This large Minton centrepiece vase (pictured top) copying an original by Sèvres dates from 1862-70. Made in three sections, lid, body and base, each decorated with a mazarine ground with rich gilding, it has a guide of £2400-3400 at Potteries Auctions in Stoke-on-Trent on July 11-13.
Exhibition-standard 5in gauge model of the Britannia class 4-6-2, John of Gaunt, made by John Adams of Poole, estimate £15,000-20,000 at Harper Field.
This exhibition-standard 5in gauge model of the Britannia class 4-6-2 live steam locomotive and tender, No 70012, John of Gaunt, was made by the award-winning locomotive builder John Adams of Poole.
Bought by the vendor from Christie’s in November 1973, the 5ft 10in (1.77m) long model has a guide of £15,000-20,000 at Harper Field in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, on July 10-11. It is part of a collection of scratch-built locomotives included in the sale.
The July 13 sale of Silver, Watches and Jewellery at Tennants in Leyburn includes this pair of Victorian silver ceremonial trumpets.
They have hallmarks for Henry Potter (London 1885), a Westminster military musical instrument maker producing a wide variety of instruments in silver, brass and copper.
The trumpets, though of the typical military form and chased with a garland of military trophies, were originally presented as a birthday gift to Henry Pearson Banks (1844-91) by his brother Edwin Hodge Banks (1847-1917). The gift was meant to commemorate the elder brother’s year as High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1886. His family estate was Highmoor House in Wigton.
Estimate £1200-1800.
This rare 16th century German travelling clock in the form of a book is signed to the spine Hans Schnier in Speir, Opera, 1583.
A 16th century German travelling clock in the form of a book , estimate £8000-12,000 at Hutchinson Scott (copy of the catalogue for the sale of the Percy Webster collection at Sotheby’s in May 1954).
Standing 6in (16cm) high, it features a double fusee iron movement striking on a bell and with alarm function within a pierced and engraved gilt brass case. The clock comes for sale at Hutchinson Scott in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on July 9-11 together with a copy of the catalogue for the sale of the Percy Webster collection at Sotheby’s in May 1954 where it is pictured as lot 93.
Estimate £8000-12,000.
Extensive collection of over 800 items of Chelsea FC memorabilia from the 1950s to 2015, estimate £100-200 at Martin & Pole.
Berkshire saleroom Martin & Pole is selling an extensive collection of over 800 items of Chelsea FC memorabilia from the 1950s to 2015, including programmes, team sheets, tickets and newspaper cuttings.
All are presented individually wrapped in plastic envelopes.
The estimate in the Wokingham auction on July 11 is £100-200.
Collection of colliery medals, coins, and a pocket watch belonging to the conductor, adjudicator, and composer George Hawkins, estimate £2000-3000 at Anderson & Garland.
Anderson & Garland is selling a collection of colliery medals, coins, and a pocket watch belonging to the conductor, adjudicator, and composer George Hawkins (1876-1967). Dating back to the early 20th century, it will be estimated at £2000-3000 in the Specialist Collectors Sale on July 4 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
One of the stand-out pieces is Harton Colliery’s winning medal from Bellevue, Manchester, in 1919, a historic moment as it marked the first time a northern band won a national competition.
Hawkins was a celebrated colliery band conductor.
The 9ct yellow gold cased hunter pocket watch mentioned is by Waltham, engraved with a monogram and presentation inscription from the Newmilns Burgh Band in 1928.
Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to George Ernest Willis, one of the bravest sappers in the First World War, estimate £6000-8000.
In the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War, arguably those most in peril were the tunnellers - the sappers who literally undermined the enemy with explosives deep underground.
John Nicholson’s of Fernhurst, Surrey, will offer the Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to one of the bravest sappers - only 14 were issued - in the July 9 Militaria auction. The DCM ranks second only to the Victoria Cross among gallantry awards.
Sapper George Ernest Willis was part of the 171st Tunnelling Company of the Royal Engineers on the Ypres Salient in early December 1915 as part of the strategic mining plan that would lead up to the Battle of Messines 18 months later.
As the London Gazette of January 22, 1916, recorded: “The Germans exploded a mine and wrecked the head of one of our galleries, burying Sapper Willis and another man. After two hours he was extricated, badly shaken and bruised, but after having his bruises dressed, he insisted on returning at once to work at the face of the gallery where he had just been buried. The position was critical and it was necessary to push forward the wrecked gallery in order to prevent the enemy exploding a second mine. It was largely due to the splendid example of Sapper Willis that this was effected in time.”
Estimate £6000-8000.
George III-style settee estimated at £200-400 at Charterhouse.
On instructions of the executors Charterhouse of Sherborne, Dorset, is selling the lifetime collection from Edward Marnier on July 5, including Asian art, period furniture and a collection of oil paintings, which is then followed by antiques and interiors.
Shown here from the estate is a George III-style settee estimated at £200-400.
Child & Child brooch-pendant, estimate £2000-3000 at The Pedestal.
Walter Child (1840-1930) and Harold Child (1848-1915), the sons of an East End pawnbroker who left a fortune of £30,000, opened as art jewellers in 1880 at 1 Seville Street, Belgravia.
Most of their signature enamelled jewels date from the period between 1891-1916, when Child & Child was located at 35 Alfred Place (now Thurloe Street) close to South Kensington tube station. The firm’s trade mark (C&C with a sunflower between) can still be seen moulded in plaster above a first-floor window.
This Child & Child brooch-pendant, with blue guilloché enamel angel wings flanking a cabochon opal heart and a pink topaz drop, is fully marked and comes in the original fitted Child & Child case.
It has an estimate of £2000-3000 as part of The Pedestal’s July 9 Fine & Decorative Interiors auction in Henley on Thames.
