The gallery presents an assortment of images of very varied items. Some are offered elsewhere on the website in one of our collections: these are marked “For sale” in the caption.. Others are items already sold or awaiting cataloguing. By clicking on the image a larger view will appear and you are able in most cases to see a brief caption. This is a very personal selection of items which we hope may be of some interest to visitors to the website and you are welcome to ask questions about any item by emailing batesandhindmarch@gmail.com or telephoning 01242 573767 or mobile 07966 176839. Gallery last updated 22nd September 2020
9th Bengal Cavalry, Hodson's Horse, porcelain disc circa 1860s. For salePrince Aly Khan, son of Aga Khan III. SOLDThe first Indian & Muslim to win a V.C. SOLD March 2019Unusual oil portait. For saleNorthamptonshire Regt. Officer's badge on a blue cloth helmet 1881-1901. For saleH H the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda circa 1877. SOLD May 2019MYSORE. Embossed arsm of the Maharaja on an invitation. For sale.Maharajas Ganga Singh of Biknaner & Pratap Singhof Idar and Jodhpur in a 1911 Durbar album. SOLD Feb 2020Detail from a cavalry photograph, probably Hyderabad. Sold December 2018Hunting trophies in Northern India. SOLD Marh 202018th Bengal Lancers polo team with other photographs of their trophies . Sold march 2020East India Company FOR SALEark or chop on a surgeon's instrument box. Maharaja of Kishengarh. For saleSikh Head Priest and group. An image in the Royal Tour of 1905-6 album by Johnston and Hoffmann. For sale.Indian officers on the verso of a portrait of the Viceroy, Lord Curzon. For saleRA hlemet plate on a home pattern helmet. For sale.Bhopal state armsPunjab Medal 1848-9. A glazed silver gilt specimen. For SaleAn ADC to the Viceroy wearing a Mutiny Medal. SOLD March 2020HH Mharaja GAnga Singh of Bikaner, 1896. Sold August 18th 2020Seringapatam Medal 1799. Silver gilt issue given to Field Officers/ For saleCadets at Rajkumar College. SOLD March 2020Pair of miniatures to Col F C Wemyss of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. For saleMadras commission, early 19th century. SOLD March 2020Coldstream Guards officer's sword with uniform. SOLD August 2018Royal Sussex Regiment. Cabinet card of a young subaltern. For SaleDehra Dun. Tea Time for Planters in 1880. FSOLD March 2020Lord Minto arriving by motor car to view the Alwar stables 1909. SOLD MARCH 2020Sowar of the 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, circa 1830. H H Lt Col Sir Pratap Singh, KCSI, , Maharaja of Idar, circa 1897 . SOLD September 2018Hallmarked silver Bramham Moor Hunt 1860/ For saleSurma Valley Light Horse, large white metal button. SOLD October 20196th Vol Bn Gordon Highlanders, For sale21st Empress of India's Lancers. Military hunt waistcoat. SOLD December 2019Vellum bound book with arms of Amsterdam. For saleWedding group including the Viceroy, Lord Mayo, 1869-72. For sale Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior in mantle of Star of India. SOLD March 2020Officer of the Seaforth Highlanders, circa 1912. SOLD March 2020Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikamer, circa 1906. Sold Nov 2018Seal of Garter King Arms on an envelope which contained a grant of CSI - for sale together in Manuscripts collectionRoyal Company of Archers button. For saleCentral India Horse, officer's button. SOLD October 2019Harry Cumming-Bruce, [later Baron Thurlow] Seaforth Highlanders as ADC to Governor of Palestine. For saleFine 19th framed portrait of a Moghul Princess. For saleGen Lord Kitchener of Khatoum, a signed portrait taken at the 1903 Delhi Durbar. SOLD Feb 2020Maharaja of Vizianagram, a Bourne & Shepherd cdv from a small. For sale in Indian Princes collection. A senior officer wearing a Waterloo medal by J E Ford/#. For saleIllustration in a Durbar Souvenir. SOLD Feb 2020Lord Mayo's Calcutta Opera Ticket. On his person whem he was assassinated in1872Capt Frederick Makgill-Crichton-Maitland, Gordon Highlanders. A signed Edwardian portrait in dress uniform. SOLD6th KingEdward's Own Cavalry, a lieutenant colonel circa 1920. SOLD March 2020The Resident's Escort, Nepal 26mm. FOR SALE. Northamptonshire & Rutland Militia officer's large silver plated button . Listed shortlyPair of presentation portraits of King Emperor George V and Queen Mary in leather frames. Sold.JAIPUR Embossewds arms on a 1939 greeting's card from the Maharaja. FOR SALEMRI Cypher of the Queen Empress Mary .SOLD2nd Bengal Lancers, Gardner's Horse. A good triple portrait. SOLD 12th June 2018Menu holder engraved for the Prince of Wales's visit to Gwalior in February 1922. SOLD January 2019York Volunteers. A silver gilt gorget of the 1790s. For saleNapoleon as First Consul, original aquatint of 1802.. SOLD March 2020HRH the Prince of Wales [later George V]. Detail from a phtograph in the Durbars collection. Sold July 2018Junagadh. A nobleman photograhed in 1892 by Poochee. Foir saleH H Raja of Chamba 1905 [right]. For SaleLarge silver medal given on the occasion of the Visit to India of HRH the Prince of Wales in 1875. SOLD April 2019Am officer's tent in the Punjab dated 1857. SOLD March 2020Edwardian RAMC officer's sword. For salePatiala. Gold embossed arms on a menu card. Unused example. For sale.Lord Curzon's signature on a formal letter from the Viceroy to H H The Begum of Bhopal. SOLD 2020Viceroy Lord Minto with the Maharaja of Alwar taking the salute at a review in 1909. For saleEmbossed seal on a letter signed by Sir John Hubback, KCSI, For sale.36th Madras NI {Rifles} pair of epaulettes Sold 14.4.2018Lord Macartney, Governor of Madras 1781-85 Armorial bookplate. SOLD January 2019 Earl of Elgin 1894 large silver presentation medal. Sold March 2020Oil Painting of Indian architectural interest. March 2020Corps of Guides & 45th Rattray's Sikhs from a large uniform print. FOR SALELord Northcote, Governor of Bombay 1899-1903 wearing the 1903 Delhi Durbar medal. SOLD Feb 202010th Madras NI. Early 19the century HEIC officer's button. For saleIndian miniature of the Diwan -i-Am in the Lal Qila or Red Fort at Delhi. For salePortrait of a Risaldar Major of the 7th Light Cavalry. SOLD August 2018Datia state armsImperial cypher on a Star of india blue armband. For saleBengal Staff Corps officer's large gilt button. For saleTrotter arms from a family scrap album. For sale jun4/1Embossed regimental badge, several others availabel at £4 each. For saleViceroy's Band. Medals named to a Sergeant. For SaleQueen's Own Corps of Guides, and unusual button.SOLD January 2020Scarce enclosure ticket for the 1911 Durbar. SOLD Feb 2020General Sir Harry Lumsden, founder of The Guides. SOLDA desk set of reference books in quarter vellum, circa 1911. For sale.Officer of the 57th Bengal NI photographed in the 1860s. For sale.. Metcalfe's House, used as a piquet during the siege of 1857, photographed shortly afterwards. SOLD March 2020Reverse of the 1903 Delhi Durbar Medal. For saleAdjutant of the Governor of Madras's Bodyguard, crca 1925, Capt Campbell Harris. SOLD May 2019Good photographic postcard of a member of the Viceroy's Body Guard. SOLD March 2019Signature of Edward, Prince of Wales on a souvenir programme of an entertainment at Bikaner. Sold January 2019Bharatpur. Arms of the State on a sword belt buckle. For sale.Bookplate of Raja Sir Sourindho Mohun Tagore. For SaleQueen Victoria's signature on a grant of an order. Edward VII stamps cancelled at the Delhi Coronation Durbar of 1903. SOLD Feb 2020An Indian cavalry officer from a group photograph in Central Provinces, 1909. SOLDDelhi Durbar 1911, The Badshah silver medal given by the Maharaja of Patiala. Not yet for saleEnvelope from the Viceroy to an Indian Prince. SOLD March 2020Cameron Highlanders. 79th. A young ensign. For sale.71st Foot, Highland Light Infantry. For saleShoulder board of A Military Knight of Windsor. For saleAllighur. The great fortress that was the taken by Lord Lake together with over 250 guns at the 1803 battle there during the Maratha Wars. A photogrpah from the 1860s. Sold May 2018H H the Maharaja of Hutwa, a Johnston & Hoffmann portrait of about 1905. SOLD March 2020Reverse of the 1875 silver medal of HRH the Prince of Wales. SOLD April 2019Bengal Irregular Cavalry Officer, SOLD June 2019Warren Hastings Impeachment ticket. SOLD March 2020Capt W A G Burns, Coldstream Guards, ADC to the Viceroy Lord Linlithgow. SOLD August 2018Capt Birdwood, Probyn's Horse. A leather case. For saleArmy of India Medal with 3 early clasps. Silver gilt specimen. SOLD November 2019Arms of the Honourable East India Company as appearing on a Covenant. Sold June 2019Indian Mutiny Medal, a glazed silver gilt specimen. SOLD March 2020Queen Victoria. 80 the Birthday presentation pendant 1898 FOR SALEEarl of Minto,unused bookplates. For sale individuallyCherat, near Peshawar, detail from a photograph of 1890s with regimental badges carved into the rock, For sale.Late Victorian cavalry officer's sword belonging to the 21st Lancers officer whose uniform appears elsewhere. For saleLord Curzon, reverse of large silver medal 1899. SOLD June 2019Minaiture of the Golden Temple at Amritsar. SOLD January 2019The Viceroy at Calcutta 1912. SOLD Feb 20201911 Durbar cancellations on an envelope tp The Hon William Skinner. SOLD Feb 20203rd Bengal Cavalry button, supplier's label of 1879/ SOLD January 2020Maharaja of Baroda, circa 1875-77. Sold October 201818th Bengal Lancers, lt col and junior subaltern from a group portrait of the officers. SOLD Feb 2020Detail from a very large portrait of a Scottish lieutenant colonel. For saleLarge collar badge on an officer's Edwardian dress tunic of the KOYLI. For saleViews in India 1835, coloured frontispiece/ SOLD March 2020Detail from a large portrait of a Prince of Tripura. SOLD March 2020From the Durbar Tour Album of 1911 . SOLD Feb 2020Arms of a Rana General on a Nepal Christmas card. SOLD March 2020Empress of India. Large silver medal. For sale.Lord Curzon. official directory for one of his annual Autumn Tours. SOLD March 2020Arms of Dujana State on a card. Sold Victorian Volunteer Officer's Decoration. Miniature shown but a full sized cased example also in stock. For SaleWaterloo period button, Scots Guards, For saleJaora State armsCentral India Horse, Colonel's dress tunic. SOLD Feb 2020embossed seal on a signed letter from Lt Col B McMahon. Military Secretary to Lord Linlithgow 1939 For saleWaterloo relic. A 79th Highlanders button worn there. For saleWorks by Sir John Malcolm in handsome bindings. SOLD March 2020Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Detail from a photograph in the Delhi Durbars catalogue. Sold July 2018Boulton's Medal for Trafalgar. For saleSir Robert Barclay KCB. A handsome armorial bookplate with the Assaye elephant shown in chief. SOLD March 2020Arms of the East India College on a certificate of 1855. For sale.HRH Edward, Prince of Wales [later Edward VII] in Grenadier Guards uniform, signed photograph. SOLD 2020Maharaj Kumar Sardul Singh of Bikaner. For sale. jun25/3Burma Railway, large 25mm white metal button. SOLD June 2019Alwar, 1909. Detail from a view across the tank from the City Palace. SOLD March 2020Lord Curzon, Viceroy, wearing Star of India mantle and insgnia at the 1903 Delhi DurbarDe Luxe versions of some of the illustarted books on Royal Tours of India. Some available from time to timeGrand Tour souvenir belt buckle. For sale in the new Antiques collectionBy appointment to Lord Curzon on a portrait taken in Mhow. Delhi Durbar 1911. Embossed crest of the Govt of Bengal.Duke of Wellington's Regt, Officer's dress tunic. SOLD March 2020Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway button. For SaleGeorge Jackson, commanding the 2nd Bengal Irregular Cavalry 1857/8 SOLDDuke of Wellington, commemorative box. For saleNeedlework Polescreen with the arms of an officer who had served at Ghuznee in 1839. SOLD 14th June 2018Large silver presentation medals [52mm diameter] of Viceroys Lord Elgin and Lord Curzon. 1894 & 1899. Curzon sold June 2019. Elgin SOLD March 2020Hardwar, a view of the temple with carved elephants in this holy city on the Ganges. Sold May 2018Unofficial gold clasp for the 1799 Seringapatam medal. SOLD2nd Madras Light Cavalry Sowar by Yellapah of Vellore. Sold June 20202Raja Sir Sourindho Mohun Tagore. For saleMysore infantry. Embossed badge. soldSir Donald Mcleod, KCSI, CB, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab 1865-70 SOLD March 20201903 Durbar. Procession of Princes. For sale.Embossed arms on printed letter from King George VI 1947. For saleArms of Maharaja of Kashmir on a letter, For saleGen Sir Robert Napier KCB. in Viceroys Collection. For Sale|A Sikh Akali warrior in "The Durbar" by Menpes. SOLD August 2018Nepal. Arms of the Maharaja of Nepal, 1940. For saleThe Master or Burleigh in Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders uniform. Portrait for saleGwalior. Hand painted portrait of Maharaja Scindia on a limited edition of 12 de luxe copies of a book on the 1905 royal visit. SoldGilt embossed royal arms on an official letter from a Viceroy of India.Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar at around the time of his accession in 1892.SOLD March 202020th Hussars. Pair of 13 inch serving spoons. For saleOfficial Viceregal letter and envelope. SOLD March 20203rd Bengal Cavalry button 1879 SOLD January 2020An aristocratic young Indian. SOLD August 2019Shoulder belt plate of the York Volunteers, 1790s.. Sold December 2018Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde. A good cdv. FOR SALEViceroy Lord Minto with his staff, circa 1907. For SOLD March 202017th Cavalry 1903-22. On a greetings's card. SOLD March 2020Maharawal of Pratabgarh, a large portrait. SOLD Macrh 2020Detail from a photograph of the Umballa wedding of Captain A R Nutt in 1908. SOLD March 2020Bharatpur, detail from a signed portrait dated 1941. For saleField Marshal Lord Kitchener, detail from a fine signed portrait. SOLD March 3030Officer's forage cap of 21st Empress of India's Lancers. SoldA Sikh Sodhee descendant of Govind Singh. SOLD March 2019Illuatration Crom Capt Williams' History of the Bengal Native Infantry, 1817. For sale Detail from a coloured print of "nd Punjab Cavalry. SOLD September 2019Seringapatam Medal in silver gilt. SOLD October 2019Bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley [[1770-1844] Orientalist and diplomat. Sold January 2019HRH Prince of Wales cdv. For saleHRH Prince of Wales later King Edward VIII] at Calcutta with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1921. SOLD 2019Central India Horse. Menu holder hallmarked London 1905.Officer of Madras Light Cavalry. SOLDThe Prince and Princess of Wales on their 1905/6 tour of India with the Maharajas of Bikamer, Alwar, and Idar. SoldMalacca cane engraved in Bombay for a Sgt in the 20th Regt. For saleEdeardian silver cigarette case with arms of Trinity College Cambridge. FOR SALERolls Royce Silver Ghost on loan to the Viceroy during WWI at Risalpur airfield. Armorial bookplate of Curzon, Barons Scarsdale. SOLD January 2019Detail of the Ensign in the last photographJAIPUR. Gold embossed arms on a greetings card. For sale.36th Madras Infantry, HEIC. detail from an officer's epaulette. Sold 14.4.208Signed portrait of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, 1926 in English silvder frasme. SOLD September 201930th Foot, Cambridgeshire Regt. Badge on an ironstone plate. SOLD January 2020Maharaja of Jaipur, portrait on occasion of his Jubilee in 1947. Portrait in a greeting's card. For SaleSir Alexander Burnes, British envoy to Cabul, who was murdered there. Sold August Warren Hastings. Trial Ticket. SOLD March 2020The Prince of Wales [later King George V] returning from the military parade at Secunderabad during his 1906 visit to Hyderabad. sold July 2018Judging gun dogs in Jind, Punjab. An album of 1927. SOLD Maharaja Mahendra Singh of Patiala. SOLD March 2020Calcutta Scottish. Embossed regimental badge from an invitation . SOLD March 2020George III period small naive oil painting of an officer. For saleRoyal College Officer's Trench Boots. Sold September 2018Indian Cavalry officer wearing 1903 Durbar medal. SOLD March 2020Bookplate of Viceroy Lord Northbrook in a biography of H StG Tucker. For saleRoyal Order of Bhutan. For SaleFrontispiece portrait from Lord Teignmouth's Life of Sir Willam Jones, 1804. For saleAssam Valley Light Horse, Menu holder. For sale jun25/4Lord Raglan's bookplate in a biography of Lord Clyde. FOR SALECypher of King Carol I of Romania on a case for the Order of the Crown. For saleLord Napier of Magdala - signed letter. For saleMajor's dress tunic of the 21st Lancers. SOLD September 2019Visit of Sir George Stanley to Parlakimedi Sold 17.4.201821st Empress of India's Lancers, Major's Victorian mess dress. SOLD September 2019H H the Maharaja of Ratlam. SOLD March 202060th Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Identified officers in a group portrait of the mid 1870s. Sold April 2018Wellesley's Despatches. A fine set from a nobleman's library. SOLD January 2020Hunting tiger from elphant howdah in Cooch Behar. Detail from a part album. SOLD March 2020Signed portrait of the ruler of Kota. SOLD March 20201911 Delhi Durbar, one of a group of photographs of the King Emperor & Queen Empress with their Indian royal pagesJunagadh, signature of HH Nawab Sir Mahahbat Khan III on an appointment document.,SOLD March 2020Officer of the madras Light Cavalry 1839. For saleGRI Cypher of the King Emperor George V. SOLDArms of the Maharaja of Bikaner on a card. SOLD April 2019Arms of Gwalior on a book about that state's part in the 1914-18 War. SOLD9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy 1894-9. A signed portrait9 SOLD March 2020 Unicorn livery buttons. For sale21st Empress of India's Lancers. Major's shoulder chains, Edwardian period. SOLD September 2019Turkish Crsimea Medal 1855, British issue. For SaleThe young Maharaja of Hutwa, circa 1900. SOLD July 2020Dumbartonshire Yeomanry Cavalry, George III period. For SaleVith Inniskiling Dragoons, drum horse. Vintage photograph. For saleArms of Bahawalpur gold embossed on a menu card FOR SALEIndian Mutiny metal set in a silver beaker of 1881. For saleLord Curzon at the time of the 1903 Delhi DurbarFolding map of routes to India, late 19th century. soldEarly signed photograph of Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner. SOLDEast India Railway Volunteer Rifles button. For SaleEnglish silver Central India Horse menu holder. For sale2nd China War Medal 1861, disc only. For SaleDelhi Durbar 1911, official directory, Sold January 2019The King's Indian Orderly Officers of 1932. SoldLord Curzon & Ganga Singh Maharaja of Bikaner. Detail from a larger group portrait taken January 1902 on the Viceroy's Autumn Tour. detail from a photograph in the Indian Princes catalogue. Sold July 2018Sir James Weir Hogg, Chairman of the East India Company, a miniature of circa 1850. SoldDelhi Durbar 1903 - official directory. Sold March 2020Guards Machine Gun Corps. For saleEarl Cornwallis. The last earl's bookplate in an 1859 book on the Punjab. SOLD March 2020A political office in Hyderabad. SOLD March 2020Lord Lytton, Viceroy, at the time of the 1877 Imperial assembly. SOLD March 20201884 enamelled medal of the 2nd Life Guards. For sale.Madras Staff Corps officer's large gilt button. For sale.Arms of the Maharaja of Jodhpurs enamelled on a silver frame. SOLD September 2019Captain Skinner of the 31st Regt, one of the Cabul prisoners SOLD August 2018East India Company commission 1850s. For saleRoyal bookplate in a volume of Parliamentary Reports on the HEICo. Prince William Frederick of Gloucester. For SaleStamps in a Directory 1911 SOLDEast India Company's College arms on Malcolm's Central India. For saleArmy of India official specimen medal with four scarce early clasps.For saleMYSORE. Embossed arms on an invitation FOR SALEFrench Sepoys, a large lithographic print. SOLD Jan 2019Henry Ward label to the back of a photdograph of a stuffed tiger 1876. For saleA young prince just added SOLD Marchto the Indian Princes collection. 9 Ct gold Royal Artillery brooch with Elizabeth II crown. For sale.Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikaner. For SaleKing's Indian Regiments, detail from picture. For sale.Indian Army Medical Corps. Gold and enamel brooch. SOLD 2020Royal button as worn on the Windsor uniform. ON a uniform worn by Lord ActonLord & Lady Brabourne. Framed portraits at the time when he was Governor of Bengal in 1939. For sale.Earl of Crewe's bookplate. Secretary of State for India 1910-15. SOLD Feb 2020Maharana of Udaipur. SOLDLord Lytton, Viceroy 1876-1880. SOLD March 2020Lt Lord Glamis [Hon Patrick Bowes-Lyon) eldest brother of late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. SOLD March 20201903 Delhi Durbar "awaiting the arrival of the Viceroy. A group of officers chatting in the arena.Order of the Indian Empire, miniature. SOLD Feb 2020Heralds as the 1911 Coronation Durbar in Delhi. Sold January 2019Maharaja of Nepal, signed portrait. SOLD August 2018Maharaja of Hutwa, circa 1905. Soon to be listed. SOLD March 2020Jind. Arms of the Maharaja of Jind on a greetings card. SoldDurbar Tour 1911 album. SOLD Feb 2020Gaekwad of Baroda 1890s. Detail from a large group portrait. For sale Maharaja of Patiala. a portrait in Wheeler's book on the 1903 Durbar SOLD January 2020Agra. 19th century miniature of the Red Fort there. For sale.11th Hussars, embossed badge on an invitation [for sale on our abebooks.co.uk inventory.KUTCH. Arms on a wedding programme. For SaleWar Work 1915. Mary Howell. For saleLord Curzon's signature on a letter to the Begum of Bhopal. SOLD November 2019A selection of vellum bound books displayed on piece of Brussels tapestry. These and similar books are in stock and for sale.Victorian undress sabretache, 21st Empress of India's Lancers. SoldArms of Patiala gold embossed on a menu card. For sale. Colonel H H Sir Sajjan Singh, Maharaja of Ratlam, clate 1930s. SOLD March 2020Ashok Nath: Izzat. A very well illustrated work on the history, badges, and buttons of Indian cavalry regiments from the days of East India Conmpany to the present. Further details will appear soonRoyal Company of Archers cdv For sale jun3Stamp on an envelope addressed to the Viceroy's Camp at Gwalior. Lord Elgin. For saleEast India Registers of the early 19th century. B & H reference library21st Empress of India's Lancers - large badge from a kettle drum. SOLD September 2019KSLI in Poona 1925. Lt Colonel, 2I/C, & Agjutant. FOR SALE5 rupee stamp on two pages of similar stamps canclled on Ist January 1903 at the Delhi Durbar. SOLD Feb 2020Lord Lytton in the specatacular mantle of the Grand Master of Most Exalted Order of the Star if India 1877. SOLD Feb 2020Detail from a pencil sketch. SOLD spring 2020A scarce portfolio with the full set of 32 coloured prints after Vincent Eyre. Sold 31st July 2018Prince of Sirignano plate. For saleMaharaja Holkar of Indore. Late 19th century portrait detail. For saleSee Indian Army Buttons for detailsCooch Behar. MAhafraja's monogram swith signature, 1902
