10 29 31 45 35 Maritime Sale Wednesday 14th June 2017 Commencing at 10.00am For Sale by Auction to be held at St. Edmunds Court Okehampton Street Exeter EX4 1DU Tel: 01392 413100 ON VIEW Saturday 10th June 9:00am - 12.00pm Monday 12th June 9:00am - 5.15pm Tuesday 13th June 9:00am - 5.15pm Morning of sale from 9:00am Catalogue £5 (£6.50 by post) W: www.bhandl.co.uk E: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @BHandL Maritime Sale Categories CERAMICS AND GLASS 1 - 28 SILVER & METALWARES 29 - 36 SHIPS FIXTURES and FITTINGS 37 - 55 NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS and NAVIGATION 56 - 89 SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 90 - 109 EXPLORATION RELATED 110 - 113 SCRIMSHAW and ART 114 - 122 MARITIME COLLECTABLES 123 - 213 MODELS 214 - 242 PICTURES 243 - 297 BOOKS 298 - 318 MARITIME SALE WEDNESDAY 14th JUNE 2017 Sale commences at 10am CERAMICS and GLASSWARE 1 . An oval meat plate for General Merchant Marine by Minton, with central blue transfer crown and anchor decoration and entwined border, impressed factory marks to base, 38.5cm wide. £80-£120 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 2 . A late 19th century blue and white 'Willow' pattern side plate for the Allan Line, by Ashworth Brothers, with shipping line and manufacturer's printed marks to base, 22cm wide. £90-£100 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 3 . A 19th century Stone China cartouche shaped comport for the P&O line, by F Morley & Co, with brown transfer decoration, 27cm wide £90-£100 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 4 . A Staffordshire cartouche shaped comport for the Orient Steam Navigation Company Limited, by Bridgwood & Son with brown transfer decoration, 27cm wide. £70-£90 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 5 . A pair of Staffordshire dinner plates for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, by E F Bodley & Son, with floral filled transfer decoration and cyan coloured border, shipping company and manufacturer's marks to base, 23cm diameter (2) £80-£100 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 6 . A Red Star Line chocolate cup and saucer of turquoise 'Wisteria' pattern by Stonier & Co Liverpool, (2) £80-£100 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 7 . Two 19th century maritime theme glass rolling pins, one with a portrait of 'Vectis' inscribed 'A Present from Charles Miller, Mr & Mrs Ostler 1858' the other with remains of 'Sailor's Gift' transfer decoration, 35cm and 39cm long respectively (2) £60-£80 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 8 . Two 19th century maritime themed glass rolling pins both with transfer decoration, one inscribed 'for my mother' on opaque glass, the other 'May peace with plenty..' on amethyst glass, 36cm and 35cm respectively (2) £60-£80 (Plus 25.2% BP*). NOTE: *BP ALL LOTS SUBJECT TO A BUYERS PREMIUM OF 25.2% incl. VAT @ 20% (VAT 0% on zero rated lots) Lots marked ARR will be subject to an additional fee - refer to conditions of sale Artist’s resale rights 9 . A pair of Staffordshire pottery portrait figures of Admiral Sir Dean Dundas and Admiral Sir John Charles Napier, both modelled standing in naval uniform, beside a canon, on an oval base with raised caption, circa 1854, 30cm high. (Dundas repaired to neck) £80-£120 (Plus 25.2% BP*). *Biography Dundas was Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet at outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 and forced the Russian fleet into hiding and oversaw a successful disembarkation of forces into Sebastopol. Unfortunately ill health and old age, he was 69, saw him haul down his flag in January 1855. * Biography Admiral Napier saw over sixty years service in the Royal Navy which included participation in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812 with The United States, The Syrian War and The Crimean War as well as commanding the Portuguese Fleet in the Liberal War. His common nickname in the navy was 'Black Charlie' because of his appearance and dark side whiskers, he was also known as 'Mad Charlie' because of his eccentric behaviour and mannerisms. 10 . A group of three pottery plates commemorating R.M.S.Titanic, R.M.S.Lusitania and R.M.S.Queen Mary the three Booths and 'Newhall' pottery blanks painted en grisaille with the named vessels, each signed or monogrammed and dated 1927/47, 18 and 23 cm diameter. £200-£300 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 11 . A Red Star Line First Class turquoise 'Wisteria' pattern trefoil serving dish by Stonier & Co, Liverpool, 26.5cm wide. £100-£150 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 12 . A Clan Line Ironstone mug by Ashworth Brothers, together with an Elder Dempster Lines side plate, also by Ashworth Brothers. £40-£50 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 13 . An early 19th century Newhall type porcelain teabowl and saucer with maritime decoration, attributed to Factory Z, 'Watchers on the shore' pattern 90, highlighted in gilt, circa 1805. £40-£60 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 14 . A Royal Doulton Figure 'The Captain ' HN2260, 24cm high. £40-£60 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 15 . A Royal Doulton character jug 'Captain Bligh' D6967, together with 'Fletcher Christian' D 7075 and a Captain Cook Jim Beam character flask (3) . £50-£80 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 16 . A group of seven Captain Cook and HMS Endeavour commemoratives, including two bi-centennial plates by Burslem (7) £50-£80 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 17 . A circular glass paper weight with sepia print of HMS Victory and a similar rectangular weight 'Customs House Dublin' (2) £20-£30 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 18 . A late 18th century blue and white pearlware pedestal bowl printed with a man o'war and inscribed 'Success to the British Tars' below a scroll, lattice and foliate border, 27 cm diameter [restored]. £80-£120 (Plus 25.2% BP*). NOTE: *BP ALL LOTS SUBJECT TO A BUYERS PREMIUM OF 25.2% incl. VAT @ 20% (VAT 0% on zero rated lots) Lots marked ARR will be subject to an additional fee - refer to conditions of sale Artist’s resale rights 19 . An early 19th century 'Arctic Scenery' pottery plate probably by Godwin, transfer printed in black commemorating the explorations of Sir Edward William Parry and depicting H.M.S. Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound, Canada with eskimos and an explorer in a sledge drawn by huskies in the foreground, circa 1835, 27 cm diameter. £100-£200 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 20 . A Sunderland lustre pottery ship plaque 'Retribution Steamer' attributed to the Low Lights Pottery, North Shields with sponged pink and brown lustre 'frame', 22 x 24 cm. £60-£100 (Plus 25.2% BP*). *Notes H.M.S.Retribution was a wooden-hulled 10 gun paddle frigate launched in 1844. She won battle honours in the Crimea 1854, the Baltic 1855 and in China 1860. 21 . A James & Ralph Clews 'Landing of Gen La Fayette' pottery plate transfer printed in blue with the steamship 'Chancellor Livingston' escorted by the 'Robert Fulton' arriving 'At Castle Garden New York 16th August 1824', impressed mark, circa 1825/30, 23 cm diameter [some scratching]. £40-£60 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 22 . A Continental bisque porcelain humorous figure of a sailor modelled barefoot in uniform and 'Dreadnaught' cap dancing a jig, above the caption 'We don't want to fight' on a circular base, circa 1900, 18 cm high, [glue repair to neck]. £50-£80 (Plus 25.2% BP*). *Note Ironically the figure is a jingoistic piece of propaganda, the caption being the first line of a late 19th century Music Hall hit by G.W. Hunt 'We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too' 23 . A Sunderland [Southwick Pottery] ship plate painted and transfer printed with a portrait of the 'Victoria and Albert Yacht' within iron red and pink lustre line borders, impressed mark 'Scott', circa 1850, 24 cm. £50-£100 (Plus 25.2% BP*). *Note HMY Victoria and Albert was launched in 1843 and was the first steam powered Royal yacht. She was scrapped in the 1860's after twenty voyages. 24 . A J.T.Close Late W.Adams & Son commemorative soup plate celebrating Prince Alfred's 1860 royal tour to the Cape Colony, transfer decorated in black, the young prince dressed as a midshipman beneath the banner 'Welcome' surrounded by exotic plants with HMS Euryalus behind him within a border of oak leaves, acorns and rope swags supporting anchors, impressed marks circa 1860-64, 22 cm diameter, £80-£120 (Plus 25.2% BP*). *Note Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14 in 1858. The tour was such a success that he became the first royal to visit Australia in 1867. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1893. 25 . A Prattware 'Earl St.Vincent' jug commemorating the victory at Cape St.Vincent and moulded in relief on both sides with Admiral Sir John Jarvis and men o'war between foliate borders, circa 1800, 15 cm high [restored chip to spout]. £100-£150 (Plus 25.2% BP*). NOTE: *BP ALL LOTS SUBJECT TO A BUYERS PREMIUM OF 25.2% incl. VAT @ 20% (VAT 0% on zero rated lots) Lots marked ARR will be subject to an additional fee - refer to conditions of sale Artist’s resale rights 26 . A Doulton and Watts Lambeth salt glazed stoneware jug modelled in the form of a bust of Admiral Lord Nelson with rope handle, impressed Doulton & Watts, Lambeth Pottery, London, circa 1815-50, 16 cm high. £100-£200 (Plus 25.2% BP*). 27 . A Staffordshire pottery portrait figure of Admiral Sir Deans Dundas modelled standing in naval uniform, hat under one arm, his hand resting on a canon with an ensign at foot, on an oval base with raised caption, circa 1854, 39 cm high.