Summer 2014 Maritime Sale Preview
Brian Goodison-Blanks previews the next exciting Maritime Sale, which will be held
at our Westcountry saleroom complex in Exeter on Wednesday, 11th June 2014. The
lots on offer include a handwritten note by Admiral Lord Nelson and an impressive
service medal collection for Admiral Sir George Willies Watson (1827-1897).
George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (1806-1884) - Queenstown, Cork, Picking Up the
Pilot (MA14/231) offered in our Maritime Auction starting on 11th June 2014 at our
salerooms in Exeter, Devon.
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood's next
Maritime Auction
of 11th June 2014 has a good selection for collectors on offer. The
maritime ceramics
section contains twenty lots of
Tek Sing cargo
from the Amoy trader that sank off the Indonesian coast in 1822. Salvaged in 1999,
some of the pieces are in remarkable condition given the length of time they lay
at the bottom on Belvidere shoals.
There are twenty lots of Chinese porcelain in the Maritime Sale, salvaged from the
Tek Sing wreck, some in remarkably good condition.
Many pieces have local and historical interest and in particular the
Hughes &
Sons sextant
(MA14/80) presented to Mr R Hall of the
SS Trevessa
by Brixham Baptist Church. After sinking on 4th June 1923, the crew spent
the next 26 days in open life boats on the open sea, their story becoming the biggest
news story of 1923.
The Hughes & Sons sextant (MA14/80) presented to Mr R Hall, a survivor
from
the SS Trevessa that perished on 4th June 1923. The sinking became the biggest news
story of the year.
Early ships
instruments and chronometers
are still one of the strongest sections within the sale, as the
two day marine chronometer
by Charles Shepherd
demonstrates (MA14/89). Shepherd is perhaps better know for fitting the first master
and slave clocks that used the dropping of the Greenwich ball in 1852.
A Charles Shepherd chronometer (MA14/89) that will be offered in the Maritime
Sale in Exeter with Live Online Bidding in June 2014.
As well as a selection of
scrimshaw and sailors woolwork
(MA14/133), the sale also has a strong
Nelson
connection. A handwritten note by Nelson
dated 1803 (MA14/147) should attract a great deal of interest, as should the
impressive
'Foudroyant' wall cabinet
made from salvaged ships timbers (MA14/179).
The impressive service medal group of Admiral Sir George Willies Watson (MA14/155)
that is included in the Summer 2014 Maritime Sale, which will be held at our Westcountry
saleroom complex in Exeter and online.
The impressive career and
service medal group of Admiral Sir George Willies Watson
(1827-1897)
is further enhanced by a collection of personal effects and scrap book that
highlights life in the Royal navy during the 19th century (MA14/155)
The Nelson theme continues within the
maritime models
section of the sale with a
19th century model of HMS Nelson
(MA14/199) while the
maritime pictures
section has two maritime scenes by notable Irish artists including
George Mounsey
Wheatley Atkinson
(MA14/231).
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