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R.M.S. LUSITANIA, 1915
Programme of Entertainment in aid of Seamen's Charities at Liverpool and New York, Held in third class dining saloon Thursday, May 6, 1915 at 7.30pm, with full page illustration of the Lusitania (old tape staining to edges) - 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.); together with a letter of provenance
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£200-400
Provenance: Recovered from the sea by John Schofield Hulme, a Queenstown trawlerman who, having received the liner's distress call, was allegedly first to attend the scene on 7th May 1915.
A poignant item, given that the Lusitania was sunk the following day at 2.10 pm, eleven miles off the Old Head of Kinsale when the liner crossed in front of the U-Boat U-20 and was sunk by one torpedo. Out of 1,962 crew and passengers 1,198 perished
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CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
A Cunarder embarking
Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon '94' (lower left)
Watercolour
13¼ x 9½in. (33.5 x 24cm.)
£400-600
A note to the reverse attributes the vessel as either Cephalonia or Pavonia, which, although not sisters, were close cousins dating from the mid-1880's.
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Ø A SOUVENIR SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL TRINKET BOX FROM R.M.S. AQUITANIA, CIRCA 1920
the hinged lid with inset silver profile of the ship, the body with London hallmarks for 1921, supported on four feet - 3½in. (9cm.) wide
£150-250
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R. MILSOM (20TH CENTURY)
Union Castle Liners from Mayflower Park
Signed 'R. Milson' (lower right) and inscribed as per title (lower left)
Watercolour
6½ x 10in. (16.5 x 25.5cm.); together with photographs of Bremen and Aquitania in dry dock, the later dated '1940'; and two aerial views of QE2
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£100-150
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A RARE GUION LINE PORCELAIN VEGETABLE PLATE, CIRCA 1878
the green transfer-decorated flora and fauna rim with crossed UK/US flags to centre over line's name in banner, the reverse with maker's marks for Thomas Hughes, Burslem, registration mark for 1878 - 11¼in. (28.5cm.) wide
£250-350
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A SILKWORK PICTURE BY THOMAS WILLIS (AMERICAN, 1850-1925), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
depicting the S.S. Gilsland under sail and steam off a headland and inscribed Gilsland, London, J. Ratter commander - 19 x 28in. (48 x 71cm.)
£300-500
A 1639 ton cargo ship built by Cole in 1874, in 1895 she was sold to Japanese owners and re-named Shikishima Maru but was broken up two years later.
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MARITIME CATALOGUES
approximately 160 comprising Bonhams: 1992-2008 (74); Charles Miller Ltd 2008-2016 (17); Christie's: 1991-2014 (46) and Sotheby's 1991-2010 (24), with a few others containing relevant content, detailed list available on request via email
(a lot)
£150-250
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road.
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'CYCLOPEDIA OF MACHINERY' CIRCA 1850
by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 97 finely engraved plates, mostly double-page and folding, contemporary blue calf-backed marble boards - 15 x 12in. (38 x 30.5cm.)
Sold not subject to return
£200-300
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'THE MODERN SYSTEM OF NAVAL ARCHITECHTURE' CIRCA 1865
by Day & Son, London, (1865) for J. Scott Russell, comprising three volumes, 84 engraved plates (of 165), mostly double-page and folding, leaves of text and plates original printed boards with ties; and 98 plates from two other works - 27½ x 17in. (70 x 43cm.)
(a lot)
£200-400
Sold not subject to return
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road.
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'A REPORT ON THE BUILDING OF IRON VESSELS', CIRCA 1842
by Dupuy De Lome, England, 1842, manuscript on paper, 76ff. written on both sides of the paper without 'A Book of Drawings on a Large Scale' called for the introduction, contemporary half sheep, (very rubbed), bookplate of the Institution of Naval Architects, Scott Library Collection - 12¾ x 8¼in. (32.5 x 21cm.)
£300-500
An interesting manuscript, curiously written in English, in two parts, The first part presents the general consideration which they have adopted and employed in building Iron Vessels and the second part combines all the information necessary for their construction. The author visited Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow several times and mentions often those cities' ship builders. Although he alludes quite often to the S.S. Great Western, there is never a mention of Brunel. He describes several vessels containing parts to make further ships which was done in dockyards in the Seine, but dedicates his manuscript to those who can make ships from scratch.
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A FINELY CONSTRUCTED MINIATURE GILT-BRASS STATIONARY ENGINE OF CIRCA 1820
modelled A.M. Tyrer, 1974, the bedplate mounted to slate block with maker's engraved Anthony M. Tyrer, Model Engineer, Hastings 1974, black filled tapering columns and beam with finely detailed steel crack shaft, the cylinder with air inlet exiting via slate display base with secured brass-bound cover - overall measurements 5¾ x 7 x 4in. (14.5 x 18 x 10cm.)
£1,000-1,500
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AN EARLY TELEGRAPH MESSAGE, RECEIVED AT VALENTIA ISLAND, IRELAND, SEPTEMBER 1858
comprising a 71in. length of paper tape inscribed Call Signal in pencil under printed Morse code with letters delineated under, contained in a paper wrapper inscribed Telegraph message written at Valentia by Professor Thompson for J. Eccles 2 Mrs J. Corby [Electrican] Valentia Sep.24th / 58 - 3in. (7.5cm.) wide
£150-250
The message, as transcribed, appears to read "SCNTTO MRS RENCH B S PROFESSOR" - presumably 'scntto' was the call sign. The first Trans Atlantic telegraph message was transmitted, after several delays, in August 1858 with the service lasting a few weeks before breaking down to universal outrage. A British Committee of Inquiry launched an investigation which blamed Edward Whitehouse, the projects Chief Electrician, for using too much current and compromising the cables gutta-percha covering. It was to be eight years before the link was restored and the world reconnected. Valentia Island was then the most westerly point of the United Kingdom with Porthcurno in Cornwall being used from 1870.
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BRAZILIAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHIC CO., CIRCA 1884
Engineers' Paying Out Log, from March 10 th to 31 st , signed by Clark, Forde and Taylor, engineers, manuscript 27 leaves and a blank, each leaf contains printed 'Remarks', the name of the ship (S.S. Scotia) and other printed data, written in a fine legible hand, original black roan, title in gilt on front cover including 'Madeira-St. Vincent Cable (duplicate) 1884, oblong folio 13 7/8 x 15in. (35 x 38cm.), 1884; together with AZORES CABLE, Engineers' Paying Out Log, August 13-September 3 1893, signed by Clark, Forde and Taylor, manuscript 20 leaves, layout as above, the ship (S.S. Seine), written in a fine legible hand, original black roan, title in gilt on front cover, (head of title defective) - 13 1/8 x 15 5/8in (33.5 x 39.5cm.), 1893
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£200-300
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CLAN LINE: A FINANCIAL LOG FOR THE S.S. CLAN CHISHOLM, CIRCA 1956
listing all the financial outgoings of the S.S. Clan Chisholm, manuscript on paper, 23 leaves, 16 May-28 September 1956, calling at inter-alia, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Cochin, Tuticorin, Port Said and Immingham, original grained calf - 12¾ x 15 7/8in. (32.5 x 40.5cm.)
£200-300
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RIGGING
a collection of six glass negatives, probably by F.C. Gould, five 3½ x 4½in. (9 x 11.5cm.) and one 4½ x 6¾in. (11.5 x 17cm.); together with a collection of ephemera including 32 illustrations of ships (mostly postcards) and a photograph of Queen Elizabeth (as Duchess of York) launching the Duchess of York
(a lot)
£80-120
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VOLCANIC SAMPLES FROM THE VESUVIAN ERUPTION OF 1906
each contained within a labelled tube for the six strata conjoined in date order between 7th and 15th of April and containing pumice and sand, with sealed wax ends and contained within a card tube with maker's labels for Orrtanio - 9½in. (24cm.); together with a seaweed sample in bottle; and a ship in a bottle
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£80-120
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AN EAST INDIA COMPANY LOG BOOK FOR THE E.I.C. PRINCE REGENT, 1828
A Journal of the Proceedings… from the Port of London to Madras and Bengal commanded by Henry Hosmer commencing May 13th 1828, ending June 10th 1829, Rept by J.G. Hopkins Midsh, manuscript on paper, 66 leaves (including two blanks), lists of crew and passengers, bound in contemporary reverse calf with Hopkins' book-label and large engraved armorial bookplate - 15 x 9 5/16in. (38 x 24.5cm.)
£600-800
On the way out, the Prince Regent passed by Madeira before docking at Madras (9 September 1828). Presumably it continued to Bengal although the log is silent about it. On the return, the ship stopped at St Helena and passed by Ascension Island.
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† A DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (V.O.C.) SILVER INGOT SALVAGED FROM THE ROOSWIJK CARGO, CIRCA 1739
stamped with the mark of the Amsterdam Chamber of the V.O.C. , with rampant goat assay master's mark, stamped 'A' above 'VOC' conjoined
6½in. (16.5cm.) long; 63.08 ozt. 1261.60 dwt. (1,962 gr.)
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: Rooswijk recovery team - certificate of authenticity Bar Cat. No. RK05 A
The 850 ton Dutch East Indiaman (V.O.C.) Rooswijk was on her second outbound voyage to Batavia, when she foundered on the 9th January, 1740 in a storm passing the notorious Goodwin Sands off the Kentish coast with the loss of all 200 souls on board. She also contained a valuable cargo of Mexican silver which had just been smelted in Amsterdam and which comprised some thirty chests containing 1,000 bars and at least 36,000 silver Reale coins. The only evidence of the disaster appeared the next day when locals found letters washed ashore at Deal. The sands kept their secret until by chance, in December 2004, they parted and allowed an amateur diver to retrieve two complete chests and hundreds of silver bars. The salvage team, operating in secrecy, continued throughout 2005 by agreement of the Dutch and British Governments.
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† A DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (V.O.C.) SILVER INGOT SALVAGED FROM THE ROOSWIJK CARGO, CIRCA 1739
indistinctly stamped with the mark of the Amsterdam Chamber of the V.O.C., with rampant goat assay master's mark, stamped 'A' above 'VOC' conjoined - 6½in. (16.5cm.) long; 61.86 ozt.; 1237.16 dwt. (1,924 gr.)
Provenance: Rooswijk recovery team, with recovery item number RK05A 11054 tag.
£2,500-3,500
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATTER FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY
the oval platter decorated with painted border and polychrome and gilt armorial company crest to centre - 17¼in. (44cm.) wide overall
£250-350
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL CHAFING DISH FOR THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY
the oval platter with hot water inset and outlet spouts, decorated painted border and polychrome and gilt armorial company crest to centre - 15½in. (39.5cm) wide overall
£250-350
This service is thought to have been used by senior Company officials in Bombay and Madras. It seems that some Governors returned with a small 'souvenir' to England when they completed their term of office. A similar dish is held by the V&A as object number No 335J-1898.
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† A PEWTER WINE FUNNEL RECOVERED FROM THE ASSOCIATION, WRECKED OFF THE ISLES OF SCILLY IN 1707
the bowl with turned decoration and loop handle - 4¼in. (11cm.) high
£300-500
Provenance: Recovered by Roland Morris and sold by David Lay, Penzance, 25th/26th January 1990, lot 337
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A WRECK-RECOVERED MEDIEVAL THAI SAWANKHALOK JARLET
finished in pale glaze with lug handle and partially concreted with oyster shells - 3in. (7.5cm.) high; together with a copy of Christie's catalogue 'The Ceramic Cargo of a Medieval South Asian Trading Vessel', 11th December 1989
(2)
£50-80
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A QUANTITY OF SILVER RUPEES RECOVERED FROM THE 'TAJ MAHAL' WRECK, CEYLON, BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE, 1963
comprising a concreted group of seven with another seven loose examples, all dating from 1702-3; together with seven black and white photographs of artefacts recovered and a press cutting describing the haul
(a lot)
£150-250
Provenance: William MacQuitty and thence by descent
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) the famous science fiction author was a keen amateur diver and friend of film producer William MacQuitty (1905-2004) to whom he gave this small haul of specie. At the time he suggested the wreck might be of H.M.S. Bedford but this was quickly dismissed in favour of an Indian trader now known as the 'Taj Mahal' wreck as the coins were minted during the reign of the Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb, builder of the famous monument to his wife. Clarke, who had moved to Ceylon for the climate, discovered 1000's of rupees scattered over the Great Basses Reef, some still in the form of the bags they had been contained in with some being donated to the Smithsonian.
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A BRONZE MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE LOSS OF THE EAST INDIAMAN KENT BY T. HALLIDAY, 1ST MARCH 1825
48mm diam; in protective case; together with six prints of East Indiaman wrecks including the Essex (2), the Kent, the Isis and Nuestra Senora (1746)
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£100-150
Sold as viewed
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AN ADMIRALTY PATTERN DIVER'S TORCH BY SIEBE GORMAN & CO. LTD, LONDON
heavily constructed in nickel-plated brass with bull's-eye lens and rotating switch, signed on the trunk as per title and inscribed AP 8965 - 13in. (36cm.) long
£200-300
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AN ADMIRALTY PATTERN DIVER'S TORCH BY SIEBE HEINKE, CIRCA 1967
heavily constructed in brass, signed as per title and inscribed and dated A.P. No. 0563/202927 1967, threaded battery compartment and suspension loop - 11in. (28cm.) long
£250-350
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A SILVER GELATINE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE R.Y. BRITANNIA BY WEST & SON, SOUTHSEA, CIRCA 1895
depicting in full sail heeling on a starboard reach and flying the Prince of Wales' colours, with studio blind stamp lower right - 13¾ x 10½in. (35 x 26.5cm.); together with two further examples by West & Son of Big Class yachts racing, circa 1894-5; another of Britannia by Adamson, Rothesay, blindstamped; another, unsigned, depicting the Great Yachting Disaster of August 1896 and featuring Meteor, Britannia, Isode and Saint immediately after multiple collisions and one death; and another unframed, probably of Britannia at anchor
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£800-1,200
Provenance: Britannia Inn, Isle of Wight.
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FIRST EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL [YACHTING] REGATTA, 1911
Official Sailing Instructions and Programme, lavishly printed on high grade paper, 23pp., with index, with fold-out plate of coloured racing flags, and eight fold-out coloured maps of the various competition courses, original blue calf, skilfully rebacked, the upper board with gold-blocked lettering and a circular medallion featuring The Sovereign of the Seas, 1637
£100-150
Under the patronage of King George V, himself an enthusiastic yachtsman, this regatta - staged in George's Coronation Year - was a genuine attempt by the King to improve international relations during the period of increasing tensions across Europe prior to the Great War.
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YACHT DESIGNS BY FREDERICK SHEPHERD
spanning approximately 1910-64 and comprising a large collection of manuscript yacht designs, pen and ink and pencil designs for yachts including Veleda ex Ella, Mr Gray's 17ton cutter, Thalia, 11 ton cutter, 11 ton cutter, 25 ton motor yacht, 54 ton schooner, 9 ton ketch, 50 ton ketch, Arminel, Wayward III, Regina, 9 ton cutter, Eila and 32 ton ketch and others, contained in 12 cloth boxes, (very worn and defective) - 70 7/8 x 3 3/4in. (180 x 9.5cm.)
(a lot)
£200-400
Sold not subject to return
A celebrated yacht designer Frederick Shepherd (1869-1969) who, at the same time, also acted as a marine surveyor, ran a fashionable practice from Piccadilly during the great era of gentlemens' yachting.
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road.
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BASIL LUBBOCK
The Last of the Windjammers, two volumes, plates, original blue cloth, dust-jackets (very torn), 8vo, Glasgow, 1948; together with The Colonial Clippers, plates and plans, original blue cloth, ibid., 1921; The Blackwall Frigates, plates and plans, original green cloth, ibid., 1922; and ten other similar, two by Lubbock
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£100-150
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WALKER'S SIGNAL CODE, 1841
Walker (Bethune James), A Code of Signals for the Use of the Mercantile Navy, first part only [but complete in itself]. 1st edition, William H. Allen & Co., 1841, xxxii + 491pp., three double-page wood-engraved plates including frontispiece (one hand-coloured), one further plate ('The Homograph, a Substitute for the Semaphore'), wood-engravings in the text, 4 pp. of advertisements to rear, presentation inscription Presented by the author to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, May 10th 184[5?], related library plate and ink-stamp to front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked retaining part of original spine, corners worn, large 8vo
£200-300
A very rare proposal for a new Signal Code for the Merchant Marine in which the author, a former Royal Navy officer who had served during the Napoleonic Wars, proposed the adoption of a homograph method of signalling as a cheaper alternative to semaphore. A homograph was a hand-held device resembling an over-large cricket bat.
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LLOYD'S BOOK OF HOUSE FLAGS & FUNNELS, 1912
published at Lloyd's [Register of Shipping], London, revised edition, 1912, 136pp. of chromolithographed shipping company flags and funnels, all in colour, in conjunction with national flags, international code flags and others, comprehensive indexes, original blue cloth with gold-blocked upper cover, professionally rebacked; together with Brown's Flags & Funnels, 6th edition, 1958
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£200-300
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WELIN DAVIT & ENGINEERING COMPANY
second edition, 174 plates and plans, eight folding, original cloth gilt, oblong, folio, London, 1914
£150-250
Illustrating all-known davits up until 1914, the company renamed Welin Lambie, still possesses a near monopoly, even furnishing NASA with various pieces of equipment.
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A MERCHANT SHIPBUILDER'S MANUSCRIPT DESIGN BOOK, CIRCA 1785
a comprehensive manual to ship building by James Maw, 114 ff., written in a large legible hand, numerous diagrams, many full page, a fish and some other ornaments coloured grey, contemporary vellum, ownership inscriptions of Maw down to his great great grandson, D.B. Ramsbottom, s.n., 1783-85; together with another volume
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£1,000-1,500
An extremely rare late 18th century manuscript guide to shipbuilding, describing (inter alia) 'of measuring boards or planks', 'timber', 'masts', 'windlass', tonnage of ships', 'cleats', 'bitts and cheeks' and 'Haruschole' and numerous other aspects of ship building. Despite the dates given above, the last page (illustrating a crane) reads, in Maw's hand, 'Scarborough July 27th, Friday 1804, this crane was first used for lifting Oak Timber at Mr John Tindall's, Ship Builder'. Also, in the volume, are several names of ships and their captains.
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A TROPHY FROM THE FIRST TALL SHIPS RACE PRESENTED TO PED PEREIRA BY AUGA GOODSON, 1956
comprising a two-handled silver rose bowl with Birmingham hallmarks for 1934, with enamelled plaque of yacht racing and removable frog loosely mounted on an ebonised plinth with presentation plate inscribed The best performance by a boat built before 1935 Bellatrix - 11 x 13½in. (28 x 34.5cm.) including handle weight 1.56kgs; together with an autographed photograph of Pereira inscribed to Alan Villiers to the reverse, a Beken photograph of the Bellatrix and a copy of the souvenir magazine for the race
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£1,000-1,500
Provenance: Alan Villiers and thence by descent
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THREE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Voyage of the Finnish full-rigged ship Grace Harwar from Wallaroo (S. Australia) to Queenstown (Cobh) Ireland, 100 actual photographs mounted, April-September 1929; The last sailing ship race round Cape Horn by Herzogin Cecilie, Beatrice and C.B. Pedersen, 149 actual photographs mounted, January-March 1928, the race won by Herzogin Cecilie; Whalers of the Frozen North and Whalers of the Midnight Sun, 126 actual photographs mounted, mostly overwritten with biro, 1923-24; three volumes in total, cloth, mostly rather worn
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£600-800
Provenance: Alan J. Villiers, television presenter and trustee of the National Maritime Museum (now the Royal Museum of Greenwich); and thence by descent
A fascinating collection of 375 photographs of barques and other sailing ships, the last volume of steam ships. They illustrate, inter alia, Cape Horn, the Antarctic, Wallaroo, the catchers in the Ross Sea, penguins, albatrosses, Hobart and numerous photographs of various crews.
Please see lot 23 for a painting of the Grace Harwar.
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A COMMEMORATIVE HOUSE FOURS RUDDER FOR THE HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA OF 1932
with brass binding and wooden yoke, painted on one side with crew names, weights and crests - 10 x 19in. (25.5 x 48cm.); together with another similar for 1934
(2)
£150-250
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A BELLOWS PATTERN FOGHORN, CIRCA 1900
of typical construction with spring leather bellows with wooden plates and tapering brass threaded horn, the brass nozzle inscribed TRITON, one plate indistinctly inscribed, possibly in Welsh - 34in. (86cm.) high
£250-350
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AN ATTRACTIVELY CARVED WOODEN TILLER
with fluted rudder section, tapering scaled squared section shaft with acanthus leaf grip - 22½in. (57cm.) long
£250-350
By tradition, this served aboard a Bristol pilot cutter.
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A CARVED OAK TILLER, CIRCA 1900
with simulated rope shaft terminating in Turk's head knot - 44in. (112cm.) long
£200-300
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A DECORATIVE MARINE THEMED CAST IRON STICK STAND, POSSIBLY COLEBROOKDALE, CIRCA 1890
with a fouled anchor back with tridents and spears etc., supporting ropework dividers, 'seabed' base with removable shell form tray - 30 x 18in. (76 x 46cm.)
£400-600
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Ø A LAUNCHING HATCHET FOR THE PORTUGUESE GUN BOAT MANDOVI, 1879
the silver head hallmarked for London 1873 with inset blade, fluted ivory shaft terminating ivory handle inscribed H.F.M.S. "Mandovi" launched 16 August 1879 / Birkenhead Ironworks - 8in. (20.5cm.) long
£350-450
One of a pair built by Laird of Birkenhead (the other being named Benjo). They displaced 455tons and were 125ft 4in. long, and their 400hp engines could develop 10.5kt. Armed with one 6in. and two 4.5in. guns, they were part of the fifteen gunboats expected to protect Portugal's African possessions.
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A MODERN SILVER MODEL OF A 19TH CENTURY KETCH OF CIRCA 1850
the 7in. hull with scored planking, covered hold, ventilator, companionway, anchor winch, hallmarked rudder, and mast with silver sails, simulated stitching and crease marks, with standing and running riggings, mounted on a mahogany display base with both anchors dropped and towing a dinghy, with inset plaque and plexiglass cover - 10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.)
£300-500
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A QUANTITY OF NOVELTY CUFFLINKS AND TIE-PINS, ETC.
comprising two pairs of novelty cufflinks in the form of ship's wheels and shackles; a tie-pin of a liner, one of a tall ship and three other assorted pairs variously marked Sterling or as appropriate
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£300-400
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A 19TH CENTURY PROBABLY SALESMAN'S MODEL CAPSTAN
constructed as in working practice in wood with removable brass drum head with ratchets to centre and sides revealing internal gears, complete with eight bars - 7¾in. (19.5cm.) high
£400-600
When properly aligned this model functions correctly with ratchets and gearing ensuring constant direction, if the bars are contra-rotated, additional leverage is applied at approximately four times the standard rate.
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A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY SUNDERLAND PEARL WARE SAILOR'S 'DEPARTURE' AND 'RETURN' GROUPS
possibly by Dixon, Austin & Co., finished in polychrome and inscribed to base with titles - 8in. (20cm.) high; together with a paste pot with 'Mending the Nets' lid, No. 54 from the Pegwell Bay Series
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£100-150
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Ø A COROMANDEL WOOD PROFILE PORTRAIT OF SIR MARC ISAMBARD BRUNEL
facing left and inscribed Sir Isambart [sic] Marc Brunel, FRS&C within engine-turned frame - 3½in. (9cm.) diam
£150-250
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AN EIGHT-SPOKE WOOD AND BRASS HELM FROM THE THAMES TUG TUDOR ROSE, CIRCA 1938
the brass hub with turned spokes to brass inlaid rim, one with plugged spike and handles - 60in. (152.5cm.) diameter
£400-600
This tug was operated by Flower & Everett from 1938 until she retired c.1985.
This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road.
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A 19TH CENTURY SEAMAN'S CHEST
with carved handle bracket, the lid painted with a lively shipping scene with unusual carved banner inscribed E.J. ONLEY, with internal compartment and dividers, complete with lock and key - 15 x 38 x 16in. (38 x 96.5 x 40.5cm.)
£300-500
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