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Auction date Wednesday 18 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Wednesday 18th October at 10.30am

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Lots 1 – 56   |   Legacies from the Napoleonic Age

Lots 57 – 144   |   Ceramics and Glass

Lots 145 – 250   |   Pictures and Works of Art

Lots 251 – 257    |   Clocks

Lots 258 – 273    |   Rugs and Carpets

Lots 274 – 307   |   Furniture

Lots 308 – 331   |   Books and Maps

Lots 332 – 362   |  Dorset


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Head of Sale:

Garry Batt & William Batt

Page:

of 8

Lots per page:

Total lots: 362

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: ‘ADMIRAL NELSON’S GLORIOUS VICTORY’
Lot 1 Sold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: ‘ADMIRAL NELSON’S GLORIOUS VICTORY’
hand coloured engraving, writing sheet celebrating The Battle of the Nile (1798), 48cm x 37.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Stephen Rench, bookseller, April 2014.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CARD CASE
Lot 2 Sold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CARD CASE
inscribed: ‘FROM A PART OF H.M.S. VICTORY, When she bore Lord Nelson’s Flag at the battle of TRAFALGAR, 1805. Manufactured by E & E Emanuel Portsmouth’, 11cm high x 7cm wide

Provenance: Purchased from a dealer 2011.

Note: E & E Emanuel were noted manufacturers and retailers of clocks, swords, telescopes, maritime instruments and silverware, they were granted a Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
Lot 3 Unsold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
an engraved and hand coloured broadside, published London 1799, 43.5cm x 17.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Preston Antiques Centre, 2013.
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
Lot 4 Unsold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
engraved broadside, published London 1799, 45.5cm x 28.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Steve Liddle, antiquarian bookseller, 2013.
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Lot 5 Sold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
including The Lancaster Gazette, dated November 16th 1805, announcing the death of Nelson and the Victory at Trafalgar; and The Times Newspaper, November 7th 1805, similarly announcing Nelson’s death and the Trafalgar Victory; together with another copy requiring repair (3)

Provenance: Both purchased 2011.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: FRAGMENTS OF A FRENCH TRICOLORE ENSIGN
Lot 6 Unsold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: FRAGMENTS OF A FRENCH TRICOLORE ENSIGN
a label to the mounting inscribed:       “Extract from History of Norwich, Ensign of the French…
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: ‘DEATH OF TOM ALLEN’
Lot 7 Sold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: ‘DEATH OF TOM ALLEN’
a rare broadside offprint memorial to Tom Allen, Nelson’s faithful servant, comprising “Extracts from the Norwich Papers, December 1st and 8th, 1838.’’, published by John Stacy, three pages of 25cm x 20cm

Provenance: Purchased from Larry Illott, Kent bookseller, 12th March 2016.
Note: Tom Allen was Nelson’s “man-servant’’ who was also born at Burnham Thorpe. He died at…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'NELSON' SHEET MUSIC
Lot 8 Unsold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'NELSON' SHEET MUSIC
composed by Braham and arranged by Brinley Richards, published by Joseph Williams, London, 1890, 32cm x 23cm; together with an act of parliament ‘to grant a certain annuity to Lady Viscountess Nelson in consideration of the eminent services performed by the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson’, London, 1806, single sheet, 29cm x 18cm (2)
Estimate: £40 - £60
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: A COMMEMORATIVE COPPER VESTA CASE
Lot 9 Sold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: A COMMEMORATIVE COPPER VESTA CASE
5cm high; and a commemorative medal, dated 1897, both apparently made from copper salvaged from the wrecked HMS Foudroyant, Nelson’s flagship, wrecked in 1897 off Blackpool (2)

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
COMMANDER JAMES SPRATT (1771-1853) An autographed letter recounting his famous exploits
Lot 10 Unsold
COMMANDER JAMES SPRATT (1771-1853) An autographed letter recounting his famous exploits
when he single-handedly boarded the French “L’ Aigle”, cutlass between his teeth, on two sheets of bifold paper, the last three pages blank

Provenance: Purchased from T & W Auctions, Tunbridge Wells, November 2014. Included in several items from the papers of John Wilson Croker.
"Jack" Spratt writes: 'Woodway CottageTeignmouth Devon27th Dec 1851  Dear Sir,I have much pleasure…
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A portrait of John Alexander Phillips
Lot 11 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A portrait of John Alexander Phillips
oil on board, inscribed to verso ‘General Phillips (as a boy)’, 24.5cm x 19.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Clevedon Salerooms Fine Arts Sale, 20th November 2014, Lot 146.

Note: John Alexander Phillips was born at Plymouth Dock in 1790, son of Alexander, a Naval Master, and Ann. He was Midshipman on the HMS Bellisle at Trafalgar aged 15. He transferred to the Royal Marines in 1806, was commissioned as a 2nd Lt on the 26th of August 1806, and rose to rank of Lieut-General. Died 17th November 1865, aged 75.
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A ‘VICTORY OFF TRAFALGAR’ COMMEMORATIVE CARD
Lot 12 Sold
TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A ‘VICTORY OFF TRAFALGAR’ COMMEMORATIVE CARD
decorated with a stylised representation of Nelson’s famous signal, a manuscript presentation to the reverse: 'to the Naval Committee at the Trafalgar Hotel, Norwich, by Mr. P. Scott, October 21st 1842', 19cm x 23cm; together with an early 19th century pencil sketch of HMS Bellerphon, on card, depicted astern of HMS Vanguard, 17cm x 21.5cm (2)

Provenance: The card was purchased from Richard M. Ford Ltd, Antiquarian bookseller, December 2014. The sketch from The Hayhurst Collection, 27th June 2016.
Note: HMS Bellerphon was at the Battle of the Nile and Trafalgar. Napoleon surrendered on board her…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON (1770-1851) A letter to J. W. Croker at the Admiralty
Lot 13 Sold
SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON (1770-1851) A letter to J. W. Croker at the Admiralty
in which it mentions ‘the boy’s head has caught ringworm and so is not fit’, this likely refers to his son Henry Codrington (1808-1877) who also became an admiral, 18.5cm x 11cm; together with an unrelated signed free front envelope, dated 1837, 8.5cm x 13cm (2)

Provenance: Purchased from T & W auctions, Tunbridge Wells, November 2014.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL JAMES HANWAY PLUMRIDGE (1788-1863) A letter to Edward Gifford
Lot 14 Sold
ADMIRAL JAMES HANWAY PLUMRIDGE (1788-1863) A letter to Edward Gifford
the author of Deeds of Naval Daring, congratulating him on his brother’s CB, and asking him about the Egypt Medal, to which he was entitled, three sides of 18.5cm x 11.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from T & W Auctions, Tunbridge Wells, November 2014.

Note: Admiral James Hanway Plumridge served at Trafalgar as a Lieutenant on HMS Defence.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'HMS Victory'
Lot 15 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'HMS Victory'
chromolithograph, depicting the ship moored at Portsmouth, 30cm x 45.5cm; together with ‘Battle of Trafalgar- Oct. 21st 1805’, coloured aquatint, plate III from J. Jenkins ‘Naval Achievements’, published 1817, 17cm x 26cm (2)

Provenance: ‘HMS Victory’ was purchased from Steven Rench, bookseller, 11th July 2015.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL SIR ELIAB HARVEY (1758-1830) A signed letter
Lot 16 Sold
ADMIRAL SIR ELIAB HARVEY (1758-1830) A signed letter
dated November 9th 1815, in which he disclaims the responsibility of his wife from a debt, 23cm x 18cm

Provenance: Purchased from JG Autographs, USA, October 2014.

Note: Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey was captain of HMS Temeraire at Trafalgar.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY The Battle of Trafalgar
Lot 17 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY The Battle of Trafalgar
depicting HMS Victory breaking through the line and engaging with the Bucentaure, indistinctly signed lower right, watercolour on paper, 60.5cm x 95cm

Provenance: Thomas Roddick & Metcalf Auctioneers, Carlisle, July 2014.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £400 - £800
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY (1769-1839) An autographed letter to Elizabeth Norgrove
Lot 18 Unsold
VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY (1769-1839) An autographed letter to Elizabeth Norgrove
sent from on board the HMS Victory, 25th December 1805, Elizabeth Norgrove was mother of James Norgrove, a marine killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, mounted, 22cm x 18cm
The letter states: ''These are to certify that James Norgrove served as a Private Marine on board…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREEMANTLE (1765-1819) A signed letter
Lot 19 Unsold
VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREEMANTLE (1765-1819) A signed letter
dated 1813 and sent from HMS Milford during the Siege of Trieste, two sides 23cm x 18.5cm
The letter discusses various matters including reference to the eldest son (Charles) of the late …
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
SIR GEORGE GREY, 1ST BARONET 'The Memorial of Captain George Grey, Royal Navy'
Lot 20 Sold
SIR GEORGE GREY, 1ST BARONET 'The Memorial of Captain George Grey, Royal Navy'
addressed to the Duke of Portland, a former and future Prime Minister of Britain, dated August 1790, outlining his naval services, including capture of the French in the West Indies, serving as captain of St Vincent at The Boyne and at Cadiz, and further asking to be appointed as Naval Officer of Martinico, 33cm x 21cm

Provenance: Acquired 2011.
Note: Captain George Grey was Admiral John Jervis’s 2nd Flag-Captain in HMS Victory at the Battle…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham (1763-1845)
Lot 21 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham (1763-1845)
watercolour on paper, depicted as a young man in naval undress uniform, inscribed verso ‘Admiral Sir Philip Durham Left by Lady Erskine’, 12cm x 9.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from a dealer in 2013.
Further reading: Hilary I. Rubenstein, Sir Philip Durham in Miniature, The Kedge Anchor Magazine,…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
VICE ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD KING, 2ND BARONET KCB (1774-1834) A signed order
Lot 22 Unsold
VICE ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD KING, 2ND BARONET KCB (1774-1834) A signed order
to Captain F. E. Lock, Commander of HMS Eden, dated 6th October 1818, on headed notepaper, instructing Captain Lock to place himself and his ship under Admiral King’s command, 24cm x 20cm

Provenance: Purchased from Marine & Cannon Books, Hoylake, 1st June 2015.

Note: Admiral Sir Richard King was the Captain of HMS Achilles at Trafalgar and fought there with distinction.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A WILLIAM IV 18CT GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL MOURNING RING
Lot 23 Sold
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A WILLIAM IV 18CT GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL MOURNING RING
the enamel band inscribed ‘Vice Admiral Sir Richard King Bart KCB’, inscribed internally ‘Ob 5th August 1834 at 62’, hallmarked London, 1834, size N, approx 6g

Provenance: Purchased from Bespoke Auctions, 3rd June 2015. Previously from a descendant of Sir Richard King.
Note: Vice Admiral King (1774-1834) died in office on 5th August 1834 from cholera. He was one of…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Sold by PT Sale to T Proctor: THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, IN EIGHT VOLUMES, CONTAINING THE SIGNATURE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
Lot 24 Unsold
THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, IN EIGHT VOLUMES, CONTAINING THE SIGNATURE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
comprising Volumes I and II (1799); Volumes III and IV (1800); Volumes V and VI (1801); and Volumes VII and VIII (1802), being the first four years of The Naval Chronicle, which ran from 1799-1818 (8)
Provenance: Purchased from Major W. G. Hills of Okehampton on 12th August 2015. He in turn had…
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
KITCHENER, WILLIAM: THE SEA SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDIN
Lot 25 Sold
KITCHENER, WILLIAM: THE SEA SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDIN
London, 1823, first edition, inscribed to E.H. Baily (1788-1867) from a sincere friend, with Baily's armorial bookplate, with black Morocco binding

Provenance: Purchased from Westfield Books, York, 20th September 2014.
Note: Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was the author of many popular patriotic sea songs during the…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY IRON NAVAL CANNON
Lot 26 Unsold
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY IRON NAVAL CANNON
the tapered barrel with plain trunnions, 28cm long, 5/8” bore

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
NUTTALL, JAMES: 'NELSONS GRAND VICTORY'
Lot 27 Sold
NUTTALL, JAMES: 'NELSONS GRAND VICTORY'
a rare broadside printed by W. Cowdray of Manchester, c.1805, celebrating the victory at Trafalgar, the single sheet measures 27cm x 9.5cm, mounted on paper

Provenance: Purchased from a dealer, 15th October 2015.

Note: W. Cowdray Jr. was, according to the British Book Trade Index, a printer, publisher and newspaper proprietor from 1795 to 1824.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: Three autographed letters from Thomas Reynolds
Lot 28 Sold
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: Three autographed letters from Thomas Reynolds
the assistant surgeon on board HMS Ajax at the battle of Trafalgar, the letters dated 18th of April, 17th June and 12th September 1805, in the run up to action at Cape Finisterre and Trafalgar, all addressed to Thomas Gillespy, a friend and likely a marine merchant, each c.22cm x 18.5cm
HMS AJax at the time of these letters had been sent with the ships Malta and Terrible to reinforce…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
FRENCH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A memorial commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar
Lot 29 Sold
FRENCH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A memorial commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar
the centre with an urn and flowers, a figure of Napoleon to one side, indistinct inscription to the bottom, dated 1805, watercolour, 24cm x 21.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Merlin Antiques, 20th November 2016.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES BULLEN: A SIGNED FREE FRONT ENVELOPE
Lot 30 Unsold
ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES BULLEN: A SIGNED FREE FRONT ENVELOPE
addressed to John Caton of Woodbastwick, Norwich, dated 1837, 7cm x 14cm; together with a copy of a letter from a seaman on board the Victory, a contemporary copy of James Bagley’s famous letter to his sister, in which he describes the battle of Trafalgar and the death of Lord Nelson, hand written in ink on paper (2)

Provenance: The signature was purchased privately 24th February 2017. The letter purchased from Stephen Rench, bookseller, April 2023.
Note: The original letter from James Bagley is at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, AGC/B/18.
Estimate: £40 - £60
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
A 19TH CENTURY NAUTICAL BRASS TELESCOPE
Lot 31 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY NAUTICAL BRASS TELESCOPE
single draw with waxed rope bound barrel, 34cm extending to 57cm long

Provenance: Purchased privately circa 2015.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
VICE ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD, 1ST BARONET GCH KCB (1770-1832) A signed letter
Lot 32 Unsold
VICE ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD, 1ST BARONET GCH KCB (1770-1832) A signed letter
three pages, dated March 6th 1814, addressed to a prize agent regarding a schooner captured by HMS Briton in sight of the squadron, 25cm x 20cm

Provenance: Purchased from a private collection, Ireland, 11th November 2017.

Note: Henry Blackwood was Captain of HMS Euryalus at the Battle of Trafalgar. This letter possibly refers to the capture of the Watson, by the privateer Chance, when Briton shared in the prize money.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
SMITH, JOHN THOMAS (1766-1833) A view of Nelson's Funeral
Lot 33 Sold
SMITH, JOHN THOMAS (1766-1833) A view of Nelson's Funeral
‘An Accurate View from the House of W. Tunnard Esq. on the Bankside, adjoining the site of Shakespeare’s Theatre, on Wednesday the 8th January 1806; when the remains of the Great Admiral Nelson were brought from Greenwich to Whitehall’ published London, February 15th 1806, 26.5cm x 46cm, mounted on paper, the reverse mounted with Heidelhoff, N. K.; ‘A Perspective View of the Grand Funeral Car which carried the body of the much lamented Lord Nelson’, published London, 14th January 1806, 35cm x 23cm (2)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
A PARIAN WARE BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
Lot 34 Sold
A PARIAN WARE BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
on a socle base, 25.5cm high

Provenance: The Hayhurst Collection, purchased 2016.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND NAVAL INTEREST: A SMALL COLLECTION OF TREEN
Lot 35 Sold
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND NAVAL INTEREST: A SMALL COLLECTION OF TREEN
including a wooden candlestick made from the teak taken from HMS Spartiate, with inscribed brass plaque, 8.5cm high; a treen ashtray, affixed with a brass plaque inscribed 'From the Teak of H.M.S. Warspite', 7.5cm wide; and a miniature treen barrel, with copper plaque inscribed 'From the Decking of the Mauretania. The Old Lady of the Atlantic', 5.5cm high (3)
Provenance: The candlestick was purchased from an online dealer, 17th February 2018. Both the…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
VICE ADMIRAL PIERRE-CHARLES VILLENEUVE (1763-1806) A signed letter
Lot 36 Unsold
VICE ADMIRAL PIERRE-CHARLES VILLENEUVE (1763-1806) A signed letter
written on a single leaf, a ten line order to his officers informing them of the appointment of Admiral Decres to command Forts Manoel and Ricacoli and insisting on the readiness of the reserve troops, 29.5cm x 19cm, probably written from Malta, late summer 1798

Provenance: Purchased from Julian Browning autograph dealer, 13th November 2018, previously Bonhams, London, 5th July 2005, Lot 41, sold for £1,800 incl premium.
Note: Villeneuve was taken prisoner following his defeat at Trafalgar, there was much sympathy for…
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SCRAPBOOK INCLUDING ORIGINAL SKETCHES DEPICTING THE AFTERMATH
Lot 37 Sold
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SCRAPBOOK INCLUDING ORIGINAL SKETCHES DEPICTING THE AFTERMATH
apparently belonging to Admiral Sir William Henry Pierson (1782-1858), the disbound contents are identified by an owner’s label and an inscription on a separate leaf “Lady Pierson”, the book includes three leaves measuring 27cm x 22cm, on which thirteen small pencil sketches on card are pasted, two of these identify the ships Naiad and Bellisle

Provenance: Purchased from a London Booksellers, 9th November 2018.
Note: Admiral Pierson was at Trafalgar as Master’s Mate on board HMS Bellisle, under Captain…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Lieutenant Richard Douglas
Lot 38 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Lieutenant Richard Douglas
pencil sketch on paper, unsigned, inscribed below, 18cm x 15cm

Provenance: Purchased from John Martin Fine Art, London, 21st February 2020.

Note: Douglas was born at Plymouth in 1788, he joined HMS Achille from the Ville de Paris in April 1805. He was midshipman at Trafalgar and involved in the action off Rohefort in 1806. He was awarded prize money of £10. 14s. 2d. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1809, Commander in 1823, and Captain in 1851. Died at Lewisham in Kent on 21st December 1866.
Note: Douglas was born at Plymouth in 1788, he joined HMS Achille from the Ville de Paris in April…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM (1768-1838) A signed letter
Lot 39 Unsold
ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM (1768-1838) A signed letter
to his coach maker from HMS Donegal, addressed to Messrs Cooke, Coachmakers of London, instructing them to deliver his Post Chaise to Captain Godby of the Royal Navy, 18cm x 15cm

Provenance: Purchased from Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 2nd June 2020.
Note: Admiral Pulteney Malcom was a distinguished captain and colleague of Nelson. He took part in…
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE, 7TH EARL OF NORTHESK KCB (1756-1831) A signed letter
Lot 40 Unsold
ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE, 7TH EARL OF NORTHESK KCB (1756-1831) A signed letter
dated October 6th 1797, a two page letter from the then-Captain Earl, regarding a letter that had not reached his ship the Monmouth, and discussing the road from Dundee to Montrose, 23cm x 19cm

Provenance: Purchased from Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 2nd June 2020.
Note: The Earl was third in command at the Battle of Trafalgar. This letter was written in the year…
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SIGNED LETTER FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE (1762-1805)
Lot 41 Unsold
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SIGNED LETTER FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE (1762-1805)
a two page signed letter from Louisa Cook, dated 1830, 23cm x 18cm
In the letter she complains that at the time of the death of her husband “who fell so nobly in the…
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
AN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BRONZE NAVAL CANNON
Lot 42 Unsold
AN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BRONZE NAVAL CANNON
with tapered barrel and plain trunnions, 24.5cm long, 1/2” bore

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
'NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE MARY ROSE, AT SPITHEAD, JULY 20, 1545
Lot 43 Sold
'NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE MARY ROSE, AT SPITHEAD, JULY 20, 1545
FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, &;C. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM’, published by S. Horsey, 1844, bound in the wood of the wreck, 9.2cm high

Provenance: Purchased form The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.

Note: The pride of Henry VIII’s fleet, the Mary Rose famously sank on 19th July 1545 in the Solent, suffering the loss of all hands on board.
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
ASCRIBED TO MATTHEW HAUGHTON (1772-1848) A portrait of Benjamin Danford
Lot 44 Sold
ASCRIBED TO MATTHEW HAUGHTON (1772-1848) A portrait of Benjamin Danford
inscribed verso, oil on bevelled board, unframed, 21cm x 16cm
'Lines On Mr. Benjn. Danford’s portrait painted by Matt. Haughton.See a brave hardy veteran…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
NAVAL INTEREST: A SMALL COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
Lot 45 Unsold
NAVAL INTEREST: A SMALL COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including a commemorative medal depicting the John Williams Missionary ship, launched 1844, named after the missionary killed by Pacific island natives in 1839, white metal in oak frame, 3.8cm wide; together with a British replica of the medal designed in Germany, commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania, a British anti-German propaganda tool, in original pictorial box, 5.3cm wide; and a £5 piece commemorating the 250 year anniversary of the birth of Admiral Lord Nelson, 3.6cm wide (3)
Provenance: All three were purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
'A NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE AT SPITHEAD, AUGUST, 1782
Lot 46 Sold
'A NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE AT SPITHEAD, AUGUST, 1782
INCLUDING TRACEY’S ATTEMPT TO RAISE HER IN 1783, ALSO, COL. PASLEY’S OPERATIONS IN REMOVING THE SHIP, BY GUNPOWDER, IN 1839-40-41’, published 1842 by S. Horsey, 1842, bound in wood salvaged from the wreck, 11.2cm high

Provenance: Purchased form The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.

Note: The Royal George sank at Spithead on 29th August 1782, whilst undergoing repair work, around 900 lives were lost.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
"RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. A. J. SCOTT, D.D. LORD NELSON'S CHAPLAIN"
Lot 47 Unsold
"RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. A. J. SCOTT, D.D. LORD NELSON'S CHAPLAIN"
first edition, published Saunders and Otley, London, 1842; together with an original letter from A. J. Scott to Thomas Ryden Esq that discusses an instant mentioned in the book, pg 256/257, where Scott describes how he had gone to town to buy a horse, and instead spends his savings in a bookshop, 22.5cm x 18cm (2)

Provenance : The book was acquired from Mike Prowse, Reading bookseller, in 2009. The Letter was purchased from Kingsbridge Books, Devon, in 2012.
Note: The book appears to bear an ownership inscription of Horatia Johnson (nee Ward), the daughter…
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
A HALF BLOCK MODEL OF HMS VICTORY
Lot 48 Sold
A HALF BLOCK MODEL OF HMS VICTORY
resin mounted on wood, 30cm high x 86cm wide

Provenance: Purchased form the Nelson Society in January 2023.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023

Total lots: 362

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