Charles Miller Auction 10th May

Charles Miller Ltd
Maritime and Scientific Models,
Instruments & Art
London
Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Charles Miller Ltd
Maritime and Scientific Models,
Instruments & Art
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION AT
25 Blythe Road, London, W14 0PD
Tuesday 10th May 2016 at 11am, precisely
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Order of Sale
Paintings 1-51
Naval 55-101
Sailor Art 102-114
Liner 115-137
Historic Diving 140-156
Collectables, Fittings
& Ephemera 160-185
Instruments 190-299
Ship Models 300-330
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1.
N.R. OMELL’S ANNUAL MARINE PAINTINGS CATALOGUES
a series from 1974-2009 (17), all different; other marine painting
exhibition catalogues (6), mostly Richard Green but also including
Montague Dawson, The Royal Navy at War, 1939-45, Christopher
Wade Gallery; together with miscellaneous maritime auction
catalogues from Christie’s, 1988-2012 (8) and Sotheby’s, 1991-2008
(13); Bonham’s Traditional River Craft (at Henley) catalogues (5)
and four Christie’s South Kensington catalogues of Shipping
Posters, no duplicates, fine
(53)
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£80-120
2.
CHRISTIE’S (NEW YORK) MARITIME CATALOGUES
a complete run of Christie’s (New York) Maritime catalogues, 1995-
2003, inclusive; and similar complete runs for Christie’s
(Amsterdam), 1997-2001; and Phillips (London), 1993-2001, all as
issued, with official price lists
(23)
£80-120
3.
MANNER OF LUDOLF BAKHUIZEN (DUTCH, 1631-1708)
Dutch shipping in a channel swell
Oil on panel
7¼ x 9½in. (18 x 23.5cm.)
£200-400
4.
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (BRITISH, 1775-1824)
Dutch fishing craft and a man-of-war
Oil on panel
15¼ x 18in. (38.5 x 46cm.)
£1000-1500
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JAMES FRANCIS DANBY (BRITISH, 1816-1875)
Beach scene, Hastings, at sunset
Signed ‘J. Danby’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
7 x 11½in. (18 x 29cm.)
£500-800
6.
DUDLEY HARDY RI (BRITISH, 1866-1922)
Near Etaple, coast of France
Signed ‘Dudley Hardy’ (lower right)
Gouache
6½ x 4¾in. (16 x 12.5cm.)
£80-120
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EDUARD ADAMS (FRENCH, 1847-1929)
Shipping off the coast with a rowing boat in the foreground
Signed ‘E. Adams’ (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with colour
10¼ x 17¼in. (26 x 44cm.)
£300-500
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8.
AFTER ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943)
Manning the pumps
Signed in the plate and dated ‘31’ (lower right)
Etching
Pl 12 x 9in. (30.5 x 23cm.)
£200-300
9.
AFTER ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943)
Furling the foresail
Signed in pencil ‘Arthur Briscoe’ (lower right) and numbered 2/75
(lower left)
Etching
Pl 7¾ x 11½in. (20 x 29.5cm.)
£200-300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1900
Shipping at the entrance at a harbour
Oil on board
Each 11½ x 19½in. (29 x 50cm.)
(2, a pair)
£200-300

11.
ATTRIBUTED TO REUBEN CHAPPELL (BRITISH, 1870-1940)
A three-masted ship in coastal waters with a pilot cutter
approaching
Pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with white
18 x 31½in. (45.8 x 80cm.)
£400-600
12.
ALEXANDER KAY BRANDEN (BRITISH, Fl. 1865-1905)
The topsail schooner ‘Railway’
Signed and inscribed ‘A.K. Branden, Falmouth’.
Oil on canvas
18¾ x 26½in. (47 x 67.5cm.)
£500-700
13.
C.S. TROUT (BRITISH, 19TH-CENTURY)
The Yawl ‘Louisa of Exeter’ R. Chapman, off the Lizard October 3rd
1878
Signed ‘S. Trout’ and inscribed with title (lower right)
Oil on canvas
20 x 27in. (51 x 68.5cm.)
£500-700
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NICHOLAS MATTHEW CONDY (BRITISH, 1793-1857)
Shipping in a calm Plymouth Sound
Signed ‘N. Condy’ (lower right)
Gouache
4 x 6in. (10 x 16cm.)
£300-500
15.
HAROLD PERCIVAL (BRITISH, 1868-1914)
The Clipper Ship ‘Valhalla’
Signed and dated ‘H. Percival 1904’ (lower left)
Watercolour with scratching out
8¾ x 13in. (22 x 33.5cm.)
£200-400
16.
WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Thames Barge Race 1927
Signed and date ‘W.L. Wyllie 1927’ (lower right in pencil)
Watercolour
7 x 12¾in. (17.5 x 32.5cm.)
£600-900
17.
RICHMOND W. MARKES (ENGLISH, LATE 19TH-CENTURY)
Shipping off Leigh-on-Sea
Signed ‘R. Markes’ (lower left)
Watercolour
6¾ x 11½in. (17 x 29.5cm.)
Together with a portrait of the steam vessel Soho by James Miller
Huggins.
(2)
£150-250
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18.
GEORGE MEARS (BRITISH, 1865-1910)
The London Brighton & South Coast Railway
Co. channel ferry 'Prince Arthur'
Signed and dated 'G. Mears '96' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
11½ x 23in. (29 x 58.5cm.)
Built by Denny Bros. of Dumbarton for the London
Brighton and South Coast Railway Co., she was
ordered in October 1895 and delivered in July 1896
for a total cost of £20,296. A handsome vessel with
raked twin pole masts, she registered 705 tons and
her two triple expansion engines gave her a very
satisfactory service speed just shy of 16 knots. She
was transferred to the South Eastern and Chatham
Railway in 1901, renamed Deal, and served a
further twenty-five years before being sold to
Youngs of Sunderland for breaking in 1926.
£400-600
19.
THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897)
Coming into port
Inscribed with title, signed and dated 'T.B. Hardy 1895' (lower left)
Watercolour
8¾ x 14in. (22 x 35cm.)
£200-300
20.
Mucking light
Signed and inscribed 'Mucking Light, W.L. Wyllie' (lower right)
Watercolour
5 x 18½in. (13 x 47cm.)
£500-700
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RICHARD HENRY NEVILLE-CUMMING (BRITISH, FL. 1888-1891)
The steamer 'Ameer' and the barque 'Sindia' off Gibraltar
Signed and dated 'H Neville-Cumming/1889' (lower right)
Pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white
25½ x 50½in. (64.8 x 128.3cm.)
Provenance: with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool.
Although her career provided no particular excitement, Ameer has assumed her small place in shipping history as the first steamer to be ordered for
the venerable firm of Brocklebanks when the company realised that the changeover from sail had become inevitable. Built by Harland & Wolff at
Belfast in 1889, Ameer was designed as a four-masted steamer and given a barquentine rig to augment her single screw. Registered at 4,127 tons
gross (2,689 net) and measuring 400½ feet in length with a 45 foot beam, she was engined by her builders and had a cruising speed of 10 knots.
Launched on 24th August 1889 and completed that October, she entered service on the London - India via Suez route and, as the first steamer in the
fleet, was commanded by Captain Ray, the company's Marine Superintendent. In 1906 she was transferred to Jenkins' Shire Line, in which Brocklebanks
had a half-share, and renamed Cardiganshire, the name she retained when she was transferred again to the Royal Mail Line's fleet in 1907. Sold by
Shire to Japanese owners in 1911, she was thereafter renamed on several more occasions before being scrapped in Hong Kong in 1923.
£2500-4000
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RICHARD HENRY NEVILLE-CUMMING (BRITISH, FL. 1888-1891)
The four-masted barque 'Sindia' under shortened sail in the Channel
Signed and dated 'H Neville-Cumming/1888.' (lower right)
Pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white
26 x 51in. (66 x 130cm.)
Provenance: with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool.
Built for the famous house of Brocklebank by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1887, Sindia was a huge four-masted barque which, at the time of her
completion, was the largest sailing vessel in the world. Registered at 3,067 tons gross (5,000 deadweight) and measuring 329 feet in length with a 45
foot beam, she was designed with two decks and, consequently, had vast cargo capacity. Intended for the Calcutta trade at a time when most other
owners had already gone over to steam, Sindia left Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Calcutta on 6th February 1888 and immediately proved faster
than her carrying capacity might have suggested. Although no record-breaker, she had a fine turn of speed and possessed all the handsome elegance
of many earlier Belfast ships which turned heads wherever she went. Finally ousted from the Calcutta trade by steam, she became a bulk grain carrier
for a few years until 1900 when, along with all the remaining Brocklebank sailing vessels, she was sold out of their fleet.
Purchased by the Anglo-American Oil Company, she was converted to carry 'case oil' (oil in drums) on outward passages and chrome ore back into
the U.S.A. Sadly, her new career proved short-lived when, on 15th December 1901, she was driven ashore and wrecked at Ocean City, 95 miles south
of New York on the coast of New Jersey. Inbound for New York from Kobe, she was caught in a severe winter blizzard and had been trying to run for
shelter in Delaware Bay when she stranded. Various attempts to refloat her were unsuccessful and although the greater part of her cargo was salved,
the ship herself was declared a total loss and her decaying hull became a local landmark for many years.
£2000-3000
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NORMAN THOMAS JANES RWS RE RSMA (BRITISH, 1892-1980)
The Pool of London
Signed ‘Norman Janes’ (lower right)
Watercolour
13 x 19in. (33 x 48.5cm.)
£200-300
24.
JOHN HAYES (EDWARD FLETCHER) (BRITISH, 1857-
1945)
The Pool of London, Tower Bridge and St Paul’s
beyond
Signed ‘John Hayes’ (lower left)
Oil on canvas
17¼ x 31in. (44 x 78.5cm.)
£400-600
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WILLIAM TH. MARTIN HAWKSWORTH (BRITISH, 1853-1935)
River Scene. The Medway (No.3)
Signed ‘W.T.M. Hawksworth’ (on bow of barge, lower left) with
artists manuscript and Royal Academy of Arts labels for 1887 to
reverse.
Watercolour
5½ x 8½in. (14 x 21.5cm.)
£200-300

26.
WILLIAM MACKENZIE THOMSON (BRITISH, FL.1870-1892)
The Guion Line armed merchant cruiser ‘Oregon’ under way, circa
1885
Signed ‘W.M.Thomson / New Brompton’ (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
11 x 17in. (28 x 34cm.)
The S.S. Oregon was built by John Roach and Son in Chester, PA and
owned by the Oregon Steamship Company. On 7th October 1883 the
Oregon embarked on her maiden voyage from England to New Jersey, a
passage which took a record setting 6 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes.
For part of 1885 she was briefly armed during the “Russian Scare” and it
is in this configuration she is depicted here. On 6th March 1886 the
Oregon departed Liverpool, England for New York. The voyage was cut
short when only eight days later and five miles from her destination she
was struck on the port side by a three-masted schooner. The schooner’s
identity remains unknown however evidence exists to suggest that it was
the Charles H. Morse. All aboard the schooner perished and the remains
of the ship and its passengers have never been found. It was determined
after surveillance that the Oregon was too damaged for salvage.
£150-250
27.
ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-1907)
The S.Y. ‘Nahma’
Signed and dated ‘De Simone 1894’ (lower right)
16 x 23¼in. (40.5 x 59cm.)
£300-500
28.
The S.Y. ‘St George’
Signed and dated ‘De Simone 94’ (lower right); and inscribed as
per title (lower left)
16 x 23in. (40.5 x 58.5cm.)
£250-350
29.
A topsail schooner of the Royal Yacht Squadron in the
Mediterranean off Naples
Signed and dated ‘De Simone 91.’ (lower right)
Bodycolour, oval
18 x 24in. (46 x 61cm.)
£600-800
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30.
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY
The Ocean Match with the yachts ‘Red Rover’, Wanderer’ and ‘Kiama’, 27th August, 1878
(illustrated); and The Match with the yachts ‘Red Rover’ and ‘Kiama’ at Yarmouth Roads Regatta
Both inscribed as title and further extensively inscribed (under the mount)
Pen and black ink and watercolour
9¼ x 13in. (23.5 x 33cm.)
(2, a pair)
£300-500
31.
Yacht race
Signed in pencil ‘W.L. Wyllie’ (lower left)
Etching
10 x 15in. (25.5 x 38.5cm.)
£150-250
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NEVILLE SOTHEBY PITCHER RSMA (BRITISH, 1889-1959)
Yacht racing on a beam reach
Signed and indistinctly dated ‘N Sotheby Pitcher’ (lower right)
Watercolour and gouache
13¼ x 10in. (33.5 x 25.5cm.)
£500-700

33.
CHARLES DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
The 1901 America’s Cup; a set of three
pen and ink drawings comprising ‘The
Start’, ‘At the First Stake’ and ‘The
Finish’
Two signed, with yacht names and
inscriptions throughout including
Shamrock and Columbia
Pen and ink
8 x 12¼in. (20.5 x 31cm.)
(3, a set)
£2000-3000
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1902 Rothesay Regatta, with Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht
‘Shamrock’, his steam yacht ‘Erin’ and other shipping
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Charles Dixon, Rothesay Bay ‘02’
5¼ x 11½in. (13.5 x 29cm.)
£600-900
35.
ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943)
The Royal Yacht ‘Britannia’ racing off Cowes
Signed ‘A. Briscoe .33’ (lower right)
Watercolour
6½ x 9½in. (16.5 x 24cm.)
Provenance: With the Tryon Galleries, London.
£400-600
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MICHAEL VAUGHAN (BRITISH, 1938-2002)
Flying with the Wind
Signed ‘Michael Vaughan’ (lower left)
Oil on canvas laid on board
22½ x 33½in. (56 x 85cm.)
£1000-1500
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Admiral Jellicoe’s flagship H.M.S. ‘Iron Duke’ with escorting
destroyers leading the Grand Fleet into action at the Battle of
Jutland, 31st May, 1916
Signed and dated ‘Charles Dixon 1916’ (lower left)
27½ x 37½in. (70 x 95cm.)
The Battle of Jutland (31st May — 1st June 1916) was the last
occasion on which two great battle fleets engaged each other in
full strength - numbering some 250 ships in total. Rather than
being a single decisive battle however, it was, in fact, a series of
smaller engagements spread over many hours during which the
two fleets separated into their constituent parts. Although the
opening salvoes were fired at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon of
31st May, the main action began at about 6 o’clock that evening
and continued until the following day.
£4000-6000
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38.
H.M.S. ‘Surprise’ off Naples, 1895
Signed and dated ‘De Simone/- 95 -’ (lower right) and inscribed
‘H.M.S. Surprise’ (lower left)
Bodycolour
10 x 17in. (26 x 43cm.)
A dispatch vessel built by Palmer’s of Jarrow in 1885, Surprise (and her
yard sister Alacrity) displaced 1650 tons, were 250 x 32ft, manned by 93
officers and crew and could develop nearly 18kts. Originally unarmed,
they were given a gun so they could be used as fleet scouts in Wartime
and were also given elaborate accommodation for diplomats and visiting
high ranking officers. She was broken up in 1919.
£400-600
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WILLIAM MACKENZIE THOMSON (BRITISH, FL. 1870-1892)
H.M.S. ‘Calypso’; H.M.S. ‘Nelson’
11 x 17¼in. (28 x 44cm.)
(2)
Calypso was a steel corvette of 1883 and one of the first ships fitted with
a protective deck, she survived until 1922; Nelson was an armoured
cruiser of 1881 which served on the Australia station until 1889, then
undergoing a long refit which added fighting tops to her fore and mizzen
masts, so this picture must date from her Australian service. She was sold
in 1910.
£250-350

40.
Motor Launch ‘ML141’
Signed ‘W.L. Wyllie’ (lower left) and signed on verso by John Wyllie
Watercolour heightened with gouache
11 x 17¼in. (28 x 44cm.)
£500-700
A new vessel type when introduced in 1915, these motor launches quickly proved versatile workhorses being used for mine sweeping, mine laying,
anti-submarine operations, patrols and smoke screens etc. Nearly 600 were built by various yards - initially displacing 34 tons then 37 tons, they were
80 foot long with a 12¾ foot beam and 4 foot draught. Powered by petrol engines they could develop 20kts but also had a habit of catching fire and
more were lost to accident than the enemy. They paved the way for the more famous MTBs used in World War II. ML141 survived the War without
incident so it is assumed this picture was commissioned by one of her crew.
£400-600
41.
A GROUP OF WARSHIP ETCHINGS INCLUDING WORKS BY
WILIAM L. WYLLIE, ROWLAND LANGMAID AND FRANK H.
MASON
Works by Wyllie comprising of ‘Battleship in Portsmouth Harbour’
signed etching; ‘Battleship and Torpedo Boats at Sea’ signed
etching; and a signed print ‘Off Portsmouth’; works by Langmaid
comprising ‘Portsmouth Harbour’ and ‘Battleships’, both signed;
and Frank H. Mason including signed etching of Torpedo boats and
signed print of torpedo boats (faded).
(7)
£400-600
42. δ
JOHN BENTHAM DINSDALE (BRITISH, 1927-2008)
A Frigate action between ‘Lively’ and ‘Tourterelle’, 13th March 1795
Signed ‘John Bentham Dinsdale’ in pencil (lower left) and inscribed
with title (lower right)
7¾ x 10¾in. (19.5 27.5cm.)
£100-200
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TIMOTHY THOMPSON (BRITISH, B. 1951)
English and Dutch warships off the Dutch coast
Signed ‘Tim Thompson’ (lower left)
Oil on canvas
20 x 30in. (51 x 76cm.)
£400-600
44.
JOHN CLEVELEY THE YOUNGER (BRITISH, 1747-1786)
An English frigate with a Dutch man-of-war in the Downs off Dover
Watercolour
4¾ x 6¼in. (12 x 16cm.)
£300-500
44 45 (part)
43
45.
CIRCLE OF SAMUEL OWEN (BRITISH, 1768-1857)
A British frigate and other shipping in a heavy swell
Watercolour
3 x 4¼in. (8 x 11.5cm.)
Together with another circle of Samuel Owen Hauling in the nets
(2)
£150-250

46.
CHARLES JOHN DE LACY (BRITISH, 1856-1929)
Warships of the Royal Navy preparing to depart for action
Watercolour heighten with body colour
14½ x 29¼in. (37 x 74cm.)
£600-900
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ROWLAND LANGMAID (BRITISH, 1897-1956)
H.M.S. ‘Victory’ at sea
Signed in pencil ‘Rowland Langmaid’ (lower right)
Etching
11¾ x 7¾in. (30 x 20cm.)
£50-80
48.
CHARLES W. FOTHERGILL (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY)
Cadet training ship H.M.S. ‘Britannia’ at Dartmouth
Signed with initials, inscribed and dated ‘H.M.S. Britannia C.W.F.
1901’ (lower right)
Watercolour
13 x 19½in. (33 x 49.5cm.)
£600-800
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46
48

49.
ARTHUR DAVID McCORMICK, RI (BRITSH, 1860-1943)
Sir Francis Drake at Cadiz
Signed ‘A.D. McCormick’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas laid down on board
29¼ x 23in. (74.5 x 58.5cm.)
£1000-1500
50.
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DRUMMOND, RAA (BRITISH,
1765-1844)
A boarding party
Oil on canvas
17¼ x 25¼in. (44 x 64cm.)
£1000-1500
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51.
ARTHUR TWIDLE (BRITISH, 1865-1935)
Britannia Needs No Bulwarks
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated ‘Arthur Twidle 1912’ (lower right) and inscribed with artist’s titles and provenance to 1913 RA exhibition
21 x 29in. (53.5 x 74cm.) Contained in original frame
Provenance: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1913, item number 323; David Cross Gallery, Clifton c.1975 to Private Collector.
Painted just two years before the outbreak of the Great War, the artist seems to be anticipating the struggles ahead with a seated Nelson contemplating
tactics, presumably before the Battle of Trafalgar, and whose greatness of character embodies the finest virtues of England’s most brilliant heroes
throughout history: in the foreground King Arthur representing a strong and united nation; Sir Francis Drake who, against the odds beat the mighty
Spanish Armada; and Cromwell whose famed organisational ability and rule of law was closely reflected by Nelson. In short, with so many virtues
crowded into one man, Britain was invincible at sea in 1805 and remained so over a century later - a notion that was still very much reflected by - and
throughout - the Royal Navy of 1912 which until recently had considered itself beyond the challenge of any two naval powers combined.
£2000-3000
51
51 (detail)
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55.
NAVAL LISTS: A LIST OF THE FLAG-OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S
FLEET [A LIST OF THE FLAG OFFICERS AND OTHER
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FLEET]
3 vols. for years 1809; 1819 and 1824, vol. I printed mainly on the
versos, contemporary straight - grain red morocco not uniform,
vol. I re-backed, gilt edges, vol. I with presentation inscription on
title ‘Admiral Patton to Capt. [Edward James] Foote’, 8vo, 1809
(3)
£500-800
56.
NAVAL LIST, A LIST OF THE FLAG OFFICERS AND OTHER
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S FLEET
two leaves at the beginning detached, contemporary half-calf by
Harmsworth, bookplate of the Royal Victorian Club, London,
Clowes, 1838.
£200-300
57.
BRENTON, EDWARD PELHAM: THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT
BRITAIN FROM THE YEAR [1783-1836]
2 vols., engraved portraits and plates, folding engraved plans,
occasional foxing and offsetting, contemporary half-roan, spine of
vol. I detached but preserved, 8vo, London, Colburn 1837; and a
modern printing of the list of the Naval General Service Medal,
Recipients, 1808-27.
(3)
£150-180
58.
NAVAL AND MARTIAL BIOGRAPHY; OR MEMOIRS OF SEVERAL
HUNDRED ILLUSTRIOUS BRITISH NAVAL AND MILITARY
CHARACTERS,
engraved frontispiece and a few plates, some browning. Half roan,
rubbed, spine defective, Ormskirk, J. Fowler, 1806; and 14 others
(all modern).
Sold not subject to return.
£100-150
59.
CHARNOCK, JOHN: ‘HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE’
additional engraved title in vol I and 98 engraved plates (of 99).
Some aquatint, a little foxing, original buckram. 4to London,
various publishers, 1800-1801; together with two tubes of assorted
modern yacht plans
(5)
£400-600
60.
THE DEATH OF SIR CLOUDESLY SHOVEL
“On Sunday last, two Expresses brought the melancholy News,
That Sir Cloudesly Shovel, returning home with the great ships
from the Mediterranean, the Association, in which he was, struck
on a Rock, off of Scilly, and was unfortunately lost, with all Men on
board.”; A group of newspapers all relating to the life, death, and
funeral of Rear Admiral Sir Shovel, which has given rise to various
legends. The first, bringing news of his death, launches into an
excellent and lengthy obituary, the highlights of his achievements
being recorded; a short article from the Captain of the St George, a
ship that was also dashed on the same rocks off the Scilly Isles;
together with two London Gazettes are included, both giving a
report of his state funeral at Westminster Abbey, after lying in state
at the Queen’s expense — 20½in. of column space, in genuine and
complete issues of The Post Boy, dated October 28th, 1707, and
The London Gazette, dated 22nd December, and 29th December,
1707
(3)
£100-150
61.
MANUSCRIPT OF A PRIZE MONEY COMPLAINT TO BARON
ERSKINE OF RESTORMEL CASTLE, ENGLISH CIRCA 1815
from the descendants of the owners of four privateers who
captured in the years 1745-47 a treasure of bullion. The bullion,
later made into bars, was sold at a value of £200,000 and was
confiscated and deposited in the Bank of England, 15 leaves, 23-29
lines, top left-hand corners pierced and secured with a silk tie, last
leaf defective, folio — 13.5 x 8.5in. (34.5 x 21.5cm.)
£200-400
59 (detail)
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62 (detail)
62.
NAVAL SIGNAL BOOK (HARBOUR SIGNALS, SEA SIGNALS, NIGHT SIGNALS AND FOG SIGNALS)
2 vol, manuscript on vellum, 35 and 25 leaves (including 19 blank), exquisite hand-coloured manuscript frontispiece of a trophy of flags
and geographical instruments, folding leaf containing two watercolour drawings of compass diagrams, some of the tables with flags
painted in watercolour. Both in contemporary calf, blindstamped decoration round the sides, small 4to, — 6¼ x 4¾in. (15.5 x 12cm.),
contained in their original red straight-grained morocco wallet binding with flap, on the flap a small oval silver plaque inscribed: Honble
Captn
P. Bertie.
Captain Peregrine Francis Bertie (1741-1790) was the third son of the Earl of Abingdon and commissioned a lieutenant in 1759, being made post
captain in 1762 when he commanded the first-rate ship Repulse. He entered Parliament as MP for Oxford in 1774 and later went to sea again in the
1780s, commanding H.M.S. Fortitude and H.M.S. Carnatic. His son-in-law was Sir Thomas Bertie (1758-1825), a friend and contemporary of Nelson
who would rise to the rank of Admiral.
£1000-1500
63.
SIGNALS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE SQUADRON UNDER THE COMMAND OF REAR ADML. LEVESON GOWER, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1788
36 leaves, (including two final blanks), 75 exquisitely drawn and hand-coloured manuscript signals including the full-page of ‘Compass
Signals’ with 32 hand-coloured flags, contemporary (?original) printed wrappers, stitched as issued, 8vo (15 x 10cm.)
John Leveson Gower (1740-1792), naval officer and politician entered the navy and was commissioned lieutenant in 1758. His naval career prospered
until 1779 but he was unemployed for three years. In January 1783 he was appointed a junior Lord of the Admiralty. He returned to the navy in 1785
and in 1787 was promoted to rear-admiral of the Blue. Demanding of his subordinates, loyal to his friends and harsh to his enemies, Admiral John
Leveson Gower showed himself to be a resourceful and thoroughly competent officer in every command he held, ODNB. This little book contains
about 216 signals.
£1000-1500
6362 (detail)
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64.
NORIE, J.W., TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE PLATES
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE MARITIME FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1842
London, C.W. Wilson, 20 hand-coloured engraved plated, modern
half-calf, 8vo
A charming publication and one of the best and most comprehensive
early nineteenth century illustrated guides to maritime flags. Many later
editions followed, one of which (1840) was sold in these rooms, 12th
May
2015, lot 180 (£250).
£200-300
65.
A DISPLAY OF THE NAVAL FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1838
hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured plates of flags,
fore-margin of frontispiece and following 2 leaves reinforced,
occasional light soiling, modern half-cloth, London, H. Fisher and P.
Jackson. A collection of 240 flags including those of Arabia,
Batavia, Mahrattas, Mecca and Morocco.
Despite being one of the first popular flag guides available at relatively
low cost, copies of this title are surprisingly scarce.
£250-350
64 (detail) 65 (detail)
66
67
66.
“FLAGGEN ALLER SEEFAHRENDEN POTENZEN UND NATIONEN
IN DER GANTZEN WELDT” [“FLAGS OF ALL THE SEAFARING
POWERS AND NATIONS OF THE WORLD”], NURENBERG, CIRCA
1710-15(?)
a rare and visually impressive chart, on laid paper, “Presented by”
Johann Baptist Homan, Nurenberg, circa 1710-15, featuring 140
engraved flags with contemporary hand-colouring, slight marginal
fraying but no significant loss, backed and mounted for display, —
26 x 22in (67 x 57cm.)
Johann Baptist Homan (1664-1724) was one of the greatest German
geographers and cartographers and the founder of a publishing house
(in 1702) which rapidly became so successful that it was widely credited
with the international revival of German printing after almost two
centuries of Dutch domination. Appointed Imperial Geographer to the
Austrian Emperor Charles VI in 1715, largely as a result of the publication
of his magnificent folio atlas in 1710, it has been suggested that this
excessively rare flag chart may have been produced as an
accompaniment to that atlas. By the time he died in 1724, Homan had
issued over 200 maps of superb quality and guaranteed the reputation of
his publishing house, which thrived under the name of Homann Heirs for
the next hundred years.
£400-600
67.
NAVAL SIGNAL TABLE: ‘DISTINGUISHING SIGNALS (WITH
SINGLE AND DOUBLE PENDANTS)’, 1807
original printed and manuscript table inscribed as per title, neatly
completed in ink with the names of 82 ships, the pennants painted
in watercolour, given Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817),
Vice Admiral of the White, on board H.M.S. Ville de Paris, Cawsand
Bay [Cornwall], 26th July 1807, autographed by Admiral Alan
Gardner, Commander of the Channel Fleet, and his secretary John?
Day, sheet size — 24.3 x 38.5cm. (9½ x 15in.) framed and glazed
£200-400

68.
NAVAL SIGNAL TABLE: ‘DISTINGUISHING VANES FOR THE SHIPS AND VESSELS OF THE CHANNEL FLEET’, 1809
original printed and manuscript table inscribed as per title, neatly completed in ink with the names of 53 ships, the pennants painted in
watercolour, given to Vice Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817) on board H.M.S. Caledonia, 21st July 1809, autographed by
Admiral James Gambier (1756-1833), Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, and by James Wilkinson, Admiral Gambier’s secretary,
sheet size — 13.4 x 43cm. (5¼ x 17in.) framed and glazed
£200-400
69.
SIGNALS. MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, 3 LEAVES, WRITTEN
IN AN ATTRACTIVE MID-18TH-CENTURY HAND. LOOSE IN
A LATER 18TH-CENTURY MARBLED PAPER FOLDER,
INSCRIBED ON FRONT COVER ‘ORDER BOOK OF THE
CENTAUR AND ROBUST’
an important manuscript containing new signals
superseding the older ones and making Fleet Signals well
nigh impossible for any enemy to decipher. They were
produced by Captain (later Admiral) Phillips Cosby who saw
extensive service during the Seven Years’ War and the
American Revolutionary War. It would appear that Cosby
was still using them during the latter war. Together with a
certificate to set ashore from H.M.S. Hind Corporal Cromey
suffering from rheumatism, dated 7 August 1762 and signed
Captain Phillips Cosby (see above), folio 12½ x 8¼in. (32 x
21cm.)
£400-600
70.
JOURNAL OF H.M.S. WINCHESTER, MOST LIKELY BY THE SHIP’S
SURGEON, PROBABLY PORT ROYAL, NOV. 5 1840 - JAN. 12, 1841
manuscript on paper, 8 leaves mostly written on both sides, 10
large or full-page pencilled drawings, one full-page watercolour
drawing, contemporary half-roan, foot of spine defective,
otherwise rubbed, 4to, — 10¾ x 8¾in. (27.5 x 22.5cm.)
An interesting journal lasting two months in which the Winchester landed
first in Santa Marta in Colombia and later in Cartagena. The writer’s main
preoccupation is the health (or lack thereof) of the crew and the
temperature and humidity. At Riollach he meets old friends, the American
Consul and the surgeon Smith, formally of the Bolivian Army. A brief
mention of the flogging of the Captain’s boy, a serious quarrel with
Spanish sailors on the shore, a shooting expedition at San Pedro, local
methods of finding gold in the Rio Irlach and the Captain offered a local
girl in marriage (declined). 19th-century signature on an endpaper of
Henry K. Turnbull.
£300-500
70 (detail)
69 (detail)
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71.
CLARKE, JAMES STANIER AND JOHN MACARTHUR, THE LIFE OF
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, 1809
2 vol., engraved from frontispiece and 11 plates after Westall,
Abbot, Pococke and others, 4 engraved plans, one folding, 4
engraved vignettes, several facsimiles, list of subscribers, plates
foxed, apart from the foxing a good copy with wide margins,
modern sprinkled calf gilt, black labels on spines, large 4to,
London, for T. Cadell and W. Davies
£500-700
72.
AFTER DANIEL ORME (1766-1832): ‘A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY
OF HORATIO NELSON’, CIRCA 1806
oval stipple engraved portrait by Daniel Orme, over lines of verse
celebrating Nelson’s life by poet William Thomas Fitzgerald, with
black funereal border, printed by J. Nichols for Edward Orme,
approximately — 17½ x 12½in. (45 x 32cm.) framed and glazed
£80-120
73.
AN INTERESTING NEAR CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT AND
WATERCOLOUR CHART OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
unsigned, on laid paper watermarked for 1795, with shaded
coastline and tinted fleet positions neatly annotated with a 10 point
reference key on left and entitled in lower Admiral Horatio Nelson’s
Victory, — 8 x 11½in. (20.5 x 28cm.)
£150-250
74.
A VERY RARE ‘BROADSIDE’ COMMEMORATING NELSON’S
VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
engraved and published by Thomas Tomkins, 18th
January 1799
and featuring a transcript of Nelson’s despatch describing the
action, including lines-of-battle, lists of the opposing Admirals,
Captains, ships and their fates, and a top edge cartouche
containing a vignette of the figure of Victory inscribing an oval
shield with details, — 27 x 20in (69 x 51cm.), attractively framed
within an oak surround for display
Another example but with vacant top cartouche was sold in these rooms
on 17th
July 2008, lot 22 (£380)
Although the ‘broadsides’ issued after Trafalgar have attracted enormous
prices at auction in recent years, those for the Nile - or indeed for any of
Nelson’s other victories - are equally rare, with only handfuls of examples
known to have survived.
£600-800
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75.
A VERRE ÉGLOMISÉ LOCKET OF EMMA HAMILTON WITH PROBABLE LOCK OF NELSON’S HAIR BEHIND, CIRCA 1805-6
depicting Emma, looking to sea and releasing a dove whilst clutching an open cage resting on a pediment inscribed NELSON / Obt21Octr /
1805 glazed with verre églomisé border, the reverse with curl of fine grey-blonde hair set on a maroon silk backing, gilt brass frame and
suspension loop — 2in. (5cm.) high
The hair sample included in this lot closely matches verified examples seen and sold. As is well recorded, Emma was given all of Nelson’s hair and
was, initially at least, generous in presenting clips to well wishers. This locket may have been commissioned by Emma to give to important well
wishers, or possibly a sympathetic admirer, both of whom thought it beyond reason to state its provenance.
£400-600
75 75 (detail)
76 (detail)76 77 (part)
77.
A COMMEMORATIVE TRAFALGAR/WATERLOO PRESSED WOOD
SNUFF BOX
the lid depicting two veterans smoking in a tavern inscribed
around edge VICTORY TRAFALGAR WATERLOO / 21 OCTOBER
1805 / 18 JUNE 1815, — 27
⁄8in. (7.2cm.) diam.; together with a small
treen barrel made from Iron Duke; and a Victory copper medallion
issued by the British Foreign Sailors Society in 1805, boxed
(3)
£100-150
76.
A TURNED TREEN SNUFF BOX MADE FROM SAN JOSEF TIMBER,
19TH-CENTURY
the lid with manuscript paper label reading A Piece Of The Wing
Transom Of H.M. Ship, San Josef. Captured By Nelson In The
Battle Of Cape St Vincent, February 14th 1797. — 3¼in. (9.5cm.)
diam
The 112-gun San Josef was the vessel captured as a result of Nelson’s
celebrated “patent bridge” - using the captured 80-gun San Nicolas which
was entangled with San Josef. San Josef was broken up at Devonport in
1849 with surprisingly little treen seen on the market.
£400-600

78.
A COMMEMORATIVE PORTRAIT BROOCH OF NELSON BY
WILLIAM TASSIE, 1805
the right facing profile in Tassie’s compound and signed and dated
on the shoulder Tassie F. 1805, mounted on bloodstone and set
within a yellow metal mount with hinged pin behind — 1in.
(2.5cm.) high
£600-800
79.
AFTER LEMUEL ABBOTT, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY
Horatio, Viscount Nelson
Oil on copper
Oval, mounted in contemporary ebonised frame
Image size 5¼ x 4in. (13.5 x 10cm.)
£400-600
80 (part)
79
81
78
80. Ø
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY
COMMEMORATIVE
NELSON/TRAFALGAR LOCKET
painted on ivory and depicting
two first rates in action inscribed
around the border Nelson, Tho’
Dead, Yet Speaketh England
Expects Every Man To Do His
Duty with gilt brass frame and
empty hair compartment behind,
— 2½in. (6.5cm.) high; together
with two silver rowing oars
prizes from H.M.S. Sussex, 1931;
and naval crown menu holder
retained by Gieves Ltd 1933/4.
(4)
£300-400
81.
AN ‘EDITION DE LUXE’ TRAFALGAR CENTENARY PORCELAIN TYG
BY SPODE COPELAND, 1905
numbered 78 of a limited edition of 100 — 6 x 5¾in. (15.3 x
14.6cm.)
This is the rare larger sized version of this decorative celebration tyg.
£400-600
82.
THREE NELSON’S VICTORY SOUVENIRS, 1905
comprising a Schools’ Award shield bearing a copper bas-relief of
Victory under sail, with extensive inscription below relating to the
British & Foreign Sailors’ Society (for whose benefit these items
were produced and sold), mounted on a shield-shaped backboard
of Victory oak (Hardy 123); together with another similar shield for
presentation to Canadian Schools in 1907, apparently unrecorded
and presumed very rare thus; a Victory copper biscuit barrel, the
ribbed sides with affixed copper medallion showing Victory under
full sail at Trafalgar, date 1765 below, 5½in. high (14cm.); and a
vesta case made from copper recovered from Nelson’s Foudroyant
wrecked in 1897, all good condition
(4)
£200-300

83.
ENGLISH SCHOOL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY
A Naval officer in dress uniform
Watercolour
Oval in contemporary ebonised frame
3 x 2¼in. (7.5 x 5.5cm.)
£200-300
84.
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY
A fleet engagement
Inscribed Duncan & Victory
Oil on vellum
Oval 1½ x 2¼in. (2.5 x 6.5cm.)
£150-250
83
86 (detail)
84
85
85.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TRAY PAINTED WITH AN ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIGATE
ACTION, PROBABLY THE CHESAPEAKE AND SHANNON
with re-gilded rim — 15 x 20½in. (38 x 52cm.)
£150-250
86.
AN 1827-PATTERN ROYAL NAVY SWORD HILT WITH CHINESE REPLACEMENT BLADE
the 29in. curved blade inscribed with Chinese characters near the hilt, regulation hilt with thumbpiece
engraved N. B. Bedingfeld [sic] (lacking scabbard, old wear) — 34¼in. (87cm.) overall
Vice-Admiral Norman Bernard Bedingfield, FRGS, was born 1824 and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1842,
being successively promoted Sub-Lieut. 1842, Lieut. 1851, Commander 1856 and Captain 1862. Retired and was
made Rear-Admiral in 1877 and then Vice-Admiral in 1884. Was Midshipman of the Clio during the operations in
China in 1842 and present at the forcing of the boom at Obligado in 1846. Repeatedly commended during five
years’ service suppressing the slave trade off the coast of West Africa. Wrecked in the Forerunner and “was
instrumental in saving many lives.” Lieut. of the royal yacht Victoria & Albert, 1854-56, and made FRGS in 1855.
Accompanied Dr. Livingstone’s expedition to the Zambezi in the capacity of Government Surveyor and Nautical
Commander sailing from Liverpool in March 1858, returning to England in January 1859 after dramatically falling
out with Livingstone. Received a “good service” pension in 1876, retired 1877 and died 26th
February 1894.
£250-350

87.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, CIRCA 1865 AND LATER
a collection of 83 photographs mounted, mostly of identifiable
Victorians, but also with several ships and ships’ crews depicted,
from H.M.Ships Emerald, Phoebe and Revenue, contemporary
hard-grain Morocco, very rubbed, most of spine missing, oblong
4to
£200-300
88.
AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY MINIATURE TORTOISESHELL AND
HORN PROFILE MODEL OF A JAPANESE DESTROYER, CIRCA 1910
an exquisite miniature model of an Imperial Japanese destroyer, in
tortoiseshell and horn, featuring 3 funnels, 2 sparred masts, aft
torpedo tubes, wire rigging, WT aerials and national flags on bow
and stern, the vessel set within a clear oval in the centre of a
rectangular tortoiseshell plaque — length of craft 3.25in. (8.5cm.),
the plaque — 6.75in. x 5.5in. (17 x 13.5cm.), the reverse mounted
with two small (later) hooks for hanging
The scale of this model makes a positive identification of the vessel
difficult, a problem magnified by the dearth of photographs for many of
the earliest Japanese classes of both destroyers and torpedo boats. In
terms of design, however, the model resembles the two “Sakura” class
destroyers, Sakura and Tachibana (both laid down in 1911 and completed
in 1912), not least because they were originally intended to be large
ocean-going vessels but were altered at a late stage to medium coastal
types (second class).
The precise purpose of the model is equally enigmatic and it is presumed
to have been a presentation item to an individual such as an Admiralty
official or perhaps the vessel’s first commanding officer. Whatever the
truth, only one other comparable plaque is known to the cataloguer, that
being of the Russian armoured cruiser Gromoboi [Thunderer] launched
in 1899 and completed in 1900, which merely adds to the mystery of these
plaques’ country of origin.
£400-600
87 (part)
87 (part)
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89.
A PAIR OF MIDSHIPMAN’S LOG BOOKS, 1906-1909
kept by H.S. Hornby aboard H.M.Ships Drake 15 September 1906-
30 April 1907; Formidable 1 June 1907-17 August 1908; and
Bulwark 18 August 1908-15 November 1909, written in a clear hand
with good daily descriptions of activities undertaken by author and
crew and copious pasted technical watercolours and charts,
occasional officer signature, bound with blue leather boards with
gilt titles and full page photographs of Formidable pasted on fly
leafs — 12½ x 8¼in. (31.5 x 21cm.)
(2, a pair)
Drake was a second class cruiser of 1901, torpedoed 1917; Formidable
was a battleship of 1898 torpedoed 1915; and Bulwark was a battleship
of 1899, which unaccountably blew up at the quayside in 1914. Hugh
Stanton Hornby (1890-1916) was a fine all-round athlete and sportsman.
Having completed his training, he became a submariner and was serving
aboard H.M.Submarine C.26 when he suffered a freak accident diving into
the water from a wet platform on H.M.S. Arrogant and died of internal
injuries three days later. His funeral was attended by several senior
officers, including a representative of Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon,
founder of the submarine corps.
£500-800
90.
ADMIRALTY DEPARTMENT REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
DESIGNS [FOR THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT AND ARMORED
CRUISER INVINCIBLE], 1905
19 folding plates at the end, 12 being specifications for a battleship
and a cruiser and 2 plates at the beginning depicting H.M.S.
Dreadnought and H.M.S. Invincible, original half-calf with
Confidential Report on the Committee on Designs 1905 in gilt on
upper cover, rebacked with original spine preserved, slipcase, folio,
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode.
A rare and extremely important volume, especially for the plate and
description of the specifications of H.M.S. Dreadnought, built in the
following year and indubitably the most important ship in the British
Navy, rendering for a time all other ships in the world obsolete. Her
launch helped spark a naval arms race as navies around the world,
particularly the German, rushed to match her in the build-up to WWI.
Library stamps on title and preliminaries of Dartmouth Naval College.
£600-900
91.
AN INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE PERTAINING TO THE
CAREER OF CAPTAIN BASIL M. PECK, M.B.E. ROYAL NAVY
spanning his career from 1906 to 1947 and including many unusual
and interesting views taken aboard various ships including H.M.S.
Powerful; Royal Sovereign; Renown; Courageous and others, and
comprising approx. 150 photographs together with numerous
topographical views taken on tour and including several views of
Captain Scott’s Terra Nova departing Melbourne on 17th October
1910; interesting close-up views of a torpedo being launched; a
fine series of scenes about H.M.S. Powerful circa 1909 and of
H.M.S. Challenger in heavy seas, May 1910 and a further long
series of images from the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Courageous
showing several aerial accidents and views; a series of
photographs from the 1935 Jubilee Review; views of the Italian
liner Ausonia burning in Alexandria harbour and a good series of
late personal photographs in and around the Mediterranean;
together with a third album comprising a set of professional
photographs of his various vessels and approx. 50 annotated
photo postcards of naval interest; together with a bound folio of
personal paperwork comprising commissions etc.; a
dissertation/lecture on Admiral Byng; and a silver cigarette case
engraved with owner’s initials and dates and names of all vessels
served between 1906 and 1947
(A lot)
£400-600
90
91 (part) the lower showing Capt Scott’s ‘Terra Nova’, 1910
89

92.
“ENEMY SUBMARINES IN QUESTION AND ANSWER”, A SECOND
WORLD WAR OFFICIAL PAMPHLET (BR 145/40)
a rare copy of the Admiralty’s official pamphlet published by the
Naval Staff, Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, July 1940, illustrated
with 8 black & white plates and various silhouettes, original blue
paper covers; with Ships of the Royal Navy, publ. by Sampson,
Low, Marston, issues for 1938, 1940 & 1941, and an earlier edition
for 1926, all small oblong format, generally good condition, the
first item especially so
(5)
£60-100
93.
A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT BINOCULARS BY CARL
ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1943, RECOVERED FROM U-236, 1945
the tubes with original light green finish, rubber covered back
plates, stamped with maker’s code blc and numbered 52934, the
eyepieces with Bakelite cover inscribed Benutzer / Okulare /
Testgestellt / Nicht / Verdrehen on elasticated Benz — 8in. (20cm.)
high; together with a contemporary media photograph showing U-
236 approaching to surrender
(2)
Provenance: Lt. T. Naughton, 1945, and thence by descent; Private
collection.
U-236 surrendered to the Royal Navy at Eriboll on 11th May, 1945. These
binoculars were liberated by Lt T. Naughton who is marked with an ‘X’
on the accompanying photograph, and who is aboard the previously-
surrendered U-826, now flying the White Ensign. Naughton’s father
served in the RN in World War I and liberated the binoculars forming lot
98.
Literature: Seeger, Dr. H.T.: Militärische Ferngläser und Fernrohre
in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine, Druck und Verarbeitung, Hamburg
1995, pp373-9.
£1000-1500
94.
A PAIR OF 7 X 50 FIXED FOCUS SERVICE BINOCULARS BY ERNST
LEITZ WETZLAR, CIRC 1940
the back-plates stamped with maker’s code BEH and number
‘448814’, covered in rubber with separate rubber eyepiece covers
and leather neck strap — 9in. (23cm.) high
£700-900
95.
A WORLD WAR II GERMAN NAVY LIEUTENANT’S PEAKED HAT
constructed in blue wool cloth, braided insignia, leather chin strap,
lined interior; together with an overseas cap for the same period
(2)
£200-400
93 and 94
93 (part) U-236 surrendering to U-826 (already captured)
95 (part)

96.
A FINE PAIR OF 7 x 50 FIXED FOCUS
KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT OFFICER’S
BINOCULARS BY ERNST LEITZ, WETZER, CIRCA
1940
stamped on the back plate with Kreigsmarine
and maker’s code beh and numbered ‘26482’,
compete with Bakelite eyepiece cover, leather
strap and original embossed leather case of issue
with filter pockets inside lid containing filters —
cased size 12in. (30.5cm.) high
Provenance: Major H.A. Green, Indian Army
attached to the 14th Army, WWII, believed taken
from a captured U-Boat around South-East Asia and
thence by descent.
£1500-2000
97.
A PAIR OF 7 X 50 FIXED FOCUS KRIEGSMARINE BINOCULARS BY
CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1943
stamped on the backplate with Kriegsmarine emblem, maker’s
mark numbered ‘2060321’, and issue number ‘N / Nr.14026’, leather
eye piece guard on elastic cord, leather neck strap, contained in
original black leather counter-marked case embossed with with
leather strap and sprung catch — 8in. (20.5cm.) high
Provenance: Recovered by vendor’s father-in-law from a battlefield
near Monte Cassino, 1944.
£1000-1500
98.
A PAIR OF 10 X 50 KAISERMARINE BRIDGE BINOCULARS BY
ZEISS, 1916 REMOVED FROM S.M.S. BADEN, SCAPA FLOW, 1919
heavily constructed in aluminum with splash cuffs, elevation
screw, stamped on the backplate with maker’s marks, Kaisermarine
mark, dated 14.7.16, and separately focusing eyepieces — overall
13in. (33cm.) long; together with associated tripod stand by Zeiss.
(2)
Provenance: Sub Lt. James Naughton, 1919, and thence by descent;
Private collection.
The last German battleship to be completed before the War ended, she
was completed after Jutland and saw no action in her single cruise of
April 1918. Interned with the rest of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow,
the Royal Navy managed to board and beach her during the mass
scuttling of June 1919. Re-floated, she was sunk as a target two years
later. It is presumed that Sub Lt. Naughton was one of the boarding party
- his son served in World War II and captured the binoculars in lot 93.
£1500-2500
96
98
97

99.
A PAIR OF 25 X 105 SECOND WORLD WAR
FORTRESS BINOCULARS BY SCHNEIDER, CIRCA
1943
unsigned, complete with mounting brackets, top
handle, filters and rubberised eyepiece — 22in.
(56cm.) long
Literature: Seeger, Dr. H.T.: Militärische Ferngläser
und Fernrohre in Heer, Luftwaffe und Marine, Druck
und Verarbeitung, Hamburg 1995, pp258, which
describes how these binoculars were in service
along the Normandy coast during the war.
£1000-1500
100.
A PAIR OF 10 X 70 BINOCULAR GUN SIGHTS BY ROSS, LONDON CIRCA
1940
contained with regulation crackle finished case, signed as per title with
government issue mark, the eyepieces with independent filters, mounted
in a bracket with location handle (later) — 14in. (35.5cm.) high overall;
together with an associated tripod
(2)
£300-500
99
100
101
101.
A PAIR OF 30 X 75 BRIDGE BINOCULARS BY
SWAROVSKI UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN USED
ABOARD THE CANBERRA DURING THE FALKLANDS
CAMPAIGN, 1982
with rubberised lens caps, maker’s plate to top marked
as per title with scratched serial number I/II , top
mounted handle and location scope rubber
shade/splash cup over eyepiece, mounted on deck rail
bracket — overall 11½ x 15in. (29 x 38cm.)
It is believed the Canberra was fitted with six pairs of
Swarovski 30 x 75 binoculars. This pair has been
marked in ink CAN no. 2 of 6.
£400-600

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

103.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR
CARVED BONE CALVARY SCENE
constructed from a section of shin bone, with lattice cut glazed
door opening to reveal polychrome Calvary scene on a platform
painted with flowers to the front and mounted on three feet, the
reverse ornately carved overall, — 5in. (12.5cm.) high
£700-900
104.
A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-
OF-WAR MECHANICAL BONE ‘SPINNING JENNY’ IN BOTTLE
the hand-blown clear glass ?drug bottle containing a wooden
platform supporting a carved bone ‘Jenny’ cranking a large yarn
winder with stylized plants behind, spotted in polychrome overall
and sealed with wood-topped cork with bone crank — 7½in.
(19cm.) high
£600-800
105.
A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED HORN POWDER FLASK, ENGLISH
18/19TH-CENTURY
incised overall with charming naïve depictions of named beasts
including baboon, leopard, peacock, falcon, lyon, unecorn etc.,
brass end cap and sprung nozzle with powder settings — 9¼in.
(23.5cm.) high
£600-800
103
105
104
105 (detail)

106
106 (reverse)
106. Ø
A 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH OF THE CONFEDERATE
RAIDERS ALABAMA AND SUMTER
finely incised over both sides and depicting the vessels underway flying early Confederate colours, each
deeply engraved in a left-hand bias “Alabama” and “Sumter” with blazing ships in the background — 6in.
(15cm.) high
Both of these highly successful Confederate commerce raiders were commanded by the famous and hot-tempered
Raphael Semmes. The dramatic action between Alabama and the U.S.S. Kearsage fought off the coast of France is one
of the most gripping encounters of the American Civil War. As Semmes transferred most of his crew as well as his flag
from Sumter (a converted merchantman) to Alabama, it is tempting to speculate that this tooth is linked to one of them.
£2000-3000
107. Ø
A FINE 19TH-CENTURY NARWHAL TUSK
of mellowed yellow hue with slight cork-screw taper — 82in.
(208.3cm.); wooden display stand.
CITES Certificate No. 543037/01
£6000-8000
107

109.
A LARGE SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED NAUTILUS
SHELL COMMEMORATING THE GREAT EXHIBITION
BY CHARLES WOOD, CIRCA 1850
worked overall and comprising the Royal Arms, the
Arms of the City of London, and George and the
Dragon, these flanked by the text of a speech entitled
Mansion House Speech of His Royal H. Prince Albert
at The Grand Exhibition Banquet, London, March 21,
1850, with gift presentation inscription dated for
1852, (restoration) — 8 x 7in. (20 x 18cm.) perspex
stand
£200-400
110. Ø
A REALISTICALLY MODELLED HUMAN SKULL
CARVED FROM A WHALE’S VERTEBRAE, PROBABLY
20TH-CENTURY
carved with cranium seams, eye sockets, nasal cavity
and closed jaw with inset teeth carved from marine
ivory, 8in. (20.5cm.) high; mounted on a black metal
associated stand.
£600-800
111.
A MEERSCHAUM PIPE OF NEPTUNE, 19TH-
CENTURY
depicted with flowing hair and beard, and wearing a
seaweed crown, threaded amber shaft and contained
in plush-lined leather case of issue — 8in. (20cm.)
overall
£200-300
111
108
108.
AN EXCEPTIONAL SAILORS’ KNOTWORK WALKING STICK
the plain tapering ebonised shaft covered in intricate knotwork devices which
become more complex approaching the Turk’s Head handle, — 35½in. (90cm.) long
A tour-de-force of knotwork art, the devices closely copy those seen on the carved bone
examples, and is, to date, unique in the cataloguer’s experience.
£400-600
109
110

112.
A 19TH-CENTURY SEAMAN’S CHEST
constructed in yellow pine, the lid painted inside with depiction of
a trading ship under full sail and inscribed under As She Shone In
The Light of Declining Day: Each Sail Was Set and Each Heart Was
Gay, inset ditty box with painted lid, the ends with rope Beckett-
type handles, — 16½ x 36 x 16in. (42 x 91.5 x 44.5cm.) overall,
folder of data.
By tradition, this chest is associated with the clipper Taranaki , launched
1870 by Robert Duncan.
£400-600
113. Ø
A COLLECTION OF BO’SUN’S STARTERS, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY
comprising two twisted baleen and two wooden shafted examples,
all with twine covered lead terminals — each approx. 12in.
(30.5cm.) long
(4)
£250-350
114.
A SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PICTURE OF AN IRONCLAD, CIRCA 1850
depicted underway off Portsmouth with a Solent Fort beyond —
16½ x 13½in. (42 x 34.5cm.)
£150-250
114113
112 112 (detail)

115. Ø
A CARVED TORTOISESHELL SHIP PROFILE
depicting an American liner mounted on a blonde shell
background and oval mounted within a tortoiseshell plaque
surround — 4¼ x 5¾in. (10.5 x 14.5cm.)
£300-500
116. Ø
A TORTOISESHELL CIGAR CASE, EARLY 20TH-CENTURY
the lid with carved profile of a passenger cargo ship set on blonde
shell background, the reserve with inset yellow metal monogram
‘JM’ — 4 x 2¾in. (10 x 7cm.)
£250-350
117. Ø
A TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY RELIEF PROFILE MODEL FOR A
PASSENGER CARGO SHIP
depicted underway on a calm sea and mounted in an oval with
tortoiseshell mount — 4¼ x 6in. (10.5 x 15cm.)
£300-500
118. Ø
A TORTOISESHELL CIGAR CASE, EARLY 20TH-CENTURY
the lid with carved profile of a liner flying an American flag, set on
blonde shell background, the reserve with scratch engraved
owner’s name — 5 x 3in. (12.5 x 7.5cm.)
£350-450
115
116
117
118

119.
A BRONZE CARPATHIA/TITANIC MEDAL, 1912
as issued by Tiffany on behalf of the Titanic Relief Fund Committee
(ribbon and later brooch fitting removed)
£1500-2500
120.
A FIRST CLASS WHITE STAR LINE TURQUOISE GOTHIC PATTERN
SIDE PLATE
unsigned, bearing registration design no. R.N. 117214 and 324028
and further number 8/1903 — 9in. (23cm.) diam
£150-250
121.
A FIRST CLASS WHITE STAR LINE TURQUOISE GOTHIC PATTERN
SIDE PLATE
unsigned, bearing registration design no. R.N. 117214 and 324028
and further number 8/1912 — 8¾in. (22.5cm.) diam
£150-250
122.
A WHITE STAR LINE FIRST CLASS TURQUOISE GOTHIC PATTERN
SIDE PLATE, CIRCA 1910
with maker’s marks for Stonier & Co. Ltd — 9in. (23cm.) diam;
together with a White Star Line asparagus dish with maker’s mark
for John Maddock & Sons Ltd. for Stonier & Co. Ltd circa 1931.
(2)
£150-250
119
122
122
120
121

123.
A WHITE STAR LINE LUSOL WARE ASPARAGUS DISH, CIRCA 1922
with maker’s marks Keeling and Co. Ltd for Stonier & Co. Ltd —
8¾in. (22.5cm.) wide; together with a vegetable dish in the same
pattern
(2)
£100-150
124.
A FIRST CLASS WHITE STAR LINE TURQUOISE PATTERN TASSE
DE CAFÉ, CIRCA 1910
by Stonier & Co. Ltd., Liverpool; together with two egg cups in
turquoise and brown.
(3)
£200-300
125.
A SECOND CLASS WHITE STAR LINE DELFT PATTERN
ASPARAGUS DISH, CIRCA 1910
with maker’s marks for Stonier & Co. Ltd and impressed R.D. No.
538317 — 9¼ x 8¼in. (23.5 x 21cm.); together with a rhomboid
shaped vegetable dish in the same pattern
(2)
£200-300
126.
A GROUP OF WHITE STAR LINE PORCELAIN
comprising three soup tureen saucers, a twin-handled chocolate
cup, a condiment pot and spoon, an egg cup and a butter dish
(7)
£100-150
125123
126124

127. δ
STEPHEN J. RENARD (BRITISH, B. 1947)
The ‘Titanic’ - A Memory
comprising five pen and ink sketches framed as one studio stamp
to reverse, together with two pages of notes overall 19 x 26in. (48 x
66cm.)
£400-600
129.
R… WARING (BRITISH, 20TH-CENTURY)
R.M.S. ‘Mauretania’
Signed and inscribed ‘R./. Waring’ H.E.A.M. Egremont’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
16½ x 41½in. (42 x 80cm.)
£500-800
128.
A RARE AUSTRIAN LLOYD LINE OIL LAMP, CIRCA 1900
the etched glass shade with apposing company crests inscribed
VORWAERTS! mounted to silvered oil reservoir stand and attached
to turned wooded plinth — 20in. (51cm.); together with a ceramic
side plate for the same line with marker’s mark for Haas & Czjek
(2)
£100-150
128 (part)
129
127

130.
A SILVER-PLATED TABLE SERVICE OF FLATWARE BY CHRISTOFLE,
PARIS FOR S.S. NORMANDIE
each engraved with monogram TGC, comprising: 22 table forks; 18
tablespoons; 10 fish forks and knives; 10 dessert spoons; 9
teaspoons; 2 oyster forks and 11 table knives.
(92)
£800-1200
131.
ANONYMOUS, 20TH CENTURY
Saturnia-Vulcania; Cosulich-Triest Line
Lithograph in colors, printed by Grafiche Modiano, Trieste, a colour
cross section of the ship
24 x 60in. (61 x 152.5cm.)
£400-600
130 (part)
131
132 133
132.
R.M.Ss QUEEN ELIZABETH & QUEEN MARY, AUTOGRAPHED
PAYMENT RECEIPTS
issued by John Brown & Co. Ltd and addressed to the secretary of
the Cunard Steam Ship Company acknowledging cheques for the
41st and 21st instalments (25,000 / 27,500) dated for 11/09/31 and
22/02/38, mounted and framed as a pair, framed size — 15 x 21in.
(38 x 53cm.)
£150-250
133.
NORMAN WILKINSON: A TRAVEL AGENT’S POSTER FOR THE
BLUE STAR LINE
depicting a liner at anchor with local craft attending, signed
Norman Wilkinson lower right, framed with ebonised frame
impressed BLUE STAR LINE LONDON TO SOUTH AMERICA — 23 x
26in. (58.5 x 66cm.) overall
£300-500

135
134.
TWO STANDARD LAMPS FROM THE READING ROOM OF THE S.S. UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952
the wooden shaft with bulkhead securing bracket, aluminum base with deck securing holes, shade arms,
four threaded sockets and aluminium uplighter — 59in. (150cm.) high
£300-500
135.
THREE FIRST CLASS DRESSER LAMPS FROM THE S.S UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952
constructed in aluminium with shade arms and threaded socket for two bulbs — 24½in. (62cm.) high
(3)
£300-500
136.
SIX BEER GLASSES FROM THE S.S. UNITED STATES, CIRCA 1952
each etched with line’s logo — 6¼in. (15.5cm.) high
(6)
£100-150
137.
A HANCING PIECE
THOUGHT TO BE FROM A
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
LINE SHIP’S RESTAURANT,
CIRCA 1900
finely carved in gilt wood as
a half-length Neptune
terminating with scrollwork
with carved fruits underneath
— 79in. (201cm.) high
£800-1200
138. - 139. No Lots
136
137
134

Historic Diving Lot 152 (detail)

140.
‘NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE MARY ROSE AT SPITHEAD,
20TH JULY 1545..’
by S. Hornsey, Portsea, 1849, second edition, 99 gilt-edged pages
with dedication to Sir Edward Codrington, owners name on fly for
Herbert Lush, gilt spine titles, bound in oak recovered from the
wreck — 3¾ x 2¼in. (9.5 x 6cm.)
£250-350
141.
TWO ROYAL GEORGE OAK-BOUND BOOKS
comprising: True Stories of H.M. Ship Royal George from 1746-
1841, by Henry Slight for E. Hartnall, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 1841, 120
gilt-edged pages plus 4 engravings, gilt titles to spine, bound with
oak from the wreck — 3½ x 2in. (9 x 5cm.); together with A
Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George... Major-General Pasley’s
Operations in 1839-40-41-41 & 43.. published by S. Horsey, Portsea,
1844, seventh edition, 172 gilt-edged pages with five engravings
including one pull-out of the capsize, presentation inscription on fly
from September 1844, gilt spine titles, bound in wood from the
wreck — 4¼ x 2¾in. (11 x 7cm.)
(2)
£200-400
142.
A ROYAL GEORGE OAK DECANTER BOX, 19TH-CENTURY
the lid with copper stringing to edge and cartouche inscribed Relic
of H.M.S. Royal George Sank 1782, the baize lined interior fitted for
six flasks, drop handles and copper lock escutcheon — 12½ x 16 x
11in. (31.5 x 40.5 x 28cm.)
The disaster that befell the Royal George in 1782 presented a great
challenge to the Royal Navy. As the contemporary accounts in lot 143
state, engineers were confident that they could have the ship raised
within a couple of months. As history records, that was optimistic and,
as time slipped by, this idea was abandoned in favour of salvage. Whilst
some early progress was made, the hull remained a serious obstruction
to shipping for over 70 years. The operations undertaken bycmdr. Pasley
in the 1840s, where successful underwater explosives were first used,
basically became the testing platform and training site which laid the
foundations of ‘modern’ enclosed diving. The oak used in this box has
areas of black staining suggesting long submersion and so is likely to
have been raised in these operations.
£600-800
143.
THE SINKING OF THE ROYAL GEORGE
Yesterday an express arrived at the Admiralty from Admiral Lord
Howe at Portsmouth, informing the Board, of the melancholy
disaster of his Majesty’s ship the Royal George of 100 guns, with
most of her crew, being lost at Spithead.. the accident happened
while the she was hove upon a careen, in order to have the water
cistern repaired... lengthy account including provisional list of
casualties in a complete and original copy of The London Chronicle
for 29th August 1782; together with a second complete issue from
31st August with further analysis, eye witness accounts and data
(2)
£100-150
142
140 and 141

144.
A 12-BOLT COPPER AND BRASS DIVING HELMET BY SIEBE
GORMAN CO. LTD, MATCHED NO. 18648
the bonnet with counter-numbered face plate, spitcock valve, air
inlet with spring non-return valve, adjustable exhaust, hinged
safety catch, etc.; the corselet with makers’ plate, front mounted
weight studs, signed and numbered brasses with bolts; tinned
interior with air inlet ducting to face plates — 19in. (49.5cm.) high
Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990.
£2500-3500
145.
A 6-BOLT ADMIRALTY PATTERN DIVING HELMET BY SIEBE
GORMAN & CO. LTD, LONDON, MATCHED NO. 14394, CIRCA 1930
the bonnet with numbered face plate, spit cock, spring-loaded air
inlet with non-return valve and blanking nut, telephone port with
stamped blanking nut and adjustable exhaust on corselet, with
maker’s plate, front and back weight studs and stamped brasses
with wing nuts — 19in. (48cm.) high
£2500-4000
144
145
146
146.
A 6-BOLT COPPER AND BRASS ADMIRALTY PATTERN DIVING
HELMET, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD, MATCHED NO. 12183
the bonnet with face-plate stamped ‘AP 7985’, spitcock,valve, air
inlet with sprung non-return valve and blanking nut, telephone port
with stamped blanking nut, hinged safety pin; the corselet with
enamelled maker’s plate, front and back weights, bolts with wing
nuts (lacking brasses) — 19in. (48cm.) high
£2000-3000

147.
FOUR CANVAS AND RUBBER STANDARD DIVER’S SUITS, BY
SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD
comprising one 12-bolt and three 6-bolt examples
(4)
£400-600
148.
A PAIR OF FRONT AND BACK LEAD WEIGHTS BY SIEBE GORMAN
& CO. LTD
each stamped with maker’s marks and a Siebe Gorman inspection
label complete with ropes and helmet hooks; together with
another pair of weights, unsigned
(2 pairs)
£200-300
149.
TWO PAIRS OF STANDARD DIVER’S BOOTS, BY SIEBE GORMAN
& CO. LTD
unsigned, both in black, one with painted toe caps
(2 pairs)
£200-300
150.
TWO PAIRS OF STANDARD DIVER’S BOOTS, BY SIEBE GORMAN
& CO. LTD
unsigned, the first pair in black with MoD ‘serviceable’ label, dated
1975; together with a pair in brown leather, possibly unused
(2 pairs)
£200-300
151.
TWO STANDARD DIVER’S TORCHES, BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO.
LTD
each stamped with maker’s details for Cwm Bran, Gwent, with
leather straps, one inscribed permanent AFT DC (aft
decompression chamber) — 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high
(2)
£150-250
151
149 and 150

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

153.
A RARE MK V PETROLEUM DIVER’S BAND MASK (‘P.D.M.’),
SERIAL NO. 1, BY TRIPLE XXX OF NORWICH, CIRCA 1970
with rubberized hood and neck corselet, air inlet and exhaust
controls, telephone control, maker’s plate inscribed and numbered
P.D.M. MK V / Ser No. 01 — 17in.(43cm.) high overall
£300-500
154.
A FREE FLOW DIVING HELMET BY SWINDELL, CIRCA 1980
fibreglass outer casing with nickel plated fittings, twin exhaust
controls, air inlet, telephone inlets, rubberised neck cuff and
internal padding — 14in. (35.5cm.)
£400-600
155.
A QUANTITY OF DIVING SPARES AND ACCESSORIES
comprising a bolt key; two leather jock-straps with ropes and
hooks; two corselet cushions; two pairs of replacement diving suit
rubber cuffs; a box of assorted rubber components sealed in
original packaging of issue; a length of air hose; and replacement
side and face plates
(a lot)
£300-500
156.
AN MOD DIVING MANUAL, BR 2806
issued by H.M.S.O. 1972, with amendments page issued 24th
September 1973 stamped COMEX DIVING LTD, comprising approx.
185pp over seven chapters with numerous illustrations and
technical diagrams, bound within blue cloth binder of issue with
gilt block titles — 12¼ x 9in. (31 x 23cm.); together with the U.S.
Navy Diving Manual Vols. I & II, second printing 1980, each with
illustrated technical sections within numbered dividers contained
in decorated ring-binders of issue
(3)
£40-60
157. - 159. No Lots
153
154
153 (detail)

Collectables, Fittings
and Ephemera
Lot 166 (detail)

160.
LLOYD’S REGISTER OF SHIPPING
a very useful ‘researcher’s run’ of post-War registers comprising
1946-47 (in 1 volume), 1950-51 (2), 1954-55 (2), 1960-61 (1), 1969-70
(2), 1973-74 (2), 1981-82 (3), 1985-86 (3), 1999-2000, Millennium
issue (3), 2005-06 (4), mostly practically as new, the last set in its
cardboard box of issue
(23)
£150-250
161.
ANNALS OF LLOYD’S REGISTER, 1884
2 actual portrait photographs mounted, folding printed table,
original green cloth gilt, London, [no printer]; together with Annals
of Lloyd’s Register, frontispiece and two plates, one of portraits, 2
illustrations in the text, original red cloth gilt, [London, no printer]
and two others similar
(4)
£80-120
162.
TALBOT-BOOTH’S ‘MERCHANT SHIPS’, EDITIONS FOR 1939, 1940
& 1942
“Merchant Ships”, 1939, Paymr. Lieut.-Comdr. E.C. Talbot-Booth,
R.N.R., London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., Naval
Publishers, containing 95 half-tone illustrations, 1630 line drawings
+ 780 line drawings of funnels for recognition, numerous
contemporary advertisements, oblong folio; and similar editions
for 1940 & 1942, both significantly enlarged with many more half-
tone plates and drawings, and the last including 5 pages of
German aircraft recognition silhouettes, all original blind-stamped
blue cloth, the first 2 re-backed using original spines, good sound
condition throughout
(3)
All the wartime editions of this invaluable work are very scarce.
£150-250
163.
‘TREASURE OF THE SPANISH MAIN’, SALE CATALOGUE OF THE
WORLD’S FIRST PUBLIC AUCTION OF RECOVERED WRECK
MATERIAL, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1967; AND OTHER SIMILAR
CATALOGUES
“Treasure of the Spanish Main” (from the Spanish Plate Fleet of
1715), Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4th
December 1967, fully
illustrated sale catalogue of the world’s first public auction of
material recovered from a submerged shipwreck; and “Treasure
from the site of H.M.S. Association” (sunk 1707), parts 1 & 2,
Sotheby’s, 14th
July 1969 & 28th
January 1970, these two sales
being the first ever held in the UK; together with other catalogues
of shipwreck material (23), including several sales of coins from the
Hollandia (sunk 1743), various auctioneers, and sales of material
from H.M.S. Invincible (lost 1758), S.S. Medina (sunk 1917), Atocha
and Santa Margarita (both lost 1622), Maravillas (lost 1656), S.S.
Douro (lost 1882), Abbatucci (lost 1869), S.S. Central America (lost
1857 - 2 catalogues, incl. that for the abandoned first sale cancelled
due to legal disputes) and the “Clive of India Treasure” (lost 1755),
numerous auctioneers and locations, mostly with official printed
pricelists and generally in unused condition, in all a remarkable
and potentially unique research archive
(26)
This collection of catalogues has been formed with great care as well as
some difficulty over many years by the vendor. The first catalogue has
long been a significant rarity and numerous others are now virtually
unobtainable. For any student of shipwrecks, this lot may well be a
unique opportunity to acquire such a comprehensive collection.
£300-500
164.
ALLEN, GRANT: ‘THE TIDAL THAMES WITH ...
PLATES BY W.L. WYLLIE A.R.A’.
Five parts, 20 photogravure plates printed on India
Paper, illustrations in the text. Folio, London, Cassell
& Company, circa 1900. Original pictorial boards,
contents loose. Printed for subscribers only.
(5)
£250-350
164 (part)
163 (part)

167.
GAVIN, C.M., ROYAL YACHTS, 1932
numerous colour mounted plates and plain plates, original blue
morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, London, Richard and
Cowan Ltd.
Published “by generous permission of His Majesty the King”, in 1932,
this widely-regarded standard work - which traces the entire history of
British royal yachts - is still regarded as the definitive work on the subject
and seems unlikely ever to be superseded.
£100-150
168.
A SECTION OF MAST FROM THE FAMOUS RACING YACHT
AMERICA [1851]
the section of yellow pine with much evidence of old weevil attack
and presentation plaque inscribed A portion of the foremast of the
yacht America presented by the United States International 14
team 1967 — 10½ x 17½in. (26.5 x 44.5cm.)
£400-600
166
168
165.
A QUANTITY OF 19TH-CENTURY SHIP PROFILE PLANS
published by Day & Son, London forming part of a larger set
mainly for side paddle vessels and comprising:plate 59 Royal
Steam Yacht; plate 60 Extreme Shallow Water; plate 61 Extreme
Shallow Water; plate 62 Channel Mail Packet; plate 68 Irish Trader;
plate 70 Mediterranean Trader & Mail Ship; plate 99 The ‘Great
Eastern’ Fourth Deck Plan (double-size); plate 122 Holyhead Royal
Irish Mail; plate 147 Screw Steam Frigate Warrior Class and plate
162 Paddle Wheels & Screw Propellers — various sizes 26½ x
19½in. (67 x 49 (folded)
(10)
£200-400
166.
A FINE SILVER GELATINE PRINT OF J-CLASS YACHTS, BY KIRK OF
COWES, 1934
depicting the yachts Velsheda, Candida, Shamrock, Astra and
Britannia at the start of a race, signed (lower right) and inscribed in
Indian ink and dated 9.8.34 in black lower left, in frame of issue
inscribed on reverse by Kirk with studio stamp, — 16 x 21¾in. (40.5
x 55cm.)
£400-600
165 (part, showing ‘Great Eastern’)

169 (detail)
169
169 (part)
169.
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PORTRAIT
FIGUREHEAD FROM THE BRIGANTINE EMILY
BURNYEAT, 1862
carved from laminated yellow pine as a three-quarter
length lady clutching a flower to her chest, her hair
tied in a ribbon, decorated bodice, skirts and scroll
terminus with slotted base and flat back with thole
pin and metal bracket fixing (repainted) - 42in.
(107cm.) high; together with a copy of Mariners’
Market, 1961; and other data
(2)
Literature: Rolt, L.T.C.: Mariners’ Market, Privately
Published for Burnyeat, Liverpool by Newman Neame
Ltd, 1961 and depicting this lot on the cover.
The Emily Burnyeat, named for the wife of William
Burnyeat, the founder of the eponymous Whitehaven firm,
was a wooden brigantine of 128 tons which, with her
consort barque Sarah Burnyeat, plied a steady trade for
over thirty years. Both were built at Gowan’s Yard, Berwick
in 1861-2. The Emily Burnyeat found fame of a sort when,
during an Atlantic crossing bound for the Mersey, a violent
storm had disabled all of her crew save the Master and a
cabin boy of fourteen. In a remarkable feat of endurance,
the Master (possibly a Captain Bale) managed, almost
single-handedly, to navigate his ship to the Mersey. Unable
to hove to for a pilot, he sailed on and ran the Emily
Burnyeat aground on the Sloyne before collapsing from
exhaustion. She disappears from the Lloyd’s Register by
1896.
£12000-14000

171.
A 19TH-CENTURY MARINE MARQUETRY WORK BOX
the lid depicting a three-masted ship underway near a lighthouse
within inset plate inscribed Marjorie, internal tray with
compartment lids inset with marquetry stylized signal flags — 6¼ x
13 x 8¾in. (16 x 33 x 22cm.)
£250-350
172.
A COLLECTION OF TREEN
comprising: a small oak tiller inscribed to top MARY HANNAH in
the form of an alligator with ropework arm clasping a ball; two fids;
a set of 19 lignum vitæ plumbers’ turn pins; a cased set of
boxwood naval architects’ shapes, each stamped ER 1865; a beam
compass; a wooden level; a saw, two wood and brass spirit levels
and a small model of a spirit level — tiller 19in. (48cm.) long
(a lot)
£300-500
173
172
173. Ø
TWO PAIRS OF LIGNUM VITÆ SPEAKING TUBE TERMINALS,
19TH-CENTURY
turned with threaded connectors and removable whistles, one with
ivory indicatator, each approximately — 3in. (7.5cm.) high
(4, two pairs)
£200-300
171
170
170.
A CARVED GILTWOOD BILLET HEAD, PROBABLY AMERICAN,
19TH-CENTURY
of typically scrolled form with side carvings, remnant securing
nails on underside — 19½in. (49.5cm.) high
£400-600

175.
A GONDOLA FORCOLA, VENICE, 20TH-CENTURY
in shaped wood of typical form, mounted on a
square display base — 33½in. (85cm.) high
£200-400
176.
A DECORATIVE BRASS GONDOLA CAVALLI, 20TH-
CENTURY
heavily cast in the form of a hippocamp and
mounted on an brass socle — 13 x 15½in. (33 x
39.5cm.)
£250-350
177.
THE SHIP’S BELL FROM THE S.S. GERD, 1896,
cast in brass of usual form, inscribed as per title,
complete with clapper on chain — 5½ x 8in. (14 x
25cm.)
The Gerd was a Norwegian collier of 575 tons built by
Robert Craggs of Middlesbrough; Sold to a British firm in
1912 when she became the Laurium (and when this bell
was presumbaly removed) she struck a mine laid by U-64
on the 21 April 1917 fifteen miles east of Skegness
carrying coal to Rouen with the loss of one life.
£150-250
174
178
177176175
178.
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING
SPEAKING TRUMPET, FRENCH 19TH-
CENTURY
engraved in sequence with ship names and
dates upon which he served between 1825
and 1871 and including: Cécile; Atalant;
Manlins; Tourville; Gange; Eclair; Ville de
Malaga; Ville de Lisbon and Cadix etc.,
owner’s initials ‘AG’ engraved within wreath
with ?later set ‘FG’ engraved under —
17½in. (44.5cm.) high
This speaking trumpet would appear to span two
generations of a merchant seaman’s family, the
earlier pertaining to ‘AG’ and seems to join his
last ship in 1831. There is a break of several
years before beginning again with ‘FG’ and
ending in 1872. While some names are
coincidental with French naval ships, the dates
rarely do and so it seems likely it was used in the
mercantile marine.
£300-500
174.
A PRESSED HORN SNUFF BOX COMMEMORATING SIR FRANCIS
DRAKE, POSSIBLY 18TH-CENTURY
the lid pressed with the armorial device for Drake — 4in. (10cm.)
wide; together with a silver militia buckle, unmarked and engraved
with crown BM and XXV, the reserve with two studs and a hook
(2)
£100-150

179.
A RARE ROYAL YACHT SERVING PLATTER OFF THE PRINCE
REGENT’S YACHT, CIRCA 1817
a large oval creamware serving platter by Spode, the white
ground decorated with oakleaf and acorn borders above
nautical ropes and knots, the centre of the base reading P
R in large letters separated by a crowned and garlanded
anchor, integral tendril handles and the underside
marked Spode in tiny red letters —19 x 14 x 3½in. (48.5 x
35.5 x 8.5cm.)
Literature: Pugh, Surgeon Captain P.D. Gordon: Naval
Ceramics, Ceramic Book Company, Newport,
Monmouthshire, 1971, see plates 127 & 128A for two pieces
from the same service although the pattern on only one of
the two is absolutely identical to the dish offered here.
Far less well-known than her more famous contemporary Royal
George, the royal yacht Prince Regent was laid down at Portsmouth in
September 1815 but not finally launched until June 1820, by which time her
namesake had already succeeded to the throne as King George IV. Little is known
of this yacht and it does not appear that she was much, if ever, used by the new king.
Whilst it is tempting to speculate that this dish was used in her dining saloon, it is actually far more
likely that it graced the Prince Regent’s table aboard Royal George which he used continually during
his Regency and after he became King.
Named for the Prince Regent, the future George IV, rather than his father, the ailing George III, the
Royal George was built at Deptford in 1817 and bore all the hallmarks of the Regent’s flamboyant
taste. Carrying a full ship-rig on her three masts, she was measured at 330 tons burden and was 103
feet long on her main deck with a 26½ foot beam. Luxuriously fitted out in a manner befitting her
status, she attracted much attention - “The vessel is the most elegant ever seen” wrote a
contemporary observer “...with gilt mouldings and the windows of plate-glass. Ornamental devices
in abundance....producing a superb appearance”.
After a remarkably colourful career during three reigns, Royal George’s life as a working yacht came
to an end in 1843, following the completion of the first royal steam yacht Victoria & Albert I. Thereafter
relegated to the role of an accommodation ship for officers and men of the Royal Yacht flotilla and
based at Portsmouth, she survived, astonishingly, until 1905 when she was finally broken up.
£1500-2000
180 181
179 (detail)
180.
TWO STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY MODELS OF ‘SAILOR’S RETURN’
AND ‘SAILOR’S FAREWELL’,
both unmarked, polychrome painted overall — approx. 9in. (23cm.)
high; together with a Staffordshire model of a Jack Tar smoking a
large briar type pipe — 12in. (30.5cm.) high
(3)
£200-300
181.
THREE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY ROYAL COPENHAGEN SPIRIT(?)
FLASKS
each depicting a famous contemporary vessel, comprising Jylland
under full sail, rev. Danish arms; Emden under steam, rev. German
arms; and Imperator Pavel at sea, rev. Russian arms — all 6.75in
(17cm.) high and in excellent condition
(3)
Jylland was an iconic wooden-hulled screw frigate of 1860 and is now
preserved as Denmark’s equivalent of Nelson’s Victory. Emden was a
German light cruiser of 1907 sunk in the Cocos Islands by H.M.A.S.
Sydney in a classic action in November 1914. Imperator Pavel was a
Russian battleship of 1907 which survived the Great War and was broken
up in 1923.
£150-250
179

182 (detail)
182.
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING FIGUREHEAD FROM THE ROYAL
DANISH NAVY CORVETTE H.D.M.S. NAJADEN, 1820
carved from a solid piece of stained pine in the form of a three-
quarter length depiction of Ceres holding a cornucopia in her right
hand and wearing a diadem over flowing locks of hair, terminating in
a foliate and scrolled slotted foot — 72in. (183cm.) high
Launched at Nyholm dockyard in May 1820 and classified as a Fifth Rate of
20-guns, this was the third vessel to carry this name - her immediate
predecessor (a 36-gun frigate) of 1811 having been sunk in 1812 at the Battle
of Lyngør by the British Royal Navy. Quickly fitted out, she embarked that
September for the first of three expeditions to the West Indies before finally
returning in 1826. Used thereafter as a cadet training ship, she became a
guard ship in 1844 which, apart from a short stint in active service during a
national emergency in 1848, was a rôle she remained in until 1851 when
decommissioned and sold. It seems probable that the Navy removed her
decorative scheme before selling the ship to the merchants H. Puggaard &
Co. and she made several more trips to the West Indies. It is believed she
caught fire when transporting gold diggers to Alaska and became a total
loss sometime in the 1850s
The choice of Ceres is appropriate for a vessel used for voyages to the West
Indies. The goddess of agriculture, she is associated with plenty and is
usually depicted wearing a crown of corn and carrying a sheath of corn or
cornucopia as here. In mythology, her daughter, Proserpine was abducted
by Pluto causing Ceres to travel everywhere in search of her, during which
time crops wouldn’t grow.
£10000-15000
Detail of the carving design for the
‘Najaden’ C.1819 courtesy of the
Rigsarkivet
182

184
183
(detail)
183
183.
DR. LIVINGSTONE’S WASHSTAND AND PORTABLE DESK,
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL AFRICA EXPEDITION, 1852-1856
probably regionally made in mahogany and comprising a
patinated hinged lid with period provenance label framed within,
together with additional cutting, fitted interior with vacant
recesses, dummy drawer to front, turned legs and iron securing
loops (old wear overall, lacks accessories for compartments,
‘drawer’ handles missing) — 30 x 26 x 20in. (76 x 66 x 51cm.)
David Livingstone and James “Paraffin” Young, the Scottish pioneer of
chemical engineering became friendly at Anderson’s College (now
Strathclyde University). Having discovered its potential, Young took out
a patent in 1850 for the production of paraffin oil which went on to make
him a fortune and in 1858 he set up a nationwide network of shops to sell
both oil and lamps, each run by local managers. The McHaffies were a
long established family of lamp dealers who had started as ironmongers,
and can be found at several addresses up until the 1880s living in the East
End of London. Young’s friendship with Livingstone never waned and he
not only part-funded his expeditions, but also some of the searches for
him when Livingstone disappeared. When he learnt of Livingstone’s
death, he paid for his servants to be repatriated and funded a statue still
present in George Square, Glasgow.
This washstand is not thought to be of European manufacture and is likely
to be something Livingstone acquired on arrival in Cape Town. He
famously travelled “light” by contemporary standards, and whilst to
modern eyes it seems inconveniently large, a combined writing surface
and toilette area may have been one of his few concessions. It may also
have been used on his explorations of Southern and Central Africa
between 1852-56 and then returned with him in 1857 before it was
deposited with his other equipment at Young’s premises in Oxford Street,
London. Later on it seems to have passed to Alfred Marsh, a House
Furnisher who was still at the 116-118 Kentish Town Road address in the
1891 census.
£3000-5000
184.
AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY SIGHTING COMPASS
unsigned, the aluminium compass ring stamped in reverse, half
blued steel needle with steel pivot and locking clamp, in brass
drum case with folding sighers and threaded handle, leather case
with belt loops, scratch inscribed A.B. Amundsen, the case — 6in.
(12.5cm.); together with pocket marching compass
(2)
This compass was discovered in a lifeboat located in New Zealand, any
connection to the famous explorer Roald Amundsen has yet to be made.
£150-250
185.
A 19TH-CENTURY BRONZE SWIVEL GUN
unmarked, with 1in. bore, dolphin handles set within foliate
section, trunnions, touchole and long cascabel (trunnions bent,
touchole worn) — 22½in. (57cm.) long overall
£400-600
186. - 189. No Lots
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