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Two 19th century french aubosson needlework wall hangings, depicting a noble lady and gentleman, the gentleman depicted hunting with a crossbow, bird and dog at his feet, the lady depicted holding a bird, a pheasant at her feet, against a rich background of flowers and foliage, with floral borders, top of each border missing, 285 x 121cm. (2)

GURKHA KNIFE WITH SHEATH & LEATHER SHEATH HUNTING KNIFE

Ca. AD 400 - 600. A round silver vessel with a deep basin. In tondo is the largest motif, a depiction of a king on a horse hunting with a long spear facing a lion. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bullettin spring 1984, n. 83, p.64 (subject); Christie's, Live Auction 20677, Antiquities, Lot. 63 (shape). Size: 50mm x 210mm; Weight: 430g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Ca. 450 - 300 BC. A stunning gold ring with a tubular section round hoop connected to the bottom of an oval bezel engraved with a naturalistic scene of a griffon with outstretched wings, hunting a running horse shown with a long mane and slender body. Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 8.19g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market, Munich, in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.

Ca. AD 1200. A superb bronze bowl of circular form and extra-large size with elaborate Kufic calligraphy and engraved details of an army running around the internal rim, set amongst geometric and floral motifs. Decorated internally with the image of a seated couple recieving toasts and blessings, possibly inspired by Persian illumination. In the late 12th century, subjects such as hunting scenes and human figures drinking wine, which refer to the function of the vessel; appeared as decorations on objects. Size: L:85mm / W:200mm ; 1.78kg Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly in a collection of A. Kotlar, since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Ca. Late 12th - early 13th century AD .A Mina'i ware pottery bowl of deep rounded form with slightly everted rim on a splayed foot, decorated with an overglaze painted in blue, green, and brown on an opaque white ground, overglaze detailing painted in black featuring a camel to the centre of the interior ridden by two archers, one drawing with a bow shooting a rabbit, with a hunting bird, possibly the sorry of Bhahram, the Sassanian King, and Gur and Azada.Size: 190mm in diameter; Weight: 530gProvenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously Acquired by Ahuan Islamic Art from David Khalili. Tehran, 1976. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Bamboo cane hunting whip with horn handle, silver collar and leather strap, together with a copper coachman's horn, stamped London Brighton 1803, horn L132cm

Rare 18th century Birmingham enamel bonbonniere, circa 1760, modelled as a grinning tiger laid upon a grassy sgraffito mound, the base decorated with a lion hunting scene after Antonio Tempesta, within a polychrome scroll surround, H5.5cm D6cmCondition Report: General wear commensurate with age and use, including some surface cracks to enamel, loss to enamel of one ear, and enamel losses around base.Underside with crack through upper left section, and scratches.Please enquire directly with saleroom for further details.

Late 19th/early 20th century arched wooden fire screen, naively painted with hunting scene, H68cm

An imposing pair of amphorae and coversSèvres porcelain_x000D_Rare decoration of cartouches with figures and English hunting and fishing scene, on blue ground of gilt ornamentation_x000D_Gilt bronze mounts_x000D_Octagonal marble stands_x000D_Marked to underside_x000D_France, 19th century_x000D_(fault to one handle)85x50 cm (amphorae)60x41 cm (bases)

VAMPIRE HUNTING KIT, including a taxidermy bat display, a crucifix, double barrel pistol, bible, various tools and further, all housed in fitted mahogany boxthe box 49.5cm wide

Vintage German Hunting Knife with Scabbard, by Eickhorn Solingen, Squirrel trademark to forte, hunting scenes engraved on blade, ornamental cross guard, leather scabbard with brass throat and chape

A flask, two hunting knives, Cunard case, various hunting knives, etc. (1 tray)

EDWARD FRANK SOUTHGATE RBA (BRITISH 1872 - 1916), SNIPE watercolour on paper, signed mounted, framed and under glass image size 30cm x 20cm, overall size 51cm x 40cm Note: Edward Frank Southgate RBA (1 August 1872 – 23 February 1916) was a British painter. He spent most of his life in Norfolk and concentrated on painting birds, especially waterfowl, and hunting scenes. He was a student at Bideford Art School and Cambridge School of Art. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. Southgate painted mainly birds and sporting scenes. His paintings of ducks and other birds in Patterson 1904 (for instance "The Stricken Mallard") were internationally renowned. Frank Southgate died in 1916, whilst serving in the Army during the First World War in France, aged 43 years.

ROBERT CLEMINSON (BRITISH 1864 - 1903), TWO HUNTING DOGS oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 29cm x 39cm, overall size 52cm x 62cmNote: Robert Cleminson was a painter in oils of landscapes, Highland game and sporting dog paintings and it his animal and dog paintings for which he is best known. He found a ready market for his paintings and enjoyed commercial success. He exhibited at the British Institution which was established as a rival to the Royal Academy, at Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London. He exhibited further works at the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, London. Ten paintings by Robert Cleminson are held in UK public collections,

LEROY PAIR-CASED WITH ALARM, STRIKING AND REPEATER MECHANISM, PERIOD 1770 IMPORTANT AND HISTORICAL COACH CLOCK Case: embossed silver case, chiseled and pierced with scrolls and floral motifs, on the back embossed with an hunting scene. Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, aperture for the calendar, alarm disc, lever to exclude the chime. Movement: signed, fusee winding, four barrels, verge escapement, pierced and engraved cock, pillars decorated with pierced silvered applications. Quarter and hour chime and repeater on bell, alarm. Accessories: external outer casing reproduction. Diameter Ø: 12 cm Note: running at the time of cataloguing, chime and repeater working, but to be serviced.

9ct three coloured gold novelty bar brooch modelled as a hunting horn, 6.5cm approx 5.5g

19TH CENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL; oil on relined canvas, hunting scene, 40 x 60cm, in substantial gilt frame.

UNATTRIBUTED; a set of three oils on canvas, hunting scenes, all signed 'WAS 1869' lower left, all 14.5 x 22cm, framed and glazed.

After John Leech (British, 1817-1864) - A set of four hunting themed chromolithographs, signed and titled in print below, frame dimensions: 67 x 86 cm, framed as a set (4)

18th Century School, After August Querfurt (Austrian, 1696–1761) - Two hunting scenes, both with plaques attached below attributing the paintings to Philips Wouwerman (Dutch, 1619-1668), oil on canvas, 22.5 x 37.5 cm each, both framed (2)

Eight hunting prints related to the Beaufort Hunt, four after Lionel Edwards to include: 'In "Beaufortshire" Whitewell Woods', after a study for a background that was used in a painting of the late Duke of Beaufort in his Fordcar; and one after Cecil Aldin, together with a map of the Beaufort Hunt showing the hunting territory and coverts, largest frame dimensions: 50 x 58 cm (8)

Four colour prints after Lionel Edwards - 'Hunting Types: The M.F.H.'; 'The Thruster', Old McBarleycorn' and 'The Dealer's Man' 62 x 44 cm, all unframed (4)

Pair of French 18ct hunting themed cufflinks, cast with hounds chasing a stag to one and a rabbit to the other, with eagle head hallmarks, 12.2g

A Georgian horn beaker with an all round engraved fox hunting scene, bearing the name DAV-D Brown, 12cm

A Parian group 19th century,modelled as a group of hounds hunting their prey28cm widetogether witha pair of Staffordshire dogs19th century16cm high,together with one other Staffordshire dog9.5cm high,and a Staffordshire greyhound18cm wide (4)Condition Reportminor nibbles and surface blemishes

A naive pressed horn snuff box 18th Century, the cover decorated with a hunting scene5cm wide4cm deep1cm high together with a heart-shaped horn box, decorated with scratch carving of foliate swags and lovers,4.5cm wide5cm deep2.5cm high (2)Condition Reportoverall fair order, slight staining and discolouration, the pressed horn box free from damage or repairheart shaped box with slight separation of join between two halves. Please see additional images. 

Large quantity of Sporting and Illustrated books, including: 6 volumes by R S Surtees; Lonsdale Library- fox-hunting; Doctor Syntax; Munnings' The Finish, 1st. DW; The Pinter's Pie magazine 1909; a number of books illustrated by Cecil Aldin; six Brush, Pen & Pencil series; ETC. (qty)

A gilt metal and enamelled cigarette case 20th Century, the cover decorated with hunting scene, together with a Dutch delft pottery example marked 'AK',the gilt metal example 6cm wide1cm deep9cm high (2)Condition Reportscratches and knocks to the base, light crazing to the base, small chip to the corner of the enamel panel approx 1mm x 1mm

A hunting bow, probably Oceanian, 20th Century, with geometric decoration in black, 151cm long, together with a carved and inlaid stick, probably North African, the pommel top and geometric designs white metal and red inlays, the lower section of the stick with spiralling decoration, 112cm longCondition ReportBoth pieces with surface scratches and knocks.The stick with losses to inlay and bowing

HORSES: Hieover, H: Hints to Horsemen; shewing how to make money by horses. Newby, 1856, 1st. Edn. 214pp. Leather backed boards; with cuts; o/w vg; The Horse His Beauties and Defects. By a knowing hand. W Tegg, 1866, 1st. Edn. with a colour illustrated title page plus 18 colour plates. Pictorial boards; rubbed. VG; Mills, John: Stable Secrets. Ward & Lock, 1863, 1st. With a frontis plus 2 plates. Pictorial boards gilt. Inner hinges cracked & lacking front blank endpaper; SNAFFLES (Payne, CJ): 1- More Bandobast. 1936, 1st. Edn. DW. Stain to cover; 2- Osses & Obstacles. 1935, 1st. Edn. DW, damp stain; 3- I've Heard The Revelly. 1953, 1st. Edn. DW; PLUS: Lionel Edwards (ill): 13 volumes, including: Alderson: Pink and Scarlet; or, Hunting as a School for Soldiering. Hodder and Stoughton, 1913, 1st. Edn. Thus. With 12 tipped-in colour plates & numerous other plates (first book illustrated by Lionel Edwards), 4to. Half leather over gilt pictorial boards. VG; Chalmers: The Horn, A Lay of the Grassington Fox-Hounds. 1937, 1st. Edn. DW. 4to. VG; Lyle: Royal Newmarket. 1945, 1st. Edn. 4to. Leather backed boards, VG; ETC. (19)

A pressed horn and silver inlaid snuff box 18th Century, of rectangular form, the lid engraved within a cartouche and foliate designs,10cm wide5cm deep2.5cm hightogether with a pressed tortoiseshell and gold inlaid ribbed cylindrical box, 6cm diameterand die-pressed horn snuff box with a hunting scene to the cover,7.5cm diameter (3)Condition Reportareas of loss to the silver inlay, small cracks and splits to the edges, knocks and small chipsthe circular ribbed box with loss to the inlay, splits to the edges hunting box with small fractures within the surface, overall fair order

Quantity of mixed metal ware and silver plated items to include decorative cockerel ornaments, two glass hunting flasks, double ended glass scent bottle, pair of three branch candelabras, wine coaster stand, small wine jug with grape detail design, sugar shaker and coasters

Late 19th century / early 20th century tribal hunting or throwing spear with double ended metal tips, each double edge steel blade with central ridge, connected by wooden shaft, 150cm long

20th Century cast iron weather vein with hunting scene to top and painted details. Measures 97cm tall.

Archibald Thorburn, shooting party, print, signed in pencil, 44 x 63 cm, a print of a hunting party and others, (A Lot).  The Alastair & Sheila Brooks Collection: of Oaklands (& past owners of Ednam House Hotel), Kelso 

A large quantity of placemats and coasters, to include; Kings Own Scottish Borderers, hunting, racehorses, mermaids, (A Lot). The Alastair & Sheila Brooks Collection: of Oaklands (& past owners of Ednam House Hotel), Kelso 

African Mali dance mask from the Dogon in wood with a white monkey (symbol of good fortune when hunting)AFRIKA - MALI dansmasker van de "Dogon" in hout bekroond met witte aap (symbool voor de goede afloop van de jacht) - hoogte : 53 cm

A collection of 19th and 20th century Masons style stoneware and blue and white transfer ware - including a pair of Cauldon Ltd 'Blue Moore' vases, 14cm high; a pair of Wedgwood 'Ferrara' pattern plates, 25.5cm diameter; three Stanley Pottery Co. 'Touraine' flow blue plates, 19.5cm diameter; 10 x Copeland Spode's Italian pattern small plates and saucers etc.; together with a copper and brass hunting horn.

19th century gilt brass inkstand, of circular form, the hinged cover decorated with hardstone fruit and foliage upon a black ground, opening to reveal ink recess, upon four raised feet with a stepped square base, decorated with engraved foliate boarder, the black central panel with similar hardstone decoration H16cm; together with a pair of Chevalier of Paris opera glasses and a cast metal sculpture of a hunting dog (3)

15 METER LONG SCROLL, JAPANESE 19/20TH CENTURY. Depicting hunting scenes including fabrics bearing the Tokugawa clan mon, hand-coloured. 15 metres total length x 38cm height, with hardwood jikugashira. Provenance: Purchased in the 1970s, London.

Three publications to include: The Wilderness Hunter, limited edition [number 103 signed copy], Theodore Roosevelt New York, 1893. Also includes Hunting Trips of a Rancman, limited edition [number 114] June 1885 by Theodore Roosevelt New York & London. Also included Memoirs of z Highland Gentleman Evander Maciver, Edinburgh, 1905.

Y A LARGE WALRUS 'PENIS BONE' BACULUM HAND CLUB ARCTIC/BERING STRAIT, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER 59cm long Provenance: Ex Private collection Literature: Finch and Co, catalogue no. 6, item no. 15, for two ancient fossil penis bone clubs In 1604 Stephen Bennett, an English sailor and adventurer, brought back to London a living young walrus he obtained in the Bear Islands. It excited much curiosity: 'The King and many honourable personages beheld it with admiration for the strangeness of the same, the like 'whereof had never before beene seene alive in England'. Two years later Bennett killed between 600 and 700 walruses on Bear Island in six hours, and in 1608 a total of 1000 in seven hours. The figures are staggering and the overall slaughter so great that the walrus was practically exterminated in the area by 1613. Once known as the sea horse, 19th century naturalists believed the walrus to be the link between mammals of the land and those of the sea. The male walrus lacks any externally visible penis, and in order to control body temperature in freezing Arctic waters, it is internal and supported by a bone called a baculum. The Bering Sea Eskimo would make use of these natural clubs when hunting to dispatch caught seal and fish.

Y TWELVE ESKIMO AMULETIC HUNTING TOGGLES OR PENDANTS INUIT/BERING SEA, 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER Walrus ivory with creamy patina max: 6cm long, min: 2cm long Provenance: Ex Summerfield collection. Bruton Knowles Auction Rooms, circa autumn 1989 Ex Private collection Mr Summerfield was a book dealer / collector in Sold Cheltenham, England. When he passed away the shop and home above, housing the contents of the collection were so numerous, an enormous quantity of boxes, items stacked one upon another, the sorting and dispersal took many weeks, with auctions divided between Christie's (at the local race course) and Bruton Knowles Auction Rooms, auctions took place over a number of weeks. Ivory amulets were made by shamans and individual hunters for supernatural aid and protection. They were passed down through families as treasured heirlooms and were used to influence a tutelary or helping spirit. These small sculptures were so important to the beliefs of the community that nothing could be accomplished without their help.

Y  A RARE 'ADELIE' PENGUIN EGG FROM THE AUSTRALIAN 1911-14 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION ADELIE LAND, ANTARCTIC, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Egg, paper, wood 7cm high, 5.5cm diameter (max) Provenance: F.H. Bickerton Ex Private collection An old note reads: "9, Osborne Place, Plymouth. 'Adelie Penguin Egg from Adelie Land, Winter ( ... ?) of Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911 -14. F.H. Bickerton.' The egg inscribed in pencil: 'Adelie Penguin Expedition 1911 - 14 F.H. Bickerton' The Adelie penguin 'Pygoscelis Adeliae' is a species found along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, the only place where it lives. Together with the emperor penguin, the most southerly distributed of all penguins. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) Was the first Australian led expedition to the Antarctic. Headed by Douglas Mawson, they explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Francis Howard Bickerton (1889 - 1954) was an explorer, soldier, entrepreneur, big game hunter, aviator and film maker. Not only did he contribute to the Australian Expedition, he was later recruited by Sir Ernest Shackleton's 'Endurance' expedition. Apart from collecting this rare egg specimen, the expedition also discovered the Adelie Land Meteorite, which identified the Antarctic region as the richest meteorite field on the face of the planet. Without doubt, Bickerton's life and career, war-time antics, hunting expeditions, explorations, business investments, party going in London in the 1920s, were those of 'legend'. Vita Sackville-West fell passionately in love with Bickerton and asked him to become the father of her child (an honour which he declined) however, she did take Bickerton as the model for Leonard Anquetil, the hero in her best novel, 'The Edwardians' (1930). For another egg, from the 'Terra Nova' expedition, see: Sotheby's, Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History auction, November 2022, lot 191. Condition Report: Prospective bidders should familiarise themselves with potential possession and transport restrictions applicable as per local laws in the country of import. A UK export licence will be required for this lot. Blow hole- writing fairly clear- some old dirt to surface but seems to be in good condition. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request.  Condition Report Disclaimer

AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF MUGHAL ARCHER'S THUMB RINGS INDIA, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY Steel with gold coloured detailing, modern stand 3.5cm high Provenance: Ex John Harwood, India, 2005 Ex Private collection The bow ring worn by archers on the thumb had a primarily functional use, but they were often very decorative as well, as hunting game with a bow and arrow was often a Royal sport. The advantage of the Eastern archer's thumb ring over that of the European practice of using the leather covered tips of three fingers is that it improves the handling of the bow and arrow and increases the range and steadies the flight of the arrow, very similar to the actions achieved by using a spear thrower.

A Merrythought plush mohair covered pyjama case; an unmarked fox wearing hunting pink  16"h; and a Pedigree shaggy mohair covered Teddy bear with a mobile head, limbs and a stitched nose  12"h

A German white metal hunting trophy bowl with opposing stags head handles, on a pedestal base  9"dia

Doulton Lambeth vase, 25 cm high, and hunting scene Tyg marked to rim Queens College Sports Mile First Prize 1888 (AF)

41 Boxed Hornby OO gauge items of rolling stock to include R6685 Hornby Works Wagon 60th Anniversary, R149 Hunting Open Wagon, R001 BP Petrol Tank Wagon, R095 Twin Silo Wagon Bulk Powder, R031 Spiers Open Wagon, R217 Anglia Windows LWB Van, etc

A rare and exceptionally well-documented Great War A.F.M. group of four awarded to Bristol F.2b fighter pilot, Sergeant W. ‘Cockney’ Rogers, 11 and 48 Squadrons, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force - decorated in recognition of his hazardous work with the Ferry Service, he went on to become one of civil aviation's 'Greats' Described as a ‘man bereft of nerves’, Rogers was a founder pilot of Imperial Airways, and set about blazing a trail of 'firsts' in the 1920s and 1930s. His friend 'GPO' Olley may have beaten him to the one million miles flown mark in 1931 but 'Cockney' claimed a 'royal first' in March 1928, when he flew King Amanullah of Afghanistan over London. His Majesty - the first King to have taken to the skies over the capital - rewarded his pilot with the Order of the Throne, in gold. Rogers had already flown the first commercial flights to Norway and Sweden, and had amassed 10,500 flying hours by 1935 - finally retiring from Civil Aviation in 1948, doubtless having lost count of how many flying hours he had amassed! Air Force Medal, G.V.R. (1018 Sergt. Mech. Rogers, W., R.A.F.) on 1st type horizontal striped riband, suspension slightly loose; 1914-15 Star (1018 1. A.M. W. Rogers. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1018 Sgt. W. Rogers R.F.C.) together with the case of issue for the Afghan Order of the Throne (awarded in 1928, lost in 1933), nearly extremely fine (lot) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1996 A.F.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Walter ‘Cockney’ Rogers was born in Vauxhall, London, 31 May 1895. He left school at the age of 14 and had several jobs locally before he joined the Royal Flying Corps, 2 January 1914, aged 18 years and 9 months. Initially attached to 6 Squadron as a mechanic on the home establishment, Rogers went to France with 10 Squadron in late 1914 and witnessed active service as a Gunner and Observer before returning to the U.K. in November 1915, to be hospitalised after an appendix operation. When fit Rogers was posted to Castle Bromwich, and from there to Flying School in May 1917, where he gained his Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 5800 in August 1917. Rogers was again posted to France, this time as a pilot, serving with 11 and 48 Squadrons flying Bristol F.2b’s from La Bellevue. In February 1918, he was attached to Ferry Service Duty at Orchard Hotel, Portman Street, London W2. His job was to collect crash repairs from various factories or airfields, test them and fly them to the Squadrons in France. Rogers came home to take up an appointment in the Ferry Service, a challenging - and hazardous - occupation. His fellow 'ferryman', 'GPO' Olley, M.M., takes up the story: ‘This work of testing new and untried craft certainly had its exciting moments. Cylinders would suddenly blow off engines. Mechanical defects of all kinds would develop in the air. One had to make hurried forced landings in all sorts of awkward places. But, though it was all rather trying, it was, of course, fine experience from a flying point of view, teaching one to be ready for any sort of emergency that might arise.' Rogers - who was injured in an incident on 24 February 1918 - was awarded the A.F.M. He nonetheless made light of his exploits, for his modesty was as well-known as his skills as a pilot. Thankfully, his demanding role as a Ferry Pilot had been the subject of lighter moments, such as the occasion he was returning from delivering an aircraft to France. On disembarking at Dover - covered in grease, oil and mud - a group of ladies thanked him for 'doing his bit against the Hun' and presented him with chocolates and cigarettes. A humbled Rogers could not summon the courage to tell them he made the same trip at least twice a week. On leaving the Royal Air Force in February 1920, Rogers took a job with Handley Page flying passengers in converted bombers. He then joined Imperial Airways when they were formed (one of the original 16 founding pilots). Rogers had the distinction of being the first pilot to fly a commercial flight to Norway and Sweden during June 1920, and also the honour of being the first pilot to fly a King over London. This was King Amanullah of Afghanistan who visited England in early 1928, and presented Rogers with the Order of the Throne in celebration of the flight. As reported in The Times, King Amanullah asked to be introduced to Rogers when they landed back at Croydon. He 'complimented him on the skilful way in which the aircraft had been handled, expressed his pleasure at the smoothness of the flight, and remarked that he had never before flown in a commercial airliner'. During the 1930’s he was Senior Captain with Imperial Airways flying from Croydon to the continent on their passenger routes, mainly with HP 42’s and Argosy aircraft. Rogers did many trailblazing flights to Italy, Greece and the Middle East as well as freelance work for newspaper reporters and sport promoters, and had some busy times during the Munich Crisis 1938. In 1935 Rogers completed his millionth mile flown in the air, some 10,500 actual flying hours. A feat that was recorded in The Daily Express, 16 November 1935, thus: “Pilot Has a Million Reasons for Saying "Flying is Safe" Do you know what Captain W. Rogers, Imperial Airways senior pilot, says? "I have flown more than a million miles and have never had an accident. That shows how safe flying is." Bald facts about Captain Rogers apart from the million-mile achievement are: He has just completed 10,500 hours in the air. He has crossed the Channel more than 4,000 times. Human facts about Captain Rogers are still more interesting: He is the fittest, most invigorating man you could hope to meet. He told me: "Yesterday I was taking up a small aeroplane; left the ground in a few seconds, naturally. Yet I can remember when one got into the forerunner of that aeroplane and friends on the aerodrome would lay odds as to whether you would ever get off the ground, or, if you did, which tree you would hit before you got clear." ' The following year, Rogers had the misfortune of being the subject of brutal treatment by Italian soldiery in Libya. A newspaper feature takes up the story: 'Reports of "brutal treatment" of an Imperial Airways "crack" pilot and his crew of three men, by the Italian army authorities in Libya, are being investigated by the Foreign Office. It is alleged that the four men were treated with extreme harshness by the Italian soldiers, and that one least one occasion they were paraded as objects of derision, and at the point of bayonets, before Italian troops … The machine landed at Mesylam, in Libya, and was immediately put under armed guard. The pilot and crew were also put under escort and closely questioned. All their documents were seized … ' It was a deeply unpleasant experience but ended the following day, when 'Cockney' and his crew were permitted to continue their journey. The Italians claimed his aircraft had flown over 'military areas' at Amsat, even though these areas were - by earlier agreement with the Italians - on a pre-arranged flight path. When the Second World War broke out, Rogers was once again involved in flying and testing crash repairs and other aircraft. In 1946 Rogers was one of the first pilots to start flying commercial aircraft again, this time with the Hunting Group, and eventually retired from Civil Aviation some time in 1948 after 34 years association with all aspects of flying and many different aircraft. Rogers retired to the Sussex coast and died in 1977, aged 82. Sold with the following origi...

Two large Bilston enamel patch boxes, circa 1800, each of oval form, painted with animals in pastoral landscapes, including dog and hare with hunting emblems, on an engine turned type blue ground with relief moulded floral sprigs, the other with pink ground, 5.5cm wide (2)

A collection of porcelain and ceramics including Worcester black printed Milkmaids tea bowl circa 1760, hunting scene painted porter mug, a gilt spirgged and monogrammed mug, blue and white pearlware coffee can and Chinese saucer (5)

HUNTING DOG | Thomas Francois Cartier (France / French 1879 - 1943) | beginning of the 20th century | bronze | 19 x 6 x 11 cm (width x depth x height) | date of birth of the author: 1879 - 1943 | Bidders are asked to inquire about the condition of the item before the auction. any complaints will not be taken into account. | condition report*In case of missing photos, please feel free to contact us.

A copper post/hunting horn, length 86cm

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827). A Print Sale, etching on laid/chain-lined paper depicting auctioneer Hassel Hutchins presiding over a saleroom filled with print connoisseurs, uncoloured (as per the example in British Museum), well-preserved, clean & bright, miniscule area of wear at title, hinge-mounted (not pasted), 18.5cm x 17.5cm, signed & dated in the plate, 1788. Together with Hunting Scene, similar condition, 14cm x 24cm, signed & dated in the plate, 1787, each mount bearing labels for The Folio Society - Collectors' Corner (2)

PARANORMAL & SUPERNATURAL. A 239-year-old manuscript account of a "visitation" from a ghost at Seighford Hall, Staffordshire, in the early hours of Tuesday 29 March 1785, together with an accompanying witness statement, and correspondence concerning the apparition, addressed to Rev. Townson of Malpas, Cheshire. "Mr. [Francis] Eld junior of Seighford [Hall] having walked from Newport (in Shropshire) found himself fatigued, and in such a case is not apt to sleep. His wife being lately brought to bed, he lay in a room by himself, with a fire in it. Within this room was a Smaller [presumably a type of cot], in which lay a little daughter of his, whom in the night he heard crying. He called and spoke to her, and the child became pacified. Presently after he felt as it were a puff of air pass across his face, saw a sort of cloud or vapour, and heard a voice out of it, 'My child, be not grieved, I am dead, but happy.' This he knew to be the voice of his mother [Catherine Elde], and was a good deal terrified. While he was reflecting on the incident, he heard his little girl cry again, and supposed she might have been disturbed by the appearance which he had seen. He sat up in bed, and spoke to her again, but perceived that she had not seen or heard anything of the sort. While in this posture he once more saw the cloud in the form of a little woman with a resemblance of his mother, and heard the same words repeated to him." Being able to "bear it no longer", Mr. Eld visits his wife's apartment and relates the story to her, but she is "so terrified" that he stops and leaves the room. At this point, Mr. Eld is unaware that his mother has died [she is residing at Pit Place in Surrey with her husband John Elde of Dorking, a notable benefactor of Stafford General Infirmary whose portrait was painted by Thomas Gainsborough]. He spends the remainder of the night walking in the garden & pleasure grounds that his mother used to enjoy while living at Seighford, and spends time in her old bedchamber, but he sees no further apparitions. The following morning, fearing bad news, Mr. Eld orders his servant to accompany him to the Post Office in Stafford where he picks up a letter written by his father's housekeeper at Pit Place, dated Saturday 26 March, in which he learns that his mother is "tolerably well, & had eaten remarkably hearty of a Hare which had been sent to her from Seighford by her son". The letter briefly suppresses his anxiety until he realises that it was composed two days before the haunting. While returning to Seighford, he repeatedly tells his servant that he is "sure" he will "hear some bad news about his mother soon". The following Friday [1 April], Mr. Eld returns anxiously to Stafford and receives a letter informing him that his mother died on the preceding Monday night or Tuesday morning [i.e. 28/29 March], coinciding perfectly with the time of his vision. This realisation causes him to "faint away" in shock. "He [Mr. Eld] attended the Body day & night from the 7th to the 9th when her remains were deposited in their family vault at Seighford. Upon his relating this story to his father [John Elde of Dorking] who attended the funeral, 'His father seemed to be turned into jelly.'" The three manuscripts comprise: a letter from Thomas Whitby of Creswell to Rev. Townson of Malpas, 13 December 1785, seeking Townson's "sentiments on this very uncommon event"; a 2pp. handwritten account of Mr. Eld's experiences with questions in pencil from Rev. Townson in the margins; and a 4pp. handwritten account from Mr. Eld's servant, taken down by Thomas Whitby. In the first letter, Whitby assures Townson of the reliability of the servant, "the man is not a common menial servant but one who rents a small farm in the neighbourhood, & is employed by Mr. Eld to take care of his Woods & Game, & when he comes to Seighford for the Hunting Season this man attends him in his sports, the man is more sensible & intelligent than persons of his situation usually are, vis Bold & Resolute, & so that I think one may venture to depend upon the accuracy of his Relation." While recording his account, Whitby says the servant "had not either then or now any doubt of the truth of what his Master related". Together with an archive of Whitby family papers (in which we discovered the above), 1610-1830. The documents concern Thomas Whitby (junior & senior), John Whitby, and Edward Whitby, and include deeds, indentures, receipts, and invoices relating to Haywood, Shugborough, Colwich, Seighford, and Creswell. The archive includes a document from Granville Earl Gower appointing Thomas Whitby as Deputy Lieutenant of Stafford, signed & sealed by Gower, 1769; numerous receipts for Customary Payments from the Rectory of Creswell, most signed by Edward Whitby (Rector), 1760-1830; numerous canonical documents, including the Bishop of Lichfield ordaining Edward Whitby of Trinity College into the Holy Order of Priesthood, 1780, plus another for the Holy Order of Deacons, 1799; manuscript accounts for Thomas Whitby senior in 5pp., 1610-1613; numerous invoices & receipts for building work; several 17th-century vellum indentures relating to John Crompton and the Church of Creswell; an indenture between John Horne & Elizabeth Crompton, Burton-on-Trent, 1686; an indenture between members of the Nicolls family of Oxford, Liverpool, London and Stafford, 1772, bearing six signatures & wax seals; Translation of Grant in the Manor of Haywood & Shugborough, William Whitmore & Jonas Verdon, 1616; a 20pp. manuscript by Madame Dupré, "Hints given previous to a departure for Paris,1819", giving advice on dining, travelling by coach and sending mail

Richard Blome (British 1635-1705): 'Unharbouring Ye Stagg' and 'Fox Hunting - Uncoupling & Casting of Ye Hounds', pair early 18th century sporting engravings with hand-colouring pub. 'The Gentlemen's Recreations' c.1710, 36cm x 22cm (2)

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] ‘Lewis Carroll’. The Hunting of the Snark… an Agony in Eight Fits. London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. First edition, 8vo (183 x 119mm.) Frontispiece, 9 illustrations by Henry Holiday, advertisement leaf to rear. (Toning, occasional finger-mark, light spotting to title.) Original pictorial cloth, g.e. (some wear to spine panel, joints splitting). Note: ‘baker’ for ‘banker’ on p.83. Provenance: T.H. Wheeler (ink name inscribed to half-title).

HUNTING. Instructions Relative to Establishment, Dog, Game, Game Dealers’ and Gun Licenses in Great Britain and to Game Certificates, Game Dealers’ and Gun Licenses. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1884. 8vo (212 x 136mm.) (Toning, ink annotation to one leaf.) Original printed boards (hinges broken with tape repairs, spine lacking.) – And a further forty-four volumes related to guns and hunting (45).