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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PAIR OF SHIPS IN BOTTLES MODELLED BY A GERMAN PRISONER ON THE ISLE OF MAN, 1917
the first depicting a five-masted barque attended by a steam tug, with the waterfront of Douglas behind and one building dated 1917 and a two-funnel steamer in neck of bottle; the other depicting a warship steaming off a fortified headland and lighthouse inscribed under light P. O. W. Camp 1917, with smaller warships steaming neck and inscribed in ballast underneath J.G. 14730 I.O. Mann 1917 - 12in. (30.5cm.) long
£150-250
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY TH. KNOBLICH, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1900, RECOVERED FROM AND USED AS A WARD ROOM CLOCK AT H.M.S. ROYAL RUPERT, WILHELMSHAVEN, GERMANY, APRIL 1945
the 4in. silvered dial signed, inscribed and numbered Th Knoblich. Inhab: A. Meier Hamburg Früher Altona 2465, with gold main and blued secondary hands, fusee movement with Earnshaw's escapement, standard balance with plain steel helical balance spring, spotted plates, contained within gimbal-mounted brass bowl stamped in the bottom 5715, the reverse with German national symbol 1939-1945 and M948 by winding hole, contained within two-tier glazed box with tipsy key and locking arm, with silver plate to front engraved with the naval crown and inscribed H.M.S. Royal Rupert Naval Party 1735 Wilhelmshaven, Germany, April 1945, approximately - 7in. (17.5cm.) square
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: Lt. Sinclair and thence by descent
Germany's formal surrender of 8th May 1945 had been long anticipated before Hitler's suicide on 30th April. All that remained of the Kriegsmarine were two cruisers and a dozen or so destroyers, and many submarines and small craft. With German matelots wandering freely in increasing numbers, the allies sent in forces to maintain order. So, in April 1945, British Naval Party 1735 was sent in convoy to occupy Wilhelmshaven naval base ahead of the formal Kriegsmarine surrender. They re-named their section of it H.M.S. Royal Rupert for the duration of about two years. Ultimately some 200 vessels were crammed into the base and this chronometer is believed to have been recovered from one of the many u-boats. It served as the wardoom 'clock' and returned to Britain as a War souvenir in 1947. The Royal Navy has had several ships named 'Rupert' but Royal Rupert is unique and is presumably a nod to the friendlier Germany associated with the 17th Century Prince Rupert of the Rhine, son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and nephew of Charles I.
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A THIRD REICH KRIEGSMARINE SUBMARINE STAR GLOBE PUBLISHED BY ERNST SCHOTTE & CO.
the 6in. globe with white gores with blue stars and zodiac, with black titles and signed as per title in cartouche and mounted in enamelled brass stand with polished steel meridian and horizon rings, inscribed in white filled letters Nautische Werkstätten / Se:ku.Co.G.m.b.H 1338, and Kriegsmarine emblem inscribed 114 (lacking cover) - 8½ x 10½in. (21.5 x 26.5cm.)
£500-800
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AN IMPROVISED RADIO SILENCE DUTCH BULK-HEAD CLOCK, CIRCA 1940
the 5in. painted brass dial with pencil shading and red blocking at '9' and '3', signed N.V. Observator Rotterdam above winding arbour, black spade hands and slow/fast arbour, contained within a chrome plated bulk-head case, scratch engraved to reverse 854 - 7in. (18cm.) diam; contained within associated wooden case: together with a letter of provenance dated 1978 stating that this clock was liberated from a naval officer's house in Germany in 1945 where they discovered the clocks from all the vessels sunk by his e-boat, and took this example as a souvenir
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£250-350
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A THIRD REICH KRIEGSMARINE DIRK
the 9¾in. blade stamped WKC by hilt with spring catch, ivorine handle with wire-bound ivorine grip with brass eagle terminal, contained within brass scabbard of issue with belt rings - 16½in. (42cm.) long overall; together with another similar example mounted in base metal for military use
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£250-350
See illustration on page 48
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δ ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
Studies of R.N. Ships 'Boxer'; 'Cornwall' (1904-1920); 'Sirius'; 'Daring'; 'Narvik'; 'Resource'; 'Oakley'; 'Superb'; 'Fleetwood'; SAS 'Windhoek'
Each signed and inscribed
The largest 7¼ x 10½in. (18 x 26.5cm.); together with another attributed to Kenneth Alington Yockney of a carrier, possibly Ark Royal
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£500-800
Provenance: From Gieves & Hawkes, Portsmouth
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δ ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
H.M.S. 'King George V' lying at Faslane
Signed 'E Tufnell' (lower right) and inscribed H.M.S. 'King George V Faslane Port, 20th/9/57' (lower left)
Watercolour
7½ x 12¼in. (19 x 31cm.)
£150-250
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δ FRED J. GIRLING (BRITISH, 1900-1982)
A hospital ship in dock
Signed and dated 'Fred J. Girling / 46'
Watercolour heightened with white
14¾ x 10¾in. (37.5 x 27.5cm.)
Together with a watercolour of H.M.S. Sheffield initialled 'CFM' (lower right)
7¼ x 11¼in. (18.5 x 28.5cm.)
(2)
£400-600
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δ DOUGLAS H. CHAFFEY (BRITISH, B. 1924)
The Invasion of Sicily with 'Rodney' in the foreground, 1942
Signed 'Douglas H. Chaffey' (lower left) and inscribed 'Invasion 1942' (lower middle)
Oil on canvas
19¼ x 35¼in. (49 x 89.5cm.)
£300-500
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δ RICHARD WILLIS (BRITISH, B. 1924)
MTB 758 at speed
Signed and dated 'Richard Willis 1988'
Oil on canvas laid on board
16½ x 23¾in. (42 x 60.5cm.)
£300-500
Provenance: Believed commissioned by Edward DuCann M.P
MTB 758 was a 'Fairmile D' class torpedo boat built by Alex Robertson & Sons Ltd. Ordered in 1942, it was commissioned in October 1944 and sold from the service in 1956. Edward DuCann (1924-2017) was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Navy in World War II serving as a Lieutenant in motor torpedo boats. Based in East Anglia he patrolled the North Sea and served alongside both Owen Aisher (later a yachtsman and entrepreneur) and David Wickins. In 1956, he was elected MP for Taunton in a by-election and became Chairman of the Conservative Party 1965-67. It was at DuCann's home that the 1922 Committee met and dropped Edward Heath in favour of Margaret Thatcher in 1974.
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δ AFTER BARNETT FREEDMAN (BRITISH, 1901-1958)
15-inch gun turret, HMS 'Repulse', 1941
Coloured lithograph, published by the National Gallery, printed at the Baynard Press
29 x 39½in. (74 x 100.5cm.)
£200-400
Barnett Freedman was one of the first artists to be commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee at the start of the Second World War. In July 1941, he was sent to work for the Admiralty, and specifically on H.M.S. Repulse.
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δ CAVENDISH MORTON (BRITISH, 1911-2010)
H.M.S. 'Hood' being refitted before her action with 'Bismarck'
Signed 'Cavendish Morton' (lower left)
Oil on canvas
17½ x 27½in. (44.5 x 70cm.)
£400-600
An unusual view of this famous battlecruiser; H.M.S. Woolston can be seen to the left.
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δ FRANCIS RUSSELL FLINT (BRITISH, 1915-1977)
Above us the waves
Signed 'Francis R Flint' (lower left)
Watercolour
14½ x 21in. (37 x 53.5cm.); together with with six black and white stills from the set of Above Us the Waves and a program from the premiere in 1955
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£800-1,200
Provenance: Painted on the set of the 1955 film 'Above us the Waves' for William MacQuitty (Producer) and thence by descent.
The film from which this scene is taken regards the various attempts to sink the powerful 'pocket' battleship Tirpitz before it had a chance to wreak havoc on shipping in the Atlantic. The first attempt was made using six midget submarines - X Craft. Towed by conventional 'mother' submarines to within striking distance, they carried a crew of four and a pair of two-ton mines. Small enough to go under the defensive nets, two made it through and laid their mines. Whilst substantial damage was caused, the ship remained afloat and successive operations resorted to the Fleet Air Arm. The film was made using real equipment and the actors had to learn how to use re-breather equipment (pre-aqualung, they made no tell-tale trail of bubbles) and was directed in a similar manner with MacQuitty himself donning the gear and signalling directions under water.
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FOLLOWER OF TERANCE CUNEO (BRITISH, 1907-1996)
Captain 'Johnnie' Walker R.N. studying charts during the Battle of the Atlantic
Oil on canvas
19 x 29in. (48 x 74cm.)
£300-500
Frederick John Walker, CB, DSO & Three Bars (1896-1944) was noted for his exploits during World War II. He was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during the Battle of the Atlantic and was known more popularly as 'Johnnie' Walker after the brand of whisky. He died from a cerebral thrombosis thought to have been brought on by exhaustion and over work.
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A US NAVY MARK I DECK CLOCK BY SETH THOMAS, CIRCA 1941
the 5½in. black dial with Arabic numbers and luminous hands, signed as per title and numbered 27436, contained with black Bakelite bulkhead case with pin-hinged access to winding arbours and adjustment hatches with shutters, mounted on a wooden stand - 8½ x 12in. (21.5 x 30.5cm.); together with a desk plate for Squadron Commander A.J. Villiers R.N.V.R.; and a British military issue hand-bearing compass
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£200-300
Provenance: Alan Villiers collection. During WWII, Villiers was on secondment to the US Navy.
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A PAIR OF ADMIRALTY PATTERN BINOCULARS, CIRCA 1940
unmarked, with leatherette covered tubes, adjustable eye-pieces and straps, one eye-piece E=13 3 X G. - 9¾in. (25cm.) high; together with modern micrometer sextant by Heath & Co. contained in box with test certificate for 26th July 1957; and a range-finder by E.E. Watts & Son
(3)
£150-250
Provenance: Alan Villiers and thence by descent.
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A TELEPHONE CIRCUIT PLATE FROM 'H.M.YACHT VANGUARD', CIRCA 1947
cast in aluminium and engraved with the numbers, locations and names or the royal party and staff, with screw holes to corners - 9 x 6½ (23 x 16cm.)
£150-250
The battle ship Vanguard was requisitioned for use as a royal yacht during the Royal tour to and from Australia in 1947 and for the sole purpose of which this operator reference board was created.
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δ ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
H.M.S. 'Vanguard' in Portsmouth Harbour
Signed 'E. Tufnell' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour
7¾ x 11½in. (19.5 x 29cm.)
£150-250
Provenance: Gieves & Hawkes, Portsmouth
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A WELL-PRESENTED MODEL FOR A CONTACT TORPEDO, CIRCA 1940
constucted in nickel-plated brass with threaded nose and tail sections with static contra-rotating propellers and veins, mounted to ebonised supports secured to nickel-brass display base to shells supporting chain surround - 13¾in. (35cm.) wide
£700-900
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A MIDSHIPMAN'S DIRK OF THE ROYAL NAVY, CIRCA 1910
with 18in. etched steel blade, brass quillons with acorn finials, wire-bound fishskin grip with lion's head and mane pommel, contained within brass-mounted leather scabbard engraved K. McIW - 21in. (53.5cm.) overall
£200-300
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY NAVAL CUTLASS
with 24in. plain steel blade, brass half-basket hilt, with wire-bound leather grip, contained within brass-mounted black leather scabbard - 30in. (76cm.) long overall
£150-250
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A COLLECTION OF INFORMAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, CIRCA 1961
taken by Sporting Press at the retirement party of Captain Percy Cooper with 4 x 6in. and 6 x 8in. black and white prints annotated with reference numbers in blue, fixed to card sheets with press stamp, 13 of the larger with views of Mountbatten socialising and presenting Capt. Cooper with a certificate, each card sheet - 25 x 20½in. (63.5 x 52cm.); together with a framed 7½ x 5½in. sepia-toned photograph of Admiral Jellicoe when elected 'stowaway' (member) of the Southampton Master Mariners' Association in 1929
(a lot)
£200-300
Provenance: Southampton Master Mariners' Association
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A ROYAL NAVY RUM PUMP, PROBABLY GEORGE VI
constructed in copper with zinc lining and wooden-handled pump with perforated brass foot - 41in. (104cm.) high
£200-300
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AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH OF PRINCE PHILIP, CIRCA 1951
signed 'Baron' in Indian ink (lower right) and signed on mount slip Philip 1951 - 13 x 9½in. (33 x 24cm.); together with a photograph of the R.Y. Britannia signed and inscribed Patrick Morgan / Flag Officer Royal Yachts; and a letter from Buckingham Palace accepting the offer from Southampton Master Mariners to make the Duke of Edinburgh a 'Stowaway' of the Club.
(3)
£150-250
Provenance: Southampton Master Mariners' Association
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A BOTTLE OF ALFRED LAMB'S SPECIAL RESERVE RUM, 1939
the manuscript label inscribed as per title and numbered 21 of 60, bottled at Dumbarton 6th June 1939, retaining lead foil and seal to neck, contained within fitted pine box with securing clasp - box: 9½in. (24cm.) high
£150-250
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BRITISH WARSHIPS: BATTLESHIPS 1886-1946
privately produced and comprising 134 mounted plates of chronological views of battleships mostly taken from magazines and showing various views including launches and sinkings, each framed within ruled borders with captions, six hand-coloured double-page mss plans, divided into two parts, pre-Dreadnoughts and Dreadnoughts, card pages with original cloth-backed boards - 9¼ x 12in. (23.5 x 30.5cm.)
£150-250
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AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH OF PRINCE PHILIP, CIRCA 1957
taken aboard the R.Y. Britannia, seated with principal guests and officers on deck, signed Philip 1957, mounted on card - the photograph 8 x 9½in. (20.5 x 24cm.)
£150-250
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A SHIPWRIGHT'S DRILL FROM CHATHAM DOCKYARD, CIRCA 1900
heavily constructed in wood and iron, the 'seat' with hinged drill section with two locating arcs and opposing handle action on down-shaft with securing clamp - assembled 25 x 29in. (63.5 x 73.5cm.); together with a selection of drill bits; and together with a small iron bound water costrell with legs, handle and threaded plug
(2)
£400-600
Provenance: Mr. Beard (Snr), Chatham Dockyard, circa 1900 to Charles Beard to Edmund Andrew 'Bunny' Birthright (1931-2019) and thence by descent
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A WOOD AND BRASS BARREL, POSSIBLY A RUM CASK, FROM H.M.S. IRON DUKE
now converted to a stick stand with tray and base and removable T-section divider with provenance plate - 26 x 14in. (66 x 35.5cm.)
£300-400
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A PAIR OF 10 X 60 JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY BINOCULARS BY TOKO, CIRCA 1940
constructed in polished aluminium with brass adjustable eyepieces and splash cuffs, signed on the back plate Toko No. 355, with folding sight mounted on U-shaped bracket - 12in. (30.5cm.) long; together with an associated tripod stand by Manfrotto
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£4,000-6,000
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A LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE OF THE STEAM SHIP R. LILY
depicted in profile flying company and name flags on a stylised sea within barley-twist wool frame - 12 x 20in. (30.5 x 51cm.); framed and glazed
£250-350
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TASMAN YOUNG, (AUSTRALIAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
The Antarctic Whaling Fleet from the icepack, with a coal cairn in foreground
Signed 'Tas Young' (lower right) and provenance on separate sheet dated 1923-24 (torn and fragile)
Oil on hardboard
10 x 19in. (25.5 x 48cm.)
(2)
£100-150
Provenance: Alan Villiers collection and thence by descent
The note accompanying this lot, written by Villiers, reads: This is the effort of a Tasmanian seaman named Tasman Young who was one of the whalemen in the Sandefjord whaling fleet to the Ross Sea in 1923-24, when I was there, having found joined with 10/12 others at Hobart, where the ship touched to take more bunkers and 10/12 men… Here with ships people have set up a refuge with some coal etc for one of the small chasers, missing at the time: the depot was at Discovery Inlet: See my Whaling in the Frozen South / Bobbs Merrill U.S. 1925/31 Geoffrey Bles(?) Hurst and Blackett Lon 1925.
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Ø AN AMERICAN SCRIMSHAW DECORATED MARINE IVORY VESTA
inscribed overall with a profile of a whaler under way; and an American eagle with patriotic symbols, the edge titled J.W.S. Boston, with hinged ends with strikes - 2½in. (6.5cm.) wide
£150-250
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Ø AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK CARVED COCONUT
the body carved in the round with foliage, the 'face' with glass eyes, thick set eyebrows and moustache - 4in. (10cm.) wide; together with a similar miniature example with finely observed floral and musical motives in cartouche with white metal stopper and suspension chain - 1¼in. (3cm.); and a whale bone cribbage board - 7½in. (19cm.) long
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£250-350
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AN UNUSUAL SCRIMSHAW DECORATED COW HORN BY CHARLES WOOD, CIRCA 1860
signed and inscribed by root Engd. with a penknife by C. Wood, and engraved over one side and depicting the Royal Arms countersigned underneath and titled ship profiles for the Great Eastern, the Great Britain, H.M.S. Warrior, a royal steam yacht and four others - 43½in. (110.5cm.) long
£400-600
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY GOLD-MOUNTED NARWHAL TUSK WALKING STICK
with brass ferrule and strap plates, terminating in gold cap - 34½in. (87.5cm.) long
£2,000-3,000
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A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED HORN, BRASS AND STEEL FOLDING KNIFE, CIRCA 1840
the handle inscribed Grampus A. Litt, Master, obverse depicting a harpooned whale spouting and dated 1840, the 5½in. steel blade with suspension loop - 7in. (18cm.) closed
£500-800
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Ø AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING WHALE BONE CONDUCTOR'S BATON FOR THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, CIRCA 1880
the tapering baton carved overall in sections with white metal cuff engraved W. Collins, Band Master R.E. from Lieut. R. H. Williams, R.E., with plated metal finial - 21¾in. (55.5cm.) long
£300-400
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A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED POWDER HORN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
the cow horn inscribed in the round with pre-Revolutionary patriotic designs loyal to the Crown and depicting bird's eye plans inscribed Barracks burnt Louisbourg, Goat Island and Battery, Rochfort Point etc. with depictions of men-o'-war and landing craft and a soldier seated on a drum pointing his pipe at an encampment, with threaded wooden plug with sprung powder dispenser - 14in. (35.5cm.) wide
£350-450
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR DECORATED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH
incised with a whaler, indistinctly dated 1800, the reverse inscribed Chs. Ladd - 6in. (15cm.) long; 214g
£200-300
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Ø A SMALL 19TH CENTURY WHALE BONE FID
of typical tapering form, drilled for a thong handle - 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; together with a sailor's wooden stay busk carved over one side with geometric designs - 16½in. (42cm.) long; and a sailor-work brass snuff box in the form of a book punched H.M.S. Ocean China 1871 R. Stevenart and the spine marked Past Time Vol 3 - 3¼in. (8cm.) high
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£200-300
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Ø AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY IVORY AND BONE GAMBLING TOP/TEETOTUM
the octagonal shaped top with consecutive numbers 1-8, with threaded bone spindle - 2¾in. (7cm.) high; together with ivory-handled French sweetheart's seal, matrix depicting a square rigged ship with a French motto over
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£200-400
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Ø A MID-19TH CENTURY SAILOR DECORATED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH
incised with a whaler with house flag of a five-pointed star with two boats harpooning a whale and a third being lowered, with two sets of indistinct initials to the side, the reverse with a set of royal arms - 7¼in. (18.5cm.) long; 570g
£600-800
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR DECORATED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH
incised on one side and depicting a two-masted brig sailing off a headland with lighthouse, the root with silver-plated cap - 6½in (16.5cm.); 195g
£150-250
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A LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF R.M.S. TITANIC BY BEKEN OF COWES
printed in sepia tone, inscribed and signed in Indian ink to lower middle and right "TITANIC" / Beken & Sons, Cowes - 22½ x 31½in. (57 x 80cm.) Framed and glazed
£400-600
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TITANIC INQUIRY REPORT, 1912
London and Liverpool, 1912, second edition The Journal of Commerce, Report of the "Titanic" Inquiry, illustration of the Titanic and several portraits and plates, with advertisements and an account towards the end of The Loss of the S.S.Titanic by Lawrence Beesley, B.A. (one of the survivors), (lacking cover) - 9½ x 6in. (24 x 15cm.)
£150-250
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P&O MAIL CONTRACT, 1879
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation…New Mail Services (East India and China Mails), London, 23 December, 1879; Australian Contract, 22 August, 1879; Italian contract, 5 October, 1879… Convention with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for a Regular Service between Venice and Brindisi, in correspondence with their Line to Alexandria and Ports beyond Suez, three parts in one volume, blue cloth dated 1880; together with The Emigrant's Guide to South Africa, seventh edition (Revised and Enlarged), ten illustrations, one folding, original pictorial cloth, London, A. White, 1891; and The Letter-Bag of the Great Western; or Life in a Steamer by Charles Haliburton, New York, Colyer, 1840, original cloth-backed boards (some foxing throughout) with an entertaining account of a voyage to New York on the two year old Great Western
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£150-250
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UNION-CASTLE SHIPPING LINE, A HISTORY IN POSTCARDS
a very comprehensive collection of approximately 550 postcards, used and unused, coloured and monochrome, illustrating the many vessels of the Union-Castle fleet from the formation of the line in 1900 until its demise in 1982, and also including vintage views of the ports of Capetown, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London, each of which the company served, all contained in two large postcard albums; together with an index, numerous duplicate cards and sundry items of Union-Castle ephemera, a significant archive
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£400-600
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (BRITISH, 1884-1941)
The P&O Liner 'Arabia'
Signed and dated in pencil 'WM Birchall 35' (lower right) and inscribed 'Arabia P. and O.'
Watercolour
5 x 7½in. (12.5 x 19cm.)
£150-250
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A 19TH CENTURY P&O LINE OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD
the 31in. steel blade etched with P&O rising sun motif over fouled anchor, signed and inscribed by hilt Firmin & Sons, 153 Strand & 13 Conduit St, London, gilt brass half-basket hilt with P&O anchor device, hinged thumb-plate and wire-bound fish-skin grip with lion's head and mane pommel, contained within counter-signed brass mounted scabbard (parted) - 37in. (94cm.) long overall
£250-350
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