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333,332,330Coins, Medals, Militaria, Guns, Art & Antiques
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292,291
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150b,277,298,285
WORKS OF ART, CERAMICS, GLASS, MILITARY UNIFORMS, ARMS & EFFECTS
150A Bronze death plaque,
scroll and notification forms of ‘Pte.
David Crerar, Seaforth Highlanders’
£40 - 60
150B Royal Doulton statuette,
Maria, HN1370, 4 ½in (11.5cm) high,
hairline cracks to base
£30 - 40
150C Cast metal figure of three peahens jostling
for a fish,
in a silver plated finish,
19 ½in (49.5cm) high
£100 - 150
151 Large Gouda pottery planter,
of oviform and decorated with foliate
designs in green, orange and black over
brown, inscribed to base ‘Silvia’ 431,
16in (40.6cm) diameter
£80 - 120
152 Two eighteenth century dress swords,
one with bone grip, the other with
wooden grip and metal guard and
pommel, no scabbards, 36in (91.5cm) and
38in (96.5cm) long, respectively
£30 - 50
153 Lot of Cameronians related items and
insignia,
(post war), including Tam O’Shanters
with badges and hackles, badges and
buttons, Sam Browne belts, map case and
maps, bayonet frogs and other similar
items
£50 - 80
154 Lot of Cameronians related manuals and
magazines,
including Dress Regulations of the
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1931;
Standing Orders First Battalion The
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1954; The
Covenanter magazine 1968-91; colour
transfer Battle Orders and Badges;
postcards and other various magazines
£30 - 50
155 Tom Carr,
The Disbandment of the 1st Battalion The
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) at Douglas
on 14 May 1968, a limited edition signed
print; and newspaper clippings relating to
the aforementioned event, posters and
leaflets, photographs (Cameronians in
Germany post war), prints and LP record
‘A Day With The Cameronians’
£30 - 50
156 Four military swagger sticks,
Cameronians (2), Glasgow Highlanders
and a plain leather
£30 - 50
157 ‘Cameronians’ uniform items,
(post war), comprising of a Glengarry,
service tunic with Sam Browne belt, shirt
and trews; patrol jacket and OR’s trews;
No 1 with trews and Montrose belt;
Officers No. 1 Glengarry and trews;
and a greatcoat (a lot)
£200 - 300
158 German paratroop helmet,
with single decal, leather liner and
chinstrap, stamped markings to liner
£600 - 900
159 Nineteenth century hardwood staff,
the handle carved in the form of a
grotesque beast, 49 ½in (215.7cm) long.
Provenance: Once the property of Lord
Miller, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and
Lord Mayor of London
£100 - 150
160 Chronoscope,
by S. Smith & Son Ltd., London, in fitted
case; and a small magnifying glass
£30 - 50
160A Large Brittania Pottery ashet,
by R.Cochran & Company, depicting the
Crystal Palace in green on white,
20in (50.8cm) wide, chip
£60 - 80
160B Two nineteenth century treen cups
and a treen footed bowl, various sizes
£30 - 40
160C Georgian lacquered snuff box,
of rectangular form with a hinged lid, the
cover with printed scene of a hunter and
companion
£20 - 25
161 Native North American Sacred Sand
Painting
‘Whirling Logs’, Navaho tribe, with
details to reverse, framed,
21 ½ in (54.5cm) square;
and a small gilt metal totem
£120 - 180
162 Silver mounted Skean Dhu,
Glasgow marks, 7 ¼in (18.5cm) long
£90 - 120
163 Two nineteenth century silver mounted
and stone set powder horns,
both with hanging chains,
10in (25.4cm) and 8 ¼in (21cm) long
£150 - 200
164 British Civil Defence helmet,
World War Two period, with liner
£10 - 20
165 1930’s Child’s air rifle,
by ‘The Marjham Air Rifle Co.
Plymounth, Mich. U.S.A.’,
31 ¼in (79.4cm) long
£25 - 35
166 Two Kukhri knives,
in scabbards
£15 - 25
167 Eighteenth century silver mounted powder
horn,
with family crest badge and silver hanging
chain, 11 ½ in (29.2cm) long
£150 - 200
168 Silver mounted Skean Dhu,
Edinburgh marks, 8in (20.3cm) long
£90 - 120
169 Japanese eighteenth century Tanto,
the lacquered grip and scabbard with iron
and copper mounts, 19 ½in (49.5cm) long
£600 - 800
170 Brass and glazed ship’s binacle,
World War Two period; and a brass ship’s
porthole (2)
£100 - 150
170A Small mahogany tea caddy,
of rectangular form with a hinged cover,
4 ½in (11.4cm) wide
£20 - 30
170B Inlaid lacquered spectacle case,
with floral designs in mother of pearl
£20 - 40
170C Ram’s horn snuff mull,
with silver plated rim and detachable
cover
£25 - 35
171 Early eighteenth century Scottish basket
hilt sword,
circa 1720, basket of ‘S’ form with
original wooden grip and mushroom
pommel, engraved blade, (indistinct) and
with later leather scabbard
£1200 - 1500
172 Irish 1803 pattern officers sabre,
brass lion’s head hilt with Royal cypher to
guard, wire bound grip, etched blade with
Royal cypher and Britannia, leather
scabbard with brass mounts maker
marked ‘BRADY 43 Dame St. DUBLIN’,
34 ¼in (82cm) long
£400 - 600
173 Lot of Naval uniform items,
dating from 1945, including tunics,
jackets with insignia and trousers
£50 - 100
174 Arabian Chizal (long rifle),
with ramrod but minus lock,
69in (175cm) long
£30 - 50
175 Eighteenth century iron pole axe,
16 ½in (42cm) long
£30 - 50
176 Persian tulwar,
two Persian lance heads and a brass
stirrup (4)
£30 - 50
177 Pair of French Spelter Nordic Warrior
figures,
each in battle pose with shield and sword,
marked ‘Detrier’ and on circular bases,
each 23in (58.4cm) high
£150 - 200
178 Parachute Regiment uniform,
beret, tunic and trousers, post-war
£40 - 60
179 Mid nineteenth century British Infantry
sword,
40 ½in (103cm) long; and a plated
scabbard, not matching (2)
£50 - 80
180 Hitler’s Mein Kampf 1939,
presented by Heriot-Watt College,
Edinburgh, Session 1938-1939, to a
student of German Language. Signed by
Principal and in original dust wrapper
£20 - 30
180A Victorian double ended scent bottle,
in dark green glass with plated ends
£20 - 30
180B Tunbridge ware letter opener,
the blade with chevron designs,
10in (25.4cm) long
£15 - 20
181 Glasgow Highlanders leather sporran
and sporran badge with stamped
markings to interior, a Glasgow
Highlanders ‘W. O. & SGTS. MESS’ mug,
and a Manual of Military Law 1956. (3).
Note: All items of ‘ S/I McLaughlin, ‘C’
Squadron Glasgow Yeomanry
£30 - 50
182 Two Seaforth Highlander’s kilts
£30 - 50
183 Eastern inlaid decorative flintlock pistol,
17in (43cm) long
£20 - 40
184 Small collection of Eastern and African
edged weaponry
£50 - 80
185 Nineteenth century musket,
with metal ramrod, 51 ½in (1309cm) long
£80 - 120
186 Early nineteenth century British musket,
with wooden ramrod, 58in (147cm) long
£100 - 150
187 Three British brass shell casings,
with World War Two markings
£15 - 25
188 Japanese Wakizashi,
with cloth bound grip, no scabbard; and a
German bayonet with wooden grip,
no scabbard (2)
£30 - 50
189 Silver banded swordstick,
with burr wood grip and scabbard, brass
tipped, Birmingham marks,
37in (94cm) long
£40 - 60
190 Third Reich Army Officers sword,
with lion’s head hilt and wire bound grip,
blade by WKC, with scabbard.
(de-nazified) 39in (99cm) long
£50 - 80
191 Early nineteenth century swordstick,
with engraved blade bearing Royal
Cypher a bamboo grip and scabbard,
36 ¾in(93.3cm) long
£100 - 150
192 East African buffalo hide shield,
of circular from and with central metal
pierced boss, 22in (56cm) diameter
£50 - 80
193 Nine nineteenth century British Heavy
Cavalry Swords,
some bearing unit marks, no scabbards,
41in (140cm) average length
£300 - 500
194 German World War II Carl Zeiss pattern
one metre base artillery range finder,
optician initials ‘FWQ’, the instrument
plate inscribed, Em 1m R36/m.f.M/Vergr
6x/Lattenabstand 1640/Berichtigung nach
Latte mit Marhe 23.5hm, all in original
metal carry case
£150 - 200
195 British early twentieth century naval range
finder by Barr & Stroud,
in a lacquered and fabric, the instrument
35 ¾in (90.5cm) long
£70 - 100
196 Alex MacPherson
Junkers 88 Dive Bomber
pencil and watercolour, signed, dated and
inscribed ‘On Exhibition at Blythswood
Square November 1940’
14 ½in x 25 ½in (37cm x 64.7cm)
Provenance: Presented to Provost Dollan
by the artist after sketching the aircraft at
its crash site on Glasgow Green
£200 - 300
197 A.E. Haswell Miller R.S.W.
A Turkish Infantryman at Gallipoli
coloured sketch, signed and dated 1925,
13 ¾in x 5 ½in (35cm x 14cm)
£50 - 80
198 Three framed military photographs,
‘1st Battn.9th H.L.I. (Glasgow
Highlanders) St. Omer, France-May
1916’; ‘1/9th H.L.I. (B.E.F.) Casualties
attatched to 3/9th H.L.I. Ripon,
Yorkshire-24th January 1916’; ‘The
Glasgow Highlanders’ 1st Annual Club
Dinner (Grosvenor) February 1927. Guest
of Honour-Brig. Gen. A.W.F.Baird,
C.M.G., D.S.O.’
£20 - 30
199 French School
Agent de liaison
lithograph, signed,
17in x 12in (43cm x 30.5cm)
£30 - 40
200 Third Reich German army NCO’s parade
tunic,
medical corps, eight button front with
other standard features, ‘27’ in metal to
the epaulettes and medic’s badge to lower
right sleeve, minus breast eagle
£250 - 350
201 Scottish pottery bowl,
of circular form, with sponge ware
crowns and flags in blue and red over
white and with printed underglaze scene
of the Gordon Highlanders with motto
‘We’ll Fight and We’ll Conquer Again and
Again’, attributed to Methvan of
Kirkaldy, 6 ¼in (16.2cm) diameter
£40 - 60
202 Silver pepper mill,
inscribed ‘Presented by Colonel R.R.Will,
C.I.E., D.S.O, V.D., A.D.C., 1931’ and to
the reverse ‘The Bengal Artillery AFI’
badge, marked to base H&Co’ Ltd,
2 ½in (6.5cm) high
£25 - 35
203 Framed portrait miniature,
of an officer, possibly in one of the South
African regiments, in uniform wearing
medal ribbon bars etc. in a folding case
£120 - 160
204 Nineteen Thirties Swiss Army helmet,
complete with leather liner and chinstrap;
and a pair of Swiss Army leather ammo
pouches, maker marked and dated 1939
£25 - 45
205 Military walking cane,
with plated grip depicting in relief
Seaforth Highlanders badge beneath
Royal Crown and Thistle emblems,
35 ½in (90.2cm) long
£20 - 30
206 Nineteenth century British Cavalry Sabre,
faded lettering to blade, general wear all
over, with scabbard, 39in (99cm) long
£30 - 50
207 Bowie style knife,
with a horn grip, by William Rodgers of
Sheffield, in leather sheath,
13 ¾in (35cm) long
£20 - 30
208 Souvenir metal cinema ticket,
for ‘THEIRS IS THE GLORY. 1946’,
inscribed ‘ METAL FROM ONE OF THE
CRASHED GLIDERS WHICH CARRIED
THE BRITISH 1ST AIRBORNE
DIVISION INTO BATTLE AT ARNHEM
ON SEPTEMBER 17TH 1944’, in a fitted
wooden stand (with R.N.A.S. details to
reverse) which is 5 ½in (14cm) high
£20 - 30
209 Presentation toilet set,
given to ‘RSM Duncan of ‘A’ Coy, 9th
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1924’,
in a fitted case
£30 - 50
210 W.C. Easterbrook
Retreat from Wolves
watercolour, signed and dated ‘15
9in x 11in (22.7cm x28cm)
£40 - 60
211 Royal Flying Corps,
a bamboo swagger stick with Corps badge
to the plated mount, 31in (78.7cm) long
£20 - 30
212 South Lanarkshire Regiment,
a swagger stick with badge to the plated
ball pommel, 27 ½in (69.8cm) long
£20 - 30
213 J. Moffat
Portrait of Captain Gibson (Gibson
Shipping Line) in uniform circa 1880s
oil on canvas, signed
30in x 25in (76.2cm x 63.5cm)
£350 - 450
214 Lot of uniforms and equipment of
Captain A. Brodie,
(1938-45 ) comprising of Royal Artillery
service peak cap, tunic, trousers and
greatcoat; another ‘RA’ service tunic; a
pair of brown leather ankle boots; ‘RA’
dark blue dress tunic with high collar; a
pair of trews; ‘RA’ black dress tunic
(partial red lapels), a waistcoat, trousers
with red stripe; a matching officers peak
and side caps; a pair of black leather
ankle boots with spurs; ‘Highland Light
Infantry’ dark blue dress jacket with high
collar; ‘HLI’ red dress jacket with bullion
braid epaulettes; ‘HLI’ Officers Glengarry;
a waistcoat and matching trews; two pairs
of khaki shorts; a pair of white spats; a
brown leather sword frog; two pistol
holsters (one brown leather); a leather
wallet with diary; a pair of cloth slip-on
epaulettes and various metal and cloth
pips in a pouch; a shirt collar in original
packet and two drill manuals. Most of
the clothing labelled ‘Wm Anderson &
Sons Ltd., Edinburgh & Glasgow’, with
tin travelling trunk.
Note: In the post war years Capt. Brodie
was a G.P. in Glasgow
£400 - 600
215 Uniform and peak cap
for ‘Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military
Nursing Service Reserve’, 1939-45 period,
in tin travelling trunk.
Note: this was the uniform of Capt
Brodie’s (Lot 214) wife
£50 - 100
215A Reproduction American dress sword,
with wire bound grip and brass mounts,
40 ¾in (103.5cm) long
£20 - 30
215B Reproduction Luftwaffe officers sword,
with alloy fittings, 40in (101.6cm) long
£30 - 50
215C Late nineteenth century French bayonet
and four various sword scabbards (5)
£20 - 40
216 Two porcelain military paperweights
one ‘Highland Light Infantry’, the other’
The Royal Scots’
£10 - 20
217 Masonic apron and sash,
maker marked and with owner’s name in
leather carrying case and four various
Masonic Booklets.
£20 - 40
218 WWII Royal Air Force,
Officer’s peak cap, side cap and tunic,
leather and woolen belt, and various cloth
and metal insignia, all in a Japanned
carrying tin
£100 - 200
219 Items of Northern American/Canadian
clothing,
comprising of a reindeer hide cap, a pair
of matching mittens and a pair of boots
with beadwork designs, reindeer hide
purse and a pair of sealskin shoes,
£100 - 150
220 Two French bayonets,
with brass grips, complete with scabbards,
and a Cavalry sabre, lacking scabbard.
surface rust and wear to sabre
£20 - 40
220A Lot of eighteenth and nineteenth century
sword parts,
one spur and other small items
£30 - 50
220B Hooper’s Recreation,
Rational Recreations by W. Hooper,
M.D., London 1724, four partial leather
bound volumes
£600 - 800
220C Muller Freres of Luneville table lamp,
the bowl shaped glass shade with mottled
colours on a baluster stem ending in a
tripartite section on shaped circular base,
20 ½in (52cm) high
£300 - 500
221 Pair of ‘War Office Model’ binoculars,
marked ‘Lumiere. Paris’, in a leather case
£20 - 30
222 Stanley Draper,
male profile portrait with dedication ‘ To
Col. John, with much appreciation of his
hospitality. Stanley’,
pencil, signed and dated ‘49,
15in x 11in (38cm x 28cm)
£20 - 30
223 Scottish National Memorials,
Glasgow 1890, published by James
MacLehose and Sons, illustrated, one
volume
£80 - 120
224 WMF plated figure of a golfer,
modelled in mid swing, out in early
twentieth century dress, on a stained
wood plinth, 4 ½in (11.5cm) high
£60 - 100
225 British 1907 pattern bayonet,
maker marked and dated 1913, with
scabbard and later webbing frog, dated
1942
£20 - 30
225A Wedgwood limited edition desk set,
in black basalt jasper ware, comprising of
a an Egyptian design boat shaped stand
holding inkwells and pounce pot, in all
original Wedgwood packaging and
complete with certificate signed by Brian
Patterson, Chief Executive and numbered
‘20’
£300 - 500
225B Bronzed spelter model of a horse,
on a black marble plinth,
12in (30.5cm) high
£60 - 100
226 Post 1908 pattern red tunic of Sergeant
Frank Batt,
‘The Buffs’, with Sergeant’s stripes to
upper arm and four embroidered service
stars to lower right sleeve, minus collar
badges and shoulder titles, slight mothing
and fraying to tunic edging, Mess dress
red waistcoat with brass roundels fastener
and embroidered pockets, and two red
cloth Sergeant’s sashes with tassels
Note: included in this lot are large
photocopy photograph of Sgt. Batt and a
colour photocopy of ‘The BUFFS
marching through the City of London,
May 16th 1906’, showing the uniform
£100 - 200
227 Victorian military plated trophy,
with Highlander figural finial to lid over
cup shaped vessel and with military
figures in relief and floral decoration,
engraved to one side ‘10TH L.R.V.
Glasgow Highlanders. DRILL AND
EFFICIENCY COMPETITION 1880.
SECOND PRIZE Presented by Major
Williamson. GAINED BY B. Coy. Captain
Easton Lieut. G.R. Stewart
COMMANDING.’, on a triple crossed
rifle support and circular base,
13 ½in (34.3cm) high
£100 - 200
228 Collection of 1920’s photographs
depicting or relating to the Margaret
Morris Dancers during British and
Continental tours, showing members in
activities including bathing, playing sports
and exercising on the beach, amongst the
collection are amateur nude studies of one
of the troupe and postcards of places
visited
Note: The organisation, with a history
which begins in Glasgow, was founded by
Margaret Morris who was the wife of
artist J.D.Fergusson
£100 - 150
229 Chinese silk dress ornament,
shaped as a western gentleman’s tie and
embroidered with dragon, bird and
butterfly motifs, 40 ½in (103cm) long,
and an Eastern lacquered box with cover,
decorated with birds amongst foliage,
7in (17.8cm) wide
£20 - 30
230 Early twentieth century Chinese sword,
with Chinese characters to the blade,
sharkskin grip and a scabbard with metal
guard and mounts, 41in (140cm) long
£30 - 50
231 Early twentieth century Japanese Tanto,
with carved bone handle and scabbard
depicting figures and scenes, some
damage, 17in (43.2cm) long
£30 - 50
232 Victorian Light Infantry Officer’s sword,
with wire bound grip and etched blade by
Henry Wilkinson, 38 ½in (97.7cm) long
£50 - 80
233 Early twentieth century British Army
Officer’s sword,
with wire bound grip and etched blade
marked ‘MEYER & MORTIMER.
CONDUIT ST.’, 39 ½in (100.3cm) long
£50 - 80
234 Third Reich NSKK dagger,
with etched blade, maker ‘PAUL EBEL
SOLINGEN’, and with a scabbard,
14 ½in (36.8cm) long
£100 - 200
235 1919 pattern Japanese Junior Railway
Officials dagger,
with a brass and leather wire bound grip
and crossguard, in a plated scabbard,
17 ½in (44.5cm)
£100 - 150
236 Brocade Belt and Buckle for British Army
Brigadier,
with gilt buckle and clasp, Lion over
King’s Crown in white metal to buckle
centre
Note: the very small size could indicate
this was a part of a page’s uniform
£30 - 50
237 English Flintlock pocket pistol,
early twentieth century, proof marks,
6 ½in (16.5cm) long
£100 - 150
238 Early twentieth century English percussion
pocket pistol,
bearing proof marks, 6in (15cm) long
£100 - 150
239 Nineteenth century Belgian pin-fire
military revolver,
bearing proof marks, 11in (28cm) long
£120 - 180
240 Nineteenth century Belgian 7mm pin-fire
revolver,
engraved and nickel plated and bearing
proof marks, 7 ½in (19cm) long
£50 - 80
241 Spanish M1926 Civil War helmet,
double decal and complete with a liner
and chinstrap
£100 - 150
242 French 1872 pattern socket bayonet,
21in (53cm) long
£20 - 40
243 Imperial German Prussian Officer’s
Pickelhaube,
pre-1890, complete with cockades and
chinscales
£400 - 600
244 Imperial German Prussian Reserve
Officer’s Pickelhaube,
complete with cockades and chinscales,
liner maker marked
£400 - 600
245 Imperial German Pickelhaube,
with Wurttemburg State badge, wartime
fittings, complete with cockades and
chinstrap, unit markings to interior
£200 - 300
246 Early twentieth century photographs by
R. Holmes,
depicting an Afghan hill fighter, a woman,
two women gathering sticks and a
topographical view over military
encampments (4)
£30 - 40
247 Elliot walnut chiming mantel clock,
the rectangular top over a square dial
with circular silvered chapter ring with
numerals in black, all raised on bracket
feet, 13in (33cm) wide
£50 - 80
248 Album of stamps,
dating from late Victorian to the 1950s
£30 - 40
249 Art Deco silvered metal statuette,
modelled as a young lady descending a
step, 9 ¼in (23.5cm) high
£80 - 120
250 Edwardian parquetry inlaid walnut
travelling box,
with contents of various cut glass jars and
bottles and with a side opening lower
jewellery drawer, 12in (30.5cm) wide
£120 - 150
251 Coloured Map of Scotland,
Engraved for Guthries New System of
Geography, published by C.Dilly &
G.Robinson, London, 15 ½in x 14in
(39.3cm x 35.5cm)
£40 - 50
252 Victorian brass telescopic toasting fork,
the outer sleeve with all over cast
decoration and fitted with suspension ring
£30 - 40
253 Pair of perspex bookends,
encapsulating Canadian coins
commemorating the Montreal Olympics
in 1976
£30 - 40
254 Art Nouveau brass oil lamp,
the clear glass shade with floral
decoration on a fluted column and
circular base section embossed with
whiplash designs, 29in (73.6cm) high
including the funnel
£100 - 150
255 Pair of Victorian handcuffs,
of steel construction and marked with
makers stamp Cowan/188-?, and the
number 40, complete with a key and in
original leather belt pouch
£40 - 60
256 Two taxidermy models of barn owls,
displayed on a naturalistic base
£80 - 120
257 Brass and steel miner’s safety lamp,
maker’s mark indistinct but stamped ‘308’
and another of mainly brass construction
with front hinged glazed door and with
burner marked Sherbrook Limited (2)