LARGE DUTCH MICRO BEADED BAG EARLY 19TH C

HEAVY STERLING FRAME , INNER PURSE IN KID LEATHER
EARLY 19TH C HALLMARKED

STANDISH MOUNTED WITH A KIWI CA 1880

CA 1880

3 SILVER AGRICULTURAL MEDALS AWARDED TO SIR HEATON RHODES

 3 SILVER AGRICULTURAL MEDALS AWARDED TO SIR HEATON RHODES

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Robert Heaton Rhodes was born in New Zealand on 27 February 1861 at Purau, a farming locality on the shore of Lyttelton Harbour.
Heaton Rhodes moved to Christchurch with his parents in 1866, where his father built a large house, Elmwood, on Papanui Road. He attended Mrs Alabaster's school in Cranmer Square.. He was then sent to England About 1880 Rhodes entered Brasenose College in the University of Oxford. Completing his MA in 1887, he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple, London, but in 1888 returned to New Zealand, where he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court in Christchurch.
His father's death in 1884 made him an exceptionally wealthy young man, enabling him to give up the law and adopt a new career as a farmer and country gentleman.
From about 1893 Rhodes bought farmland near Taitapu, nine miles south of Christchurch; the farm eventually comprised some 5,000 acres. Rhodes commissioned Frederick Strouts, architect of his new house at Elmwood (the previous one burned down in 1882), to design a grand country house. The result, completed in 1895, was a three-storeyed 40-room timber and slate house, Otahuna.
Otahuna soon became a popular venue for the garden parties of Canterbury's social élite, and for polo matches, in which Rhodes was a keen and expert participant. But his main preoccupation for the next decade was the design and planting of a large garden.
Heaton Rhodes took a close personal interest in this remarkable garden, and from his intimate knowledge of its shrubs and flowers he became an expert horticulturist, much in demand as a judge at flower shows in Canterbury. He was elected president of the Canterbury Horticultural Society in 1903, and held this post for the next 53 years. Otahuna soon became famous for its fields of daffodils, and on open days between 1928 and 1954 thousands of people visited. Surplus bulbs were donated to the Christchurch Hospital and the Government Domain (later the Botanic Gardens), forming the nucleus of the daffodil beds which now line the Avon River.
Rhodes was highly respected as a model farmer, and was elected president of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association for 1896. In 1898 he established the first herd of Norfolk red poll cattle in New Zealand, and championed the merits of this breed so well that he became the first president of the New Zealand Red Poll Cattle Breeders' Association in 1921. Otahuna was also noted for its fine flocks of English Leicester and Corriedale sheep,



In 1920 Rhodes was appointed minister of defence. He was instrumental in helping to establish what became the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Rhodes was also appointed commissioner of state forests in 1922. In these years the foundations were laid for New Zealand's future exotic timber industry.
Rhodes obviously enjoyed the role of benevolent country squire. Each year on prize-giving day he sent buckets of cherries to Tai Tapu School, and on Christmas Day he visited all of his employees on the Otahuna estate, with a leg of lamb for the wives, cash for the men and sweets for the children. Otahuna was the venue for one of Canterbury's first demonstrations of aerial top-dressing
Few New Zealanders have achieved such prominence or popularity, received such high honours, or been more sincerely admired and respected in their own lifetime than Heaton Rhodes. Blessed with intelligence, talent, good looks and wealth, he made the most of his advantages. He excelled at many things, and is remembered in Canterbury as the province's outstanding public figure of this century. Bishop Warren's tribute referred to 'a quality of gentleness and quiet charm,' coupled with friendliness and helpfulness which endeared him to many. Daffodils still bloom at Otahuna, and the house itself remains his most tangible monument.

NZ SILVER PRESENTAION TROWEL 1913 CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL

 10 inches long, marked "STG.SILVER"

STERLING SILVER TROPHY BY KOHN WELLINGTON

HORN AND SILVER TABLE SNUFF MULL

Unusual sterling silver mounted horn table snuff mull in the shape of a Scottish powder horn engraved Edward and Emanuel, Silversmiths to the Queen, The Hard, Portsea.
hallmarked London 1852, 13 inches wide
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A PAIR OF SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN AND HIDE TANKARDS

A pair of silver mounted tankards with  Rhinoceros horn handles and Rhinoceros hide covered bodies, Ca 1930, 5 1/2 inches high
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER MODEL OF A SINO-JAPANESE TURRET SHIP

Qing dynasty silver model of turret ship from the Sino Japanese war ca 1895 15 inches x 9 1/2 inches, mounted  on a carved wooden sea and contained in a glass case.
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THANKS WASHINGTON
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INDIAN TURBAN ORNAMENT

Mughal Sarpech set with uncut diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, now mounted as a brooch. 4 3/4 inches long, very impressive !

SILVER ROSEWATER BOTTLE Ca1850

Indian 8 inches high 356gms
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SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER Ca1850

305 gms Indian silver 8 inches
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JAPANESE MEJI EXPORT SILVER, SAMURAI SHOKAI

A large Japanese export silver tea pot and sugar, decorated in deep repousse with iris in water. Signed: "SAMURAI SHOKAI" and '1000' (pure silver) on the base. Date: 1868-1912
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GEO II STERLING BEER JUG LONDON 1736

STERLING BEER JUG, 1736, 5 1/2 INCHES HIGH 14OZ , CREST AND INITIALS ENGRAVED ON FRONT, NICE HEAVY DOUBLE SCROLL ACANTHUS HANDLE, NICE PATINA, MAKER J.L LONDON sold

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RARE TAURANGA SPORTS CLUB BADGE

RARE TAURANGA SPORTS CLUB BADGE
Tauranga Sports Club badge in sterling silver designed by Major General Horatio Gordon Robley and executed by Wellington silversmiths Littlejohn and Sons, Ca 1900, depicting Tomileo Te Mutu of Tauranga and mentioned in a letter from Robley to Horace Fildes, see excerpt from letter below.This is an exceedingly rare and unique item which incorporates the work of one of New Zealands' most colorful and distinguished artists and the skill of one of New Zealands well known colonial silversmiths, Littlejohn and Sons of Wellington. Measures 35mm x 12.5mm

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LARGE NZ SILVER BEAKER BY PETERSEN, CHRISTCHURCH

RARE EXAMPLE OF THE NEW ZEALAND SILVERSMITHS CRAFT BY B. PETERSEN, CHRISTCHURCH, CA 1863, ONE PINT, 125mm TALL BY 90mm WIDE, GILT INTERIOR.



information kindly provided by Canterbury museum as follows..........

"my research indicates that it is related to the Canterbury Grandstand 1863 medal we believed it belonged originally to Robert Chapman. My notes for him are:

Robert Chapman, the first owner of Springbank Station (October 1851). He was a significant breeder of merino sheep and was a judge at the first Canterbury A & P Show in 1859 at Shepherd's Bush. He also judged cattle at the first Canterbury A & P Show in Christchurch, after the founding of a permanent Association - this was in 1863. The showground encompassed 14 acres, part of which is now Sydenham Park. I believe that medal could have been given to Chapman as a token of his judging activities at that first A & P Show, or as one of the early members of the Association, to allow admission to the members' grandstand. I speculate that the cup (which dates from about the same period or slightly later) might come from the same source "

Jennifer Quérée
Senior Curator, Decorative Arts Collections
Canterbury Museum

AGRICULTURAL TROPHY NEW ZEALAND 1889

AGRICULTURAL TROPHY NEW ZEALAND 1889, STG SILVER 235MM HIGH, ENGRAVING ATTRIBUTED TO AW JONES CHRISTCHURCH

STERLING SILVER TROPHY BELT( SHOOTING)

Rare New Zealand interest Trophy Belt, presented by the Nelson Licensed Victualers Ca 1871. Jones &Co, Birmingham Presentation plaques date from 1880 to 1887 and are all New Zealand made. Original case, great condition.

IMPORTANT REGIMENTAL SILVER FROM THE PENNINSULAR WARS CA 1812

Important regimental silver from the 52nd Foot, presented to the widow of Captain William Jones who fell at Badajoz 6th April 1812 and acquired from the Family of Capt Wm Rintoul, his close friend.


Captain William Jones, 52nd Foot, was a hero, he served in the Peninsula with the 52nd Foot, and was present at Busaco,Ciudad Rodrigo Badajoz. His heroic deeds were much written about in the 19th century in numerous books.

He is credited with saving the life of Lord Wellington !

an exerpt from

A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS, by Charlotte Yonge 1864

"on the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, in 1812, by the
British army under Wellington, Captain William Jones, of the 52nd
Regiment, having captured a French officer, employed his prisoner in
pointing out quarters for his men. The Frenchman could not speak
English, and Captain Jones--a fiery Welshman, whom it was the fashion in
the regiment to term 'Jack Jones'--knew no French; but dumb show
supplied the want of language, and some of the company were lodged in a
large store pointed out by the Frenchman, who then led the way to a
church, near which Lord Wellington and his staff were standing. But no
sooner had the guide stepped into the building than he started back,
crying, 'Sacre bleu!' and ran out in the utmost alarm. The Welsh
captain, however, went on, and perceived that the church had been used
as a powder-magazine by the French; barrels were standing round, samples
of their contents lay loosely scattered on the pavement, and in the
midst was a fire, probably lighted by some Portuguese soldiers.
Forthwith Captain Jones and the sergeant entered the church, took up the
burning embers brand by brand, bore them safe over the scattered powder,
and out of the church, and thus averted what might have been the most
terrific disaster that could have befallen our army. [Footnote: The
story has been told with some variation, as to whether it was the embers
or a barrel of powder that he and the sergeant removed. In the Record
of the 52d it is said to have been the latter; but the tradition the
author has received from officers of the regiment distinctly stated that
it was the burning brands, and that the scene was a reserve magazine--
not, as in the brief mention in Sir William Napier's History, the great
magazine of the town"


an extract from

"DEEDS THAT WON THE EMPIRE" HISTORIC BATTLE SCENES BY W. H. FITCHETT

"One of the dramatic episodes of the fight at this juncture is that of Captain Jones, known in his regiment as "Jack Jones" of the 52nd. Jones was a fiery Welshman, and led his company in the rush on General Simon's column. The French were desperately trying to deploy, a chef-de-bataillon giving the necessary orders with great vehemence. Jones ran ahead of his charging men, outstripping them by speed of foot, challenged the French officer with a warlike gesture to single combat, and slew him with one fierce thrust before his own troops, and the 52nd, as they came on at the run, saw the duel and its result, were lifted by it to a mood of victory, and raised a sudden shout of exultation, which broke the French as by a blast of musketry fire."

GEORGE GAWLER also wrote of Jones

"I was the Ensign of the Storming Party of the 52nd, of which Jones was the Captain, and Brook and McNair the Lieutenants. We formed for the assault at the little bridge over the left bank of the Rivellas, a mile or so from the breaches. I was ordered to take charge of the six ladders at the extreme head of the stormers. We moved on rather rapidly, and saw no other parties on the way. The town clock loudly and heartily tolled ten just after the breaching batteries had suddenly ceased. A sharp fire of musketry was sounding far away to the right, but besides this all was still.

I planted the leading ladder, and went down it; the other ladders followewd very quickly. The last ladder was not steady when the enemy's fire opened. The light was most brilliant. I saw distinctly all the ditch to the Bastion of Santa Maria on the left, and along a good part of tlie counterscarp of the proper left face of the ravelin. I scrambled immediately to the top of the ravelin to look for the way to the centre breach, having had no orders to attack any in particular ; and on the top of the parapet of the proper left face was struck by a musket ball on the bone of the right knee, and rolled over the left face of the ravelin into three or four feet of water. Just as I fell, the discharge of a field piece from the flank of Santa Maria passed close to me, pointed, very probably, at the head of tlie 4th Division stormers, who might at this moment have been making their first attempt to descend the counterscarp opposite La Trinidad."

another exerpt

"While the forlorn hope waited to assault Badajoz in 1812, Maj O'Hare of the 95th Regiment confided to Capt Jones of the 52nd that he felt depressed. ‘Tut, tut man!’ replied Jones. ‘I have the same sort of feeling, but keep it down with a drop of the cratur’, and passed his calabash"


He also has a chapter devoted to him in "Recollections of an Old 52nd Man" by Captain John Dobbs.


The silver consists of a pair of salts with 52nd crests, with spoons, salts 1811 by Story & Elliot, the salt spoons1805 by Eley, Fearns &Chawner.

The mustard pot with original blue glass liner,1809, by TW Mathews the mustard spoon1809 by Eley, Fearns &Chawner .

The engraved teaspoon 1804 s by Hennel reads "Captain Wm Rintoul 52nd Foot the gift of Captain Jones The night before the seige of Badajoz where he fell, 6th April 1812"

Rintouls' mess spoon Dublin 1827 W Cummins

4 rat tail spoons Dublin 1789 by John Power

Russian Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case

Russian Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case,CA 1910 Pan Slavic Style, Set with enamel and various stones. Hallmarked Moscow 84 silver standard, with master's initials Cyrillic 'P.M" for Peter Milyukov. Peter Milyukov owned a silver workshop in Moscow between 1877 and 1912SOLD thank you Moscow