Antiques April 29th 2005 marine pictures

Antiques, Art & Jewellery

Auction Friday 29th April 2005 at 10.30am

Viewing Thursday 28th April, 9am till 7pm
Friday 29th from 9am

Enquiries
Ian C. Glennie, i.c.glennie@mctears.co.uk
Anthony Salani, a.salani@mctears.co.uk

Objects of Art
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298 298 reverse

296 296 reverse

282 276,613

353,300

262 Large carved red sandstone statuette,

of a mourning lady in robes by a rustic

wooden cross, 48in (122cm) high

£1000 - 1200

263 Pair of Mason’s plates,

depicting S.S. Queen Mary and the S.S.

Aquitania with ship’s details to the reverse

of each, both 10 ½in (26.7cm) diameter

£50 - 80

264 Silver plated corkscrew/bottle opener,

advertising a Tanker company and

modelled as a ship’s anchor; and an

aluminium bottle opener modelled as a

ship’s anchor advertising John Green

(Old Hill)

£20 - 40

265 Cunard White Star wines menu,

a Cunard ‘Queen Elizabeth’ wine list, a

Cunard ‘Franconia’ wine list and a

Cunard ‘Caronia’ wine list, all circa 1930s

(4)

£30 - 50

265A Victorian mahogany brass bound lap

desk,

opening to reveal a fitted interior,

19 ¾in (50.3cm) wide

£40 - 60

265B Fine Victorian Neo-Classical opalescent

glass oil lamp,

shaped as an amphora and with gilt metal

top section, shoulders handles and circular

base section, the metal oil reservoir

concealed within the body,

24in (61cm) high, excluding the funnel

(shade lacking)

£200 - 300

266 Single draw telescope,

by Ross of London, 25in (63.5cm) long

£40 - 60

267 R.M.S Ivernia passenger list,

3rd September 1907, R.M.S. Lucitania in

colour to front cover advertising

forthcoming maiden voyage and R.M.S.

Saxonia passenger list 29th October 1907,

R.M.S. Carmania in colour to front cover

(2)

£20 - 30

268 Cunard line brochure ‘Trips for wounded

soldiers’

on board Tender Skirmisher 3rd August

1918 and R.M.S Synthia brochure with

fold out ship’s portrait circa 1925 and

R.M.S. Samaria farewell dinner menu

14th September 1933 and R.M.S. Queen

Mary Lunch menu 24th July 1936 (4)

£20 - 30

269 N.D.L Konigin Luise dinner menu 28th

May 1905,

S.P. and N.D.L S.S. Berlin supper menu

4th November 1930 and N.D.L S.S.

Columbus dinner menu/music programme

29th November 1927 (3)

£20 - 30

270 Italian Line booklet circa 1930’s

photographs of Rex, Contei Svoia etc and

Swedish Line M.S. Gripsholm booklet S.P.

in colour (2)

£20 - 30

271 R.M.S. Queen Mary ‘The Last Great

Cruise’,

a farewell dinner menu 8th December

1967 S.P. colour

Note: This and the next seven lots

represent part of the collection of Ocean

going liners ephemera of the great age of

steam ships belonging to a local Glasgow

gentleman

£30 - 40

272 Empress of Britian World cruise brochure,

1939, S.P. colour centre and Royal mail

R.M.S.P Almanzora menu/music

programme 24th February 1925, S.P.

colour cover and Canadian Pacific

Duchess of Atholl passenger list 4th Oct

1929, S.P colour and S.S. Osterley Orient

Line passenger list 16th November 1919,

S.P. colour and S.S. Atlantis Royal Mail

Line cruise passenger list 21st July 1933,

S.P. colour and S.S. Moreton Bay

Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line

passenger list, S.P. colour and S.S. Melita

Canadian Pacific dinner menu/music

programme 30th august 1933, S.P. colour

(7)

£30 - 50

273 G.C.T. France dinner menu,

10th April 1969 and G.T.C. Normandie

lunch menu 14th August 1937 and G.T.C.

Normandie Gala menu 21st May 1938

and G.T.C. Flandre accommodation

brochure 1952 with colour ship centre

spread (4)

£30 - 50

274 Georgian single draw brass telescope by

W Ashmore of London,

37in (94cm) long

£80 - 120

275 Three draw brass and wood telescope,

by Adie and Sons Edinburgh,

28in (71cm) long

£70 - 90

276 French gilt perfumes casket,

containing four parcel gilt perfume

bottles, the casket inlaid with panels of

mother of pearl and with figures in corner

niches, 5in (12.8cm) wide

£300 - 400

277 Victorian brass microscope,

by W. Watson and Sons, 313 High

Holburn London, numbered 8051,

16in (40.6cm) high

£100 - 150

278 W.M.F Art Nouveau copper planter,

with brass handles and foot rim,

10in (25.4cm) high

£100 - 150

279 Leica 35mm camera,

serial number 286288 and in a leather

case

£200 - 300

280 Early twentieth century Dunhill table

lighter,

silver plated and cased in leather

£80 - 120

281 Victorian leather cased brass double

sovereign / half sovereign case

£50 - 70

282 Victorian tortoiseshell and ivory needle

case by W. Lund of 24 Fleet Street,

modelled in the form of a knife box with

sloped lid and fitted divided interior,

2in (5.1cm) high

£200 - 300

283 Three African spears,

with iron tips, two with large barbs to the

points and steel bound weighted ends, the

third with bound hand grip and animal

hair ‘flights’ and bound metal weighed

end; and a bow with bound hand grips (3)

£100 - 150

284 Framed sampler,

by Elisabeth Snowie of Aberdeen, 1830

and depicting alphabets and motifs,

17 ½in x 12 ¼in (44.5cm x 31.1cm)

£50 - 80

285 Victorian painted coronation truncheon,

and a pair of Hiatt iron handcuffs (2)

£30 - 50

286 Victorian brass oil lamp,

the cut glass reservoir on a simulated

marble column, with a stepped square

base section, 23in (58.4cm) high

£70 - 90

287 Pair of Benin carved ivory tusks,

both decorated with a palm tree, leopard

and python, 18in (45.7cm) long

Note: The carvings are symbolic of the

coronation of an Oba (King) in Benin.

The palm tree is climbed by the heir

apparent on his way to his coronation, the

leopard represents the king himself and is

standing atop a python which is the

symbol of Olokun (the god of water)

symbolising that the Oba is both king of

land and sea

£150 - 200

288 Bronze 1942 French music medal,

of rectangular form and decorated in

relief with a maiden looking out to sea

and to the reverse with the recipient’s

name and details of the presenting body,

signed Henri Dubois and in the original

case

£20 - 30

289 Japanese ivory netsuke,

modelled as a squatting figure and a

figure of a seated Buddha on a lotus leaf,

signed (2)

£30 - 50

290 Radiometer (single),

formed from hand blown clear glass,

9in (22.9cm) high

£20 - 40

291 Radiometer (double),

formed from hand blown clear glass,

10in (25.4cm) high

£20 - 40

292 Barograph in mahogany and glass case,

the instrument with a paper chart

recorder and fitted with a chart drawer,

14 ½in (36.8cm) wide

£80 - 120

293 Meccano magazine,

a collection of ten bound volumes

comprising of January-December 1954,

1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960,

1961, 1962 and 1963

£50 - 80

294 Two silver ‘Sherry’ bottle labels,

one Georgian, maker T.P./E.R./J.P. no

town mark and the other Georgian,

maker G.M.H. Edinburgh, no date letter

£30 - 40

295 Carved ivory cane handle,

modelled as fruiting vines

6in (15.2cm) excluding screw fixing

£50 - 80

296 Royal Vienna circular porcelain plaque,

depicting a Classical scene in a

rectangular panel surrounded with gilt

and enamel decoration and titled to the

reverse ‘Hercules am Scheiderrege’ below

the factory mark, 14in (35.5cm) and in a

period velvet frame

£600 - 900

297 Pair of Chinese embroidered silk oval

panels,

depicting birds in foliage and set in gilt

frames, each 11in (27.8cm) wide

£80 - 120

298 Japanese cloisonné enamel plaque,

of flowerhead form and decorated with a

Japanese pavilion and scenery and verso

with flowerheads and butterflies around a

large signature mark with double gourd

seal mark, 10in (25.4cm) wide

£500 - 800

299 Sir Harry Lauder,

a pair of silver overlaid glass ‘dimple’

decanters inscribed “Cincinnati Rotary

Club” on a ship’s wheel symbol within

leaf and thistle designs, further inscribed

“Presented to Harry Lauder ‘Rotarian’ by

the Cincinnati Rotary Club Nov 11,

1914”, 7 ¾in (19.7cm) high

£400 - 600

300 Scottish horn quaich,

inset with an engraved initialled silver

plaque, the lobes each set with a silver

marquise shaped cartouches engraved

with a thistle and a cross,

5 ½in (14cm) wide

£40 - 60

301 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,

by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur

Rackham, published by Hodder and

Stoughton 1906

£100 - 150

302 Stag antler chandelier,

formed from approximately fourteen

horns of large and small size,

36in (91.5cm)

£300 - 500

303 Stag antler chandelier,

formed from eight separate horns,

24in (61cm) high

£200 - 300

304 Collection of autographs,

including Laurence Olivier, Ivor Novello,

Vivien Leigh, Robert Donat and John

Gielgud amongst many others contained

in an autograph book

£100 - 150

305 Papua New Guinea bamboo tobacco pipe,

decorated in panels of pokerwork designs,

19 ¾in (50.3cm)

£30 - 40

306 Nineteenth century gilt wall mirror,

of rectangular form with a Jasperware

style blue and white panel above a

rectangular bevelled glass,

33 ½in x 17in (83.8cm x 43.2cm)

£180 - 220

307 Edwardian mahogany harpsichord,

bearing an ivorine label for ‘Dunlop’s

Candleriggs Glasgow’ and with a folding

x-form stand, 37in (45.8cm) wide

£50 - 80

308 Handwritten and signed letter,

by the author Compton MacKenzie

(‘Whisky Galore’ amongst others),

discussing his work, dated 1960, in

handwritten envelope addressed to the

current owner

£40 - 60

309 Laurel and Hardy autographed

photograph,

with accompanying letter from Stan

Laurel signed and dated June 8th 1960, in

envelope addressed to the current owner

£300 - 50018

310 Arts & Crafts brass pitcher,

of oviform and with a cover, the front

with applied initial HB in copper,

10in (25.4cm) high

£50 - 70

311 Victorian brass coal scuttle,

with a swing handle and embossed floral

designs

£25 - 30

312 Chrome car mascot,

modelled as a hare rearing on it’s hind

legs, marked A.E.L, 4 ½in (11.4cm) high

and on a later wood base section

£30 - 40

313 Chanel snake skin evening bag,

set with paste stones and with trade logo

below, containing a ‘Carte D’Authenticite’

in the internal pocket

£150 - 200

314 Victorian walnut lap desk,

with brass corner brackets and banding

and with a fitted interior,

20in (50.8cm) wide

£80 - 120

315 Eastern design cast metal bottle,

with silvered foliate designs and a similar

oval box and cover (2)

£20 - 30

316 Novelty hip flask,

by J. Dixon & Sons and formed as a

leather bound book titled ‘A Pleasant

Surprise’ one of two silver plated corner

brackets opening to reveal a spout

£30 - 50

317 Two sets of drawing instruments,

contained in original boxes

£20 - 40

318 1930’s plush covered teddy bear,

with articulated head and limbs, plastic

eyes and with operating growler,

16in (40.6cm) high

£40 - 60

319 Small Victorian crocodile skin case,

12in (30.5cm) wide

£15 - 25

320 Boxed set of coloured lantern slides,

numbered one to eight and telling a comic

tale of a whitewasher and sweep

£20 - 30

321 Inlaid mahogany tea caddy,

the interior richly inlaid with key pattern

banding and oval shell motifs, the mixing

bowl housing and two tea caddies

removable, with lion mask handles and

on gilt metal bun feet, losses,

12in (30.4cm) wide

£250 - 350

322 Fiddle and bow in case,

the bow marked Lupot, the fiddle

unmarked with a back

14 ½in (36.8cm) long

£100 - 150

323 Victorian rosewood travel writing box,

with brass edging and a fitted interior,

14in (35.5cm) wide

£100 - 150

324 Brass surveyors theodolite,

fitted with bubble level and silvered

compass, the compass marked for Dunn

of Edinburgh, 16in (40.7cm) long

£50 - 70

325 Framed sampler,

embroidered with a scene of Millar’s

school beneath two large trees, a

Christian motto and small images of dogs,

figures, flowers and angels and bearing

two names, Catherine Ure Hamilton,

Glasgow 1851 and Miss Wallace, Teacher,

Glasgow 1851,

23in x 21 ½in (58.4cm x 54.6cm)

£80 - 120