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Click here to subscribeCornet By Besson & Co. bell stamped with maker name 'Prototype 198 Euston Road Class A', serial no.109171, with tuning shank and B&H mouthpiece, case with paper label 'Batty. J. Hut Y17 L Squadron No.3 Radio School RAF, Compton Bassett' and photograph of own in Leamington Glassworks Prize BandCondition is reasonable for age, significant wear to valves, no large dents or damage
Cornet By W Brown & Sons bell stamped 'Class A Improved Valves W Brown & Sons Makers, Kennington Road, London' serial no.16755, cased with mouthpiece and two tuning shanks; Trombone (small bore) by Hawkes & Sons, bell stamped 'Excelsior Sonorous Class A Hawkes & Son, Denman St. Piccadilly Circus, London' serial no.31427, cased with mouthpiece (2)Cornet: good condition for age; some wear and marks from use; crease to bell; no major dents; Trombone: good condition for age no major damage
A George I silver Hanoverian pattern silver table spoon by Richard Scarlett, London 1721, with rat tail bowl, line engraved initials T.K, with a set of four Old English pattern table spoons by Thomas Chawner, London 1777, with engraved crest- bear arm holding a cornet- not found, 285gms. (9.1ozs.), gross, (5)
XTC (Né en 1978) MC CAVIAR. Grand cornet de Mc Caviar en résine et OR 24K et sa cuillère en nacre. Pièce unique, numéroté EA 1/4 Signé par l’artiste sur le socle. Hauteur : 30 cm. Poids brut : 3Kg. Dimensions boîte plexiglas : 33 x 20 cm. Conçu et réalisé en résine moulée, parée de feuille d'or 24 carats, peint en noir profond. Protégé sous un vernis résistant. Probablement l'œuvre d'XTC la plus emblématique à ce jour. Certificat (COA) fourni.
XTC (Né en 1978) et HERSK (Né en 1979) MC CAVIAR en collaboration avec HERSK. Grand cornet de Mc Caviar en résine et OR 24K et sa cuillère en nacre. Pièce unique, numéroté 1/1. Signé par les deux artistes sur le socle. Hauteur : 30 cm. Poids brut : 3Kg. Dimensions socle plexiglas : 33 x 20 cm. Conçu et réalisé en résine moulée, parée de feuille d'or 24 carats, peint en rouge profond. Protégé sous un vernis résistant. Probablement l'œuvre d'XTC la plus emblématique à ce jour, en collaboration avec l’artiste HERSK. Certificat (COA) fourni.
Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State Colour, 15th September 1899, comprising: 3 figure Band Sets - 2 x 00291- Bassoon, Tenor Drum, Cymbals, 00292 - Circular Bass, Tenor Sax, Euphonium, 5992 - Bass Drum, Side Drum, Oboe, 40106 - Tuba, Alto Sax, Piccolo, 40201 - Sgt. Trombone, Sgt. Clarinet, Sgt. Cornet & 3 x 40202 - Side Drum, Clarinet & French Horn. Mint overall, contained in near Mint Britains pictorial set boxes. [9]
Roger Brielle, French 1899-1960 - Untitled (Red abstract); oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Brielle', 73 x 60 cm (ARR) Provenance: Roger Passeron collection (according to the previous cataloguing of the work); Bernard collection (Landes le Gaulois) (according to the previous cataloguing of the work); SVV Pousse-Cornet SARL, Blois, 1st July 2024, lot 93; private collection, purchased from the above Note: Passeron was a noted publisher on printing, creating catalogues raisonnés of the engraved work of Michel Ciry, Mario Avari and Antoni Clavé, as well as works on the lithographs of Picasso and Chagall.
Africa DRC - Lega mask in carved wood and raffia. tribal patina Provenance :Â Collected before 1955 by Andre Simoens, a great Belgian collector from Saint-Idesbald who spent his entire professional career in Congo (Kinshasa and Kwilu Ngongo). In the late 1960s, he maintained good relations with Brother Cornet, then director of the INMZ, in Kinshasa. Brother Joseph Cornet wrote the exhibition catalogue of the Bronson Collection in 1978 (Enquete sur l'art zairois : la Collection Bronson). - Weight: 120 g - Shipping available - Region: Afrique RDC - Sizes: H 180MM X L 130MM
Afrique RDC - Lega spoon carved in bone with tribal patina Provenance:Â Collected before 1955 by Andre Simoens, a great Belgian collector from Saint-Idesbald who spent his entire professional career in Congo (Kinshasa and Kwilu Ngongo). In the late 1960s, he maintained good relations with Brother Cornet, then director of the INMZ, in Kinshasa. Brother Joseph Cornet wrote the exhibition catalogue of the Bronson Collection in 1978 (Enquete sur l'art zairois : la Collection Bronson). - Weight: 14 g - Shipping available - Region: Afrique RDC - Sizes: H 200MM X L 50MM
Africa DRC - Lega, bone spoon. tribal patina Provenance :Â Collected before 1955 by Andre Simoens, a great Belgian collector from Saint-Idesbald who spent his entire professional career in Congo (Kinshasa and Kwilu Ngongo). In the late 1960s, he maintained good relations with Brother Cornet, then director of the INMZ, in Kinshasa. Brother Joseph Cornet wrote the exhibition catalogue of the Bronson Collection in 1978 (Enquete sur l'art zairois : la Collection Bronson). - Weight: 15 g - Shipping available - Region: Afrique RDC - Sizes: H 180MM X 46MM
Schreibtisch aus dem Umkreis Abraham RoentgensKirschfurnier, verschiedene Obst- und Edelhölzer, teilweise gefärbt, teilweise brandschattiert und graviert, auf Kirsche und Weichholz, Leder, bedruckte Tapete. Geschweifte Zarge, vorne herausziehbare Schreibplatte, ein seitlicher Schub mit Fächern. Dreiseitig geschweifte Platte mit dunklen Konturen, marketiert mit Blumen und Schmetterlingen. Geschweifte verjüngte Vierkantbeine mit dunklen Konturen, abschraubbar. Auf dem Boden Brandstempel "H. INV. 2518" und zwei Klebeetiketten (nicht lesbar). Restaurierte Schwundrisse auf Platte und Zarge. H 77, B 76, T 50 cm.Neuwied, um 1770.ProvenienzFischer-Böhler, München.Die Sammlung L.LiteraturZur Marketerie vgl. Cornet/Willscheid (Hg), Möbel à la Roentgen. Inspirationen aus der Neuwieder Manufaktur, Neuwied 2023, Kat. Nr. 3.S.a. Lempertz Köln Auktion Fit for a King. Abraham & David Roentgen, 13. November 2020, Lot 406.
A Crimean War ‘Heavy Brigade’ pair awarded to Captain A. M. Robertson, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Capt. A. M. Robertson, 4th [Dn.] Gds.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierce with ring suspension, both with Bailey, Coventry, top riband fitments for wearing, first with signs of having sometime been held in a circular mount, with restoration overall and partial loss of regimental details due to bruising, contact marks and heavily polished, thus fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. Arthur Masterton Robertson was commissioned Cornet, by purchase, in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 18 May 1846, and was promoted Lieutenant by purchase on 8 October 1847, and Captain by purchase on 25 June 1852. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and took part in the famous charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854. Subsequently tried by Court-martial for conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman in Dublin in March 1862, Robertson was found guilty of the charges against him and was sentenced to be cashiered from the Army; however, on the recommendation of the Judge Advocate-General the Queen did not confirm the sentence of the Court, and instead Robertson retired by sale of his commission in 1864.
Pair: Major T. Jones, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Major. T. Jones. 4th. D.G.) Depot impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Major T. Jones. 4th. D.G.) Depot impressed naming, fitted with a non-swivel ring suspension, minor edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Thomas Jones was commissioned Cornet, by purchase, in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 23 July 1841, and was promoted Lieutenant by purchase on 19 May 1843, and Captain by purchase on 30 June 1848. He served in the Crimea in 1855, and was present at the battle of the Tchernaya, and at the siege of Sebastopol.
Militaria Interest: a Victorian silver-gilt military drum shaped presentation desk ink stand, the cover engraved with The Royal Arms above banner DIEU ET MON DROIT and the arms of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, a panel in the drum opens to reveal recess for ink bottle (missing), the inside cover engraved with two crests above initials W.D.L 11th Hussars (William Drury-Lowe), the body engraved: EGYPT within frame and sphinx above with SALAMANCA PENINSULA WATERLOO BHURTPORE below, the drum with twist cord mouldings, hallmarked by probably Henry Wilkinson & Co, Sheffield, 1851, the entire on brass bound black marble cross shaped mount with four cast brass Sphinxes to each corner, approx. 20cm long. Provenance: once the property of William Drury-Lowe (1828-1906), more formally known as William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe thence by descent Born the eldest son of William Drury Holden (assumed the name Lowe in 1849) and the Hon. Caroline Esther, daughter of Nathaniel 2nd Lord Scarsdale. He received a commission as a Cornet (the modern equivalent being a 2nd Lieutenant) in the 11th Hussars in 1849, rising to Lieutenant in 1851. The inkwell show only the pre-Crimean War era battle honours, which is correct for the date the inkwell was made. The 11th Hussars went on to serve with distinction at Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sevastopol during the Crimean War. In 1877, William went on to succeed to the Denby and Locko estates in Derbyshire.
Abyssinia 1867 (Cornet Lord C. Hamilton 11th Hussars Aide de Camp) old repair to suspension post, otherwise toned, good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Three officers and 9 enlisted men of the 11th Hussars received the Abyssinia medal. Charles George Douglas-Hamilton was born on 18 May 1847, the second son of William Alexander Archibald, 11th Duke of Hamilton & 8th Duke of Brandon, and his wife H.H. Princess Marie of Baden, youngest daughter of Karl Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (which made him a cousin of Emperor Naploeon III. He was commissioned as Cornet by purchase in the 11th Hussars on 9 March 1866, and served during the Abyssinia campaign as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Napier. He was present during the capture of Magdala, and was also mentioned in despatches. He resigned his commission in 1869 (which appears to have been connected to financial issues). In 1885 he succeeded a distant cousin to become the 7th Earl of Selkirk, but sadly died on 2nd May the following year from Tuberculosis, in Biarritz, just before his 39th birthday.
[ Charge of the Light Brigade ] After Lowes Cato Dickinson (1819 – 1908) "Sir George Orby Wombwell, Baronet", aquatint published by Robert Sunter of York, 1861, framed and mounted under glass, 83 cm x 61 cm overall. [Wombwell joined the 17th Lancers in 1852 as a cornet and later served as an aide-de-camp to Lord Cardigan during the Crimean War. Present at the Charge of the Light Brigade. Upon reaching the Russian guns, his horse was killed under him and he was taken prisoner, however, he effected an escape, caught a loose horse and rode back to the British lines pursued by Russian troops]
A Victorian 1822 pattern Light Cavalry officer’s dress sword for the 10th Hussars by HENRY WILKINSON PALL MALL LONDON No.18619 (=1873CE) blade 83cms etched with crowned VR cypher, Xth within garter inscribed PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN, above HUSSARS above battle honours to Sevastopol, with owner’s initials RDL, all with scrolling foliage, regulation triple bar steel guard, chequered steel grip, silver wire bound fish skin covered grip, in polished steel scabbard.The sword of R. Drury Lowe, 10th Hussars, cornet 1869, Lieut. 1871. Sold with copy of the Wilkinson Sword ledger entry and some limited research material. Please note that all lots in this auction have been imported from outside the United Kingdom and are subject to 5% import duty on the hammer price. Items being exported outside of the UK are exempt from this charge upon proof of export. Any international bidder having items sent to a UK address will be subject to this fee.
Trumpet Sovereign Model By Boosey & Hawkes bell stamped with globe logo, no.667421, in manufacturers hard caseAll valves and slides move freely as do valve top caps & bottom caps; Bell logo reads 'Manufactured by Boosey And Hawkes London England. Sovereign'; trigger connecting bar missing; mouthpiece (cornet) stamped 'JK Exclusive 5C'; dents to 1st & 2nd slide bows and bell back bow
LOWE HUDSON: (1769-1844) Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Saint Helena 1816-21 where he was the 'gaoler' of Emperor Napoleon. A.L.S., with his initials HL, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Saint Helena), n.d. (´Friday´), to Sir Thomas Reade. Lowe commences his letter stating ´Ask the commanders and as many of the passengers as you may think right to dine here either today or tomorrow as may be found most convenient´ and also requests that Reade invites ´the two Captains Campbell´ as well as any ladies, such as Mrs. Munro, further remarking ´Lady Lowe wishes also to see Cornet De Lancey. She does not precisely know who he is, but says he must be a relation´. Lowe also forwards a pass as requested by Reade and two letters for the Admiral and concludes by adding that he has enquired as to ´whether Bonaparte made any remarks´ regarding a book, and observing ´This questioning I fear he will not like´. Accompanied by the original envelope wrapper hand addressed by Lowe. Some light, minimal age wear and a few minor stains, VGSir Thomas Reade (1782-1849) British Colonel during the Napoleonic Wars, one of the principal guards of the defeated Napoleon during his exile to Saint Helena.