(See below for english version)„Toca Ball, Armory, New York, 1998“. 1998C-Print. 50,9 × 73,4 cm ( 20 × 28 ⅞ in.). Auf rückseitigem Etikett signiert.Einer von 5 nummerierten Abzügen. New York, Lawrence Rubin/Greenberg Van Doren, Fine Art, 1998. [3282]Zustandsbericht: Ex. 2/5. Schöner harmonischer Gesamteindruck. Die Blattkanten ohne Einrisse oder Fehlstellen. Unterhalb des Passepartouts schwach vergilbt. Vereinzelt winzige Retusche-Pünktchen. Rückseitig entlang der Ober- und Unterkante mit Klebefilm auf das Passepartout montiertWir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.„Toca Ball, Armory, New York, 1998“. 1998C-print. 50,9 × 73,4 cm ( 20 × 28 ⅞ in.). Signed on a label on the reverse.One of 5 numbered prints. New York, Lawrence Rubin/Greenberg Van Doren, Fine Art, 1998. [3282]Condition report: No. 2/5. Fine harmonious overall appearance. The sheet edges are without tears or losses. Faintly yellowed melow the mats. Isolated minuscule retouching spots. Mounted on the reverse along the upper and bottom edge with adhesive filmWe charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
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WW1 U.S. M1904 Hospital Corps bolo knife with scabbard by Springfield Armory dated 1911. Features a wooden moulded handle with brass rivets, end cap & cross guard. 35cm heavy bolo blade, with a curved cutting edge & a big 6.3cm wide belly near the rounded tip. Blade ricasso marked with S A “Flaming bomb” with 1911 U.S. 18264 on the reverse. The edge is single bevelled and still factory sharp. Scabbard marked on the back of the swivel belt ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL 1909. H.E.K. Scabbard stitching & all rivets intact.
Wallis (Richard) London's Armory...all the Arms, Crests, Supporters, Mantles & Mottos of every distinct Company and Corporate Societie in the Honourable Citie of London, first edition, engraved frontispiece with central armorial completed in pen and ink and with manuscript inscription from the author to Sir Robert Viner, engraved title, engraved Royal arms, engraved arms of the City of London and 25 engraved plates each with 4 coats-of-arms of the Liveried Companies etc., engraved arms of the Artillery Company at end, 3ff. letterpress only (?of 4), some marginal soiling, later bookplate of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledeclune and Morar, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, [Wing W620], folio, Printed for the Author, 1677.⁂ Rare work with only 2 copies appearing at auction in the last 35 years. The engraved frontispiece incorporates the manuscript arms of and inscription to the recipient, Sir Robert Viner (1631-88). Viner was a goldsmith, sheriff of London at the time of the Great Fire in 1666 and later Lord Mayor. He enjoyed a close relationship with King Charles II and was appointed the King's goldsmith in 1661 and became his principal banker, arranging loans for enormous sums of money which, owing to the extravagance of the court and the Dutch war ultimately lead to his bankruptcy.
Euroarms .58 London Armory Co Enfield two band 1858 pattern rifle with brass trigger guard, butt plate and mounts, engraved lock, pop-up adjustable ladder sights, steel ram-rod, sling suspension mounts and 33 inch barrel, overall length 125cm, serial number 15301. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIREARMS/SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO HANDLE/PURCHASE THIS ITEM.
Collection of books relating to Guns and Shooting, to include: Perry D Frazer - Elementary gunsmithing, William Greener - Gunnery in 1858 (covers in poor condition) , Hank Wieand Bowman - Antique guns, W & C Scott & son - Breech loaders, Westley Richards 2000 Catalogue, Julian S Hatcher - The Book of the Garand, Proof House - Notes on the proof of gun barrels, American machine & foundry co. - Phase III Acoustic study program, Donald B McLean - Firearm silencers, Regulations for conducting musketry instruction of the army, W F Vickery - Advanced Gunsmithing, Firearms of the ages issue 3 Nov. 1967, HMSO - Navel Swords & Firearms, Labore - The Armourer's handbook Part II Machine carbines & pistols, W W Greener - The Gun & its Development, Golden State Arms - World's Guns & other weapons, Charles F Waterman - The Treasury of Sporting Guns, Guns. Antique & used Modern 2nd ed. 1955, Thompson/Centre arms Co. - Shooting black powder guns, National Armory Army revolvers & Gatling guns, HMSO - Treatise on Military small arms & ammunition 1888, Peter R Senich - Limited war sniping, Wilson James - The rod and the gun, Wilkinson Frederick - The worlds great guns, Durdik, Mudra, Sada - Firearms 1326 - 1900, HMSO - Text book of small arms 1929, Peterson Harold L- The Book of the Gun, Sothebys - The Visser Collection part I, Rosa J C & May Robin - The Pleasure of Guns, Escritt L B - Rifleman & pistolman, Groves J Percy - Reefer and rifleman, Graham Harry - The complete sportsman, Bowman Hank Wieand - Famous guns from famous collections, Legge Reginald F - Mainly about shooting, Parker-Hale - 1941 sporting section catalogue, Payne-Gallwey R - Letters to young shooters, Greener W W - Sharpshooting for sport & war, Admiralty - Notes on gunnery for defensively armed merchant vessels, H C B Rogers- Weapons of the British Soldier, William - The Lore of Arms, W H B Smith revised by E C Ezell - Small Arms of the World, Barry Wynne - The Sniper, Metropolitan Museum of Art - Catalogue of Arms and Armor, Richard Jefferies The Gamekeeper at home, A M Low- Modern Armaments, ed J I H Owen - Brassey's NATO Infantry & its weapons, (45 volumes) `
Santini (Giuseppe, Italian military engineer and amateur draughtsman, fl. 1630-1663) Libbro di Figure diverse fatte nel 1663/ In Livorno/ Libbro Terzo, folio album of 25 drawings of academic nudes and studies after old masters, with decorative title-page featuring ornamental coat of arms trimmed and pasted to album leaf, of the drawings six are executed in red chalk, 8 in black chalks, 8 in red chalk on red-coloured prepared paper, and 3 in black chalk on blue-coloured prepared paper, some heightened with white, all signed with monogram in ligature, four drawings affixed onto all album leaves, the rest executed directly on album leaves themselves, various 17th century Italian watermarks throughout, all pages with ruled double border and page number, with leaves 8 and 9 missing, each leaf approx. 400 x 270 mm. (15 3/4 x 10 5/8 in), some scattered finger-soiling and surface dirt, one or two marginal nicks and areas of marginal loss, printers' creases and rough corners, bound in contemporary vellum, over pasteboards, inked title on spine, very worn, folio, circa 1663⁂ An important and recent addition to the body of work by the little known amateur artist and collector, Giuseppe Santini. While Santini's landscape drawings have appeared on the art market in recent years, there appears to be little precedent for figurative works executed in chalk such as those in the present album. A native of Pisa, Santini was a pupil of the sculptor and engineer to the Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando Tacca. He is also said to have been a follower of Stefano della Bella. [1] From 1670 onwards he worked in Pisa as an engineer with the rank of captain, and was responsible for the restoration of palaces, castles, churches and the Medici armory in Pisa; his surviving maps from this period show his ability both as a geographer and as a draftsman. The landscape drawings by Santini that have surfaced on art market highlight the influence of the Tuscan School; specifically the drawings of Giulio Parigi, Remigio Cantagallina, and Ercole Bazzicaluva et al. His known collecting habits also point to his interest in the drawings of his Florentine contemporaries such as Baldassare Franceschini Volterrano. [2] Other albums produced by Santini are known, and include an album once held in The Fondazione Longhi collection, which was broken and sold in 1982, and comprised fifty-four sheets depicting landscapes, single figures of hunters, peasants, armored knights, and anatomical studies. The Uffizi likewise owns a surviving title-page by Santini and four of his drawings with subjects relating to Florence, all from another one of his albums, 'Disegni e capricci diversi copiati dal natural in diversi luoghi Libro Nono'.[1] M. Privitera, "Il capitano e ingegnere Giuseppe Santini, collezzionista di disegni e disegnatore", Paragone, Arte, 60 (2009)[2] cf. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, specifically the provenance for Baldassare Franceschini Volterrano's 'Devils Dragging Damned Souls into Hell'.
Local Interest - Cox (John Charles): Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, four-volume set, Bemrose and Sons, London & Derby, 1875 - 1879, comprising volume I: The Hundred of Scarsdale, volume II: The Hundreds of High Peak & Wirksworth, volume III: The Hundreds of Appletree and Repton & Gresley, volume IV: The Hundred of Morleston & Litchurch and General Supplement, illustrated throughout with full-page engraved or b/w photographic reproduction plates, contemporary Neo-Gothic oxblood cloth, gilt lettered spines, later endpapers, 4to, (4); Glover (Stephen), The History of the County of Derby [...], Edited by Thomas Noble, Esq., two-volume set, Derby: Printed by Henry Mozley and Son, 1829, 19th century red cloth (almost disbound), 8vo, (2); The Midland-Counties Tourist, Seventy-Three Views in the Counties of Derby, Chester, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, and Rutland, [...], London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1837, contemporary cloth (defective), 4to; Plot (Robert), The Natural Hiftory of Stafford-Shire, Oxford: 1686, defective copy - lacking title-page, prelims, plates and some text, disbound folio; further antiquarian works and some bindings; The Village Atlas: The Growth of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leciestershire, 1834-1904, h/b, d/j; Derbyshire Record Society: Minutes of the Chesterfield Canal Company, 1771-80, h/b, d/j & A Derbyshire Armory, h/b, d/j, (2); other works by Maxwell Craven; Derby interest; Derby Porcelain reference works, various; Bibliography, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire Authors Today [...], London 1972, red vinyl binding, 8vo; industrial archaeology, canals and transport; Burton on Trent; etc
A French gilt metal and wrought steel bench and chairs made from French armory dating from the second half of the 19th Century, the settee with tripled pierced scrolling open back comprised of swords and hilts supplied with coats of arms and regimental badges, the seats comprised of scabbards on sabre legs, the six chairs comprised of various armorial parts including swords, bayonets, scabbards, bosses of breast plates, lock plates and gun mechanisms, one chair with "AD" initials to the back
FREEMAN, USAA .44 PERCUSSION SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'ARMY', serial no. 396circa 1863-64, with round 7 1/2in. barrel, plain cylinder with recessed nipples, solid frame (missing flat spring retaining catch for cylinder), the top-strap signed 'FREEMAN'S PAT DECR. 9 1862' over 'HOARD'S ARMORY, WATERTOWN N.Y.', alongside the sighting groove (rubbed), single action trigger-mechanism, smooth flared walnut grips (losses and repairs to back edges of both) and partial replacement articulated under-barrel loading lever, the whole darkly stained with traces of finish in sheltered areas.
WHITNEY ARMS CO, USAA .32 RIMFIRE FIVE-SHOT POCKET-REVOLVER, MODEL 'WHITNEYVILLE ARMORY', serial no. 278,circa 1875, with nickel-plated octagonal 3 3/8in. barrel signed on the top-flat 'WHITNEYVILLE ARMORY CT. US' over 'PAT MAY 23 1871'? (date obscured), nickel-plated brass solid frame (losses to plating) with spur trigger and exposed central hammer, fluted cylinder and smooth wood birdshead grips. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
A Marty Robbins National Guard Armory Concert Poster1956window card in Bozeman, promoting a WSM Grand Ole Opry show Montana on Sunday December 2 'starring / Marty / Robbins / and his band / the Tennesseans,' with the word 'dance' obscured before the word band 'band.' The poster shows an image of the country music star, listing hit songs 'I'll Go Alone,' 'That's Alright Mama' and 'Maybelline.' Printed by Hatch Show Print, Nashville. 22 x 14 in.
HOLME (RANDOLPH)The Academy of Armory, or, a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon, FIRST EDITION, additional engraved decorative title, 3 engraved plates on 2 sheets (as in Huntington copy), numerous full-page engraved illustrations, short tear to final preliminary leaf, 2 small holes touching a couple of letters on final 'To the Reader' leaf, additional title neatly re-inserted, some toning and spotting, modern panelled calf, gilt morocco lettering label, spine faded [ESTC R21065], folio (365 x 230mm.), Chester, for the Author, 1688This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
FFOULKES (CHARLES J.)Inventory and Survey of the Armouries of the Tower of London, 2 vols., coloured frontispiece, plates and text illustrations, blue cloth (vol. II cover worn), t.e.g., 4to, 1916; The Armourer And His Craft, plates, original red cloth gilt, bookplate of R.T. Gwynn,, t.e.g., folio, 1912; Arms & Armament..., 1945; European Arms And Armour In The University of Oxford (2 copies), plates, original blue cloth gilt, one with bookplate of R.T. Glynn, the other with four photographs of antique armour and swords tipped-in at the back, t.e.g, 1912 - BLAIR (CLAUDE): European Armour, d.w., 1979 reprint; The Silvered Armour of Henry VIII In The Tower Of London, 1965 - MANN (SIR JAMES): The Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms And Armour, vol. I Armour, and vol. II Arms, 2 vols., photographic plates, faux green leather, 8vo, signed by the author to Eric Valentine, 1962; another set, 3 vols. including supplement, in original paper covers, 1962-86; together with past catalogues of the collection for the years 1924 and 1945 bound in 3 vols. - DUFTY (ARTHUR RICHARD): European Armour In The Tower Of London, d.w., 1968 - NORMAN (A.V.B.) & WILSON (G.M.): Treasures from the Tower of London, exhibition catalogue, 8 June 1982 - 19 June 1983 - ORTIZ (ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ) et al: Resplendence Of The Spanish Monarchy, exhibition catalogue, d.w., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 11 October 1991 - 5 January 1992 - PHYRR (STUART W.) & GODOY (JOSÉ -A.): Heroic Armor Of The Italian Renaissance Filippo Negroli And His Contemporaries, exhibition catalogue, d.w., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 8 October 1998 - 17 January 1999 - PYHRR (STUART W.): European Helmets, 1450-1650, 2000; The Art of Chivalry..., exhibition catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982 - BERTOLOTTO (CLAUDIO) et al: L'Armeria Reale Di Torino, d.w.., 1982 - BOCCIA (LIONELLO G.) & COELHO (EDUARDO T.): Armi Bianche Italiane, d.w., in slip-case, 1975 - CARPEGNA (NOLFO DI): Antiche Armi Dal Sec. IX AL XVIII, exhibition catalogue, Rome, May-July 1969 - BLAIR (CLAUDE): The James A. De Rothschild Collection At Waddesdon Manor, Arms, Armour And Base-Metalwork, d.w., in slip-case, 1974 - Die Innsbrucker Plaltnerkunst, 1954 - Landshuter Plaltnerkunst, 1975 - THOMAS (BRUNO) et al: Die Shön Waffen und Rüstungen..., d.w., in slip-case. 1963 - NICKEL (HELMUT): Arms and Armour through the Ages, d.w., 1969 - GRANCSAY (STEPHEN V.): Catalogue of Armor, The John Woodman Higgins Armory, 1961 - ASHDOWN (CHARLES HENRY): British & Foreign Arms and Armour, 1909 - STONE (GEORGE CAMERON): A Glossary Of The Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor... (2 copies), original cloth-covered boards, 1934 - BOCCIA (LIONELLO GIORGIO): Il Museo Stibbert A Firenze, l'armenia europea, 2 vols., slip-case, Milan, 1975 - TIRRI (ANTHONY C.): Islamic Weapons Maghrib To Moghul, d.w., 2003 - and approximately fifty related publications including guidebooks and off-prints (a lot )This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
QUEEN SIGNED LEWISTON ARMORY POSTER. A signed mounted/framed original poster for Queen's concert at Lewiston Armory (Maine, USA) with Kansas & Mahogany Rush on the 19th February 1975. From Brian May's personal collection, signed by Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor. Condition of poster appears to be VF with some slight discolouration. To measure 19x25".
Eighteen US Tennis photographs, many at Forest Hillscomprising 1914 Davis Cup Final, Wilding v Williams; 1930 US Final Doeg v Shields; 1930 crowd scene; 1930 Womens Doubles Final Winners Nuthall and Palfrey; 1949 Mixed Doubles Winners Louise Brough and Eric Sturgess; Vets Final with Jacques Brugnon; 1944 Benefit match with Bill Tilden, etc.; sold together with American and Australian tennis programmes, comprising Official Souvenir programme of the Queensland L.T.A. International and French visit 1934; Australian Tennis Team Tour 1953 to the Otago L.T.A. played at Logan Park Courts, New Zealand; International Tennis Team Match between France v USA at the 7th regiment Armory New York 1948; National Professional Clay Court Championships 1953 at Hollywood Beach Hotel; NSW programme 1940; 1960 Davis Cup Final programme, played in Sydney, etc (qty)
Marc Fish, a Nautilus table, signed, dated 2011, 1 of 2, the carved sycamore shell form top with Japanese paper segments on metal supports, with a shaped glass top, 45cm high, 189cm wide, 150cm deep Provenance: Lamberty Art & Design, selected items from the storages.Marc Fish, who runs Robinson House Studio in Sussex, is known for his daring combinations of traditional craftsmanship and modern technology. The intricate Nautilus Table is no exception. The shell below the shaped top is composed of 4000 individual pieces of sycamore veneer, which together follow the classical proportions of the Golden Ratio. This process of 'micro stack-lamination' using veneer as a primary raw material is a trademark feature of designs produced by Robinson House Studio. The theme of the Nautilus shell is part of Fish's ongoing exploration of the Victorian obsession with natural history.Marc Fish's pieces have been exhibited at international fairs including Masterpiece, Design Miami and the Armory fair, New York. Another edition of the design was sold at Christie's South Kensington, Aynhoe Park - A Modern Grand Tour, 9 October 2012, lot 46.
Young (Arthur) . Travels, during The Years 1787, 1788, and 1789...., 1792, printed by J.Rackham, Bury St. Edmunds, 1 colour and 2 black & white folding maps, front board detached, some light spotting & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, together with Carter (Matthew) , Honor redivivus or An analysis of Honor and Armory, 1655, printed by E.Coates, black & white engraved title by Gaywood, armorial frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, woodcut armorials within the text, some toning & spotting, contemporary full calf, front hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Arnold (Richard) , The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's Chronicle;..., reprint edition, 1811, printed for F.C. and J.Rivington, book plate to front paste down, some light spotting & offsetting, cracked gutters contemporary blue quarter morocco, boards & spine rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 4to, plus other 17th - 20th century history reference, including 3 volumes of bound pamphlets, many leather bindings, some odd volumes, some foreign language, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Arthur Beecher Carles (American, 1882-1952). "Flower in the Woods". Oil on canvas. c1914. Signed lower left. Good condition; old repair upper right. Image size: 28 x 22 in. (711 x 559 mm). Art historian Barbara Ann Boese Wolanin describes Carles as a link between Philadelphia and Paris, and as "one of the most brilliant colorists in the history of American art." She says of him: "His paintings range in style from tonalism and Impressionism to prophecies of Abstract expressionism. His approach was intuitive. An expressionist by nature, he was guided by feeling, believing that 'accuracy is an intellectual quality while art is an affair of the emotions'". Carles, an American Modernist painter, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1900 and 1907 with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Cecilia Beaux, and William Merritt Chase. In 1907 he traveled to France where he remained until 1910. In France, he greatly admired the works of Cézanne and Matisse, and became close friends with John Marin and Eduard Steichen. He displayed six landscapes in the Salon d'Automne of 1908. In March 1910 his work was included in the “Younger American Painters” show held at Alfred Stieglitz’s New York gallery, 291. Stieglitz gave Carles his first one-man show at 291 in January 1912. He returned to France from June to October 1912 and exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne. After his return to America he exhibited at the Armory Show of 1913. [27871-10-8000]
Quantity of books on heraldry including:-Fox-Davies, Arthur"The Art of Heraldry, an Encyclopedia of Armory", The Arno Press, folioFairbairn, James "Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland", New Orchard 1990, dj rather creased, blue cloth with silk ribbon markersCussans, John "Handbook of Heraldry", Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly 1893, colour frontis, various ills through text, pictorial clothScott Giles and Brook Little (revised by)"Boutell's Heraldry", etc (2 boxes)
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USAA .50-70 (GOVT.) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 'ALLIN CONVERSION TRAPDOOR', no visible serial number,circa 1867, with 32 1/2in. lined barrel, block and blade fore-sight, 'L' Shape rear-sight, screw-down foot for the lift-up trapdoor, the breech marked '1866' together with an eagle's head, bevel edged lock signed 'U.S. SPRINGFIELD' and marked with an American Eagle device together with the date '1864', walnut three-quarter stock, iron furniture including heel-plate, trigger guard and two barrel-bands, cup-ended iron clearing rod and swivels for slingSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
RICHARD CAREW: CAREW'S SURVEY OF CORNWALL TO WHICH ARE ADDED NOTES ILLUSTRATIVE OF ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES BY THE LATE THOMAS TONKIN,,, London, printed by T Bensley for J Faulder, 1811, engraved portfrontis, 4to, old half calf, marbled boards worn + THE VISITATIONS OF CORNWALL COMPRISING THE HERALDS VISITATIONS OF 1530, 1573 AND 1620 WITH ADDITIONS BY ,,, J L VIVIAN, Exeter, William Pollard, 1887 with addenda and collegenda, 4to, old half calf worn + ARTHUR JOHN JEWERS (ED): HERALDIC CHURCH NOTES FROM CORNWALL,,, London, Mitchell & Hughes [1889], 1st edition, 2 plates, old half calf marbled boards worn + SABINE BARING-GOULD & ROBERT TWIGGE: AN ARMORY OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES (DEVON & CORNWALL) FROM UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE XVI CENTURY, Exeter, James G Comin, 1898, 1st edition, original cloth worn, inner joints split, some bleeding from cloth affecting margins of early leaves (4)
Italian London Armory & Co Enfield pattern .577 2-band percussion hammer action rifle with named lock, brass trigger guard and butt plate, sling suspension loops, pop-up ladder sights and 33 inch rifled barrel, overall length 125cm, serial number 15301. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIREARMS/SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO HANDLE/PURCHASE THIS ITEM.
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA A .45-70 (GOVT) BREECH-LOADING SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL '1884 'TRAPDOOR', serial no. 337033, dated for 1891, with blued 32 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, micro-adjustable rear-sight, colour-hardened model dated flip-up breech-block, colour-hardened lock marked with the American Eagle device and signed 'SPRINGFIELD', walnut full-stock with blued furniture, the left hand top of wrist stamped with a martial cartouche, two iron barrel-bands and iron nose-cap with concealed spike-bayonet, the whole retaining much apparent original blued finish and colour and complete with two tools and a proof certificateS1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA A .58 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLED MUSKET, MODEL '1863 TYPE II', no visible serial number, dated for 1864, with brushed bright (as original) 40in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, twin leaf and aperture flip-up rear-sight, solid top-tang, plain flat bar-action lock signed 'SPRINGFIELD' and marked with an American Eagle device and the date, walnut full-stock, heavy iron furniture including three barrel bands, nose-cap and cup-ended ramrod, fitted with swivels, good condition
FLAMIN' GROOVIES/MC5. Turning it way up with this ace collection of 8 x LPs and 1 x 12". Titles are MC5 (x3) - Back In The USA (UK 1977 pressing K 50346 - nice Ex/VG+), Teen Age Lust (1996 LP NER 3008-1) and Starship - The MC5 Live At The Sturgis Armory June 27, 1968. Flamin' Groovies titles are Jumpin' In The Night (SRK 6067, also with a live private pressing copy of the Valencourt Plaza S.T gig in September 1979), Now (SRK 7059 and 9103 333), Shake Some Action (9103 251) and Feel A Whole Lot Better (6078 619). Condition is generally neat VG+ to Ex+.
Original vintage travel advertising poster: Washington – American Airlines. Fantastic artwork by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) depicting a view at night of the Capitol Building in Washington DC with white and blue stars in the sky and the text above and below in stylised white, red and blue letters with the American Airlines eagle logo. Lithographed in USA. Good condition, tears and paper losses on margins. Edward Kauffer was born on December 14, 1890, in Great Falls, Montana. By 1910 he had moved to San Francisco working as a bookseller and studying art at the California School of Design from 1910 to 1912. At around this time Professor Joseph McKnight of the University of Utah became aware of Kauffer's work, sponsored him and paid to send him to Paris for further study. In gratitude Kauffer took his sponsor's name as a middle name. Kauffer stopped in Chicago for six months in 1912-1913 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. While there he witnessed the Armory Show, one of the first major exhibitions to introduce the styles of modernism to American viewers. This likely had a major impact on Kauffer, who would work in many of the same styles throughout his career. He arrived in Paris in 1913 and studied at the Académie Moderne until 1914.Kauffer moved to London upon the start of the First World War, and remained there for most of his career. He was briefly associated with Robert Bevan's Cumberland Market Group and had a one-man show at the Omega Workshops. In Brighton on the south coast, he designed a "novel" mural for the lobby of Embassy Court, a Modernist block of flats designed by Wells Coates in 1935. The mural consisted of "monochrome photographs ... printed directly on to a light-sensitive cellulose coating". Kauffer may be best known for the 140 posters that he produced for London Underground, and later London Transport. He created posters for Shell Oil and other commercial clients, and also illustrated books and book covers. Later he also became interested in textiles, interior design and theatrical design. He returned to New York City in 1940 at the beginning of the Second World War, and tried to find work in advertising. He struggled in the more competitive atmosphere until he was approached to do a series of posters for American Airlines in 1947. American Airlines remained his primary client until his death in 1954. County: , year of printing:1948, designer: Edward McKnight Kauffer , size (cm): 101x76.5
An interesting Ottoman medal and order group of four in relation to John Stevenson - an Englishman seconded to the Ottoman armory works in Constantinople in the 1870's, comprising Order of Osmanieh - forth class, Order of Medjidie - 5th class, with two Imtiyaz medals - 1st and 2nd class, an Imtiyaz gilt metal example, with an Order of Medjidie neck badge (the clasp at fault), two Sebah & Joaillier of Constantinople photographs of John Stevenson, a third photographic print of Stevenson shown wearing the medals. In addition there are eight Ottoman warrant / citation certificates / fragments of certificates, a hand written translation of one of these documents stating that the Osmanieh is a 4th class, an Articles of Agreement between his Excellency Musurus Pasha and John Stevenson dated 6th August 1872 - appointing 'John Stevenson of Totteridge (?) Road New Estate Enfield Lock in the county of Middlesex, Gunsmith' ... 'to serve in the employment of the Imperial Government for the term of twenty four calendar months in the capacity of Inspector of Pistols and converted needle guns and also as a filer and finisher of action locks in the Imperial small arms factory at Constantinople'. Also accompanying the group is a certificate and cased apron for Bro J Stevenson as a member of the Masonic Oriental Lodge No. 687 (Ottoman documents in poor condition) (Qty) CONDITION REPORT: The first class Imtiyaz medal is a yellow metal, it is not hall marked for gold and has not been tested.
A tile from RMS Titanic, with provenance from the Harland and Wolff Maritime Heritage Collection Belfast stating, 'Provenance for a first class smoking room floor tile on board RMS Titanic. This tile was one of a number of first class smoking room tiles removed from the Titanic at Southampton between the dates of April 7th and 8th by order of Thomas Andrews of Harland and Wolff of Belfast, because they were considered to be imperfect. The tiles taken form the Titanic were stored at the Harland and Wolff workshops in Southampton docks. They later were returned to Harland and Wolff in Belfast and used in the main offices for floor covering. These tiles were purchased by my company White Star Line International Ltd in 1986.' Signed Mr J Cross' with official stamp for Harland and Wolff Maritime Heritage Collection Belfast. Also a letter of provenance from The Lanes Armory in the form of a certificate of authenticity and copy photographs of one of the smoking rooms on board the Titanic with images of the tiled floor. The Harland and Wolff tiles came in two colour combinations, blue and red and grey and sepia. The first colour combination for the Titanic was apparently the grey and sepia tiles. Framed and glazed, with provenance.
A late 17th/early 18th century wrought iron three light chandelier With giltwood knop, 73cm high. Provenance: The Roger Warner Collection, Christie’s South Kensington, 20/21 January 2009, Lot 112. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: J Seymour Lyndsay, Iron and Brass Implements of the English House, 1970, fig 288 in which a drawing of a similar 3-branch chandelier from Randle Holme's Academy of Armory (published 1688) is shown. Hilliard, Chandeliers, 2001, p.37 and Ayres, Domestic Interiors 1500 – 1850, 2003, Fig 68 show related examples, the latter in Oxford City and County Museums. NB Please note this lot is from 'Other Properties' and is not part of the William H Stokes Collection
A British Mark I Lee Metford Bayonet and Scabbard, double edged and blade with a medial ridge running the full length of the blade, the ricasso is marked with a crown over 'VR' and '97.On the opposite side it is marked with a broad arrow and further armory marks. The pommel is also marked 436. - Est £100 -150
Walt Francis Kuhn (New York, California, 1877-1949) "Study for Clowns". Signed lower right. Title and dated verso. Oil on Board. Sight Size: 6.75 x 9 in. Provenance: Private Florida Collection. Framed behind glass. Walt Kuhn is perhaps best known for his circus figure-clown depictions. He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich from 1901 to 1903, and returned to New York where he worked as a cartoonist and magazine illustrator. He was associated with "The Eight", New York modernist painters, and with Arthur B. Davies, was a the key figure in forming the American Association of painters and Sculptors that organized the Armory Show of 1913 that introduced modernist European art to America. Kuhn's work is in many private and public collections, including the Dublin Museum in Ireland; the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Addison Gallery of American Art; the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the art museums of Denver, Columbus, Los Angeles, Wichita, and Detroit. J 1467
George Russell AE (1867-1935)Figures in the DunesOil on canvas, 53 x 80cm (20¾ x 31½'')Signed 'AE'George Russell grew up in Lurgan, Co. Amargh but moved to Dublin at the age of 11. He is known not only for his paintings but as a writer, poet, critic, theosophist and economist, and by his pseudonym ‘AE’ (a derivative of the word Aeon). He began night time painting classes at the Metropolitan School of Art just two years after moving to Dublin, and went on to receive academic training at the RHA. AE supported Hugh Lane’s campaign for the gallery of modern art and was active in the Irish Literary Revival. He exhibited abroad at the 1913 Armory Show in New York and at the Whitechapel in London, and created a large scale series of murals of 3 Upper Ely Place in Dublin which has been compared to the work of Goya. Iberian reviewed George Russell’s first exhibition in 1904 in the Irish Homestead - ‘It is, perhaps, in his treatment of atmospheres that Mr Russells most charming and satisfying effects are produced, and the sense of brooding tranquility and a living peace. [His] use, too, of a solitary figure, or of a few figures wrapped about with silence and the spaces of the air and the hills, is a revelation of the nearness of natural men to the heart of nature itself. (The Irish Homestead, Vol. X, No.35, 27 August 1904). This sense of the magical power of nature and its spiritual and enigmatic character is what defines the best specimens of George Russell’s work. Although he was sometimes criticised for his prolific output, there are many fine examples among his industrious oeuvre.His paintings can be found in the collection of the Ulster Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, Hugh Lane, OPW, Trinity College Dublin and the Crawford Gallery.
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) RACING ON THE STRAND (1912) Oil on panel, 9 1/2" x 14" (24 x 35.5cm), signed. Provenance:Mrs Mima de Manziarly, purchased at the 1913 exhibition; presented to the Chicago Art Institute, 1927; Anon. sale: Parke-Bernet 2 March 1944, lot 2, purchased by J. Acampora Anon. sale:Christie's 8 June 1979, lot 111, (illustrated and incorrectly titled Man Galloping by the Shore); thence to the present owner. Exhibited: London, Walker Gallery , Pictures of Life in the West of Ireland, 1912, no.38. New York, Armory, International Exhibition of Modern Art, 1913 (not numbered) Literature: Hilary Pyle's 'Catalogue Raisonne of the oil paintings of Jack Yeats'. Cat. No. 35.
Frederick Wagner (Pennsylvania, 1864 - 1940) Oil on canvas portrait of a woman. Signed lower left. Old gallery label on frame verso. Sight size: 42 x 34 in. Overall Size: 49.75 x 41.75 in. Provenance: Private Florida Collection. Wagner was a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy over 35 times from 1906-1940, winning prizes in 1914 and 1922. Wagner exhibited at the Carnegie 14 times from 1898 - 1925. He showed two works at the Armory Show, and exhibited 11 times at the Corcoran between 1907 - 1935. He had a special exhibit of 100 pastels, at the Corcoran in April 1924. Wagner exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1884, 1907, 1925 and 1928.
Heraldry & Genealogy - Hatchments in Britain, 10 vols, Peter Summers, Coat of Arms in Cleveland, A Derbyshire Armory, A directory of British Peerages, Manual of Heraldry, qty of booklets relating to Heraldry, Family Records by Asworth P. Burke, 1956, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, second edition 1985, Civic Heraldry, C.W. Scott-Giles, Heraldry in National Trust Houses, The Art of Heraldry, The Art of Heraldry, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davis, The Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees and other books etc
Heraldry & Genealogy - Hatchments in Britain, 10 vols, Peter Summers, Coat of Arms in Cleveland, A Derbyshire Armory, A directory of British Peerages, Manual of Heraldry, qty of booklets relating to Heraldry and other books etc Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Heraldry & Genealogy - Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London 1952, Burke's Genealogical And Heraldic History Of The Peerage Baronetage And Knightage, one hundred & first edition, edited by L.G. Pine.. 1956 & The General Armory Of England Scotland Ireland And Wales, Bernard Burke, 1984 (3) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
17th Century Antiquarian Books - An Analysis of Honor and Armory by Matt Carter London Printed by E : Coates 1655. A Discourse of the Right of the Church in a Christian State by Herbert Thorndike - London Printed by M.F for Octavian Pullen at the sign of the Rose in S. Pauls Church - Yard 1649. The English Concord in answer to be Cane's English Farre. Together with a reply to Becan's Examen of the English Concord by Richard Harris - At London Printed by H.L for Mat. Lownes and are to be sold in Paules Church yard at the sign of the Bishops Head 1614. (3)
HERALDRY MANUSCRIPT: late 18thc heraldic manuscript, 150+pp, numerous cut printed armorials tipped-in, some leaves with additional sections overlaid, a few later additions or amendments, 8vo in period marbled wrappers, crude later reback to spine, browned and marked: together with a defective copy of 'The Academy of Armory', pub. Chester 1688, a framed manuscript document dated 1704 and two misc. other books. (A box)
DEAN, Bashford, Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords (1928); Catalogue of European Daggers (1928); Catalogue of a loan exhibition of Arms and Armor (1911); Collection of Arms and Armor (1930); Collection of Arms and Armor including the William H. Riggs Donation (1915); Collection of Arms and Armor including the William H. Riggs Donation (1921); ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Arms and Armor (1964); FLIEGEL, Stephen N., Arms and Armour - The Cleveland Museum of Art (1988); GRANCSAY, Stephen V., Catalogue of Armor: the John Woodman Higgins Armory (1961); KARCHESKI, Walter J. (Jr.) with Preface by WARDROPPER, Ian, Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago (1995); VON KIENBUSCH, Carl Otto, The Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection of Armor and Arms (1963)
Carter (Matthew). Honor Rediviuus. An Analysis of Honor and Armory, 2nd edition, for Henry Herringman, 1660, engraved frontispiece, title page, and 7 plates, numerous woodcut coats of arms to the text, bound with the final blank, moderate browning, frontispiece laid down, title page slightly soiled, plate facing p. 42 chipped in margin, marginal damp-staining to plates facing pp. 54 and 56, modern half sheep, 8vo (16 x 9.8cm) Wing C659. (1)
Holme (Randle). The Academy of Armory, or, a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon..., 1st edition, Chester: Printed for the Author, 1688, additional engraved title trimmed & torn to image and lined to verso, dedication leaf lined with archival tissue and repaired, letterpress title with early manuscript signature and markings, also repaired to lower and inner margin, numerous full-page engraved illustrations of armorial symbols etc., 3 plates on two leaves, few tears and some repairs mostly to fore-edge margins, some dust-soiling, marks and dampstaining, modern quarter calf, folio Wing H2513. The work is partly an explanation of heraldic symbols, but also an encyclopedia of the 17th century world, with the illustrations depicting not only heraldic symbols, but also trades and pursuits etc. including candle making, brick laying, weaving, tapestry making, baking, painting, falconry, playing billiards, chess and tennis. Randle Holmes (1627-1700) was one of the first Freemasons in Chester, and the volume contains a reference to Freemasonry in Book III chapter 9 (page 393, leaf Ddd) which has the following text "I cannot but honor the Felloship of the Masons because of its Antiquity; and the more, as being a member of that Society, called Free-masons: In being conversant amongst them I have observed the use of these severall Tools following, some whereof I have seen born in coats Armour". The work was intended to consist of four books, each focusing on different aspects of heraldry, but following the printing of the thirteenth chapter of the third book Holme was unable to print the rest of his work even though he had as stated in his passage to the reader following the final chapter completed the manuscript. This manuscript is held at the British Library. The rest of book 3 and book 4 were published in 1905 by the Roxburghe Club. (1)
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