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An Indo-Persian shield (dhal) of shallow convex form the outer face worked in repoussed brass with cartouches containing scenes of a tiger attacking a warthog and a stag, in turn two scenes showing the tiger being killed at the hand of a warrior, the inner face with four rings for the attachment of enarmes.

Indo-Persian Shield

show details 		A soldier made woolwork picture depicting the battle honours of the 1st Border Regiment within a design of victory laurels, the makers military badge between his initials. English circa 1880, within a period maple veneered frame.

1st Border Regiment

show details 		A cast brass chimney ornament in the form of a Crimea period Hussar. English circa 1850. (The four ball feet missing from the base).

Hassar

show details 		A Malacca walking cane with a silver coloured metal repousse knop. Indian circa 1880.

Indian Walking Cane

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Carrington Syke's exercise book from when he was an army cadet, probably the second quarter of the 19th century. The book contains 15 plans for fortifications, each followed on a separate page with a charming watercolour demonstrating the employment of that fort.

Fortifications

show details 		A heavy silver sandwich box with a satin gilt interior and a suspension loop to the hinge edge. Nicely marked to all components J. D. & S with the year mark for 1910 and in excellent condition. The business of James dixon was established in Sheffield in 1806 and became James Dixon & Sons in around 1835 opening showrooms in London in 1873.

Silver Sandwich Box

show details 		An extensively and finely worked bronze bowl on stand, an incised mark to the underside of the bowl. Indian circa 1850. Bowl dia 10.25. Base dia 11 in. Total height 9 5/8.

Indian Bronze Bowl on Stand

show details 		A finely carved ebony (ex)workbox, the tray of many compartments now absent. To the inside of the lid is inlaid an engraved and polychromed ivory profile of a Jesuit priest, and a lock marked 'Chubb's Patent, 57 St Paul's Crypt, London. Chubbs Patent. Makers to Her Majesty the Queen' and numbered 511374. Galle District, Ceylon, circa 1850.

Ebony Box

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A fine Regency period writing box, rosewood veneered onto mahogany, inlaid and edged with brass, the newly leathered writing slope lifts to access three small hidded drawers and there is a shallow drawer to the side that runs the full width of the box. English circa 1820.

Rosewood Writing Box

show details 		A beautifully made and very original Georgian period lapdesk, brass bound solid mahogany with a full width drawer to the base. English circa 1800.

Brass Bound Writing Box

show details 		A set of six photographic tiles made by J. H. Barratt & Co Ltd, Stoke on Trent, England. The Right Honourable H. H. Asquith after the photograph by Reginald Haines, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe after Russell & Sons, The Right Honourable David Lloyd George after Ernest H. Mills, General Foch, President Woodrow Wilson and Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig after the photograph by Elliot & Fry Ltd. All are modelled by George Cartlidge, one dated 1916. (Two tiles are a little smaller @ 5 7/8 in x 8 7/8 in)

Six Leaders

show details 		A fine British School sculpture of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, gilt bronze standing upon a turned statuary marble base.Probably produced to celebrate the British Victory over the French in 1815. Born April/May 1769, died 14 September 1852, Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century. He is often referred to as simply

1st Duke of Wellington

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A pair of engraved cow horn powder horns of a type known to be Australian. 1st half of the nineteenth century.

Powder Horns

show details 		A soldier made, military woolwork for the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery. Last quarter of the 19th century. 'Ubique' and 'Quo fas et Gloria ducunt' are the motto's of the Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery. It was given to them by King William IV in 1832. The Corps does not have 'battle honours', like many other regiments in the British Army, instead they have 'Ubique' signifying their involvement in every battle every fought since their formation by William the Conqueror over 900 years ago.

Ubique

show details 		Drum shaped biscuit barrel made of silver plated and gilded nicklesilver; the handle for the lid is formed from the drum sticks and the swing handle is a buckled belt. English circa 1880.

The Regimental Biscuit Barrel

show details 		Fine regimental woolwork for the Warwick Regiment, showing their battle honours, mascot etc. In original maplewood veneered frame. English circa 1850.

Royal Warwick Regiment

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Mid 18th century, sandalwood lined, ivory veneered box with silver coloured metal hinges, lock and escutcheon, the inside with a small division running front to back at one side and with a small drawer beneath the same.Vizagapatam, India, c.1740. Vizagapatam on the northern Coromandel coast is a natural harbour midway between Calcutta and Madras. The British East India Company had a trading station there from 1668 and by 1756 the whole area had come under British control. From the late 17th century a tradition grew in Vizagapatam for the manufacture of objects and furniture of Western form, decorated in a distinctive manner, all being inlaid or veneered with ivory etched with black lac. The decoration was drawn from Mogul culture, brilliantly adapted to appeal to western taste. A visitor there in 1756, Major John Corneille, recorded that Vizagapatam was ‘famous for its inlay work, and justly, for they do it to the greatest perfection’.

Vizagapatam Box

show details 		Eastern bronze model of an elephant, mounted as a tooth pick holder in 1844 with silver coloured metal inscribed

The Elder Elelphant

show details 		A novelty timepiece in the form of an artillery mortar cannon. Silver plated and gilded bronze on an onyx base. French movement, English case.

Mortar Timepiece

show details 		A pair of silver mounted presentation bowling bowls on stands, engraved, “Prize Guarding, Riding & Drawing, presented by H. A. Wicks. Esq. Won by John Foster Esq

Prize Woods

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A set of thirteen aquatints, published by Edward Orme in 1815, recording the events of key battles of the Penninsular War under the command of Arthur Duke of Wellington, to each side of each disk is an aquatint and to the reverse is a narrative of events. All contained within a stamped bronze

Record of British Valour

show details 		A sandalwood sewing basket, the exterior veneered with ivory, engraved and highlighted with lac. Vizagapatm circa 1860

Sewing Basket

show details 		The case for this clock is made from the stirrups and bits etc. previously used by an officer of the French Cavalry. They have been finished in a nickel plate with some parcel gilding and the movement strikes the hour on a bell.

French Cavalry Regimental Clock

show details 		Writing slope made from sandalwood with engraved ivory edging, the interior with original purple velvet lining. Made in India, Vizagapatam, circa 1840.

Sandalwood Writing Box

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A rifle shooting themed clock in brass with a variety of plated finishes to the metal. The case for the clock is in form of a regimental drum supported by two nickel plated targets, to the front is a standing board and the rifles are united with a presentation wreath. English with a French Movement, circa 1880.

Shooting Trophy Timepiece

show details 		A fine military, soldier made woolwork picture for The Royal Scots. English circa 1880.

The Royal Scots

show details 		Silver cigar box inset with a brass Queen Mary Christmas tin lid and extensively engraved with the campaigns of the 2nd. and 7th. Cavalry Divisions. 1914-1918.

Commemorative Cigar Box

show details 		An Army woolwork showing Prince of Wales feathers between battle honours and within an arrangement of curtains.The West Middlesex regiment was amalgamated into the The Middlesex Regiment on July 1, 1881 along with the East Middlesex regiment, two militia and four volunteer battalions; 3rd Battalion, formerly the Royal Elthorne or 5th Middlesex Light Infantry Militia, 4th Battalion, formerly the Royal East Middlesex Militia, 1st Volunteer Battalion, formerly The 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, formerly The 8th Middlesex (South West Middlesex) Volunteer Rifle Corps, 3rd and 4th Volunteer Battalions, formerly the 17th Middlesex (North Middlesex) Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Middlesex was one of the principal London based regiments with a long tradition. They gained their nickname the “Die-hards” from the Peninsular War when the first battalion (also known as the 57th Foot regiment) served under Wellington. At the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811 their commander Colonel Inglis had his horse shot from under him, severely wounded and outnumbered by the French he called to his men “Die hard, 57th. Die hard!”

West Middlesex 

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A sewing box, made of ebony and extensively carved with buildiings amongst foliage and set upon four silver-plated cast brass feet, the mirrorred lid lifting to reveal numerous lidded compartments and several turned ivory winders. Bombay, Surat, circa 1870.

Ebony Sewing Box

show details 		A finely carved Blackwood model of an elephant with ivory tusks, probably Western India, circa 1890.

Elephant

show details 		Portable desk, sandalwood covered with strips of elk horn with buffalo horn and engraved ivory edging within, retaining the original velvet writing surface. Indian, Vizagapatam, circa 1860.

Portable Writing Desk

show details 		The Prince Regent, c.1815 wearing his Field Marshall's uniform with his Order of The Golden Fleece Neck Badge and Garter Star and Sash. THe Prince Regent requested the Spanish Order to bring himself in line with The Duke of Wellington who habitually wore the decoration without wearing his K.B./G.C.B. Prinny often claimed to be at Waterloo much to the disgust of the Iron Duke. This bust is a fine ormolu example, perhaps by Rundell Bridge and Rundell, after the work by Francis Leggatt Chantrey.

The Prince Regent

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A military, soldier made woolwork picture for the Royal Sussex Regiment. Interestingly, the title gives much insight into how, where and when these woolworks were made;

The Royal Sussex Regiment

show details 		A fine soldier made woolwork depicting

The Soldiers Return

show details 		A 19th century novelty timepiece in the form of a silver plated brass stirrup, from which is suspended a timepiece with a white dial and black Roman numerals. The timepeice is set within a patinated horseshoe set with blue enamelled nails and suspended by a silver plated spur with a gilded spiked wheel. Won and presented to Sergeant W. Davies in 1892.

Trophy Stirrup Clock

show details 		Early 19th century brass cased travelling inkwell engraved with a head and shoulders portrait of a uniformed man and a verse

Anderson's Inkwell

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A collection of carved ebony elephants from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with ivory tusks and inset eyes. Circa 1920. Largest w.12 in x d.6 in x h.7.25 in. Smallest w.5 in x d.2.75 in x h.2.5 in.

A Troupe of Elephants

show details 		A turned wooden model or pattern for a cannon. English, early to mid 19th century. Walnut with a boxwood firing pan.

Cannon Pattern

show details 		A pair of model stupas made from four pieces of turned elephant teeth and representing the mounds of mud or clay said originally to have covered the remains of Buddha. Indonesian or south-east Asian. Mid 19th century.

A Pair of Stupas

show details 		An eighteenth century mezzotint portrait, after the painting by J.S.C. Schaak, of Major General James Wolfe set within a fine cut paper mount on a royal blue background. English circa 1760. In a copy 18th century frame. A commander in Chief at the age of thirty-three, Wolfe was, throughout his career, outstanding in his personal bravery and skill on the battlefield. His noble character, the daring exploit that won Canada from the French, and his death in the moment of victory, made him a national hero.

Major General James Wolfe

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A simple box from Srinigar, Kashmir, painted with the

Kashmir Box

show details 		A soldier made woolwork picture depicting an abundant arrangement of flowers in a basket with two butterflies approaching. English circa 1860. Within a period maple veneered frame.

Flowers & Butterflies

show details 		A soldier made woolwork picture of flowers in a basket. English circa 1860, within a period maple frame.

Basket of Flowers

show details 		A soldier made woolwork picture of a vase of flowers with photographs of the artist and the lady for whom it was made. English circa 1870.

A Blue Vase of Flowers

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Early 19th century lap desk; bleached elk horn on an interior of sandalwood with black horn edging. Indian, Vizagapatam. Circa 1830.

Elk Horn Lap Desk

show details 		A mid Victorian leather cased shaving mirror, the fine concave mirrored plate within a hardwood frame and retained by an ebonized and blonde wood stringing. The case impressed with the makers details,

Shaving Mirror

show details 		19th century African ivory bangle with superb colour and patination.

Bangle

show details 		A combination clock and barometer in a fold down red leather travelling case, the dials of the aneroid barometer and the 8 day movement watch marked for the retailer, J.C. Vickery, London.

Travelling Watch & Barometer

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