Military Antiques

MILITARY CHEST MAHOGANY

LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY MILITARY CHEST ON BUN FEET AND WITH CARRYING HANDLES. USEFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION HEIGHT WIDTH DEPTH

19thC wonderful large solid oak and brass bound campaign type travelling box with original key.

19th century lovely large solid oak campaign or military style travelling box with original key. With the original brass fittings to corners, strapwork, recessed side handles, hinges, escutcheon and cartouche, as well as the original lock and key. This is a large and solidly built box, which is most decorative, and very useful for collectables, papers, or even a family bible. Size-15.25 inches by 12.5 inches by 6 inches high. A lovely example, in very good condition.

Antique RAF Wall Clock

An original RAF oak-cased wall clock with an eight-day pendulum movement by Elliott. Circa 1930-1945

Portrait of Brigadier J. Muirhead M.C of Boath, Auldearn, Nairn, Scotland by William Dring 1904-1990

signed and dated 1940 oil on canvas 30 x 25in. English painter, born on 26 January. Dring studied at the Slade School of Art during the 1920s. He painted both portraits and landscapes, working in watercolour, pastels and oil. Like Charles E. Turner (1883–1965) and Bernard Hailstone (1910–87), Dring is most well known now for the works he painted during the Second World War. His employment as an Official War Artist involved the painting of many portraits of soldiers and officers, and he represented them both individually and in groups. Many of these are now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London. Dring’s soft pastel technique seems to have caught his sitters apparently unposed, represented in moments of reflection or at work at their posts. None catch the viewer’s eye; most are pervaded by a sympathetic atmosphere of introspection. His larger, painted portraits, such as that of Lieutenant-Commander Harry Hall, DSO DSC, made between 1942 and 1945 (National Maritime Museum, London), incorporate a similar sympathy with modern pictorial devices, attesting to Dring’s peacetime interest in his contemporaries’ progressive artistic movements: Hall’s artic dress is represented in almost abstract blocks of plain colour. Dring’s skill was later recognised in his election as Associate of the Society of Painters in Watercolours.

George III Military Writing Slope C1800

A large and rare George III period brass bound ,military style mahogany writing slope circa 1800 . 21"x11"x8" / 53cmx28cmx20cm . The interior has fitted drawers and compartments and original ink bottle . It has a side drawer and is fitted with flush hinged brass handles . Fine example in good original condition . Viewing available . Worldwide P&p .

Portrait of Prince Virginio Orsini; Follower of Jacob Ferdinand Voet

Oil on canvas; Prince VIRGINIO ORSINI, Knight of Malta,of the ducal family of Bracciano, born 1615; died 21 August, 1676. He renounced his birthright in his youth, entered the military order of the Knights of Malta, (in the portrait he wears their symbol, the Maltese Cross), and more than once distinguished himself in the war against the Turks by his reckless bravery. In December, 1641, Pope Urban VIII raised him to the dignity of Cardinal, and appointed him Protector of the Polish as well as of the Portuguese Orient. He was commissioned to direct the building of the new fortifications with which Urban VIII enclosed the Leonine City and a quarter of Trastevere, and which are still in existence. In 1675 he became Cardinal Bishop of Frascati, but died the following year. The ORSINIS were one of the most ancient and distinguished families of the Roman nobility, whose members often played an important rôle in the history of Italy, particularly in that of Rome and of the Papal States. They had large possessions in Italy and were the rulers of numerous and important dominions, fortified towns, and strongholds. In Rome, the Orsini were the hereditary enemies of the equally distinguished Colonna: in the great medieval conflict between papacy and empire, the latter were for the most part on the side of the emperor and the leaders of the Ghibelline party, while the Orsini were ordinarily champions of the papacy and leaders of the Guelph party. The Orsini gave three popes to the Church -- Celestine III, Nicholas III, and Benedict XIII -- as well as many cardinals and numerous bishops and prelates. Other members of the family distinguished themselves in political history as warriors or statesmen, and others won renown in the fields of art and science. They influenced in a very prominent manner the general historical development of that time. JACOB FERDINAND VOET (1639 - c.1700) was a Flemish painter who made his career in Rome in the second half of the 17th century. He was an expert portrait painter who combined solid Flemish professionalism with stylistic features from French and Italian Baroque portraiture. Little is known of Voet's early life in Antwerp. He arrived in Rome in 1663, probably via France. Voet became a much sought-after portrait painter to the Papal court and the Roman aristocracy. Certain Englishmen who visited Rome on their Grand Tour, also commissioned Voet to paint their portraits. Voet specialized in half-length portraits, in which all attention is concentrated on the subject, who emerges from a neutral, dark background. He was a sophisticated master of his medium, painting with an effortless accuracy and a fluid ease. Voet's subjects tend to have a reflective expression. Usually they have very striking, memorable eyes, always large and evocative. SIZE: canvas 25.75 x 21.25 inches PROVENANCE: Italian Private Collection

Military Officer's Drinks Cabinet in Light Oak Case

Military Officer's Drinks Cabinet in Light Oak Case. Dimensions : W-23 (cm)

19th Century Military Chest of Drawers

19th Century teak military chest of drawers with brass & iron fittings. Condition: Good no splits feet missing! Dimensions: H 90cm W 108cm W 51cm

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