FINE ART SALE including Militaria Wednesday 13 th February 2019 Sale Commencing at 10am Viewing Times Tuesday 12 th 2.00pm - 6:30pm Wednesday 13 th 8am - start of sale Please ensure you have a valid bidder s number for 2019 prior to bidding at the auction Tel 01200 423322 1 1
1 A large Royal Albert Beatrix Potter figure, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, F Warne & Co 1996 in unusual colourway, 11.5cm high 200-300 2 A Royal Doulton double sided Figure, Mephistopheles and Marguerite, HN775, green painted factory mark, painted title, 20cm high 300-400 3 Kevin Francis Ceramics, Martha Gunn, an artist original proof Character Jug by Victoria Bourne depicting Martha Gun pouring a drink seated on a cask, 26cm high 100-200 4 Kevin Francis Ceramics, Young Clarice Cliff, artist proof pottery figure designed by John Michael depicting Clarice Cliff in pink dress seated on a teapot, painted title to underside, 22cm high 100-200 5 A Beswick pottery Black Galloway Bull, model number 1746A, 18cm long 400-600 6 A Grainger & Co Worcester China Pot Pourri as an eagle with outstretched wings supporting a pierced egg shape pomander with removable cover, chip to beak, 21cm high 80-120 7 A Royal Worcester, blush ivory bone china Coffee Pot and Cover circa 1896, pear shape body with mask spout and scroll handle painted and gilt highlighted thistle and flowers, puce factory mark and number 934 to underside, 20cm high 80-120 8 A Royal Worcester blush ivory bone china Vase, ovoid form with a pair of satyr mask handles, circa 1909, painted with floral sprays on square base, puce factory mark and number 1716 to underside, 20.5cm high 80-120 9 A Poole Pottery Limited Edition twin handled stoneware Commemorative Loving Mug by Guy Sydenham, produced for the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, number 19 of 50 with certificate, impressed factory mark and edition number to underside, 20cm high 40-60 10 An early 18th century Queen Anne blue and white Delft Dish, centrally with Queen Anne portrait flanked by initials QA, within a ringed and trellis border, 22cm wide, fritting to edge and crack from edge to centre 200-300 11 A Portuguese Palissy style Plaque late 19th/early 20th century typically decorated with applied fish, eel, frog, insects and clam on leafy foliage, impressed Mafra factory mark to base, 39cm diameter 150-250 2
12 A Royal Crown Derby bone china Dinner Service for eight places, extends to seventy pieces in the Derby Border pattern, comprising: eight of each 27cm plates; 22cm plates; cups; saucers; 16cm side plates; soup bowls and stands; 16.5cm dishes; gravy boat and stand; tureen and cover; oval vegetable dish; coffee pot; two oval meat plates and bread plate, hardly used 400-600 13 A good album containing approximately 285 early 20th century primarily Russian topographical and military postcards, many with stamps and messages plus another 80 mid to late 20th century examples (365) 800-1200 14 A good Album of 310 Russian topographical, aircraft and transport related postcards also five Formular Cards dates between 1853 and 1884, many with stamps and messages (315) 800-1200 15 A Stock Book Album containing approximately 2407 mint and used Russian Stamps, late 20th century 1963-1964 350-400 16 A Stock Book Album containing approximately 2436 mint and used Russian Stamps, late 20th century 1964-1965 350-400 17 A Stock Book Album containing approximately 2325 mint and used Russian Stamps, late 20th century 1965-1966 300-350 18 A Stock Book Album containing approximately 1951 mint and used Russian Stamps, late 20th century 1965-1967 600-700 19 A Stock Book Album containing approximately 1637 mint and used Russian Stamps, late 20th century 1967-1968 150-200 20 A large collection of China, Hong Kong and Malaya Postcards, Stamps and Ephemera, nine albums of stamps, loose sheets, first day covers, postcards and a quantity of late 20th century G.B first day covers 100-200 21 Maud Earl (1864-1934) Running Greyhound, pencil signed print, published by the Berlin Photographic Company c1903, 25cm by 32cm 80-120 22 Sir William Russell flint (1880-1969) In Sunny Perigord, limited edition colour print 307/850 number in pencil, blindstamp, 50cm by 69cm 40-60 23 Nicolas Markovitch 1984-1964, Alsace Village Street Scene, signed watercolour, 40cm by 29cm 40-60 3
24 Rudolph Helmut Sauter 1985-1977, Building the stack, signed watercolour, 35cm by 49cm 200-300 25 Charles H Slater (British c1820-1890) Still Life Birds Nest and Flowering Bramble against a Mossy Bank, watercolour signed C H Slater, 16cm by 23cm 100-150 26 Peter Collins A.R.C.A (1923-2001) Female Nude in a Blue Head scarf, unsigned oil on board, 75cm by 59cm; Female Nude, unsigned oil on board, 61cm by 50cm; Portrait of a Young Woman, unsigned oil on board, 45cm by 29cm; thirteen studies and sketches of nudes in pen and ink, charcoal etc. and a watercolour depicting Roman Figures (17) 80-120 27 Kevin March (20th century) Traction Engine in a Farmyard with Poultry, Sheep and Dog, signed oil on canvas, 44cm by 60cm 300-400 28 Matteo Sarno (Italian 1894-1957) Capri, oil on canvas laid on board, signed M Sarno circa 1949, 45cm by 45cm, comes with letters and postcards from the artist 500-600 29 Kelly Jane (British Contemporary) Burning Desire, oil on canvas signed lower left, 104cm by 129cm 200-300 30 Everett Watson Mellor (British 1878-1965) Grasmere Westmorland signed oil on panel and Langdale Pikes from Elterwater signed oil on panel, a pair, titled verso, each 23.5cm by 34cm 400-500 31 P Gosling (20th century) ex Coalport artist, a rectangular ceramic Plaque in frame, hand painted with a Highland Cattle scene, signed, 29cm by 43cm 150-200 32 An 18th century silk and stumpwork embroidered picture, Rural Summer Landscape with a young woman and dog seated under a tree, 32cm by 25cm 150-200 33 Ken Dodd (1927-2018) Happiness Music Score and Lyrics with Photograph, inscribed Love and Happiness!! Signed Ken Dodd, circa 1965, published by Moss Rose Music Ltd 20-30 34 Cary's Pocket Compendium to the Roads of Great Britain showing all Ports and Market Towns, paper on a linen backing folded into a pocket sized cardboard sleeve, dated June 15 1784, good used condition 70-120 NO LOTS 35 & 36 4
37 Griffin of Bond Street London, a pair of late 18th/early 19th century Flintlock Pocket Pistols in fitted mahogany case, signed Griffin to one side, screw off 5cm cannon barrels, numbered 1 and 2, wooden butts 500-700 38 A Favre Leuba & Co Officers Wrist Watch, circa 1916, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial at 6, signed Favre Leuba & Co Sandow Swiss Made, manual wind, steel back cover numbered 22351, 27.5mm diameter case, later brown leather strap 200-300 39 A Waltham 9ct gold cased Officers Wrist Watch, circa 1917, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial at 6, signed Waltham, manual wind, hinged back cover opens to reveal movement, number 18500731, later black leather strap, 32mm diameter case 300-400 40 A small collection of Military ephemera and a collection of contracts, registration cards, union cards relating to stage acting, chorus and theatre contracts including London and West End 30-50 41 A late 18th/early 19th century Flintlock Pocket Pistol by Simmons and Howel, walnut stock with hatched grip, engraved steel barrel with makers signature, flash pan cover detached 17cm long 100-150 42 A 19th century brass and wooden bound three draw telescope, day and night, by Harris & Son London, signed, 93cm fully extended 100-150 43 A 1907 pattern British Bayonet in leather scabbard by Wilkinson 40-60 44 1938 British Steel Helmet, shell marked VW 1938 and liner VERO (Everett. W.Vero & Co London) 1938, an original WW2 helmet with an unusual paint design, possibly BEF 50-80 45 Nazi German M42 pattern Steel Helmet with original leather lining the helmet has been painted black with a red & white flash to one side and crude modifications made to the lining, it is possible that this helmet was captured and modified by the Polish Home Army, Armija Krajowa, during the Warsaw uprising 200-250 46 A 2nd pattern Luftwaffe Officer's Dress Dagger by WKC Soligen with original hangers and dagger knot 400-450 5
47 Egypt Medal with Tel El Kebir clasp correctly but indistinctly named 222*** N Benham 1/CAMN HIGHRS along with a bronze Khedive Star 1882, both swing mounted on a metal brooch bar on long lengths of original ribbon, condition is commensurate with medals that have been worn often, good condition, plus WW1 sweetheart brooch and propaganda Iron Cross 250-300 48 WW2 Swing Mounted Medal Group of 5 including Africa Star with 8th Army clasp and Italy Star, plus Old Comrades beret with original 10th Royal Hussars hat badge and two brass XRH shoulder titles 90-120 49 Navy General Service Medal awarded to Frederick Bell who served in the Royal Navy 1793-1827, with clasps for Basque Roads 1809 and St Sebastian, the medal is correctly named on the rim FREDK BELL with a good length of original ribbon, 551 Clasps were awarded for Basque Roads and 288 for the St Sebastian action Aug-Sep 1813. Bell was serving on HMS Martial, a 12 gun Brig at Basque Roads and on the 5th Rate HMS Freija, captured by the British at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, at St Sebastian 3000-3500 50 RAF Leather Flying Helmet complete with face mask, microphone, headphones and electric cables, headphones stamped AM, plus civilian gas mask in cotton carrying case 150-200 51 Cased display of British military badges, buttons etc. including King's Regiment, Cheshire Regiment etc. plus two brass shell cases 50-80 52 A British WW2 Airborne Equipment Pannier/Drop Basket 100-150 53 RAF Distinguished Flying Medal Group to Sergeant Harold Bennett, consisting of a Distinguished Flying Medal, Air Crew Europe Star, 39/45 Star, Defence and War Medals. The DFM is correctly named 570107 Sgt H Bennett RAF with a long length of ribbon, this medal is very worn through heavy polishing. The Air Crew Europe Star shows all attributes of a genuine medal. The DFM was awarded to Sgt Bennett for helping the pilot to fly a Lancaster Bomber back to England following severe flack damage while on a bombing mission over Germany. This important group comes with a considerable quantity of ephemera including Certificate of Service & Discharge, DFM letter from Buckingham palace, serving and veterans photographs, RAF related books and other paperwork 300-1000 54 A WW2 Air Raid Siren in original crate 200-250 6
55 A pair of Military Postilion Saddles circa World War I for Gun Carriage 50-100 56 French pattern M1866 sword bayonet for use on the 11mm M1866 Chassepot needle-fire rifle, of typical form with a 57cm Yataghan steel blade, broad central fuller, brass hilt with a hooked steel quillion with muzzle ring above, complete with a metal scabbard 50-70 57 Two French pattern M1874 sword bayonets for use on the 11mm M1874 Gras rifle, one dated 1879 inscribed Manufacture d'armes de Chatellerault with the second dated 1875 inscribed Manufacture d'armes de Saint Étienne in the standard abbreviated form, each with a 52cm cruciform profiled steel blade, a hooked steel quillion with muzzle ring above, brass pommel and wooden grips, scabbards absent 50-70 58 A 19thC fencing sabre by Wilkinson of London, 73cm blade with a full plain steel basket and hatched metal handle 50-70 59 A Zulu Spear and Monkey Head Knobkerri, late 19th C Zulu spear with a strong leaf shaped hand forged steel blade tapering to a short steel shaft, approx 35cm in length attached to a sturdy hard wood shaft, 90cm in length, accompanied by a hard wood knobkerrie, approximately 45cm in length, in the form of a monkey head plus the horn of an Impala gazelle 100-150 60 A 17th century scrimshaw decorated powder horn, made from the horn of a large steer with the broad end sealed with wooden plug, the bell is decorated with naive thistle and foliage design and the letters Ds Mn L and the figure 17, the narrow end has been carved with an opening to take a removable plug which is absent 60-90 61 Two Gurkha Kukri, Presentation kukri with ornate Indian silver decorated scabbard, sturdy steel bladed knife in the usual form with a horn handle and two small knives, plus one other with ornate brass and silver chase work to the handle, with a steel blade in a leather scabbard, both in excellent condition 50-70 62 A good selection of British Home Defence Items including 5 Silver Hallmarked ARP Warden lapel badges with buttons and an ARP whistle by Hudson of Birmingham boxed WW2 civilian gasmask, gas goggles in cardboard packet, ARP Handbook "Personal Protection against Gas", Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) armband plus brass and cloth Home Guard (HG) badges, plus military issue clasp knife 50-70 7
63 A good selection of Brass Shoulder titles, mainly WW1, on two cards, to include RA, RGA, T RGA HANTS, RMP, CMP, ASC, NCC etc. 50-80 64 A good selection of pre 1947 Indian Army Brass Shoulder Titles including cavalry, infantry and support arms plus some other colonial titles, including 10 LANCERS, 7C, 2L, QVOS&M, 128 Pioneers 50-80 65 A good selection of WW2 Nazi ephemera including a comprehensive lot of Hitler Youth related documentation to Hans Raps, a carpenter by trade including model aircraft builder and Junior Leader in the Hitler Youth with rank of Kameradsschaftleiter in Kirchenlaibach, includes: shooting record book 1942, seven service orders, letters with envelope from the Air Ministry, plus some other documentation and two Nazi era soft back books 50-70 66 WW2 Japanese Imperial Army Officer's boots, in brown leather, cotton lined with compound soles, generally fair condition with some tearing to the stitching to the rear of one, plus a quantity of ephemera related to the war in the Far East; newspapers with key headlines, Japanese language comic books and an engine plate from a Japanese airforce plane plus a British soldiers kit bag 90-120 67 Royal Sussex Regiment, a good selection of cap and collar badges, Officer's Bronze cap badge, other ranks bi-metallic cap badge and anodised aluminium cap badge plus a selection officer's and other ranks collar badges as worn by different battalions, pairs and singles including AA pair 50-70 68 Brigade Hat Badges 1958-1969, a comprehensive selection Anodised Aluminium hat badges to include Highland & Lowland Brigade, North Irish Brigade 70-100 69 OTC, School and Military Academy Badges, a good selection of hat and shoulder badges including hat badges for Sandhurst, Mons, GvR Royal Military Academy, Leeds & Nottingham University OTC, Northumbria OTC, Duke of York School and others 50-80 70 Scottish Regiment Hat, Bonnet & Collar Badges, a large selection of hat, collar and other badges for Scottish regiments including metal and Staybright including hat and collar sets and various 80-120 8
71 Brigade of Guards, a good selection including brass Grenadier cap & collars, Grenadier Guards WO/Orderly Room Sergeant/Band Sergeant cap badge, Coldstream, Scots & Welsh Guards Hat badges plus Anodised Aluminium cap stars for Coldstream, Scots & Irish Guards, Welsh Guards cap & shoulder tittles, Coldstream Pith Helmet badge 50-70 72 A good selection of British Special Forces Hat, collar and Shoulder Badges including SAS, Royal Marines, Parachute Regiment and Reconnaissance Corps 50-70 73 A good selection of South Lancashire Regiment Badges including Hat, Collar and Shoulder badges 50-70 74 Trade and Rank Badges, a good selection of trade and rank badges some metal and some bullion, including metal farrier, marksman, Lewis Gunner, Range Taker 1st Class, WO2 metal and bullion sleeve badges, various Piper's badges, Sniper, Remount Trainer, Brigadier's hat badge, Parachute trained sleeve badge, Musician, Bugler, Marksman etc. 80-120 75 King's Shropshire Light Infantry & Durham Light Infantry, a good selection of cap, collar & shoulder badges including 6th Bn DLI cap badge 50-70 76 Gurkha Badges, a good selection of hat and collar badges including 6GR, 7GR, 8GR, 10 RG hat badges, Gurkha Transport Regiment badges, QGE etc 70-100 77 Staybright or Anodised Aluminium, a Large selection of Staybright cap and collar badges including some rare examples, Dorset Territorials, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Buckinghamshire Regiment, Yorkshire Regiment, Gloucester & Hampshire Regiment, Suffolk & Cambridge Regiment, Devon & Dorsets etc., many matching sets of hat & collar badges 100-120 78 Yeomanry Badges, Staybright or Anodised Aluminium and Metal Yeomanry Hat and Collar Badges, large selection of metal and Staybright cap and collar badges including some rare examples, Sherwood Ranger's Yeomanry, Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry, Berkshire & Westminster Dragoons, Inns of Court and City Yeomanry and London Yeomanry 100-120 79 Staffordshire Cap and Collar Badges, a selection of North, South and Staffordshire Regiment badges, mix of metal and Staybright including some matching sets of cap and collar badges 50-70 9
80 A good selection of Royal Artillery and Military Police Cap and Collar badges including brass & Staybright examples of hat, beret and collar badges, HAC & RHA, Military Provost Staff Corps GvR cap badge and shoulder titles 50-70 81 Royal Engineers Badges including GvR, EviiR, GviR & EiiR cap badges 50-70 82 Royal Signals, RASC, RAOC and other Corps Badges, a large selection of brass, bimetallic and Staybright cap, collar and shoulder titles 50-70 83 Royal Army Medical Corps including officers King's crown Cap, Dental, Veterinary, WRAC and Nursing cap and collar badges. Plus Chaplin's Collars, Army Physical Training Corps Cap & Collars and WRAC Cap & Collars 60-90 84 A large selection of cavalry and Armoured Corps cap, collar and shoulder titles, a comprehensive selection of Brass, bi-metallic and Staybright cap, and collar badges including officers, Royal Tank Regiment, QRIH, 13/18H, KDG 100-150 85 A selection of Nazi style badges including eagles, cuff titles, belt buckles, rank badges and Imperial Kriegsmarine hat 50-70 86 A box containing RAF Police ephemera and badges including foreign air force plus a copy Police LS&GC medal and Royal Hong Kong Police plaque 50-70 87 Selection of British and foreign badges including Swedish, Italian and Belgian plus coronation medals 30-50 88 A Victorian Mounted Officer's Martingale Badge and Bit Boss, heavy cast brass in the general VR pattern, Martingale badge retaining all four retaining lugs, Bit Boss has screw mounts removed 40-60 89 WW1 Shoulder titles, a large selection of mainly brass shoulder titles including British County regiments and Corps. RA, YORK, WILTS, MANCHESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SUSSEX, KRR, KOYLI, LONDON SCOTTISH 100-150 90 Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Knives, one WW2 issue in scabbard, no markings to either cross guard or handle but of typical WW2 format, blade point re-sharpened, plus one post war without scabbard 100-150 10
91 Inniskilling Fusiliers Glengarry badge in brass with long lugs plus silver plate piper's bonnet badge, cap badges and shoulder titles 50-70 92 A large selection of Infantry cap and collar badges, a considerable quantity of mainly brass and bimetallic 100-120 93 Khaki Slip on Shoulder titles including RW KENT, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, RTC, E SURREY, RE, DURHAM, RF (21) 50-70 94 Cloth Light Infantry & Rifles Shoulder Titles & Slipons including KOYLI, GREEN JACKETS, RIFLE BRIGADE, KSLI, ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES (20) 50-70 95 Guards Cloth Shoulder Titles and Khaki Slipons including IG, IRISH GUARDS, WELSH GUARDS, CG, SCOTS GUARDS, GRENADIER GUARDS (11) 50-70 96 Infantry Cloth Shoulder Titles including GREEN HOWARDS, ESSEX, ROYAL HAMPSHIRE, CAMERONIANS, ROYAL NORFOLK (22) 50-70 97 Scarlet Cloth Shoulder Titles, county regiments mix of printed and embroidered including DEVON, FORRESTERS, OXF & BUCKS LI, WELCH REGIMENT, CHESHIRE (30) 60-90 98 Scarlet Cloth Shoulder Titles, county regiments mix of printed and embroidered including EAST YORKSHIRE, ROYAL SCOTS, ROYAL SUSSEX, A&SH, GREEN HOWARDS (30) 60-90 99 Selection of Airborne and special forces titles including PARACHUTE REGIMENT, AIRBORNE, ROYAL MARINES, NO9 COMMANDO, GLIDER PILOT REGt. (10) 50-70 100 Selection of miscellaneous Shoulder Titles including Royal Yacht, MONS OCS, RMA SANDHURST, CHINDITS, DURHAM ACF (10) 50-70 101 Corps Shoulder Titles, a large selection, some printed, including ARMY LEGL SERVICES, RASC, RAMC, MPSC, ROYAL ARTILLERY, ARMY CATERING CORPS, QARANC, ROYAL ENGINEERS FARELF (49) 50-70 102 Cavalry, Armoured Corps & Yeomanry Shoulder Titles, some printed, some khaki including VIIIH, LOVAT SCOUTS, 17/21 LANCERS, ARTISTS, INNS OF COURT, NORTH IRISH HORSE (18) 50-70 11
103 NCO Rank Chevrons, a good selection including black on green, bullion, printed BD and embroidered BD (16) 50-70 104 Russian AK47 Bayonet in scabbard, souvenir of Afghanistan 50-70 105 WW2 Medals and Boxes, six boxes with contents and some certificates of issue 60-90 106 WW2 Medals, large quantity of loose WW2 medals and campaign stars, most with ribbons including War and Defence Medals, Africa Stars, Burma Stars, France & Germany Stars, Italy Stars 100-150 107 Box of Ribbon Bars and loose ribbons including British WW1 & WW2 bars, Military Cross Bar, TA Bar, Navy LS&GC etc. 50-70 108 Tradition Vol 2, bound volume containing Tradition Magazines No 8 Vol II to No 12 Vol II, an excellent collection of articles covering diverse subjects ranging from "Development of Armour during the 100 Years War" to 2nd Bengal Lancers 50-70 Buyer premium is 15% plus VAT and is not reclaimable under the auctioneers margin scheme Payments are accepted by cash, debit cards, credit cards and bank transfer Payment by cheque can only take place if arranged in advance New account customers wishing to pay by cheque should send trade references to Silverwoods' Company Secretary in advance of the sale. Goods may only be collected on cleared funds National and international postage and transport can be arranged Payment for absentee bids, ie commission / telephone / internet, will only be accepted by bank transfer and debit card. Credit card payments will not be accepted over the telephone 12