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Royal Navy Log Books C.1900 Maps, Medal & Memorabilia, Silver, Jewellery, Bronzes, Clocks, Furniture (Stuart Devlin), Paintings, Coins & Stamps
342 Lots
Lot 164
A PAIR OF FINE GEORGE III IRISH SILVER TWIN HANDLED PRESENTATION GOBLETS EACH WITH TWO FOLIATE SCROLL CARTOUCHES INSCRIBED '' TO THE REV. JAS TAYLOR THREE YEARS CURATE OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF BRADFORD THESE CUPS WERE PRESENTED BY A FEW FRIENDS AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER AND ADMIRATION OF HIS FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED SERVICES FEB.Y 6 1828'', THE BOWL AND STEM BASE EMBOSSED WITH FRUITING VINES, BY TWO DIFFERENT MAKERS, CLARK & WEST, DANIEL EGAN (PROBABLY) DUBLIN, 1807, 447.6 AND 446.7 GRAMS RESPECTIVELY (2).Estimate: £400 - £600
Lot 168
EARLY 20TH CENTURY GOLD TIFFANY & CO. OPEN FACED POCKET WATCH WITH A GILT CIRCULAR DIAL WITH BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS, SECONDS DIAL AND BLUED HANDS ENCLOSING A TOP-WIND MOVEMENT INSCRIBED ''TIFFANY & CO. 1674018 NEW YORK. 17 JEWELS'', WITH A GOLD CUVETTE, THE HINGED BACK INITIALLED WITH A BLUE ENAMELED 'B' ON A 9 CT GOLD CHAIN WITH A GOLD KIDNEY SHAPED CHARM SET TURQUOISE AND INSCRIBED 'AUGUST 11', AN 18 CT SPRUNG CLASP (19.8 GRAMS) WITH A 15 CT GOLD VESTA CASE WITH A CABOUCHON SAPPHIRE CATCH (29.4 GRAMS).Hammer: £770
Lot 171
ROPES(JOHN C.) THE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BETWEEN 1861 AND 1865, PART I. TO THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1862 & PART II. THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1862, WITH MAPS AND PLANS, PUBLISHED BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON, 1907, HALF MOROCCO AND CLOTH (23 CM X 16 CM), ALEXANDER (GENERAL G.P.) THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, PUBLISHED BY SIEGAL, HILL & CO., LONDON, 1908, HALF MOROCCO AND CLOTH (23 CM X 16 CM), BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR, PUBLISHED BY THE CENTURY COMPANY, NEW-YORK (FOUR VOLS.) HALF MOROCCO, LEE (CAPTAIN R.E) RECOLLECTIONS AND LETTERS OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, PUBLISHED BY ARCHIBALD, CONSTABLE & CO. LTD., WESTMINSTER, 1904. (4).Hammer: £ 42
Lot 172
PICTURESQUE EUROPE, THE BRITISH ISLES (2 VOLS.) THE CONTINENT (3 VOLS.) 1870'S, PUBLISHED BY CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN, LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK, LARGE QUARTO HARDCOVER, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON STEEL AND WOOD, GREEN CLOTH WITH GILT AND BLACK BLOCKING, ALL EDGES GILT. YRIART (CHARLES) VENICE, LONDON, 1880, FOLIO (6).Hammer: £ 40
Lot 174
WARNER (SIR GEORGE) QUEEN MARY'S PSALTER MINIATURES AND DRAWINGS BY AN ENGLISH ARTIST OF THE 14TH CENTURY REPRODUCED FROM ROYAL MS. 2 B. VII IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS, 1912, HALF MOROCCO WITH CLOTH, LARGE QUARTO, HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT, COMTESSE DIANE, MAXIMS OF LIFE, LONDON, 1907, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS, HALF-MOROCCO AND CLOTH, TOOLED SPINE WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS, FORTESCUE(HON. J. W.) THE STORY OF A RED DEER, MACMILLAN & CO., LONDON, 1938, CLOTH, SAXE WYNDHAM (H.) L'EPINE (G) WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC, PITMAN, 1913, LONDON, CLOTH.(5).Hammer: £ 25
Lot 175
HOLME (CHARLES) EDT. MODERN PEN DRAWINGS: EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN, 238 OF 300 COPIES PUB. THE STUDIO, LONDON, 1901, EMBOSSED VELLUM. THE STUDIO AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF FINE AND APPLIED ART VOLUMES 1 - 30, PUBLISHED BY THE STUDIO, HARDBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH. ANDERS ZORN, ETCHINGS AND TWO OTHER BOOKS. (34).Hammer: £300
Lot 176
HARDY BROS., ALNWICK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY FISHING EQUIPMENT COMPRISING A CREEL (H. 24 CM, W. 36 OVERALL), SIX BOXES WITH FISHING FLIES AND A FISHING FLY WALLET WITH VELLUM POCKETS (INSCRIBED LIEUTENANT R. WIGGLESWORTH R. N 1908 H.M.S. FORESIGHT. ALSO THREE OTHER ITEMS, A LOT. (11).Hammer: £160
Lot 177
HARDY PERFECT BRASS FACED 4.5 INCH SALMON FLY REEL- EARLY 1905 CHECK, ROD IN HAND AND STRAIGHT LINE LOGOS, STRAPPED TENSION REGULATOR WITH TURK'S HEAD, IVORY HANDLE, TWO PILLAR CAGE, FOUR SCREW SMOOTH BRASS FOOT, ORIGINAL DRUM LOCKING SCREW, NO RIM CRACKS, ORIGINAL FINISH, ORIGINAL HARDY LEATHER AND RED VELVET LINED CASE, BLIND STAMPED HARDY BROS, ALNWICK. & 61 PALL MALL. LONDON. S.W. (2).Hammer: £1,700
Lot 178
A HARDY PERFECT BRASS FACED 3.25 INCH FLY REEL, WINDING PLATE MARKED AROUND THE CENTRAL HUB WITH 'HARDY'S - PATENT - ALNWICK', STRAPPED TENSION REGULATOR, IVORY HANDLE, THREE PILLAR CAGE, FOUR SCREW SMOOTH BRASS FOOT, ORIGINAL DRUM LOCKING SCREW, NO RIM CRACKS, ORIGINAL FINISH. TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER HARDY BROS. 2.75 INCH FLY REEL (NOT WORKING) (2).Hammer: £550
Lot 186
ROYAL NAVY SHIP'S LOG OF H.M. SHIPS 'REPULSE' AND 'ALBION' SEPT. 1900 - JUNE 1902, KEPT BY RONALD WIGGLESWORTH, MIDSHIPMAN, INTERLEAVED WITH TWENTY HAND DRAWN AND COLOURED TRACK CHARTS INCLUDING ONE WITH A SHIP VIGNETTE, PLAN OF PORT SAID AND NINE TECHNICAL DRAWINGS OF ORDNANCE, IN A GILT TOOLED FULL NAVY MOROCCO BINDING BY HATCHARDS, (32.5 X 21.5 CM) AND A SIMILAR LOG H.M. SHIP ALBION JUNE 1902 - DEC. 1903 ALSO BY RONALD WIGGLESWORTH, MIDSHIPMAN INTERLEAVED WITH EIGHT TRACK CHARTS, A DOUBLE PAGE CHART AND A PLAN OF ALBION'S MAIN DECK WITH A SECTION BELOW SIMILARLY BOUND, DRAWING OF AMERICAN CR. ''SAN FERNANDINA'' 3850 TONS, SCALE 20FT TO 1 INCH, WITH PLAN OF THE DECK, DRAWING OF IRON BARQUE ''PRESIDENT FILLMORE'' 920 TONS WITH TWO PLANS AND SECTIONAL ELEVATION, SEVENTEEN HAND DRAWN AND COLOURED MAPS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING SIX OF IRELAND (89 X 70 CM THE LARGEST).ON 1ST OCTOBER 1907, THE FRENCH CARGO SHIP LEON XIII, 3000 TONS, FROM PORTLAND, OREGON WAS HEADING FOR LIMERICK WHEN IT STRUCK A REEF IN A FEROCIOUS STORM OFF THE QUILTY COAST WITH 22 CREW ON BOARD. THE HEROIC FISHERMEN OF QUILTY MANAGED TO RESCUE THIRTEEN MEN AND ON THE 2ND OCTOBER H.M.S. ARROGANT RESCUED THE REMAINING NINE MEN. RONALD WIGGLESWORTH WHO WAS ON BOARD WAS AWARDED A SPECIALLY STRUCK SILVER MEDAL BY ' LE MINISTERE DE LA MARINE'', 60 MM, 65.5 GRAMS, BY OUR VENDOR'S REPUTE.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LOT IS LIEUTENANT WIGGLESWORTH'S LEATHER DRESSING CASE INITIALLED 'R.W.' CONTAINING FOUR SILVER TOPPED JARS BY DREW & SONS PICCADILLY, CIRCA 1915 AND OTHER ITEMS, A LOT..
Hammer: £2,500
Lot 187
A GEORGE VI ARMY SWORD WITH AN ETCHED FULLERED STEEL BLADE, WIRE BOUND FISH SKIN HILT WITH PIERCED GUARD IN A LEATHER MOUNTED SCABBARD, WITH A CANVAS KITBAG CONTAINING WATER BOTTLE, METAL FOOD CONTAINER, CANVAS HOLSTER AND STRAPS ETC., SMALL LEATHER SUITCASE (W. 46.5 CM) AND A NEST OF TWO OVAL CASES, A LOT..Estimate: £ 40 - £ 60
