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An interesting collection of items relating to General Sir John Hart Dunne KCB, contained in an early Victorian rosewood and brass inlaid writing slope, the cover inscribed 'Capt. John Hart Dunne 99th Regt' including a Chinese gilt metal and white metal box of canted rectangular form, the hinged cover with hexagonal knop and inscribed beneath 'From the Summer Palace, acquired in the French encampment General J H Dunne Oct 1860', 6cm wide, a filigree work bodkin case of cylinder form, the inner sleeve inscribed 'A Trifle from the Emperor's Summer Palace Gen John Hart Dunne', 11cm long, several photographs of the General included in uniform, a negative of the General and a companion wearing Chinese robes, two photographs of the Pekinese dog presented by Dunne to Queen Victoria and a quantity of correspondence mainly relating to Lady Dunne and their children
Note: John Hart Dunne (1835-1924) obtained his first commission in 1852 and later served in the Crimea. After gaining his Captaincy 1855 he transferred to the 99th Regiment in 1856. In 1860 Dunne served in China campaign where he personally hoisted the Union Flag over the captured Taku fort. After the destruction of the Summer Palace he presented to Queen Victoria 'for the Royal Collection of dogs' in the same year. Several promotions from the mid-1860s saw Hart Dunne reach the rank of General in 1893. In 1894 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London and in 1898 became Colonel of the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment. He retired in 1902 and received The Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1906. A related box sold at Mallam's, Cheltenham 19th May 2011 Lot 520
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£3000-5000 (+Fees*)
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Two pairs of buckskin breeches by E Tautz & Sons, Oxford St and two red swallow tail hunting coats, buttons removed
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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A north eastern native American embroidered birchbark trinket box, stitched with flowers, 8.5cm diameter, an embroidered birchbark card or cheroot case, 7cm x 9.5cm, two arrowhead covers similarly worked, 11.5cm and 9.5cm and a pair of beaded moccasins
£150-200 (+Fees*)
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A large quantity of lace, various dates, including edging, samples etc. and sundry textiles
£40-60 (+Fees*)
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A Worcestershire regiment officer's dress tunic, for Capt. RV Berkeley, three similar examples, a waistcoat and belt the buckle with royal cipher VR
£100-150 (+Fees*)
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Two tortoiseshell mantilla combs
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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Two pairs of Native American moccasins with beadwork decoration
£40-60 (+Fees*)
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♦ Nine bone lace bobbins, one dated 1868 and four wooden bobbins
£80-100 (+Fees*)
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A 17th Century needlework picture, The Disciples with Peter hearing the cock crow, in an oval panel surrounded by stumpwork and needlework animals and flowering plants, 37cm x 46cm
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£600-800 (+Fees*)
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An 18th Century needlework picture, Musician and Companion beneath an oak tree surrounded by exotic beasts, 27cm x 36cm
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£300-400 (+Fees*)
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An Ottoman table cover with paisley border, 102 x 102cm
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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An embroidered green velvet purse, Middle Eastern, early 18th Century, 14cm wide
£80-100 (+Fees*)
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A section of silk applique work, possibly from an Ottoman sash, 18th Century, silver and gold thread, losses, 172cm x 27cm
£60-80 (+Fees*)
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A lady's brocaded open robe, English, late 18th Century and an unusual glazed cotton jacket, English, possibly circa 1925
Provenance Sotheby's, 10 September 1986, lot 4836; Sotheby's, 20 May 1986, lot 300
and a quantity of other clothing
£300-500 (+Fees*)
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A French tapestry border fragment, 17th Century, worked with cartouches with trees, 129cm x 51cm and two French verdure tapestry border fragments, 17th Century, now mounted as cushions
£40-60 (+Fees*)
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A large collection of European textile fragments, 17th/18th Century, various techniques, contained a pinewood box, various measurements
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£200-300 (+Fees*)
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A section of gilt thread crochet work, possibly Ottoman, 17th Century, with pure silk lozenge borders, 32cm x 37cm
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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Three English embroidered pillows, early 18th Century, the linen ground false quilted with yellow chevrons, chain stitch, satin stitch and knot blooms and foliage
£40-60 (+Fees*)
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A fragment of green voided velvet, Italian early 17th Century, 101cm x 75cm wide
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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An embroidered satin cushion, probably Chinese for the European market, worked in imitation of a 1760s brocade, 66cm x 68cm, together with early 19th Century embroidered Chinese satin cushion, 49cm x 51cm
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£200-300 (+Fees*)
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A quantity of embroidered panels, mainly unfinished, and other textiles
£100-150 (+Fees*)
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A section of embroidered edging, bears label 'Italian Pillow face embroidered in trellis stitch square floral design, handmade border probably 15th Century', 84cm long and sundry gilt thread edging
£100-150 (+Fees*)
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An embroidered panel, Ottoman, late 18th Century, now mounted as a cushion, 71cm x 71cm
£60-80 (+Fees*)
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A cushion of Fez embroidery, Morocco, 18th or early 19th Century, 40cm x 46cm
£30-40 (+Fees*)
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A patinated leather applied wall hanging, depicting fruit and foliage to a green ground (restored), 180cm x 110cm
Provenance: Little Sodbury Manor, Property from the Estate of Lady Killearn
£150-200 (+Fees*)
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Three pairs of curtains by Colefax & Fowler, the pale gold Indian silk curtains and swagged pelmets with braided fringing
£600-800 (+Fees*)
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A taxidermy case of an avocet, cased, 36cm x 47cm and another two cases each of gulls, all in naturalistic settings
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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A taxidermy case of a garganey, cased, 36cm x 37.5cm, another of a cormorant and another of spotted sandpipers and a small heron (3)
£80-100 (+Fees*)
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A taxidermy case of a hooded crow, by H Holloway, Worcester, 45cm x 45cm, another case including cuckoo and nightingale, another by J Redgrave, Birdstuffer, Worcester and another taxidermy case (4)
£100-150 (+Fees*)
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An Edwardian silver mounted deer slot inkwell, Rowland Ward, London 1904, 9.5cm high and a deer slot letter clip, Rowland Ward, the plinth 22cm long
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£80-120 (+Fees*)
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A horse hoof with plated mount engraved Mulgrove 1933, a plated hip flask bearing the Berkeley family crest and a plated tray (3)
£30-50 (+Fees*)
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A Victorian brass fishing reel marked Registered 18 Feby 1856, Fred'k Allies, Worcester, 10cm diameter
£50-70 (+Fees*)
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A leather shotgun case, label for William Powell & Son, initialled R.V.B, 82cm wide, a cartridge bag, various hats by Lock & Co including three bowler hats and two grey top hats (7)
£150-200 (+Fees*)
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A Mughal sword with jade grip (damaged) and gold inlaid blade, 71.5cm long
£600-800 (+Fees*)
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A 19th Century campaign bath and stand, with faux woodgrain decoration, lock and leather strap, one foot of stand missing, 99cm wide
£30-50 (+Fees*)
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A Victorian High Sheriff's dress sword, by Hill Brothers, Old Bond St, monogrammed VR, in a leather scabbard with gilt metal mounts, 99cm long
£100-150 (+Fees*)
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A powder horn with label 'Brought from Magdala by Capt. Henry Berkeley April 1868,' 20cm long
£40-60 (+Fees*)
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A George III sword with wire bound grip and pierced pommel and guard, by Feesey Cutler to His Majesty, and a similar sword by Tapp Cutler Strand, both with scabbards seemingly stuck in place (2)
£200-300 (+Fees*)
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A gilt metal High Sheriff's sword, monogrammed VR, a broad sword and two other swords, all contained in a brass shell case (4)
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£100-150 (+Fees*)
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A Ceylonese dagger (piha kaetta), 18th Century, with carved horn grip, white metal mounts, carved horn grip and wooden scabbard, total length including scabbard 30cm
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£300-500 (+Fees*)
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A Sudanese dagger, 19th Century, in leather scabbard (stuck), 29cm long, a dagger with spirally turned wooden handle and leather scabbard and a table barometer by Negretti & Zambra, 14.5cm high (3)
£70-90 (+Fees*)
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A pair of 19th Century ceremonial halberds, 16th Century style, 267.5cm long
£200-300 (+Fees*)
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A flag bearing an armorial, with fringed edges, possibly for a High Sheriff, 91cm x 91cm
£80-120 (+Fees*)
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A 19th Century mahogany medal cabinet, of urn form, each division fitted for medals and coins and on a turned socle and square plinth, 45.75cm high, incomplete
£200-300 (+Fees*)
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An early 19th Century mahogany decanter box, inlaid with shell panel, containing four gilt heightened decanters and stoppers, a glass and a glass plate, 21cm wide and a similar Dutch example, 19.5cm wide
£300-500 (+Fees*)
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An interesting quantity of country house sundries in a leather jewel case inscribed Mrs R V Berkeley, Spetchley Park, Nr Worcester (broken lock)
£60-80 (+Fees*)
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An early 19th Century wooden water flask of large proportions, 43cm high
Note: a smaller flask described as probably Scottish is illustrated in EH Pinto, Treen and other wooded Bygones, London, 1969, pl 53E. The Pitt Rivers Collection, Oxford, also has a similar example catalogued as Scottish, see J Levi, Treen for the Table, Woodbridge, 1998, p 182
£400-600 (+Fees*)
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Six German brass alms dishes, Nuremberg, second half 16th Century, one with a partially enamelled silver medallion to the centre with the Agnus Dei, various inscriptions, sizes 39.5cm-44cm diameter
£1000-1500 (+Fees*)
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A Parker novelty lighter in the form of a yacht, damages, 34.5cm high
£30-50 (+Fees*)
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♦ A Regency leather covered sewing box with brass lion mask ring handles and paw feet, fitted with bone cotton reels and other items, 25cm wide
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£100-150 (+Fees*)
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