25th August 2026 at 10:00
The 19th Century Sale featuring Napoleonica and the Glorious Peace of 1814 & Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
This Collector’s Auction will feature a fabulous single-owner collection of Souvenirs from the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, collated by Richard and Susan Wales, comprising Silver, Silver Plate, Sweetheart Brooches, Medallions and Coins, Artworks, Prints & Etchings, Furniture, Glass, Ceramics, Ephemera and much more, plus a single-owner collection relating to the 'Glorious Peace' 1814.
We are currently consigning for future 2026 'Collectors' Auctions. For further information, please email Adam@specialauctionservices.com or call 01635 580595.
Order of Auction
Auction Start – 10:00 Tuesday 25th August 2026
Lots 001 to 251 - Napoleonica and the Glorious Peace of 1814
Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
Lots 252 to 292 - Silver & Silver Plate
Lots 293 to 309 - Sweetheart Brooches
Lots 310 to 355 - Medallions
Lots 356 to 392 - Decorative Arts
Lots 393 to 455 - Ceramics
Lots 456 to 467 - Furniture
Lots 468 to 484 - Textiles
Lots 485 to 498 - Books & Paper Ephemera
Lots 499 to 513 - Artwork & Framed Items
End of Auction
Lot 1
Fine 19th Century Portrait Print of "Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-D'Autriche Reine de France"
Sold for £30
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 4
A scarce contemporary hand-coloured aquatint depicting the Storming of the Bastille 1789
Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 6
Execution of Louis XVI "Supplice de Louis XVI place de la Révolution 21 Janvier 1793"
Unsold
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 11
A quantity of Napoleonic era issues of the 'London Gazette' circa 1792-1813
Sold for £100
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 12
An early Napoleonic Era propaganda anthology "The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin" 1801
Sold for £30
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 17
"Buonaparte" a very early portrait print of the young General Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Sold for £70
Estimated at £150 - £180
Lot 18
"Bonaparte. Premier Consul de La Republique Francaise" etching with original hand-colour
Sold for £40
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 19
"NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE" as First Consul of the French Republic
Sold for £60
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 20
Fine antique portrait print of "Napoleon Bonaparte in his Domestic Retreat at Malmaison"
Unsold
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 26
Curious Napoleonic astrology book "The Nativity of Bonaparte" by John Worsdale
Unsold
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 29
Two interesting antique wine or cordial glassed with crowned "N" cyphers within laurel wreaths
Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 30
A portrait print of Joséphine de Beauharnais Empress of the French
Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 36
Portrait print of "The Right Honorable William Pitt [1759-1806]"
Unsold
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 37
A Regency Gilt-Brass Portrait Plaque of William Pitt in papier mâché frame circa 1806
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 41
Comprehensive Regency reference book "The Royal Kalendar for the Year 1814" etc
Sold for £40
Estimated at £40 - £50
Lot 45
French Bronze "Séjour d'Alex à Paris" Medal for Russian Tsar Emperor Alexander I
Sold for £90
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 54
"Déclaration Du Roi [King Louis XVIII]" ("Declaration of Saint-Ouen") May 1814
Unsold
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 55
Engravings of "Abdication de Napoleon" "Fontainebleau" Exile to Elba etc (3)
Sold for £30
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 56
Lord George Byron (1788-1824) his published poem "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte"
Unsold
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 62
A silver very early "irregulières" form of the Louis XVIII "La Décoration du Lys"
Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 63
A German silver spoon cast "FRIEDE / D 30 MAI / 1814" commemorating the Peace of Paris
Unsold
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 64
A German silver spoon cast "FRIEDE / D 30 MAI / 1814" commemorating the Peace of Paris
Unsold
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 65
A small satirical bronze caricature figure sculpture of King Louis XVIII Circa 1814
Sold for £90
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 67
"Entrée de sa majesté Louis XVIII à Paris le 3 mai 1814" (the return of the French monarchy)
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 69
A decorative imprint of Louis XVIII and "La Charte Constitutionnelle du 4 Juin 1814"
Unsold
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 71
A rare 1814 reverse glass print "Britannia's Triumph on the Restoration of Peace"
Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 72
A George III or Regency Era verre églomisé miniature commemorating "Peace" circa 1814
Sold for £320
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 74
"A Narrative of the Grand Festival, at Yarmouth, on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814"
Sold for £50
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 79
An illustrated poem or broadside balled sheet "On Peace" by "Mr. Fox" 1814
Sold for £180
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 81
A letterpress handbill for the "Celebration of Peace" at Welshpool 14th June 1814
Unsold
Estimated at £40 - £50
Lot 82
A ticket to the Peace Festival at Cromhall (Gloucestershire) August 12 1814
Sold for £60
Estimated at £30 - £40
Lot 83
A scarce ticket to the Cambridge 'Peace' banquet on Parker's Piece July 12 1814
Unsold
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 84
A handbill relating to the 1814 "Peace Festival" at Poole in Dorset
Sold for £30
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 91
A pinchbeck seal with a carved amethyst matrix commemorating 'Peace' circa 1814
Sold for £140
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 92
A rare 1814 gilded-bronze Peace of Paris medal badge or pendant
Sold for £140
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 94
A very large Regency era engraved glass rummer commemorating 'Peace' and dated '1814'
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 95
An 1814 Bristol Pottery "Peace of Paris" commemorative jug
Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 96
Four Regency era bat printed pearlware cups and saucers commemorative of "Peace"
Sold for £50
Estimated at £80 - £120