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Auction date Thursday 9 November 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Head of Sale:

Adam Chapman

Page:

of 12

Lots per page:

Total lots: 274

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
240 AN AMERICAN WWII ERA BLUE STAR FLAG
these flags were hung in the windows of family homes to show that they had a family member serving in the armed forces; in good condition with hanging toggles present
£20 - £40 £30 View
241 'A SOUVENIR OF COMBINED OPERATIONS' FLAG
the first white ensign to be flown during The Rhine Crossing, the flag itself is over 33.5" x 18.5" and is housed in a frame of 42.5" x 29", a note in the frame dated 7th April 1945 provides the…
£600 - £1,200 £600 View
242 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’,…
£50 - £100 - View
243 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.
£100 - £200 - View
244 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.
£100 - £200 £60 View
245 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.
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
246 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…
£100 - £200 £120 View
247 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.
£100 - £200 £90 View
248 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.
£100 - £200 - View
249 A PAIR OF MODEL NAVAL STYLE BRASS CANNONS
the brass carriages with serpent decoration, 45cm long
£100 - £200 £160 View
250 A MODEL FIELD CANNON
with copper stepped barrel, on a wooden carriage with copper mounts and ramrod, 84cm long
£100 - £200 - View
251 A LARGE IRON LOCKPLATE
produced for a Rampart gun, with wheel flint-lock, 56cm long (parts missing)
£100 - £200 £110 View
252 A MACHINE GUN BELT 5'56MM
complete with bullets (deactivated)
£40 - £60 £25 View
253 A MILITARY BREN GUN MAGAZINE BOX
containing various 12 Bren Gun magazines
£50 - £100 £90 View
254 A COLLECTION OF THIRD REICH DAGGER PARTS
most of the Army parts have been denazified, sold with a number of Kreigsmarine parts, a poor condition SS dagger handle, with the eagle and Swastika cross guard form a Luftschutz BND dagger
£80 - £150 £240 View
255 NAVAL INTEREST: AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY HORN SNUFF BOX
the white metal oval cartouche mount with shaped border and engraved ‘HM CALLIOPE’, the box 2cm high x 8cm wide x 4.5cm deep; together with two Victorian copper circular salts each with pierced bands…
£50 - £100 £60 View
256 *ALLEN GEORGE NEWMAN (1875-1965), ‘For Justice and Liberty’ and ‘Lafayette We Are Here’
a pair of brown patinated bronze plaques, cast respectively in relief with President Woodrow Wilson and General G. Pershing, each 35.5cm x 23cm, cast by John Polachek, Long Island, New York, each…
£200 - £400 - View
257 PRINTING PLATE OF THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE FOR THE BOER WAR
bronze, 26.5cm x 21cm, the plate looks to have been used to print certificates for soldiers who served in the Boer War 1900 to 1902
£50 - £100 - View
258 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
£800 - £1,500 - View
259 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
£100 - £200 - View
260 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…
£50 - £100 - View
261 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…
£30 - £50 £30 View
262 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,…
£50 - £100 - View
263 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…
£800 - £1,500 - View

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