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Lot 280
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to John D. Lambeth for his services as Landsman on board the Namur on 4 November 1805, as Ordinary Seaman on board the Valiant at Basque Roads, and as Able Seaman in the boats of the same ship at the capture of two French brigs in September 1810 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 4 Novr. 1805, Basque Roads 1809, 27 Sep Boat Service 1810 (Jno. D. Lambeth) the last four letters of surname corrected from ‘Lambert’, edge bruise and scratch to obverse, otherwise very fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- 33 clasps issued for the Boat Service action on 27 September 1810. ‘On the night of September 27th, the boats of the Caledonia, one hundred-and-twenty, Captain Sir H. Neale, Valiant, seventy-four, Captain R. Oliver; and Armide, thirty-eight, Captain R. Dunn, lying in Basque Roads, were despatched under the orders of First Lieutenant Hamilton of the Caledonia, to take or destroy three brigs laden with Government stores, anchored under the protection of a strong battery at Pointe du Ché. As it was known that the enemy had strengthened the position with field pieces, and that a strong body of troops was assembled for the protection of the vessels, a party of one hundred and thirty marines, commanded by Captains T. Sherman and McLachlan, with Lieutenant Little, was added to the seamen from the three ships. At half-past two the marines were landed under Pointe du Ché, but the alarm was given by the brigs, and under a smart fire Lieutenant Little advanced, captured the battery and spiked the guns. In the meantime Captain Sherman took position on the main road, facing the village of Angoulin, supported by one of the launches with an eighteen-pounder carronade. The enemy advanced from the village and attacked him, but were driven back with loss. The French then made another attempt with a field piece, but were charged with the bayonet, put to flight, and the gun taken. While this was going on, the seamen had captured two of the brigs, and destroyed the other, and the party re-embarked without losing a man. Lieutenant Little and one man were wounded. The enemy left fourteen dead in the battery, but what loss they sustained from the fire of Captain Sherman's division and the launch could not be ascertained.’ (Medals of the British Navy by W. H. Long refers). John Lambeth/Lambert is confirmed on the rolls as Landsman aboard Namur at Strachan’s action on 4 November 1805, as Ordinary Seaman aboard the Valiant at Basque Roads, and as Able Seaman in the boats of the same ship the capture of two French brigs off Point du Ché, in the Basque Roads, by boats from Armide, Caledonia and Valiant. He is shown as Lambeth on all ship’s books but incorrectly as Lambert on the clasp application list for 4 November 1805, and as Lambeth on the clasp application lists for the two latter clasps. He consequently has two entries in the Colin Message roll who describes him as a ‘man of mystery’. Sold with copied muster lists and some professional research.
Lot 1052
A Cyma 18K gold circular cased gentleman's wristwatch, the signed and jewelled 586K caliber movement numbered '292445', the signed silvered dial with Arabic numerals and arrowhead hour markers, the signed case back interior detailed '18K 0,750' and numbered '8 4273 07' above '245', case diameter 3.6cm, together with a Carronade Automatic gilt metal fronted and steel backed gentleman's wristwatch, case diameter 3.5cm, and a Continental steel backed gentleman's wristwatch, case diameter 4cm.
Lot 410
Large Collection of Ladies & Gentlemen's Wrist Watches, leather and bracelet straps, including Citron, Georges Rech, Reflex, Timex Carronade, Avia, Corvette, Sekonda, Imado, Seiko, Limit, Seiko, Casio, Accurist, Ingersoll, Phillip Mercier, Avia, Storm, Linea, plus three boxed watches and various fashion watches.
Lot 1308
CARRONADE; a gentlemen's 1970s stainless steel watch with raised baton markers, minute track and day/date aperture at 3 o'clock, 25 jewel automatic movement, on stainless steel bracelet strap, together with a Seiko 17 jewel automatic watch head, no. 7005-2000, with silvered dial, raised gold-coloured batons, outer minute track and date aperture at 3 o'clock (2).Condition Report: Carronade: has been wound and appears to be in working order, the crown is missing and there are obvious scratches to the head, glass and strap. Seiko: there is no strap, has been wound and appears to be in working order but stop starts, there are scratches and wear to the face and head as expected.
Lot 305
Roamer Searock gold plated automatic wristwatch with date, signed textured green fumé dial, applied baton hour indices, centre seconds, signed screw off case back, no. MOD 522-2210.626, inner no. 22164, signed 17 jewel movement, D37.6mm; Mithras Seahunter gold plated automatic diver's wristwatch with date; Waldman plated automatic wristwatch with date and Tressa Carronade Laser Beam chrome wristwatch with date
Lot 525
Roamer Searock gold plated automatic wristwatch with date, signed textured green fumé dial, applied baton hour indices, centre seconds, signed screw off case back, no. MOD 522-2210.626, inner no. 22164, signed 17 jewel movement, D37.6mm; Mithras Seahunter gold plated automatic diver's wristwatch with date; Waldman plated automatic wristwatch with date and Tressa Carronade Laser Beam chrome wristwatch with date
Lot 244
* Cannonball. A large Napoleonic Wars cannonball probably from the Carran Foundry, Falkirk, a type used in mortars, iron with brass inset and square turning recess, approximately 20 cm acrossQTY: (1)NOTE:Believed to have been from the Carran Foundry in Scotland. A special percussion fuse was designed to fit into the plug hole. Carran also made the carronade cannon which was a very short cast iron cannon mostly used by the Royal Navy. This particular example was spotted by the present owner (8 years old at the time) outside a chandlery in Falmouth circa 1950. The owner told the boy if he could pick it up he could keep it. Clearly a very strong young man!
Lot 143
A quantity of modern costume jewellery, mainly bead necklaces and vintage brooches to include a black Wedgwood example, a Mexican white metal circular brooch, 1980's Masj example, a Sarah Coventry silver tone circular brooch, a Movitex gold tone and white crystal example, a Monet silver tone rope twist brooch, a Miracle silver tone and purple stone brooch, a French I Test International enamelled brooch by Decat, Paris, together with a Carronade gold tone ladies cocktail watch, a 'Danish Design' silver tone bracelet and a Contemporary Rotary stainless steel ladies bangle watch and anotherLocation: RABIf there is no condition report shown, please request
Lot 338
Swiss silver key wound fob watch, porcelain Roman dial, foliate engraved case, hinged case back no. 59193 stamped .935, unnamed Swiss cylinder movement, D40.8mm; plated watch albert; ladies Carronade gold plated wristwatch on integrated bark effect bracelet, W25mm and ladies Limit gold plated quartz wristwatch, W19mm (3)
Lot 1
GENTLEMEN'S JEWELLERY & WATCH COLLECTION, to include gold plated bark effect Carronade square dial bracelet wristwatch, gold tone Ronson pocket lighter, gold plated chunky link identity bracelet, 925 stamped flat curb link bracelet, 32.8gms, two gold tone rings, belcher and curb link chains, seven pairs of cufflinks etc. Provenance: private collection Gwynedd
Lot 217
A quantity of modern costume jewellery, mainly bead necklaces and vintage brooches to include a black Wedgwood example, a Mexican white metal circular brooch, 1980's Masj example, a Sarah Coventry silver tone circular brooch, a Movitex gold tone and white crystal example, a Monet silver tone rope twist brooch, a Miracle silver tone and purple stone brooch, a French I Test International enamelled brooch by Decat, Paris, together with a Carronade gold tone ladies cocktail watch, a 'Danish Design' silver tone bracelet and a Contemporary Rotary stainless steel ladies bangle watch and another. Location:RAB
Lot 139
Selection of four Men's Vintage mechanical watches. To include a Henri Sandoz & Fils 17 Jewels Incabloc watch with black leather strap, a Timex Water Resistant Made in Great Britain watch with stainless steel stretchable band bracelet, a Carronade 25 Jewels Automatic Incabloc gold plated watch with gold plated stainless steel stretchable band bracelet and a Smiths 17 Jewels Shockproof gold plated watch with crocodile skin style brown leather strap. Condition: All watches are untested. All of the watches except the Timex watch are in good condition commensurate with the age of the watches.
Lot 873
Oris chrome plated hand wound wristwatch, signed silvered dial with baton indices and centre seconds, two piece case with signed screw off case back, signed 15 jewel 392 KIF movement; Ladies Seiko stainless steel hand wound wristwatch, signed blue fume dial with applied baton indices, snap on case back numbered 11-3180 & serial no. 670451, signed 11A 17 jewel movement; five other hand wound wristwatches Smiths Empire, Oris, Sekonda, Carronade and Chevalier.
Lot 166
Seven manual wind wristwatches including Tissot, MuDu, Record, Roamer, Ramino, Aerolux and Vertex and three automatic wristwatches including Tissot Seastar, Penguin and CarronadeCondition Report:One movement (Aerolux) not working, others are functioning but some overwound at crown but currently functioning, non guaranteed
Lot 399
Three pairs of 9ct gold chain link cufflinks,comprising a pair of 9ct gold rectangular machine engraved chain link cufflinks, London 1954, a pair of 9ct gold oval hand engraved chain link cufflinks, London 1989, and a pair of 9ct gold hollow oval chain link cufflinks, Chester 1920,together with a base metal Carronade half hunter quartz pocket watch,46mm diameter, a white dial, Roman numerals, Louis XVI hands, moon aperture, to base metal guard chain with T-bar. 9ct gold - 13.37gCondition ReportPocket watch not currently running. May require a new battery. Hands, date and moon aperture adjust.Marks and scratches to surfaces.Minor tarnish.
Lot 370
Tressa, Smiths, 'Everite', Ramona and others - thirty vintage wristwatches, mostly gentleman's, mostly automatic movements, gold-plated and stainless steel cases, mostly stainless and leather straps, to include Tressa Carronade, circular champagne dial, gold-plated case with stainless steel back, leather strap; Smiths Astrolon, square dial, gold-plated case with stainless steel back, detached rubber strap.Qty: 30
Lot 327
Artisania Latina 1:30 Scale Historical Cannon Kits, all boxed as new, 66667 Falconet 16 LB cannon with figure and display plinth (2), 66668 Louis XIV 16 LB cannon with figure and display plinth (5), 66666 US Naval 24 LB cannon with figures and display plinth (3) and 66669 HMA Victory 1805 32 lb Carronade with figures and display plinth, E, boxes G-E, (11)
Lot 416
A collection of ten gents vintage wristwatches to include 1960's, 70's and later, including gold plated and steel/white metal versions including brands such as Lanco, Zenith, Rfigold, Carronade, Rotary, Nivada Timex, Worchester, etc including square and round dials, some with leather straps and bracelet straps, etc (1 bag) Further details: movements untested most in working order, minor wear and tear commensurate with age
Lot 4
A Swiss Emperor Day/Date stainless steel wristwatch, 25 Jewel Automatic movement, silvered dial, silver baton markers, date at 3 & day in crescent aperture above 6, later expanding bracelet; a Carronade gold plated wristwatch, 17 Jewel Incabloc movement, gold dial, gold/black baton markers, date aperture at 3, later bracelet (2)
Lot 132
A Miniature Full Armour In German 'Gothic' StyleOf steel comprising sallet, bevor, breast- and back-plates, tassets, full arm and leg harness, the former with pierced petalled besagews and fingered gauntlets, embossed with characteristic fluting, and with dome-headed 'rivets' throughout, complete with its shield and two-hand sword: on a wooden plinth; together with a model bronze cannon of tapering multi-stage form with raised mouldings and bell-shaped muzzle: on its brass-mounted stepped wooden carriage of naval type; a bronze model carronade with raised mouldings and integral breeching loop over the cascabel: on its brass-mounted stepped wooden carriage of naval type; and an iron model mortar: on its brass-mounted wooden carriage (4)The first 38.5 cm. high (not including plinth)Footnotes:The first almost certainly the product of G.A. Gudé & Co. Ltd., 15/17 King Street, St. James's, London, circa 1926For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 282
The scarce Naval General Service medal awarded to Able Seaman James French, who served as a Landsman in the Mercury when she assisted in the capture and destruction of several vessels off the town of Rota, near Cadiz in April 1808 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Rota 4 April 1808 (James French.) nearly extremely fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Off Rota 4 April 1808 [19 issued] - 8 medals known, including examples in the National Maritime Museum (2); Royal Naval Museum; and the Patiala Collection (Sheesh Mahal Museum, India). James French is confirmed on the rolls as a Landsman on board the Mercury in the action with Spanish gun-boats off Rota, near Cadiz. Two other men with these names appear on the Admiralty Claimants’ List, one as a Boy aboard Africa at Trafalgar, the other as an Ordinary Seaman in the Shannon at the capture of the Chesapeake. The latter medal was sold in these rooms on 8 May 2019 (Lot 218 £13,000 hammer). James French was born in Essex, and entered the Navy as a Landsman on board the Mercury on 22 January 1807, aged 20 years. He subsequently transferred to the Rodney, as an Ordinary Seaman, on 5 March 1810; to the Superb on 31 October 1812, being advanced to 2nd Gunner on 19 January 1813; to the Creole, in the same rate, on 7 July 1813; and lastly to the Clorinde on 9 November 1814, as Able Seaman, until finally paid off on 13 July 1816. Sold with copied muster rolls and record of service. Mercury assists in the capture and destruction of several vessels off the town of Rota, near Cadiz On 4 April 1808, while the British 38-gun frigate Alceste, Captain Murray Maxwell, the 28-gun frigate Mercury, Captain James Alexander Gordon, and 18-gun brig-sloop Grasshopper (16 carronades, 32-pounders, and two long sixes), Captain Thomas Searle, lay at anchor about three miles to the north-west of the lighthouse of San-Sebastian, near Cadiz, a large convoy, under the protection of about 20 gun-boats and a numerous train of flying artillery on the beach, was observed coming down close along-shore from the northward. At 3 p.m., the Spanish convoy being then abreast of the town of Rota, the Alceste and squadron weighed, with the wind at west-south-west, and stood in for the body of the enemy's vessels. At 4 p.m. the shot and shells from the gun-boats and batteries passing over them, the British ships opened their fire. The Alceste and Mercury devoted their principal attention to the gun boats, while the Grasshopper, drawing much less water, stationed herself upon the shoal to the southward of the town and so close to the batteries, that by the grape from her carronade she drove the Spaniards from their guns, and at the same time kept in check a division of gun-boats, which had come out from Cadiz to assist those engaged by the two frigates. Captain Maxwell in his official letter, alluding to this gallant conduct on the part of Captain Searle, says: “It was a general cry in both ships, ‘Only look how nobly the brig behaves.’” The situation of the Alceste and Mercury was also rather critical, they having in the state of the wind, to tack every fifteen minutes close to the end of the shoal. In the heat of the action the first Lieutenant of the Alceste, Allen Stewart, volunteered to board the convoy with the boats. Accordingly the boats of the Alceste pushed off, under Lieutenant Stewart, and the boats of the Mercury quickly followed, under Lieutenant Watkin Owen Pell, who, it should be noted, had lost a leg when wounded in the Lion in February 1800, when he was a midshipman of barely 12 years of age. Dashing in among the convoy, the two divisions of boats, led by Lieutenant Stewart, soon boarded and brought out seven tartans, from under the very muzzles of the enemy's guns and from under the protection of the barges and pinnaces of the Franco-Spanish squadron of seven sail of the line, which barges and pinnaces had also by that time effected their junction with the gun-boats. Exclusive of the seven tartans captured, two of the gun-boats were destroyed, and several compelled to run on shore, by the fire from the two British frigates and brig, which did not entirely cease until 6.30 p.m. All this was effected with so slight a loss to the British, as one man mortally and two slightly wounded on board the Grasshopper. The damages of the latter, however, were extremely severe, as well in hull, as in masts, rigging, and sails. With the exception of an anchor shot away from the Mercury, the damages of the two frigates were confined to their sails and ridging, and that not to any material extent. Captain Thomas Searle received a magnificent presentation sword from his ‘Grasshoppers’ on this occasion and later became a Rear-Admiral and Companion of the Bath. When, in 1848, he claimed his N.G.S. medal it bore four clasps, the most common issuance being that for Off Rota 4 April 1809 (19 issued) and accompanied by those for Schiermonnikoog 12 Aug 1799 (9 issued), Courier 22 Novr 1799 (3 issued), and Grasshopper 24 April 1808 (7 issued).
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