Date : 17/05/2024 Lot 207

Folio Society; thirty-six volumes, including The Folio Book of Days, Around the World in 80 days, Le...

Folio Society; thirty-six volumes, including The Folio Book of Days, Around the World in 80 days, Letters to His Son, Cautionary Tales etc

Estimate: £40 - £60

Date : 17/05/2024 Lot 203

Folio Society; twenty six volumes, including four volumes of The Book of the Thousands Nights and On...

Folio Society; twenty six volumes, including four volumes of The Book of the Thousands Nights and One Night, Chekhov; A Life in Letters, The Hole in the Wall etc

Estimate: £40 - £60

Date : 17/05/2024 Lot 137

Rowntree's single sided enamel advertising sign, 'Rowntree's Pastilles' white lettering on a red gro...

Rowntree's single sided enamel advertising sign, 'Rowntree's Pastilles' white lettering on a red ground, H30cm, L92cm

Estimate: £100 - £200

Date : 13/10/2023 Lot 3107

Pete Townshend 'The Who' - archive of correspondence with John Bycroft of Hull acknowledging receipt of various song lyrics sent by him to Townshend 1977 - 1982; comprising eighteen letters on varying letter heads including personalised; embossed; The Boathouse Ranelagh Drive Twickenham; No.2 The Embankment Twickenham; and Eel Pie Music; there are two undated manuscript letters signed Pete; and sixteen typed letters either signed Pete Townshend (3), Pete (4), Judi (Waring), Lin (Gibson) or Carla Rankine; together with The Story of Tommy by Richard Barnes and Pete Townshend and two other books on The Who.

SOLD £120

Date : 16/11/2023 Lot 2644

Group of silver, to include a three piece cruet set, comprising pepper shaker, open salt and mustard pot with cover, hallmarked James Walter Tiptaft, Birmingham 1932, together with two napkin rings, silver mounted glass bottle and salt, silver handled pie server and a silver letter opener and a letter opener, all hallmarked

SOLD £75

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 5085

Ten industrial style metal letters, together with a military metal 'Drill' tin, letters H27cm

SOLD £15

Date : 16/11/2023 Lot 2648

Group of silver, comprising ashtray, pair of miniature candlesticks, silver handled letter opener, glass box with silver plaque, etc, all hallmarked

SOLD £60

Date : 26/08/2023 Lot 1201

Traditional design post box - red painted aluminium with horse and rider design, over pedestal base with mounting bracket, fitted with letter slot and locking cupboard door

SOLD £110

Date : 26/08/2023 Lot 4125

Dorothea Sharp (British 1874-1955): Signed manuscript letter, enclosed within a copy of her book 'Oil Painting', together with a copy of Helen Entwisle, 'Rock Pools & Sunshine', The Biography of Dorothea Sharp (2)

SOLD £55

Date : 15/09/2023 Lot 96

George Smith (British 1829-1901): 'The Love Letter', oil on panel signed and dated 1874, 52cm x 41cm Provenance: private collection, with Shapiro Auctions New York 26th September 2015 Lot 517

SOLD £700

Date : 16/09/2023 Lot 1220

Late Victorian inlaid rosewood writing table, raised back fitted with letter and correspondence rack, hinged and sloped writing surface with leather inset, kidney shaped drop leaf top, single frieze drawer, inlaid with simulated ivory depicting scrolling foliate motifs and putti figures with fruit cornucopias, on square tapering supports with brass and ceramic castors

SOLD £360

Date : 16/09/2023 Lot 1051

19th Sèvres style porcelain cup and saucer, the cup painted with a figural scene, against a scalloped border of scrolling floral swags on a blue ground, together with a Sèvres soft paste porcelain coffee can and saucer, painted with panels of exotic birds, roses and a border of cornflowers, LL monogram enclosing date letters H above painters mark, coffee can H6.5cm, saucer D13.5cm (2)

SOLD £120

Date : 16/09/2023 Lot 1050

Sèvres soft paste porcelain coffee can and saucer with date code for 1780, painted with pink oval panels bordering bouquets of flowers, united by swags of flowers tied with purple ribbons, within laurel leaf borders, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letters CC above painters marks for Nicquet, coffee can H7.5cm, saucer D15cm

SOLD £150

Date : 16/09/2023 Lot 1049

Sèvres soft paste porcelain coffee can and saucer with date code for 1754, painted and gilded with flowers, dangling from the shaped green border, interlaced LL monogram enclosing the date letter A above painters mark for Dodin, coffee can H7cm, saucer D14.5cm

SOLD £140

Date : 16/09/2023 Lot 1048

Sèvres soft paste porcelain coffee can and saucer with date code for 1767, painted with floral and laurel leaf garlands within blue scalloped and gilt borders, interlaced LL monogram enclosing the date letter O above painters mark for Catrice, coffee can H7.5cm, saucer D15cm

SOLD £170

Date : 28/09/2023 Lot 2609

Group of silver, comprising George III wine strainer, maker's mark TH, no date letter, mid 20th century wishbone sugar nips, hallmarked James Swann & Son, Birmingham 1958 and eight Georgian and later teaspoons, with various dates and makers

SOLD £80

Date : 28/09/2023 Lot 2601

Scottish silver toddy ladle, with circular bowl and baleen twist handle, hallmarked Glasgow 1860, maker's mark JM, together with a George IV silver sifting spoon, the circular bowl pierced bowl with lobed rim and embossed with fruits, the handle engraved with floral decoration, hallmarked London 1836, maker's mark JB, probably for James Beebe, a Victorian silver shovel shaped caddy spoon, with floral decoration, hallmarked Taylor & Perry, Birmingham, date letter indistinct, and a silver spoon, with twist handle and scrolling plique-a-jour decoration, toddy ladle L18cm

SOLD £65

Date : 28/09/2023 Lot 2532

Edwardian silver novelty pin cushion, in the form of a bicorn hat, with embossed rope detail and bands of acorns and oak leaves, with cushioned centre, hallmarked S Blanckensee & Sons Ltd, date letter worn and indistinct, H3.5cm

SOLD £400

Date : 28/09/2023 Lot 2527

George III silver letter opener, of typical form with loop handle, with later commemorative engraving, presented to Walter Elliot Esq. M.P, on the occasion of the opening of Avenue Maternity Hospital Bridlington 1939, hallmarked London 1804, maker's mark worn and indistinct, contained within fitted presentation box with velvet interior

SOLD £70

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5164

Letter rack with Orthoceras and Goniatites inclusions, H5cm, L10cm

SOLD £15

Date : 16/11/2023 Lot 2611

Pair of early 20th century silver matchbox covers, each of typical form, engraved with a tree to the centre, with personal engraving to reverse, hallmarked Stokes & Ireland Ltd, Chester, date letter worn and indistinct, together with a late Victorian silver vesta case, engraved with floral decoration, with monogrammed shield shaped cartouche to centre, hallmarked E V Pledge & Son, Birmingham 1900

SOLD £45

Date : 16/11/2023 Lot 2555

Group of silver, comprising 1930s sauce boat, of typical squat form with shaped rim, upon three pad feet, hallmarked Mappin & Webb Ltd, Birmingham, date letter indistinct, including handle H7cm, novelty Jersey/Guernsey milk can with cover, hallmarks worn and indistinct, H7cm, pair of Edwardian shell salts, with matching spoons, hallmarked Joseph Gloster Ltd, Birmingham 1905 and a pair of Victorian horseshoe place card holders, hallmarked Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd, Chester 1900

SOLD £120

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 5205

Collection of crested ware post boxes, some examples with 'I can't get a letter from you so send you the box' inscribed to top (38)

SOLD £15

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 5078

Ornate brass inkwell and letter rack, brass model of a coal mining scene, viking longship wall hanging, four wooden and brass spirit levels, and other brass, metal ware and collectables

SOLD £55

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 190

20th Century, crocodile skin suitcase, gilt lettering stamped for "John Bagshaw & Sons, Makers, Liverpool, L51cm, D36cm

SOLD £65

Date : 08/12/2023 Lot 30

Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr. (British 1840-1921): Cattle and Sheep beside the River Dee, pair oils on board and canvas signed with monograms and dated '09, 19cm x 29cm (2) Provenance: with original hand written letter of provenance from Uncle Bob (R W Cameron, Tailor of Queen's Road, London) gifting the pictures to his niece Diddy for her 21st Birthday dated March 1st 1910

SOLD £2300

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2477

Six King George V 1935 silver crown coins, one housed in red card box and one in blue hinged case with gilt lettering to the front

SOLD £80

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5276

Three vintage leather suitcases, two with stamped lettering to covers, largest H39cm

SOLD £15

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5272

Royal Worcester figure of Queen Elizabeth to commemorate her 80th Birthday, together with a Royal Worcester commemorative cup and letter opener, Minton teapot and a Wedgwood Jasperware black basalt vase

SOLD £25

Date : 12/01/2024 Lot 3070

Hornby Dublo - 3-rail - Class N2 0-6-2 locomotive No.9596 in LNER green; and Class N2 0-6-2 tank locomotive No.6917 in LMS black with serif letters; together with a 2-rail Class N2 0-6-2 tank locomotive No.69550; each in unassociated box (3)

SOLD £65

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5264

Late Victorian oak correspondence cabinet, with interior letter rack and three drawers

SOLD £30

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 295

Rolex brown leather box, with decorative buckle to cover, opening to reveal wooden veneer interior, the inside lid stamped in gilded lettering 'Creation Genève Rolex', stamped beneath 'Montes Rolex S.A. Geneve Swiss 71.00.04, H8cm

SOLD £80

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 269

Composite bust, modelled as a woman wearing a headpiece of abstract design, decorated with applied and impressed numbers, letters and shapes, upon a black column plinth, H72cm

SOLD £40

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 140

T.E Lawrence; The Letters of T.E Lawrence and Seven Pillars of Wisdom

SOLD £50

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 112

Early 20th century ephemera, to include signed photographs of Charles Boyer and Walter Pidgeon etc, a printed letter from Winston Churchill, two albums and a quantity of transfer books of Players and similar cigarette cards, including Boy Scout and Girl Guide Patrol Signs and Emblems and RAF Badges, a collection of greetings cards and postcards, a photograph album containing black and white photographs of Caius College Cambridge and guides and pamphlets on travelling Switzerland and the UK

SOLD £40

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 91

Brass desk stand, ornately embossed with floral and scrolling decoration, containing two inkwells and pen tray, flanked by a griffin to either side, together with a brass letter rack, with pierced green man mask decoration, desk stand H17cm, W30.5cm

SOLD £35

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3543

WWI pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 32682 Pte. W. Meadows W. Rid. R. in issue box; WWI pair of medals comprising 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal awarded to 3720 Pte. (later Cpl.) E. Petty W. York. R. with issue letter from Tank Corps; WWII group of five medals comprising 1939-45 War Medal, Defence Medal and 1939-45, Italy and Africa Stars; all with ribbons; and book of nineteen seaman's Certificates of Discharge to cook Charles Filburn 1893 - 1901 from various British ports

SOLD £95

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3516

WWI pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C.T. Draper; and WWII Defence Medal awarded to Captain C.T. Draper with War Office letter of confirmation; all with ribbons (3)

SOLD £70

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3253

Mid-19th century percussion rifle by Geo. Forrest & Sons of Jedburgh No.844, 79cm octagonal barrel (approx .45 bore) with folding foresight, the lock plate with dolphin hammer finely engraved with a tiger and a stag, trigger guard engraved with hounds chasing a stag, figured walnut half stock with chequered grip and original ramrod 121cm overall; with framed photograph of original owner Dr. A.B. Dresser and archive of related ephemera including manuscript letter from the makers to Dr. Dresser regarding the sight specifications.

SOLD £1800

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 167

William Borlase; Observations on the Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 1754, printed by W. Jackson, High Street, Oxford, leather bound iwth gilt detailing and lettering to spine

SOLD £190

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 110

19th century leather suitcase, with brass plaque to cover engraved 'C R F Lutwidge Esq', the pink silk and white kid leather interior with pouch and edging impressed with gilt lettering reading 'By Appointment of Prince of Wales J W Allen 37 Strand Maker Prize Medal Awarded', H21cm, W73cm, Notes: Charles R. Fletcher Lutwidge, was mayor of Tunbridge Wells between 1895-1898, and again between 1901-1902

SOLD £50

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 109

Early 20th century oak correspondence box, with black silver plated shield cartouche to cover, opening to reveal letter rack, glass inkwell and pen holder, together with two brass bound writing slopes and an Edwardian smokers cabinet with embossed metal panel to door, tallest H29cm

SOLD £95

Date : 29/02/2024 Lot 2601

1920s silver mounted perpetual desk calendar, printed in red and black on an ivorine ground, hallmarked Charles S Green & Co Ltd, Birmingham 1925, with wooden easel style support verso, together with a set of three modern silver decanter labels, with cut-out lettering for gin, whisky and vodka, hallmarked London 1982, maker JKM, calendar H8.4cm

SOLD £40

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 5247

Underwood standard duplicator, in original wooden box, with gilt lettering to cover

SOLD £15

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 259

The Yorkshire Post Kriegie Edition. A 1945 book reproducing the exploits of Prisoners of War in Stalag Luft VI, with compliments letter from the publishers. Simulated wood paper covered card boards.

SOLD £75

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 91

Victorian sampler, worked by Ann Carter, dated 1879, decorated with bands of letters and numbers, together with a small needlework of flowers, both in wooden frames, tallest H48cm

SOLD £100

Date : 15/03/2024 Lot 265

Eli Marsden Wilson ARE ARCE (British 1877-1965): 'Low Tide Margate Harbour', pair miniature etchings signed in pencil 2.4cm x 3.8cm (2) Provenance: by descent through the artist's family; removed from the artist's cabinet, to be sold in the Country House Sale, Saturday 16th March 2024 Lot 1267. The etchings were commissioned for Queen Mary's Dolls' House. Sold together with a letter from Princess Marie Louise to the artist dated September 11 1922 requesting the production of a drawing to be included in a portfolio in the King's Library. Featured on the Antiques Roadshow, Series 35, Scarborough Grand Spa Hall, 16th November 2012.

SOLD £750

Date : 15/03/2024 Lot 243

Octavius Oakley RWS (British 1800-1867): Portrait of a Lady holding a Letter, thought to be Dolly Varden, watercolour unsigned 40cm x 29cm Provenance: with Christie's 18th September 1996 Lot 237

SOLD £150

Date : 15/03/2024 Lot 233

Fritz Wagner (German 1896-1939): Discussing the Letter, oil on canvas signed 29cm x 39cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Haynes Fine Art, Broadway, Stock Ref.5572, label verso

SOLD £1000

Date : 16/03/2024 Lot 1201

Mouseman - oak letter rack, shaped end supports enclosing three divisions, carved with mouse signature, by the workshop of Robert Thompson, Kilburn

SOLD £440

Date : 16/03/2024 Lot 1049

Early 20th century Dutch silver basket, of oval form with pierced sides, beaded rim, and twin handles, marked with Lion Passant for 2nd standard purity and date letter for 1910, other marks worn and indistinct, including handles H8.5cm L25.5cm

SOLD £170

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5119

Late Victorian oak correspondence cabinet, with interior letter rack and three drawers

SOLD £15

Date : 25/04/2024 Lot 2559

Early 20th century silver mounted perpetual calendar, with pale green date and month cards, hallmarked, date letter and maker's mark indistinct, without cards H4.5cm

SOLD £45