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A ‘Black Forest’ linden wood long case clock by Spring of Interlaken
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A ‘Black Forest’ linden wood long case clock by Spring of Interlaken, the square silvered dial enclosed behind a glazed door within an ornate case, surmounted by a carving of William...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Cl...
Materials
Wood
A unique late Georgian satinwood collector’s cabinet painted with maritime scene
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A unique late Georgian satinwood collector’s cabinet painted with maritime scenes, of rectangular form with the original marble top above, t...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood
A set of ten Victorian mahogany dining chairs in the style of Hepplewhite
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A set of ten Victorian mahogany dining chairs in the style of Hepplewhite, comprising two carvers and eight side chairs, each carver with a rounded back and wide double scroll arms, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
A Regency mahogany library chair
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency mahogany library chair, of rectangular form, the arms with padded elbow rests and turned tapering legs with brass castors, originally caned but now with two re-upholstered ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Brass
A Victorian wool picture of a three masted frigate flying several flags and ensi
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian wool picture of a three masted frigate flying several flags and ensigns, within a border of red, blue and white trellis, in the original frame, regilded. English, circa ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Regency Amboyna and parcel gilt end support library table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency Amboyna and gilt library table attributed to Seddon and Morel, the rectangular top set upon solid end supports with a turned, reeded and gilded stretcher and gilded foliate...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Console Tables
Materials
Amboyna
A Napoleonic era bone prisoner of war model of the 40-gun frigate ‘Creolian’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Napoleonic era bone prisoner of war model of the 40-gun frigate ‘Creolian’, the three masted barque with a planked hull, finely detailed with a carved poop deck and a female figurehead, intricate black thread rigging and a black plaque stating in gilt, Creolian. In the original glazed wooden case with a painted background of a sunset over a bay with ships on the horizon. French, circa 1800.
Provenance Ivan Roll Amis, d. 1 July 1970
Richard Henry Allen Amis, CBE, thence by descent
During the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), large numbers of French soldiers and marines were taken prisoner. To help pass the time and generate a small income, they would make a variety of objects—including ship models—from simple, easily-sourced materials such as bone and wood for sale at local markets. Typically, the models were not made to scale and tools were limited, making the quality and attention to detail in this work even more remarkable. To realise a good price at market, the models were often named after famous ships of the time. It may well be that this ship was the ‘Créole’, a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. She served in the Brest squadron, took part in Ganteaume’s expeditions of 1801 to Egypt, and was involved in the French acquisition of Santo Domingo (also known as the Era de Francia) and briefly detained Toussaint Louverture...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Nautical Objects
Materials
Bone, Wood
Amboyna and gilt library table attributed to Morel and Seddon
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency amboyna and gilt library table attributed to Seddon and Morel, the rectangular top set upon solid end supports with a turned, reeded and gilded stretcher and gilded foliate...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Amboyna
Italian Bronze Sculpture of Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoia, Carlomarochetti
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Italian bronze equestrian sculpture of Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoia, by Baron Carlo Marochetti, the duke wearing full arm...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Exhibition Quality Meiji Period Rotating Bronze and Mixed Metal Vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Each of baluster form with a trumpet neck and oni-mask handles, set on a tripod base with high splayed feet and a turned circular base with a central aperture, worked in high relief ...
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Giltwood Mirror after a Design by William Kent
By William Kent
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An elegant Victorian giltwood mirror after a design by William Kent, of slender rectangular form, decorated with both high relief and shallow carving, the broken pediment comprising a central cartouche flanked by two scrolls with trailing flower stalks, the frieze with a fruiting swag...
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian More Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
A superb three quarter life size bronze tiger
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A superb three quarter life size bronze tiger, The bronze body patinated to imitate the distinctive stripes of a tiger’s skin, with inset orange glass eyes. Signed in a seal tsunemat...
Category
20th Century Japanese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two gouache paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’
By Antonio de Simone
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Two gouache paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’ , one showing the gaffe rigged yawl, in clam seas flying the Royal Thames Yacht Club burgee, the other showing her with reduced canvas ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
An oil on canvas of William Paget, Marquess of Anglesey’s yacht Pearl by Nicolas
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An oil on canvas of William Paget, Marquess of Anglesey’s yacht Pearl by Nicolas Condy, the reverse with a paper trade label for ‘Akermann & Co, prepared millboards, pastels, canvass...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
A shipyard model of the survey and site investigation ship M.V. Whitehorn
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A shipyard model of the survey and site investigation ship M.V. Whitehorn, with a red hull, green waterline and grey topsides, the funnel painted blue and white with the letter ‘C’, ...
Category
20th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
A late William IV rosewood breakfront open bookcase, by Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late William IV rosewood breakfront open bookcase, by Gillows, the shaped top with a turned baluster gallery above four doors with pleated silk panels behind diamond trellis grille...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
An oil painting of circus performers by Emilio Grau Sala
By Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An oil painting of circus performers by Emilio Grau Sala, featuring circus performers, including a dancer in a white tutu on a painted blue stage, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Royal presentation silver inkstand by Carrington & Co
By Carrington & Co
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Royal presentation silver inkstand by Carrington & Co., in the form of two military drums from the Kings Own Hussars with regimental crest with battle honours, on three feet, the h...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Silver
A highly unusual screen with United States Naval Insignia of Presidential intere
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A highly unusual screen with United States Naval Insignia of Presidential interest. This three-fold screen is painted in watercolours with four roundels on each panel. One roundel encloses the Ogden family crest and the other eight have U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron insignia, all within a rope twist border. The squadrons represented include Fighting Squadron 6 or 31 (Felix the Cat holding a bomb), Observation Squadron 3 (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit on a missile), Cruiser Scouting Squadron 8 (leaping dolphins), Bombing Squadron 6 (leaping ram), Utility Squadron 3 (Pluto on a cloud), Cruiser Scouting Squadron 9 (Phoenix) and Utility Squadron 2 U.S.S. Saratoga (Rooster). American, circa 1935.
Claude Augustus Swanson, the Secretary of the Navy appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, reputedly gave this screen to Johan Trumpy, a shipbuilder who provided important services to the U.S. Navy in WWII. Trumpy’s company designed the Presidential Yacht USS Sequoia used by Roosevelt while he was in office (1933-1945) and his ships were frequently chartered by Walt Disney before the War. The insignia were created as part of a major public works program directed by Roosevelt’s Federal Emergency Relief Administration in May 1935 and can now be found in the Smithsonian Institute.
The Ogden family were highly connected throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. Two brothers, John and Richard, had emigrated before the middle of the 17th century and settled in New England as architects and master builders. Their descendants have been prominent in politics, commerce and the learned professions. The crest signifies the vale of oaks (oak-dene) granted by Charles II to John Ogden...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs, each with a globular diamond cut body and long facetted neck, applied with silver spouts with hinged lids and arched handles engraved alternately ‘To E. Hobbs from Henry and Waldemar, Princes of Prussia, 1869’ and ‘To E. Hobbs from Charlotte and Victoria, Princesses of Prussia, 1869.’ German, 750 standard, with maker’s mark ‘KB...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Pitchers
Materials
Silver Plate
A powerful Japanese equestrian wood carving of a samurai by Yoshida Issen/Isshun
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A powerful Japanese equestrian wood carving of a samurai by Yoshida Issen/Isshun, depicted in full armour on a prancing, muscular war horse, signed 一雋刀” ISSEN TO”. Japanese, circa ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Superb Monumental Meiji Period Hard Wood Display Cabinet, by Noguchi of Yokaha
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A superb monumental Meiji period hard wood display cabinet, by Noguchi of Yokahama, of rectangular form with three shelves which curl back under themselves like ripples to create an ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood
A Fascinating Ship’s Log And Journal Relating To The Whitway/Whiteway
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Fascinating Ship’s Log And Journal Relating To The Whitway/Whiteway Family of Bristol Mariners, Along With A Dispatch Letter From The Bureau in St Petersburg Relating to One Of The...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
A pair of generous George I style walnut wing arm chairs
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of generous George I style walnut wing arm chairs, each with pepperbox arms and a wide seat, with cabriole front legs and shaped back legs, reupholstered in blue leather. Eng...
Category
20th Century English George I Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A mid Victorian mahogany wine table attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A mid Victorian mahogany wine table attributed to Gillows, the scalloped top set upon a slender turned and fluted support on tripod legs, the feet carved with acanthus leaves. Engli...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Mahogany
An unusual William IV amboyna and oak four drawer library table by Simpson
By Simpson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual William IV amboyna and oak four drawer library table by Simpson, the rectangular top with cut corners and a shaped frieze disguising two cushion drawers on each side, rais...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Tables
Materials
Amboyna
A Victorian shipyard model of a sloop
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian shipyard model of a sloop. This large boxwood model has a truncated mast and retractable bowsprit. The hull has an upright stem, wide beam, four metal rigging blocks on e...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Boxwood
A Fine Pair of Giltwood Overmantel Mirrors Supplied by G. Wendover and Co.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Fine Pair of Giltwood Overmantel Mirrors with the Emblems of the Royal Naval Club, Portsmouth, Supplied by G. Wendover and Co. in 1869
The mirrors are of imposing size and clean l...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Thomas Willis: Shamrock III and Reliance Crossing the Line, America’s Cup, 1903
By Thomas Willis
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Thomas Willis: Shamrock III and Reliance Crossing the Line, America’s Cup, 1903. This mixed media picture is oil on canvas with silk and velvet fabric embroidered with silk thread. I...
Category
Early 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton: Naval architect and boat builder’s plans for Zinita
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton: Naval architect and boat builder’s plans for Zinita, 1909. Four framed naval architect’s drawings of the sail plan, cabin plan, sections and hull of ‘Zinit...
Category
Early 20th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
A cased shipyard model of S.S. Burbridge/S.S. Burcombe, 1912
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A cased shipyard model of S.S. Burbridge/S.S. Burcombe, 1912. This single model depicts two sister ships. It has black painted topsides, pink hull and dark grey decks. There is a bla...
Category
Early 20th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
An ormolu mantel clock with Queen Victoria in medieval dress, by Monroux, 1832
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This fine and unusual mantel clock is a rare model produced in France for the British market. The case incorporates a finely cast and chased figure of a lady in medieval dress, almos...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s scale model of Coquette, 1899
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s scale model of Coquette, 1899. This large model is of the 1/12th scale 10-ton Bristol Channel One Design class Coquette: She is fully rigged with furled s...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Captain Thomas Stuart’s Medals for Gallant Service 1793-1840
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Captain Thomas Stuart’s Medals for Gallant Service 1793-1840 This very fine group of four medals was awarded to Captain T. Stuart, Royal Navy, who was recognised for his part in the ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Montague Dawson: Taking in the Jib
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague Dawson: Taking in the Jib. This charming watercolour and gouache on paper shows a gaff-rigged dayboat with a royal blue hull surfing over a wave as the foredeck hand gathers...
Category
20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
An unusual mirror-backed model of a section of the steamship Catherine Govan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual mirror-backed model of a section of the steamship Catherine Govan, of rectangular form, showing three decks of lined boxwood decking, a carved wooden lifeboat in silvered ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Boxwood
A ship’s ‘Sunday’ tiller carved with Princess Victoria, before she was Queen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large ship’s ‘Sunday’ tiller carved with Princess Victoria, before she was Queen. This long yacht tiller is made from a single, solid piece of mahogany and has a typical shallow S-...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Montague Dawson: A Moonlight Scrap
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague Dawson: A Moonlight Scrap. This dramatic watercolour on paper shows a WWI R-class destroyer escorting a battleship through a night-time encounter in choppy seas. The moon ha...
Category
Early 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint
Joseph Newington Carter: The loss of the Scarborough Lifeboat Amelia, 1865
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This dramatic watercolour shows only the bow and the stern of Amelia as she is perilously close to being dashed against the sea wall with a wave completely swamping her amidships. Some of her crew have been washed out of the boat and would-be rescuers are wading along the promenade towards her bow. To her right, the schooner Coupland is rolling dangerously in huge waves. Scarborough Spa and crowds of onlookers are clearly visible through the storm. Signed J.N.Carter, 1865, Torquay. English, painted in 1865.
The attempted rescue of the schooner Coupland by the lifeboat Amelia on November 2nd 1861 is one of the most memorable and tragic in Scarborough lifeboat history. The 32 ft. long, ten-oared, self-righting Amelia, on her maiden voyage, went to the rescue of the Coupland crew, with disastrous results. She was dashed to pieces against the harbour wall and two of the crew were lost, while others had to swim or be pulled ashore by rescuers wielding ropes. Three of the shore based rescuers, Lord Charles Beauclerk, William Tindall and John Hiles, also lost their lives. Eight Board of Trade Medals for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea were awarded along with six RNLI medals and monetary grants.
Joseph Newington Carter (1835-1871) was influenced by W. M. Turner and is known predominantly for his dramatic and compelling seascapes in oil and watercolour. His father, Henry Barlow Carter...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint
Captain Thomas Green’s silver Medals for Heroic Conduct at Sea
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
One medal from Captain Logan of the Mars is inscribed ‘Presented by Captn. John Logan, of the Ship Mars that was Wrecked in a gale on the Gunfleet Sands, Jany...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
A carved boxwood prisoner of war battleship snuff box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A carved boxwood prisoner of war battleship snuff box. This small snuff box is carved in the form of a 112-gun ship of the line with a removable quarte...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Boxwood
A shipyard model of the liner Nippon Moru, dated 1898
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A shipyard model of the liner Nippon Moru, dated 1898. This shipbuilder’s model has a pink hull, black topsides and two black funnels. It is executed in meticulous detail with two c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
A brass ship’s bell from Peninsular & Orient liner S.S. Ballarat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This bronze ship’s bell is incised with the legend ‘Ballarat’ and has a suspension bracket and plaited rope bell-pull. The interior is painted white....
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Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Andrew Morton R. A.: Captain George Treweeke Scobell, 1840
By Andrew Morton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This oil on canvas half portrait shows a bearded Capt. G.T. Scobell looking to his left and wearing a black frock coat with a high collar, a white shirt and wide cravat. His right ha...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
A gaff-rigged Hastings lugger circa 1880
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This scale model of a Hastings lugger is very similar to the one described in E.W. White’s book as typical of this type of fishing vessel. She has an extremely wide beam, centreboard...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat: City of Glasgow, 1894
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat: City of Glasgow, 1894. This fine builder’s presentation scale model has a gilt brass funnel, polished brass rudder, capstan, anchor, binnacle and fittings with side grab ropes. The hull is painted in RNLI blue and red, with a pink keel. It is raised on a turned brass support within an ebonised glazed case on a stand and has a presentation plaque inscribed ‘Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat City of Glasgow’ Built For the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, by R & H Green, Blackwall Yard, London, 1894′.
Provenance: Sir Harold Dudley Clayton. The following pages are dedicated to the substantial and fascinating archive of Sir Harold Dudley Clayton. This includes the lifeboat model above, over 100 yacht designs and naval architects’ drawings, photograph albums, photographic glass slides and a model of his yacht Coquette.
Steam-powered lifeboats. Earlier in the 19th century steam had transformed Britain’s industrial landscape through the development of steamships and the railways. But tending a coal-fired boiler in a boat that is pitching and rolling in heavy seas would not have been straightforward. Sixty years after the idea was first mooted by Sir William Hillary and after extensive trials, the first steam-cum-sail boat Duke of Northumberland went into service at Harwich Lifeboat Station in September 1890. The hydraulic steam-driven lifeboat used...
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Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George Welstead, purchased with prize money from the East India Company, 1805, in the form of a footed cup with a separate cov...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver
A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: documented piece of Bark
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: An exceptionally rare documented piece of Bark Cloth from the Pitcairn Islands, with a fragment of paper pinned to it stating ‘Manufactured at Pitcairn’s Island, by the descendants of John Adams the Mutineer, from the bark of a tree.’
Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire
For similar examples see the collection of the British Museum (Oc1937,0308.1 and Oc1937,0308.2) each with the same handwriting as the example offered here, but signed ‘H. Porter’ and dated 1837 and another in the National Martime Museum, Greenwich.
John Adams (1767-1829)
John Adams (known as Alexander Smith) was the last survivor of the Bounty Mutineers, the disaffected crewmen, who, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship’s open launch.
After a sojourn in Tahiti, Christian, the remaining mutineers and some native Tahitians, mainly women forcibly abducted, left on 22nd September 1799 in search of safe haven. He then formed the idea of settling on Pitcairn Island, far to the east of Tahiti; the island had been reported in 1767, but its exact location was never verified. After months of searching, Christian rediscovered the island on 15 January 1790, 188 nautical miles east of its recorded position. This longitudinal error contributed to the mutineers’ decision to settle on Pitcairn in the hope they would be undetected. On arrival the Bounty was unloaded and stripped of most of its masts and spars, for use on the island. It was set ablaze and destroyed on 23rd January 1790.
Although the settlers were able to survive by farming and fishing, the initial period of settlement was marked by serious tensions among the settlers. Alcoholism, murder, disease and other ills had taken the lives of most of the mutineers and Tahitian men. John Adams, Ned Young, and Matthew Quintal were the last three mutineers surviving in 1799 when the thuggish Quintal, while drunk, reportedly threatened to kill the entire community if he could not have Fletcher Christian’s widow as his own consort, and in response Adams and Young lured him to Young’s house and killed him with a hatchet. Having taken effective control of the 19-member strong colony after the 1793 massacre, Adams and Young then turned to the Scriptures using the ship’s Bible as their guide for a new and peaceful society. As a result, Adams and Young embraced Christianity and taught the children to read and write using the Bible. Young eventually died of an asthmatic infection in 1800, but Adams continued his work of educating the women and children. The Pitcairners also converted to Christianity. The Pitcairners would later convert from their existing form of Christianity to Adventism after a successful Adventist mission in the 1890s.
The American sailing ship Topaz was the first to rediscover Pitcairn in 1808. Adams was eventually granted amnesty for the mutiny...
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Antique 19th Century British Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Major R Sloane-Stanley by George Hillyard Swinstead, 1916
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This three-quarter length oil on canvas portrait shows Major Sloane-Stanley in a landscape by the sea. He is smoking a cigar and wearing a Royal Yacht Squadron cap. Signed lower left ‘G Hillyard Swinstead 1916’ the reverse inscribed in pencil ‘Major R Sloane-Stanley, Hants Yeomanry 1916’ . English.
Capt. thence Lt Col Ronald F A Sloane-Stanley of the Hampshire Regiment (1867 – 1948) served as Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. As a close friend of Edward VII, he reputedly procured two billiard tables from Osborne House (East Cowes, Isle of Wight) for Lee- on-the-Solent Yacht Club, of which he was the founding Commodore in 1907. He was also a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron from 1907 until his death, owning seven yachts during that period. He served on the Yachting Committee between 1935 and 1946.
Despite Sloane-Stanley's long history of involvement with yachting, there is one yacht with which his family is associated that overshadows all of his other great achievements in the sport. The Formosa, built for his father Francis Sloane-Stanley in 1877, was acclaimed as a masterpiece of maritime design before she was even launched. In a rhapsodic article published on the 22nd of February 1879, The Field newspaper describes her as “the most beautiful cutter yacht ever built”.
In addition to her fine attributes as a racing vessel, the article also mentions the luxurious way that she was decorated inside, personally supervised and designed by Mrs Sloane-Stanley-our sitter's mother.
The Formosa, pictured above, became so famous that shortly after this article was written Francis Sloane-Stanley sold her to his friend the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). There are several images of the Formosa in the Royal Collection, all dating from 1880. The Prince raced her on multiple occasions and her victories included the Queen's Cup on the 3rd of August 1880. By 1881, however, the Prince had sold her to a “Mr Bischoffsheim” as reported in the as reported in the Portsmouth Evening News on the 23rd of July of that year.
Although Ronald Sloane-Stanley would have been 12 at the time the Formosa was raced by his father it is highly likely that seeing this beautiful cutter, and the success that it brought to his family, would have inspired Ronald's own yachting career.
Additionally, as the same article in The Field makes clear, the Sloane-Stanley family were related in some way to Thomas Assheton-Smith, a founder member of the Yacht Club (later the Royal Yacht Squadron). The family is therefore a highly renowned one in yachting circles and we were lucky enough to be able to offer a silver gilt trophy won by Assheton Smith at the Regatta in 1828 in one of our previous catalogues. This portrait is a very exciting piece of yachting memorabilia as well as a superb work of art in its own right.
The Artist
George Hillyard Swinstead...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Paintings
Materials
Paint
An attractive watercolour painting of Brighton’s RNLI life boat house
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An attractive watercolour painting of Brighton’s RNLI life boat house by its architect, C.H. Cooke, the sturdy rectangular building sited below the promenade with the bows of a life ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Pair of Davenport Admiral Lord Nelson Terracotta Wine Coolers
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Pair of Davenport Admiral Lord Nelson Terracotta Wine Coolers, each relief moulded with a portrait of Admiral Viscount Nelson, in full uniform and medals, between two acorn-bearing oak boughs on one side and a naval panoply on the reverse. The rim comprises tied reeds with twin dolphin-mask handles attached to the sides. English, circa 1815.
Two very similar examples from the collection of Horatio, third Lord Nelson, are illustrated in an article titled ‘Nelson Relics and Relic Hunters’ in The Windsor Magazine, Vol. XX. June-November 1904, p.519. (See also page 4.) A thirdwith a paper label stating ‘Exceedingly rare (Lockett)’ was exhibited at the Hanley Museum, item No.1721 (see Britain on the High Seas, from Nelson to Churchill, p.71, Wick Antiques...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Terracotta
A Fine Quality Amboyna George IV Writing Table, Attributed to Morel and Seddon
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The overhanging rectangular top with rounded corners veneered almost entirely in amboyna with a wide crossbanding of rosewood. Under the top is a narrow frieze, and the table is supp...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Amboyna
A large and fine pair of rosewood Regency armchairs
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and fine pair of rosewood Regency armchairs, each with square backs and shell and scroll carved cresting rail, scrolling lion’s head arm supports and turned, gadrooned legs, ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood
A plaster military trophy panel from the Duke of Gordon’s house in Edinburgh
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A plaster military trophy panel from the Duke of Gordon’s house in Edinburgh, the panel carved with a panoply including a shield, quiver, wrapped standard and sword, all within an oa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plaster, Oak
A fine pair of unusual ormolu mounted Chinese porcelain vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of unusual ormolu mounted Chinese porcelain vases, each painted in famille rose enamels and gilt, of baluster form with a pleated neck and fo-dog handles, applied with gi...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Vases
Materials
Ormolu
An Adam Period Armchair from the Suite made for the Duke of Newcastle at Clumber
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Adam Period Armchair from the Suite made for the Duke of Newcastle at Clumber Park c.1775 , of Hepplewhite design with an oval back centred on an anthemion, curved fluted arms, al...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Armchairs
Materials
Leather
A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken, on an easterly course on starboard taking, passing Cowes., Inscribed in white ‘H. M. Y. Britannia, No. 10785, ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Photography
Materials
Paper
A late George III mahogany tea caddy
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late George III mahogany tea caddy, of rectangular form the hinged top opening to reveal three compartments with sliding lids, with silver mounts including a foliate scroll handle,...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
A late Victorian satinwood wheel back settee in the Chippendale style
By Wright and Mansfield
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Victorian satinwood wheel back settee in the Chippendale style, attributed to Wright and Mansfield, the back comprising two open work wheels on either side of an openwork spl...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Settees
Materials
Satinwood
A Georgian Chippendale period gilt-wood mirror
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Georgian Chippendale period gilt-wood mirror, the original rectangular mirror plate with rounded corners within an openwork carved gilt-wood frame comprising rocailles, pendant flo...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
