.B. Bauer Mech. in Nürnbg.1791, the printed and coloured gores pasted to wooden former with Cook’s tracks and other details — 2¾in. (7cm.) diameter.

Literature: Van der Krogt, P: Old Globes in the Netherlands, HES Uitgevers, Utrecht, 1984, p.50-51.

Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 27th September 1990, lot 17. £4000-6000

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A 3IN. TERRESTRIAL POCKET GLOBE BY MALBY’S, LONDON, 1844 signed in cartouche as per title and inscribed Compiled from the GLOBES of the SOCIETY FOR DIFFUn. OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. Houghton St. London, March 1st, 1844, coloured gores over wooden former mounted in brass half meridian to mahogany pedestal stand — 6in. (15.2cm.) high Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 21 June 1990, lot 22. £1000-1500

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A RARE 19TH CENTURY MINIATURE PLANETARIUM ACCESSORY SET AND CASE unsigned, containing two 7⁄8in. terrestrial globes, one with brass meridain ring, lead balance weight vertical axis and moon, the other with 12-hour chapter ring, ecliptic circle, brass axis and moon, and three other accessories, contained within fitted plush-lined leather case — 7¼in. (18.4cm.) wide; together with later perspex display case with mounting holes (2) Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 29 March 1990, lot 66 £3000-5000

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188.

A 3IN. POCKET GLOBE PUBLISHED FOR JACOB ABRAHAM, BATH, 1813 with 12 hand-tinted gores over wooden former with pins at the poles, signed inscribed and dated New Terrestrial [Celestial] Globe

By J. Abraham, Bath, 1813, calibrated equator and ecliptic lines, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn delineated, Australia and Tasmania shown variously as New Holland / De Wits Land / Diemans Land, India described as Hindoostan with Tartary in the north, finely varnished overall and contained within original fishskin case with counter-signed celestial gores inside and securing hooks — 3½in. (9cm.) overall £2000-3000

189.

A DRY CARD GLOBE STRETCHER COMPASS BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, LONDON CIRCA 1760 with 4¾in. etched compass card signed Made by G. Adams in Fleet Street, London, ebonised steel needle and mounted in glazed wooden circular case for stretcher mounting — 6in. (15cm.) diameter; together with a circular protractor in brass signed George Adams, Fleet Street, London on the cross bar — 6in.

(15cm.) wide, illustrated on page 84 (2) £200-400

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190.

A 7IN. TERRESTRIAL DESK GLOBE BY CARL J.S. BAUER, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1841 the coloured gores applied over a solid wooden former, with outlined continents and land masses, equators and ecliptic circles, signed in cartouche Künstlicher/ ERDGLOBUS / mit den neuesten / Entdeckungen / am Nord u: Südpol / Verfertigt und in Verlag / Carl Bauer Mechanikus mounted within calibrated meridian ring with indicator to the top, in stand with printed horizon ring, turned baluster support on quatreform base with compass — 17in. (42cm.) high £1200-1800 191.

AN ASTROGLOBE BY G. PHILIP & SON LTD, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 the 7in. celestial etched glass globe secured to bung mounted on a lacquered brass pointer to 24-hour AM/PM dial, wooden base with makers label signed as per title — 13 x 9in. (33 x 23cm.)

This instrument was used by filling the globe with coloured liquid which allowed it to be viewed to a certain horizon line and was used in the instruction of naval cadets in celestial navigation.

£200-400

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A HUSUN STAR GLOBE BY HENRY HUGHES & SON LTD, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 the globe signed as per title and contained within lacquered brass meridian horizon ring, counter signed and stamped 2778, contained within original box with instructions pasted within lid and four indicators on bar, the lid with inset handle and securing hook — 11in. (28cm.) square; together with a Cole pattern Mk II sun compass contained in original box — 12in. (30.5cm.) wide (2) £350-450

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A STAR GLOBE BY KELVIN & HUGHES LTD, EPOCH 1975 the globe with maker’s label signed as per title and printed by George Philip & Son Ltd; contained within box with lacquered brass horizon, the lid containing indicators, coloured pencils and instructions, contained stained flyboard box with securing hook — 11in. (28cm.) square £300-500

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A HUSUN STAR GLOBE BY HENRY HUGHES & SON LTD, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 the globe signed as per title and contained within lacquered brass meridian horizon ring, counter signed and stamped 4305, contained within original box with instructions pasted within lid and two indicators on bar, the lid with inset handle and securing hook — 11in. (28cm.) square £200-400

191 192

193 (part)

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A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, W. MARSHAM ADAM’S COELOMETER, CIRCA 1874 constructed in lacquered and oxidised brass and comprising a 6in. terrestrial globe published by J. Wyld mounted on rotating axis with elliptical true horizon indicator ring, equinox ring and detachable hinged star cage set with gilt star constellations stamped with names as appropriate, the whole mounted on a single swiveling bracket with threaded securing nuts on turned wooden base with inset maker’s label inscribed ADAMS’S CŒLOMETER, set in later ebonised wooden display base with glass dome (dome cracked and missing section).

The Coelometer — 20 x 18in. (51 x 45.5cm.)

Literature: Nautical Magazine, November 1874, p.1025-1026.

This instrument was designed to instruct and test naval cadets in their navigational proficiency. According to the above-mentioned article W[alter] Marsham Adams (1838-1899) was a former Fellow of New College, Oxford and seems to have been an author on various subjects, and an inventor having sent no less than three to the Vienna World’s Fair Exhibition of 1873 of which this was awarded a medal: the Coelometer exhibits in a concrete form all the conceptions which are necessary for nautical astronomy and the relations which exist between them.. In prosecution of this object, it occurred to him to devise an instrument which should illustrate physically the conceptions of celestial latitude and longitude, as well as right ascension and declination. The method of representing the true horizon soon afterwards suggested itself, and subsequently the corrections for dip, parallax and refraction were added. By these means the whole theory of nautical astronomy becomes evident at a glance. The article later mentions that both the Training Ship Conway and the President of the Naval College at Greenwich planned to place orders for examples and that soon every training college, examining department and every ship and school would acquire one - to date this lot is the only example sighted in any public or private collection and it seems likely that the expense of such an instrument compared to traditional techniques thwarted the author’s confident prediction.

£12000-18000

195 (detail)

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196 (detail) 196. Ø A FINE 17½IN. RADIUS FIDUCIAL MAHOGANY AND IVORY OCTANT BY GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1770 signed and inscribed on the cross bar Made by G:ADAMS Mathl.

Inftt. Maker to his MAJESTY. Fleet Street LONDON, wooden index arm with brass fiducial reader, pinhole sights, two interchangeable shades, mirrors, pencil and brass feet — 19 x 16½in. (48 x 42cm.) overall £2000-4000

198 198.

A 7IN. RADUIS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1936 with oxidised brass bell frame, polished arc with silver inset scale signed as per title, numbered ‘X97’ and inscribed maker JJ Grant & Son, Leith, vernier with quick release clamp and magnifier, mirrors, seven shades and wooden handles, contained in fitted box with three lacquered brass sighting tubes, eyepiece filter and mirror adjuster and Japanese test certificate inside lid and dated for 1936, securing hooks and drop handle — box 11in. (28cm.) square £300-500

197.

A 6IN. RADIUS VERNIER QUINTANT BY CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1870 with oxidised brass frame, inset silvered dial divided to 170º, vernier with swivel magnifier, mirrors, six shades and wooden handle with stand hold, contained with fitted keystone case complete with accessories including three sighting tubes, two filters and lacquered brass stand, the lid with threaded arbour and leather outer case — 12½in. (30cm.) diameter £600-800

199 199.

A 8IN. VERNIER SEXTANT BY KELVIN BOTTOMLY & BAIRD, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1930 with oxidised curved bar frame, brass arc divided to 150º signed as per title and numbered 2179, vernier with quick release clamp and magnifier, seven shades, two mirros and wooden handle, contained in wooded fitted box with label for 1930 — box 12in.

(30.5cm.) wide £250-350

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201 200.

AN UNUSUAL 7IN. RADIUS SEXTANT POSSIBLY BY C.J. KETTLEWELL, CIRCA 1860 the three-circle oxidised brass frame with polished arc signed as per title and inset with contrasting black composition inset with a white scale divided to 150º and stamped PATENT COMPOSITE ARC, braced index arm with vernier and magnifier, seven shades, two mirrors, pin feet and wooden handle, contained in possibly associated lined box with three sighting tubes, drop handle and securing hooks and trade label for ‘Frederick Smith, Southampton’ — 11in. (28cm.) wide

202.

A 6IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY CHRISTEY, SOUTH SHIELDS, CIRCA 1890 the three-circle brass frame indistinctly signed as per title, inset silvered scale divided to 160º, vernier to magnifier, two mirrors, seven shades contained in fitted box with three sighting tubes and filter — 9½in. (23.5cm.) wide; together with a military pattern aerial viewer by R. Prior, in box (2) £250-350

Apparently an unrecorded maker, it’s not certain whether C.J. Kettlewell was the maker or an owner - no location or address has been provided as is usual for a maker and this form of arc is possibly unique at the time of writing. It seems to be an attempt at a time of transition from wooden instruments with their easier to read scales to all metal ones with silver scales which in time can be polished away.

203.

A 6IN. RADIUS MICROMETER SEXTANT BY H. HUGHES & SON LTD, LONDON, CIRCA 1944 with three-circle craquelure-finish frame, the brass arc numbered ‘41171’ and divided to 130º, micrometer scale with lamp, quickrelease clamp, index arm with ‘Huson’ trade label, brass sighting tube, complete shades and mirrors, Bakelite handle with battery compartment and lamp buttons, contained within original fitted case with accessories and test certificate for 1944 — 10½in.

(26.5cm.) wide £150-250

£150-250 201.

A FINE 8IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY H. HUGHES & SON LTD, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 with blacked brass ladder frame, polished arc signed as per title and numbered ‘7330’, silver scale divided to 150º, braced index arm with hinged platform magnifier to vernier with clamp, threaded sighting tube port, seven shades, two mirrors, wooden handle with stand arbor, contained in fitted wooden box with complete accessories including six optic tubes, magnifier, screwdriver and adjusting spanner, the lid inset with owners plate inscribed ‘J.W. Beatty’ — 13in. (33cm.) wide £150-250

202 (part) 203

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204.

A 1¾IN. SINGLE DRAW TELESCOPE MADE FOR THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1770 with gently tapering mahogany tube, signed on the draw ADAMS LONDON / Inst. Maker to His Majesty’s Ordnance, eye-piece with dust slide — 37in. (95cm.) closed £500-700

207.

A 2IN. SINGLE DRAW MARINE TELESCOPE BY ROSS, OWNED BY THE EARL OF DUCIE, CIRCA 1890 with tapering leather tube and nickel plated fittings, signed by the eye-piece Ross London / Earl of Ducie — 24½in. (62cm.) closed

205.

A 2IN. SINGLE DRAW SEA SERVICE TELESCOPE BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1770 eye-cup with dust-slide, signed on the draw signed G. Adams / LONDON, tapering mahogany tube (lens cap missing) — 35½in.

(90cm.) long (closed); together with an unsigned reflecting telescope, incomplete, in later box (2) £300-400

£100-150

Henry John Moreton, 3rd Earl Ducie (1827-1921) MP for Stroud, 1852-53; Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, 1859-66; Lord Warden of the Stanneries, 1888-1908; member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

208.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAGIC LANTERN unsigned, constructed in brass with a lacquered crackle finish, converted to electricity and contained with fitted box with sliding lid and with a set of slides of pond life samples and small selection of assorted novelty slides — 11 x 25 x 8¾in. (28 x 63.5 x 22cm.) £80-120

206.

A 1IN. SINGLE DRAW WOOD AND BRASS MARINE TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1800 signed by the flared eyecup as per title and Day & Night — 20½in.

(52cm.) closed £150-250

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209 (detail from inside case) 209 (part) 209.

A FINE 2½IN. REFRACTING ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 signed on the back plate as per title with 42in. leather-covered main tube, rack-and-pinion fine focus, star finder, threaded points for stand assembly, threaded eyepiece with 70, 100, 180 alternative eyepieces, contained in fitted box with collapsible table tripod stand and two wooden handles with universal joints to fit quadrant accessories by W. Harris — box 51in. (129cm.) wide; wooden tripod stand 55in. (140cm.) high 210.

(2) A 1¾IN. THREE DRAW £1500-2500 MAHOGANY AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY GEORGE ADAMS JUNIOR, CIRCA 1800 signed by the eye-piece G. 212 210 Adams / London, dust slide 211 with integral black glass filter, mahogany main tube with lens cap — 9½in. (24cm.) closed £300-500

211.

A 1¼IN. SEVEN-DRAW ADAMS PATENT PORTABLE TELESCOPE BY DUDLEY ADAMS, CIRCA 1800 signed and inscribed by the eye-piece Adams’s New Patent Portable Telescope / No.60 Fleet Strt. LONDON, wooden main tube with lens cap — 4in. (11.7cm.) closed; together with two hand-tinted framed engravings from the Geographical Dictionary c.1769 depicting an armillary sphere and zones of a globe — 12 x 14in. (30.5 x 35.5cm.) inc. frames (3) £150-250

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A 1½IN. EIGHT-DRAW ADAMS PATENT PORTABLE TELESCOPE BY DUDLEY ADAMS, CIRCA 1800 signed and inscribed by the eye-piece Adams’s New Patent Portable Telescope / No.60 Fleeet Strt. LONDON, painted brass main tube with foliate decoration — 5½in. (14cm.) closed £200-300

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A ½IN. SHAGREEN, VELLUM AND CARD FOUR DRAW TELESCOPE

BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1752 signed and inscribed in manuscript cartouche on fourth draw N98 Jan 25, 1752 / Geo:Adams and further embossed G. ADAMS / FLEET-STREET / LONDON on first draw, gilt brass lens mounts and section dividers with foliate gilt embossing under, the third and fourth draws with calibrated focus increments (lenses later) — 9½in. (24cm.) closed Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington: Exceptional Scientific Sale (9819), 8th April, 2004, lot 11. £1500-2000

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A FINE “DAVON SUPER OUTFIT” MICRO-TELESCOPE COMPENDIUM BY F. DAVIDSON & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1910 apparently complete, with bellows camera, microscope, six nose-pieces, four eye-pieces etc, contained within original oak box — 9 x 17 x 11in. (23 x 43 x 28cm.); together with a microscope camera extension by F. Davidson & Co. for use with this instrument, in fitted box with maker’s label — 9.5in.

(24cm.) long; and an instructions booklet and price list for “Davon” issued 1920 (3) £800-1200

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216 215. Ø A LATE 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN CARD AND VELLUM 2IN. EIGHT DRAW TELESCOPE unsigned, with turned ivory dividers, apparently complete with original lenses, main tube covered in shark skin — 17in. (43cm.) closed £1000-1500

216.

A 1¼IN. “DAVON” MICRO-TELESCOPE BY F. DAVIDSON & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1910 the leather-covered tube with splash cuff and rack-and-pinion fine focusing, leather end caps, mounted on folding tripod table stand, stamped Davidson & Co. London, in plush-lined fitted leather case, with alternative mounting stand and secondary lenses — 15in.

(38cm.) wide £200-300

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A RARE 18TH CENTURY CUFF-TYPE MICROSCOPE COMPENDIUM

BY DOLLOND, LONDON of typical form, signed on the platform Dollond London, and contained in fitted pyramidal box with two drawers of accessories including a full set of numbered nose pieces, fish plate, live box, pinchers, magnifier, two brass slides and five bone slides and other accessories; and solar microscope with mirror and threaded projection lens, the box — 18in. (46cm.) high

218.

A ROSS NO. 2 MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE, CIRCA 1870 constructed of lacquered brass and signed on the foot, Ross, London and numbered ‘3026’, containing nose and eyepieces and adjustable mirror — 15½in. (39cm.); together with an associated 22in. display dome and base (2) £300-500

No screw-barrel microscope appears to have been supplied with this compendium suggesting the original owner expected to use one he already owned. The lack of a screw-barrel means it’s not possible to use the solar accessory.

£2500-3500

219.

TWO ASSOCIATED SOLAR MICROSCOPE COMPONENTS, CIRCA 1820 unsigned, comprising front projecting section; and rear light unit with bull’s eye lens (old wear missing parts) — each approx. 13in. (33cm.) wide (2) £300-500

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220.

A FINE ‘GRAND MODEL VAN HEURCK’ MICROSCOPE BY W. WATSON & SONS, LONDON, CIRCA 1924 heavily constructed in ebonised and lacquered brass, signed as per title on the back foot and numbered 34167, complete with accessories including a holoscopic oil immersion condenser, 2, 4, 8 and 16mm nose pieces, a calibrated leaf aperture; live box, lieberkuhn reflector, x10 and x20 eyepieces and other accessories contained in two drawers within a fitted coromandel wooden box with maker’s label and brass handle to top — 16½ x 12¼ x 11½in. (42 x 31 x 29cm.); together with a Watson & Sons price list where this model is listed at £100.00 (2) £3000-5000

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221 221. Ø A PORTABLE CHEST MICROSCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1800 constructed in lacquered brass and hinge-mounted within case, signed on the main support as per title with rack-and-pinion adjustment and accessories including three-power nose-piece, objective, live box, Lieberkuhn reflector, magnifier, pincer, substage condenser, ivory spare slide glass/spring box, pricket, scalpel, two lenses and ivory black/white disk, etc, together with a shagreen covered bar-case containing ten four-aperture ivory slides complete with specimens and four late 19th century glass slides with mss. labels, the case — 8¾in. (22cm.) wide £400-600

222 222.

A CARY-TYPE POCKET BOTONIST’S MICROSCOPE, CIRCA 1820 unsigned, comprising lacquered brass tube and threaded mount with concave mirror, two nose-pieces, black/white blanking discs, slide cover pot, six-aperture slide, pricker and tweezers, contained in original lined case with securing hooks — 4¼in. (11cm.) wide; together with an unsigned aquatic microscope circa 1850, complete in box — 6in. (15cm.) wide (2) £300-400

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223 (detail) 224.

A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY ENTOMOLOGICAL SLIDES comprising approx. 1,000 annotated slides arranged in 28 sliding plastic trays contained within glass cabinet with magnetic catch — 11¼ x 16 x 13in. (47 x 40.5 x 28cm.) £1500-2500

223 223.

A FINE COLLECTION OF RARE MICROSCOPE SLIDES INCLUDING EMBRYO SAMPLES comprising approx. 220 slides mostly prepared by W. Watson & Sons Ltd, London, and with several by Millikin & Lawley; and Scott of Glasgow and including 18 embryonic slides including human, mouse and pig; other samples include eye, teeth, bone tissue, blood, pigment cells, pineal gland and various diseased samples from lungs etc, contained within compartments, numbered drawers with inset opaque glass labels in glass fronted collector’s cabinet by W. Watson & Sons, London — 11 x 8 x 8½in. (18 x 20 x 22cm.) £800-1200

225.

A COLLECTION OF PARIS, 1867 PRIZE MEDAL MICROSCOPE SLIDES comprising approx. 162 prize medal slide prepared by makers including Ward, W.F. Stanley, Cole etc, for a full spectrum of subjects, many numbered and dated for Paris 1867; together with a further 70 slides prepared by Ward, Ross, W. F. Stanley etc, organised in drawers labelled for subject and contained within a glass fronted wooden collector’s cabinet — 12½ x 9½ x 12in. (32 x 24 x 30.5cm.) £500-800

225

224

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226.

A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY AND LATER BOTANICAL MICROSCOPE SLIDES comprising approx. 1000 annotated and labelled slides, with some prepared professionally by A.P. Heniston of Leeds, Richard Sutter, F.W. Patching, W.B. Irving etc, contained within 29 numbered drawers within glass fronted wooden collectors cabinet with brass drop handle — 17½ x 15 x 12½in. (44.5 x 38 x 32cm.) £1200-1800

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A FINE COLLECTION OF ENTOMOLOGICAL SLIDES BY FLATTERS & GARNETT LTD comprising approx. 500 specimen slides contained in 26 fitted and numbered drawers within a glass fronted collector’s cabinet with brass drop handle to top — 16½ x 13 x 9in. (42 x 33 x 23cm.) £1000-1500

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A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY MARINE FLORA AND FAUNA MICROSCOPE SLIDES comprising approx. 800 annotated slides with a large quantity prepared by George E. Davis inscribed and dated for the 1880s, arranged in a glass-fronted wooden collector’s cabinet in 28 trays with bone handles — 17 x 15 x 12in. (43 x 38 x 30.5cm.) £1000-1500

228 Buyer’s Premium is payable on every lot. Please see the inside front and back covers for details of this and any other charges.

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A SLIDE MOUNTING CABINET BY W. WATSON & SONS, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 including turntable, tools, bottles of oil, platform, burner, large quantity of spare glasses and rings etc, containing with fitted ebonised box numbered ‘11367’, with drop front and maker’s label for Watson & Sons Ltd, London inside — 13½in. (34cm) wide; together with a Watson & Sons catalogue and price list for 1946 (2) £400-600

230.

A LARGE COLLECTOR’S CABINET, CIRCA 1900 containing a varied selection of mineral specimens in five compartmented drawers, two double-stacked, and vellum contents catalogue — 36 x 23 x 14½in. (91.5 x 58.5 x 37cm.) £800-1200

231 231.

A PART SET OF VICTORIAN IMPERIAL COUNTY MEASURES BY DE GRAVE SHORT & FANNER, LONDON heavily cast in brass, each inscribed Division of East Anstey, West Riding Yorkshire / 1857 and comprising measures for a bushel, half-bushel, peck, gallon, half-gallon, half-pint, gill, and half-gill, the larger four with cast side handles, the rims marked with a VR device and chequerboard mark — largest 9 x 19¾in. (23 x 50cm.) diameter, excluding handles (8) £3000-5000

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AN IMPROVED POCKET CHRONDROMETER BY DRING & FAGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1826 constructed in lacquered brass and contained within original fitted box with instructions pasted into lid, and ivorine maker’s label to top — 13in. (33cm.) wide; together with a Sykes hygrometer complete in box with a volume of pocket tables, dated 1916 (2) £100-150

233.

A BRASS MOUNTED WOODEN SHAFT THOUGHT TO BE A BEAM BALANCE SIGNED AND DATED ‘H.H. 1650’ with brass end pieces, one set signed and dated as per title, three opposing stud work demarcations numbering 1, 2 and 3 with a notch approx. mid-way between the second and the third — 18½in.

(47cm.) long £100-150

234 (part)

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A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS including a pocket military patternaneroid barometer by T.A. Reynolds & Son & Wardale Ltd; an air-flow meter by Baird & Tatlock, in case (illustrated); an oxidised brass station pointer by Henry Hughes & Son, in box; a Captain Field’s improved brass roller rule, in box; marching compass in leather case, inclinometer in leather case; a micrometer in box; a French pocket medical kit; a surveying sight with bubble level; a small theodolite; a beam compass in case; two cased lenses and two electrical gauges (A lot) £200-400

235.

A MATHEMATICAL STRING MODEL COMPENDIUM SET, ITALIAN, 20TH CENTURY comprising eight models contained in fitted case with universal stand, the base with brass maker’s plate inscribed La Nuova Italia Editrice Firenze and paper label in lid listing content and stamped for an institution in Modena, the box with brass drop handle — 16 x 12in. (40.5 x 30.5cm.) £400-600 236.

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237 237.

A SURVEYOR’S LEVEL BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1760 with 3in. silvered compass, signed and numbered on the lower mount G. Adams London 6 with sighting telescope with cross hairs and liquid filled bubble over, mounted on perspex display stand — 6¾ x 21in. (17 x 53.5cm.) excluding stand £600-800

238 240.

A 19TH CENTURY SURVEYOR’S SIGHTING MEASURE

BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON constructed in brass-bound mahogany with painted scale signed on the first as per title, with two internal five foot sections fitting to principal six foot case, the backs with press button securing — 16ft (488cm.) long (extended); together with a gunner’s sight by B. J. Hall & Co. Ltd, London, constructed in oxidised brass and signed on the drum as per title and numbered 132, with 2in. silvered compass on jewelled pivot and inclinometer to reverse, with optical sights, swivelling bubble level assembly, in fitted leather case — 7½in. (19cm.) high (2) £80-120

238.

A SURVEYING LEVEL BY C.W. DIXEY, LONDON, CIRCA 1870 constructed in lacquered brass, the 2in silvered dial signed as per title and at 3 New Bond Street, bubble level, rack-and-pinion fine focus contained in original fitted box with alternative eyepiece — box 12in (30.5cm.) wide; together with an unsigned surveyor’s cross in box (2) £150-250

241.

A STANDARD MICROMETER THEODOLITE BY STANLEY, LONDON, CIRCA 1910 constructed in lacquered brass with oxidised brass fittings, signed on the silver compass dial Stanley Great Turnstile, London and numbered 8371, contained in original fitted box with accessories including alternative vernier reader, magnifier, plummet and sighting tube with adjustment label dated 1940 — box 13in. (33cm.) wide £300-500

239 239.

A PEDOMETER BY SPENCER & PERKINS, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 the 1¾in. enamel dial signed as per title with indicators for yards, miles and twelve miles, gilt brass case covered in green fish skin, leather suspension fob and thigh-activating rod to mechanism — 8½in. (21.5cm.) overall £150-250

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240 (part)

241

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242 242. Ø A FINE SILVER AND IVORY DRAWING ETUI BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1750 signed on the folding rule G. Adams / London and comprising silver sector, parallel rule with foliate arms, compass, dividers and tool, contained in silver-mounted shark skin etui case with green plush inside lid and label inscribed ‘7207 WW /-/-’ — 6¾in. (17cm.) high £3000-5000

243.

A FINE FOLDING BRASS SECTOR BY GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1760 signed and inscribed G. Adams Instr. Maker to the PRINCE OF WALES — 6½in. (16.5cm.) including hinge £600-800 244.

AN ELECTRUM PLATED SQUARE PROTRACTOR/RULE BY GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON signed Adams, Fleet Strt. London — 6in. (15cm.) wide £300-500

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245. Ø A BRASS AND IVORY DRAWING ETUI BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR, CIRCA 1760 signed on the folding rule Geo Adams / London and comprising ivory sector, parallel rule, compass, dividers and tool, contained in a shark skin etui case — 6¾in. (17cm.) high £600-800

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248 248.

A PAIR OF PROPORTIONAL DIVIDERS BY GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 constructed in brass with steel tips, signed as per title and contained in associated ebonised paper covered card tube — 7¼in.

(18.5cm.) £150-250

246 (part) 246.

A 19TH CENTURY 7IN. CIRCULAR PROTRACTOR BY CAIL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE signed on the adjusting arm as per title , inset silvered scale contained within fitted box with retailed label for T.N.B. Winter Newcastle upon Tyne — 8in. (20cm.) wide; together with an unsigned circular protractor in box; and a papermaker’s slide rule designed by L. Evans — 26½in. (67.5cm.) long (3) £150-250

249.

AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY MERCURY THERMOMETR BY ADAMS, LONDON the silvered scale signed to top Adams, Fleet Street, London, with opposing scales for Fahrenheit and Reaumur, divided on both sides, contained in mahogany case for wall mounting — 13¼in.

(33.5cm.) high overall £300-400

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TWO INSTRUMENT FRAGMENTS SIGNED BY GEORGE ADAMS SENIOR constructed in brass and comprising a circular protractor with extended indicator signed Geo Adams London; and a protracting parallel rule signed G. Adams London, mounted on a common perspex display stand — 8¾ x 15¾in. (22 x 40cm.) overall; together with a quantity of scientific spare parts and fragments for a variety of instruments contained in a bag (A lot) £200-300

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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY VARIABLE RADIO COIL BY MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD, WESTMINSTER constructed in wood and Bakelite, the top with rotary stud switch, for 1-20 megahertz or millihenries, signed on the top as per title, with company label attached — 11in. (28cm.) high; together with an artificial aurora, unsigned, with 22in. electrostatic glass vacuum tube with brass mounts and contacts, thread mounted to substantial brass bedplate with air inlets and tap, on cast iron foot — 30in. (76cm.) high (overall); together with a Megger insulation and continuity tester, series 2 by Evershed & Vignols Ltd, London, mounted on a wooden base with maker’s label and Perspex and metal cover and a high voltage generator demonstrator by CoxCavendish Electrical Co., London, circa 1920 (4) £100-150

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252.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY MARINE STICK BAROMETER BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON constructed in brass, the enamelled dial signed as per title with weather readings in red and black on left side, marked M.O. No. 187 to top, front mounted thermometer and weighted foot — 36in. (91.5cm.) high £400-600 253.

A POCKET BAROMETER BY ASPREY, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 with 2¼in. silvered dial signed as per title and readable to 8000 feet, curved bar thermometer complete with mercury, blued steel indicator, contained within crocodile case with silver hinge hallmarked for Asprey, London — 3¼in. (8.2cm.) diameter £200-400

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254.

A GERMAN POCKET BAROMETER COMPENDIUM, CIRCA 1900 the scale readable to 2400 meters; the reverse with curve-bar thermometer and compass with jeweled pivot, contained in Morocco leather case — 3in. (7.5cm.) wide £80-120

251. Ø AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MARINE BAROMETER BY J.R. & H. STEBBING, SOUTHAMPTON with inset ivory scale signed and per title and 63 High Street, enclosed by door with mercury thermometer, plain mahogany shaft with lacquered brass weight and reservoir and gimbal — 38in. (96cm.) high £700-900

255 255.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY BAROGRAPH FOR H.J. SPIERS lacquered brass bedplate set with six atmospheres, recorder drum with clockwork motor mounted on base with two compartment chart drawer with brass inlay and bevelled glass cover (base warped) — 10 x 16½in. (25.5 x 42cm.); together with a thermograph circa 1920, unsigned (2) £300-500

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254

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A RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY COMBINED THERMO-HYGRO-BAROGRAPH, PROBABLY FRENCH unsigned, the 7½in. recording drum with clockwork motor with triple-pen recording assembly to right recording five-atmosphere pressure drum, coiled thermospring and stringoperated humidity components, mounted on a lacquered brass platform with four feet to wooden base with glazed and perforated cover — 13 x 12 x 7in. (33 x 30.5 x 18cm.) overall £600-800

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A LATE 19TH CENTURY PLUVIOGRAPH BY PASTORELLI & RAPKIN LTD, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON with ivorine maker’s plate engraved The “Wilson” Pluviograph, clockwork recording drum, plated brass fittings comprising rainfall indicator acting on magnetic impulse drive to two external wires enclosed by wooden cover with bevelled glass panels — 9½ x 10½ x 11½in.

(24 x 26.5 x 29cm.) £400-600 258-259.

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A FINELY REALISED 1:48 SCALE FULLY RIGGED STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE FRENCH ARMED SURVEY CORVETTE GÉOGRAPHE [1794] modelled by D. Prior, with copper sheathed planked hull ebonised wales and yellow upper works, full length figurehead of a maiden warrior, glazed stern and quarter gallery, chain plates with dead eyes and swing booms, metal anchors with bound wooden stocks, gun ports with several cannons, planked and varnished deck with details including hammock nets, belaying rails with pins, grating capstan, belfry, companionways, well deck with boats in chocks, fire buckets, Venetian red bulwarks, carved wooden helm, compass box, and other details, bound masts with yard, stundt’l boom, standing and running rigging, mounted to wooden cradle stand — 41 x 58 x 17in. (104 x 147.5 x 43cm.)

Launched as Galaéte but renamed Géographe 15 days later, this 385 ton corvette was sent by the French government with consort Naturaliste to survey the coast of Australia in October 1800, whilst there her commander Nicolas Baudin famously conversed the Royal Navy’s Matthew Flinders undertaking the same task when the two countries were at war.

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £1800-2500 261.

A ½IN.:1FT. SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR [1794] modelled by D. Prior with planked hull copper sheathing, ebonised wales and yellow buckle works, carved bust-length figurehead of a knight, glazed stern and quarter galleries, chain plates and deadeyes, open gun ports with lids, planked and varnished decks, details including belaying rails, belfry, stove pipe, well deck with fitted boats over, bilge pumps, six carronades in sliders, capstan rigged helm to whipstaff, stern chasers; bound masts with yards, stun’s’l booms, standing and running rigging, mounted to cradle stand with brass plates — 31 x 43in. (79 x 109cm.)

H.M.S. Investigator was a 334-ton armed exploration vessel which, under the command of Matthew Flinders, surveyed much of the Australian coast line.

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £1500-2000

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AN INTERESTING 1:24 SCALE FULLY-RIGGED STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE ARMED SURVEY SUPPORT SHIP LADY NELSON [1799] modelled by D. Prior from his own researched after a similar model held at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, the carved hull finished with simulated copper sheathing below the waterline, ebonised and yellow wales, planked and varnish desks, chain plates with dead eyes, and with details including bound metal anchors with wooden stocks, anchor winch with metal ratchet, three drops keels on windlasses, stove pipe, belaying rail with pins, bilge pumps, glazed saloon lights, six brass cannons on red painted carriages and six swivel guns on rail, tiller, stern lamp and fully fitted ship’s boat on stern davits, masts with standing and running rigging as appropriate, masts with stun’s’l booms, standing and running rigging, mounted on a cradle stand — overall 35 x 42 x 17in. (89 x 107 x 43cm.); historical notes This 60-tons vessel accompanied Matthew Flinder’s Investigator in 180103. She was wrecked in July 1895 by pirates off Babar Island, East Timor.

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £1000-1500

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A DETAILED AND WELL-PRESENTED WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M. SCHOONER ENTREPRENANTE AS DEPICTED AS SERVING AT TRAFALGAR the 8in. planked hull with scored decks fitted with carronade and details including anchor winch, gratings belaying rails and pins, bilge pumps, deck light, companion ways, compass box, tiller, fitted boat in stern davits, 12 carronades in sliders with shot racks and animated crew, mast with yard standing and running rigging and full set of lined paper sails with reefing points, depicting sailing briskly in a green moulded sea in glazed wooded case with name plate — 12 x 16 x 8½in. (30.5 x 41 x 21.5cm.)

The armed cutter Entreprenante was built in France and operated as a privateer until 1799 when she was captured and assimilated into the British Royal Navy under her original name. Measured at 123 tons, she was 67 feet in length with a 22 foot beam and mounted 10-4pounder guns. By 1805, she was under the command of Lieutenant Robert Young and had been re-armed with 10-12pounders. Accompanying Nelson’s fleet in the run-up to Trafalgar, her speed and manoeuvrability ensured she was kept busy carrying orders and dispatches between the ships and stations.

Like her contemporary Pickle, she kept clear of the fleet action but nevertheless picked up the survivors of the French ‘74’ Achille when she blew up, and she was almost selected to carry back Collingwood’s Trafalgar Dispatch. In December 1810 when, whilst cruising off the Spanish Costa del Sol, she was attacked by four well-armed French privateer galleys.

Surviving a furious fight lasting three hours incredibly she saw off her attackers and left them all badly damaged. Severely mauled herself, she limped home to England and was broken up in 1812.

£600-800

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A SAILOR’S SHIP MODEL OF A PACKET SHIP, CIRCA 1820 the carved and painted hull copper sheathed below the waterline and painted black and white with simulated gun ports, plain deck with simple fittings and stacked suite of ship’s boats with two more in davits, helm and stern cabins, masts and yards with rigging and blocks, mounted on a cradle stand secured within glazed wooden case with white back board. Overall measurements — 27 x 34 x 15in. (68.5 x 86.5 x 38cm.)

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £400-600

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A FINELY RESTORED LATE 19TH CENTURY MODEL OF THE NEWCASTLE COLLIER THOMAS AND ANN with planked and pinned mahogany hull, finished in dark brown to the chain plates with red boot top, gold filigree decoration to stern and scroll-form headpiece, the deck planked and pinned with trenails and with fittings including oxidised-brass anchors with bound wooden stocks attached to stayed chain, rope around working windlass with ratchet, bitts, belaying rails and pins, planked and fitted ship’s boat in chocks with oars and rudder, covered hatches, sail winches, bilge pump, companionway, saloon light, eight-spoke wooden helm, masts with standing and running rigging, with deadeyes and blocks, yards with foot ropes, and full suit of stitched linen furled sails and other details, secured to a cradle stand — overall measurements 33 x 45 x 15in. (84 x 114.3 x 38cm.)

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £800-1000

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The following seven models were all made by renowned miniaturist John Evans. Winner of several Gold Medals from various exhibitions, the attention to detail and presentation is of a standard rarely achieved at such fine scales.

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A FINELY REALISED 1:600 SCALE DIORAMA OF THE PADDLE TUG ANGLIA TOWING CLEOPATRA TOWARDS LONDON IN 1878 modelled by J. Evans from his own researches, each complete with intricately detailed fittings and depicted in a brisk green sea set within a glazed wooden case with plaque, overall measurements — 4½ x 12¾ x 4¾in. (11.5 x 32.5 x 12cm.)

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A 1:200 SCALE MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY CIRCA 1805 modelled by J. Evans with 2in. carved and painted hull, wooden decks with some fittings including belfry, example gun batteries, saloon light and stern lamps, bound masts with yards, standing and running rigging, mounted in glazed display case with legend, overall measurements — 4¼ x 5¼ x 2¾in. (11 x 13.5 x 7cm.) £150-250 267.

A 1:384 SCALE MODEL OF SANTA MARIA modelled by J. Evans with a carved and planked hull and deck with some fittings including a sample gun and fitted boat, three masts with standing and running rigging, full suit of lined paper sails painted with red crosses as appropriate and other details, mounted in glazed case with legend — 5½ x 7 x 4in. (14 x 18 x 10cm.) £100-150

In 1801 the Khedive of Egypt, Mehmet Ali, offered Great Britain, France and America each one of the three stone obelisks lying at Alexandria popularly (but incorrectly) known as “Cleopatra’s Needles”. Weighing about 240 tons, the French and the Americans moved theirs with comparative ease, however the British - whose Navy had refused to be involved - developed a complicated, somewhat eccentric, method. John Dixon (an engineer) designed a cylindrical hull comprising a straight stem, bilge keels, balancing sails, rudder and six man deck house to be taken out to Egypt in sections and assembled around the needle and which would then be towed back to England. All proceeded to plan and the curious craft now called Cleopatra departed on 21st September 1877 under tow from the 1300 ton passenger/cargo ship Olga. On October 14th they encountered a force 12 storm and six of Olga’s crew were lost trying to rescue the crew of Cleopatra which they were finally forced to cast off.

Cleopatra drifted in the Bay of Biscay for four days until salvaged by the S.S. Fitzmaurice whose master extracted a salvage of £2000 for his troubles. Finally recovered and repaired, the William Watkins Ltd paddle tug Anglia was chartered to bring the Cleopatra home which was happily accomplished without further incident. Arriving at Gravesend on 21st January, 1878, the needle has stood on Victoria embankment ever since, together with a bronze plaque commemorating the lives of those lost in her extraordinary passage.

£400-600

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A FINELY DETAILED AND MODELLED 1:384 SCALE 12-GUN BRIG OF WAR, CIRCA 1840 modelled by J. Evans with 3½in. carved hull plated below the waterline and planked above the wale, gilt head piece, chain plates with deadeyes, cathead with anchors, planked decks with fittings including gratings, bitts with coiled rope, companionways, guns rigged in carriages, fitted boats stacked between masts, bilge pump, capstan, helm rigged to whip-staff, stern houses, fitted ships boat with oars in stern davits, twin masts with standing and running rigging and other details, mounted within glazed display case with plate. Overall measurements — 7¼ x 8 x 4¼in. (18.5 x 20.3 x 11cm.) £400-600

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A FINELY DETAILED 32FT. TO 1IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA AS DELIVERED TO H.M QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN SPRING 1954 modelled by J. Evans, the carved and plated 12in. hull with lined decks, superstructure fully fitted and detailed as appropriate, three finely rigged masts with flags and pennants flying, depicted at anchor in a calm green sea with lowered boarding companionway with motor launch in attendance, glazed display case with plaque. Overall measurements — 6¾ x 15¼ x 8¼in. (17 x 38.5 x 21cm.)

Built by John Brown & Co. to replace the ageing Victoria & Albert III which had served the Royal family since 1901, her hull was riveted internally bestowing her with the famous mirror-like shimmer upon the water. During her forty-three years of service, Britannia, powered by steam turbines, steamed over a million nautical miles and was the setting for many a diplomatic coup as heads of state clamored for an invitation to dine in the magnificent banqueting salon - it was generally acknowledged that she effectively earned the UK over £3billion a year with business won aboard on these cruises. Her final poignant act was her sun-set departure from Hong Kong in 1997 with Prince Charles accompanied by the last Governor, Chris Paton, ending rule in the last significant British colony. Age had finally caught up with her and, in need of an expensive refit, the newly elected Labour Government of 1997 decided to delete her from the Naval List and cancel the replacement announced by the previous administration. Thus ended a hitherto unbroken 337 year tradition of continuous Royal Yachts with no apparent reversal in sight and Britannia herself a popular tourist attraction in the Edinburgh suburb of Leith.

£1500-2500

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A FINELY DETAILED 1:384 SCALE MODEL OF THE TEA CLIPPER THERMOPYLÆ modelled by J. Evans with carved hull plated below the waterline and planked above, lowered boarding companionway and figurehead, planked decks with fittings including deck rails, bitts, catheads, capstan, stove pipe, covered hatches, deck houses with boats secured over, bilge pump, fitted boats in racks, saloon lights, compass, helm, white masts and yards with standing and running rigging with blocks, tackle and flags, and other details, mounted in glazed case with plate. Overall measurements — 8¼ x 12 x 5in. (21 x 30.5 x 12.5cm.)

Thermopylæ was built in Walter Hood’s yards in Aberdeen in 1868, to the order of George Thompson & Co. of London. A splendid sea boat, she was fast in any weather and especially quick at going to windward.

Launched on 19th August 1868, she sailed from Gravesend on her maiden voyage to Melbourne on 7th November the same year and anchored in Port Phillip after a record run of 60 days (pilot to pilot). Continuing to make extremely fast passages throughout the 1870s, she loaded her final tea cargo at Foochow in 1881 before being transferred to the Australian wool route.

During the 1880s, she frequently raced her old tea-trade rival Cutty Sark from Sydney to London, via Cape Horn with a best passage of 76 days in 1882. In 1890 Thermopylæ was sold to Canadian owners for £5,000 and from 1892 to 1895 she was used in the trans-Pacific trade. In 1896 she was resold to the Portuguese Government, renamed Pedro Nunes, and put to work as a cadet training ship. Her condition deteriorated gradually and by 1907 her working life was over. On 13th October that year, she was towed out of the Tagus into the open sea and sunk by gunfire; it was a sad end for such a thoroughbred, but she was — and has remained — one of the legends of the age of sail.

£800-1200

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A FINE 32FT:1IN. MINIATURE MODEL OF THE CONFEDERATE RAIDER ALABAMA [1862] modelled by J. Evans with carved and planked 6½in. hull and decks, plated below the waterline, detailed fittings and armament as appropriate, five fully-fitted ships boats in davits, retractable funnel, masts with standing and running rigging flying the Confederate flag from the mizzen gaff. mounted on brass columns within glazed display case with plaque, measurements overall — 7 x 10¾ x 5in.

(17.8 x 27.5 x 12.5cm.)

Built and launched by Laird’s of Birkinhead in July 1862 as the Enrica to evade Union spies, she was classed as a wooden corvette of 1,050 tons and, on the brink of being seized by the British Government, her final sea trial became her first mission. Renamed Alabama at sea she mounted 6-32pdrs and a single, massive, rifled 100pdr. Manned by 145 officers and men she was capable of an impressive 13 knots under steam. Her reign of terror lasted until June 1864 by when she had captured or sunk sixty-seven Union ships valued at nearly $6 million. Refitting and supplying herself from plunder, she was finally forced, leaking and fouled, into Cherbourg for repairs. Here she was cornered by the superior U.S.S. Kearsage which, on the 19th June, forced her into the English Channel. Once free of the 3mile limit a furious but unequal circling action commenced which had but one outcome. The raider struck her colours but sank before she could be taken and immediately assumed the status of legend in her own lifetime, as well as in the years that followed the bitter defeat of the Confederate Southern States of America.

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A FINELY MADE 1:48 SCALE BUILDER’S-STYLE MODEL OF THE ‘GADFLY’ CLASS FLATIRON GUNBOAT H.M.S. GRIPER [1879] modelled by G. Cheikhet from his own detailed researches the bespoke fibreglass hull with planked deck and bulwarks, gold-plated armament and fittings including decorated bow and stern, anchors on brackets, a finely-realised 10in. muzzle-loading rifled Armstrong gun mounted in bow, deck rings, winches, coal shute covers, deck lights, capstan, ventilators, helm with heat shield, bilge pump, funnel with whistle, engine room light surrounded by shell cases, companionways, water casks and other details, mounted on two turned gilt pedestals within glazed wooden case, the model — 13 x 31in. (33 x 79cm.)

Originally developed as coastal defence vessels, flatirons were unusual for the time in having no rigged ‘back-up’ to their coal-fired engines. Somewhat ungainly in appearance, their sole armament was a single 10in. muzzle-loading rifled gun by Armstrong located in the bow. Whilst they were slow, cumbersome, and not considered a great success, about thirty were made over three decades and they generally ended up in harbour service or as tenders. Griper was one of four in this class built by Pembroke Dockyard, displaced 254 tons, measured 85ft x 26ft and her 2 cylinder reciprocating engine pushed her along at a stately 8½ knots. Sold in 1923 she was renamed Flora before changing hands - and continents in 1933, and spent her remaining years as Afrikander, being broken up at Cape Town in 1951.

£3000-4000

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A WELL PRESENTED AND DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE ‘FLOWER’ CLASS CORVETTE H.M.S. CAMPANULA AS FITTED IN 1942 modelled by John R. Haynes with a bespoke pre-formed dazzle-finished hull with pennant number ‘K18’ to bow and stern, lined and painted decks and superstructure complete with fittings and armament as appropriate, set in a moulded and painted seascape with brass detail plaque on display base with glazed wooden cover. Measurements overall - 5½ x 17¼ x 4½in. (14 x 44 x 11.5cm.)

As the threat of War with Germany became ever more likely the Royal Navy urgently needed a class of escort vessels to counter the U-boats they knew would harry convoys. In the end 145 ‘Flower Class’ corvettes were built by various Allied yards between 1939-45, displacing less than 1000 tons, each was lightly armed with a single 4in. gun (and four machine guns) and depth charges in twin racks. Campanula was built by Fleming & Fergusson Ltd, Paisley, was commissioned in May 1940, and she saved many lives from torpedoed merchantmen during the hostilities. Her most famous officer was the successful and prolific author Nicholas Monserrat R.N.V.R. (1910-79) who recalled his time aboard in his novel The Cruel Sea in which Campanula became H.M.S. Compass Rose. Campanula was broken up in 1947.

£1000-1500 275.

A 1/24IN:1FT SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF CUNARDS R.M.S. SERVIA [1881] modelled by M. Fidgeon with laminated and carved hull, fitted as appropriate complete with barque rig and depicted steaming in a calm sea — 12½ x 28½ x 8in. (31.5 x 72.5 x 20cm.) cased Built by J.&G. Thomson in 1881 and registered at 7,392 tons, Servia introduced a number of ‘firsts’ to the Atlantic passenger trade making her the first truly ‘modern’ liner: The first ship built to specialise in passengers only; the first Cunarder to introduce Edison’s electric lamps; the first major liner to be built entirely of steel and to re-introduce Brunel’s double bottom; and to incorporate watertight compartments with electric doors enabling her to remain afloat with any two flooded. Her public rooms were of a scale and luxury unknown at the time, and her powerful 10,300 ihp engines achieved an impressive speed of just over 17 knots. However, with the appearance of the crack Cunard liners Campania and Lucania in 1893, Servia was relegated to intermediate service. She was later used to transport troops to South Africa during the Boer war and was broken up in 1902 by Thos W. Ward.

£400-600

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A 1:40 SCALE HALF-BLOCK MODEL OF THE PILOT CUTTER JOLIE BRISE [1913] modelled by P. Ward with carved hull finished in black and red with varnished deck fittings, cutaway mat and bow sprit, mounted in wooded display board with brass name plate — 18½ x 26¾in. (22 x 68cm.) £150-250

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A 1:24 SCALE HALF-MODEL OF A SPIRIT 46 CLASSIC modelled by P. Ward with varnished desk and cutaway mast, finished in red and grey, mounted on a wooded display board with brass plate — 8½ x 26¾in. (21.5 x 68cm.) £150-250

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A 1:24 SCALE HALF-MODEL OF A NICHOLSON 40 AC [1979] modelled by P. Ward with cutaway mast and painted fittings, mounted on a wooded display board with brass plate — 10 x 24in.

(25.5 x 61cm.) £150-250

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AN ATTRACTIVELY PRESENTED 19TH CENTURY WATERLINE MODEL OF A TWO-MASTED YACHT the hull carved from the solid with billet head and dolphin striker, gratings, winch, companionway, boat in davit and tiller, raked masts with full suit of paper sails, standing and running rigging, spreaders and painted flags, set in a green painted sea within arched glazed wooden case with rope work moulding around lower edge. Overall measurements — 17½ x 22 x 11½in. (44.5 x 56 x 29cm.) £300-500

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A ¼IN.:1FT SCALE MODEL OF A SHETLAND SIXERN OLD TIMES [1930] modelled by R. Phillip as in working practice in fruitwood, the clinker-built hull finished in white and blue, fitted with cross boards, ports with a collapsible mast and rudder, mounted on wooden pedestal to display base with carved oars and name plate — 9½ x 9½in. (24 x 24cm.) £200-300

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A BERMUDAN RIGGED BAR-KEEL POND YACHT GAWD. L. PUSS built by A.J. Taylor with carvel hull, contrasting wood deck screwed to frame, plate to stern inscribed Gawd. L. Puss / London, cockpit with slats and benches, brass tiller yoke rigged to rudder, square section mast with wire rigging, spreader and stitched linen sail with baton pouches, the main sail numbered 68, loosely mounted on a cradle stand — 75 x 37in. (190.5 x 94cm.); together with detached maker’s plate Built by A.J. Taylor 1971/72 This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £400-600

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A FINELY CRAFTED AND IMPRESSIVE 1⁄16 IN.:1FT SCALE ADMIRALTY-STYLE MODEL OF THE ROYAL FRENCH NAVY’S 50-GUN 3RD RANK SHIP LE FRANÇOIS [1691] modelled as in authentic practice in pear and black hornbeam by Y. Vladimirovich to 17th Century drawings by François Colom adapted by Jean Claude Le Mineur, the fully-framed hull pierced with gunports and finely carved cockerel figurehead supported by pierced scrolls, carved cathead supports, gratings, anchors with wooden stocks, moulded top-deck guns in carriages with Royal Arms, fully-fitted ship’s boat with cross boards, thwarts and oars lashed to chock mounts, ebonised capstan, belfry, poop deck with livestock cage, stern cabins and quarter lights, mounted on wooden cradles on green baise-lined case with wood-bound plexi-glass cover and name plates. Cased measurements — 32 x 96 x 25in. (81.5 x 244 x 63.5cm.) £20000-30000

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Le François was designed and built by Étienne Salicon at Le Havre between 1687-88. She measured 125½ft x 33ft x 15ft (in French units of measurements - the pre-metric French pieds equalling 32.484 cm., so 6.575% greater than British feet). She was manned by 280 men plus six officers and was initially rated as a 4th Rank ship of 40 guns but was raised to the 3rd Rank from 1691 with 50 guns, being pierced for eleven pairs of lower deck guns and twelve pairs of upper deck guns. She remained at this Rank until c.1713 when she was reduced to 4th Rank again. The François took part in the Battles of Bantry Bay (11th May 1689) and Beachy Head (10th July 1690). From 1694 to 1695 she was one of a number of the King’s ships ‘lent’ to René Duguay-Trouin for privateering under the armament mixte arrangements whereby Louis XIV participated financially in privateering ventures using French naval vessels. In DuguayTrouin’s hands she took part in the capture of H.M.S. Nonsuch (40) and H.M.S. Boston (32) on 4 January 1695. She was ‘lent’ again between 1695-96 for another armament mixte arrangement (this time under the Marquis de Nesmond), and took part in the capture of H.M.S. Hope (70) on 16 April 1695 before being returned to official French naval service where she remained until 1735, being broken at Rochefort in 1736.

Charles Miller Ltd is grateful to Rif Winfield for his assistance with this lot.

Literature: Winfield, R. & Roberts, S.: French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786, Seaforth Publishing.

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AN ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC BONE PRISONER-OF-WAR SHIP MODEL OF THE TÉMÉRAIRE the 5in. hull carved from a section of shin bone, gun ports with guns, carved billet head and stern, chain plates with deadeyes, metal anchors, deck with some fittings including gratings, companionways, guns in trucks, masts with standing and running rigging, blocks and tackle, mounted on straw work base with bone plate inscribed TÉMÉRAIRE within front-glazed straw work case with mirrored back, bone finials and brass drop handle — 9 x 10¾in. (23 x 27.5cm.) £2500-4000

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AN ADMIRALTY ROUNDED STERN MODEL FOR H.M.S. DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 1852 carved and hollowed from the solid with deck and back board, finished in polychrome, the port side revealing the frames and starboard as completed with galleries with pierced railings, ‘glazed’ windows, waste pipe and rudder top — 9¼ x 9 x 9½in. (23.5 x 22.8 x 24cm.) £500-800

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONEROF-WAR WOOD AND COPPER MODEL FOR A 74-GUN SHIP partially assembled, the 6in. hull copper sheathed below the waterline, gun ports with lids and guns, figurehead, scored decks with guns, ship’s boats and gratings, secured to contrasting wood stand —7¾in.

(20cm.) overall; together with a quantity of loose parts including lined quarter lights; masts; yards; some fittings and rigging.

(A lot) £150-250

283 (detail) 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 and incorporated the new-but-unpopular rounded stern represented by this model. 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.

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A 15FT:1IN. SCALE FRAME MODEL FOR THE 120-GUN FIRST RATE MODIFIED ‘CALEDONIA’ CLASS SHIP H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE, DESIGNED BY SIR ROBERT SEPPINGS, 1819 with cherry frames pierced with gun ports and pinned boxwood stringing and internal stretchers, mounted at an angle on keel blocks in a finely-realised dockyard slipway with lined boxwood pavements interspersed with sandpaper ‘shingle’, twin access steps and bitts, within removable glazed wooden cover with turned pilasters and securing hooks. Cased measurements overall — 7¾ x 15¾ x 5¾in. (19.5 x 40 x 14.5cm.)

This new class of ship was the first to introduce Seppings’ revolutionary rounded bow - a far stronger and more versatile bow that did away with the delicate and vulnerable head rails traditionally deployed. It meant that more, and heavier, gun types could be carried in an arc around the bow and gave a drier and more rigid passage underway. Latterly the design was extended to include a rounded stern — as seen in lot 285 and, whilst these perhaps represent the apogee of sailing naval design, they were unpopular with their commanders for looking too ugly, despite their many advantages.

Charles Miller Ltd is grateful to Prof. Andrew Lambert, Kings College London, for his assistance with this lot. £4000-6000

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A FINE BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE S.S. EUPHRATES BUILT BY ALEXANDER STEVEN & SONS, GLASGOW, 1855 carved from 1in. laminated yellow pine with black topsides inscribed Iron Seamer ‘Euphrates’ No. 9, carved and painted female figurehead, name board with gilt scrollwork, cutaway mast, funnel and bow sprit, mounted on display board with inset builder’s plate, inscribed 1855 to lower centre and impressed EX. lower left, overall — 12¾ x 67in. (32.5 x 170cm.) £1500-2500

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288 288.

A 19TH CENTURY HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR A SAILING MERCHANTMAN OF CIRCA 1860 carved from ½in. laminated yellow pine with ebonised lined deck, cutaway bow sprit, boxwood stringing, lined fore and aft, lined poop decking mounted on a contrasting wood display board with suspension hooks — 14 x 60½in.

(35.5 x 153.5cm.) £1000-1500

289 289.

A FINE BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR A CUTTER YACHT, CIRCA 1880, PROBABLY BY D. WHYTE carved from ¾in. laminated wood with contrasting keel and rudder and boot top stringing, mounted on a display board, overall — 8 x 32in. (20 x 81.5cm.) £600-800

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290 290.

A FINE BUILDER’S HALF-MODEL FOR A STEAM LAUNCH BY D. WHYTE, CIRCA 1880 carved from in. laminated fruit wood with contrasted wood bulwarks and stringing, propeller shaft and rudder and carved head, mounted on a mahogany display board, impressed each end D. WHYTE — 6½ x 41¾in. (16.5 x 106cm.) £1500-2500

291 291.

A GOOD 19TH CENTURY BUILDER’S HALF-MODEL FOR A CUTTER YACHT BY D. WHYTE, CIRCA 1880 carved from laminated in. contrasting fruit wood with boxwood stringing and yellow pine deck, cutaway bow sprit and mast, mounted on mahogany display board impressed D. WHYTE at each end — 6½ x 29¾in. (16.5 x 75.5cm.) £800-1200

292 292.

A GOOD 19TH CENTURY BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR A CUTTER BY D. WHYTE, CIRCA 1880 the hull carved from flared in. to ½in. contrasting fruit wood with boxwood stringing, mounted on mahogany display board impressed D. WHYTE to each end — 6½ x 28in. (16.5 x 71cm.) £700-900

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293

293.

A FINE HALF-BLOCK PRIZE MODEL FOR THE 5 TON CUTTER YACHT DORIS, DESIGNED BY G.L. WATSON CIRCA 1885 carved from ½in. laminated wood, finished in cream with black topside, cutaway bowsprit and mast; topsides with glilt lining, mounted on mahogany display board with ivorine plate inscribed Doris 5 Tons presented for competition between Doris and Jess

by G.L. Watson, Doris won, pasted G.L. Watson label to reverse Imperial Institute 1897, overall — 11¾ x 40in. (30 x 101.5cm.) £2500-3500

An interesting example from the final flourishing of the English “Plank on Edge” racing cutter.

The rating rules always provided a challenge to the aspiring designer to exploit the constraints in order to produce a prize winning vessel.

The Yacht Racing Association decided to revise the current rule because it felt it was encouraging unhealthy development. This new rule, known as the “Tonnage Rule” came into effect in 1882. The decision backfired somewhat, as in the smaller development classes; the 5 and 2½ Tonners, it encouraged extremely narrow, deep keeled vessels, which carried very large sail areas. G.L. Watson, then at the height of his prowess, designed several ‘5 tonners’ to the new rule, commencing with Iris in 1883. In 1885 he was commissioned by R.G. and Bryce Allan, cousins of the Chairman of the Allan Line, to design a new flyer, Doris, which was built at the Govan Shipbuilding Company on the Clyde.

With only a 5ft 6in beam on a waterline of just over 38ft, and a draft of 6ft 8in, she proved to be extremely successful, winning the 5 Ton Cup and both Dublin and Royal Northern Regattas in her maiden year. A strong rival of the Allan brothers was Dublin vintner George Black Thomson. He bought the 5 Tonner Olga to challenge in 1885 and then commissioned Luath from the upcoming designer W.E. Paton the following year, but neither could seriously worry Doris. Finally, he commissioned Watson to produce a boat to beat his own. The result was Jess, of similar form although slightly more beam than her rival. They raced together from 1887 and it is recorded that Jess beat Doris twice, although this prize indicates that this was not always the case. Watson himself may have put up the prize. In the 5 Ton class, only Paton’s Oona of 1886 exceeded Doris’s narrow beam and deep draft, and her loss off Malahide with her designer in the same year, prompted a further revision of the Rating Rules and the days of the “Plank on Edge” were over.

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293 (detail)

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294 294.

AN R.N.L.I. PRESENTATION MODEL FOR THE SAILING AND PULLING MUNDESLEY LIFEBOAT J.H. ELLIOT, CIRCA 1882 of typical form with carved and painted hull bearing R.N.L.I. emblem, grab ropes under wale, bilge keels, hauling holes, rudder with yoke, fitted internally with seats, oars, collapsed mast with ochre-coloured sails, rowlocks, rigging etc, mounted on two gilt brass raised cradle stands and contained within glazed oak display case — 13 x 31 x 11½in. (33 x 79 x 29cm.) £800-1200

295 (part) 295.

A LARGE QUANTITY OF PERIOD SHIP BUILDER’S MODEL PLATED AND LACQUERED SPARE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES including lined deck houses, cutaway funnels, ships boats, plated davits, quick firing guns, search lights, assorted propellers, lined decking, winches, ventilators, carved and lined oars, companionways, hatch covers, windows, chain, water casks, blocks and tackle, etc, contained in assorted compartmented boxes (A lot) Provenance: The late Martin Brown, former model conservator at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

£400-600

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296 296.

AN INTERESTING BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE M.V. CABLE ENTERPRISE, BUILT BY CAMMELL LAIRD & CO. FOR CABLE & WIRELESS LTD., 1964 the laminated carved hull with ribbed clipper bow, lowered boarding companionway, gilt plated propeller, bow thrusters and rudder, painted decks with fittings including cable drum at bow, double stern, painted decks and fittings, superstructure with over bridge and awning stanchions, communications mast, covered lifeboats in davits, rigged derricks and other details, mounted in glazed wooden display case with detail plates and cable sample — 20 x 54 x 13in. (51 x 137 x 33cm.)

Registered at 4358 tons and measuring over 113 meters with a beam of 15 meters, Cable Enterprise was powered by twin diesel electric motors and was broken up at Alang, India in April 2002.

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £3000-5000

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297 297.

A 1:200 SCALE BUILDER’S BOARDROOM MODEL FOR THE TANKER M.V. OILFIELD BUILT BY ODENSE STAALSKIBS DENMARK FOR THE FIELD TANK SS CO., 1938 the laminated and carved hull finished in polychrome with gilt propeller, lacquered lined decks with detailed painted brass fittings, rigged masts with gantry between, aft superstructure with liveried funnel, covered lifeboats in davit’s and other details, mounted on two chromed pedestals on display base with engraved chromed builder’s plate within glazed wooden cover. Measurements overall — 13 x 36¼ x 8¾in. (33 x 92 x 22cm.)

Completed in February 1938, this 8,516 ton tanker had a short career being torpedoed by U-96 about 350 miles N.N.W. of the Hebrides on 28th April 1941 whilst carrying benzine between Aruba and London. Her Captain (and Fleet Commodore), Laurence Anderson, and forty-six men from a total of fifty-five aboard were killed.

297 (detail)

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298 (detail) 298.

A BUILDER’S BOARDROOM MODEL FOR THE M.V. PLAINSMAN BUILT BY DOXFORD FOR THE HARRISON LINE, 1959 the laminated carved hull finished in company livery with lowered boarding companionway and gilt plate propeller, painted decks and hatches, detailed fittings as appropriate including rigged derricks with winches, ventilators, deck rails, anchors with studded chain etc., painted superstructure with covered boats in davits, liveried funnel and other details, mounted on a raised display base with plate within original metal-bound glazed display case — 12¾ x 37 x 11½in. (32.5 x 94 x 29cm.)

Provenance: Bonhams: The Harrison Line Sale, 21st January 2003, Lot 17 This 11,455 ton general purpose cargo ship was rename Evlalia in 1979 and broken up at Aliaga, Turkey in 1985.

This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road £2500-3500

297 (detail)

298 (detail)

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299

299 (detail)

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A FINE BASSETT-LOWKE BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE R.M.M.V. WINCHESTER CASTLE [1930] AS DEPICTED AFTER HER REFIT IN 1938 the laminated and carved wooden hull finished in red and lavender grey with white topsides, lined lacquered decks crowded with detailed gilt, silvered and painted fittings including winches with studded chains, anchors, bitts, ventilators, wood-capped deck rails, boarding companionways, painted and lined superstructure with covered lifeboats in davits, overbridge with range finder and much other fine detail, mounted on bronzed display columns on display base with maker’s plate and specification plate within original glazed case with stand; together with a top lamp, measurements including stand — 68 x 94 x 23½in. (173 x 239 x 59.5cm.)

On view from September 2017 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Imperial Road - please see map opposite. £15000-20000

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Built in 1930 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast with a length of 656½ft and a gross tonnage in excess of 20,000grt for the UnionCastle Line, the Winchester Castle was the last ‘Castle’ to be upgraded to oil-fired boilers in 1938 when her twin funnels were replaced with a single raked funnel as seen on this model. During the War she served as a troop carrier but was briefly used as the Allied Headquarters during the invasion of Vichy-held Madagascar as part of Operation Ironclad between May and November 1942. Post war she was deployed as a UK-South Africa migrant ship before being scrapped in Japan in 1960.

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391

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A JAPANESE BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE TRIPLE SCREW TURBINE PASSENGER LINER SHINYO MARU, BUILT BY MITSUBISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI, CIRCA 1910 AND BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY SURVIVING PRE-1945 EXAMPLE the laminated and carved hull finished in lacquer with bilge keels, rudder, gilt propellers and portholes, lowered and moored companionway, lined decks and hatch covers, with fittings including anchor crane and winch, capstans, ventilators, bitts, rigged derrits, white painted superstructure with bridge with search lamp over, carved and covered lifeboats in davits, stayed funnels, with safety value, extension pipe and funnel, raked masts with standing rigging and ladders, wood capped deck rails, engine room lights, multiple fire buckets, mushroom ventilators, water buckets, emergency helms, telegraphs and binnacle and much other fine detailing, mounted on four turned baluster supports to painted display base with dual ivorine builder’s plates in Japanese and English (restoration and some replaced parts) — 44 x 144in.

(112 x 366cm.) together with a folder of data and letters from Mitsubishi regarding history etc.; and including a contemporary advertising brochure.

(2) £10000-15000 Provenance: Brussels World’s Fair, 1910 (Japanese Pavillion); Museum of Human Knowledge, Brussels, 1910-closure; Private owner-1997; 1997-date Private Collector, Belgium.

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Launched on the 18th February 1911 with her maiden voyage on August 26th that year, Shinyo Maru was the third and last of a class of crack turbine liners built between 1908-10 for the Toyo Kisen Line which was competing strongly for trans-Pacific traffic against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company. Measuring 575ft with a breadth of 63ft. she displaced nearly 22,000 tons and her triple screws gave her a brisk speed of 21 knots. The company went so far as to state in their own literature that The three steamships undoubtedly represent, on the Pacific, the high standard maintained by the “Mauretania” and the “Lusitania” on the Atlantic. Luxuriously appointed throughout to top Western specifications, they were elegantly furnished with Oriental-style Western furniture and decor and could accommodate 210 First; 57 Second and 754 Third Class passengers.

Plying a regular route between Hong Kong and San Francisco, in 1926 the Toyo Line was taken over by Nippon Yusen and from 1932 she was laid up, eventually broken up in 1936.

This model is a scarce survivor - modelled in the English style, there are several distinctly Japanese elements - such as the lacquered hull and rudder, and the multiple chain stays applied to the funnels. Having been displayed at the World’s Fair in Brussels in 1910, it seems that it was donated to a local museum. As a consequence it survived the atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki in 1945 and which incinerated every other Mitsubishi model.

300 (part)

END OF SALE Our next sale is scheduled for 1st May, 2018 for which entries are now invited.

The Shinyo Maru at speed

VALUATION DAY: Portsmouth, Friday 20th October 2017

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Ship Name Index Ship

Lot

Ship

Lot

Ship

Lot

Acorn, H.M.S. Alabama, C.S.S. Anglia, P.T.

34 272 268

162

27 69 44 127 270

281 260 12 21 140 273

Queen Mary, R.M.S.

Barham [1806], H.M.S. Barham [1914], H.M.S. Bellerophon, H.M.S. Britannia, H.M.S.Y. Britannia, R.Y.

Gawd. L. Puss Géographe Godiva, S.Y. Golden Hinde II Great Eastern, S.S. Griper, H.M.S.

Rohilla, H.M.T. Royal George [1819], H.M.S. Royal George [1756], H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, H.M.S.

60 286 113 46

Cable Enterprise, M.V. Campanula, H.M.S. Charles Grant, H.C.S. Collingwood, H.M.S. Corangamite, S.S. Cornwallis, H.M.S. County of Edinbugh, S.V. Cymic, R.M.S.

296 274 108 34 146 34 20 148

Daphne, H.M.S. Daring, H.M.S. Doris, S.Y. Dreadnaught, S.V. Duke of Wellington, H.M.S.

34 73 293 5 285

Edinburgh Castle, R.M.S. Empress of Ireland, S.S. Entreprenante, H.M.S. Euphrates, S.S. Excellent, H.M.S.

154 145 263 287 58

Fantôme (II), S.Y. Forfarshire, PS

9 114

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Hood, H.M.S. Investigator, H.M.S. Invincible, H.M.S.

70 261 40, 41

Jean, S.V. J.H. Elliot, RNLB Jolie Brise

102 294 276

Lady Nelson, H.M.S. Laurentic, R.M.S. Le François Lowther Castle, H.C.S.

262 151 282 107

Marquis of Bute, P.S. Mauretania, R.M.S. Merope, H.M.Q.S. Minotaur, H.M.S.

23 152 63 68

Neptune, H.M.S.

45

Oilfield, M.V. Old Times Olympic, R.M.S. Omrah, S.S.

297 280 149 147

Pentwyn, S.S. Plainsman, M.V.

155 298

Santa Maria Servia, R.M.S. Shamrock, S.Y. Shinyo Maru, T.S. Sovereign of the Seas, H.M.S. St Vincent [1815], H.M.S. Superb, H.M.S. Taiping, S.V. Tamathai, M.V. Tamayhal, M.V. T-Class Téméraire, H.M.S. Terrible, H.M.S. Thermoplyae Thetis, H.M.S. Thomas & Ann Thomas Stephens, S.V. Tiger, H.M.S. U-192 U-20 U-44 U-9 Victory, H.M.S. Whiteheather, S.Y. Winchester Castle, R.M.M.V.

267 275 126 300 36 32, 35 34 22 156 156 76 47, 283 66 271 34 265 5 75 80 78 79 77 56, 266 126 299

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Artists Index Artist

Lot

Artist

Baker, S. Bell, A.D. Blanch, J.W. Burgess, A.J.

156 5 21 60

Irish School

Carmichael, J.W. Clark, W. Cottingham, G.

19 23 10

Davis, G.H. Dixon, C.E. Dutch School Dutton, T.G.

56, 73, 74 148, 149 15, 16, 17 12, 34

Knox, P.C.

Lot 13 6, 8, 11, 26

Langmaid, R.

2

Mason, F.H. Mouillot, M.

25 18

Papaluca, L. Ponting, Popham, W.J. Powell, C.M.

9 65 22 14 72

Fong, L.

20

Robinson, G.

Gazzardi Gianni

50 24

Hardy, T.B. Hart, T. Huggins

32 7 1

Smith, H.J. Smith, J.R. Stuart, E. Stuttered, J.

70 30, 31 4 140

Wyllie, H. Wyllie, W.L.

3 63

Instrument Makers’ Index Maker Abraham, J. Adams, D. Adams, G. Adams, W.M. Apps, A. Asprey

Lot 188 211, 212 173, 179, 180, 189, 196, 204, 205, 210, 213, 237, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249 195 176 253

Baird & Tatlock Bauer, J. Blair & Co., H.G.

234 185, 190 163

Cail Cary Christey Cole Cox Cavendish

246 197, 222 202 225 250

Davis & Co. S. Davis, G.E. De Grave, Short & Fanner De Mory Gray, P.L. Dixey, C.W. Dollond Dring & Fage Elliott Bros Evershed & Vignols Ltd Flatters & Garnett Fuji Heath & Co. Heniston, P. Hughes & Son Ltd, H.

215, 216 228 231 164 171, 238 206, 209, 217, 221 232 172, 177 250 227 157 198 226 193, 194, 201, 203, 234

Irving, W.B.

226

Jones, W. & S.

184

Kelvin & Hughes Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Kettlewell, C.J.

192 199 200

Maker Leitz Lewis & Co., H. Lillie & Son Lionel Corporation Malby McGregor & Co., D. Mercer, T. Muirhead & Co. Ltd Negretti & Zambra Parkinson & Frodsham Pasterelli & Rapkin Ltd Patching, F.W. Philip & Son Ltd, G. Ramsden, J. Reynolds & Son, T.A. Riquier Ross Rust, R.

Lot 82, 83, 84 166 162 168 186 165 161 250 178, 252 164 257 226 191 42 234 181 207, 218 174

Short & Mason Spencer & Perkins Spires, H.J. Stanley Stanley Stebbing, J.R. & H. Sutter, R.

64 239 255 225 241 251 226

Troughton & Simms

240

Ulysse Nardin

160

Ward Wardale Ltd Watkins, W. Watson & Sons, W. Wright, T.

225 234 170 220, 223, 229 182

Zeiss, C.

81, 85, 86, 87

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Remedies for non-payment Without prejudice to any rights that the Seller may have, if the Buyer without prior agreement fails to make payment for the lot within 5 working days of the auction, CM may in its sole discretion exercise 1 or more of the following remedies:store the lot at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense; Cancel the sale of the lot; Set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by CM against any amounts owed to CM by the Buyer for the lot; Reject future bids from the Buyer; Charge interest at 4% per annum above HSBC Bank Plc base Rate from the Payment Date to the date that the Purchase Price is received in cleared funds; Re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at CM’s discretion, in which case the Buyer will be liable for any shortfall between the original Purchase Price and the amount achieved on re-sale, including all costs incurred in such re-sale; Exercise a lien over any Buyer’s Property in CM’s possession, applying the sale proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer to CM. CM shall give the Buyer 14 days written notice before exercising such lien; Commence legal proceedings to recover the Purchase Price for the lot, plus interest and legal costs; Disclose the Buyer’s details to the Seller to enable the Seller to commence legal proceedings.

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(h) (i)

10. Failure to collect purchases (a) If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but does not collect the lot within 20 working days of the auction, the lot will be stored at the buyer’s expense and risk at CM’s premises or in independent storage. (b) If a lot is paid for but uncollected within 6 months of the auction, following 60 days written notice to the buyer, CM will re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at CM’s discretion. The sale proceeds, less all CM’s costs, will be forfeited unless collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original auction.

11. Data Protection (a) CM will use information supplied by bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by CM for the provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and as otherwise required by law. (b) By agreeing to these Conditions of Business, the Bidder agrees to the processing of their personal information and to the disclosure of such information to third parties worldwide for the purpose outlined in Condition 11(a) and to Sellers as per Condition 9(i).

12. Miscellaneous (a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by CM are the copyright of CM. (b) These Conditions of Business are not assignable by any Buyer without CM’s prior consent, but are binding on Bidders’ successors, assignees and representatives. (c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set out the entire agreement between the parties. (d) If any part of these Conditions of Business be held unenforceable, the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect. (e) These Conditions of Business shall be interpreted in accordance with English Law, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts, in favour of CM.

Charles Miller Ltd’s Authenticity Guarantee If Charles Miller Ltd sells an item of Property which is later shown to be a “counterfeit”, subject to the terms below Charles Miller Ltd. will rescind the sale and return the Buyer the total amount paid by the Buyer to Charles Miller Ltd. for that Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase Price.

The guarantee lasts for one (1) year* after the date of the relevant auction, is for the benefit of the Buyer only and is non-transferable.

“Counterfeit” means an item of Property that in Charles Miller Ltd.’s reasonable opinion is an imitation created with the intent to deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description of such matters is not included in the catalogue description for the Property.

Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or restoration and/or modification work (including, but not limited to, recolouring, tooling or repainting).

Please note that this guarantee does not apply if either:(i) the catalogue description was in accordance with the generally accepted opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; or (ii) the only method of establishing at the date of the sale that the item was a counterfeit would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in Charles Miller Ltd.’s reasonable opinion); or

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(iii) there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its value had it accorded with its catalogue description.

To claim under this guarantee the Buyer must:(i) notify Charles Miller Ltd. in writing within one (1) month of receiving any information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property, specifying the lot number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and (ii) return the Property to Charles Miller Ltd. in the same condition as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the Property, free from any third party claims arising after the date of the sale.

Charles Miller Ltd. has discretion to waive any of the above requirements. Charles Miller Ltd. may require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s cost the reports of two independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and acceptable to Charles Miller Ltd. Charles Miller Ltd. shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, and reserves the right to seek additional expert advice at its own expense. In the event Charles Miller Ltd. decides to rescind the sale under this Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to two mutually approved independent expert reports, provided always that the costs of such reports have been approved in advance and in writing by Charles Miller Ltd. *This excludes books and prints which are sold not subject to return.

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EVOLUTION AUCTION 21st November, 2017 1p.m.

A rare, possibly unique Mammoth family discovered in 2002 and coming to auction for the first time at Summers Place, the worlds leaders in Natural history sales.

For further information please visit our website www.summersplaceauctions.com or telephone 44(0)1403 331 331

Viewing Sun 19th, Mon 20th Nov, 10am-4pm and on sale day, or by appointment Buyer’s Premium of 30% incl.VAT @ 20%

Charles Miller Ltd Sale Title Maritime & Scientific Models, Instruments & Art Date 7th November 2017

ABSENTEE BID FORM (Please print or type) Name Address

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

Important Please bid on my behalf at the above sale for the following Lot(s) up to the hammer price(s) mentioned below. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves and in an amount up to but not exceeding the specified amount. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve by placing responsive or consecutive bids for a lot.

I agree to be bound by Charles Miller Ltd.’s Conditions of Business. If any bid is successful, I agree to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price at the rate stated in the front of the catalogue and any VAT, or amounts in lieu of VAT, which may be due on the buyer’s premium and the hammer price.

Methods of Payment Charles Miller Ltd. welcomes the following methods of payment, most of which will facilitate immediate release of your purchases.

Wire Transfer to our Bank Electronic transfers may be sent directly to our Bank: HSBC Bank Plc 38 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DG Please ensure all bank charges are met so that we receive the total invoiced amount

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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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DoubleTree by Hilton hotel

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Sale Venue and Main View: 25 Blythe Road, London W14 0PD

Office, Post-Sale Collection and Large Object View: 6 Imperial Studios, London SW6 2AG

Payment Payment is due in sterling at the conclusion of the sale and before purchases can be released. Please note that we require seven working 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 4% of the transaction total. There is no charge for payments made by UK debit cards.

International debit cards are subject to 4% surcharge. Payments over £2,000 must be made by bank transfer; 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): Account Name: Charles Miller Ltd HSBC Bank Plc 38 High Street Account Number: 01754750 Dartford Sort Code: 40-19-04 Kent IBAN Number: GB84HBUK40190401754750 BIC.: HBUKGB4128K DA1 1DG Swift Code: MIDLGB22

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.

Post Sale Collection If a lot is robust enough to be posted at the buyer’s risk, we will do our best to oblige for a modest admin charge. We are not professional packers and will only use what second-hand materials are to hand and cannot accept responsibility for lots which are lost or damaged in transit. We strongly suggest that complex/fragile/large lots are referred to a shipper for quotation purposes before the sale - please ask for details.

For lots imported from outside the EU, the following VAT symbols are used:‡

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

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

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

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT (“DROIT DE SUITE”) If a lot is affected by this right it will be identified with the symbol δ next to the lot number. The buyer agrees to pay to Charles Miller an amount equal to the resale royalty and we will pay such amount to the artist’s collecting agent. Resale royalty applies where the hammer Price is 1,000 Euro or more and the amount cannot be more than 12,500 Euro per lot. The amount is calculated as follows: Royalty For the portion of the Hammer Price (in Euro) 4.00% 3.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.25%

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

invoices will, as usual, be issued in Pounds Sterling. For the purposes of calculating the resale royalty the Pounds Sterling/Euro rate of exchange will be the European Central Bank reference rate on the day of the sale. Since 1st January 2012 Droit de Suite extends to the estates of artists deceased for up to 70 years.

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