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Lot 342
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant Henry Vassall Webster, 9th Light Dragoons, aide-de-camp to the Prince of Orange at the battle of Waterloo, and the officer who famously brought the news of the French arrival at Quatre Bras to the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball at Brussels, subsequently eulogised by Lord Byron in his poem ‘The eve of Waterloo’ Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Henry V. Webster, 9th Reg. Light Drag.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact pitting overall, otherwise nearly very fine £10,000-£14,000 --- Henry Webster (1793-1847) was responsible for an event made memorable by Lord Byron, with an appropriate measure of poetic licence. The first two stanzas of the nine constituting The eve of Waterloo are: There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium’s Capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o’er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell, But hush! Hark! A deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? ̶ No; ‘twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o’er the stony street; On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet ̶ But hark! ̶ that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! It is ̶ it is ̶ the cannon’s opening roar! Whether cannon could be heard is not known. But it is known that the news of the French arrival at Quatre Bras was brought to the ball by a Battle man, resulting in the rapid withdrawal of all soldiers there to the battle threatened at Quatre Bras. This was in the night of 15-16 June and not, as suggested by the poem’s title, 17 June. The man was Henry Vassall Webster of the Abbey family. One writer states that Webster had been invited to the ball but was unable to attend: ‘Between 11pm & midnight, Wellington went to the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball, he could not have been there long when (about 1am) Lt Henry Webster of the 9th Light Dragoons, attached to the Prince of Orange’s staff, arrived. Breathless and covered in dust and foam, he was carrying urgent news. The message Webster was carrying had left Braine-le-Comte at 10.30pm covering the distance to Brussels at high speed. He had ridden first to Wellington’s H.Q. in the Rue Royale in Brussels. Finding that the Duke of Wellington and the Prince of Orange had already left for the Ball, a servant led him to its venue. They reached there after midnight. Here Webster handed the despatch to the Prince of Orange. The letter, from (Maj. Gen. Jean-Victor) Constant Rebecque contained the news that the French, who had crossed the Sambre river, invading Belgium early that morning, had that evening broken through to Quatre Bras. Communications with the Prussian H.Q. in Sombreffe were therefore threatened. Napoleon was on the point of successfully driving a wedge between the two wings of the Allied forces which he then hoped to defeat in detail. A perplexed Prince of Orange passed the news to a dumfounded Duke. Now, and only now, did Wellington accept the seriousness of the situation.’ Webster himself wrote later: ‘I was in my saddle without a second’s delay; and, thanks to a fine moon and two capital horses, had covered the ten miles I had to go within the hour! Such was the crowd of carriages, that I could not well make my way through them on horseback; so I abandoned my steed to the first man I could get hold of, and made my way on foot to the porter’s lodge.’ The message clearly related to the possibility of Napoleon’s men advancing to cut off Wellington from Brussels and to force his withdrawal to the Channel ports. The bringer of the news was Henry Vassall Webster, son of the erratic Sir Godfrey who died in 1800 and brother of the fifth baronet of Battle Abbey. At the time he was a Lieutenant in the 9th Light Dragoon Guards and A.D.C. to the Prince of Orange. By 1824 he was a Captain, then Lt-Colonel and finally a full Colonel in 1831; he was knighted in 1843. Along the way he collected various medals, including the Waterloo Medal, and three non-British knighthoods: Willelm of the Netherlands, and the Tower and Sword and St Bento d’Avis, both of Portugal. Born at Naples in February 1793, he had joined the Light Dragoon Guards as a Cornet in March 1810. He was promoted Lieutenant in June 1811 and was slightly wounded at Vittoria in June 1813, where he served as an extra A.D.C. to Major-General Brisbane. Like his parents, Webster later became involved in a divorce, still in 1824 a difficult matter to achieve. Henry Baring M.P. accused him of seducing his wife. Webster did not defend himself and suffered damages of £1,000; Baring’s divorce took place in 1815. By this time Webster had married Grace Boddington at St George’s, Hanover Square, and they were to have two children. On 19 April 1847 he committed suicide at his house in Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, by cutting his throat with a penknife. The doctors attending the body attested to his unsound mind, and the coroner’s jury agreed a verdict: ‘That the deceased, Sir Henry Webster, died from the effects of wounds inflicted on himself while labouring under temporary insanity.’ His body was interred in the Webster vault at St Mary’s, Battle.
Lot 2677
A Conn brass '52 B' trumpet, serial number '709295', cased, a Boosey trumpet, a Lark cornet and a brass trombone by Jupiter, with soft case.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 10
Four silver pepper casters. Comprising a baluster example on three feet and embossed flowers, leaves and three cartouches, two of which are embossed with flowers, the other engraved with a scimitar and earl's cornet, mark of The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd., London 1948, 11cm high overall, (4 1/4 inches), 104g; a pair of spiral-fluted and embossed ogee-shaped pepper casters on loaded round bases, also with the mark of The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd., London 1909, loaded bases 132g gross; and a single tapering pepper caster with a tucked-under base, mark of Elkington & Co., Birmingham 1936, 9cm high overall, 38.6g
Lot 475
Football. Burnley FC 2021-22 Multi Signed A4 Team Sheet. Includes Josh Brownhill, Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson, Ben Mee, Mat?j Vydra, Aaron Lennon, Maxwel Cornet and others. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 375
A collection of research documents relating to Castle Cornet during the English Civil War, with extensive archive notes regarding the correspondence of Governor Sir Peter Osborne who held the castle in the name of the King during this time, also includes numerous maps and sketches. This appears to have been research collected to be used for a book set during the civil war focusing on Sir Peter Osborne and the siege of Castle Cornet.
Lot 272
The important Army Gold Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel James Hugonin, 4th Dragoons, a distinguished cavalry officer who led the 4th’s left squadron in Le Marchant’s brilliant charge of the Heavy Brigade at Salamanca; by far the most important British cavalry action of the Peninsula war, this charge broke three regiments of French infantry and won the day; Hugonin Commanded his Regiment at the battle of Toulouse and was the youngest of three generations of Hugonins who successively became the Commanding Officer of the 4th Dragoons Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Toulouse (Major James Hugonin, 4th Drags.) complete with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine £20,000-£26,000 --- Provenance: Hamilton-Smith Collection 1927; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2014. The record of service of the Hugonin family is probably unique in the British army. Three generations of Hugonins, James, Francis and James John, successively commanded the Fourth Dragoons, giving the regiment eighty-nine years of continuous service, from 1747 to 1836; their total service amounting to a hundred and thirty-five years. The influence on the regiment of the three Hugonins, grandfather, father and son, was considerable. This remarkable family connection was strengthened by the fact that several other officers of the Fourth Dragoons married into the Hugonin family. During this whole period, the Fourth Dragoons maintained a very high level of discipline and efficiency, and its officers, who included Lord Edward Somerset and Sir George Scovell, a reputation for great military ability and keenness. The Hugonin family originated from Vevey in western Switzerland. Early in the 18th century one of them married an English lady, and his branch settled at Nursted House, Buriton, near Petersfield in Hampshire. His son James was the first family member to be commissioned into the Fourth Dragoons. Joining as a Cornet in 1747, at the age of eighteen, he became Lieutenant-Colonel in 1775, and commanded the regiment for fifteen years, making a total of forty-three years’ service. James left the regiment on promotion to Major-General. James Hugonin’s only son, Francis, received his commission as Cornet in 1768, was promoted Captain in 1775, on the same day his father became Lieutenant-Colonel, and himself became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Dragoons in 1794. Francis was in command for nine years until he left on promotion to Major-General, but he returned to the regiment in 1808 as Colonel, and held the appointment until his death in 1836, at the age of eighty-five, a total of sixty-three years with the regiment. James John Hugonin, the third generation of ‘Fourth Dragoon Hugonins’, was born at Blandford, Dorset, on 13 June 1782, and was the only surviving son of Francis. He was commissioned into the regiment in April 1795 at the age of twelve, when his father was in command, and was promoted Lieutenant on 30 September the same year. He was promoted to Captain on 25 June 1803, aged 21. The Fourth Dragoons were based in Sussex, as part of the defence against a French invasion. In 1809 James John acted as Aide-de-Camp to his father, General Hugonin, on the Staff of Sussex District. Talavera and Busaco James John Hugonin went with the Fourth Dragoons to the Peninsula in April 1809, where he held a staff appointment as Brigade-Major. The Fourth was one of the few cavalry regiments to serve for virtually the entire Peninsula campaign. James was present with Fane’s brigade of heavy cavalry (3rd Dragoon Guards and 4th Dragoons) at the battle of Talavera, where he commanded a squadron. He was also present with the two squadrons of the Fourth Dragoons at Busaco, the only cavalry in the line of battle. In early 1811, Hugonin was detached, with local rank of major, to command a squadron of 3rd Dragoons until July 1811. R. H. Thoumine’s biography of General Le Marchant describes an incident that occurred while Fane’s Brigade was covering the retreat of the British forces from Badajoz, as Soult’s relieving army approached. The brigade was “under strong pressure from the French advanced guard. At La Granja, the enemy pushed on through the night on the information of a deserter, and came near to cutting off a squadron of the 3rd Dragoons, under Major Hugonin, who were foraging there. As the enemy burst from the wooded hills above the village, Hugonin scraped up enough horsemen to meet a charge in the main street, which left half a dozen casualties on each side.” (Scientific Soldier p 167 refers). Hugonin was promoted to Major in his own regiment on 19 December 1811, just before his 30th birthday. In February 1812 the cavalry was reorganised into Brigades and the Fourth Dragoons joined the 5th Dragoon Guards and the 3rd Dragoons under Major-General John Le Marchant, a man of great determination and vigour. Le Marchant was very proud of his Heavy Brigade and wrote in May 1812: ‘I am exceedingly pleased with my Brigade, being perfectly satisfied that no cavalry of double its numbers could stand before it.’ General Picton was moved to observe, ‘I always feel easy when General Le Marchant’s men are between me and the enemy; they do their duty and can be trusted; and I heartily wish the rest were like them.’ Triumph at Salamanca Salamanca was one of Wellington’s greatest victories. The French lost 14,000 men, 20 cannon and two Eagles, for an Allied loss of 5,000. Along with Assaye and Waterloo, it seems to have been among his favourite achievements. At around 5p.m., the French division on the left wing was heavily engaged with the advanced brigade of the British 3rd Division and the French cavalry was nowhere to be seen. Le Marchant spotted his opportunity, and without orders from above or additional British cavalry support, he gave the order for his nine squadrons to form line to their front, with the Fourth Dragoons to the fore, just as the French were pushed off the crestline by the British infantry. Then, his trumpeter sounded the Charge and the whole line broke into the gallop and crashed downhill into the two battalions of the French 66th Regiment. When the first line of the enemy was scattered, Le Marchant rallied his Heavy Brigade, the dreaded Messieurs en rouge, “big men on big horses” and led them forward against a second line, the 15th Regiment, and then, getting ever deeper into the French positions, against a third, the 22nd Line, which made a brave attempt to withstand the furious charge. The men of the 22nd Line held their fire until the dragoons were only ten yards from them, and then fired a tremendous volley. Many saddles were emptied but the dragoons could not be stopped and, after a desperate fight with sword against bayonet, the French broke and fled towards a nearby wood, but were hunted down by small groups of dragoons. After the third formation of infantry had been broken, Major Hugonin, who was commanding the left squadron of the regiment, had his horse shot under him. He suffered from gout, and wore boot and spur on one foot only, with a large cloth “shoe” on the other, so without his horse he was helpless. He stood, sword in one hand, cursing his ill-fortune until a trooper came up, dismounted and helped the Major into the saddle. The trooper made his way back on foot while Major Hugonin galloped forward, seeking more Frenchmen. The brigade continued its triumphant advance, seeking the enemy wherever he could be found. Le Marchant was always in the lead and himself killed six or seven men. In the final phase of the charge, with half a squadron of the Fourth Dragoons at his heels, he found a body of infantry re-forming in front of a wood. Instantly he charged and sen...
Lot 309
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Cornet C. A. Copland, Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, who was twice mentioned for gallantry by Colonel Rowcroft while attached to the Sarun Field Force, on one occasion single-handedly killing 3 mutineers during the charge at Almorah Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Cornet Chas. Copland, Bengal Yeo. Cavy.) fitted with engraved silver ribbon brooch, toned, good very fine and scarce £900-£1,200 --- Charles Albert Copland was born in Dublin on 18 May 1840, son of Charles Copland, Manager and later General Manager of the Bank of Ireland, and his wife Euphemia. Charles senior had been born in Jamaica where his father owned a sugar plantation, and had later been manager of the Bank of Ireland from its commencement. 
Copland received a classical and mathematical education and was nominated a Cadet for the East India Company's Bengal Infantry season 1856-57, passing out from Addiscombe on 17 March 1857. He travelled by the overland route, arriving at Calcutta on 15 May 1857, five days after the outbreak of the mutiny at Meerut. He was commissioned Ensign and ordered to do duty with the 30th Bengal Native Infantry by General Order, 22 July 1857. 
Calcutta being in a state of frenzy after the news of the mutiny at Meerut rumours were rampant among the citizenry regarding the possibility of a similar rising in Calcutta. In these conditions of anxiety, nervous tension and fearful expectations the Government, under Lord Canning, raised a body of cavalry, some 250 in number to be called the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry. They were formed and led by Colonel J. F. Richardson C.B., a hero of Mooltan in 1848 where he was wounded no fewer than 17 times. The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry fought 17 actions during the campaign with ferocity and daring. Their cavalry charges against overwhelming superior forces were legendary and it is therefore unsurprising that the mutineers gave them the soubriquet “Shaitan-i-Pultan”, the “Devil's” or “Satan's Regiment”. Although promoted to Lieutenant on 3 November 1858, with 30th Bengal Native Infantry, Copland had actually been doing duty with the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry since March 1858, with the rank of Cornet, being attached to the 2nd Troop in the Sarun Field Force, under Colonel (later Brigadier, C.B.) Rowcroft, serving until the end of the Trans-Gogra campaign. Copland is shown in the Quarterly Bengal Army List of August 1859 as still doing duty with the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry. He was twice specially mentioned in dispatches for his gallantry by Colonel Rowcroft: Colonel Rowcroft to Colonel R. J. H. Birch, C.B., Camp Amorah, 6 March 1858. ‘….I detached a party of 20 troopers to the rear of the naval guns to cover and protect them, and this party, under acting Cornets Copland and Prinsep, by their gallant and excellent service aided in capturing some of the guns...’
 Colonel Rowcroft to Colonel R. J. H. Birch, C.B., Governor-General Allahabad. Camp Amorah 19 April 1858. ‘...After giving them 4 rounds of shell, I ordered Major Richardson, in command of the 2nd troop right Squadron Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, with my portion of the force to move from my right flank and charge this body of the enemy. The 2nd troop under its gallant leader, made a noble charge, and although they came upon a larger body of the enemy behind a village, and the sepoys made a desperate resistance, nothing stopped this brave cavalry, and they cut down and killed fully sixty of the rebels and captured a 6-pounder gun with limber and the enemy was completely dispersed... My best thanks are specially due to the officers and men of the 2nd troop Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry and to their gallant leader Major Richardson, who, himself killed 6 of the enemy, Supernumerary Cornet Copland killed three, Cornet and Quartermaster Kloer killed three, Cornet Scott killed several...’ 
Lieutenant Copland is shown as serving with the 3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry in January 1859, and with the Lahore Light Horse in January of 1861. He died of cholera at Barrackpore, India on 19 of June 1862, being then described as 'Lieutenant, Lahore Light Horse'. He was twenty-two years old. He died intestate and, as was tradition, all his goods and chattels were sold at public auction. Messrs Cook and Dhurrumtulla sold his horses and two buggies, although one horse named ‘Lord of the Isles’ was sold privately for Rupees 1,600. Over 350 other items from sleeping drawers, to a life preserver, dog collars and a smoking cap were all sold.
Lot 2480
Trophy Miniatures - Trophy Promotional Series, comprising: 4 x Toy Soldier & Model Figure Magazine Limited Edition Model [0/200] - Cornet Player - Polish Infantry Contingent. Mint overall, contained in near Mint Trophy set boxes Complete with Limited Edition Certificates. Rare limited edition promotional pieces. [4]
Lot 2022
Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State colour, 15th September 1899, comprising: Twin figure Sets - Set 00328 - Bandmaster, 2 x Set 40203 - Scots Guards Cornet Player, Set 00137 - Sgt. Major SW Adderley, Set 40104 - Regimental Quartermaster Sgt. 4 x Set 00295 - Scots Guards Sgt Major Cornet Player, Set 40292 - Truncheon Jemedar - 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Set 3075 - Dennis Britain, Set 8823 - Pioneer - Fort Henry Guard & 2 x Set 5948 - Black Hawk. Mint overall, contained in near Mint set boxes. [14]
Lot 2054
Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State colour, 15th September 1899, comprising: Band Set 5992 - Bass Drum, Side Drum & Oboe, 4 x Band Set 5994 - Tenor Horn, Trombone, Clarinet, Band Set 00291 - Bassoon, Tenor Drum & Cymbals, 2 x Band Set 00292 - Circular Bass, Tenor Sax & Euphonium, 2 x Band Set 40202 - Side Drum, Clarinet & French Horn, 2 x Set 40201 - Sgt. Trombone, Sgt. Clarinet, Sgt. Cornet & 2 x Band Set 40106 - Tuba, Alto Sax, Piccolo. Mint, contained in near Mint set boxes. [14]
Lot 1036
Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State colour, 15th September 1899, comprising: 6 x Twin figure Sets - 00256 - Scots Guards - Present Arms, 5 x Set 40203 - Scots Guards Cornet Player, 2 x Set 40107 - Scots Guards Corporal 1899 - Present Arms, Set 40204 - Scots Guards Present Arms & Set 40292 - Truncheon Jemedar - 2nd Gurkha Rifles. Mint overall, contained in Near Mint set boxes. [15]
Lot 1098
Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State colour, 15th September 1899, comprising: Band Set 5992 - Bass Drum, Side Drum & Oboe, 2 x Band Set 40106 - Tuba, Alto Sax, Piccolo, 2 x Band Set 40202 - Side Drum, Clarinet & French Horn & 2 x Band Set 40201 - Sgt. Trombone, Sgt. Clarinet, Sgt. Cornet. Mint overall, contained in Near Mint set boxes. [7]
Lot 671
GRAPHIC DESIGN -- HEFTING, P. Baer Cornet grafisch ontwerper graphic designer. (1998). Sm-square-4°. Owrps. -- (J. SWARTE). De Ideale Postzegel. Een bundel ideeën n.a.v. het afscheid van Paul Hefting van de KPN, Kunst en Vormgeving. Introd. A. Lopez Cardozo & J. Swarte. 1994. Book design by J. Swarte. Obrds. -- THE PHAIDON ARCHIVE of graphic design. (2012). W. 500 examples of graphic design. 4°. Stored in or. box. -- (S. SWARTS). Artists' books. Caldic collection. (2009). Obrds. (Dutch ed.). -- D. KINDERSLEY. Graphic variations. (1979). 4°. Owrps. -- And 10 o. (15).
Lot 293
Brown, black, pink and white coloration; yellow trumpet.Daniel Louis " Satchmo" Armstrong (1900 - 1971) evolved from a self-taught cornet player to the first internationally famous soloist in jazz. He was well known for both his brilliant technique on the trumpet and for his deep throaty singing. Appearing in many live shows, Broadway musicals, and films, Armstrong's music had a lasting influence on jazz.Series: The Celebrity Collection. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: David B. BiggsIssued: 1984 - 1988Dimensions: 7.5"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 160
A pair of mid 19th century military prints circa 1855 the first 'LIFE IN CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL / No.5 / ENCOUNTER NEAR BALAKLAVA / Cornet Handly was stabbed in the side and wounded in the arm by four don Cossacks, three of whom he shot with his revolver and the fourth was cut down by his Sergeant', the second 'LIFE IN CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL / LORD CARDIGAN AND THE COSSACKS / No.6 / Lord Cardigan had four Cossacks on him at one time, who nearly unhorsed him; but the gallant officer cut down two of them and the others sought safety in flight' lithographs with hand colouring, printed by Read & Co. Jan 8th 1855, framed (2) the first plate size 190 x 270mm, overall 32 x 41cm Condition:
Lot 2562
A 'Man's First Moon Landing Commemorative' silver medallion, limited edition 550/2500, cased, together with a signed limited edition print, titled 'Homage to the Encounter of Esa's Giotto Probe with Cornet Grigg-Skjellerup'.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 256
Brown, black, pink and white coloration; yellow trumpet. Daniel Louis " Satchmo" Armstrong (1900 - 1971) evolved from a self-taught cornet player to the first internationally famous soloist in jazz. He was well known for both his brilliant technique on the trumpet and for his deep throaty singing. Appearing in many live shows, Broadway musicals, and films, Armstrong's music had a lasting influence on jazz.Series: The Celebrity Collection. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: David B. BiggsIssued: 1984 - 1988Dimensions: 7.5"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
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