THE WINTER CHATSWORTH FINE ART & ANTIQUE SALE December 3rd & 4th, 2025

32 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 Military Interest 225. Naval Interest: A collection of brass ‘Ship’ Pocket Compasses, with hinged covers, and also three commemorative items including two pocket compasses and eyepiece, as a lot. (a lot) €120 - €140 226. An unusual circular brass Centerpiece / Tazza or Fruit Bowl, the rim adorned with Celtic crosses, rams heads, masks and other decorations, 32cms diameter x 10cms high (12½” x 4”); also a large brass Desk Cannon, and a smaller ditto on wooden stands. (3) €130 - €180 227. Naval Interest: A 19th Century bronze and embossed makers Badge, for Marine Engineers ‘Ellott and Garrood - (Makers & Batentees) Beccles, Suffolk England’, with pierce holes and Royal Cypher, stamped size F.H., No. 1354, C’ship unknown, as is. (1) * Elliot and Garrood where founded in 1868, they pioneered the manufacturing of steam captons. They closed operations in 1978. €80 - €120 228. A late 18th Century Flintlock Dueling Pistol, by Bumford, London, with brass butt, silver inlaid body and ramrod, 34cms (13½”) long; a smaller Naval Percussion Pistol, and a small Percussion Pocket Pistol, as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 229. Medal: Scottish Interest [Curling], a rare 19th Century Medal, the obverse depicting figures playing Curling, Signed ‘Sclatter’, the reverse inscribed ‘Royal Caledonian Curling Club - District Medal, Instituted 25th July 1838’. As a Medal. (1) €100 - €150 230. Medals: Sporting [G.A.A., Co. Waterford] a silver pierced circular Medal with enamel shield overlay, the reverse inscribed ‘Comortas na mban Scoil F.N. Padraig (D.L.S.) de la Salle a bhuaidh 1940; hallmarked; together with another silver shield shaped Medal (uninscribed). (2) €80 - €100 231. A pair of brass Military Badges, Scots Guards, WorldWar II and a Turkana Tribal Fighting Knife. (3) €40 - €60 232. A heavy brass ‘Oglaigh na hEireann,’ Belt Buckle, in two parts, issued by Prov. Committee; a “Seirbhis Naisuinta,”Medal and other small items of military interest. As a lot. (1) €200 - €300 233. Medal: Military [WorldWar 1] Australian Infantry - a George V ‘For Bravery in the Field,’Medal, awarded to ‘3391, Sjt. M. O’Keefe, 52 Aust.(ralian) Infantry,’ with ornate suspension (lacks ribbon). (1) €180 - €220 234. Militaria: [Medals, W.W.2] a cased set of 5 Medals, awarded to M.J. Harney (QX20176) including The African Star, The 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, Africa Service Medal and TPI 1964 - Disabled Soldiers Medal, all with ribbons, as a collection, framed. (1) €200 - €300 235. Militaria: AWorldWar Two issue MG15, standard flexible mount Machine Gun, (as is). Used by German Bombers from 1939-1941 as the main defensive armament. (1) €180 - €220 236. A 19th Century Japanese long Sword, with marks on top of ‘Kamakura’ period (but later) maker ‘ Nagakado,’ with wooden scabbard and ornate bird design tang with small knife lock, approx. 79cms (31”) long. (1) €300 - €500 235 232 236 233 237. Richmond Markes, British (fl. c. 1860-1880) H.M. Erebus in the Ice Flows,”watercolour, approx. 20cms x 44cms (8” x 17¼”), Signed lower right, mounted, gilt frame. (1) * Commanded by Captain Sir John Franklin and Captain Francis Crozier, during an attempt to navigate and map a Northwest Passage through the arctic, both the Erebus and Terror were trapped by ice, deserted and sank thereafter. €700 - €900 234