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Click here to subscribeAn autograph album, 1920s, signed by Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor); Sir Hamilton Harty (composer); Agnes Nicholls Harty (soprano); Myra Hess (pianist); Arthur Catterall (violinist); Harold Williams (Australian baritone); Miriam Licette (soprano); Frank Mullings (tenor); Horace E. Stevens (Australian bass-baritone); Sir Henry Joseph Wood (conductor); Harvey Spencer Lewis (Rosicrucian author & occultist, founder in US and first Imperator of the Ancient & Mystical Order Rosae Crucis); Algernon Blackwood (ghost story writer); Robert Radford (bass singer), and others, some of the pages with manuscript musical quotations, including later newspaper facsimiles of astronaut autographs, in a reverse calf binding lettered in gilt
Entertainment Collection of 8 hand signed signatures including legendary name such as Edwin Starr, Basil Radford, Trevor Howard and more. SOME DEDICATED. Good Condition. All autographs 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 £9.99
Mixed ceramics to include a Sylvac butter dish modelled as a dog head protruding from a crate, no. 1850, a Victorian jug modelled as sprigs of asparagus, height 23cm, a 1930s Radford novelty slender jug with tavern scene, height 28cm, various Carlton Ware leaf pattern dishes, teapot and jugs, cottage ware jug and sugar bowl, a resin model of two hedgehogs in leaves signed Fisher, etc (13).
Gordon Radford (British 1936-2015) "Narcissus" Signed, titled on verso, oil on board.18 x 16.5cm (framed 37.5 x 35cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is ornately framed but not glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Collection of Various Vintage Gauges and Dials - To include Smiths Oil and Water gauge (GD1502/03), Petrol gauge (PAT No. 225904) 1924, Peto & Radford Voltmeter, Combustions Ltd London Pressure gauge (47572), C.A.V Amperes gauge (No. Z5913/30), Cooperwallace Amperes gauge, Hobson KS petrol telegauge. As well as other items to include Oil Pressure Speedograph, Pressure gauge, Amperes gauge and what appears to be a temperature gauge marked Pat No. 21872/25 (10). Please note this lot has the standard Ewbank's standard buyers premium payable on top of the hammer price and not the reduced rate for cars and motorbikes.
A WW2 medal with original card issue box and Admiralty slip, name to Leslie M.W.Chapman of Radford, Coventry. To include: the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, and the 1939-45 War Medal (all good condition). Plus, 2 x 1951 Festival of Britain crowns in their card cases of issue (some wear to the card boxes), a 14ct gold nibbled Conway Stewart fountain pen, with original box and instructions.
Edward Radford (English, 1831-1920) 'Fortunes'oil on canvassigned29 x 34cm***CONDITION REPORT***Oil on canvas relined many years ago, paint remains clean, a little fine craquelure showing particularly in the blues of her dress, signed lower left, housed in the original ornate gilt frame which has a few dents and losses, remnant of Christie's stencil mark verso.The canvas does fit the frame but has slipped slightly in the photograph and with manual adjustment does that correctly.Any red lines are just reflections in the glass, there is a small skin blemish to the oil on her right arm and just below the elbowPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Archaeology in Cornwall Thirty seven good booklets. C. E. Vulliamy. 'Prehistoric Remains in West Penwith,' nibbles to printed thin card wraps, toning, scarce, James Lanham, St Ives, 1921; C. A. Ralegh Radford. 'Castle Dore. Interim Report on the First Season (1936) of Excavations,' printed card wraps, staple bound, vg, Oscar Blackford, Truro, 1937; R. Ashington Bullen. 'Harlyn Bay and the Discoveries of its Prehistoric Remains,' printed red card wraps with some slight tears and staining, graphite notes to half title, good, colonel Bellers, Harlyn Bay, 1912; Vivien Russell. 'West Penwith Survey,' printed card wraps, ex libris label, vg, Cornwall Archaeological Society Parochial Checklist Survey, Truro, 1971; Rev C. B. Crofts. 'Interim Report of 1939 and 1948 Seasons Excavations at Maen Castle Cornwall'; Charles Thomas. 'People and Pottery in Dark Age Cornwall,' West Cornwall Field Club (WCFC), 1960; A. Guthrie. 'The Ramno-British Native Settlement at Goldherring, Sancreed,' WCFC, 1959; 'Site at Porthmeor in Zennor (Under Excavation in 1933, 1934 and 1935),' Cornwall Excavations Committee, 1935; Rev C. B. Crofts. 'A Guide to the Excavations at Bodrifty, Mulfra,' WCFC, 1954; Charles Thomas. 'Christian Sites in West Penwith Excursion Guide, Thursday, June 27, 1974,' the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1974; C. A. Ralegh Radford. 'the Early Christian Inscriptions of Dumnonia,' The 1974 Holbeche Corfield Lecture, Cornwall Archaeological Society, 1975; Florence Nankivell (ed). 'The Principal Antiquities of the Newquay-Padstow District,' Cornwall Archaeological Society, 1962; A. C. Thomas, 'Minor Sites in the Gwithian Area (Iron Age to Recent),' Gwithian Reports No 3, [1964]; Charles Thomas. 'The Principal Antiquities of The Land's End District,' WCFC, 1954; Lieut-Col F. C. Hirst. 'Notes upon three Excavation Sites in Zennor: Porthmeor, Trewey-Foage, Kerrow And upon A Wayside Museum,' WCFC, 1937; With twenty two other booklets, including some multiples. (37)John Stengelhofen (1939-2020). Please see lot 1 for provenance.
FOUR BOXES AND LOOSE CERAMIC ORNAMENTS AND VASES ETC, too include a pair of Royal Art Pottery vases, Radford hand painted vase, Aynsley Cottage Garden vase, Wade candle holder, Reducta pottery cat, assorted other cat ornaments, Shelley George V coronation tumbler, etc. some items have some damage
ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS: to include BROTHERS GRIMM ('Breuder Grimm') 'Kinder und Hausmaerchen', Munich (Munchen); undated. Illus. H. Vogel, undated but v. nice condition; WARREN, Maud Radford & DAVENPORT, Eve, 'Tales Told by the Gander', illus. Charles A. Federer, 1922, Hodder. Five in all.
A GROUP OF ADVERTISING FIGURES AND DECANTERS, comprising a 'Thomas Radford 'Sunday's Fantasy' mild premium pipe tobacco' plastic advertising figure (missing cane and pipe bowl, some paint loss and scratches), a ceramic Irish Mist advertising figure in the form of a soldier (some wear, no stopper), a Beswick Golden Eagle decanter for Beneagles Scotch Whisky (some restoration and repainting to cover), and two 1970s K. L. E. M. Italian decanters, height of tallest 48cm (5) (Condition Report: generally ok, specific obvious damage as stated, signs of wear)
Four: Sergeant C. J. Radford, Royal Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (99299 Bomb: C. J. Radford, 2nd W.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (99299 Corpl. C. J. Radford. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (99299 Sjt: C. J. Radford. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (99299 Sjt. C. J. Radford. R.A.) mounted as worn, the first two fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £200-£240 --- M.S.M. Army Order 103 of 1945.
Dix (Thomas), A Treatise on Land-Surveying, fourth edition, London: Printed by Weed and Rider, et al., 1819, folding bird's eye engraved map frontispiece, with contemporary hand-colouring, in-text diagrams, publisher's advert, original boards, worn but holding, uncut, contemporary ownership inscription: J.H. Franklin, Solihull School, October 26th 1819, conforming later inscription: Radford, Dec 22nd 1819, 8vo, & Hull (Edward), The Coal-Fields of Great Britain, With Map and Illustrations, second edition, London: Edward Stanford, 1861, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, (2)
Cotton (John) A Brief Exposition with Practical Observations Upon the whole Book of Canticles, first edition, lacking A1 (cancelled) and A2 (imprimatur leaf), P8 torn and repaired, foxed, browned and stained throughout, later calf, head of spine chipped, upper cover detached, Printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1655. *** Important work by the grandfather of Cotton Mather, who went to Massachusetts in 1633 and may well have contributed to the Bay Psalm Book. Provenance: Judith Dyson (ink inscription on rear endpaper); James Radford (ink name beneath the above); other unidentified early ink inscriptions.
A giltwood oval wall mirror, late 19th/early 20th century, Northern European, with an eagle surmount and set with a pair of winged herms, the frame with foliate and swag decoration, 81cm wide165cm highProvenance: Christie's, 'The Langford Hall Collection, Nottinghamshire - Property of the late Mr & Mrs Patrick Radford', 6 July 2008, lot 158;a private collection, Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex.Condition ReportGeneral knocks and wear to frame, with breaks, repairs and strengthening. Surmount slightly wobbly. Dirt, rubbing and wear to gilding with some areas of touching up with gold paint. Plate with what looks like a fine crack to the top. Overall in relatively stable condition and slight cosmetic and structural issues do not affect its ability to be hung. Please see photos.