SOLD FOR £70
A Second World War group of un-named medals comprising 1939-45 Star, Atlantic with France and Germany Bar and Burma, Defence medal and War medal, together with a photograph of the recipient, a cloth, Royal Naval Association badge and a ditto wooden plaque
SOLD FOR £60
A World War One trio of medals to 95529 GNR.F.Bastin.R.S.A., two Second World War medals and a medallion
SOLD FOR £190
Thirteen commemorative silver crowns, each 28 grams, together with a 1935 crown, contained in a box
SOLD FOR £240
An antique style Chinese blue and white vase decorated with panels of figures and insects with birds amongst trees, character mark to base 21cm
SOLD FOR £60
A Swarovski Crystal Society figure of a baby elephant 6cm, ditto of a deer 5cm, boxed
SOLD FOR £60
A cast iron figure of a standing Eve raised on a rectangular base, base marked Eve 39cm x 9cm x 9cm
SOLD FOR £420
A circular bronze plaque depicting a head and shoulders portrait of Nelson marked H.M.S Nelson contained in a mahogany frame 29cm, together with a carved wooden plaque H.M.S. Nelson 31cm x 23cm
SOLD FOR £420
A brass and mahogany plaque decorated 2 dolphins marked Nelson Captain C Caslon C.B.E RN H.M.S. Nelson November 1944-1946 56cm x 20cm, the lead and mahogany plaque marked Nelson House Singapore 21st October 1805 - 1948 11cm x 11cm
SOLD FOR £1350
A Japanese 1937 Naval Officers sword (Kai-Gunto) forged by Fujiwara Kanefusa (1899-1977) with wooden saya finished in black lacquered leather, the 70cm blade with clear hamon, the complete length 99cm including saya. The plain tsuba supported by two copper sunburst dai-seppas then 4 plain ovoid seppas (all are stamped 91). The length of the tang engraved "Kanefusa the 23rd, resident of Seki in Noshu" and three characters painted in white enamel on the obverse also a 5mm Seki mark at the base of the tang. The brass fuchi on the handle can be removed to reveal an unclear signature on the wood.
The sword was gifted to Captain Clifford Caslon C.B.E by the Admiralty, due to his presence in command of the battleship H.M.S Nelson at Singapore during the surrender of Japanese forces in all of South-east Asia on 12th September 1945 in her role as Flagship, Eastern Fleet. 10 days earlier Caslon had hosted the surrender of Japanese forces in Malaya at George Town, Penang by Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozumi aboard the Nelson, following this, H.M.S Nelson was relieved as Flagship, Eastern Fleet on 20th September 1945 before returning to Portsmouth where on 27th November 1945 she became Flagship of the Home Fleet and together with a photographic portrait of Captain Caslon in uniform 30cm x 22cm, a warrant of commission promoting him to the rank of Rear Admiral dated 8th January 1947 framed 18cm x 36cm, a bar of miniature ribbon and other ribbons, 3 Admiral's buttons, a black and white photograph of H.M.S. Nelson with brass plaque H.M.S. Nelson Flagship Homefleet 1946 Captain Caslon CBE framed 41cm x 59cm and a brass plaque marked Clifford Caslon RN 8cm x 15cm
Provenance - from Admiral Caslon by direct descent to his son Denis Caslon
SOLD FOR £100
A 19th Century French clock garniture, the 8 day clock with enamelled dial, Arabic numerals, the back plate marked France JS, contained in a spelter case surmounted by a lidded urn supported by 2 seated cherubs 32cm x 50cm w x 14cm d, complete with pendulum (no key), together with a pair of club shaped vases 33cm x 10cm, all raised on a pink veined marble base
SOLD FOR £70
J Martin, a 19th Century French 8 day mantel clock striking on a gong, the 10cm enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, contained in a Georgian style inlaid mahogany case on bun feet 33cm h x 17cm w x 11cm d
SOLD FOR £120
A 19th Century painted porcelain panel of an angel kissing a young lady amongst clouds signed Bach 13cm x 19cm
SOLD FOR £340
An Edwardian cast silver 2 handled mustard with scroll handles, decorated with masks and laurels raised on a square base, London 1904, 180 grams, 13cm, maker Stoner and Evans
SOLD FOR £250
A Stuart Devlin silver gilt surprise egg, the textured body with a plain girdle opening to reveal a hedgehog beneath a bush, on a green and enamelled base, hallmarks to base London 1978, no.149, 134 grams, 7cm
SOLD FOR £1000
A 19th Century Continental cast gilt metal rectangular bird automaton with ribbon and bow corners and guilloche enamel lid the sides with cavorting angels and wreaths, operated by a sliding lever to the front opening an oval hinge cover to reveal the singing bird with coloured feathers, from a pierced foliate grille , having a keywind to the base 9.5cm h x 3cm x 6cm
SOLD FOR £85
A Queen Anne style silver sugar shaker with bayonet fitting London 1868, 15cm, 184 grams
SOLD FOR £65
A George IV silver rectangular snuff box with engine turned decoration and scroll rim, London 1821, maker Joseph Willmore
SOLD FOR £80
Alvar Sunol (born 1935), lithograph signed in pencil "The Guitar Player" no.123 of 150, unframed 39cm x 49cm
SOLD FOR £220
Michael Fairclough, born 1940, four limited edition aquatints "Hebridean Views" nos. 63/200, 134/200, 151/200 and 162/200, signed and numbered in pencil, 20cm x 30cm, together with a certificate from Christie's Contemporary Art
SOLD FOR £320
19th Century Continental oil painting on board unsigned, shepherd with his flock with distant windmill and church, unframed, 38cm x 60cm
SOLD FOR £90
Thomas Bush Hardy (1842-1897), watercolour signed and indistinctly dated, maritime study with fishing vessels, steamer off a harbour arm 29cm x 53cm
SOLD FOR £80
20th Century oil on board unsigned, atmospheric study of a tunnel 122cm x 81cm
SOLD FOR £800
Robert Chailloux (1913-2006), oil on canvas, still life study of a stoneware bottle, mug, bowl, candlestick, onions, mustard and spoon on a shelf 58cm x 71cm
SOLD FOR £60
A green Stanley Gibbons album of GB stamps, Victoria to Elizabeth II including penny reds, a red album of used World stamps including Aiden, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chilli, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, a black album of world stamps - India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Philipines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, USA
SOLD FOR £300
A football scrapbook with press cuttings and signed photographs of football players and teams from the 1940's including Fulham, Arsenal, Brentford, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Millwall, Walsall, Notts County, Hull City, Leyton Orient, Southampton, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal's Denis Compton signed newspaper clipping, Don Roper signed note, many of the clippings with original signatures and some facsimile