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Ransomes Anglia Mk 5 10 inch mower, Ajax 10 inch mower and Automation 12 inch chain mower (3)
£40 - 60
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Ransomes Atlas mower, together with Ransomes Marquis mower and one other old mower
£40 - 60
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Ransomes Certes 16 inch mower
£30 - 50
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Ransomes patent chain 10 inch mower, together with two other Ransomes mowers
£40 - 60
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Ransomes motor mower
£20 - 30
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Ransomes Ajax 12 inch mower, Cub mower and one other mower
£30 - 50
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Group of Ransomes mowers - for spares or repairs
£30 - 50
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J. P. Minor and J. P. Maxees mowers
£30 - 50
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Triumph Palm Beach bicycle, together with Raleigh ladies' bicycle
£30 - 50
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Vacant Lots
| The John Adler Collection of Historic Pipes and Smoking Paraphernalia
commencing at 2.00 pm
John James Adler MBE JP, Ritter of Miltenberg
1935 - 2017
John Adler was born on 16th September 1935, the son of Commander Alan Louis Adler RNVR and Ella Cohen. He married Hilary Drew in 1962 and they had four children, Michael, Fiona, Julia and Harry. Each of his children was asked to choose their favourite pipe to keep but John requested that the rest of his collection be auctioned so that others may enjoy his passion for pipes.
John Adler was a Pipe Maker and Pipe Man through and through. A member of the Confrérie des maîtres-pipiers in St Claude, France (with only 1000 members, all are chosen from around the world for the passion that they have for the 'pipe'). Knighted in Germany for his work in the industry and a member of the L'Académie Internationale de la Pipe. His meerschaum, briar, porcelain and glass pipe collection was world famous and much visited and admired and the subject of TV documentaries.
A Freeman and Liveryman of the City of London and the elder son of the first Master of the Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders. His Father Alan L Adler, was the first Master when the Company was re-formed in 1954. John was Master in 1982, served twice as Chairman of the Tobacco Trade Benevolent Association as well as Chairman of the Benevolent Fund, he was also President of the Briar Pipe Trade Association and received a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from the industry.
John was Chairman and Managing Director of A. Oppenheimer & Company, set up by Charles Oppenheimer (the brother-in law of John's Great Grandfather) in 1860 as a general merchant at 79 1/2, Watling Street London. When Sir Charles Oppenheimer moved to Frankfurt to become British Consul and then Consul General, his brothers Adolphe and David were joined by Louis Adler. The general import/export business gradually shifted to the manufacture and distribution of smoking pipes along with many other lines of trade including engineering, textiles and safety equipment. Whilst John travelled extensively to the companies many subsidiaries worldwide his particular love was for the industry of briar pipes and his Company's world famous pipe brands GBD, BBB, Comoy, Civic, Dr Plumb and Loewe to name but a few.
John received an MBE in 2008 for his extensive charitable work. He was Chairman of the Board of Visitors HM Prison Chelmsford, a Justice of the Peace, a specialist magistrate sitting on the Family Court, the first Chairman of The Mid Essex Hospital Trust when it gained its Trust status. A Trustee of Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled, raising huge sums of money for them. John's charitable giving will probably never really be known in detail, he helped so many friends and many unknown individuals and countless charities. Generous to the last, John made arrangements for some of his collection to be left to the National Pipe Academy where it will provide a lasting legacy in remembrance of this quiet and unassuming man for whom pipes were such an important part of his life. | |
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Extremely rare mid-Victorian walnut and ebonised smokers chair - the cushion upholstered top rail hinged to reveal compartment for smoking implements, the pierced splat relief carved with pipes above cushion seat, raised on turned supports and castors
£600 - 900
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Extremely rare mid-Victorian rosewood smokers chair - the cushion upholstered top rail hinged to reveal divisioned compartment for smoking implements, the pierced splat relief carved with smoking paraphernalia, above shaped cushion seat on turned fluted legs and castors
£600 - 900
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Massive raw Baltic amber specimen honey-toned, on flat base, 24cm wide x 20cm high x 13cm deep
£600 - 900
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Large raw Baltic amber specimen of flattened form, 15cm wide x 9cm high x 4cm deep
£100 - 150
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Fine and large early-mid 19th century lap-style carved meerschaum and silver mounted pipe, bas-relief carved in celebration of Napoleon, with continuous battle scene frieze and profile portrait to foot and reciprocated to the windcap, with Continental silver mounts, probably Austrian, 19cm high x 17cm wide
£400 - 600
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Unusual late 19th century Continental carved meerschaum cheroot holder - delicately carved with three young girls and their pets sheltering under an umbrella, amber mouthpiece with white metal mount, 12cm long, in original case
£70 - 100
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Exceptionally large mid-19th century white metal and gilt metal mounted lap-style meerschaum pipe bowl, the plain L-shaped bowl with decorative windcap, the plateau surmounted by a cannon and gunner, stamped - 'MEYER', removing to reveal a white enamelled circular timepiece, the pierced frieze below hinging, having ornate domed terminal, tooled with moon faces and three projecting stems, 23cm high x 27cm long
£200 - 300
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Good early Kalmasch meerschaum pipe, circa 1830, the ornate white metal hinged windcap in the form of a reticulated plumed helmet with applied trophy crests, engraved to the terminal -'C. NET', 20cm high x 21cm long, with hinged leather protective cover
£100 - 150
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Group of late 19th / early 20th century novelty cheroot holders - to include two amber examples carved as horse's legs, two eagle claw examples, meerschaum carved lady's head with hat, another carved with a horse - all cased. (6)
£80 - 120
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Highly unusual 19th century novelty meerschaum and amber mounted cheroot holder, modelled as Sir Francis Drake, bowling whilst smoking a pipe, 11.5cm long, cased
£100 - 150
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Fine quality carved meerschaum cheroot holder, circa 1890, carved with three hounds and foliage, amber mouthpiece, 19.5cm long
£120 - 180
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Late 19th century carved meerschaum cheroot holder, carved with the Lion of Lucerne, red amber mouthpiece, 18cm long
£50 - 70
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Well carved 19th century meerschaum cheroot holder - intricately carved as a lion pierced by an amber spear, 11cm long, cased
£50 - 80
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19th century carved meerschaum cheroot holder, carved with a reclining female nude fairy, a butterfly resting on her wrist, amber mouthpiece, 21cm long, cased, the case labelled - 'Exposition Anvers'
£50 - 70
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Two cased late 19th / early 20th century meerschaum pipes - both carved with Turkish heads, the first with silver mounted collar, both with amber mouthpiece, both cased, the second in BBB case
£60 - 90
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Finely carved late 19th century meerschaum pipe, the bowl in the form of a roaring lion, with carved amber shank and white metal mount, 15cm long
£70 - 100
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Unusual mid-19th century Austrian carved meerschaum pipe of elongated form, carved with surmounting figural group of a naked man bound to a horse, surrounded by baying hounds, the ornate pierced plated windcap with beast-head finial, stamped - Schubert and dated 1855 to mount - probably Ed. Schubert of Vienna, amber mouthpiece, 20cm long
£100 - 150
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Well-carved 19th century Continental meerschaum cheroot holder, modelled as a courtier bearing a letter, amber mouthpiece, 16cm, cased
£60 - 90
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Rare 19th century novelty carved meerschaum cheroot holder carved as a hand holding a skull, amber mouthpiece, 15.5cm long, cased, the case marked - Carl Werner, Heidelberg
£60 - 90
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Well-carved late 19th / early 20th century meerschaum pipe, modelled as the head of a Native American Chieftain, with eagle feather headdress, amber mouthpiece, 16cm long, cased, the case marked - 'Heyes'
£80 - 120
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Finely carved late 19th century briar pipe, the bowl expressively carved in the form of a horse head, the stem stamped - J.M.M., with white metal mount and amber mouthpiece, 33cm long
£80 - 120
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Group of five novelty carved meerschaum cheroot holders - to include example carved as a hand holding a skull, finely carved male portrait mask, the case with label for A. E. Morris, Montreal, two well-carved examples with female heads, another modelled as a hand holding a cup, the largest 13cm long - all cased
£100 - 150
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Finely carved Continental meerschaum pipe, the bowl carved as a snarling lion, amber mouthpiece, 16cm long, cased
£60 - 90
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Delicately carved meerschaum cheroot holder, surmounted by well-carved huntswoman and hound group, with amber mouthpiece, 15cm long, cased, together with finely carved meerschaum cheroot holder in the form of a cherub - both cased (2)
£60 - 90
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Finely carved and stained late 19th century meerschaum pipe in the form of a dragon or eagle claw holding a cup, amber mouthpiece, cased, 16cm long
£80 - 120
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Unusual novelty carved meerschaum pipe modelled as a young lady emerging through a porthole, with white metal collar and amber mouthpiece, 12cm long
£60 - 90
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Early 20th century carved meerschaum pipe naturalistically carved in the form of a branch, white metal collar and ivory mouthpiece, 17cm long, together with a plain unsmoked meerschaum pipe and a Jackson's Patent asbestos pipe with hallmarked silver collar - all cased (3)
£70 - 100
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Carved meerschaum pipe, the bowl modelled as the head of an Oriental gentleman, the bowl lip with brass snake, white metal collar and amber mouthpiece, 13.5cm long, together with two pipes modelled as Negroes - all cased (3)
£70 - 100
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Unusual small late 19th century carved meerschaum cheroot holder, carved with a cyclist on penny-farthing, 10cm long, together with a novelty carved meerschaum modelled as a child on a ladder with cat, another with a lounging figure with signed case for Karl Czapek, Prag - all cased (3)
£80 - 120
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Unusual carved meerschaum cheroot holder, modelled as a Turkish gentleman smoking a cheroot, amber mouthpiece, 13cm long, in unmarked white metal case, engraved - 'R. Rodda, Plymouth'
£80 - 120
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Carved meerschaum pipe modelled as a Turkish soldier, in bearskin hat, sterling silver collar and amber mouthpiece, 13cm long, together with two carved meerschaum cheroot holders in the form of Jesters - all cased (3)
£80 - 120
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Carved meerschaum cheroot holder with surmounting lion, 12.5cm long, together with three further small carved meerschaum cheroot holders - all cased (4)
£80 - 120
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Highly unusual carved meerschaum cheroot holder carved as a bat, speared by the amber mouthpiece, 12cm long, together with a carved cheroot holder depicting an old-timer, another of a lady with hat and another of a gentleman with hat (4)
£80 - 120
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Novelty carved meerschaum cheroot holder of plain form, carved with amber head bursting through the bowl, amber mouthpiece, 12.5cm long, together with a cased miniature amber pipe, carved meerschaum in the form of a hand and cup and another similar (4)
£80 - 120
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Finely carved and stained meerschaum cheroot holder in the form of an eagle claw holding a cup, amber mouthpiece, 12cm long, together with another similar - both cased (2)
£60 - 80
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Finely carved and pierced meerschaum cheroot holder of L-shaped form, with pierced scroll ornament, together with another with Gothic bowl and projecting eagle, another with cherub ornament and another with female mask, the last with label to case for G. HL Watschek, Firenze - all cased (4)
£100 - 150
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Collection of plain meerschaum pipes and cheroot holders - all cased, together with another carved with horses
£50 - 70
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Mid-19th century meerschaum pipe with octagonal bowl and white metal mounts, wooden stem, 17cm long, together with a Kalmasch-style carved meerschaum and plain cheroot holder, the last labelled - Arthur Schneider, Leipzig to case - all cased (3)
£60 - 90
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Good late 19th century meerschaum cheroot holder in the form of an eagle, with motto beneath 'Half & Half', with amber mouthpiece, 14cm overall, in original case
£80 - 120
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Good late 19th century meerschaum pipe carved with lion's head, silver collar, with amber mouthpiece, 18cm overall, in original case
£80 - 120
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