Halls Summer Fine Art Catalogue

Specialists: Caroline Dennard European Ceramics and Glass caroline@hallsgb.com Jeremy Lamond Furniture, Clocks and Works of Art jeremy@hallsgb.com

SUMMER FINE ART AUCTION Wednesday 23rd May Sale starts at 10am

Viewing: Sunday 20th May 2.00pm - 4.00pm Monday 21st May 10.00am - 4.00pm Tuesday 22nd May 10.00am - 4.00pm Wednesday 23rd May from 9.00am

ORDER OF SALE: 1-61

British Pottery and Porcelain

64-109 A Private Collection of Parian

Sale number 4130 Front cover illustration – Lot 118 Back cover illustration – Lots 115, 116, 117

110-140 European Ceramics,

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By Telephone

141-178 Works Of Art

By Commission Bid

179-207 Clocks

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208-292 Furniture

Decorative Arts and Glass

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Specialist’s Insights The English pottery and porcelain industry is one which has always been delightfully diverse in nature, and where there is diversity, so too is there a chance for the discerning collector to carve out a niche interest of their own and the private collection of Parian in this auction encapsulates just that notion.

Composed over two generations of family and a number of years, the collection demonstrates some of the best of what Victorian ceramic artists and designers could achieve.

The origins of Parian can be traced to the biscuit figure modelling tradition throughout Europe in the eighteenth century. The first English factory to produce such was Derby from the 1770s onwards. As Derby’s popularity and manufacturing resources began to decline, ready to fill the gap were a number of forward thinking potteries who were keen to both reproduce the best pieces and use the new bone china material which had recently become available. Potteries represented range from the likes of Copeland and Minton, both exceptional and popular producers, to the lesser known factories such as John Adams & Co. There is no doubt that, once launched on the market, Parian was a great success. Just as they sat adorning the mantels and sideboards of a Victorian collector, equally, their timeless design

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means they can easily sit in any modern home and are a beautiful investment for both the decorative factor and talking points. On a personal note, I find one of the most attractive things about Parian to be its place within a cultural subtext and biographical history. Just as it relies on bisque porcelain for its origins, a great number of the figures and groups represent everything from the mythological, to the religious, or the important – creating an essential ‘who’s who’ of Victorian society and history.

Busts of famous figures were perhaps the items most widely reproduced throughout all of the potteries, and this auction is no stranger to such pieces.

One of our own local heroes, Captain Matthew Webb is even commemorated (lot 102). The first man to swim the English Channel in 1875, and a Shropshire man by birth, his achievements were well recognized throughout England and as such, forever immortalized in the form of a bust. Less common on the market are the larger groups of two or more figures, and perhaps the most dramatic of those within this auction is the Minton group of Cain and Abel (lot 91), designed

by Albert Carrieur-Belleuse who was one of a number of French modellers working in the English potteries, and which was shown to great acclaim at the International Exhibition in 1861.

One of the most definitive examples of the almost endless scope of artistic design in this period can also be seen in the small collection of Martin Brothers’ pottery (lots 114-119). Almost polarized in nature to the Parian, which remained consistent throughout a long time period, this

particular family of brothers instead took an enthusiastic part in the fast-changing fashions and movements of the era. From early vases and jugs modelled on much earlier medieval forms, to inspiration taken from Japanese Art Pottery, their catalogue was wide, and varied. Items of note in this sale are most certainly the four jars and covers in form of birds, including an exceptional tobacco jar and cover (lot 118).

Birds have been a common feature in English pottery, with perhaps the most traditional representation typically being that of an owl. Rather than relying on accepted forms, Robert Wallace instead used his creative imagination to mesh human and animal characteristics as one, the ultimate result being a range of highly anthropomorphic and above all, characterful, birds. Although often referred to as tobacco jars, contemporary sources attest to the aesthetic value of these humorous statuettes having always been more important than any practical aspect. Indeed, owing to their size and design, not even the smallest of hands could use these as functional jars.

Although originally designed in the 1870s, demand for such wares never diminished, as is demonstrated by the late date of manufacture of the bird jars in this auction, the earliest of which dates from 1907.

This sale offers buyers the chance to snap up their very own piece of Victorian art pottery history, and the estimates are varied enough that there is something to suit all price brackets without any compromise on style or quality. As such, I hope for a successful sale, and look forward to welcoming you to the Halls saleroom.

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1 A WHIELDON-TYPE CREAMWARE MODEL OF A CAT SEATED UPON A CUSHION

18th century decorated with brown spots and detailing 7cm high, 8.5cm wide £300 - £500

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AN ENGLISH PRATTWARE LION

A BILSTON ENAMEL BIRD BONBONNIERE IN THE FORM OF A MALE BULLFINCH

late 18th century of unusually pale yellow form and with bright orange mane modelled lying on grassy green stump 7.5cm high £300 - £500

late 18th century the hinged cover decorated with peacocks 6.5cm high £150 - £250

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A STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL DOG BONBONNIERE

A CONTINENTAL BONBONNIERE IN THE FORM OF A HORSE

A SMALL BILSTON ENAMEL BONBONNIERE

late 18th century modelled as a russet spaniel lying upon a pink cushion, the cover painted with flowers 5.5cm diameter (losses and damage) £150 - £250

19th century modelled lying down with head curled to one side on green mound, the cover with relief work flowers 5.5cm high £70 - £100

late 18th century in the form of a bird with pink chest and red wings, the cover with diamond pattern 4.5cm high £150 - £250

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A STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL BONBONNIERE

A CYLINDRICAL SCENT BOTTLE CASE WITH WHITE METAL MOUNTS

A RARE BATTERSEA OR BILSTON ENAMEL RECTANGULAR CADDY

late 18th century modelled as a leopard seated upon a pink mound 4.5cm diameter £150 - £250

late 18th century the silvered case decorated with a cherub playing a flute and flowers, with internal glass stopper 6cm high, contained within a fitted fabric case £200 - £300

18th century decorated in polychrome with naturalistic flowers and insects, with hinged cover and brass mounts, further decorated internally, unmarked 11.5cm high PROVENANCE Bought at auction in 1908 in Painswick, Gloucestershire £200 - £400

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10 A RARE PAIR OF BOW THREELEGGED SAUCEBOATS

circa 1752-54 painted in bright blue with flowering peony and banana plants issuing from a fence, upon three lion-mask and paw feet, workman’s mark 18.5cm long (hairline from upper rim to one) PROVENANCE ECC Exhibition, 2006 and ‘Hill Court’ paper label. Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection.

For a similar example see Rosalie Wise Sharp (2002), p 61. Another with a different pattern was in the Pinewood collection 31 October 2001, lot 6. A distinctive feature of Bow sauceboats is that a mirror image of the design on the front is usually painted on the reverse £1500 - £2500

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11 TWO ENGLISH OVAL ENAMEL PILL BOXES

19th century the first painted with a lady in formal clothing and flowers to the exterior of the base, the second with a nanny goat and mirror to the interior, 4.5cm wide together with a blue and white delft box and cover, painted with flowers 8.5cm wide (3) £100 - £150

12 A YORKSHIRE TOBY JUG

early 19th century painted in bright colours, typically modelled, seated holding an ale jug and glass, the handle modelled as a figure, with a sponge decorated base, unmarked 23cm high (restored) £200 - £300

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13 A YORKSHIRE MEXBOROUGH TYPE TOBY JUG

early 19th century modelled in the form of a seated green jacketed Toby wearing brown coloured breeches and holding a jug and goblet, the base with sponged decoration in brown and green, with figural handle 23.5cm high £200 - £300

14 A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURES

circa 1800-1820 modelled as Elijah and the Widow with bocage behind unmarked 25cm high (2) £100 - £200

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15 A BOW PORCELAIN CANDLESTICK MODELLED AS CUPID

circa 1760-65 with a dog beside, on scrolling puce base, 20cm high (damages) sold together with a Chelsea porcelain figure of a lady holding aloft flowers, circa 1758, with bocage behind, a rake beside, red anchor mark, 26cm high (2) (some restoration) PROVENANCE Newman and Newman paper label to the Chelsea figure £200 - £300

16 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE CANDLESTICK FIGURE, PERHAPS OF DIANA

circa 1800-20 modelled in finely flowing pastel robes, on a naturalistic and brown lined square base unmarked 27.5cm high (repaired) £100 - £150

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17 A STAFFORDSHIRE RAM AND EWE GROUP

circa 1820 modelled on a stepped base, unmarked 11.5cm high £50 - £80

18 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF ST. PAUL ATTRIBUTED TO THE BOX TITHE GROUP

early 19th century titled to the base 22cm high £50 - £70

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19 A GOOD EARLY ENGLISH PRATTWARE BUST OF REV. JOHN WESLEY

circa 1800 Staffordshire or Yorkshire, decorated in blue and brown on an ochre base, unmarked 25cm high £200 - £400

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20 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE TOBY JUG

early 19th century seated and holding a foaming jug, wearing bright green jacket and blue breeches 23cm high (restoration to the tricorn hat) £80 - £120

21 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE TITHE PIG GROUP

circa 1760 probably made by Ralph Wood, unmarked 17cm high (some damages) £100 - £150

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUP, ‘PETER RESTORING THE LAME MAN’

early 19th century attributed to the “Box Title Group” pot bank, titled 18cm high (repairs and losses) £70 - £100

23 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE

circa 1820 ‘Charity’, wearing black cloak, sheltering two children and holding a baby, unmarked 18cm high £60 - £80

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24 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE

circa 1800-20 modelled as a female lady in floral robe, holding a garland of flowers 33cm high (some restoration and slight damage) £100 - £150

25 A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF CHARITY

circa 1800-20 she modelled in bright pink cloak and floral dress, holding babe in her arms, sheltering children to her side, on square base 22cm high £80 - £120

26 A BARR WORCESTER PORCELAIN JUG

early 19th century painted with a double banding of brown grapes amongst gilt decoration, monogrammed ‘JMI’, painted script and factory mark in red, impressed B 19cm high (old stapled repair to the spout) £70 - £100

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27 AN UNUSUAL PRATTWARE 1803 VOLUNTEERS MILITARY JUG

early 19th century inscribed ‘Ly Vol’teers’ with military figures holding rifles unmarked 14.5cm high (chip to the tip of spout)

FOOTNOTE Originally raised in 1794 the force was disbanded in 1802 following the Peace of Amiens. By act of Parliament in 1803 the Crown was again able to call up able bodied men. See Prattware 1780-1840, page 163 £80 - £120

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28 AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE LANDSCAPE AND MASKHEAD DECORATED JUG

early 19th century decorated with central circular puce panel of building beside a river, with peacock on a balcony, the two smaller, oval side panels with further landscape ruins, an upper banding of grapes and leaves, unmarked 17.5cm high (chip to spout) £80 - £120

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A PRATTWARE ‘PRINCE COBOURG AND DUKE OF YORK’ JUG

AN ENGLISH PRATTWARE HUNTING JUG

circa 1800 with traditional moulded decoration within foliate borders unmarked 14.5cm high £80 - £120

30 AN ENGLISH CREAMWARE JUG, ‘THE MONK SURPRIZ’D’ AND ‘THE BACHELOR’

circa 1790 transfer-printed in black with oval panels and verses, unmarked 18cm high (two chips to the rim and spout) £100 - £150

early 19th century decorated in polychrome relief with figures bird-shooting, with hounds, unmarked 19cm high (stained) £100-£150

33 AN ENGLISH BLUE AND WHITE DELFT PLATE

18th century painted with an Oriental figure beneath a parasol, seated within a rocky tree and floral landscape, unmarked 22cm diameter £80 - £120

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31 A LIVERPOOL CREAMWARE MUG TRANSFER-PRINTED IN BLACK WITH ‘THE TEA PARTY’, WITH TWO SPRAYS OF NATURALISTIC FLOWERS EITHER SIDE

This print by John Sadler, also referred to as ‘The Tea Drinkers’, occurs on creamware printed in Livepool, and very rarely on Worcester porcelain 15.5cm high (star crack to body) £100 - £150

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34 A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DELFT CHARGER

painted with reeds and flowers within broad wave and dot line rim 37cm diameter (chipped) £70 - £100

35 A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE PEACOCK CHARGERS

35cm diameter (2) £100 - £150

36 A PAIR OF DERBY PORCELAIN TWIN-BRANCH CANDLESTICK GROUPS REPRESENTING LIBERTY AND MATRIMONY

circa 1759-69 both seated before bocage, he with a dog by his side and she with a lamb and holding a lantern, floral sconces, on scroll moulded bases 27cm high (repairs and minor losses) (2) £300 - £500

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37 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN COFFEE CUP TRANSFER-PRINTED IN THE APPLE AND DAMSONS PATTERN

circa 1777-84 C mark 6.5cm high

PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £80 - £120

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38 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN FINGER BOWL

circa 1775 transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Apple and Damsons pattern, floral leaf mark to the unglazed base 7cm diameter (chipped) PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £100 - £150

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circa 1785 painted with a central Damson between a concentric line and wave border, with subsidiary floral decoration, C mark, the saucer 12cm diameter, tea bowl 8cm diameter (2) PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £80 - £120

40 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN CREAM JUG

circa 1785-90 undecorated, with delicate relief scroll moulding, high spur to the handle, unmarked 7cm high PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £70 - £100

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41 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN LEAF FORM PICKLE LEAF DISH

circa 1785 transfer-printed with the Pleasure Boat pattern, unmarked, 9cm diameter, together with a Caughley porcelain asparagus server in the same pattern, the unglazed base with S mark 8cm diameter (2) PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £70 - £100

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42 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN SAUCER

circa 1785-90 painted in blue with the Peony pattern within scrolling and hatched exterior border, S mark, 11cm diameter sold together with a Caughley porcelain slop bowl in the Fenced Garden pattern, unmarked 10cm diameter (2) PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £60 - £80

43 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

circa 1775-80 transfer-printed in the Apple and Damson pattern, Sx mark, tea bowl 8cm diameter, saucer 12cm diameter (2)

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PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £70 - £100

44 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

circa 1775-80 transfer-printed in the Three Flowers and Butterfly pattern between a double concentric line border, S mark to the tea bowl 7.5cm diameter, saucer 12cm diameter (2) PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £60 - £80

45 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER AND COVER

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circa 1785 transfer-printed in the Three Flowers and Butterfly pattern unmarked 13cm high PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £60 - £80

46 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN SPARROW BEAK JUG

circa 1785 transfer-printed in the Birds in Branches pattern C mark 10cm high PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £150 - £200

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A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER

A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

circa 1785-90 of high-shouldered form, lacking cover, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Pleasure Boat pattern S mark 12cm high PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £150 - £250

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circa 1785 transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Apple and Damson pattern, unmarked, tea bowl 8.2cm diameter, saucer 12.5cm diameter (2) PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £70 - £100

A VERY RARE CAUGHLEY SAUCER

circa 1775 transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a Vase of Flowers within an elaborate rose border, unmarked 12.5cm diameter PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £100 - £150

51 A LARGE CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN CABBAGE LEAF MASK JUG

48 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN MASK HEAD JUG CABBAGE LEAF JUG

circa 1785 transfer-printed in the Bouquets pattern C mark 24cm high (hairline)

circa 1785 transfer-printed in underglaze blue with flowers, unusually very thickly potted S mark 14cm high (chipped to the tip of the spout)

PROVENANCE Ex. Rev. Hayes Collection £150 - £200

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52 A CAUGHLEY MASKHEAD BALUSTER JUG

circa 1778-88 transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Parrot Pecking Fruit pattern C mark 19cm high £250 - £300

53 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN PLATE PAINTED DÉCOR AU RONDA

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circa 1788-93 within a spiral fluted and basket-weave border edge impressed Salopian mark 22cm diameter £60 - £80

54 A CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN TRIO OF COFFEE CUP, TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

circa 1785 transfer-printed in the Apple and Damsons pattern C mark coffee cup 6.5cm high, tea bowl 8cm diameter and saucer 12cm diameter (3) £150 - £200

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circa 1800 impressed ‘Neale & Co’, 8cm diameter, a Wedgwood and Bentley black basalt inkwell circa 1770 impressed Wedgwood & Bentley, 4.5cm diameter and one further unmarked basalt inkwell 6cm diameter (minor damages to the latter two) (3) £100 - £200

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AN ENGLISH BLACK BASALT INKSTAND

A COALPORT TRAY PAINTED WITH A LANDSCAPE SCENE

A PAIR OF ROYAL DOULTON SLATERS PATENT STONEWARE VASES

early 19th century of circular form, with two inkwells and one sander, exterior rim with cockbeading and ribbed decoration and slightly raised curtained feet, impressed numeral 19 to the base 18cm diameter (minor chips) £200 - £300

57 AN ENGLISH BLUE AND WHITE PEARLWARE JUG, RAILWAY INTEREST

early 19th century transfer-printed in the ‘Italian Scenery’ pattern, with painted heart-shaped cartouche ‘W,P, 1825’, printed pattern name to base 20.5cm high £70 - £100

19th century the rectangular tray with central view of a house with bridge and single figure, the edges with relief moulded flowers underglaze blue Coalport mark 25.5cm wide £60 - £100

late 19th century the central banded decoration in gilt and turquoise against an overall cobalt ground impressed marks 26.5cm high (2) £60 - £80

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TEACUP AND SAUCER

A LARGE WEDGWOOD DARK BLUE JASPERWARE VASE

18th century painted in polychrome with decoration of figures hunting a stag and hounds hunting a boat, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, the teacup 8cm diameter and the saucer 13.5cm diameter (2) £200 - £300

late 19th century typically decorated in white with maidens, trees and classical motifs impressed marks 37.5cm high £100 - £150 There are no lots 62-63

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A COPELAND PARIAN SPANIEL GROUP

A PAIR OF MINTON PARIAN FIGURES OF ARIADNE AND UNA AND THE LION BY JOHN BELL

A PAIR OF ENGLISH OVAL PLAQUES BY J.HODGKISS

circa 1850 modelled resting upon a large tasselled cushion, indistinct printed mark 17cm wide £50 - £80

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circa 1851 impressed marks 36cm high (damages to both)

FOOTNOTE Ariadne was exhibited by Minton at the Society of Arts in 1847 and at the Great Exhibition 1851. Dannecker’s life-size marble (1814) was formerly in the von Bethman Museum in Frankfurt. Other versions are at Stuttgart and the Musee de SaintEtienne. One of the most often reproduced sculptural designs in 19th century Europe, it appears in bronze and other forms. Ariadne, having been abandoned

by Theseus on the island of Naxos, is seen here as the bride of Bacchus - the panther she reclines on is one of his train.

Una and the Lion: Made for Summerly’s Art Manufactures and exhibited by Minton at the Great Exhibition in 1851. This group was conceived as a companion to the Ariadne.

The full scale statue, also known as ‘Purity’, was included in the Sculpture section of the Great Exhibition 1851.

The subject is from Spencer’s ‘Faerie Queenie’. Una, who personifies True Religion, following her separation from the Red Cross Knight, is given protection by a lion, who represents England.

“The lion would not leave her desolate, but with her went along, as a strong gard of her caste person.” (“The Faerie Queene”, Book 1, Canto iii.” £200 - £300

late 19th century painted with a Perch and a Duck, each signed 14cm wide framed (2) £200 - £300

67 A COPELAND ‘ASSYRIAN’ PARIAN FIGURE OR BOOK-END

circa 1882 modelled by Aaron Hays as a winged human-headed lion (Iamassu), inscribed ‘Copyright Reserved, Copeland’ 23.5cm high FOOTNOTE The winged lion was the emblem of Negral, the God of War and Death, in his character of the Great Eater £100 - £150

68 A COPELAND PARIAN FIGURE, ‘SENNACHERIB’, AFTER AUSTIN HAYS

first published circa 1860 attired as the King of Assyria and High Priest of Nineveh, carrying the sacred bow of office, on a rectangular plinth titled “Sennacherib BC 721”, impressed “Copeland F81 by A Hays”, 34.5cm high (tip of hat restored), together with a smaller Copeland figure of Nimrod, 16cm high, and a Copeland parian figure of the Queen of Sardanapalus, 31cm high, (restored) (3)

FOOTNOTE A similar figure is illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts, edited by Paul Atterbury, published by Richard Dennis, fig.568, pg.174, where it is described as one of a set of eight parian figures and ornaments modelled by Hays after Assyrian bas-reliefs in the British Museum.

Sennacherib (705-681 BC) is depicted in the robes of the dual office of king and high priest of Ninevah. He carries in his hand the sacred bow of office, the gift of the goddess Ishtar to the kings of Assyria.

Austin Hays (1869-1915) was a sculptor born in New York. He studied in Paris under J A Merci. He specialised in genre and historical figures. In Copeland (Robert) Parian, Copeland’s Statuary Porcelain, Antique Collectors Club, a whole chapter is devoted to “The reproductions from the Assyrian Sculptures”. This figure is

illustrated on page 275, fig.17. The bow that Sennacherib carries in his left hand is sacred to his position, having been presented to the Kings of Assyria by Ishtar the Assyro-Babylonian Goddess of both Love and War. She was known as “Mistress of the Bow”, “Archeress of the Gods” and “Lady of War and Battle”. Possession of the bow was believed to ensure victory.

Sennacherib eventually met his death by being murdered by two of his sons while at his devotions. Hays derived the body of the figure from a sculptured wall-relief unearthed from Sennacherib’s palace at Ninevah. Sadly, the head had suffered damage, possibly by mutilation, a defect which Hays overcame rather neatly by using a “transplant” of the headdress of Sennacherib’s grandson, Sardanapalus (or Ashurbanipal), as shown in bas-reliefs discovered in his palace, also at Ninevah £120 - £180

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69 A COPELAND PARIAN ASSYRIAN FIGURE OF SARDANAPALUS

mid-late 19th century modelled standing with sword in hand, raised on a rectangular base, title to front, impressed marks 31cm high £80 - £120

70 A MINTON PARIAN FIGURE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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mid-19th century 45.5cm high

FOOTNOTE See Paul Atterbury, The Parian Phenomenon, fig. 133, p. 86 and fig. 37, p. 25. A full scale plaster statue, after the bust over the Poet’s tomb at Stratfordupon-Avon, was shown by Bell at the Great Exhibition in 1851. Summerley’s Art Manufactures exhibited the parian version by Minton at the same time, surmounting a bronze clock flanked by figures of Tragedy and Comedy £70 - £100

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71 A SAMUEL ALCOCK & CO PARIAN FIGURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

printed underneath `Published by Samuel Alcock and Co, June 18 1852’, designed by Alfred Crowquill, sculpted by G. Abbott 28cm high £150 - £250

72 A COPELAND PARIAN FIGURE OF FIELD MARSHALL ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769 - 1852)

circa 1860 modelled standing on an oval base 43cm high (fingers lacking to outstretched hand)

FOOTNOTE Arthur Wellesley was created the Duke of Wellington in 1814 following his military success in the Peninsula Wars, leading the allied forces to victory against Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. He later entered politics and became Prime Minister (1828-30, 34) £100 - £150

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AN ENGLISH PARIAN FIGURE OF A SEMI-NUDE CLASSICAL LADY

A MINTON PARIAN MODEL OF H.M STANLEY

A VICTORIAN PARIAN FIGURE OF RICHARD THE LIONHEART (RICHARD COEUR DE LION)

late 19th century the female standing in flowing robes with gilt detailing and turquoise enamel, unmarked 36cm high £70 - £100

circa 1890 after the model by J.A.P MacBride, impressed title and marks 41cm high £150 - £250

43cm high (repaired handle on sword, axe detached) £100 - £150

75 A MINTON PARIAN FIGURE OF MIRANDA BY JOHN BELL

circa 1860 the semi-clad beauty sitting on a rock with shell and waves breaking at her feet - impressed marks 39cm high FOOTNOTE Shown by Minton at the Great Exhibition in 1851, executed for the Art Union of London, and in production over many years, Miranda is one of a series of literary heroines modelled by Bell, following the success of Dorothea.

Miranda is the daughter of Prospero in Shakepeare’s The Tempest £120 - £180

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77 A COPELAND PARIAN FIGURE OF LURLINE BY W.K. SCHWANTHALER

circa 1855 with gilt and tinted borders impressed mark 30cm high (a.f)

FOOTNOTE The marble original was executed in 1841 for Prince Schwartzenberg of Vienna and is now at Castle Anif, Salzburg. A bronze version is in the Hofgarden, Munich, and another marble version is at Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk.

The work was engraved in the 1855 Art Journal with the following description, ‘Lurline, the subject of an old German legend, was a siren of the Rhine, who allured boatmen by her music into the rapids with which that noble river abounds, and thus effects their destruction. She is represented sitting upon the fragments of a boat, indicative of the mischief she has occasioned, and is contemplating a monster fish that she uses as her footstool’ £100 - £150

78 A MINTON PARIAN MODEL OF CLORINDA BY JOHN BELL

circa 1848 modelled seated holding a shield with sword sheath and helmet beside impressed marks 33.5cm high FOOTNOTE Originally made for Summerly’s Art Manufactures, it was designed as the companion figure to Dorothea, and exhibited by Minton at the Great Exhibition in 1851 The original statue was exhibited at the 1848 R.A. Clorinda is the beautiful pagan warrior featured in Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata (1580). Clorinda, in the battle between the pagan and Christian armies, is mortally wounded by her lover Tancred, a Christian nobleman who fails to recognize her in her armour £100 - £150

79 AN ENGLISH PARIAN FIGURE OF A LADY

mid-19th century modelled seated holding a small oval portrait, a lute at her side, unmarked 38cm high £70 - £100

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AN ENGLISH PARIAN FIGURE OF RUTH

circa 1861, unmarked 44cm high (tip of flames held in his hand broken)

FOOTNOTE Shown by Minton at the Great Exhibition 1851 and executed for the Art Union of London. Prometheus was one of the Titans, possessed of vast intellect and he was supposed to have created mankind, but his presumption provoked Zeus into confiscating fire from man. Nothing daunted, Prometheus raised Olympus and stole it back. He is here seen in a defiant attitude, clutching the flames £100 - £150

81 A RARE FIGURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON BY GEORGE BAGULEY, STAFFORDSHIRE

circa 1852 modelled standing with one arm behind his back, the other outstretched holding a scroll, with relief ‘W’ to the front the reverse printed in black ‘Under Royal Patronage, Published by George Baguley, Hanley, Staffs, Oct 1st, 1852’ 41cm high. £100 - £150

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circa 1860 modelled standing next to a water vessel, arms upstretched, a single hand resting on her head unmarked 56cm high (crack repaired) £100 - £150

83 A ROBINSION AND LEADBEATER PARIAN FIGURE OF A CLASSICAL LADY HOLDING A DEAD GAME BIRD

circa 1890 impressed R&L to the reverse 35cm high £50 - £80

84 A TURNER AND WOOD PARIAN FIGURE OF HIGHLAND MARY

circa 1880 modelled seated in tartan, clutching a bag to her lap impressed Art Union of London, and Turner and Co 37.5cm high (cracked base) £70 - £100

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A LARGE WEDGWOOD CARERRA PARIAN GROUP, ‘THE INTERPRETATION: JOSEPH BEFORE THE PHARAOH’

A MINTON PARIAN GROUP OF NAOMI AND DAUGHTER’S IN LAW

A MINTON PARIAN FIGURAL GROUP OF CAIN AND ABEL AFTER CARRIER-BELLEUSE

second half of the nineteenth century designed by W. Beattie 49cm high (repaired hand) £400 - £600

circa 1860 modelled as three women, an older woman standing and comforting a woman to either side, incised title to front of base 34cm high (Naomi lacking one arm) £100 - £150

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A PARIAN FIGURE GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES

late 19th century after Canova, modelled with three nudes, on oval plinth 39cm high (one arm missing) £70 - £100

87 A LARGE COPELAND PARIAN GROUP OF ELIEZER AND REBECCA AT THE WELL

mid-19th century indistinctly signed to reverse impressed Copeland mark 39.5cm high (slight damage) £200 - £300

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AN ENGLISH PARIAN GROUP OF SCOTTISH MUSICIANS

circa 1870 male and female, the male dressed in kilt and sporran, the female holding bagpipes, a small dog and hat beside unmarked 42cm high £100 - £150

90 A VICTORIAN ART UNION POSSIBLY COPELAND PARIAN FIGURAL GROUP

circa 1860 Eliezer and Rebecca at the well with Eliezer drinking from a gourd, raised on a stepped naturalistic base, impressed title and Art Union mark 37cm, high (Eliezer’s outstretched rear arm repaired) £100 - £150

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first published 1854 Cain stands over the slain body of his brother, a sacrificed lamb on an altar at his side, on rockwork, impressed year cypher, incised on the back of the altar “Albert Carrier 1854 Stoke” 46cm high FOOTNOTE From Genesis 4: 1-15. Cain, a farmer, made an offering to God from his harvested crops and Abel, a shepherd, sacrificed a lamb. God was pleased with Abel’s offering’s but refused Cain’s. Cain, in his anger, slew his brother Abel. This group was shown at the International Exhibition, 1862 £200 - £300

92 A RARE ENGLISH PARIAN GROUP OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA

circa 1860 unmarked 32cm high (base cracks) £80 - £120

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A PARIAN GROUP ATTRIBUTED TO TURNER AND WOOD

AN ENGLISH PARIAN GROUP OF PETER AND CORNELIUS

AN ENGLISH PARIAN GROUP OF PENELOPE HOLDING A CHILD

circa 1865 modelled as a lady holding a basket of flowers, a young child on her back impressed Art Union of Great Britain mark 41cm high (base cracked) £60 - £80

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circa 1855 issued by the Art Union of Great Britain 37.5cm high (damages, repairs) This group depicts the initial providential meeting between Cornelius, a Gentile, and Peter, a Jew. The narrative and its impact upon Christianity are recalled in the New Testament book of Acts 10:1-48 £60 - £80

mid-19th century named to the base, otherwise unmarked 31cm high £200 - £300

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A ROBINSON AND LEADBEATER PARIAN BUST OF QUEEN VICTORIA

A COPELAND PARIAN BUST OF EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES

A W.H.KERR & CO, WORCESTER PARIAN BUST OF A YOUNG PRINCE ALBERT

after R.J Morris, depicted wearing a veil and crown on a socle base, the reverse impressed R&L and Jubilee, 1887 bust 34cm high, socle 9cm high (the two pieces detached) £120 - £180

97 A COPELAND PARIAN PORTRAIT BUST OF ENID

circa 1880

by F M Miller, impressed for ‘Crystal Palace Art Union’, to the socle base 28cm high sold together with a Copeland parian bust, ‘Asleep’, modelled by J.S Westacott, on later plinth, impressed mark 18.5cm high (2) £80 - £120

published May 1876 sculpted by L.A. Malempre, dressed in Masonic regalia 41cm high £100 - £150

99 AN ADAMS AND CO PARIAN BUST OF JOHN BRIGHT

circa 1887 on a socle base, the reverse with impressed marks and ‘Published

by John Stark Etruria’ 41.5cm high

FOOTNOTE John Bright was a liberal statesman and economist who led the AntiCorn league with Cobden £100 - £150

circa 1855 sculpted by E.J Jones printed mark in blue and impressed ‘E.J Jones Sculptor’ 35.5cm high FOOTNOTE Prince-Consort Alfred Ernest Albert (18191861) was the son of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and married Queen Victoria in 1840. His considerable influence extended to matters of social and political concern and he was the originator of the International Exhibition held at Crystal Palace in 1851.

Following his death from typhoid, the Queen entered complete seclusion for two years and never ceased to wear mourning £120 - £180

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A COPELAND PARIAN BUST OF ‘THE MOTHER’

A COPELAND PARIAN BUST OF OENONE

A COPELAND PARIAN BUST OF PRINCESS LOUISE BY MARY THORNYCROFT

circa 1871 designed by R.Monti, modelled wearing a head scarf, tenderly holding her baby visible under the sheer fabric inscribed signature and date 37.5cm high £150 - £150

102 A RARE STAFFORDSHIRE PARIAN BUST OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW WEBB

circa 1875 depicting the moustached swimmer wearing three medals to his tunic, on waisted socle, inscribed to the reverse “Published as the Act directs

by J S CRAPPER of HANLEY and C MARSH of WOLSTANTON by special consent and assistance of CAPTAIN MATTHEW WEBB December 6th 1875” 40cm high (damage to one medal) FOOTNOTE Captain Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the English Channel from Dover to Calais on 24th and 25th August 1875 in twenty-one hours and forty-five minutes, covering a total distance of fifty miles £200 - £250

103 A COPELAND PARIAN BUST OF PRINCESS ALEXANDRA (WITH EARRINGS)

19th century modelled by F.M Miller, impressed marks to back Pub Feby 1 1883, Copeland, Crystal Palace Art Union, FM Miller Sculpt height 31cm £100 - £150

circa 1860 designed by W.C. Marshall printed with a verse by Tennyson, impressed marks, the socle further impressed ‘Crystal Palace Art Union’ 29cm high FOOTNOTE In Greek mythology, Oenone was the first wife of Paris of Troy, whom he abandoned for the Queen Helen of Sparta. Tennyson’s poem, after the same name, describes the Greek mythological character Oenone and her witnessing incidents in the life of her lover, Paris, as he is involved in the events of the Trojan War £70 - £100

105 A COPELAND PARIAN BUST OF LORD NELSON

mid-19th century modelled by John Flaxman, wearing his naval uniform with starred epaulettes, and two medals around his neck, one inscribed ‘Nile 1 August 1798’, titled ‘Horatio Nelson’ in script at the top of the waisted square socle, impressed marks to the reverse 29cm high (re-attached to socle) £200 - £300

dated 1873 impressed Art Union of London April 1871.

Mary Thornycroft SC etc, on circular socle 40cm high FOOTNOTE This bust of Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, was issued to commemorate her wedding to the ninth Duke of Argyll £100 - £150

107 A RARE DAVENPORT, BANKS AND CO PARIAN BUST OF JOHN BRIGHT BY NORTON EDWARDS

circa 1865 lacking socle impressed marks to the reverse 26cm high £70 - £100

108 A RARE WEDGWOOD CARRERA GREEN-TINTED PARIAN BUST OF WILLIAM GLADSTONE BY J.E. BOEHM

circa 1879 made on commission for Frederick Rathbone of 71, King’s Road, Brighton, on associated socle impressed marks to the reverse 42cm high (repaired chip) £100 - £150

109 A BATES, BROWN-WESTHEAD AND MOORE PARIAN BUST OF CLYTIE

circa 1857 impressed BBW&M 29cm high £100 - £150

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110 A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS

19th century each modelled with two Classical figures, underglaze blue crossed swords 28.5cm high £300 - £500

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A SET OF FOUR DRESDEN PORCELAIN FIGURES ALLEGORICAL OF THE FOUR SEASONS

late 19th century each figure modelled with their attributes incised and underglaze painted marks in blue 15cm high (4) £200 - £300

112 A BRISTOL POTTERY TEAPOT AND COVER BY LOUIS WAIN

early 20th century ‘It Is Years Since We Last Met’, with decoration of a cat and dog facsimile signature printed and painted marks to the base 8.5cm high £100 - £150

113 WILLIAM MOORCROFT FOR JAMES MACINTYRE, A FLORIAN WARE VASE IN THE ‘ALHAMBRA’ PATTERN

circa 1900 of waisted, baluster form and tubelined with flowers in shades of salmon pink and blue, with gilt detailing printed mark 28cm high £300 - £500

114 A MARTIN BROTHERS’ STONEWARE JUG

dated 1903 of ovoid form with angular loop handle, incised decoration of dragons and a serpent, picked out in green glazes against incised wave forms incised marks 22.5cm high £800 - £1200

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A SMALL MARTIN BROTHERS’ STONEWARE JAR AND COVER DESIGNED BY ROBERT WALLACE MARTIN

A SMALL MARTIN BROTHERS’ STONEWARE BIRD JAR AND COVER BY ROBERT WALLACE MARTIN

A SMALL MARTIN BROTHERS’ STONEWARE BIRD JAR AND COVER BY ROBERT WALLACE MARTIN

dated 22.21.1913 the bird with piercing half-closed eyes, his wings half-outstretched, with clawed feet on domed ceramic base, glazed in shades of blue and ochre on later carved ebonised base incised R W Martin & Bros Southall to collar and base 15.5cm high without base, 18.5cm overall £8000 - £12000

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dated 5.1911 modelled with wings folded back, head tilted slightly to one side and a piercing stare decorated in brown and blue incised to collar, further marked to the base on circular ebonised plinth 15.5cm high without base, 18.5cm overall £8000 - £12000

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dated 31.5.1911 modelled with wings folded back, head tilted slightly to one side and a piercing stare decorated in brown and blue incised to collar, further marked to the base on circular ebonised plinth 15.5cm high without base, 18.5cm overall £8000 - £12000

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118 A TALL MARTIN BROTHERS’ STONEWARE BIRD TOBACCO JAR AND COVER BY ROBERT WALLACE MARTIN

dated 10.1.1907 modelled with a forward looking stare and with large hooked beak and distinctive webbed feet, decorated in shades of green, brown and blue incised R.W. Martin Bros, London, Southall and dated to the cover, the base further marked, attached to circular ebonised base 29cm high without base, 31.5cm overall £20000 - £30000

119 A MARTIN BROTHERS’ STONEWARE JUG DECORATED WITH MALE FIGURES FISHING AGAINST A PALE BROWN GROUND, WITH BLUE AND GREEN DECORATION

inscribed E20, RWS Martin, London, 12.74 26cm high (restored top rim, originally a spout) £300 - £500

120 AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ‘BLACKTOPPED’ COOKING VASE

Predynastic Period, probably Naqada I - II, 4000 - £3200 BC 21.5cm high (repaired) together with a late Egyptian pottery pouring vessel (damaged) (2) £100 - £150 There are no lots 121-124

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AN ENGLISH WINE GLASS

A COLLECTION OF LALIQUE GLASS MODELS OF FISH

A SMALL GROUPING OF ROMAN GLASS BOTTLES

circa 1770 the trumpet bowl engraved with grapes and foliate decoration, on an air-twist stem, on spreading conical foot 17.2cm high £100 - £150

126 A PALE GREEN STUDIO GLASS BOWL

mid 20th century the bowl with slightly undulating rim signature indistinct 28cm diameter £100 - £150

127 A MDINA GLASS ANGULAR FISH VASE BASED ON A DESIGN

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

circa late 1970s of slab form with pulled solifleur neck unmarked 18.5cm high £300 - £500

128 A LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS MODEL OF A GROUSE, ETCHED LALIQUE, FRANCE

14cm long and 8cm high together with a Lalique glass model of grouse 18cm high £100 - £150

129 A LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS MODEL OF A DUCK, “GEDEON”

unsigned 12cm high in original box with paperwork £70 - £100

130 A LALIQUE FROSTED GLASS MODEL OF A ROYAL EAGLE

modelled with wings outstretched paper label to base 11.5cm high, contained within original box £80 - £120

post war coloured, clear frosted and some opalescent, stylistically modelled as Angel fish on ovoid domed bases etched marks 4.5cm high £600 - £800

2nd to 3rd century AD and a Medieval raspberry prunt vase £80 - £120

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circa 1930s decorated in relief with maidens holding flowers marked Sabino, Paris 19cm diameter £100 - £150

A LALIQUE FIGURE OF A SWAN

post war clear unfrosted, stylistically modelled with head down 18cm x 33cm £800 - £1200

133 A VENETIAN TWINHANDLED GLASS FLASK

in 17th century style the circular main body finely engraved with seahorses, birds and flowers, the thinly blown handles flanking a long neck with applied gold flecked collar, the circular spreading foot with similar decoration engraved ‘A. Peralta Ramos, ‘98’ and ‘Seguso and Lisini Murano’ to the base 28.5cm high £300 - £500

134 A BOHEMIAN GLASS BOTTLE AND STOPPER

19th century perhaps made for the Catholic church, the body of elaborate stepped form, ruby and clear glass, engraved with flowers, with an amber cruciform stopper, further engraving to the base 26.5cm high (chip to base of stopper) £150 - £250

135 AN ITALIAN STUDIO GREEN GLASS ‘FORATO’ VASE IN THE MANNER OF FULVIO BIANCONI

mid-late 20th century the waved form vase with two handles unsigned 19cm high (chipped base) £100 - £200

137 A SABINO OPALESCENT GLASS BOWL

138 A BOHEMIAN RUBY GLASS CAMEO VASE

late 19th century the glass cut with milk glass overlay and upper scalloped rim detailed with gilt scrolling highlights and adorned with eight painted roundels with alternating floral and portrait motifs, 18.5cm high together with two Bohemian ruby and milk glass scent bottles, lacking stoppers 14cm high (3) £150 - £200

139 A SELECTION OF ROCK AND OTHER SPECIMENS

to include a large piece of fluorspar, 15cm long, a haematite specimen, 11cm long, small pyrite fragments, ‘Fool’s Gold’, polished agate, moonstone, beads, glass and pottery sherds including Samian ware etc (a collection) £70 - £100

140 A MAHOGANY TRAY, TOGETHER WITH A BOHEMIAN AMETHYST FLASHED DECANTER

late 19th century engraved with floral and berry decoration, 39.5cm high and eight hock glasses in assorted colourways and sizes (10) £100 - £150

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141 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED AUTOPSY SET

the campaign style box enclosing various instruments to two sides of the box including a costotome by S Maw & Son, and Thompson, Aldersgate Street, with cross hatched handle, bone saw, scalpels also marked for Maw & Son, various knife blades and handles and tweezers (incomplete) 26cm wide, 17cm deep, 6cm high £200 - £300

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142 TWO LEATHER SUITCASES

one stamped ‘Guaranteed selected hide’ with lined interior, 66cm wide, the other by Webb brothers containing five glass dressing table bottles and a mirror, monogrammed ‘C E A’ 60cm wide (2) £80 - £120

143 A GEORGE III HEXAGONAL TORTOISESHELL TEA CADDY

with tortoiseshell veneered inner cover and ivory borders, mother of pearl escutcheon 15.5cm wide, 9.5cm deep, 12cm high £250 - £350

144 A TUNBRIDGE WARE TWO DIVISION TEA CADDY

19th century the parquetry top showing a castellated manor house and enclosing two lidded compartments above a florally decorated parquetry body and on gently spreading base and compressed ebony bun feet 24cm wide, 14cm deep, 13cm high £200 - £300

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145 19th century the rectangular cover with tumbling block design enclosing a blue lined vacant interior and with kite shaped escutcheon and rosewood sides, 18cm wide, 9cm deep, 6cm high and also a rosewood and parquetry book with tumbling block design in various woods to both sides and rosewood ribbed spine 16cm wide, 10cm deep, 3.5cm high (2) £100 - £150

146 A TORTOISESHELL VENEERED SLOPE FRONT NEEDLE BOX

19th century of canted form with red lined interior, 5cm high, 3.5cm deep, 3.5cm wide and a small Tunbridge ware stamp box, Victorian, the cover inlaid in the style of a stamp with the young head Victoria within decorative surround and rosewood sides 4cm x 3.5cm x 3cm (2) £100 - £150

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A COLLECTION OF FIVE PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOXES

late 18th/early 19th century to include a circular example painted with a young lady admiring a posy, 9cm diameter, a rectangular box painted with a classical lady with posy in her hair and wearing an off the shoulder dress and pearls, 8cm long, a box decorated with two donkeys leaning over the fence and the motto ‘When Shall We Three Meet Again?’, 8cm wide, a snuff box decorated with a hunting dog in woodland setting, 9cm wide and a Persian box showing five horsemen hunting, the sides decorated with birds and flowers 11cm wide (5) £150 - £250

148 TWO PIQUE WORK TREEN SHOE SNUFF BOXES

A COLD PAINTED METAL HOLLOW CAST PEN WIPE

early 20th century in the form of a parrot, naturalistically coloured and modelled standing, 10cm high and a modern painted clay ornament in the form of half a horse chestnut shell containing a loose conker from the Penkridge Ceramics Collection 6cm long (2) £60 - £100

150 TWO WHITE METAL NOVELTY VESTA CASES

19th century one in the form of a dog’s head with glass eyes and fur detailing, the other as an owl, lacking eyes 5cm long (2) £60 - £80

first half 19th century one with square toe, the other pointed toe with simple designs, including a love heart 9cm and 10cm long respectively (2) £80 - £120

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to include an early 19th century miniature tortoiseshell mother of pearl and ivory mandolin, 13cm, a carved lime wood Corpus Christi, 20cm, a treen love spoon with three inset beads to the handle, 20cm, a treen thimble holder in the form of an acorn in various woods, 5cm, two white metal thimbles, two bronze brooches, one in the form of a horse, probably Roman, 5.5cm and 4cm respectively, a continental porcelain oval plaque of a child and lamb in gilt metal mounts, 3.5cm, a Royal Worcester porcelain florally decorated rouge pot (8) £100 - £150

152 A TUDRIC PEWTER TEA CADDY AND COVER FOR LIBERTY AND CO

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stamped 01554, of faceted and planished hexagonal form 9cm high £60 - £80

153 AN ARTS AND CRAFTS BRASS STICK STAND

late 19th century embossed with a floral design on a shaped rear bracket and with rectangular drip tray 90cm high £350 - £450

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154 A ROSEWOOD AND BRASS INLAID WRITING SLOPE

early 19th century with sarcophagus top above two inlaid doors enclosing four short drawers over a fold-out writing slope with central foliate bordered vacant tablet within fleur de lys corners enclosing a gilt tooled blue leather writing surface and divisions, sides with flush brass campaign style handles 41cm wide, 29.5cm deep, 21cm high £200 - £250

155 A VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT VANITY CASE

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second half 19th century with brass bound edges and enclosing a blue leather divisioned interior, incomplete, the lock plate stamped ‘Bramah, London’ above an un-fitted jewellery drawer with lock plate stamped ‘Kilpatrick & Co, London and Melbourne’ 32cm wide, 23cm deep, 20cm high and an early 19th century mahogany and boxwood strung two division tea caddy with kite shaped escutcheon and on gilt ball feet 19.5cm wide, 14cm deep, 15cm high (2) £120 - £180

156 A CHINOISERIE LACQUERED COLLECTORS’ CABINET

early 19th century with lift top enclosing a mirrored and lined interior above two cupboard doors with chinoiserie scenes of people in traditional dress within floral meander borders and enclosing six shallow drawers decorated with flowers, the drawers containing two small Wedgwood blue jasper cameo plaques 2cm, various polished stones, a large selection of red wax seals, minerals, shells and ammonites, raised on a shaped apron and bracket feet 51cm wide, 25cm deep, 52cm high £250 - £400

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157 A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF ROLLS ROYCE SENTINEL WORKS WAGONS

mid-20th century containing approximately 500 black and white photographs of vehicles and engines, in assorted liveries (approximately 500)

FOOTNOTE The Sentinel Waggon Works was set up in Shrewsbury in 1915, with the diesel lorry era dawning some thirty years later, after the end of the Second World War £200 - £400

158 A ROLLS ROYCE PRESENTATION ASH TRAY, INSCRIBED FOR ‘B. ROBERTS, 25 YEARS SERVICE

1972 with spirit of ecstasy mount 7.5cm high sold together with ‘Sentinel Diesel Lorries - A Pictorial Record’ by Neil. A. Matlock (2) £80 - £120

159 A GEORGE III WALKING CANE

18th century with ivory and pique work handle, lacking ferrule 116cm long £400 - £600

160 A BRASS TOBACCO BOX AND COVER

18th century of canted rectangular form with spire finial on a rectangular spreading base, shaped apron and bracket feet 19cm high £80 - £120

161 A WELSH FOLK ART WALKING STICK CARVED ON A SASH ‘GOD IS LOVE’

made 1925 Duw Cariad Yw carved with further mottos, stars, swastikas, anchors, lozenges against a pitted ground and with metal ferrule 90cm long £100 - £150

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A HIGHLAND PARK SINGLE MALT WHISKY SET (CASED)

AN ELECTROPLATE AND VARIEGATED GREEN MARBLE CORINTHIAN COLUMN TABLE LAMP

to include a bottle of Highland Park 12 year old single Malt Scotch Whisky, a leather wrapped hip flask and white metal topped cup, in presentation case and a cased bottle of Chopin pure vodka (2) £150 - £200

on stepped and beaded square base, stamped ‘A W E P’ 45cm high, (excluding fitting) £150 - £250

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A SET OF FOUR GILT METAL ROCOCO STYLE TWO BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

with iron framed over strung action and 85 note keyboard 133cm wide, 44cm deep, 93cm high £100 - £150

fitted for electricity with foliate branches 40cm high (4) £100 - £150

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with classical capitol of caryatids spruce soundboard, blue painted body J F Brown & Co from Erard’s, 12 Berners Street, Oxford of London 44 string action, 170cm high £800 - £1200

A PAIR OF ROCOCO STYLE GILT METAL TWO BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

fitted for electricity with foliate branches 40cm high (2) £80 - £120

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168 A ROCOCO STYLE GILT METAL SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER

with suspension loop and bracket, the central column cast with fruiting vine and stamped 4203, fitted for electricity 83cm high £400 - £600

169 A GEORGE III PONTYPOOL TYPE TOLE PEINTE OVAL TWO HANDLED TRAY

painted with classical scene after Romeo and Juliet within a pendant husk border and finely painted textile style surround, the raised border painted with pendant husks and floral meanders 71cm wide, 55cm deep £300 - £500

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naturalistically modelled and with yellow glass eyes, standing on two books and a black marble plinth, dark brown patination, unsigned 21cm high £100 - £150

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she sits cross legged with her hands wrapped around her right knee and her head resting on her left knee in contemplation, dark brown even patination, unsigned 20cm high £80 - £120

172 A SPANISH PAINTED GILT WOOD WALL PLAQUE

18th/19th century centred by an oval oil portrait of the Madonna and Child, each figure crowned within a border of mirror inset leaves and an outer surround of red and green painted gilt stars within a swag curtain carved edge and surmounted by a mirror inset cupola 70cm high, 63cm wide £400 - £600

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(1834-1917) a young flower girl carrying a sprig and basket of fruit on socle inscribed Aug. Moreau and applied with a plaque marked Duval Bronzier, Paris on ebonised plinth, the figure 40cm high, 48cm high overall £500 - £700

176 174 A BRONZE OF A GOAT AND KID AFTER E. DELABRIERRE

19th century naturalistically modelled on rounded rectangular base stamped E. Delabrierre 20cm high, 23cm long £200 - £300

175 A FRENCH BRONZE IN ANIMALIER STYLE

unsigned, 19th century naturalistically modelled as a horse and foal on an oval base, dark brown patina 37cm long, 25cm high £500 - £600

178 177 A BRASS SKILLET

18th century of bucket form with grooved handle cast WH4 and raised on three stilt feet 22cm diameter £100 - £150

178 AFTER GEORGES OMERTH

(1895-1925) a French gilt bronze figure of a woman standing with hands on hips and small bag over her right wrist, dressed in furs in tartar style, the circular plinth incised ‘G Omerth’ 19.5cm high £200 - £300

176 AN AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZE OF AN ARAB ON A CAMEL

with lime green, red and yellow detailing, unmarked 17cm long, 17cm high £400 - £600

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Jeremy Lamond Furniture, Clocks and Works of Art jeremy @hallsgb.com

Specialist’s Insights When the clock strikes…

Clocks are fascinating instruments not only because they demand our attention so that we can tell the time, but also because they can be elaborate works of art in their own right.

We are all familiar with the archetypal ‘grandfather clock’ ticktocking away in the hall and reminding us hourly why we must get a damper put on the bell! Less well known are those mantel clocks which do not cover their movements in oak or mahogany but have them revealed for all to see, a transparency of mechanics which can be mesmerising to watch in motion. These clocks without cases, skeleton clocks as they are generally known, were wildly popular in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, not least perhaps because, with their chain driven fusee movements, they were very accurate time keepers. The Victorians delighted in making architectural frames, sometimes based on English cathedrals and it must be surmised that the resulting clocks were something of a conversation piece. The best examples are often large and elaborate with a ‘themed’ frame, such as the York Minster example in this auction and by good Birmingham or London clockmakers, both centres of production where metalworking was second nature.

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In this auction we are favoured with the clock collection from the estate of a Cheshire dealer, restorer and collector.

All the skeleton clocks in this auction are from this estate as are the mahogany cased regulators and the majority of the longcase and drop dial wall clocks. Such is the size of this collection that it has been spread over several sales and includes pocket watches, mantel clocks, longcase clocks, watch and clock movements, cases, dials and watchmakers’ tools. We have literally been spending our time measuring ‘time’ in all its forms from tall regulators to tiny fob watches!

The clocks in this auction also include, from another private vendor, a fascinating George III gilt brass table clock constructed for the eastern market in about 1780. Although the movement has been replaced in line with an inscription on the backplate dated 1840, the movement was in fact made for the case, albeit forty to fifty years later after the original had been removed.

It is nevertheless a very smart clock and should generate considerable interest. The Chinese market is still strong and this type of clock is very saleable in China-not surprising since it was originally made for this market! Make time therefore to come to the auction on 23rd May to see this comprehensive collection of timekeepers and maybe go home with one or two. Once the bidding starts however, there will be no time for ‘clockwatching’.

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A LATE 19TH-CENTURY MAHOGANY LONGCASE REGULATOR BY BATTY & SONS, MANCHESTER

A LATE 18TH-CENTURY OAK 8-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK BY HEDGE OF COLCHESTER

the architectural case has canted corners to the hood and trunk, the rectangular glazed door shows of the zinc/steel temperature-compensated pendulum, the rectangular plinth stands on a single plinth, the 13.5-inch silvered regulator dial is signed on applied plates, the substantial movement has A-framed plates united by heavy screwed pillars and is fixed to a wooden seatboard with two large hand screws, the six-spoked wheels are screwed to their collets and mesh with high count pinions, the dead-beat escapement has adjustable jewelled pallet nibs that are held in a brass frame, the pendulum is suspended from a cast-iron bracket on the backboard and follows Thomas Buckney’s (1838-1890) design, which incorporates steel and zinc tubes to compensate for the expansion and contraction of metal in hot and cold temperatures, the brass-cased weight has an integral pulley and is positioned so that it descends down the side of the case 201cm high £2500 - £3500

180 A MID-18TH CENTURY LONGCASE CLOCK BY ROBERT DAVIS OF BURNLEY

with later carved oak case, the longcase has profuse relief carving throughout, the caddy-topped hood has free-standing barley twist columns over carved reeded quarter columns to the trunk, the base has a raised panel, reeded canted corners, standing on carved bun feet, the 12-inch dial has mask and foliate spandrels, signed chapter ring, matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, the weight-driven movement has an anchor escapement and internal countwheel striking on a bell £150 - £250

the hood with pagoda top is surmounted by three ball and spire finials over tapering oak columns with brass capitals over a concave throat moulding, break-arched moulded trunk door and rectangular base with double skirted plinth and block feet, the 12-inch brass breakarched dial is signed on a cartouche in the arch, has rococo spandrels, engraved chapter ring, and a matted centre with a recessed subsidiary dial and calendar aperture, the weight-driven movement has five knopped pillars, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell 233cm high £150 - £250

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182 A LATE 19TH-CENTURY WALNUT ARCH-TOPPED REGULATOR

BY HEYWOOD, WREXHAM

the case with long glazed cross-banded door, revealing the dial, gridiron pendulum, silvered beat scale and veneered interior, the base is surmounted by an ebonised cushion moulding and has an inlaid six-pointed star, tThe 12-inch signed painted iron dial has a typical regulator layout and sits above a pierced foliate mahogany fret, the movement has rectangular plates, four screwed pillars, dead-beat escapement with ruby pallet nibs, and Harrison’s maintaining power 186cm high £1200 - £1800

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183 A LATE 19TH-CENTURY MAHOGANY ARCH-TOPPED REGULATOR BY HUGHES & SON, LLANGOLLEN

the case, with large glazed door is veneered with flame mahogany inside and out, the base has quartered veneers, moulded recessed panel and moulded plinth, the 14-inch signed painted iron dial has a regular domestic layout, with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, and blued steel hands, the movement has shouldered plates, six-spooked wheels, Harrison’s maintaining power, and a dead-beat escapement, the dial sits behind a silvered sight ring with foliate carved mahogany frets below 206cm high £2000 - £3000

184 A LATE 19TH-CENTURY ARCHTOPPED OAK REGULATOR

BY LOWE, CHESTER

the domed case has access doors to either side of the top and full glazed door over a square base with recessed panel and double ogee moulded plinth, the 12.5inch signed silvered dial with silvered sight ring has the traditional regulator layout with outer minute circle and subsidiaries for the hours and seconds, and sits over a carved oak foliate apron, the large movement is supported by a stout cast iron bracket, has heavy plates united by six heavy screwed pillars, sixspoked wheels, fully jewelled dead-beat escapement and brass caps to all pivots 210cm high £2500 - £3500

185 A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SKELETON CLOCK IN THE FORM OF YORK MINSTER, ATTRIBUTED TO EVANS OF HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM

the twin chain fusee movement has sixspoked wheels, anchor escapement, rack striking on a gong and passing half-hour strike on the centrally mounted bell, the pierced silvered chapter ring has Gothic Roman numerals and blued-steel hands 58cm high(including gilt wood plinth) £400 - £600

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A LARGE LATE 19TH-CENTURY FUSEE SKELETON TIMEPIECE, ATTRIBUTED TO SMITH & SONS OF CLERKENWELL, LONDON

A LATE 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK WITH VISIBLE ESCAPEMENT

BY S. MARTI OF PARIS

A LATE 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH OVAL FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK BY S. MARTI OF PARIS

the single chain fusee movement runs within a heavy skeletonised plates united by six baluster pillars, with six-spoked wheels, passing hour strike, and deadbeat escapement, the pierced silvered chapter ring has Gothic Roman numerals interspersed by thistle and clover motifs with ornate painted steel hands, the three-rod pendulum has blued steel rosettes applied to the front and back 61cm high £300 - £500

the stout brass case with four bevelled glasses houses an 8-day going barrel movement with twopiece enamel dial, visible Brocot escapement with ruby pallets, Roman numerals, blued-steel moon hands and an Ellicott type pendulum 39cm high £300 - £500

the brass case has opening front and back and is glazed with four curved and bevelled glass panels, the twopiece enamel dial has visible Brocot escapement with ruby pallets, Roman numerals and fleur-de-lys hands, the 8-day bell-striking movement has a polished brass and steel pendulum 32.5cm high £250 - £350

187 A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SKELETON CLOCK MOVEMENT AND PLINTH

the single chain fusee movement stands on a white marble base, has anchor escapement, and passing strike on a single bell, the silvered pierced chapter ring has Roman numerals on shield medallions interspersed by fleur-de-lys motifs 46cm (including plinth) £150 - £200

188 A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SKELETON TIMEPIECE

the single chain fusee movement stands on an ebonised wood plinth, has six-spoked wheelwork, anchor escapement, pierced silvered chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals and blackened steel hands 33cm (including plinth) £150 - £200

189 A FIRST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY DROP DIAL CLOCK WITH CONVEX PAINTED DIAL

unsigned, the 12-inch convex painted iron dial is set in a mahogany surround with cast brass bezel, over carved fan ears and short drop box with brass stringing, the chain fusee movement has shouldered brass plates and anchor escapement 45cm long £300 - £500

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A MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY INLAID ROSEWOOD DROP DIAL CLOCK WITH LATER MOVEMENT AND DIAL SIGNED HUGHES & SON OF WREXHAM

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY DROP DIAL WALL CLOCK BY G. SLATER OF BURSLEM

A MID-19TH CENTURY INLAID ROSEWOOD DROP DIAL CLOCK SIGNED BY EDWARDS OF LLANGOLLEN

the 12-inch repainted signed dial has Roman numerals, cast brass bezel with sight ring and octagonal surround with mother of pearl inlays, the round footed drop box with glazed aperture and a mirror on the back board, the 8-day fusee movement has an anchor escapement and short pendulum 71cm long £150 - £200

the signed painted iron dial has Roman numerals, steel hands, cast brass bezel with sight ring and octagonal surround, the ogee footed drop box has carved ears, the eight day fuse movement has anchor escapement and shouldered brass plates 74cm long £400 - £600

the signed painted iron dial has Roman numerals and steel hands with an octagonal surround inlaid with mother of pearl, the drop box has a glazed pendulum aperture, which is framed by mother of pearl inlay and stringing, the 8-day fusee movement 59cm high £150 - £200

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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH INLAID MAHOGANY MINIATURE LONGCASE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR

A 19TH CENTURY SWISS BRASS AND STEEL WATCHMAKERS’ MANDREL

the case is inlaid with two mulberry ovals and boxwood and ebony stringing, the 3.5 inch enamel dial has blue Roman numerals and outer calendar ring, indicated by a blued-steel hand with applied sunburst medallion, the 8-day going barrel movement has a cylinder platform escapement 45cm high £120 - £180

196 A 19TH CENTURY SWISS BRASS AND STEEL WATCHMAKERS’ MANDREL

unsigned, a hand-powered watchmakers’ mandrel lathe with compound slide, tailstock and handtool rest 52cm wide £300 - £500

unsigned, a hand-cranked watchmakers’ mandrel lathe with handtool rest, and compound slide 52cm wide £200 - £300

198 A 19TH CENTURY SWISS WATCHMAKERS’ TOPPING TOOL

unsigned, with hand wheel and one cutter 27cm high £150 - £250

199 THREE EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH TIMEPIECES

two French timepiece carriage clocks and an oak mantel clock, each has a 8-day going barrel movement with lever platform escapement £150 - £250

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200 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE

BY HENRI JACOT, PARIS

the gilt brass corniche case with five bevelled glasses, the 8-day movement has a silvered lever platform escapement, enamel dial with Roman numerals and blued-steel hands, sold with its numbered travel box and key 10cm high £300 - £500

201 A THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY OAK 30-HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK BY JOHN ROBERTS OF WREXHAM

the hood with moulded cornice over freestanding ornately turned spindle columns, the trunk with quarter columns and crossbanded door stands on a rectangular base with tall plinth, the 12-inch signed brass dial has rococo spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, and calendar aperture, the weight-driven movement has external countwheel striking on a bell, and anchor escapement 206cm high £300 - £400

202 A THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY OAK 30-HOUR LONGCASE BY THOMAS LISTER OF HALIFAX

the profusely carved oak case has a flat-topped hood with barley twist columns over a straight-sided trunk with shaped door, the signed 12-inch dial has brass hands, and a Halifax moonphase indication below the 12 o’clock position, which is mirrored by the date aperture below, the weight-driven movement has external countwheel striking on a bell, and anchor escapement 213cm high £150 - £250

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203 A GEORGE III GILT BRASS TABLE CLOCK MADE FOR THE EASTERN MARKET WITH A LATER QUALITY VICTORIAN 8-DAY FUSEE MOVEMENT

the gilt case, has applied rosettes throughout, and is surmounted by a segmented cupola with five urn finials, the canted corners are adorned with S-scroll mounts that feature fine beading, and pierced scrollwork, the rear door has a silk-lined cast brass lattice with floral detail, the four inch silvered dial has a finely engraved centre with Roman numerals, finely pierced fleur-de-lys hands, and an aperture to display the temperature-compensated balance wheel and lever escapement, the bezel is set with cut blue glass brilliants, the single fusee movement has Harrison’s maintaining power, rear positioned winding square and hand-set, and the backplate is inscribed: Presented to Mrs Wilson by her Father, Sept. 26th, 1840 39cm high £3000 - £5000

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204 A SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY CROSSBANDED OAK 30-HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK BY ROBERT BROWN OF NEWTOWN the hood with two lion head roundels applied to the swan-necked pediment over reeded free-standing columns, the trunk with recessed quarter columns and cross-banded rectangular door, standing on a rectangular base with moulded plinth, the 12-inch signed painted iron dial has Roman numerals and pheasant corner spandrels, the 30hour movement has countwheel striking on a bell and anchor escapement 206cm high £250 - £350

205 A FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE GILT METAL AND PORCELAIN INSET CLOCK GARNITURE

19th century the clock with 3.5 inch white dial with Roman numerals and marked Raingo Freres a Paris, eight day movement striking on a bell, the case surmounted by a cherubic infant representing the arts and with porcelain inset floral panels in elaborate foliate surround 37cm high and two conforming three branch figural candlesticks, 39cm high (3) £300 - £400

206 A MAHOGANY CASED SINGLE FUSEE WALL CLOCK

circa 1870 the 12 inch white painted dial with Roman numerals and inscribed ‘Barnsdale, 18 Brunswick Place, London’ eight day single fusee movement with anchor escapement 38cm diameter £250 - £350

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207 A NOVELTY BRASS DESK TIMEPIECE BY THE BRITISH UNITED CLOCK COMPANY

in the form of a gentleman standing next to his bicycle, the front wheel enclosing the drum case with 2 inch white annular dial and Arabic numerals, the oval plinth stamped Rd 214025 on foliate bracket feet 16cm high £250 - £350

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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY DIAMOND AND CULTURED PEARL PENDANT WITH A PAIR OF MATCHING DROP EARRINGS Estimate £1000-£1500

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A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD CROSSBANDED BREAK FRONT SIDEBOARD

A MAHOGANY BREAK FRONT SIDEBOARD

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY KNEE-HOLE DESK

second quarter 19th century the rectangular shaped top above a reeded frieze and two ebony strung drawers with spearhead and elongated C-scroll borders, flanked by half-round false drawer fronts and raised on six reeded tapering legs with later gilt brass ring handles 230cm wide, 84cm deep, 88cm high £700 - £1000

209 AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY FLOOR STANDING BOOK CASE IN GEORGE III STYLE

the dentil moulded cornice above four astragal glazed cupboard doors, the centre section enclosing adjustable shelves, the outer sections with lined fixed shelves, raised on a plinth base 197cm wide, 40cm deep, 143cm high £300 - £400

early 19th century of large proportions the stepped rectangular top above a central frieze drawer with lion mask, ring handles over a pull out semi-secret recessed drawer and flanked by a bowed cupboard door and drawer and raised on six ring turned tapering legs, the left hand side with drop down flap and recess for chamber pot 214cm wide, 86cm deep, 98cm high £500 - £700

the rectangular crossbanded top above a shallow cock beaded drawer and recessed frieze drawer and cupboard flanked by six cock beaded short drawers and raised on shaped bracket feet, alterations 83cm wide, 53cm deep, 75cm high £150 - £250

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each rectangular shelf spaced by turned pilasters and with foliate pierced top border and on ring turned legs and castors 64cm wide, 37cm deep, 97cm high and an Adam revival gilded whatnot, 20th century the rectangular top above four divisions with fluted pilasters and raised on scale carved and fluted tapering round legs 77cm wide, 43cm deep, 74cm high (2) £100 - £150

A MAHOGANY AND WALNUT VENEERED KNEE-HOLE DRESSING TABLE OF GEORGE III DESIGN

the rectangular top above a frieze drawer and recessed cupboard door flanked by six pedestal drawers on shaped bracket feet 82cm wide, 46cm deep, 75cm high £100 - £150

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214 A VICTORIAN WALNUT THREE TIER WHAT-NOT

A VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT AND INLAID GAMES AND WORK TABLE

circa 1860 the rectangular fold-over baize lined top above a shallow frieze drawer flanked by short drawers and sliding bobbin well and raised on four fluted pilasters joined by a pierced flat stretcher and on shaped legs, block feet and ceramic castors 76cm wide, 44cm deep, 74cm high £150 - £200

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AN EDWARDIAN SATINWOOD FRAMED FIRE SCREEN

A MIDDLE EASTERN HARDWOOD TWO FOLD, THREE PANEL SCREEN

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE LINEN PRESS

the glazed silk work panel with a design of hooked ghuls within stylised fan borders, the reverse velvet lined and raised on down curved tapering legs 80cm wide, 104cm high £100 - £150

216 A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND INLAID TOILET MIRROR

early 19th century the rectangular plate within a canted foliate frame and tapering uprights, over a design of a basket of flowers above a frieze drawer with shield shaped ivory escutcheon and on gilt ball feet 44cm wide, 32cm deep, 68cm high £100 - £150

217 A TOLE PEINTE TRAY

19th century of rounded rectangular form, decorated with an ivy leaf and willow border 78cm wide, 58cm deep £80 - £120

19th century with pierced mihrab style panels above bone inlaid geometric lower sections and with small hinged doors within the panels, each panel 75cm wide, 179cm high £100 - £200

219 A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONY STRUNG LINEN PRESS

early 19th century the bevelled cornice above two indented panel cupboard doors enclosing five slides over four cockbeaded drawers with flower head gilt brass swing handles over a shaped apron and raised on splay bracket feet 188cm wide, 55cm deep, 192cm high £150 - £250

late 18th century the dentil moulded and ogive cornice above two ribbed panel cupboard doors, enclosing a later hanging pole above a secretaire drawer enclosing a fitted interior of satinwood fronted drawers and centred by a conch shell inlaid cupboard door, flanked by pigeon holes above three long graduated cock beaded drawers with gilt brass swing handles and raised on bracket feet 121cm wide, 55cm deep, 214cm high £300 - £400

221 AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY THREE PIECE BEDROOM SUITE BY SHAPLAND AND PETTER OF BARNSTAPLE

circa 1900 comprising a single mirror door wardrobe with enamel plaques to the frieze and arum lily panels above a deep drawer on bracket feet, the lock plates stamped ‘S&PB’, 120cm wide (cornice), 46cm deep, 204cm high, a matching dressing table with two gallery drawers over a long drawer and two short deep drawers on square legs and block feet, 97cm wide, 51cm deep, 146cm high and marble top tile back washstand with a canted recess below and two canted cupboard doors 107cm wide, 52cm deep, 124cm high (3) £800 - £1200

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222 A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

the later variegated black marble top above a semi-secret full length frieze drawer raised on out facing slender cabriole legs and gilt metal lion paw feet, joined by a concave fronted platform stretcher and on compressed bun feet 145cm wide, 54cm deep, 93cm high £250 - £350

223 A MAHOGANY CABINET BOOKCASE

early 19th century the moulded cornice above two astragal glazed sliding doors and a single opening door to the right enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with four indented cabinet doors, enclosing shelves 190cm wide, 45cm deep, 235cm high £500 - £700

224 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FOLIO CABINET

mid-19th century the rectangular bevelled top with inset gilt tooled brown leather surface above two arcaded foliate mounted and pierced cabinet doors with gilt brass grilles enclosing four sliding folio shelves and raised on a plinth base 121cm wide, 90cm deep, 87cm high £500 - £700

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225 AN OAK CRICKET TABLE

19th century the circular top on a triangular base and three out splayed square tapering legs joined by a platform stretcher 83cm diameter, 76cm high £300 - £500

226 A SET OF FOUR REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONY STRUNG BAR AND ROPE BACK DINING CHAIRS

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BREAK FRONT TRIPLE WARDROBE

18th century and later, with flat canopied hood and turned finials to the corners, pine base and indented panel sides on short skates, with additions 92cm long, 54cm overall width, 75cm high £100 - £150

the canted cornice above two indented panel cupboard doors, enclosing three slides over two short and two long cock beaded drawers flanked by full length cupboard doors and raised on a plain plinth 252cm wide, 64cm deep, 216cm high £300 - £400

each with later upholstered drop in seat, rounded front corners and ring turned tapering front legs (4) £100 - £150

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231 A PAINTED OAK ARK, NORTH EUROPEAN

the domed top carved with trefoil motifs and initials HK, enclosing a vacant interior with later pine base above a front panel carved with geometric and flower head motifs and bearing date 1758 above a shield over an indented concave plinth and raised on squat bun feet 115cm wide, 60cm deep, 79cm high £250 - £400

232 A VICTORIAN GOTHIC OAK DINNER GONG

third quarter 19th century with turned finials, the brass gong above a turned stretcher between bracket and bar end standards 56cm wide, 98cm high £150 - £250

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AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET

AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF SINGLE GATE LEG ACTION DINING TABLE

circa 1910 the flat cornice above a ribbed glazed leaded light door with three lily shaped panes to the upper section, the pattern repeated in the glazed canted sides and enclosing glass shelves and a velvet lined interior, over a drop down door with silvered and inlaid foliate and heart shaped motifs, flanked by recesses and raised on square legs and flat block feet, the lock plate stamped Goodall 136cm wide, 45cm deep, 182cm high £300 - £400

the rectangular twin flat top with rounded corners above a plain frieze with shaped lower edge and raised on scroll carved slender cabriole legs and pointed pad feet 150cm extended length, 107cm wide, 71cm high £200 - £300

A FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE MARBLE TOP MAHOGANY AND GILT METAL MOUNTED ETAGERE

early 20th century the circular galleried dished top raised on three fluted tapering columns joined by a finialled stretcher and on down-curved acanthus lapetted tapering cabriole legs and sabots 36cm diameter, 73cm high £150 - £250

234 A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY THREE PILLAR DINING TABLE

the rectangular top with rounded corners and reeded edge raised on three baluster columns each with three down curved tapering out swept legs, brass paw caps and castors with two extra leaves 364cm extended length, 122cm wide, 75cm high £800 - £1200

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A CROSS BANDED WALNUT SIDE TABLE

early 19th century each with a foliate scroll top rail and flower head and volute scroll splat above a later upholstered drop in seat and raised on grooved sabre legs (6) £250 - £350

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237 A JOINED OAK MULE CHEST

18th century and later, the bevelled rectangular quarter veneered top above three frieze drawers with shaped apron and raised on cabriole legs and pad feet 135cm wide, 57cm deep, 83cm high £150 - £250

17th century the bevelled two plank top above a crown and crescent punch carved frieze over two panels of S-scroll carving above a shallow drawer with later elongated knob handles and between carved and channelled extended stile feet 124cm wide 54cm deep, 65cm high £250 - £350

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238 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY TOP NIGHT TABLE

the rectangular top with shaped sides above a pull out slide and recess and commode drawer enclosing a later ceramic liner and raised on grooved square legs 58cm wide, 45cm deep, 83cm high £120 - £180

239 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS

circa 1765 the dentil moulded and carved cornice above a blind fret carved frieze and two ribbed panel doors with foliate top corners enclosing a later lined hanging space and pole over three cock beaded drawers and two long graduated cock beaded drawer with gilt brass swing handles between blind fret carved canted angles and raised on shaped ogee bracket feet 130cm wide, 59cm deep, 222cm high £800 - £1200

240 A VICTORIAN WALNUT BUFFET

19th century the rectangular top with low gallery back and sides and ball finials, raised on turned pilasters over an under tier and two indented cupboard doors and on elongated bun feet 120cm wide, 44cm deep, 103cm high £150 - £250

241 A JOINED OAK CHEST

mid 18th century the bevelled rectangular two plank top enclosing a later fabric lined interior above four fielded panels and four smaller fielded panels disguised as drawer fronts over a concave front moulding and on block feet 143cm wide, 53cm deep, 80cm high £200 - £300

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247 A CHILD’S REGENCY MAHOGANY HIGH CHAIR

early 19th century and later with brass inlaid bar back with veloute scrolls, flower centred head splat brown leather seat between open arms on turned pilaster supports and square legs screwed to a platform stand and square tapering legs £150 - £200

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

circa 1780 the shaped top rail above a pierced vase splat between out swept scroll arms over a later drop in seat and raised on grooved square legs joined by an H-stretcher £80 - £120

243 A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY DESK IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS

the rectangular top with inset green tooled leather writing surface above two cock beaded frieze drawers with gilt metal knob handles and raised on reeded tapering legs and castors 107cm wide, 76cm deep, 75cm high £600 - £1000

244 A PAIR OF GEORGE I STYLE CHAIRS

each with later upholstered panel back and over stuffed seat and raised on walnut cabriole front legs and pad feet (2) £150 - £250

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late 18th century with pierced vase splat above a later upholstered drop-in seat between out curved open arms and raised on grooved square chamfered legs and a Victorian nursing chair circa 1860 with later upholstered green button back and over stuffed seat and raised on ring turned ebonised front legs and ceramic castors (2) £100 - £150

246 A REGENCY SCUMBLED PINE CANDLE STAND

early 19th century the circular graduated tiers spaced by three slender out curved legs with scumbled oak finish and block feet, 148cm high See note to the base of this candle stand showing a Mr and Mrs John Sterling playing chess taken from ‘Mrs Hurst dancing and other scenes from Regency life 1812-23’, watercolours by Diana Sterling. The Sterlings lived at Dynes Hall near Halstead, Essex they possessed a candle stand like this one £300 - £500

A REGENCY MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE

early 19th century the rectangular top with rounded corners and grooved edge, single end frieze drawer and raised on reeded tapering legs, brass cups and castors 69cm high £150 - £250

249 A VICTORIAN OVAL PAPIER MACHE TRAY

19th century with gilded edge and raised on a later ebonised stand with four square tapering legs and spade feet 75cm wide, 60cm deep, 50cm high £100 - £150

250 A LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT PEDESTAL KNEEHOLE DESK

19th century the bevelled rectangular top with tooled leather insert above three frieze drawers and six pedestal drawers with gilt metal Aesthetic Movement handles and on plinth base and castors 122cm wide, 60cm deep, 74cm high £150 - £250

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A SET OF SIX EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY ADAM REVIVAL PARLOUR CHAIRS

A REGENCY PAPIER MACHE AND CHINOISERIE TRAY

A MAHOGANY BUTLER’S TRAY ON STAND

each with a stepped top rail and swag moulded rail back above an overstuffed seat on grooved square tapering legs and spade feet (6) £150 - £200

early 19th century of rectangular form with rounded corners and canted deep border, decorated with figures in pagoda island landscapes 82cm wide, 60cm deep on a later ebonised folding frame £200 - £300

19th century of rectangular deep sided form with two hole cut shaped handles, 71cm x 45cm and two further mahogany butler’s trays 53cm x 33cm and 59cm x 44cm (3) £100 - £200

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A VICTORIAN EBONISED SPINDLE BACK EASY CHAIR

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

A LATE REGENCY GILT GESSO CIRCULAR WALL MIRROR

the bobbin turned rail back and arms with later padded green button down upholstery and raised on bobbin turned front legs, brass cups and castors and a Victorian oak prie dieu with Gothic triple arched splat centred by a saint within barley twist uprights, padded top rail and over-stuffed seat, raised on short ring turned front legs (2) £100 - £150

the gadrooned and eared top rail above a later upholstered crimson floral panel back and over stuffed seat between grooved scroll arms and raised on reeded front legs, brass cups and castors £100 - £150

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early 19th century the convex circular plate within a black reeded slip frame and gilt ball outer concave border, surmounted by an eagle and pierced foliate bracket and lower scallop shell bracket, distressed 65cm diameter, 102cm overall height £400 - £600

A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY FRAMED WINDOW SEAT

19th century later upholstered in cream floral fabric and raised on chamfered square legs joined by an H-stretcher £150 - £250

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Please note all successful bids are subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% plus VAT.

258 258 A BIEDERMEIER STYLE MAHOGANY GLAZED DISPLAY CABINET

19th century the stepped cornice above a geometric moulded frieze and canted angles over a shaped glazed door enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower section with frieze drawer and shaped apron on canted block feet 107cm wide, 49cm deep, 215cm high £250 - £350

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A GEORGE III OAK MULE CHEST

A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY FRAMED WING BACK ARMCHAIR

the mitred three plank top enclosing a vacant interior with poster celebrating the majority of W. E. Garnett Botfield, Tuesday August 16th 1870, Bishops Castle above three ribbed panels and two short drawers and one long drawer and raised on extended stile feet 125cm wide, 57cm deep, 103cm high £150 - £250

19th century upholstered in green covers and raised on square legs joined by an H-stretcher and on ceramic castors £150 - £250

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A REGENCY OAK DRESSER

A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR

AN EDWARDIAN GREEN LEATHER WING BACK ARMCHAIR

early 19th century the ogive cornice above a shaped canopy and enclosed rack with three shelves flanked by arched top and lozenge inlaid cupboard doors above a bevelled rectangular top and three bevelled short drawers with gilt brass open work swing handles on a conforming apron and cabriole front legs and metal lions paw feet and post back legs 185cm wide, 50cm deep, 202cm high £400 - £600

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with open bracket and C-scroll frame mounted with a bird to each upper side and below an open chinoiserie pagoda centred cresting, original silvered plate 106cm high, 58cm wide £800 - £1200

with close studded frame and raised on squat scallop shell headed cabriole legs and claw and ball feet and with block back legs £150 - £250

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A LARGE CONTEMPORARY WALNUT ROCOCO STYLE STOOL

A SET OF TWELVE (10+2) GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS

with padded button top within a gilt border and foliate carved frame and raised on acanthus carved cabriole legs and dolphin feet 121cm square £400 - £500

each with shaped foliate top rail and pierced foliate vase splat between carved out curved lappeted arms and with white drop in seat, each raised on acanthus carved cabriole front legs and claw and ball feet (12) £1000 - £1500

266 A VICTORIAN WALNUT BENCH

19th century the bevelled rectangular top raised on cabriole legs joined by an H-stretcher 145cm wide, 38cm deep £200 - £300

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267 A SET OF FIVE GILLOW AND CO, LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT FRAMED DINING CHAIRS

each with gadrooned top rail and studded panel back above a spindle gallery and over stuffed seat and raised on wrythen reeded and ring turned tapering front legs and spreading pad feet joined by a ring turned H-stretcher (5) £300 - £400

268 AN OAK PANEL BACK SETTLE

18th century and later, the indented panel back, incised with a simple arabesque design above a bench seat and raised on bobbin turned and block legs, joined by grooved stretchers 163cm wide, 134cm high £250 - £400

269 AN OAK WING BACK ENCLOSED ARMCHAIR

18th century the cupid’s bow top rail above an indented panel and overstuffed leather seat between panelled shaped arm over a plain indented base board and on block feet £300 - £500

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270 A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU

the mitred fall front enclosing a central chequer strung door flanked by pigeon holes and short drawers above two short and three long graduated cockbeaded drawers with oval brass stamped swing handles and on shaped bracket feet 97cm wide, 52cm deep, 108cm high £100 - £150

271 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARCHITECT’S TABLE

circa 1765 the rectangular mitred top with strut support above two pull out circular candle stands to each side over a pull out drawer with baize lined surface and divisions and pull out side tray raised on square grooved legs enclosing pilaster and block legs, gilt brass swing handle with rococo style escutcheon and handle plates 91cm wide, 61cm deep, 78cm high £1000 - £1500

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272 A LOUIS XVI STYLE OCCASIONAL TABLE

the variegated composite marble top within a harebell edge and frieze centred by a foliate bracket and raised on foliate wrapped fluted tapering legs joined by a gilded and flower head centred H-stretcher 117cm long, 54cm wide, 53cm high £200 - £300

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273 A LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT MARBLE TOPPED CHESS TABLE

the square bevelled white top inlaid with a specimen marble chessboard and raised on slender pilaster and block legs joined by an X-stretcher with open fan brackets and on ceramic castors 62cm square, 66cm high £300 - £500

274 A VICTORIAN OAK EXTENDING DINING TABLE

mid 19th century with wind out action, the bevelled rectangular top with rounded corners and five extra leaves (one new replacement) raised on ring turned tapering turned legs and castors 421cm extended length, 150cm wide, 73cm high £300 - £500

275 A PAIR OF GILDED WALL MIRRORS

20th century each of square form with bevelled plate within a leaf and berry surround and boss centred square corners 86cm x 86cm (2) £200 - £300

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276 A CHARLES II STYLE OAK DRESSER BASE

the bevelled rectangular three plank top above three geometrically moulded deep drawers with brass escutcheons and knob handles and raised on pilaster and block legs with open brackets, the base centred by turned finial 184cm wide, 55cm deep, 86cm high £300 - £500

277 AN ELIZABETHAN STYLE OAK REFECTORY TABLE

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the rectangular mitred top above a notched frieze and raised on faceted baluster and block legs joined by a double H-stretcher 225cm long, 76cm wide, 78cm high £300 - £500

278 A EDWARDIAN SATINWOOD OVAL TWO TIER ETAGERE

the upper tier with two handled tray with glass base and faux fluted sides raised on slender out swept supports and a further oval crossbanded tier and on four square tapering out swept legs with fan corner brackets and joined by an X-platform stretcher 88cm wide, 55cm deep, 80cm high £300 - £500

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279 A VICTORIAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT EBONISED AND INCISED GILT FRAMED STOOL

with rectangular piped brocade top raised on ring turned and block legs, centred by flower heads and on black ceramic castors 94cm x 56cm £200 - £300

280 A LATE VICTORIAN OAK AND LEATHER ROCKING CHAIR

the close studded panel bar back and overstuffed seat decorated in relief with oak leaves and acorns, pierced vase shaped splat and raised on faceted cabriole front legs with pole side stretchers £100 - £150

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281 A JOINED OAK CHEST

dated 1693 the rectangular top with four indented panels above a frieze carved IS and 1693 and flanked by guilloche carving over four plain indented panels spaced

by S-scroll carvings and raised on grooved square legs, old repairs 141cm wide, 55cm deep, 70cm high £250 - £350

282 A PAIR OF CHILDREN’S OAK PANEL BACK CHAIRS

19th century in 17th century style, each with a notched top rail flanked by split balusters above a lozenge carved indented panel back over a panel seat between down curved arms and raised on pilaster and block legs joined by stretchers (2) £200 - £400

283 A MAHOGANY FRAMED GOUT STOOL

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19th century with adjustable strut support and leather studded foot rest raised on turned tapering legs and brass castors £100 - £150

284 A JOINED OAK WAINSCOT CHAIR

Victorian with earlier elements the mask centred scroll top rail above a chevron inlaid frieze and over a lozenge centred and floral panel back between two S-scroll ears, the panel seat between down curved and raised on pilaster and block legs joined by stretchers £200 - £300

285 AN ANGLO-INDIAN CARVED HARDWOOD CHAIR

mid 19th century the back rail carved with Ganesh and dragons amongst fruiting vines above a central oval tablet carved with a sitar player, the out curved arms carved with fruiting vines and with Ganesh and cobra carved uprights, green leather drop in seat above an elaborately carved shaped apron centred by a figure flanked by dragons and raised on elephant head carved cabriole legs and paw feet £300 - £500

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A VICTORIAN EBONISED AND GILT METAL MOUNTED AND AMBOYNA CORNER CABINET

A REGENCY REVIVAL MAHOGANY AND GILT METAL MOUNTED COAL BOX AND SHOVEL

circa 1870 the mirrored shelf back with gilt brass low gallery over a rectangular indented centre section above an indented panel cupboard door flanked by bowed open lined mirror back shelves over a foliate carved apron and raised on three gilt metal mounted faux fluted round tapering legs and cup feet 83cm wide, 54cm deep, 162cm high £400 - £600

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19th century with reeded scroll handle above a bowed cover applied with a mythological winged creature with a swing handle in it’s mouth enclosing a lined interior between acanthus and dragon head lappeted sides and on paw winged front feet 36cm wide, 34cm deep, 51cm high £150 - £200

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A LATE VICTORIAN WALNUT JARDINIERE OR CHAMPAGNE BUCKET

early 19th century the rectangular top above a pierced frieze and brass embellishments centred by a crown and crossed riding crops and boots and raised on cabriole front legs the top 39cm wide, 29cm deep, 36cm high £120 - £180

19th century with swing handled brass liner and foliate border above a waisted body of slats and on stepped circular foliate base and three paw feet 40cm diameter, 41cm high £100 - £150

290 AN ENCLOSED HALL SETTLE

19th century with three panel back between shaped panel sides and with bench sheet and later squab cushion 100cm wide, 38cm deep, 138cm high £200 - £300

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291 A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY HOUSEKEEPER’S CUPBOARD

mid 19th century the moulded cornice above three shaped panel cupboard doors, enclosing a green painted interior of fixed shelving over a bevelled rectangular top and six short drawers with knob handles and raised on bracket feet 173cm wide, 53cm deep, 218cm high £500 - £800

292 A CHINESE LACQUER CABINET ON STAND

Qing Dynasty The fall front carved and decorated in colours with a scene of soldiers on horseback bearing banners within a mountainous landscape and to the sides with precious objects, opening to reveal multiple draws and compartments including several concealed, arranged around a central cupboard door inscribed with twelve lines of script, the stand having a single frieze drawer decorated with meandering foliage, raised on slightly tapering square section supports 104cm wide x 148cm high x 47cm deep

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FOOTNOTE The inscription to the inside of this cabinet reads as a greeting from one scholar to another, congratulating them on passing an exam and listing the great achievements of their ancestors £1200 - £1500

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EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING TERMS FOR PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, SCULPTURES AND PRINTS Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date and age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact.

Halls Fine Art reserve the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable.

1.

John Constable In our opinion a work by the artist. When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named.

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Attributed to John Constable In our opinion probably a work by the artist, but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category.

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Studio of John Constable In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist which may or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction.

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Circle of John Constable In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil.

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Style of… follower of John Constable In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary but not necessarily his pupil.

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Manner of John Constable In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date.

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After John Constable In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.

8. The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist.

9. The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand.

10. Dimensions are given height before width.

11. Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.

Artists Resale Rights In accordance with Artists Resale Rights Regulations 2006, all lots marked † which sell for €1000 or more are subject to a resale royalty charge (“Royalty”). This Royalty is payable by the Bidder. The Royalty will be charged at a rate of 4% of the total hammer price (exclusive of Bidder’s premium) for lots selling for amounts up to €50000. For lots selling in excess of €50,001, the Royalty shall be calculated at a reduced rate (details available on request).

The Royalty is not subject to VAT and is payable in sterling calculated on the day of sale at the prevailing rate of exchange. Payment shall be passed directly to the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), 33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX. For further information please contact the Auctioneers or DACS on 0845 4103410 or visit their website at www.dacs.org.uk.

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CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Definitions. In these Conditions Halls Holdings Limited act only as auctioneers and agents for the seller and the representative of Halls Holdings Limited conducting the auction is called the “Auctioneer”.

2. general. Whilst Halls Holdings Limited make every effort to ensure the accuracy of their catalogues and the description of any lot: (a) Each lot as set out in the catalogue or as divided or combined with any other lot or lots sold by the seller with all faults, imperfections and errors of description. (b) Halls Holdings Limited do not accept responsibility for the authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, authorship, date, age, period, condition or quality of any lot unless they have been instructed in writing by the seller to so certify, and in such case the auctioneers do so as agents of the seller and are not themselves responsible for such claims. (c) All statements whether printed in the catalogue or made orally as to any of the matters set out in (b) above are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying any warranties or representations of fact by Halls Holdings Limited unless they have been instructed in writing by the seller to so certify. (d) Any claim under any Statute must be received in writing by the Auctioneers within ten days of the day of the sale.

3. The Auction. (a) The Auctioneer has absolute discretion to divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot or lots from the sale, to refuse bids, regulate bidding or cancel the sale without in any case giving any reason or without previous notice. He may bid on behalf of the seller for all goods which are being offered subject to reserve or at the auctioneer’s discretion. (b) The highest bidder shall be the buyer except in the case of a dispute. The Auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid. If during the auction the Auctioneer considers that a dispute has arisen, he has absolute discretion to settle it or to re-offer the lot. (c) Each lot is put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the seller. (d) All conditions, notices, descriptions, statements and other matters in the catalogue and elsewhere concerning any lot are subject to any statements modifying or affecting the same made by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to any bid being accepted for the lot.

4. Rescission. Notwithstanding any other terms of these Conditions, if within fourteen days after the sale Halls Holdings Limited have received from the buyer of any lot notice in writing that in his view the lot is a deliberate forgery and within twenty-one days after such notification the buyer returns the same to Halls Holdings Limited in the same condition as at the time of sale and by producing evidence, the burden of proof to be upon the buyer, satisfies Halls Holdings Limited that considered in the light of the entry in the catalogue the lot is a deliberate forgery then the sale of the lot will be rescinded and the purchase price of the same refunded. The seller and the buyer agree to be bound by Halls Holdings Limited’s decision 5. Default. Halls Holdings Limited disclaim responsibility for default by either the buyer or the seller because they act as agents for the seller only and therefore do not pay out to the seller until payment is received from the buyer. Instructions given by telephone are accepted at the sender’s risk and must be confirmed in writing forthwith.

6. In the event of a sale by private treaty both the seller and the buyer agree to be bound by the general and any Special Conditions of Sale.

7. Third Party Liability. Every person on Halls Holdings Limited’s premises at any time shall be deemed to be there at his own risk.

He shall have no claim against Halls Holdings Limited in respect of any accident which may occur or injury, damage or loss howsoever caused, save in so far as the injury, damage or loss shall be caused by the direct negligence of Halls Holdings Limited’s employees

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CONDITIONS OF SALE APPLICABLE TO BUYERS 8. Inspection. Opportunity is given for inspection and each buyer by making a bid for a lot acknowledges that he has satisfied himself fully before bidding by inspection or otherwise to all the Sale Conditions, the physical condition of and description of the lot including but not restricted to whether the lot is damaged or has been repaired or restored.

9. Property and Risk. The legal title in a lot shall not pass to the buyer until the lot(s) has been paid for in full and the Auctioneers shall be entitled to a lien on any lot sold until the purchase price (as defined in 10 below) is paid in full but each lot is at the sole risk of the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Each buyer shall forthwith give his full names and permanent address and if called upon to do so by the Auctioneer shall forthwith pay Halls Holdings Limited such proportion of the purchase price as the Auctioneer may require. If the buyer fails to do so, the lot may at the auctioneer’s sole direction be put up again and re-sold.

10. Every bidder shall be deemed to act as principal unless there is in force a written acknowledgement by Halls Holdings Limited that he acts as agent on behalf of a named principal.

11. Removal of goods. (a) No purchase shall be claimed or removed until the sale has been concluded. All lots shall be paid for and removed at the buyer’s risk and expense by the end of the second working day after the sale, failing which the Auctioneer shall not be responsible if the same are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and all lots not so removed shall remain at the risk of the buyer and subject to a warehousing charge. If they are not paid for and removed within seven days of the sale the Auctioneer may re-sell them by auction or privately without notice to the buyer. Any liability which there may be on the part of the Auctioneer in respect of any loss shall be restricted to a maximum of the price paid by the buyer of the lot. (b) In the event of any failure of the buyer to comply with any of the above conditions the damages recoverable by the seller or the Auctioneers from the defaulter shall include any loss arising on any re-sale of the lots, together with the charges and expenses in respect of both sales, and together with interest at 2% above Handelsbanken Base Rate upon the price of any lot which has not been paid for within forty-eight hours of the sale, and any money deposited in part payment shall be held by the Auctioneers on account of any liability of the defaulter to them or to the seller.

We accept cash up to €10,000, debit cards, bank transfers and personal cheques. We apologise we do not accept credit cards.

Cheques drawn by third parties, whether in the auctioneer’s favour or requiring endorsement, cannot be accepted.

12. Purchase Price. The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium at the stated rates on the hammer price of 20%. under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme operated by HM Customs & Excise, the premium does attract VAT as an addition to the stated premium rate.

13. Commission to Bid. Halls Holdings Limited will execute bids on behalf of intending buyers unable to attend the sale at no charge. Halls Holdings Limited undertake to purchase lots as cheaply as allowed by other bids and reserves. Bids must be submitted in writing and whilst every care is taken in carrying out instructions Halls Holdings Limited cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions made in carrying out such bids.

14. Lots on which Value Added Tax is payable on or included in the hammer price are indicated in the catalogue or description sheet with a sign. VAT is payable on or included in the hammer price of such lots at the rates prevailing on the day of the auction.

CONDITIONS OF SALE APPLICABLE TO SELLERS 15. The seller authorises Halls Holdings Limited to deduct commission at the published rate and to retain the buyer’s premium of 20% plus VAT. The seller agrees to pay all special advertising charges and illustration charges (see 24) insomuch that they are reasonable. Scale of Commission - Halls Business tariff card available at all Halls offices and salerooms on request.

16. Value Added Tax. A seller who sends for sale by auction any chattel(s) which is an asset of his business must disclose to the Auctioneer whether or not he is a registered person for Value Added Tax purposes and, if so, his registered number and whether or not he intends to operate the Dealer Margin Scheme covering works of art, etc. This information must be supplied to the Auctioneer on or prior to delivery of the goods.

17. Instructions. All goods delivered to the Auctioneers’ premises will be deemed to be delivered for Sale by Auction and will be catalogued and sold accordingly unless special instructions are recorded on the receipt.

18. Reserves. Halls Holdings Limited will be pleased to advise on suitable protective reserves but if no reserves have been received prior to the day of the Sale, the lot will be sold without reserve or at the discretion of the Auctioneer. Reserves must be confirmed in writing or notified on the receipt at the time of delivery.

19. Indemnity. Vendors shall indemnify Halls Holding Ltd against any claims in connection with goods sold by Halls on the vendor’s behalf.

20. Collections. The Auctioneers do not themselves undertake the collection of goods but acting expressly as Agents, they will if required, instruct or recommend a carrier on the vendor’s behalf for which there will be a charge.

21. Withdrawals. Where a seller cancels instructions for sale, or where a lot is withdrawn for any reason other than misattribution or authenticity, Halls Holdings Limited reserves the right to charge a fee equal to 10% plus VAT of the reserve price of the lot, or where no reserve has been fixed, Halls’ lower estimate of the item(s) withdrawn, together with any expenses incurred in relation to the item(s) withdrawn.

22. Insurance. Halls Fine Art are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of insurance to its clients. However, Halls Holdings Limited, for its own protection insures property consigned to it at bottom pre sale estimate, unless the item has been sold, in which instance property is insured at the hammer price for loss, occasioned as a result of theft, fire or negligence whilst in their custody or control.

23. Warranty of Title. The seller warrants to Halls Holdings Limited and to the buyer that he is the true owner of the property or is properly authorised to sell the property by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.

24. Photography. Vendors give Halls Holdings Limited the right to photograph and illustrate and promote any lot placed with them for sale and to use such photographs and illustrations at any time at their discretion, whether or not in connection with the auction.

25. Electrical and Mechanical goods. The seller and consignor of

electrical or mechanical goods warrants and undertakes to Halls Holdings Limited that on the date received by Halls that the same are safe if reasonably used for the purpose for which they were designed and free from any defect not obvious on external inspection which could prove dangerous to human life or health, and will indemnify Halls its servants and agents against any loss or damage suffered by any breach of the above warranty.

26. Agency. The Auctioneers act throughout as Agents only and are not responsible for any default by the buyer. Halls Holdings Limited disclaim liability for paying the vendor until they have received settlement from the purchaser.

27. Warehousing. The Auctioneers exempt themselves from any liability to goods delivered to their salerooms without sufficient sale instructions, and reserve the right to make a warehousing charge in this respect. A similar warehousing charge will be applicable for goods left on their premises after they have requested the vendor to remove them.

28. Unsold goods. unsold goods must be collected if they are not to be re-offered within 14 days following receipt of any after sale advice slip. Halls Holdings Limited reserve the right to sell by auction on behalf of the vendor without reserve any items after this period.

29. Important Notice. Any monies held on your behalf will be held in a Clients Bank Account at the Handelsbanken, Shrewsbury and will be protected by the FSA. Furthermore for your protection, Halls adhere to the Clients Monies rules of the RICS. Any incidental interest earned on such monies will be retained by Halls as part of their terms of engagements, and by instructing Halls to act on your behalf, you are agreeing to and endorsing that course of action.

RICS operates a Clients’ Money Protection Scheme (CMPS). This scheme, of last resort, covers direct loss of clients’ money as a result of misappropriation (or equivalent) by a RICS Regulated Firm, up to a £50000 limit. The CMPS nor Halls will provide protection for the failure of a bank. But protection for bank failure is provided

by The Financial Services Compensation Scheme up to a £50000 limit. A copy of Halls complaints procedure is on display at all Halls offices, and a copy will be made available to you on request.

30. Online Bidding. Halls Holdings Limited offer an online bidding service via the-saleroom.com for bidders who cannot attend the sale. In completing the bidder registration on www.the-saleroom. com and providing your card details and unless alternative arrangements are agreed with Halls Holdings Limited you: 1. Authorise Halls Holdings Limited, if they so wish, to charge the card given in part or full payment, including all fees, for items successfully purchased in the auction via the-saleroom.com, and 2. Confirm that you are authorised to provide these card details to Halls Holdings Limited through www.thesaleroom.com. We do not accept credit cards.

Please note that any lots purchased via the-saleroom.com live auction service will be subject to an additional 3% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price

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MONEY LAUNDERING Lots in this sale may be purchased with notes, coins or travellers cheques in sterling provided that the total payable by you does not exceed the equivalent in sterling of €10000. If the amount payable by you exceeds the equivalent of €10000, the balance must be paid otherwise than in notes, coins or travellers cheques. These conditions are in accordance with The Money Laundering Regulations 2003.

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CARRIAGE & PACKING Whilst Halls Fine Art are not packers or shippers we are happy to liaise with your chosen carrier for removal of lots after sale. Please note, no lots shall be released to carrier until payment has been received.

If you have not arranged shipping with a chosen carrier, Halls Fine Art can also provide a list of shippers in our area.

For further information, please email peter@hallsgb.com or call 01743 450700

IMPORTANT BIDDER NOTICES Certain objects in this catalogue are subject to CITES regulations and bidders are advised to apprise themselves of UK legislation as well as that outside the UK. Ivory objects worked before 1947 may be included in this auction which will require an export license if being moved outside the UK. Some jurisdictions, such as the United States, have strict regulations on ivory imports and bidders are advised to ensure they are aware of any such restrictions before bidding. All types of rosewood (Dalbergia genus) are controlled by CITES and also require an export license.

For further details visit the UK CITES regulator at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cites-imports-and-exports Although every effort is made to note damage and restoration, the absence of such information does not imply that the lot is free from defects.

Detailed condition reports and email images can be obtained on request until 4.00pm the day prior to the sale.

Although every effort is made to note damage and restoration, the absence of such information does not imply that the lot is free from defects.

Detailed condition reports and email images can be obtained on request until 4.00pm the day prior to the sale.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BOOK BUYERS Prospective buyers should be aware that general wear to include; creasing, light foxing, small tears, bumped corners, worn boards or weak spine/joints, will not be specified in the catalogue descriptions. Any substantial losses/wear to include detached boards, detached spines or extensive graffiti will be described as ‘at fault’.

Prospective buyers must satisfy themselves with a condition report prior to bidding, Halls Holdings can take no responsibility for condition of purchased lots if condition reports were not requested.

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AUCTION CALENDAR 6th June

Collective

20th June

Fine Pictures, Silver and Jewellery

4th July

Collective

16th July

Exhibition

1st August

Collective

29th August

Toys, Books, Collectables and Militaria

5th September

Collective

26th September Autumn Fine Art 3rd October

Collective

24th October

Fine Pictures, Silver and Jewellery

7th November

Collective

28th November

Asian Art

5th December

Collective

12th December

Christmas Auction

All auctions start at 10am We offer free valuations for all of our auctions between 10am -1pm at Halls Holdings House.

For details on the closing dates and viewing dates for all of our auctions go to www.hallsgb.com/fine-art

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COMMISSION BIDDING SLIP Email confirmation received

Bidding No.

Sale Date: Wednesday 23rd May Please bid on my behalf at the above auction for the following LOTS up to the prices specified these to be executed as cheaply as allowed by such other commissions or reserves.

Please note all successful bids are subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% + VAT. I have read and agree to comply with the Notices and Conditions of Sale.

Bids must be a multiple of 5 to be accepted. Bids under £30 will not be accepted.

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Important Notice If bids cannot be read clearly, they will not be executed.

Commission bids for unregistered buyers must be accompanied by a form of identification.

Commission bids left on the day of sale cannot be guaranteed and on day of sale will not be accepted from unregistered buyers.

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