Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Art Wednesday 31 October 2012 12:00 Charles Miller ltd 25 Blythe Road London W14 0PD Charles Miller ltd (Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1 1877. She was wrecked near Rhinns off Islay on 3rd June ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES GORE (HORKESTOWE, 1898. YORKSHIRE 1729-1807 WEIMAR) Study of a brig in four Estimate: £500.00 - £700.00 positions Inscribed 'before the wind...on the larboard tack...in Stays...on Starboard tack' (lower centre) Pencil, white chalk and watercolour, on paper 4½ x 8¾ in. (11.4 x 22.2 cm.) Lot: 9 Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY The barque 'Lawhill' sailing under reduced sail in a turbulent sea Oil on board 18 x 24in. (45.7 x 61cm.) Built by the famous firm of W.B. Lot: 2 Thompson, this near-3,000 ton steel barque was launched in CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The Brigantine 1892 and enjoyed a long career as one of the last great Cimbri under way off a lighthouse Inscribed in later hand on windjammers able to compete against the onset of steam. Over reverse of frame A. DE CLERK 'CIMBRI' Watercolour and the years she changed hands a number of times, and when pencil heightened with white 22 x 31in. (56 x 79cm.) being advertised in 1899 was stated to have capacity for 4,474 Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 tons coal, 22,888 bales of jute, and 118,500 cases of oil. In 1932 she sank the Polish steamer Niemen in a collision in Skagerrak but was cleared of all guilt. In 1942 she was confiscated by the South African government and thereafter Lot: 3 traded from East London. She was finally sold for breaking in NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The harbour at 1959. Naples depicted with flags of various nations flying from Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 anchored vessels, with Vesuvius smoking beyond; and another similar with Vesuvius dramatically erupting Both inscribed with 'Il Vesuvio' (lower centre) Watercolour heightened with white 16 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.) (2, a pair) Lot: 10 Estimate: £500.00 - £800.00 ROBERT MOORE (BRITISH, 1905-1963) Stormy conditions in the Bristol Channel (off Portishead, Avon) Signed 'Rbt Moore' (lower left) Oil on board 15 x 24in. (38 x 61cm.) Lot: 4 Estimate: £200.00 - £400.00 NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The brig 'Susannah Knap' approaching Naples with Vesuvius beyond Inscribed 'Brig Susannah Knap 14 March 1867 Yvan Davis Master' Lot: 11 Watercolour heightened with white 18 x 25in. (46 x 63.5cm.) ALEX LEES, 20TH CENTURY The American stern-wheel river Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00 paddle steamer 'Memphis Queen III' under way Signed 'ALEX LEES' (lower right) Oil on canvas 24 x 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.) Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00 Lot: 5 VINCENZO LUZZO (ITALIAN, FL. 1855-1875) The Bowser Ormston Cargo Ship 'Flamboro' under steam and sail in a calm Lot: 12 sea Signed 'Vincenzo Luzzo of Venice 1892' (lower right) DAVID JAMES (BRITISH, FL. C.1885-1900) A pair of pictures: Watercolour 17 x 26in. (43 x 66cm.) The 1,936 ton cargo ship Evening on the North Coast of Cornwall Signed 'D. James 83' 'Flamboro' was launched by Palmers of Jarrow in November (lower left); 'D. James 84' (lower right) Inscribed in later hand 1885, and wrecked on the Kem Reef on 2nd July 1896. on back with title and artist 'D. James 95' Oil on canvas 25 x Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 50in. (63.5 x 127cm.) (2, a pair) Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 Lot: 6 SWEDISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The Aurora Häfverö at Lot: 13 sea Indistinctly signed 'H.P. ... Aurora Häfverö Kapt. W. CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A square-rigged Wickstrom' Watercolour 21½ x 29½in. (54.5 x 75cm.) three-masted ship at anchor, at dusk Oil on board 9½ x 13½in. Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 (24 x 34.3cm.) Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Lot: 7 ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GEOFFROI ROUX (FRENCH, Lot: 14 1811-1882) Study for an early wooden paddle steamer of circa ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A ship in a gale about to 1830 Watercolour and pencil 11½ x 17½in. (29 x 44.5cm.) be wrecked on rocks, firing signal gun of distress, with anchors Estimate: £500.00 - £800.00 lowered 14 x 20in. (35.5 x 50.8cm.) Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00 Lot: 8 EDUOARD ADAM OF LE HAVRE (1847-1910) The S.S. Lot: 15 Blythville under way in a swell Inscribed 'S.S. Blythville of West WILLIAM CLARK (GREENOCK, 1803-1883) The 'Hanover' of Hartlepool W.C. Bacon Commander 1880' Oil on canvas 24 x Glasgow flying the House Flag of Stirling & Gordon Signed 'W. 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.) This cargo ship of 1,390 tons was built Clark 1839' (left of middle). Inscribed on contemporary label to and run by W. Gray of West Hartlepool, launched 28th July reverse 'No. 3 portrait of Hanover of Glasgow, Clark 1839' Oil on canvas 24 x 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.) Built and launched by 1 of 28 Charles Miller ltd (Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine Art) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Scott of Greenock in 1826, the 290 ton barque Hanover was Lot: 20 one of a small fleet of eight vessels built over the years for the NAVAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'H.M.S. Raleigh passing West Indian sugar traders Stirling & Gordon of Glasgow, Hang Klip Head Initialled 'F.G.D.B. 1894' (lower left) making many round trips to Jamaica. Hanover served her Watercolour 5½ x 7in. (14 x 18cm.); together with another similar original owners until 1843, when she was sold to W. Blues of entitled After sunset, Simons Bay, initialled 'F.G.D.B. 1894' Leith for their Africa trade. By 1846 she was transferred to (lower right) (2) Halket & Co. of London and was absent from Lloyd's Register Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 by 1848. An earlier painting by Clark dated for 1830 depicts Hanover arriving in the Clyde just as her consort, the Christian, departs. Literature: A.S. Davidson: Marine Art and the Clyde, Jones-Sands Publishing, 2001, page 113. Lot: 21 Estimate: £3,000.00 - £5,000.00 H.L. JOHNSON (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) S.S. Discovery frozen in for the winter off Hut Point, McMurdo Sound Signed 'H.L. Johnson 17.7.16' Oil on panel 15½ x 20½in. (39.5 x 52cm.) Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 Lot: 16 JAMES BAKER PYNE (BRITISH, 1800-1870) The Finger of Providence Signed 'J.B. Pyne 1858 No. 490' (lower right) Artist's label to reverse inscribed 'Liverpool Society of Arts J.B. Lot: 22 Pyne The Finger of Providence' Oil on canvas 25 x 30in. (63.5 ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978) Wei Hai Wei - June, x 76cm.) 1939 Signed 'E. Tufnell, Wei Hai Wei. 1939' (lower right), with Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 detailed typed notes appended to reverse 9½ x 14¼in. (24 x 36.2cm.) Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00 Lot: 17 OLIVIER LE MAY (1734-1797) An English Squadron of the Red encountering multiple water spouts, probably off Gibraltar, Lot: 23 whilst in pursuit of a Spanish armed merchantman Signed 'O Le ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978) Two watercolours of May' (lower left on stern of principal two-decker) Oil on canvas Malta convoy interest: H.M. Ships 'Mohawk','Eagle' and 19½ x 29in. (49.5 x 73.7cm.) This intriguing scene undoubtedly 'Warspite. 1941'; H.M. Ships 'Royal Sovereign', 'Eagle' and records an incident which has yet to be properly identified. 'Malaya' 1940 The latter signed 'E. Tufnell..' (lower right); each Frustratingly, the artist has signed the picture where the most with detailed pasted notes to reverse Watercolour heightened obvious clue - the vessel's name - might have been put. with white Approximately 10¼ x 14½in. (26.5 x 36.5cm.); together However, the vessel apparently aground under the headland, is with another similar entitled All quiet off Crete Autumn 1940. flying a white flag with a red saltire - although Ireland was not Eagle, Ramillies, Malaya, and Kent Signed in ink 'E. Tufnell' fully part of the Union of Great Britain at that time, neither did (lower right) 10 x 15in. (25.5 x 38cm.) (3) she maintain a significant navy, merchant or otherwise; The Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 most likely candidate would seem to be the "Ragged Cross" flag. This 'Cross of Burgundy' as it is also known, was in use as the Spanish naval ensign between 1506-1701, and as a Lot: 24 Biscayan merchant ensign between 1511 and 1830. If this is H.E. FRECKER, 20TH CENTURY The Battle of Jutland Signed indeed a Spanish armed merchantman run ashore by British 'H.E. Frecker' (lower left) Pencil on paper 5½ x 15in. (14 x vessels intent on booty, there are several Wars which would 38cm.); together with a print after W.M Birchall of battleships in have provided them with a suitable excuse, however the convoy, published by J.F.E. Grundy, 1918, stamped and signed looming headland in the middle distance looks distinctly like the lower left -- 6 x 9in. (15 x 23cm.) (2) famous Rock of Gibraltar which has served as a notorious flash- Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 point between Great Britain and Spain ever since it was handed over in perpetuity by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Estimate: £3,000.00 - £5,000.00 Lot: 25 THE BELL FROM THE RIVER CLASS DESTROYER H.M.S.