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Click here to subscribeA transfer-printed snuff box, Battersea/Birmingham, circa 1755 rectangular, the lid with the arms of the Anti-Gallican Society, the interior with a profile of George II, in the Antique manner, engraved by Simon-Francois Ravenet, after the medal by John Sigismund Tanner, the sides and base with printed brown shell and diaper motif 8.5cm, 3.25;in Provenance Lord Ilford of Bury, sale, Sotheby's London, 9 June 1975, lot 39 The Anti-Gallican Society was instituted in 1745 in order 'to oppose the insiduous arts of the French Nation', that is, to discourage the importation and consumption of French produce and manufactures. Stephen Theodore Janssen, the owner and founder of the Battersea enamel factory at York House was one of the SocietyÕs Grand Presidents.. Dr Watney, ÔPetitions for Patents É.Õ, E.C.C. Transactions, 1966, cites this box among group A6 of the printed brown diaper and shell type of transfer-printed boxes with Birmingham and Battersea connections. He illustrates the two Anti-Gallican designs, p .86, a and b..
60 non-League & amateur programmes, dating between the late 1940s & early 1960s, Barking, Romford, Corinthians, Tooting, Grays, Clapton, Dulwich, Maidstone, Gt. Yarmouth, Briggs, Tufnell Park, Ilford, Dagenham, Leyton, Boldmere St Michael's, Rainham, Ford Sports, Wimbledon, Woodford, Bromley & others, also including a run of F.A. Amateur Cup finals for 1950-54, s/f Pegasus v Hendon 17.3.51 & England v Scotland international 15.3.52; the lot also including a menu for the Romford v F.C. Wageningen (of Holland) Festival of Britain Match 14.5.51 the reverse bearing 23 signatures in ink, the corresponding match programme is part of the lot (61)
52 non-League programmes dating between seasons 1919-20 & 1949-50, 14 from the pre-war era, home teams comprising Llanelly, Slough, Walthamstow Avenue, Leyton, Macclesfield, Bedworth, Kidderminster, St Albans, Haywards Heath, Leytonstone, Corinthians, Chelmsford, Ilkeston, Horsham, Hitchin, Finchley, Grays, Gt. Yarmouth, Hastings, Hayes, Winsford, Runcorn, Redditch, Shildon, East Grinstead, Desborough, Bacup, Hendon, Marlow, London Caledonians, Mitcham, Wealdstone, Oxford City, Worthing, Ilford, Aylesbury, Hertford & Lewes
BR. Fifteen rolls of 35mm B&W Negatives on card and in "Ilford" tins as noted in lots 1293-1299. Locations include Lickey, Barnt Green, South Wales, Pinxton South, Nottingham Vic., Shrewsbury, Scotland, etc. Each roll contains 36-38 shots, hence could be over 500 negatives in the lot. (15) £20
A.Roge, 16 Rue de la Gare, Lourdes EIGHT BOXES OF EARLY 20TH-CENTURY FRENCH STEREOSCOPIC SLIDES each containing twelve (one box with fifteen) slides, described on the box lid, mainly caves, gorges and mountains, plus A BOX OF 'ILFORD SPECIAL LANTERN PLATES' with untitled street scenes, and TWO BOXED STEREOSCOPES by Unis, France (11).
A COLLECTION OF ILFORD SOFT GRADUATION PANCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES depicting various scenes including landscape, shipping, seascape, etc., together with Barnet Red Seal plates depicting primarily figural scenes, a collection of magic lantern slides depicting European scenes etc and glass photographic plates, 12 inches x 10 inches, depicting industrial subjects.
Essex. Grafton Dare (John Marmaduke, of Cranbrook House, Ilford) & Robert Westley Hall-Dare, son-in-law of Robert Hall. Memorandums. [Diary & Account book], 2 vol., manuscripts in two hands, (diary) title and 434pp., (account book) 106pp. excluding blanks, ruled throughout, last 2ff. cut at head at end, original green vellum, second mentioned ink title on upper cover, first mentioned rebacked with the original spine laid down, sm. 4to, 1st January 1792-9th September 1804 & 20th July 1829-26th April 1831. ***A detailed day to day account of life in Essex by a provincial gentleman living at the end of the eighteenth century. Probably a soldier, Grafton Dare records in January 1792 that his baggage has arrived in the river and been passed through customs and on 14th November 1802 that the "1st picture of Seringapatam came home". Apart from family matters most of the diary is concerned with activities such as crops, hay, stock, muck spreading, property maintenance, wine making and bottling port. He also held manor courts at Theydon Bois and Romford and many local areas are mentioned including Barking, Romford, Squirrels Heath, Rainham, Southall, Colliers Row etc. While the vast majority of the diary refers to estate business it also records Grafton Dare attending the Quarter Sessions in Chelmsford in 1795, attending a Turnpike meeting in 1794 and becoming a Commissioner of Sewers in 1801 and a Commissioner for the Land Tax at Romford. Later entries by his son in law record on 10th November 1829 the misreported death of Sir Eliab Harvey "a lie" and real death on 21st February 1830 (Captain of the " Fighting Temeraire", 1758-1830), inspecting work houses, elections, Epsom races etc.
Bridge building. Proposals, for Building a new Brick Bridge Over the River Roding at a place Call'd Woodford Bridge in ye County of Essex, manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, [c. 1750]; An Estimate, for Building a new Bridge, over the River Roding Commonly Call'd Woodforde Bridge, manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, [c. 1751]; An Estimate of The Charges of Widening The Road by Woodford bridge, manuscript, 1p., 224 x 202mm., 17th March 1753; Moore (Thomas) Retained letter copy to "Hon.d Sir", 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, Ilford, 5th January 1751, "the Bridge Exclusive of the Wings as described in the Planne an Elevation will Amount to about the sum of £450"; folds, browned; and another, v.s. (5).