SOLD FOR £160
A group of five medals to P0/X.5111 L.G.Elliott Marine Royal Marines comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp North Africa 1942-43, Italy Star, British War medal and Naval General Service medal 1915-1962 one bar Malaya 1935-45, together with a rectangular hardwood plaque carved Royal Marines badge marked Italy 1945 HQ Troop 40 Commando Royal Marines P Per Mare Per Terram 21cm x 15cm (PLEASE NOTE the recipients dagger is to be sold as lot 680 in this Auction)
SOLD FOR £2500
An early first pattern Fairburn Sykes dagger together with scabbard. The blade measuring 168mm (in total 295mm) weighing 242g and stamped The FS Fighting Knife and Wilkinson Sword Co Ltd. The dagger has no other official markings or stamps. The early brown leather scabbard (without wings) has a nickel chape.
The dagger was the property of Royal Marine L G Elliot service no PO/X5111 (name and number on reverse of scabbard) whose service medals are also being sold in this auction as lot 450
SOLD FOR £16500
Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929), a view from Uskudar, Istanbul of ladies and ferrymen at a jetty on the Bosphorus. Oil on panel signed lower right F Zonaro 18cm x 28cm.
This lot has been authenticated from photographs by Erol Makzume who noted it has been poorly restored
Fausto Zonaro arrived in Istanbul in 1891. Five years later in 1896 he was appointed court artist by Sultan Aldulhamit II and for nineteen years thereafter he was one of Istanbul's most renowned artists.
SOLD FOR £220
A dappled grey rocking horse, raised on a pine stand 106cm h x 117cm This lot is being sold on behalf of the charity Action for Children
SOLD FOR £110
A Victorian mahogany bookcase/display cabinet with fluted cornice, fitted shelves enclosed by arched panelled doors, raised on a platform base 146cm h x 118cm w x 33cm d (formerly the top to lot 1045)
SOLD FOR £100
A pair of white gold, grey pearl and diamond whorl earrings ensuite to the preceding lot
SOLD FOR £85
A South African military slouch/side hat with hackle and a Middlesex Officer's service dress cap by Herbert Johnson, a brown beret by Lott and Co. and a military issue Royal Artillery beret
SOLD FOR £200
A Corgi Toys gift set No.40 Avengers boxed with tray comprising red Bentley with silvered wheels and white Lotus Elan S2, complete with figures of John Steel and Emma Peel and 3 black umbrellas
SOLD FOR £110
A pair of Chinese blanc de chine figures of seated ladies raised on lotus bases 30cm
SOLD FOR £80
A Corgi Toys no.319 Lotus Elan Coupe (red), boxed, no club leaflet, a ditto no.332 Lancia Fulvia (metallic blue) boxed and with club leaflet and a no.337 Customised Chevrolet Corvette boxed (no club leaflet)
SOLD FOR £180
A 20th Century Chinese carved jade figure of a duck holding a lotus leaf between its beak 5", raised on a carved wooden stand
SOLD FOR £55
Two 18th Century Nanking cargo dishes decorated with flowers 4 3/4", bearing Ex Christie's lot numbers
SOLD FOR £160
An Ercol light elm dining room suite comprising rectangular dining table raised on out swept supports 28"h x 58 1/2"w x 30"d together with 6 stick back dining chairs (this lot has been varnished)
SOLD FOR £100
A blue and white "Nanking Cargo" tea bowl and saucer, decorated with a band of geometric symbols, the saucer enclosing a tree duplicated on the tea bowl, together with a certificate of authenticity from Spink, bearing original lot number 5530 from the sale of the 20th April to the 2nd May 1986
SOLD FOR £110
A Corgi James Bond 007 Octopussy E3019 set comprising horse box and aircraft, boxed, a Corgi James Bond Lotus Esprit 269 boxed, a Corgi 1957 Thunderbird 810 boxed and various model cars
SOLD FOR £1900
GIO PONTI designed The companion lamp to lot 1034, an Art Deco style glass and gilt mounted uplighter, formed from 4 straight sections of glass and with opaque glass shade etched signs of the Zodiac 73"h x 24" diam.
SOLD FOR £220
J Gieves & Sons of Portsmouth, a Victorian Midshipman's dirk, the etched blade with crowned Royal cypher and crowned anchor complete with leather scabbard, formerly the property of Captain K M Bruce DSO, see also lots 976 and 716
SOLD FOR £280
A mid Victorian quarter veneered walnut oval supper table, with a carved baluster stem and 4 scroll legs on ceramic casters 31"h x 59"w x 45"d This table has a cover which matches the material on the chairs Lot 985
SOLD FOR £85
A Lotus ware floral patterned teapot, a suite of various antique glassware, various decorative figures etc
SOLD FOR £340
An 18th Century English pierced Creamware 5 division cruet stand ILLUSTRATED, THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD TOGETHER WITH LOT 590 THE CRUET SET
SOLD FOR £200
6 various photograph albums and contents of photographs relating to the life and career of A M Mathews Royal Navy, see also lots 423 and 955
SOLD FOR £200
A 19th/20th Century naval officer's sword by J R Gaunt complete with dress knot and scabbard, see also lots 473 and medals 955 ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £100
This lot was captured by the vendor's late husband whilst a Prisoner of War - a German 3rd Rank NCO's dress bayonet, the blade marked C Gustav Spitzer Solingen complete with metal scabbard and NCO's dress knot ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £120
This lot was captured by the vendor's late husband whilst a Prisoner of War - a double edged dagger with 6" blade and steel sheath ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £260
A WWI death plaque to 2nd Lieutenant Walter Albert Bell The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, together with call up telegram and bereavement telegram from Buckingham Palace, a Cornwall Light Infantry cap badge, a photograph of recipient in uniform carrying a cane, cane included within this lot, a collection of WWI embroidered postcards sent by the recipient together with other related documents