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Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Art Wednesday 30 October 2013 12:00 Charles Miller ltd Suite 6 Imperial Studios 3/11 Imperial Road London SW6 2AG Charles Miller ltd (Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1 H Mason R.I.' with artist's title 17 x 22in. (43 x 56cm.) framed W.A. EARP (BRITISH, 19TH/20TH-CENTURY) Two views of and glazed. ++Fine overall condition. Painting appears to be in the Isle of Wight: Arch Rock at Sunset; The Needles original frame and mount. Framed sie -- 27 x 32¼in. Watercolour heightened with white Signed and dated 'W.A. Estimate: £600.00 - £800.00 Earp 1894' (lower right) The larger 13 x 20in. (33 x 51cm.) framed and glazed; together with a late 19th-Century watercolour, heightened with white, of a beach scene with Lot: 8 fishing boats at sunset -- 9½ x 20½in. (24 x 52cm.) (3) I.F. ELCOMB (BRITISH, 19TH-CENTURY) A steam launch ++Unexamined out of frame. Both appear to be in good overall underway off a headland with fishing boats Oil on canvas condition. Signed 'I.F. Elcomb. 1889.' (lower right) 12 x 18in. (30.5 x Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 45.7cm.) ++Abrasion right of centre through rigging, ingrained dirt overall. Framed size 16¾ x 23in. Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 Lot: 2 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH-CENTURY Beream; Patriarch and Mayflower II Watercolour Inscribed in pencil on versos with Lot: 9 names, builders etc. 15¼ x 22½in. (39 x 57cm.) (3) ++Unframed;ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY The coaster 'Albert' good overall condition. under sail and steam off the Eddystone Lighthouse Watercolour Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 12 x 20in. (30.5 x 51cm.); together with an 18th-Century profile plan for an Admiralty yacht, published 1st March 1781 Plate size 28½ x 22in. (72.5 x 56cm.) (2) ++Albert: paper Lot: 3 discolouration, fading, damp stain top right. Framed size 15 x VINCENZO D'ESPOSITO (MALTESE, 1866-1946) A pair of 23in. The yacht plan: fold at centre with 2in. tear. Foxing, watercolours: Malta Watercolour heightened with white Each discolouration signed 'V. D'Esposito MALTA' (lower right and lower left Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00 respectively) 4¼ x 9in. (11 x 23cm.) each (2) Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00 Lot: 10 Antonio de Simone (Naples, fl. 1860-1900) The New York Lot: 4 Yacht Club's steam yacht Varuna in an offshore swell Signed AFTER WILLIAM ANDERSON (BRITISH, 19TH-CENTURY) 'De Simone 19..' (lower right) and inscribed 'S.Y. VARUNA' The departure of George IV from Greenwich en route to (lower left) Bodycolour, on paper 17½ x 25¼in. (44.5 x 64cm.) Scotland in August 1822 Watercolour heightened with white 14½ The Varuna was the third of three very similar steam yachts x 21½in. (37 x 54.5cm.) ++Fading, several paper cracks, paper designed by the great G.L. Watson of Glasgow, the others discolouration, unexamined out of frame. Framed size 18½ x being Mayflower and Nahma. Ordered for a wealthy American, 25½in. Eugene Higgins of New York, Varuna was built of steel by A. & Estimate: £200.00 - £400.00 J. Inglis at Glasgow in 1897. Registered at 1,573½ tons gross (595 net), she measured 273 feet in length with a 35 foot beam and was rigged as a twin-screw schooner. Powered by a pair of her builder's own triple-expansion 8-cylinder engines, she could Lot: 5 make 16½ knots under steam and carried sails by Ratsey. TWO 18TH-CENTURY VIEWS OF MALTA: Vuë Nord-Ouest de Unfamiliar in American waters, as Mr. Higgins spent most of his la Cité-Vallette, et de la Florianne ou Basse-Ville; and Vuë du time in Europe, she was wrecked on the Azores in 1909. l'Entrée du Grand-Port de Malte Watercolour on laid paper with ++Unexamined out of frame but appears to be in good overall ink titles and keys 15½ x 28½in. (39.5 x 72.5cm.) Framed and condition. glazed measurements 25½ x 38½in. (65 x 98cm.) (2) Estimate: £600.00 - £800.00 ++Unexamined out of frame. Retouching. Rubbing to edges. Water damaged. Marks and abrasions. Framed size 25½ x 38½in. Estimate: £3,500.00 - £4,500.00 Lot: 11 ITALIAN SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY A steam yacht of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, steaming off the Bay of Naples Lot: 6 Bodycolour 16½ x 25½in. (42 x 65cm.) ++Two areas of vertical JAKOB PETERSEN (DANISH, 1774-1854) The Schooner discolouration, probably caused by backburn/damp. Foxhole of Swansea, shown in two positions off Kronberg Unexamined out of frame. Castle, Denmark Watercolour Signed 'drawn by J Petersen. Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00 1845' (lower right) and inscribed 'Scooner [sic]Foxhole of Swansoe [sic]. James Frazier Commander. Entering the Sound.' 19 x 25½in. (48 x 65cm.) The Elsinore bowl, presented to Commander Frazier, is offered as Lot 208 ++In excellent Lot: 12 overall condition with bright, fresh colours and clear paper JAMES FRANCIS DANBY (BRITISH, 1816-1875) Sunset over Estimate: £500.00 - £800.00 the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Oil on Canvas Signed 'Jas. Danby / 1864' (lower right) 22 x 37in. (56 x 94cm.) ++Framed measurements - 32 x 47in.; cleaned and re-lined; unexamined out of frame or under UV lamp. Lot: 7 Estimate: £4,000.00 - £6,000.00 FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1876-1965) The Falmouth Packet Watercolour heightened with white Signed 'Frank H. Mason.' (lower right), countersigned in pencil on mount 'Frank 1 of 38 Charles Miller ltd (Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 13 31in. (23.5 x 79cm.) ++Cleaned and re-framed JOHN SCOTT (FL.1844-1866) The French steamer 'Paris' off Estimate: £3,000.00 - £5,000.00 the mouth of the Tyne bound for Hamburg Signed and dated 'J. Scott / 1856' (lower right) Oil on canvas 26 x 38¼in. (66 x 97.2cm.) The iron screw passenger/cargo steamer Paris was Lot: 20 built at Newcastle by Mitchell & Co. in 1856 for Schuller & Co. ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM CALCOTT KNELL (BRITISH, 1830- Registered at 413 tons gross (281 net), she measured 181 feet 1876) Prison Hulks Moored in the Solent with Fishing Craft in length with a 24 foot beam and this portrait of her was clearly Approaching to Land their Catch Oil on canvas 22 x 36in. (56 x commissioned by her owners or her first master (Capt. F. 91.5cm.) Vasse) to mark her completion. No further details of her career Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 are available at the time of writing. ++gallery condition Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 Lot: 21 'THE WEST PROSPECT OF PORTSMOUTH IN HAMP- Lot: 14 SHIRE' After Samuel and Nathan Buck, published September ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM VAN DER VELDE II (DUTCH, 1667- 11th 1749, London Hand-coloured engraving with title and 1709) An Admiralty yacht tacking towards a first rate of the legends 12 x 31in. (30.5 x 79cm.) Framed and glazed -- 15½ x Squadron of the Red Oil on canvas Indistinctly inscribed and 34½in. (39.5 x 88cm.) ++Faded; time-stained; water-stained; one dated 'W... 1695' (on the reverse) 15¾ x 21¾in. (40 x 55.2cm.) puncture; overall conservation required; later frame. ++Gallery condition. Estimate: £200.00 - £400.00 Estimate: £2,500.00 - £3,500.00 Lot: 22 Lot: 15 EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE (BRITISH, 1811-1880) A AFTER THOMAS WHITCOMBE (BRITISH, LATE 18TH- collection of etchings, comprising: Thames Wherries, CENTURY) A merchantman in two positions Oil on canvas 35½ Richmond; The Stationers' Barge; The Wolf; Brig of War; x 44¼in. (90 x 112.3cm.) ++Three or four repaired puncturess, H.M.S. Prince (with the stern balconies as built before the craquelure, varnish yellowed, marks and abrasions. This closed sterns were introduced) in Portsmouth Harbour Jury painting is in unrestored condition and is thought not to have Rigged; a Frigate under all Sail; and A First Class West been touched for over 50 years. Indiaman (Thetis Capt. Burton) each inscribed Drawn & Etched Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 by E.W. Cooke and dated for 1828/9, Thetis with period inscription, various sizes Thetis (illustrated), plate size -- 7 x 8in. (18 x 20cm.). Framed and glazed (6) ++Unexamined out of Lot: 16 frames, all appear to be in fine overall condition AFTER NICHOLAS MATTHEW CONDY (BRITISH, 1818-1851) Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00 A brig of the Royal Navy exchanging fire with a pirate cutter Oil on canvas 20 x 24in. (51 x 61cm.) ++Repaired tear at centre approximately 3 x 5 in. Yellowed varnish. Some spotting. Lot: 23 Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 AFTER LT L.G. HEATH, R.N. Three panoramic views of Hong Kong, published by the Hydrographic Office and retailed by R.B. Bate, London 1846-7, inscribed As seen from the Lot: 17 Anchorage. Drawn by Lieut. L.G. Heath of H.M.S. Iris, 1846 and CHINESE SCHOOL 20TH-CENTURY The 'SS Glenstrae' numbered '1696A, B & C' with named landmarks etc Plate size underway in high seas Oil on linen 12¼ x 16in. (31 x 41cm.) 7¼ x 31¼in. (18.5 x 79.5cm.) (3) ++Unexamined out of frame, Built by Hawthorn Leslie for the Glen Line in 1905, this vessel good overall condition and designed to be framed as one; good was torpedoed on 28th July 1917 by U62 whilst on passage margins. from Haiphong to Dunkirk carrying general cargo. ++Cleaned, Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00 re-lined and varnished, new frame Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 Lot: 24 ENGLISH NAVAL SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY Six pen, Lot: 18 ink and watercolour views of Portugal, including two of the PAUL VON KALCKREUTH (GERMAN, 20TH-CENTURY) Belem Tower, two topographical views from the Tagus and two Seascape Oil on canvas Signed 'P v Kalckreuth' (lower left) 23½ more, most approximately 5 x 8in., mounted on paper with x 35¾in.
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