Sporting & Collectors’ Sale Wednesday 26th September 2012 Commencing at 10.30am. For Sale by Auction at The Auction Rooms Dowell Street Honiton EX14 1LX On View Saturday 22nd September 9am - 12 noon Monday 24th September 9am - 5.15pm Tuesday 25th September 9am - 5.15pm on morning of sale from 9am Catalogue £ 5.00 (£7.00 by post) Order of Sale Ceramics & glassware lots 1 -13 Silver & metalwork lots 14-32 Hunting & Equestrian lots 33-73 Taxidermy lots 74-89 Shooting & Related lots 90-96 Air rifles & Pistols lots 97-98 Sporting Guns lots 99-103 Other Calibres lots 104-118 Edged Weapons lots 119-140 Medals & Militaria lots 141-194 Fishing lots 195-212 Other sports lots 213-230 Sporting pictures (prints) lots 240-272 Sporting pictures (watercolours) lots 273-299 Sporting pictures (oils) lots 200-308 Maritime pictures (prints) lots 315-324 Maritime pictures (watercolours) lots325-339 Maritime pictures (oils) lots 340-344 Maritime, Motoring & Transportation lots345-465 Books lots 466-477 Stamps lots 478-533 Postcards, Cigarette cards & coins lots 534-580 Textiles lots 581-608 Dolls & teddy bears lots 609-641 Diecast lots 651-795 OO/HO lots796-907 O gauge lots 908-916 Full size railway lots 921-947 Toys & collectables lots 948-1082 Musical Instruments lots 1083-1088 CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE 1. A set of six David Shepherd designed WWF plates by Royal Doulton and a set of six Spode equestrian plates. £35-£45. 2. A Wedgwood limited edition black basalt bust of Lester Piggot OBE numbered 8 of 500, together with a signed copy of ‘Lester’ by Dick Francis and four other equestrian books. £50-£70. 3. A Beswick model of a horse in a gloss finish and a Doulton white glazed model of a horse £50-£70. 4. A Beswick model of a huntsman, together with a seated fox and ten various foxhounds, all painted in colours with black backstamp. £150-£200. 5. A Beswick Palomino and foal in gloss finish, a Beswick black faced ram matching and a Goebel model of a stag. £80-£120. 6. A pair of Beswick racing pigeons three winged bar version, painted in colours, numbered 1383 to base. £80-£120. 7. A Melba pottery model of a Herefordshire bull and a model of a horse. 8. A set of eight 19th century stirrup glasses of trumpet shape with round faceted ball bases, 18.5cm high. £100-£150. 8A. Five clear glass tumblers each hand painted with a horses head. 9. A Copeland Parian group Hunting dogs and handler at a foxhole, impressed Copeland to the base, with restoration, 30cm. high. £100-£150. 10. A collection of eight various sporting and equestrian glass ashtrays with intaglio cut bases. £30-£50. 11. A Beswick model of a leaping trout painted in colours, impressed and printed factory marks to base. £70-£100. 12. A Devon Moor pottery gigantic oversize Toby jug of traditional form and colour, 59cm high. £500-£700. 13. A Royal Worcester Welsh mountain pony coed coch planed after Doris Lindner with certificate 76/500, together with a damaged appaloosa stallion. £200-£300. SILVER AND METALWORK 14. A pair of Mappin & Webb silver handled boot pulls, with engine milled and circular vacant cartouche decoration, London 1910. £200-£250. 15. A silver mounted horse hoof inkwell, with iron shoe, makers mark ‘W.H’ , Birmingham 1885, 6cm high. £100-£150. 16. A whitemetal brooch in the form of a bicycle, also two silver darts medallions, another for the National Federation of Sea Anglers and two silver sporting themed tea spoons. £60-£70. 17. A 9ct gold ring with salmon motif. £50-£70. 18. A bronze figure group of a brace of pheasant on a naturalistic base, signed C Carvin, 19cm high. £40-£60. 19. Dulverton East fox hounds. a collection of silver plated and two silver teaspoons with foxhound names and birth dates. £50-£60. 20. A Late Victorian silver three handled golfing trophy cup decorated with upper band and leaf motifs on embossed panel of golfers in action, and inscription Challenge Cup, presented to Scarborough Golf Club by George Lord Beeforth Esq J.P - Mayor of Scarborough 1894, the whole supported on three globular golf ball feet, hallmarked for London 1894, makers Walter and John Barnard, 24 cm high, weighing 59 ozs. £700-£900. 21. A bronzed model of a hunting dog in the manner of Mene. £60-£80. 22. A set of four silver mounted deer slot candle sticks Sheffield 1961, 25.5cm high. £150-£200. 23. A Victorian silver hunting horn by Kohler & Sons inscribed ‘ To Harold .E.Phipps from friends & followers of the Bray Harriers Hunt 1934’ London 1892, 25cm high, 3.71oz. £500-£700. 24. A George V silver hip flask of rectangular rounded form, with detachable cup, London 1915, maker mark C & C, 13.5cm high, 7.5ozs. £80-£120. 25. An Edwardian silver plated golfing themed inkstand, having crossed clubs resting on a fence with golf ball inkwell to either side on a fern engraved shield base on ball feet, 24cm width. £60-£100. 26. A 19th century Exeter College Challenge Racquets trophy in the form of a pewter lidded tankard, engraved with crest and dates. £30-£35. 27. A dark mahogany boot jack. £90-£120. 28. A Victorian silver ‘Shooting’ trophy teapot of tapered circular form, leaf capped scroll handle and melon shaped finial, the sides engraved ‘1st CRV combined prizes 1869 - 1. The Officers Prize £8.8.0 and 2. Capt Busby £5.5’ and ‘Won by Corporal Hodson 200-500-600 yards - 5 rounds at Earth - 1 score 41 & 35 - 2 score 40’, all within foliate scrollwork engraving, hallmarked Sheffield 1869, makers Martin Hall & Co., 15cm high, 24.25ozs. £450-£500. 29. A Continental silver novelty stag vesta case with hinged head, 4.5cm long, bears import marks for London, 1904, 0.55ozs. £60-£100. 30-1. No Lots. HUNTING AND EQUESTRIAN 32. An early 20th century silver mounted riding crop together with two horse hair fly swishes. £40-£60. 33. An early 20th century leather case saddle flask, the glass flask with star cut base and plated top. £50-£70. 34. Two mounted fox pads on oak shields one ‘Knightshayes 10.1.55’ the other ‘Dorweeke 12.9.53’, together with ‘Foxhunter in Pictures’ and ‘A hunting man’s Rambles’. £40-£50. 35. EDWARDS, Lionel. Sketches in Stable and Kennel, 12 colour plates, org. cloth, 4to, 1933. With 2 other hunting books illustrated by Lionel Edwards and G. Denholm Armour. (3) 36. An early 20th Century carved dogs head walking stick with inset glass eyes, with silver ferrule and shaft, assay rubbed. 37. A leather cased EPNS sandwich box and flask. £40-£60. 38. A pair of green onyx marble and cold painted spelter fox and hound bookends 10cm high. £60-£80. 39. Onyx and silvered spelter pointer dog bookends and a pair of oak and cold painted spelter seated dog bookends. £60-£80. 40. Two pairs of hunting boots and trees. 41. A silver plated sandwich case by James Dixon & Sons, in a leather carrying case. £30-£50. 42. A late 19th Century silver mounted riding crop, the antler handle with wire work collar and silver ferrule, inscribed ‘From the members of the Chudleigh Harriers 23rd. Jan 1890, above malacca shaft and brown leather loop, Birmingham 1913. £100-£150. 43. An early 20th Century whip rack in the style of suspended riding whips, each with brass hook and antler handles. £200-£300. 44. An 18ct gold mounted riding crop the antler handle above scroll chased ferrule, with monogrammed shield cartouche and bound shaft, Birmingham 1886, 65cm long. £150-£200. 45. A Collection of Eighty various Hunt buttons including Eglinton Hunt and others, later mounted on card. £100-£150. 46. Four framed photographs by John Gainsford of Brian Gupwell huntsman for the Duke of Beauforts. £40-£50. 47. Two George III copper coaching horns, both engraved with ‘G.R’ cypher and ‘1798 Lewes Mail’ and ‘1801 London - Stamford’ respectively, 123cm long. £200-£300. * The postal service in Britain began in 1635 and remained (typically) unreliable for around 150 years. John Palmer, a Bristol theatre owner believed the coaches he used to transport actors and props would be far more reliable. After some opposition a trial run from Bristol to London in 1784 reduced the time from 38 to 16 hours. An impressed Chancellor of the Exchequer, William Pitt, authorised new routes and the system remained in service until the rise of railways led to its demise in the 1850’s 48. Two silver mounted riding crops with antler handles and silver mounted horn baton, (various assays). (3) £40-£60. 49. A pair of brown leather riding boots and trees. £30-£40. 50. A collection of Horse Racing stamps together with four racing prints. £30-£40. 51. A ‘Featherweight Spotter’ telescope by J.H.Steward Ltd, London, in black crackle finish. £40-£50. 52. A leather and hide combination game and cartridge bag, the hide covered flap with game carriers enclosing pocketed interior. £40-£50. 53. Christopher Curtis ‘Hi Lost!’ framed illustrated verse, signed in margin lower right, also a coloured engraving ‘Pit ticket’. (2) £40-£50. 54. A pair of brown leather riding boots. £30-£40. 55. An antler handled riding crop by Swaine with silver ferrule, London 1902 and another similar by Swaine & Adeney Ltd , London. (2) £150-£200. 56. Three antler handled cane hunting crops. £150-£200. 57. Three malacca antler handled hunting crops. £110-£150. 58. A boxed pair of holly driving whips. each of two sections with brass ferrule and joints, in a fitted pine case.