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Antiques and Desirable Objects Wednesday 12th June 2013

Lot 363

English, European & Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art; Silver & Silver Plate; Jewellery, Watches & Coins; Pictures, Furniture & Clocks

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Pullman House, The Sidings Boundary Lane, Saltney Chester, CH4 8RD

To be sold by public auction on Wednesday 12th June 2013 at 10am Viewing Sunday 9th June 10.30am to 2pm Monday 10th June 10am to 6pm Tuesday 11th June 10am to 4pm Morning of sale from 9am to 9.45am Buyer's Premium 21% (inc VAT) Enquiries Adrian Byrne ASFAV Jo Byrne BSC (HONS) Cover illustration: Lot 90 Catalogue: £6.00 (inc P&P)

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Pictures, Drawings, Prints, Miniatures etc An explanation of cataloguing terms • The first name, or names and surname of the artist – in our opinion a work by the artist • The initials of the first name(s) and surname of the artist – in our opinion a work of the period of the artist and which may be in whole or part a work of the artist • Attributed to – in our opinion ‘probably’ a work by the artist • Follower of – in our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or near contemporary but not necessarily his pupil • In the manner of – in our opinion a work in the style related to the artist but of a later date • School – accompanied by the name of a place or country and date – in our opinion the picture was executed at that time and in that location e.g. English School, 18th Century • The surname of the artist preceded by ‘after’ – in our opinion a copy of the work of the artist • Signed and dated – in our opinion has a signature which is recognised as that of the artist and was executed at that date • Bears signature and/or date – in our opinion the artist’s name, date or inscription may have been added by another hand

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Order of Sale Ceramics and Glass

1 – 101

Silver and Silver Plated Ware

110 – 151

Coins and Medallions

160 – 186

Jewellery and Watches

190 – 275

Objets d’Art

280 – 401

Pictures

410 – 452

Furniture Interior Design and Rugs

460 – 586

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Ceramics & Glass

Lot 2 Carter Stabler and Adams Poole vase, designed

by Trudi Carter, circa 1930-34, globular form with a narrow neck and twin handles to the shoulders and decorated with a broad band of stylised flowers in colours against a buff ground, impressed marks and painted monograms, height 17.5cm £50 - £80 Lot 3 Poole Pottery vase, designed by Alfred Read, circa 1953-55, baluster form with slightly flared neck, decorated with vertilinear foliage in purple punctuated with yellow vertical lines against an alpine white glaze, printed and painted marks, shape no. 337, height 25.5cm £50 - £80 Lot 4 Chinese blue and white ginger jar, late 18th/early 19th Century, decorated with roundels beneath a band of ruyi lappets, height 24cm £400 - £600

Lot 1 Lot 1 Pair of Clarice Cliff Ferndale pattern spills vases, circa 1935, by Newport Pottery, cylinder form with slightly flared base, decorated with a hilly landscape in colours with black stemmed trees and a cottage in the background, printed marks ‘Clarice Cliff Newport Pottery’ (tiny inside rim chip to one), height 13cm £300 - £500

Lot 5 Chinese blue and white betel jar and cover, early 19th Century, squat cylinder form decorated with shi-shi dog amidst clouds, and with an interior cover decorated with characters, four character mark to the base (In the collection of ‘’Ruoshen’’), height 10cm £300 - £500

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Lot 6 Chinese blue and white tea caddy, Qianlong (1736-95), slab built and having foliate decorated recessed panels within moulded key borders, the base painted with an artemisia leaf, height 14cm, also a Chinese turquoise glazed Gu vase, late Ming/early Qing Dynasty, relief moulded with lotus flower above a base with the four accomplishments (2) £80 - £120

Lot 11 Sitzendorf candelabrum, having four floral encrusted branches supported by a figural column modelled as a mother and child over a shaped square base, decorated throughout with colours (restored), height 47cm, also a Sitzendorf floral encrusted table basket supported by winged cherubs, 15cm (2) £80 - £120

Lot 7 Chinese blue and white dish in the Ming style, the centre decorated with phoenix flying amidst clouds, the exterior decorated with scrolling foliage, the base bearing a six character Xuande mark, 29.5cm £250 - £350 Lot 8 German porcelain figure group, modelled as a family conversation piece, decorated in colours on a gilt edged oval base, underglaze blue crowned ‘N’ mark (with damage and losses), 24cm £150 - £250

Lot 12 Lot 12 Beswick figure of a girl on a skewbald pony, model no. 1499, designed by A Gredington, issued circa 1957-65, height 14.5cm £80 - £120 Lot 13 Pair of Meissen figures of grape pickers, late 19th Century, decorated in colours heightened with gilt (damaged and losses), height 14.5cm, also two Sitzendorf vanity mirrors, circa 1900, oval form each surmounted with winged cherubs and encrusted with flowers, wooden backed (with restoration), 18cm (4) £100 - £150 Lot 9 Lot 9 Two decalcomania lidded glass jars, shouldered form with domed covers, worked in Cantonese taste, one with floral panels bordered with figures and butterflies, the other with chinoiserie figures, butterflies and birds, height 32cm £100 - £200 Lot 10 Chinese Sancai glazed pottery vase, ovoid form with four strap handles at the neck with applied flowerheads and decorated in green and ochre streaked glazes against a buff crackle ground, height 26.5cm £100 - £150

Lot 14 Chinese famille rose ornamental teapot, modelled as a wise traveller seated against a giant peach, and decorated throughout with colours, impressed seal mark to the base, height 12cm £80 - £120 Lot 15 Moorcroft ‘violets’ posy bowl, circa 1900-13, having tapered sides decorated with yellow headed violets against blue reserves on a sage green ground, painted green signature mark (restored), height 8.5cm £200 - £300

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Lot 20 Royal Doulton figure ‘Willy-Wont-He’ HN1561, designed by L Harradine, issued 1933-49, printed and painted marks, height 15cm £150 - £250 Lot 21 Pair of Coalport limited edition hand decorated cylinder vases by Richard Budd, numbered 15 and 16 of 100, and decorated with peacocks in colours against a yellow ground, signed and printed marks, 22.5cm £100 - £150 Lots 15 & 16 Lot 16 Macintyre & Co. Dura water jug, circa 1905-13, decorated with a Florian design of a downy thistle form issuing in colours from the base against a straw ground, and within a green rim, printed marks, pattern no. 2177 (lacking metal cover and with chips to rim and foot rim), height 15cm £80 - £120 Lot 17 Chinese midnight blue landscape bottle vase, baluster form with elephant mask lug handles and decorated in gilt with an extensive mountainous and lakeland landscape, the base marked with an indistinct seal, height 30cm £80 - £120 Lot 18 Rhenish salt glazed stoneware cistern, lidded cylindrical form relief moulded with figures and masks in grey and blue glazes over a trumpet foot, height 51.5cm £60 - £80

Lot 22 Chinese blue and white export bowl, late Qianlong (1736-95), decorated with a walk in the garden pattern, 18.5cm diameter, also an Imari palette bowl decorated with a pagoda landscape in underglaze blue, terracotta and gilt colours (cracked and with later metal rim), 27.5cm, a smaller Chinese Imari bowl decorated with a peony rock pattern, Qianlong (cracked), 20.5cm diameter and another Chinese export bowl decorated with chrysanthemum and peony in terracotta colours (cracked and chipped), 26cm diameter (4) £100 - £150 Lot 23 Chinese blue and white bottle vase, ovoid form with a cylinder neck, decorated with dragons, scrolling lotus flower and foliage, bearing a four character Kangxi mark to the base, height 42.5cm £150 - £250 Lot 24 Chinese doucai vase, ovoid form with trumpet neck, decorated with a terracotta dragon flying amidst lotus flower and green scrolling foliage, underglaze blue six character Kangxi mark to the shoulder, height 40cm £350 - £500 Lot 25 Chinese famille rose tankard, early 19th Century, decorated with a panel of figures within an interior against an underglaze blue diaper ground (chipped), 11cm, also a Chinese blue and white bowl, the centre decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, 20th Century, 22.5cm diameter, and a Chinese mandarin palette bowl, 19th Century, 14cm (3) £60 - £80

Lots 19 & 20 Lot 19 Royal Doulton figure ‘Bonnie Lassie’ HN1626, designed by L Harradine, issued 1934-53, printed marks, height 13cm £200 - £300

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Lot 26 Moore Brothers figural bonbon dish, circa 188091, the frilled bowl supported on a cherub seated on a rocky base adorned with flowers and with a gilt keyed border, printed mark, height 23cm £80 - £120

Lots 27 - 29 Lot 27 Royal Worcester figure ‘Woodland Dance’, circa 1962, modelled by F G Doughty, decorated in colours, black printed mark, 11.5cm diameter £30 - £50 Lot 28 Royal Worcester figure ‘June’, circa 1959, modelled by F G Doughty, decorated in colours, 16.5cm, also another Royal Worcester figure ‘Friday’s Child’, 15cm (2) £70 - £100 Lot 29 Royal Worcester figure ‘India’, modelled by F G Doughty, decorated in colours, 9cm, also a similar figure ‘China’, 6cm, and another ‘Burmah’ (repaired), 12cm (3) £50 - £80 Lot 30 Masonic interest: Set of three graduated ale jugs inscribed ‘J H Pritchard, New Brighton, 1911’, barrel form, relief moulded and decorated in an all over treacle glaze, the largest 23.5cm, the smallest 19cm £50 - £80 Lot 31 Chinese blue and white moon flask, late 19th Century, decorated with figures beneath a cylinder neck, bordered with prunus blossom, height 21.5cm, also three further Chinese blue and white vases, two decorated with dragons, and a further decorated with prunus blossom, 31cm, 27cm and 25cm respectively (4) £100 - £200

Lots 32 & 33 Lot 32 Chinese blue and white snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), shouldered form with everted rim, decorated with a dragon chasing a flying pearl amidst clouds, four character Yongzheng mark (1723-35), 52mm £40 - £60 Lot 33 Chinese famille rose bird feeder, 19th Century, decorated with figures feeding a bird in colours, 5.5cm diameter, also a Chinese blue and white snuff bottle, flattened rectangular form decorated with a mountainous landscape and bamboo with a jadeite stopper, height 7.5cm (2) £60 - £80 Lot 34 Pair of Japanese Satsuma vases, Meiji (18681912), small baluster form decorated with applied dragons at the neck and Immortals preparing to throw a flaming pearl for a dragon, character marks to the base, height 18cm, also a Japanese Satsuma plate decorated with figures in gilt and coloured enamelled (star crack), 24.5cm diameter (3) £50 - £80

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Lots 36 - 38 Lot 35 Chinese sang de boeuf vase, of archaic form, having a square neck with dragon form lug handles, and applied salamanders to the tapered square body, decorated throughout in a streaked red glaze, height 29cm £200 - £300 Lot 36 Royal Worcester figure ‘Masquerade’ modelled

by F G Doughty, decorated in colours, 15.5cm, also another Royal Worcester F G Doughty figure ‘First Dance’, height 19cm (2) £40 - £60 Lot 37 Royal Worcester figure ‘Grandmother’s Dress’, circa 1959, modelled by F G Doughty, decorated in gilt, height 17cm £30 - £50 Lot 38 Royal Doulton figure ‘Nell Gwynn’ HN1887, designed by L Harradine, issued 1938-49, printed and painted marks, height 18cm £300 - £500

Lots 41 & 42

Lot 39 Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug by Edith D Lupton, circa 1875, baluster form decorated with bands of coloured acanthus leaves in blues and greens punctuated with beaded bands, impressed and incised marks, height 17cm £40 - £60

Lot 41 Minton Parian figure ‘The Greek Slave’ by John Bell, after an original by Hiram Powers, circa 1869, formalised nude (lacking chains), over a circular base inscribed ‘The Octoroon’, height 44.5cm £200 - £300

Lot 40 Wemyss pottery circular box and cover, decorated with pink roses and green foliage, impressed and painted marks, 9.5cm diameter £50 - £100

Lot 42 Pair of Royal Dux figures, circa 1920, modelled as Grecian beauties and decorated in green, gilt, pink and buff colours, applied pink triangle mark, height 40cm £70 - £100

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Lots 45 - 48

Lot 43 Two Coalport limited edition hand decorated vases by Manfred Pinter and Derek Shapiro, cylinder form decorated with birds in woodland landscapes in colours against a predominantly yellow ground edged with gilt, printed marks and numbered 73 and 98 of 100, 22cm £100 - £150 Lot 44 Scottish art glass vase, possibly Vasart, U-shaped bowl decorated with green speckles beneath an aventurine rim, height 16.5cm £30 - £50 Lot 45 Chinese aubergine and green dragon bowl, shallow form with inverted rim, incised with dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds against a yellow ground, the base bearing a six character Kangxi mark, 26cm diameter £400 - £600 Lot 46 Cantonese famille rose basin, mid 19th Century, having an everted rim and decorated throughout with composite lotus flower decoration in colours and yellow roundels against a jade green ground (repaired at the rim), 41cm diameter £150 - £250 Lot 47 Chinese blue glazed covered bowl, relief decorated throughout with scrolling dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds, the base bearing a Qianlong seal mark, 23cm diameter £400 - £600

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Lot 48 Chinese green glazed bottle vase, baluster form with trumpet neck, decorated with stylised lotus flower and green scrolling foliage against a black ground, the base bearing a six character Kangxi mark, height 31cm £150 - £250 Lot 49 Rare Royal Worcester figure, from the Japanese series, modelled by James Hadley, circa 1880, decorated in buff, brown and gilt colours, printed puce mark, height 19cm Note: It has been suggested that this particular model was made as a political caricature, possibly in the likeness of Gladstone £300 - £500 Lot 50 Royal Worcester small vase by James Stinton, hand decorated with a landscape with two pheasants, signed and within gilt borders, printed marks, numbered 2491, height 8cm £200 - £300 Lot 51 Four Murano Sommerso glass vases, 1960s, each of faceted ovoid form with clear outer and coloured interior cased glass, the largest 26cm, the smallest 15.5cm £40 - £60 Lot 52 Chinese blue and white deep bowl, the sides fluted and decorated with scrolling dragon medallions above a line of lappets, over a keyed foot rim, the base bearing a six character Xuande mark, 20.5cm £300 - £500

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Lot 53 Royal Worcester moulded jardinière, circa 1892, baluster form decorated with a band of arabesques and lions’ masks above a foot rim of stiff acanthus leaves, all edged with gilt, printed marks, height 18cm £150 - £250

Lot 58 Chinese stem bowl, decorated with a scrolling dragon chasing a flaming pearl, in green enamels against a white ground and ruyi lappet rim, the foot rim decorated with foaming waves, height 13cm £120 - £180 Lot 59 Chinese woucai vase, baluster form with trumpet neck and decorated with scrolling dragons in colours over underglazed blue foaming waves, the base bearing a six character Yongzheng mark, height 20cm £150 - £250

Lots 54 & 55

Lots 60 - 63

Lot 54 Moorcroft flambé anemone vase, slightly shouldered ovoid form with wide neck, decorated with a band of flowers in rich red and coloured glazes against a shaded blue ground, impressed marks and painted ‘WM’ monogram in script, height 21cm £500 - £700

Lot 60 Royal Doulton figure ‘Hazel’ HN1797, designed

by L Harradine, issued 1936-49, printed and painted marks, height 13cm £120 - £180

Lot 55 Moorcroft Finch pattern vase, slender inverted baluster form decorated with birds and fruits in shades of red and blue against a deep blue ground, shaded at the rim, impressed marks and painted ‘WM’ monogram in script, height 28cm £200 - £300 Lot 56 Copeland stoneware stilton stand, circa 1905, the centre decorated with a hunting scene within a border of wild flowers in hand coloured green print, impressed marks, 44.5cm diameter £80 - £120 Lot 57 Large Japanese Imari plaque, late Meiji (18681912), decorated with Immortals in colours against a terracotta ground heightened with gilt, 61.5cm diameter £150 - £250

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Lot 61 Royal Doulton figure ‘Victorian Lady’ HN728 (?), designed by L Harradine, issued 1925-52, printed marks (no HN number), height 20cm £80 - £120 Lot 62 China figure of a crinoline lady with floral sprays on a light green dress, bearing a Royal Doulton flambé back stamp, height 16cm £20 - £30 Lot 63 Royal Doulton figure ‘Forget Me Not’ HN1813, designed by L Harradine, issued 1937-49, printed and painted marks, height 15cm £80 - £120 Lot 64 Chinese blue and white Guan vase, decorated in the Ming style with warriors and a figure on horseback in inky blue against a white ground, height 21.5cm £100 - £150

Lot 67 Lot 65 Pair of Japanese Imari lidded jars, circa 1900-20, each surmounted with a Shishi dog finial on a domed cover and baluster body, decorated with flowers and trees in underglaze blue and terracotta colours (some amateur restoration), height 32cm £30 - £50 Lot 66 Continental faience plate, 18th or 19th Century, decorated with flowers in polychrome colours, 23.5cm, also a similar patterned bowl, 23.5cm (2) £80 - £120 Lot 67 Wilkinson World War I character toby jug ‘Marshall Ferdinand Foch’, designed by Sir F. Carruthers Gould, circa 1915-19, limited to 500 pieces, decorated in colours, printed marks, and facsimile signature, painted no. 52B, height 30cm £80 - £120 Lot 68 Korean celadon glazed vase, globular form with slightly everted neck, decorated with pale green vine leaves and simplified berries beneath lappet borders, height 21cm £100 - £150 Lot 69 Arts and Crafts period blown green glass bowl, possibly Powell, circa 1905, of irregular globular form with flared neck, the body with three applied green salamanders, height 20cm £30 - £50 Lot 70 Chinese blue and white Gu vase, late 19th Century, decorated with a mountainous landscape in blue against a crackle ground, height 35cm £80 - £120

Lots 71 - 73 Lot 71 Royal Doulton figure ‘The Carper Seller’ HN1464 (style 1) designed by L Harradine, first issued 1931, printed and painted marks, height 23.5cm £80 - £120 Lot 72 Royal Doulton figure ‘Uncle Ned’ HN2094, designed by H Fenton, issued 1952-65, printed marks, height 17.5cm, also another Royal Doulton figure ‘Forty Winks’ HN1974, also designed by H Fenton, issued 1945-73, 17cm (2) £150 - £250 Lot 73 Royal Doulton figure ‘Lambing Time’ HN1890, designed by L Harradine, issued 1938-81, printed marks, height 23.5cm £70 - £100 Lot 74 Chinese blue and white Meiping vase, decorated with a dragon flying amidst clouds in early Ming style, height 42cm £400 - £600 Lot 75 Chinese blue and white moon flask, late 19th Century, decorated with birds flying above a fenced garden, with dragon lug handles (restored), 26cm, also a small blue and white Gu vase, Kangxi marks (cracked), 15.5cm, a blue and white baluster vase decorated with scrolling dragon, 18cm, a blue and white globular vase decorated with figural panels, Kangxi marks, 9cm and a modern crackle glazed pot with everted rim decorated with a figure in a rocky landscape, height 7cm (5) £80 - £120

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Lot 76 Continental porcelain flask, late 19th Century, slightly tapered square section with panels relief moulded with flowers issuing from a vase, picked out in colours against a gilt ground, 8cm £50 - £80 Lot 77 Pair of Japanese Satsuma vases, Taisho (1912-26), shouldered baluster form decorated with Bijin within a wisteria and lakeland landscape in colours and gilt, character marks to the base, height 19cm £50 - £80

Lot 81 Staffordshire black basalt kettle and cover, circa 1790, surmounted with a lion finial beneath an acanthus moulded handle, the body further decorated with applied classical reliefs featuring cherubs £120 - £180 Lot 82 Armorial engraved wine glass, 16cm, also a Regency ale glass with faceted stem, 13cm and a small engraved glass with folded foot and engraved decoration of birds, 10cm (3) £100 - £150 Lot 83 Chinese blue and white cylinder vase in the Transitional style, decorated with travelling figures meeting high in the mountains, height 42cm £700 - £1000 Lot 84 Chinese blue and white bottle vase, late 19th/early 20th Century, decorated with vignettes featuring a farmer and his horse, set against flowers and foliage with bees and butterflies, height 35.5cm £80 - £120

Lot 78 Lot 78 Meissen plate, late 19th Century/20th Century, the centre finely decorated with a seated figure of Justice in colours within a tooled gilt border and gilded puce and green keyed outer edge, underglazed blue crossed swords mark, 24.5cm £400 - £600 Lot 79 Gouda jug for Liberty, slight baluster form with reeded neck, decorated with a band of peacock eyes within ash brown bands, incised base and painted ‘Liberty’ mark, height 14cm £50 - £80 Lot 80 Chinese famille rose vase, baluster form with a wide trumpet neck with two gilded mask handles to the body and decorated with panels of birds perched on rocks, in colours against a yellow famille rose ground, with scrolling foliage and flowers, the base bearing a four character Yongzheng mark, height 19cm £200 - £300

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Lot 85 Chinese famille rose vase, Qianlong (1736-95), slender ovoid form with a short neck, finely decorated with figural panels showing scenes of domestic harmony in colours, and bordered with underglaze blue against a gilt fine scrolled ground dispersed with butterflies and flowers (extensive damages and repairs), height 40cm £100 - £200 Lot 86 Chinese famille rose bowl, Qianlong (1736-95), decorated with flowers in polychrome colours (repaired), 26cm diameter £50 - £80 Lot 87 Two German porcelain plates, late 18th/early 19th Century, each decorated with deutsche blumen in colours within an osier moulded border, 23cm and 23.5cm £80 - £120 Lot 88 Chinese blue and white bottle vase, decorated with two scrolling dragons against a plain white ground, the base painted with a double circle, height 22cm £150 - £200 Lot 89 Pair of Royal Doulton stoneware vases, circa 1920, ovoid form decorated with a moonlit landscape with glow worms flying amidst trees, in tubelined orange, green and blue glazes, printed marks, height 21.5cm £400 - £600

Lots 83 - 85

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Lot 90 A rare and massive dated Canton Armorial punch bowl by Syngchong, Ching Dynasty, Jiaqing Period (1796-1820), decorated to the exterior in overglaze colours with the Cholmondeley of Vale Royal coat of arms and motto ‘Cassis Tutissima Virtue’, opposed by Thomas Cholmondeley’s monogram, and flanked by two painted mottoes ‘Success to the County of Cheshire’ and ‘Prosperity to the Plough and Sail’. The interior is decorated with a Chinese nine tiered pagoda within a landscape featuring high clouds, lines of birds and a house. The whole is bordered with a deep blue enamelled and tooled gilt hatched rim.

Inscribed in script to the underside ‘Canton Syngchong Fecit 1797’, 53cm diameter £25000 - £35000 Exhibited: Previously on loan to the Grosvenor Museum, Chester Notes: The punch bowl offered here belongs to a tiny number of massive punch bowls made in Canton to specific commissions in the tradition of export wares but on a more ambitious scale . Of this tiny group all those documented appear to have been Masonic or Civic commissions, thus setting this Cholmondeley bowl apart in being presented to an individual.

For comparison reference must be made to ‘The True Friendship Bowl’, housed in Freemasons Hall, London. Inscribed ‘this bowl made by Syng Chong, China Merchant of Canton’ it was presented to The True Lodge of Friendship by Brother Hugh Adams in 1813. When comparing another Masonic piece in the British Museum collection this bowl was described as being of unusually large size (Harrison-Hall and Krahl, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from the British Museum, 1994).

Of similar size is ‘The City Punch Bowl’ which is housed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is inscribed “Drink deep, you will preserve the City and encourage Canals” and is decorated with the seal of the fledgling United States of America and a view of the city to the interior, faithfully copied from the engraving by Birch in 1803. It was presented to the corporation of the city in 1812.

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Neither the True Friendship Bowl nor the City Bowl have ever been offered on the open market and given their strong connections to their current homes it is difficult to envisage that they will in the future.

The script on the underside of these bowls clearly indicates that they were made by Syngchong. Little appears to be known about him but Major Samuel Shaw, the first American consul to Canton in 1786, refers to him as ‘’the principal porcelain merchant of Canton’’ (The Journals of Major Samuel Shaw, pub.

Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1847, p.198). It is therefore likely that as a merchant he selected the best potters and painters among a highly skilled Canton workforce to execute the commissions he had won and that his script is effectively his trademark.

The name Cholmondeley appears frequently in Ormerod’s ‘History of the County Palatine and City of Chester’ published in 1819. Branches of the family include the Marquises of Cholmondeley of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, and Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, who are descendants of Sir Robert Walpole, and the Barons of Delamere of Vale Royal Abbey, Thomas Cholmondeley being the 1st Baron, having been raised to the peerage in 1821.

Thomas Cholmondeley (1767-1855), second cousin to William Pitt the Younger, continued a long family tradition of participating in political life when he was elected as Member of Parliament for Cheshire in 1796, having also served as High Sheriff for the county in 1792.

Although it is uncertain who commissioned this magnificent piece of porcelain to commemorate his election to Parliament they certainly wished Thomas Cholmondeley and his family well, for the mottoes ‘Prosperity to the County of Cheshire’ and ‘Success to the Plough and the Sail’ as well as the Chinese symbolism of the Pagoda landscape were very pertinent to the landowning family at that time.

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Lot 93 Pair Royal Doulton figures ‘Pearly Boy’ HN2035 and ‘Pearly Girl’ HN2036, designed by L Harradine, issued 1949-59, printed and painted marks, 13.5cm £80 - £120 Lot 94 Pair of porcelain figures of musicians, probably Samson of Pairs, circa 1900, each decorated in colours supported on a gilt base, painted ‘AR’ mark, 33cm and 31cm £180 - £240

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Lot 95 Three Cantonese famille rose vases, late 19th Century, comprising two sleeve vases, each traditionally decorated with panels of figures, butterflies and flowers against a green and gilt scrolled ground, 38.5cm and 38cm, also a lidded vase of inverted baluster shape, similarly decorated, height 31cm £80 - £120 Lot 96 Beswick Peacock Butterfly plaque, model no.

1489, designed by A. Hallam, issued 1957-63, 16.5cm £80 - £120

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Lot 97 Modern Lalique ‘Flacon de Papillon’ perfume bottle with original contents, edition 2003, boxed, the bottle moulded with twin butterflies, the top formed as a clear and frosted dahlia flower, engraved marks, 12.5cm £100 - £150 Lot 98 Chinese famille rose covered bowl, shallow form, the base with four lug handles and decorated with medallions of phoenix and dragons in colours against a yellow ground, the base bearing a Jiaqing mark, 26cm diameter £350 - £500

Lots 100 & 134 Lot 91 Royal Worcester footed bowl, painted by W H Austin, circa 1916, decorated with roses and clematis in colours within a blue rim, printed marks, 22cm diameters £100 - £150 Lot 92 Six pieces of modern royal commemorative china including Spode limited edition Queen Mother loving cup, numbered 36/500, 16cm, similar Paragon loving cup, a Coalport HRH Prince William of Wales commemorative limited edition pedestal cup, 12cm, and three Caverswall pieces £200 - £300

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Lot 99 Moorcroft Clematis small vase, decorated with flowers in reds and blue against a shaded lime green ground, impressed marks, height 9.25cm £80 - £120 Lot 100 Daum glass vase, circa 1935, ribbed trumpet form in a smoky coloured glass and with acid etched ‘ice’ vertilinear panels and frosted to the interior, engraved mark ‘Daum-Nancy France’, height 20.5cm £200 - £300 Lot 101 Large Continental brown glazed wine jar, ovoid form with single handle at the shoulder, height 55cm £20 - £30

Silver and Silver Plated Ware

Lot 110 Victorian coromandel vanity box, circa 1870, having brass strung edges and an engraved cartouche and opening to reveal a full complement of silver topped bottles, maker ‘W.N.’, London 1869, each top engraved with foliate scrolls around a monogrammed cartouche, comprising ten bottles and jars in all, with a secret drawer pulling out at one side and a secret jewellery drawer at the base, operated from buttons within, width 31cm, depth 23.5cm, height 19cm £700 - £1000

Lot 110

Lot 111 Pair of Chinese export silver bonbon dishes by Wang Hing, late 19th/early 20th Century, each formed as a lotus flower on a spiralled stem base, marked ‘WH90’, 9cm diameter £80 - £120

Lot 116 George V silver hot water jug, London 1921, plain baluster form with turned wooden finial and handle, height 19cm, gross weight approx. 0.34kg (10.5 troy ozs) £70 - £100

Lot 112 Late Victorian silver plated serving tray, circa 1900, oval form with foliate scalloped border and engraved with foliate scrolls, 76cm £80 - £120

Lot 117 George V silver three piece condiment, Birmingham 1918/19, fluted flared form comprising pepperette, lidded wet mustard pot, and salt cellar, both with blue glass liners, mustard spoon and salt spoon, weighable silver approx.

0.18kg (5.5 troy ozs) £80 - £120

Lot 113 Pair of silver mounted Kluk Kluk decanters, Birmingham 1942, 29cm £120 - £180 Lot 114 Victorian mahogany cased canteen of fish knives and forks by Elkington & Co., circa 1875, each with fern engraved silver plated blades and with ivory hafts, marked with a monogram, twelve place settings, the canteen 35cm £50 - £80 Lot 115 Victorian silver christening cup, Sheffield 1895, repoussé decorated with fluted frond scrolls and a monogrammed cartouche, 9cm, weight approx.

0.14kg (4.5 troy ozs) £20 - £30

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Lot 118 Silver castor, Sheffield 1968, octagonal baluster form raised on a stepped foot, 18.5cm, weight approx. 0.15kg (5 troy ozs £80 - £120 Lot 119 Late Victorian silver teapot, Sheffield 1900, slightly lobed oval form with fluted shoulders beneath a gadrooned collar, ebony finial and handle, height 14cm, gross weight approx. 0.50kg (16 troy ozs) £120 - £180

Lots 115 - 120 Lot 120 Victorian silver christening cup, Birmingham 1868, waisted form engraved with a monogram, height 9cm, weight approx. 0.13kg (4 troy ozs) £100 - £150 Lot 121 Pair of silver plated candelabra in the Regency style, by Viners of Sheffield, having three urn shaped sconces over a slender baluster column and circular foot, height 29cm £50 - £80

Lot 122 Quantity of green stained ivory handled steel forks and two knives £100 - £150 Lot 123 Small quantity of steel dinner knives with bloodstone hafts £100 - £150 Lot 124 Pair of sterling silver pheasants, London 1975, the cock 27cm, gross weight approx. 0.96kg (30.5 troy ozs) £400 - £600

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Lots 128 - 130 Lot 125 George V tortoiseshell and silver inkstand, Chester 1913, lozenge shaped tortoiseshell dish with silver mounted rim supporting a cut glass inkwell with tortoiseshell and silver hinged cover, 16.5cm £60 - £80 Lot 126 George V silver christening cup, Birmingham 1931, plain bowl with a single horizontal band, engraved with initials ‘B.D.Y.’, on a stepped circular foot, height 7cm, weight approx. 30g (1 troy oz) £40 - £60 Lot 127 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine presentation silver card tray, circa 1955, hallmarked Sheffield 1914, presented to A.E. Goodrich in recognition of service, 20cm diameter, weight approx. 0.49kg (15.5 troy ozs) £120 - £180

Lot 130 Pair silver mounted cut glass decanters, Birmingham 1978, 27.5cm £100 - £150

Lot 128 Mahogany and silver plated tantalus, supporting three hobnail cut square section spirit decanters with faceted stoppers, complete with key, height 32cm £120 - £180

Lot 133 Pair of George V silver candlesticks, Sheffield 1910, in the Adam style, the sconces with stiff acanthus leaves over a tapered circular column, stepped square base (loaded), 19cm £120 - £180

Lot 129 Regency cut glass decanter, circa 1810, mallet shaped with pine cone cutting, white metal collar, 31cm £80 - £120

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Lot 131 Silver commemorative footed bowl, Birmingham 1990, to commemorate the Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday, plain flared form engraved with the royal crest, over a domed circular foot, 16cm diameter, weight approx. 0.26kg (8 troy ozs) £120 - £180 Lot 132 George V silver sucrier by Nathan & Hayes, Chester, 1911, also a matching cream jug, Chester 1912, both in Georgian style with gadrooned collar over a half reeded bombé body with bun feet, the sucrier 20cm, gross weight approx. 0.46kg (14.5 troy ozs) £120 - £180

Lot 137 Lot 134 Christopher Lawrence modernist silver rose bowl, London 1974, flared ‘V’ form with gilded grilles, with a presentation inscription at the base, purchased from Gallerie Jean Renet, Old Bond Street, London, 27cm, weight approx. 0.83kg (26.5 troy ozs), illus. page 18 £500 - £700

Lot 139 George V silver sauceboat, Sheffield 1931, plain form with beaded edge, raised on scalloped feet, 15cm, also a smaller silver sauceboat by John Hunt, London 1906, plain form with lion mask paw feet, 11.5cm, weight approx. 0.21kg (6.75 troy ozs) (2) £100 - £150

Lot 135 Sterling silver handled bread knife, with fruiting vine terminal, stainless steel blade £20 - £40

Lot 140 Pair of Victorian silver salt cellars by Henry Holland, London 1873, oval form with floral engraving and a crested cartouche, raised on stepped hoof feet, 8.5cm, weight approx. 0.19kg (6 troy ozs) £150 - £200

Lot 136 Silver serving tray, Birmingham 1971, plain rectangular form with raised border and twin carrying handles, weight approx. 1.93kg (62 troy ozs) £1000 - £1500 Lot 137 George V silver tea service, maker M.R., Sheffield 1918, octagonal baluster section, comprising teapot, hot water jug, sucrier and milk jug, raised on Art Nouveau inspired feet, the hot water jug 24cm, gross weight approx. 1.99kg (64 troy ozs) £600 - £800 Lot 138 Silver presentation card tray, London 1978, raised gadrooned border, inscribed to the centre, on three mollusc feet, 20.5cm diameter, weight approx. 0.32kg (10 troy ozs) £120 - £180

Lot 141 Late Victorian silver plated serving tray, circa 1900, oval form with rope twist edge and engraved foliate scroll decoration, 68cm £50 - £80 Lot 142 Pair of Victorian silver salt cellars, maker possibly Robert Hennell II, London 1866, Georgian in style with repoussé floral decoration, raised on scalloped and paw feet, 6.5cm diameter, gross weight approx. 0.14kg (4.5 troy ozs) £80 - £120

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Lots 142 - 144 Lot 143 George II silver card tray, maker William Peaston, London 1752, small size with raised scalloped border, centred with crest of a unicorn, the underside engraved with a modern inscription, raised on stepped hoof feet, 17.5cm diameter, weight approx. 0.25kg (8 troy ozs) £100 - £150 Lot 144 Victorian silver snuff box, maker D.P., Birmingham 1852, shaped rectangular form, foliate scroll engraving throughout and with a vacant cartouche, within raised scroll borders, the interior inscribed ‘Easter 1888’, 9cm x 6.5cm, weight approx. 0.23kg (7 troy ozs) £300 - £500 Lot 145 Pair silver candlesticks by James Dixon and Sons, Sheffield 1967, in the Adam style with fluted tapered oval section columns, raised on fluted oval bases (loaded), height 22cm £120 - £180 Lot 146 Pair silver candlesticks by James Dixon and Sons, Sheffield 1967, in the Adam style with fluted tapered oval section columns, raised on fluted oval bases (loaded), height 22cm £120 - £180

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Lot 147 George V silver condiment, Sheffield 1917, comprising pepper pot, wet mustard pot, salt pot, each of plain baluster form with a bellflower collar, original blue glass liners, salt and mustard spoon, weight approx. 0.21kg (6.75 troy ozs) £60 - £80 Lot 148 Modern silver mounted cut glass decanter by Mappin & Webb, London 1989, 28cm, also a silver mounted cut glass spirit decanter, Birmingham 1971, and a silver ‘Sherry’ decanter label (3) £120 - £180 Lot 149 Victorian silver calling card case, Birmingham 1897, curved form, foliate engraved and with a vacant triform cartouche, 8cm, also an Edwardian silver napkin clip, Birmingham 1905, weight approx. 1.25 troy ozs (2) £50 - £80 Lot 150 Pair of plated and hardstone Corinthian column table lamps, on a stepped square base, height 58cm £180 - £240 Lot 151 Ravissant sterling silver modernist bowl, triform with raised crescent sides, marked ‘925’, 27cm diameter, weight approx. 0.62kg (20 troy ozs) £80 - £120

Coins & Medallions

Lots 162 - 177

Lot 160 Quantity of modern United Kingdom silver coins including 1984-1987 £1 proof and Piedfort proof sets, Britannia set, 1997 Family Silver Collection, 1996 Decimalisation Silver Anniversary Set, five commemorative crowns, five proof and five Piedfort proof £2 coins, nine proof and five Piedfort proof £1 coins, two proof and five Piedfort proof 50p coins, Piedfort proof 20p, 10p and 5p coin, and proof old and new 5p coin set (total silver weight approx. 1074g) £350 - £500 Lot 161 Bank of England Beale white £5 note, circa 1950, serial no. R99 068392 £50 - £80 Lot 162 Peruvian gold 1/2 libra coin, 1907 (EF), weight approx. 3.9g £130 - £150 Lot 163 Peruvian gold 1/2 libra coin, 1905 (EF), weight approx. 3.9g £130 - £150

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Lot 164 Late Victorian half sovereign, 1900, within a later 9ct gold pendant mount, gross weight approx. 5g £100 - £150 Lot 165 Edward VII sovereign, 1910 (VF), weight approx. 7.9g £200 - £300 Lot 166 Edward VII sovereign, 1902, Perth Mint (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240 Lot 167 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1957, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240 Lot 168 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1958, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240 Lot 169 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1959, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lots 178 - 184

Lot 170 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1962, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 176 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1968, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 171 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1963, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 177 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1978, (UNC), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 172 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1964, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 178 Elizabeth II proof sovereign, 1984, weight approx. 8g, original case £180 - £240

Lot 173 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1965, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 179 Elizabeth II proof sovereign, 1983, weight approx. 8g, original case £180 - £240

Lot 174 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1966, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 180 Elizabeth II proof sovereign, 1985, weight approx. 8g, original case £180 - £240

Lot 175 Elizabeth II sovereign, 1967, (EF), weight approx. 8g £180 - £240

Lot 181 Elizabeth II proof half sovereign, 1985, weight approx. 4g, original case £80 - £120

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Lot 182 Elizabeth II proof half sovereign, 1980, weight approx. 4g, original case £80 - £120 Lot 183 Elizabeth II proof sovereign, 1982, weight approx. 8g, original case £180 - £240 Lot 184 Elizabeth II proof half sovereign, 1983, weight approx. 4g, original case £80 - £120

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Lot 186

Lot 185 Chester interest: Middlesex, 1797 Skidmore’s Globe Scenes ‘’Eastgate, Chester’’, penny token, (EF), also a Beeston Castle halfpenny token, 1797 (EF) (2) £80 - £120

Lot 186 Political interest: Pitt Club medallion, centred with a cameo portrait in memory of William Pitt the Elder who died in 1806, inscribed verso ‘Edward Edwards Esq.’, 46mm £200 - £300

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Jewellery and Watches

Lots 190 - 192 Lot 190 Omega Seamaster stainless steel quartz wristwatch, silvered 33mm dial, centre sweep seconds, baton numerals, day and date, on a leather strap Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £80 - £120 Lot 191 BWC Courage stainless steel gent’s wristwatch, circa 1960s, black dial with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, Incabloc movement, on a black strap, 35mm diameter Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £80 - £120 Lot 192 Sandoz stainless steel gent’s chronograph wristwatch, circa 1960s, champagne coloured dial with subsidiary seconds and minutes, centre sweep seconds, 17 jewelled Incabloc movement, on a black leather strap, 38mm diameter Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £100 - £200 Lot 193 22ct gold wedding ring, size O, weight approx.

6.1g, also an 18ct white gold, size R, weight approx. 2.4g, and a platinum wedding ring, size M, weight approx. 5.2g (3) £300 - £400 Lot 194 Edwardian amethyst brooch, the oval cut stone, 16mm, set in a 10ct scroll engraved oval mount, 30mm £80 - £120 Lot 195 Sapphire and diamond cluster ring, set with two brilliant cut sapphires and five old brilliant cut diamonds, claw mounted and on a yellow gold ring, size R, gross weight approx. 3.1g £300 - £400

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Lot 196 Lot 196 Arts and Crafts period gem set silver spray brooch attributed to Dorrie Nossiter, set with moonstone, and coloured semi-precious gem stones, each of a different cut, set in claw mounts, the whole set in unmarked silver, 65mm £100 - £150 Lot 197 Victorian silver brooch, Birmingham 1887, oval form cast with a nymph amidst fruiting foliage, 58mm, also an Edwardian plated brooch worked as four children in Kate Greenaway style, 53mm (2) £40 - £60 Lot 198 18ct white and yellow gold watch chain, 39cm, weight approx. 14.6g £350 - £450 Lot 199 Judaica intaglio pendant necklace, the quartz stone carved with the Hand of God pouring water from a ewer and inscribed ‘Levi’, set within a gilt open wirework frame with a suspension loop set with seed pearls on a 9ct gold chain, the pendant 53mm £500 - £700 Lot 200 Nivia Precision lady’s platinum and diamond cocktail watch, circa 1920-40, the rectangular dial with Arabic numerals, set within a bezel set with 20 diamonds, with diamond set lugs and line form bracelet set with a further 26 diamonds, signed 17 jewel unadjusted movement, the dial and bezel 17mm x 15mm, gross weight approx. 29.8g Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £1000 - £1500 Lot 201 Italian 18ct white gold and diamond pendant necklace, set with 32 small brilliants, evenly set on graduating vertical bars, suspended from a horizontal bar and supported on a double chain link necklace, the pendant 40mm x 50mm, gross weight 12.9g £300 - £500

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Lots 205 - 207 Lot 202 Edwardian gold and amethyst openwork pendant in Art Nouveau style, worked with clover leaf and ivy leaves and engraved to the centre with initials ‘V.I.B.’, 37mm £120 - £180 Lot 203 9ct gold jade dress ring, size L, gross weight approx. 6.9g £60 - £80 Lot 204 Amethyst and diamond five stone ring, set with three brilliant cut amethysts and two old brilliant cut diamonds, in an 18ct gold claw mount and ring, size P, gross weight approx. 5g £300 - £400 Lot 205 Wakmann stainless steel gent’s chronograph wristwatch, circa 1960s, champagne coloured dial with subsidiary seconds and minutes, centre sweep seconds, 17 jewelled Incabloc movement, on a blue leather strap, 38mm diameter Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £200 - £250 Lot 206 Heuer Leonidas stainless steel gent’s chronograph wristwatch , circa 1950s, silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and minutes, centre sweep seconds, 17 jewelled movement, on a black leather strap, 38mm diameter Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £300 - £400

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Lot 207 Wakmann stainless steel gent’s chronograph wristwatch, circa 1960s, champagne coloured dial with subsidiary seconds and minutes, centre sweep seconds, 17 jewelled Incabloc movement, on a brown leather strap, 38mm diameter Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £200 - £250 Lot 208 10ct gold compass fob, 20mm

£90 - £100

Lot 209 Chinese silver and jadeite pendant necklace, modern, the jadeite 34mm diameter £100 - £150 Lot 210 Child’s freshwater pearl bangle, the pearls mounted on a wirework yellow metal frame, hinged, interior size 44mm £120 - £180 Lot 211 Edwardian gold curb link bracelet, set with turquoise and seed pearls, with heart shaped locket inset with a pearl and inscribed and dated 1903, gross weight approx. 15.4g £150 - £250 Lot 212 Diamond constellation cluster ring, set with 22 brilliant cut diamonds in raised claw mounts on a split shank 18ct white gold ring, size M, gross weight approx. 6.5g £500 - £700

Lots 212 - 214 Lot 213 Gem set dress ring, the large orange oval cut stone, possibly citrine, 20mm x 15mm, set in a white gold claw mount with three diamonds to each shoulder, ring size M, gross weight approx. 8g £200 - £300 Lot 214 Diamond cluster ring, in 18ct yellow and white gold, set with 49 brilliant cut stones of between 0.05 and 0.50ct each, classified as H-J in colour with clarity of I1-I2, all set in claw mounts on a yellow gold ring, total diamond weight estimated as 4cts, ring size N, gross weight 12.2g £2000 - £3000 Lot 215 Zenith 9ct gold gent’s wristwatch, circa 1960s, champagne coloured dial with Arabic and baton numerals, 18 jewelled movement numbered 5074470, snap back with presentation engraving dated 1966, 35mm diameter, on a crocodile skin leather strap £150 - £250 Lot 216 Pearl and garnet spray brooch, in 9ct gold, 40mm, also an unmarked yellow metal heart form pendant, 23mm, gross weight approx. 8.2g (2) £70 - £90 Lot 217 Pearl and garnet floral spray brooch, with safety chain, 55mm, gross weight approx. 9.1g £120 - £180

Lot 218 Lot 218 Victorian silver cased chrono-micrometer pocket watch, Birmingham 1891, crownwind open face white dial with Roman numerals, steel centre sweep seconds, 30 minute reverse timer and subsidiary dial for backward running seconds, the back plate engraved with patents and numbered 131077, 52mm, contained within a contemporary travelling case Please note our special condition of sale regarding clocks and watches £100 - £150

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Lots 222 & 223

Lot 219 Number of pocket watch keys suspended from a 9ct gold chain link necklace £80 - £120 Lot 220 Two jadeite bangles, each of D-shape section, the interior diameter of each 60mm £160 - £240 Lot 221 Diamond three stone ring, the central brilliant cut stone of approx. 0.55ct flanked by two further brilliants of approx. 0.25ct each, all set in platinum claw mounts on a split shank ring, size Q, total diamond weight approx. 1ct, gross weight approx. 4.2g £300 - £500 Lot 222 Good diamond cluster brooch, central old brilliant cut stone of approx. 1ct, centred within a flowerhead design set with two small diamonds to each petal and radiating outwards with further old brilliant cut diamonds set within flowerhead settings, in unmarked white gold, 65 diamonds in total with an estimated weight of approx. 5.5cts, 42mm diameter, gross weight approx. 18.3g £3500 - £5000

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Lot 223 Diamond fringe necklet, having five openwork scrolled pendants, each supporting an old brilliant cut stone of approx. 0.2ct and with five tiny diamonds within the mount, suspended from a white metal chain necklace, total diamond weight approx. 1.1cts, gross weight 11.5g £700 - £900 Lot 224 Citrine and peridot pendant, the two oval cut stones, in 18ct gold articulated mounts, with a loop for suspension, length 32mm £120 - £180 Lot 225 Victorian gilt metal pocket watch key, inset with a blue stone and with keyed decoration, 51mm £60 - £80 Lot 226 Diamond pavé dress ring, set with 30 small brilliants in an 18ct white gold rectangular setting, size N, gross weight approx. 5.5g £150 - £250 Lot 227 14ct gold blue topaz and diamond dress ring, size N, gross weight 3.5g, also an emerald and diamond three stone ring in 18ct yellow gold, size M, gross weight approx. 2.8g (2) £320 - £400

Lot 228

Lot 228 18ct gold cased open faced pocket watch, circa 1805-10, Chester hallmarked case, date indistinct, having an engine turned multi-coloured gold dial with Roman numerals, the keywind lever arch movement signed ‘Robert Roskell, Liverpool’ patent and numbered 33008, 44mm diameter, offered with a rosewood pocket watch stand

Lot 229 Pair of ruby and diamond pendant earrings, each having an oval ruby bordered with diamonds and suspended from three smaller rubies and a ruby and diamond flowerhead cluster, all set in 14ct yellow gold, weight of rubies approx. 7cts, total diamond weight approx. 1.80cts, 35mm drop £800 - £1200

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Lots 232 - 235

Lot 230 Diamond ring, the old brilliant cut stone of approx. 0.95ct set in 18ct white gold claw mounts with diamond set shoulders on a white gold ring, size R, gross weight approx. 3.8g £800 - £1200 Lot 231 Diamond half eternity ring, channel set with nine brilliant cut diamonds in unmarked yellow gold, size N, gross weight approx. 3.2g, also a child’s diamond star form ring, in unmarked yellow gold, size J, gross weight approx. 2.5g, and a garnet and pearl ring in 15ct gold, size P, gross weight 2.6g (3) £400 - £550

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Lot 232 9ct gold engraved brick link bracelet, length 18.5cm, width 12mm, weight approx. 15.3g £120 - £180 Lot 233 Continental yellow gold bracelet, formed as three rows of pyramidal links bordered with chain links, length 19cm, width 25mm, weight approx.

71.6g £700 - £1000 Lot 234 Continental yellow gold crossed mesh link bracelet, length 19cm, width 15mm, gross weight approx. 67.5g £700 - £1000

Lot 235 Continental gold snake link choker necklace, length 40cm, weight approx. 48.3g £400 - £600

Lot 243 9ct gold guard chain, length 126cm, weight approx. 19.3g £120 - £180

Lot 236 Diamond bar brooch, set with six small brilliant cut diamonds in a millegrain setting, on a 15ct gold blade bar, 60mm, gross weight approx. 5g £120 - £180

Lot 244 Sapphire and diamond pendant in the Art Deco style, the central oval sapphire in a collet mount and bordered with tiny diamonds in a millegrain setting, all set in white gold and suspended from a yellow gold clip, further set with diamonds, the pendant 15mm £200 - £300

Lot 237 Italian cameo bracelet, the cameos carved with classical figures and dancing muses, in gold plated oval mounts, the largest 25mm, also a matching brooch (2) £200 - £300 Lot 238 Diamond cluster ring, the central brilliant cut stone in a rub over collet mount bordered with smaller brilliants on an 18ct yellow gold ring, size M, gross weight approx. 2.4g £150 - £250

Lot 245 Pair of synthetic ruby and diamond cluster earrings, 12mm, also a pair of emerald and black gem stone pendant earrings, set in white metal (4) £160 - £220

Lot 246 Lot 246 Late Victorian/Edwardian opal and diamond crescent brooch, set with eleven cabochon opals, the largest 8mm, dispersed with tiny diamonds in an unmarked gilt metal mount, 70mm £500 - £700

Lots 239 - 242 Lot 239 9ct gold mesh purse, with ring for suspension, 80mm, weight approx. 21.5g £150 - £250 Lot 240 George V 15ct gold and diamond scarf clip, Chester 1914, 29mm, gross weight approx. 4.6g £150 - £200 Lot 241 9ct gold cigar piercer, 45mm

£60 - £80

Lot 242 18ct gold and mesh purse, London import marks for 1908, 45mm, weight approx. 23.8g £600 - £800

Lot 247 Diamond cluster ring, centred with a brilliant cut stone of approx. 0.7ct, in a claw mount set on either side with three baguette diamonds in 18ct white gold, ring size O £500 - £700 Lot 248 Altus 14ct gold cased gent’s wristwatch, circa 1955, square silvered dial with baton numerals, centre seconds, within chamfered bezel, 32mm, on a later gilt plated bracelet Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £100 - £150

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Lots 249 - 251

Lots 255 - 257

Lot 249 Breitling gold plated gent’s chronograph wristwatch, circa 1960s, silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and minutes, centre sweep seconds, on a black leather strap, 35mm diameter

Lot 255 Certificated diamond ring, the princess cut stone of 0.75ct graded as F in colour and VS1 clarity, collet set in 18ct white gold, and on an 18ct yellow gold ring, with 2003 Antwerp diamond certificate, ring size Q, gross weight approx. 7.6g £700 - £1000 Lot 256 Diamond three stone ring, the brilliant cut stones well matched in size and colour, total diamond weight estimated as 1.5cts, set in platinum claw mounts on an 18ct yellow gold ring, ring size M, gross weight approx. 4.9g £400 - £600

Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £300 - £500 Lot 250 Longines Conquest automatic gent’s wristwatch, circa 1955, champagne coloured dial with baton numerals, centre sweep seconds, gold plated upper case, 35mm diameter, on a later gilt metal bracelet Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £200 - £300 Lot 251 Wakmann gold plated gent’s chronograph wristwatch, circa 1940s, silvered dial with subsidiary dials for seconds and minutes, centre sweep seconds hand, 17 jewelled movement, on a brown lizard skin strap, 33mm diameter Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £200 - £250 Lot 252 Continental gilt filigree choker and bracelet, 40cm and 18cm respectively £80 - £120 Lot 253 Blue topaz and diamond ring, the cushion cut stone flanked by tiny baguette diamonds, set in 9ct white gold, ring size M £40 - £60 Lot 254 Diamond baguette cluster ring, set with 34 baguette diamonds in three overlapping channels set in platinum, ring size M, gross weight approx.

3.7g £120 - £160

Lot 257 Diamond and pearl dress ring, having a central row of five pearls bordered with two rows of five brilliant cut diamonds, set in unmarked white gold or platinum, size R, gross weight approx. 6.2g £400 - £600 Lot 258 Single Tahitian pearl necklace set in 18ct white gold, with tiny diamonds to the mount, on a 9ct white gold flattened chain link necklace, the pearl 9mm diameter, also a pair of black freshwater pearl pendant earrings in 9ct white gold, 22mm drop (3) £100 - £150 Lot 259 9ct gold diamond solitaire ring, size M, also a matching 9ct gold wedding ring, size N, gross weight approx. 3.6g (2) £100 - £150 Lot 260 Victorian lady’s 18ct gold open faced fob watch, circa 1880, gilt dial with floral engraved centre, indistinctly signed and with Roman numerals, in a floral chased case, keywind movement, 38mm diameter, gross weight approx. 36.6g, the watch attached to a 9ct gold flattened curb link necklace, length 60cm, total weight approx. 7.5g (2) Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £500 - £800

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Lots 260 - 262

Lot 261 Victorian 18ct gold open faced pocket watch, Chester 1859, tooled gilt dial with floral engraved centre, subsidiary seconds, keywind movement signed ‘James Galloway, Wigan’, the back case with engine turned decoration around a vacant cartouche, 46mm diameter, gross weight approx. 88.8g Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £800 - £1200 Lot 262 18ct gold slimline open faced pocket watch, circa 1925, silvered dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, the back cover engraved with a crest, 44mm diameter, gross weight approx. 44.4g

Lot 264 9ct white gold garnet and diamond dress ring, the central oval cut stone flanked by two brilliant cut stones, ring size N, also a garnet and diamond pendant necklace set in 9ct white gold, gross weight approx. 7.8g (2) £120 - £160 Lot 265 Diamond half eternity ring, 18ct yellow gold, channel set with nine small brilliants, totalling approx. 0.33 cts, ring size M, gross weight approx.

2.4g £200 - £300

Please note our special conditions of sale with regard to clocks and watches £300 - £400 Lot 263 Sapphire and diamond double cluster ring, Birmingham 1916, the stones set in 18ct yellow gold, size J, gross weight approx. 2.6g £250 - £350 Lots 266 - 268

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Lot 266 Sapphire and diamond three stone ring, the central oval cut sapphire of approx. 2cts flanked on either side by a brilliant cut diamond of approx.

0.5ct, in platinum claw mounts on an 18ct yellow gold ring, size N £700 - £900 Lot 267 Sapphire and diamond cluster ring, the central oval cut sapphire in a collet mount bordered with twelve small brilliants, in 18ct white gold, ring size O, gross weight approx. 4.5g £800 - £1200 Lot 268 Ruby and diamond cluster ring by Boodle and Dunthorne, the central brilliant cut ruby bordered with eight brilliant cut diamonds in platinum claw mounts on an 18ct white gold ring, size K, gross weight approx. 3.8g £700 - £1000 Lot 269 Boodle and Dunthorne diamond solitaire ring, the modified emerald cut stone of approx. 0.46ct, set horizontally in an 18ct yellow gold ring, ring size I/J, gross weight approx. 3.4g £300 - £500 Lot 270 Diamond eternity ring, channel set with brilliant cut diamonds in unmarked platinum or white gold, size L, gross weight approx. 3.4g £600 - £800

Lot 271 Diamond two stone crossover ring, the brilliant cut stones in a claw setting, flanked with tiny diamonds to the shoulders on an 18ct white gold ring, size K, gross weight approx. 3.3g £400 - £600 Lot 272 9ct gold hollow curb link bracelet with stipple decoration and heart shaped locket with safety chain, weight approx. 14.3g £120 - £180 Lot 273 Good 18ct gold watch chain, solid traced links with bolt ring and swivel clasp, length 42cm, weight approx. 35.6g Note: This chain was valued for insurance in 2005 at £890 £500 - £700 Lot 274 Continental yellow gold and pearl choker necklace, the double strand fine mesh necklet supporting eleven pearls in claw mounts, the largest 5mm diameter, length 40cm, gross weight approx. 22.4g £300 - £500 Lot 275 9ct gold guard chain, faceted chain links, length 160cm, weight approx. 33.8g £300 - £400

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Objets d’Art

Lot 280 German violin, having a 14’’ two piece back with good curl, the interior bearing a paper label ‘Antonius and Hieronymus Fr. Amati’, contained in a wooden case with two bows £100 - £150

Lot 285 Matched pair of wrought metal box stirrups, also an unusual wrought metal and wirework nose bag (3) £40 - £60

Lot 281 Lot 281 Two violins, one having a 14’’ two piece back with good curl and bearing a label ‘Pietro Antonius Della Costa Fecit in Treviso Anno 1797’, the other having a 14’’ one piece back with curl fading to the top and bottom, unmarked, also a broken bow signed ‘Bauch’ (3) £100 - £150 Lot 286 Lot 286 Victorian marble bust of a classical Grecian youth, carved facing left with robed shoulders over a circular socle, height 36cm £400 - £600 Lot 287 Victorian copper coal scuttle, complete with shovel, 47cm £40 - £60 Lot 282 Lot 282 Four rare violin maker’s planes, late 19th/early 20th Century, comprising three brass shoe form planes, two with curved undersides and one flat, 32mm to 40mm, and an ebony smoothing plane, 78mm £200 - £300 Lot 283 19th Century wrought iron bull pull, with spring nose clip, 23cm £20 - £40 Lot 284 Late 17th Century wrought iron horse bit, also a later wrought iron horse bit and a nickel and steel bit (3) £40 - £60

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Lot 288 Set of Victorian steel and brass mounted fire irons, with barleytwist hafts, comprising shovel, poker and tongs, 77cm £50 - £80 Lot 289 Chinese carved ivory figure of Guanyin, circa 1900, elegantly carved and standing on a lotus flower base, height 22.5cm £200 - £300 Lot 290 Indian carved ivory figure of a naked goddess, possibly Goan, circa 1900, the figure with long hair and standing on a base with elephants at her feet, 9.5cm, also a carved ivory box cover of rectangular form detailed with peacocks, 13.5cm (2) £80 - £120

Lots 289 - 292 Lot 291 Oriental carved ivory figure group, first quarter 20th Century, carved as a peasant family with dog, mounted on a later wooden base, the ivory 15.5cm £50 - £80 Lot 292 Siamese carved ivory figure group, first quarter 20th Century, carved as dancers in traditional costume, on a later turned wooden base, height of ivory 17cm £50 - £80 Lot 293 Italian walnut and inlaid wall mirror, rectangular bevelled glass plate bordered with a lappet carved frame within inlaid panels of foliage in stained woods and ivory, 70cm x 57cm £250 - £350 Lot 294 Pond yacht, circa 1930, with masts, sails and boarded decking, the whole 68cm £100 - £150

Lot 295 Lot 295 Loet Vanderveen (b.1921), “Horses Running Regular”, limited edition bronze sculpture, burgundy patination, signed and numbered 195/750, 36cm £180 - £240 Lot 296 Loet Vanderveen (b.1921), “Bongo - small”, limited edition bronze sculpture, light brown patination, signed and numbered 645/750, 18.5cm £120 - £180

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Lots 296 - 298 Lot 297 Loet Vanderveen (b.1921), “Classic Camel”, limited edition bronze sculpture, light brown patination, signed and numbered 744/2500, 15cm £120 - £180 Lot 298 Attributed to Loet Vanderveen (b.1921), “Small Cheetah Running”, bronze sculpture, brown patination, unsigned, 21.5cm £120 - £180 Lot 299 Two bottles of Louis Roederer Cristal vintage champagne, 1955, levels mid to lower neck £100 - £200 Lot 300 Edwardian mahogany and inlaid bagatelle board, folding rectangular form opening to a green baize playing surface with nine wooden lined pockets and pegboard edges, 79cm x 43cm when closed £100 - £200 Lot 301 Javanese kris with scabbard, slightly curved blade with carved wooden handle and elaborately carved top to the scabbard, 29cm £50 - £70 Lot 302 Chinese mahjong set, with bone and bamboo pieces, complete and with spares, contained within a five drawer camphorwood carrying case, 23.5cm £150 - £250

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Lot 303 Lot 303 Jaeger Le Coultre brass Atmos clock, circa 1970s, pearl white chapter ring with Arabic numerals, quarters and batons, numbered 484880, height 23.5cm £250 - £350 Lot 304 Victorian needlework sampler by Jane Barnes, Aged 12, 1845, worked with a view of Solomon’s Temple with verse, flowers and birds, mounted within a walnut firescreen frame, 63cm x 56cm £300 - £400

Lot 305 Indian carved bone jewellery casket, finely pierced throughout, the hinged cover painted with oval portraits of a bride and groom, also another Indian painted bone box, decorated with figures and hunting scene with a pullout drawer, 18.5cm, and a smaller painted bone box, 8cm (3) £300 - £500

Lot 311 George III painted fan, circa 1790, painted with a country house scene and with a courting couple to the foreground, in puce colours bordered with gilt details, on pierced and puce painted ivory sticks, 27.5cm £100 - £150 Lot 312 Edwardian brass repeating carriage clock, circa 1910, gilt face with white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the movement striking on a gong, height 13.5cm Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £400 - £600 Lot 313 Kamba tribal beaded wooden stool, traditional form worked with figures and animals, 32cm diameter £60 - £80 Lot 314 Schoenau & Hoffmeister bisque headed girl doll, jointed wooden and composition body, height 60cm £200 - £300

Lots 306 & 307 Lot 306 Indian brass Cobra, good large size with ruby coloured glass eyes, height 42cm £200 - £300 Lot 307 Pair of Indian brass Cobra candlesticks, 24.5cm £30 - £50 Lot 308 Scratch built wooden model of an Arabian Dhau (or Dhow), 68cm £70 - £100 Lot 309 French spelter figure group ‘The fleeing faggot gatherers’, cast metal alloy, raised on an ebonised wooden base, height 70cm £100 - £150 Lot 310 Stained glass panel, possibly Low Countries, 18th/19th Century, depicting the head of a woman in traditional headdress, 38cm x 29cm £100 - £150

Lots 315 - 318 Lot 315 Nine cold painted bronze animalier figures, consisting of a pair of mallard ducks, large and small cockerel, chickens feeding at a basket, cock pheasant, hare, ram and a collie dog, the largest 75mm, the smallest 35mm £200 - £300 Lot 316 George III brass and turned fruitwood desk seal, circa 1800, the brass intaglio seal worked with a gatehouse or gaol, 8cm £80 - £120

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Lot 317 Jaques and Son, London, travelling chess set, having stained ivory chess pieces contained within a folding mahogany case, stamped with a maker’s mark and ‘In Statu Quo’ chessboard, 23cm £80 - £120 Lot 318 Brass folding combination compass and sundial

by James Murray, London and Calcutta, silvered dial with two level, 10.5cm, contained within a leather covered wooden case £80 - £120 Lot 319 Pair of French bronze and ormolu wall candle brackets, circa 1870, in the Second Empire style, with three branches supported on anthemion brackets, 17cm £200 - £300 Lot 320 French copper framed table mirror, circa 1900, enclosing a rectangular bevelled glass plate within a border of winged cherubs, 29cm £50 - £80 Lot 321 Unusual portrait miniature of a plantation worker, probably Indian, mid 19th Century, depicting a young woman in a wide brimmed hat, 9cm x 7cm, inscribed to a plaque on the frame and verso ‘Taken from the Keisar Bagh Palace, Lucknow, 1858 £150 - £200

Lot 324 Lot 324 Hofner Committee Brunette electric guitar, circa 1963-4, model no. 4015, mother of pearl inlaid details, stained birds eye maple back, good original example, contained within a contemporary Hofner plush lined guitar case, 97.5cm £400 - £600 Lot 325 Victorian carved oak aneroid barometer, with printed pottery main dial and thermometer, 91cm £50 - £80 Lot 326 French Sudan wooden door latch, 45cm £60 - £80 Lot 327 Senofu carved wooden bird, 42cm £80 - £120

Lot 322 Victorian papier mâché serving tray, circa 1840, oval form decorated with gilt foliate details against a black ground, 79cm £40 - £60

Lot 328 Lot 328 Pair of hand decorated porcelain oval miniatures, circa 1900, one decorated with a peasant girl, the other with a courtesan, each mounted in a brass beaded frame, 8cm £70 - £100 Lot 323 Lot 323 Gibson Sonex-180 Deluxe electric guitar, cream coloured body and neck with black scratch board, contained within a hand made fitted wooden case, 101cm £80 - £120

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Lot 329 Pair of glass table lamps, each having a thumb cut ‘tank’ over a faceted column and star cut circular base, fitted for electricity and with pleated fabric shades, height to top of shade 96cm £60 - £100

Lots 334 - 336 Lot 330 George IV needlework sampler by Emma Page, Aged 8 Years, dated 1829, featuring a verse about procrastination, trailing flowers and an alphabet, glazed and within a mahogany frame, 43cm x 33cm £120 - £180

Lot 332 Late Victorian brass carriage clock, white enamelled dial with painted Roman numerals, signed ‘Brookshank, Bradford’, the movement striking on a gong, 14cm Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £300 - £400 Lot 333 Pair of Mongolian red fabric boots with coloured leather details, 37cm £80 - £120 Lot 334 Japanese black lacquered table cabinet, late Meiji (1868-1912), fitted with a door mounted with brass hinges and decorated with an Asiatic Pheasant, flanked by four drawers and opening to reveal a further two drawers, gilt detailing throughout, width 23cm, height 26cm £60 - £80

Lot 331 Lot 331 Bronze model of a lurcher hound, probably German, well detailed and with light brown patina, stamped ‘Sch.’ 9.5cm £50 - £80

Lot 335 Japanese bronze censer, Meiji (1868-1912), cast as a shallow bowl with carp emerging from the water, over a base with three feet formed as swirls, signed, 18cm diameter, also a bronze desk weight formed as a tortoise supporting an obelisk on its back, inscribed with characters, 13.5cm (2) £200 - £300

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Lot 336 Pair of Japanese bronze vases, late Meiji (18681912), slender cylinder form cast with frogs and snails climbing reeds, mid brown patina (one lacking a base), signed, 23.5cm £80 - £120 Lot 337 George III lead garden ornament, cast as a Bacchanalian cherub, height 44cm £250 - £350 Lot 338 The Royal Sewing Machine Ltd C-frame hand operated sewing machine, Shakespear and Illston patent, made at Small Heath, Birmingham, with gilt details on a black ground, paw feet, mounted on original mahogany base, with wooden carrying case, 32cm £80 - £120

Lot 341 Lot 341 Kit built model of HMS Victory, a well executed and finished model, length 132cm, height including stand 94cm £200 - £400 Lot 342 Kit built model of HMS Sovereign of the Seas, a well executed and finished model, length 115cm, height including stand 95cm £200 - £400 Lot 343 Kit built model of The Bismarck, a well executed and finished model, length 126cm, height including stand 39cm £100 - £200

Lot 339 Lot 339 Victorian brass skeleton clock attributed to Smith, circa 1870, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, single fusee movement with five spoke clock train, and passing strike to a bell, mounted on red velvet covered base, presented under a glass dome, height of the clock 31cm, overall height with dome 40cm Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £700 - £1000

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Lot 340 Sporting Interest: Tyrolean carved animal femur, 19th Century, carved with hunting scenes including bear hunting, stag hunting, boar hunting and with carver’s initials, 30cm £50 - £80

Lot 344 Late Victorian oak framed brass dinner gong, formed as a horseshoe suspending a hand hammered gong over an oval base, height 60cm £50 - £80

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Lot 345 Late Victorian brass carriage timepiece, circa 1900, having a pale yellow green dial with enamelled Arabic numerals, 12cm, contained within original Morocco leather carrying case Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £150 - £250 Lot 346 British Rail enamelled station sign ‘Spital’, white lettering against a maroon ground (with losses), 91cm £100 - £150 Lot 347 Cast iron Fairburn 2-6-4 tank locomotive engine number plate ‘42267’, 55cm £80 - £120

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Lot 348 Scandinavian polychrome painted wall mounted ironing board, shaped form decorated with figures on horseback, one pulling a sleigh with birds and scrolls over a paddle form foot (with losses), 79cm, also an old bentwood flour or grain bin, possibly Scandinavian, with metal studded bands and rings for suspension, 42.5cm, and a turned wooden vessel, height 29cm (3) £70 - £100 Lot 349 Pair of Chinese carved and red painted wooden panels, centred with panels of figures bordered with fretted panels of foliage, 81cm x 32cm, also a pair of Chinese carved softwood brackets worked as dragons flying amidst clouds, traces of painted decoration, 56cm (4) £70 - £100 Lot 350 Painted wooden tabernacle type frame, possibly Scandinavian, late 19th Century, painted with a stork feeding chicks within columns flanking two opening doors, painted throughout with colours, 125cm x 67cm £50 - £80

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Lot 351 Four Chinese carved wooden house god figures, circa 1900 and earlier, each with painted decoration, the largest 45cm, the smallest 20cm, and two carved wooden roundels with traces of painted decoration, 17cm diameter (6) £200 - £300 Lot 352 Chinese carved celadon jade pebble, worked with a smiling Buddha, 11cm £100 - £150 Lot 353 Two Chinese carved jadeite pebble pendants, 45mm and 55mm £30 - £50 Lots 352 - 354

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Lot 354 Chinese carved white jadeite panel, carved in low relief and worked as four square joined at the centre, 12cm square £30 - £40

Lot 361 Newlyn style hand hammered copper plaque, centred with a castle gate and bordered with fishes and seaweed, 40cm diameter £80 - £120

Lot 355 Black marble and polished slate obelisk table ornament, 41cm £100 - £150

Lot 362 Art Deco style gilded metal desk ornament, modelled as a boy with a German Shepherd dog, mounted on an oval onyx base, 13.5cm £60 - £80

Lot 356 American walnut and marquetry drop trunk clock, circa 1890, octagonal framed painted circular dial with retailer’s name ‘Andrew Smyth, Belfast’, eight day movement striking on a gong, the trunk with pull up glazed door revealing original paper label ‘Superior Eight Day AngloAmerican Clocks, Newhaven’, with inlaid panel beneath, height 85cm Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £150 - £200

Lot 363 Lots 357 - 359 Lot 357 Tortoiseshell calling card case, circa 1810-30, rectangular form with hinged cover, 10.5cm x 7.5cm £60 - £80 Lot 358 Victorian mother of pearl card case, rectangular form centred with a vacant silver escutcheon, 11cm x 8cm £70 - £100 Lot 359 Indian bone and inlaid calling card case, late 19th Century, 8.5cm x 5.5cm £30 - £50 Lot 360 Two glass and brass mounted table lamps, one reeded, the other with leaf cut decoration, over a square base, each with pleated fabric shade, 73cm and 68cm respectively, also a gilded moulded plaster table lamp, height with shade 92cm (3) £40 - £60

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Lot 363 French enamelled oval plaque, 19th Century, finely painted with a still life in the Dutch tradition, with a bird and fruits on a wooden table ledge, 10cm x 8cm, mounted in a cast brass frame £400 - £600 Lot 364 Pair of glass table lamps, each having a thumb cut ‘tank’ over a faceted column and star cut circular base, fitted for electricity,with pleated fabric shades, height to top of shade 95cm £60 - £100 Lot 365 Doyle & Son, London, brass beam scales with a set of bell form weights, 1/4ozs to 1lb, 57cm £20 - £30 Lot 366 Jadeite snuff box, late 18th/early 19th Century, shaped rectangular form, the hinged cover mounted with white metal, 12cm £150 - £250

Lot 367 Lot 367 Large Chinese rose quartz covered vase, archaic form surmounted with Kylin and with ring handles and a body carved in low relief with scrolling lotus flower, height 35cm £300 - £500 Lot 368 Cut glass urn form table lamp, inverted baluster form with slice cut decoration over a square base, with pleated fabric shade, height to the top of the shade, 68cm £40 - £60 Lot 369 Nigerian bronze bell, surmounted with a cross form and with a band of coiled decoration, 32cm £100 - £150

Lots 374 - 375 Lot 371 German O gauge clockwork tinplate train set, probably Issmayer, comprising engine, tender and three passenger coaches, small amount of track £100 - £150 Lot 372 Victorian gilt wall mirror in the Adam style, circa 1900, circular cavetto frame with bevelled glass plate surmounted with an urn finial and scrolls with bellflower garland, similar apron, height 79cm £200 - £300 Lot 373 Victorian copper samovar, baluster form with twin handles and fitted tap over a shaped square base, height 41cm £40 - £60 Lot 374 Champlève enamelled brass candelabra, circa 1870, by F Barbedienne, each having three branches over a tapered square section column and canted square base enamelled in colours, height 44.5cm £200 - £300

Lot 370 (detail) Lot 370 White Star Line passenger’s woollen blanket, finished in a tartan design with White Star Line embroidered logo to one corner and retention ring, 166cm x 158cm £50 - £80

Lot 375 French gilt ormolu mantel clock, circa 1880, surmounted with a Sevres style bleu celeste urn over a Sevres style porcelain dial with Roman numerals, and signed to the centre R Stewart, Paris, Japy Freres movement striking on a bell, having olive leaf swags beneath the dial over a base further inset with hand decorated Sevres style panels, raised on a gilded and velvet covered wooden base, with a further ebonised wooden base, height 42cm (pendulum deficient) Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £500 - £700

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Lot 376 Regency mahogany toilet mirror, rectangular plate on reeded horns with ball finials, over a base fitted with three small drawers, edged with boxwood and on bracket feet, width 53cm £80 - £120

Lot 382 Pewter ale tankard, 19th Century, with domed cover on a baluster body, height 19cm £80 - £120

Lot 377 Indian porcupine quill box, mid 19th Century, sarcophagus form, the hinged cover inlaid with ivory and horn and bordered with quill reeding, opening to a comparted interior over a base fitted with a drawer and raised on gilt ball feet, width 35.5cm £120 - £180 Lot 378 Pink satin glass and brass peg lamp, the frilled pink shade over a similar glass tank, raised on a brass reeded column and triform base, height including chimney 68.5cm £70 - £100 Lot 379 Three bottles of Denis-Mounie Edward VII Grand Reserve fine champagne cognac, levels mid neck £80 - £120 Lot 380 Victorian Scottish ram’s horn inkwell, surmounted with the head of a stag in Britannia metal and opening to reveal a ceramic inkwell, 26cm £100 - £200 Lot 381 Victorian petit-point needlework tapestry depicting Queen Victoria and Prince Albert preparing to go hawking, 70cm x 90cm, mounted within a gilt moulded swept frame £80 - £120

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Lot 383 Pair of Chinese carved soapstone bookends, late 19th/early 20th Century, carved with fishermen and inscribed in characters, 17.5cm £80 - £120 Lot 384 German carved ivory Bacchanalian tankard, 19th Century, finely carved with Bacchanalian scenes of revelry in bas relief, with satyrs and maenads blowing pipes and clashing tambourines, whilst Bacchus and Ariadne hold aloft a basket of fruit over a recumbent couple on a ground scattered with fruit and discarded wine ewers, the handle carved with a winged putti on the shoulders of a nymph, the base carved with a band of Bacchanlian masks amidst intertwining vines (cover deficient), height 28cm £5000 - £8000 Lot 385 Two pewter plates, 18th Century, 24cm and 22cm diameter £20 - £30 Lot 386 Leather Gladstone bag by Finnegans of Manchester, circa 1910-20, painted initials ‘JK’, brass fitments, 52cm £50 - £80 Lot 387 French brass carriage clock, circa 1900, white dial with Roman numerals, the movement striking on a gong, height 14cm, contained within a mahogany carrying case Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £400 - £600

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Lot 394 Late Victorian bronze cherub, circa 1900, mid brown patina, 21.5cm £40 - £60 Lot 395 Old leather travelling trunk, brass lock plate fronted with initial ‘W’, 85cm x 55cm x 32cm £50 - £80

Lot 388 Lot 388 George III portrait miniature of a gentleman in a red tunic, circa 1790, quarter length, sporting a white wig, oval on ivory, presented within a red Morocco case, 75mm x 60mm £400 - £600 Lot 389 Pair of Chinese red cinnabar lacquer vases, baluster form with trumpet neck, carved with figures amidst a mountainous landscape, height 18.5cm £50 - £80 Lot 390 Early Victorian petit-point needlework tapestry, circa 1840, ‘Pharaoh’s daughter discovers Moses’, worked in colours, 79cm x 70cm, mounted and glazed in a modern frame £30 - £50

Lots 396 - 401 Lot 396 Late Victorian calf leather cartridge case, having brass reinforced corners and lock plate, with retaining straps (interior divisions now deficient), 45cm x 35cm x 17cm £70 - £100 Lot 397 Crocodile skin suitcase, circa 1930, with brass lock plates, 63cm x 41cm x 21cm £300 - £500 Lot 398 Crocodile skin suitcase, circa 1930, with brass lock plates, 62cm x 22cm x 41cm £200 - £300

Lot 391 Lot 391 Late Victorian brass rail fender, width 154cm, depth 30cm £30 - £50 Lot 392 Scandinavian wooden cheese press, conical tankard form with incised decoration, height 21cm, also a carved softwood ceremonial libation cup, 14cm, two wooden tobacco jars and an Isle of Man parquetry darning mushroom (5) £100 - £150 Lot 393 Pair of French cast brass griffin form supports, possibly for a wash basin or console stand, late 19th Century, 84cm £40 - £60

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Lot 399 Small crocodile skin suitcase, circa 1930, with brass lock plates and gilded initials ‘S.D.C.’, 51cm x 18.5cm x 36cm, also another crocodile skin suitcase with white pigskin edge stitching and nickel plated lock plates, 56cm (2) £80 - £120 Lot 400 Calf leather travelling trunk, circa 1900-10, with metal reinforced corners, studded borders, brass lock plates, 81cm x 49cm x 31cm £50 - £100 Lot 401 Louis Vuitton suitcase, brass studded throughout, with brass lock plates and catches, ‘LV’ covering, linen covered interior with original paper label and numbered ‘819611’, 76cm x 22.5cm x 47cm £1200 - £1800

Pictures

Lot 410 Lot 410 James Lawrence Isherwood (1917-98), The Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, oil on canvas, signed, inscribed verso, 45cm x 55cm £400 - £600 Lot 412 Lot 412 Kaby, Cupid’s Preparations, limited edition hand coloured drypoint etching, signed in pencil to the margin, numbered 93/100, published 1914, oval, 35cm x 26cm £150 - £200

Lot 413 Lot 411 Lot 411 Thomas Whittle II (active 1856-97), Mountainous landscape with cattle and sheep, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1887, 60cm x 50cm £300 - £500

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Lot 413 Louis Icart (1888-1950), Solitaire, coloured drypoint etching, signed in pencil to the margin, oval, 37cm x 48cm £300 - £500 Lot 414 Malcolm Crouse (active late 19th Century), Loch Oich (Caledonian Canal), watercolour, signed, 21.5cm x 37cm £100 - £200

Lot 419 Lot 419 Bela Balogh (1909-1980), Still life with fruit, flowers, claret jug and goblet, oil on canvas, signed, 61cm x 91cm £100 - £150

Lot 415 Lot 415 Follower of William Mellor (late 19th Century), Fishing on a North Wales river, oil on canvas, 30cm x 24.5cm £200 - £300 Lot 416 M Hughes (active late 19th Century), Pair, ‘Kyles of Bute’ and ‘Firth of Clyde’, watercolours, initialled, titled to the mounts, 10.5cm x 19cm £50 - £80 Lot 417 Thomas Mortimer (active late 19th Century), The Castle Rock, Lynton, watercolour, signed, titled to the mount, 37cm x 53cm £50 - £80

Lot 420 Lot 420 Arthur Stanley Wilkinson (circa 1860-1930), Summer cottage garden, watercolour, signed, 27cm x 37cm £40 - £60 Lot 421 Ellen Van Dunk (Contemporary), Portrait of Marianne, oil on canvas, signed, labelled verso, 66cm x 46cm £40 - £60 Lot 422 Thomas Worthington and Sons, Architects, Manchester, The East Lancashire Masonic Hall, Manchester - The Elevation onto Bridge Street, pencil and colour wash, 42cm x 53cm £20 - £40

Lot 418 Lot 418 Anthony (Tony) Sheath (b. 1946), The Crossing, a wooded river valley, oil on canvas, signed, 59cm x 90cm £100 - £150

Lot 423 Charles Borrell (Contemporary), Sky Horizon, acrylic, signed, unframed, 40.5cm x 50.5cm £50 - £80

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Lot 424 Jack Shore (b. 1922), Still life with flowers, pineapple and folding chair, acrylic on board, signed and inscribed verso, 87cm square £100 - £150 Lot 425 Robbie Williams (b. 1974), Self portraits in blue, yellow, red and green, set of four seragraphs, signed in pencil and inscribed ‘P/P II’ printer’s proofs edition of 20, 73cm x 73cm Provenance: You, Your Space, Your Art Gallery at Wales Millennium Centre £200 - £400 Lot 426 W H Hukinson (late 19th/early 20th Century), Wooded river valley, watercolour, signed, 29cm x 22cm £50 - £80 Lot 424

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Lot 427 Anthony Vandyke Copley-Fielding (1787-1855), Bow Fell from Little Langdale near Ambleside, Westmorland, watercolour, signed and dated 1831, 44cm x 66cm £600 - £800

Lot 429 John Edward Mace (1889-?), Still life with flowers in a vase, oil on board, signed, 30cm x 40cm £100 - £150 Lot 430 After William Hogarth (1697-1764), ‘The Rake’s Progress’ set of eight engravings, published 1735, later hand colouring, impression 35cm x 41cm £300 - £500 Lot 431 English School (early 19th Century), Landscape with castle and shepherd, watercolour, 19cm x 29cm, also another castle landscape watercolour, 12cm x 21cm and a Victorian watercolour of abbey ruins with an artist to the foreground, 15cm x 23cm (3) £80 - £120

Lot 428 Lot 428 Ferruccio Vitale (1875-?), Pair, Two Italian peasants, oils on canvas board, signed, oval, 25cm x 20cm £70 - £100

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Lot 434 Joseph Hughes Clayton (active 1891-1929), Conway Harbour at low tide, watercolour, signed, 36cm x 52cm £80 - £120 Lot 435 Emily Wyatt Wall (late 19th/early 20th Century), View towards the Welsh Hills, watercolour, signed and dated 1899, 19cm x 38cm £50 - £80

Lot 432 Lot 432 William Temple Muir (late 19th/early 20th Century), moored fishing boat at low tide, oil on board, signed, 28cm x 22cm £20 - £40 Lot 433 Percy Mason (early 20th Century), Rydal Water in Autumn, watercolour, signed, 18cm x 26cm, also two landscape watercolours en grisaille, 9.5cm x 14.5cm, and a gouache landscape of figures walking beside a wood, 16cm x 21cm (4) £100 - £150

Lot 436 Lot 436 E Chalinor (late 19th Century), Meagre earnings, a street musician assessing the fruits of his labour, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1873, 31cm x 23cm £400 - £600 Lot 437 Thomas Walsh (late 19th Century), View of Eastgate Street, Chester, watercolour and bodycolour, signed with initials, 15cm x 21cm £20 - £40

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Lot 438 Monogrammist A.T.N. (late 19th Century), Pair of summer river landscapes, watercolours and gouache, signed with initials and dated 1883, 25cm x 18cm £70 - £100

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Lot 439 Lot 439 Latif (late 20th Century), Arab nomads in battle on horseback, acrylic on canvas, signed, 50cm x 61cm £150 - £250

Lot 440 Stanley Herdman (active late 19th Century), Brow Side, Everton with Mary Cooper’s toffee shop, watercolour, signed, 31cm x 54cm £250 - £350 Lot 441 English Topographical School, circa 1850, View of Babbicombe, also ‘Oberwesel on the Rhine’, watercolours over pencil, 48cm x 68cm £400 - £600

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Lot 442 Lot 442 English topographical school, circa 1850, Pair, ‘The Ruins at Tadmor’ (Palmyra)’ and ‘View of Antioch’, watercolours over pencil, 34cm x 48cm £300 - £500

Lot 443 Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894-1973), Narrow streets, oil on canvas, signed, 40cm x 30cm £200 - £400 Lot 444 Flemish School (late 19th Century), View of a town square, watercolour, 31cm x 23cm £100 - £200

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Lot 445 Manner of William Shayer, Farmstead with a farmer threshing corn, oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm £200 - £300

Lot 449 Donna Crawshaw (Contemporary), Feeding time at the farmyard, oil on canvas, signed, 40cm x 50cm £40 - £60

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Lot 446 George Lennard Lewis (1826-1913), The Pena Cintre, The Summer Palace of Don Fernando, the late King Consort of Portugal, watercolour, signed and inscribed to a label verso, 33cm x 49cm £200 - £400

Lot 450 Philip A Vicary (active early 20th Century), HMD Shakespeare, the destroyer cruising at speed, watercolour, signed and dated 1919, titled to the mount, 19cm x 27cm £100 - £150

Lot 451 Lot 447 Lot 447 William Ramsey (late 19th Century), The old farmstead, watercolour, signed, 39cm x 55cm £80 - £120

Lot 451 Philip A Vicary (active early 20th Century), HMS K22 Submarine, watercolour, signed and dated 1919, titled to the mount, 18.5cm x 27cm £100 - £150

Lot 448 Donna Crawshaw (Contemporary), Farmyard Friends, oil on canvas, signed, 40cm x 50cm £40 - £60

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Lot 452 Samuel Walters (1811-1882), Barque heading out off Anglesey in choppy seas, oil on canvas, signed, 90cm x 113cm, in a contemporary moulded gilt frame £2000 - £3000

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Furniture, Interior Design & Rugs

Lot 460 French walnut extending dining table, D shaped ends pulling out to accommodate two additional leaves, raised on baluster turned legs with central supporting legs raised on brass castors, length when extended 246cm, width 129cm £400 - £600

Lot 466 French mahogany chiffonier, circa 1870, carved scroll back with a single shelf supported on fluted and turned columns over two frieze drawers and two raised shaped panel doors opening to a single shelf, raised on squat bun feet, width 131cm £300 - £500

Lot 461 Set of eight mahogany dining chairs, in the Hepplewhite style, 20th century, comprising two carvers and six singles, each with carved anthemion splat back drop in seats, raised on ogee moulded tapered square section forelegs, labeled ‘Wolfe’s Birkenhead’ £300 - £500 Lot 462 George III oak and mahogany banded Lancashire mule chest, circa 1780-1800, having a crossbanded hinged top over three blind drawers and two real drawers, over three further smaller drawers, all crossbanded and with brass swan neck handles, flanked with quarter pilasters, raised on ogee bracket feet, width 148cm, height 91cm £400 - £600 Lot 463 Set of eight George III mahogany dining chairs, circa 1800, having reeded stick backs surmounted with stiff leaves, upholstered stuffover seats, raised on tapered square section legs, comprising six singles and two carvers £400 - £600 Lot 464 George III mahogany breakfront wardrobe, circa 1800, having a cavetto cornice over a linen press centre with recessed panelled cupboard doors with boxwood and ebony string inlays, opening to a full complement of five sliding trays, over two short and two long drawers and flanked on either side with hanging spaces behind doors with dummy drawer fronts, all raised on a plinth base, width 236cm, height 202cm £400 - £600 Lot 465 French amboyna and ebonised sewing table, circa 1870, the top with musical trompe l’oeil inlays and crossbanded with rosewood and with boxwood and harewood acanthus scrolls within an ormolu border, fitted with a single frieze drawer inlaid with further boxwood scrolls against ebony panels, raised on brass capped ebonised fluted supports united by a cross stretcher with a brass urn finial, width 70cm, depth 42cm £300 - £400

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Lot 467 Lot 467 Chinoiserie lacquered bedroom suite, circa 1920, comprising triple wardrobe, lacquered with figures within an extensive chinoiserie landscape in gilt and colours against a black ground, brass engraved strap hinges, width 189cm, height 197cm; double bed with lacquered head and footboard, kneehole dressing table, width 116cm, and two cane seated side chairs (5) £800 - £1200

Lot 468 Modern Herati style woollen rug, the abrashed field decorated with an all over foliate design against a red ground, within a foliate border, size approx. 304cm x 253cm £100 - £150 Lot 469 Oak roll top desk, early 20th Century, the tambour top opening to reveal pigeonholes and drawers over a central kneehole drawer and three short drawers at either side, with pull out slides, width 122cm, height 110cm £200 - £400

Lot 471 Scottish oak and mahogany eight day longcase clock by J Anderson of Carnoustie, circa 1830, swan neck pediment over two slender turned columns flanking a 13’’ painted arched dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dial, eight day movement striking on a bell, raised on a trunk with quarter pilasters over a box base with bracket feet, 209cm Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £400 - £600

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Lot 470 Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase, the top with two perpendicular shaped fielded panel doors opening to adjustable shelves, the base with slope front opening to a central mirrored cupboard door flanked by pullout bookend drawers, further drawers and pigeonholes, over on four long graduating drawers with later turned wooden knobs, all raised on bracket feet, width 110cm, height 192cm £500 - £800

Lot 472 Flemish carved oak parlour cabinet, circa 1880, carved throughout with lion’s masks and cherubs, the top having a single door with stained glass panels, opening to a single shelf, supported on balusters, on a base fitted with a single carved frieze drawer and a further carved panelled door beneath centred with a lion’s mask and opening to a shelf, raised on a blind base, width 96cm, height 228cm £200 - £300

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Lot 476 Lot 476 Meshed woollen carpet, having a central dark blue medallion against a pink ground, dispersed with palmettes, dark blue spandrels and dark blue foliate border, size approx. 386cm x 296cm £200 - £300 Lot 477 Pair of Victorian Aesthetic period ebonised parcel gilt bookcases, circa 1880, each having adjustable shelves and bordered with gilded tramlines, on a plinth base, width 109cm, height 109cm, depth 42cm £100 - £150 Lot 478 Late Victorian walnut wind out dining table, circa 1890, the rectangular top with canted corners, with no additional leaves, raised on turned and reeded legs, length 136cm, width 107cm, height 71cm £150 - £250 Lot 473 Lot 473 Oak and mahogany eight day longcase clock, early 19th Century, the hood with swan neck pediment over a painted, arched 14’’ dial with subsidiary seconds and date aperture and a pastoral landscape to the arch, the movement striking on a bell, the trunk with inlaid and crossbanded door and similar panel base, raised on bracket feet, 229cm £300 - £500 Lot 474 George III mahogany bow front hanging corner cupboard, circa 1790, H-shaped brass hinges opening to three shelves, height 100cm £200 - £300 Lot 475 Edwardian plum pudding mahogany library table, circa 1910, two piece top raised on plain tapered square section legs, 145cm x 118cm, height 78cm £100 - £200

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Lot 479 Walnut twin pedestal desk in Chippendale Revival style, early 20th Century, having a gilt tooled leather inset top, fitted with a configuration of nine drawers with cast brass handles, opposing at the back fielded panels, all raised on short legs with claw and ball feet, width 182cm, depth 106cm, height 78cm £200 - £300 Lot 480 Victorian mahogany library table, circa 1870, the top with gilt tooled green leather inset over turned and tapered legs with brass castors, width 145cm, depth 92cm, height 74cm £80 - £120 Lot 481 Oak partner’s desk, early 20th Century, gilt tooled green leather inset top, over four short drawers at either side and one central drawer, each with brass swan neck handles, raised on a plinth base, width 143cm, depth 125cm £200 - £400

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Lot 482 Victorian mahogany kneehole desk, the top with red tooled leather inset, and with nine drawer front with turned wooden knobs and a central recessed panel cupboard door, the back replaced (in need of full restoration), width 140cm £80 - £120

Lot 485 Edwardian breakfront mahogany bookcase, circa 1905, having a fluted frieze over acanthus carved reeded cluster pilasters, flanking four plain glazed doors, opening to adjustable shelves, blind base, width 187cm, height 122cm £50 - £80

Lot 483 Reproduction mahogany breakfront library bookcase, having four astragal glazed doors opening to adjustable shelves, over a base fitted with four drawers and four cupboard doors, all with boxwood stringing, raised on bracket feet, width 182cm, height 195cm £50 - £100

Lot 486 Late Victorian walnut twin pedestal desk, circa 1900, the top with a rexine inset over a configuration of nine drawers, each with brass handle, raised on a plinth base, width 137cm, depth 75cm £200 - £300

Lot 484 Meshed woollen carpet, having a central medallion in fawn and turquoise against a red ground dispersed with palmettes, within a red foliate border and fawn guard stripes, size approx.

390cm x 294cm £200 - £300

Lot 487 French walnut and kingwood two tier occasional table, 20th Century, circular top with brass gallery, raised on tapered square section legs with platform shelf beneath, brass feet, 43cm diameter £50 - £70

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Lot 489 Victorian papier mâché pedestal work box, circa 1850, octagonal top painted with roses and inlaid with mother of pearl against a black lacquered ground, opening to reveal a partial interior, on a fluted trumpet base raised on painted scroll legs with steel castors, width 50cm £100 - £150

Lot 488 Lot 488 Victorian papier mâché chair by Jennens and Bettridge, spoon shaped back, pierced and decorated with flowers and gilt foliate scrolls, upholstered drop in seat, raised on cabriole forelegs with further gilded decoration, stamped mark to the underside, height 88cm £250 - £350

Lot 490 Lot 490 George III oak and mahogany banded mule chest, circa 1780, plank top over three fielded panel front with two drawers beneath, raised on bracket feet, width 130cm, height 82cm £200 - £400

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Lot 491 Late Victorian Art Nouveau style brass fire surround, with stylised honeysuckle and riveted outlines, height 100cm, width 98cm, the interior 43.5cm x 73cm £400 - £600

Lot 492 Lot 492 George II painted walnut armchair, having a raised top rail painted with a mask and with the mottoes ‘’Nunc Est Bibendum‘’ (‘’Now is the time for drinking‘’) beneath a banner reading ‘’Foecundi Calices Quem Non Fecere Disertum?‘’ (‘’Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?‘’), the central splat painted with the Cholmondeley coat of arms above an inscription ‘’Thos. Cholmondeley of Vale Royal Esq Mayor Anno Domini 1750‘’, above a further crest, much worn, with later open arms, gross point needlework drop in seat, all raised on shell carved swan neck forelegs with pad feet Note: Whilst we have found no record of Thomas Cholmondeley being mayor anywhere in Cheshire or the environs in the year 1750, he was most definitely Mayor of Chester 1761-2. Another

plausible possibility is that Cholmondeley may have belonged to some form of gentleman’s club, in the manner of the Stagorians or the Ancient and Honourable Order of Bucks, or The City of Lushington. In such clubs the chief officer is often referred to as the Mayor.

The mottoes appear to be taken from the Odes of Horace, a 1st Century BC Roman lyric poet including the very worn one at the bottom may be part of his larger ‘’Sume, Maecenas, cyathos amici, Sospitis centum; et vigiles lucernas Perfor in lucem: procul omnis esto, Clamor et ira‘’ ‘’Take, my Maecenas, a hundred glasses, on account of the safety of your friend, and continue the wakeful lamps even to daylight: all clamor and passion be far away‘’ £3000 - £5000

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Lot 494 Indian painted wooden corner cupboard, decorated in traditional form with scenes of tiger hunting, fitted with a single panelled door opening to a single shelf, width 70cm, height 93cm £40 - £60

Lot 495 Lot 493 Lot 493 Indian painted wooden wall cabinet, having a scalloped gallery top over a single door with two painted panels depicting night and day in colours against a red ground, the side panels further painted, and enclosing a single shelf, width 60cm, height 70cm £40 - £60

Lot 495 Early Victorian mahogany sideboard, circa 1840, having a heavily carved scroll back over a base with ogee moulded frieze drawers and two arched panel cupboard doors, raised on a plinth base, width 200cm, height 160cm £400 - £600

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Lot 496 Quality reproduction mahogany console table in Egyptian Revival style, having three frieze drawers raised on Pharaoh headed reeded columns with carved feet, backed with a mirror and on a plinth base, width 85cm, depth 43cm, height 91cm £120 - £180

Lot 497 Lot 497 Pair of late Regency mahogany sofa tables, circa 1820, each fitted with two frieze drawers with ebony stringing opposing similar blind drawers, drop leaves, over an umbrella shaped stretcher and splayed sabre legs with brass paw feet and castors (in need of full restoration), width 100cm, depth 65cm, height 74cm £500 - £700

Lot 499 Lot 499 Victorian mahogany breakfront triple wardrobe, circa 1860, having three moulded panel doors with carved scrolled bracket appliques opening to reveal a linen press centre with drawers and a tray, flanking a hanging space, all raised on a plinth base, width 213cm, height 216cm £300 - £500

Lot 498 Lot 498 Regency mahogany linen press, circa 1810, dentil cornice and with chequerboard line inlays to the frieze over two flame mahogany recessed panels with beaded edge, opening to five pullout trays, the base fitted with two short and two long drawers with later pressed brass oval plate handles, raised on bracket feet, width 127cm, height 213cm £300 - £500

Lot 500 Lot 500 George III mahogany linen press, circa 1810-20, dentil cornice over two recessed panel flame mahogany doors opening to hanging space, over a base fitted with three long drawers, each with later pressed oval brass plate handles, raised on ogee bracket feet, width 128cm, height 209cm £300 - £500

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Lot 501 Traditional Orkney chair, 19th Century, small size with a woven rush back, pine frame, rush seat, height 107cm, width 59cm £200 - £300 Lot 502 Ziegler woollen rug, with fawn herati with salmon pink palmette border, size approx. size approx.

246cm x 160cm £80 - £120 Lot 503 Victorian mahogany buffet, circa 1870, the lift up top opening to reveal a marble surface and fold out shelf, over two recessed panel frieze drawers with brass ring handles, raised on turned and fluted tapered supports with two shelves beneath, width 113cm, height when open 135cm £200 - £300

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Lot 504 Lot 504 Victorian mahogany double wardrobe, circa 1870, having two plain moulded recessed panel doors opening to hanging space, three drawers and two trays, all over a plinth base, width 154cm, height 212cm £150 - £250

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Lot 505 Isfahan silk rug, having a central medallion against a fawn field dispersed with palmettes and flowers within a border of vases and flowers against a light mocha ground, size approx. 155cm x 102cm £200 - £300

Lot 508 White painted lady’s writing table, in the French style, fitted with a single drawer with guilloche moulding, over fluted legs with stiff acanthus leaves, width 100cm, depth 66.5cm £40 - £60

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Lot 509 Regency mahogany console table, circa 1810, having a plain frieze with brass capped columns over a plinth base, width 103cm, height 90cm, depth 40.5cm £120 - £180 Lot 510 Kashan woollen carpet, having a central fawn and dark blue medallion against a deep red ground dispersed with palmettes and a blue palmette border, size approx. 396cm x 307cm £200 - £300

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Lot 506 Scottish mahogany and satinwood banded secretaire chest, 19th Century, fitted with three small drawers over a long fall down secretaire drawer opening to satinwood faced small drawers and over a further three long graduated drawers with brass lion’s mask and ring handles, raised on a plinth base, width 120cm, height 115cm £200 - £300 Lot 507 George III mahogany pedestal tripod table, the one piece circular top (af), over a four pillar bird cage action and gun barrel column, raised on three splayed legs, 75cm diameter £50 - £80

Lot 511 Victorian walnut and upholstered nursing chair, the poppy fabric upholstered T-shaped back having barleytwist columns over and upholstered seat, turned and fluted forelegs with white pot castors, height 118cm £50 - £80 Lot 512 French painted carved wood and damask fabric fire screen, width 85cm, also a French style white painted oval occasional table with rouge griotte marble top, width 64cm (2) £50 - £80 Lot 513 Decorative Blackamoor free standing electrolier, having seven lights supported on a figure holding aloft a torch decorated in colours, height 190cm £40 - £60 Lot 514 Pair of late Victorian/Edwardian upholstered armchairs, circa 1890-1910, upholstered throughout with floral ivory coloured fabric and raised on Braganza style front legs with steel castors £150 - £250

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Lot 515 Early Victorian mahogany inverted breakfront sideboard, circa 1840, having a back panel with a single shelf, over a base fitted with three flame mahogany frieze drawers over four recessed panel cupboard doors, the two outer doors enclosing pullout drawers, width 166cm, depth 62cm £700 - £1000 Lot 516 John Broadwood & Sons mahogany cased square piano, circa 1815, conventional form with ebony line inlays, and opening to a birch fascia with painted label for Broadwood at Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London, forty ivory mounted natural keys and twenty eight ebony sharp keys, all raised on turned and ebonised ringed legs with castors, width 172cm, depth 64cm £800 - £1200 Lot 517 William IV rosewood revolving music stool, circa 1835, the needlework pad seat featuring a stag and oak leaves, over a tulip carved column and quatreform base with scroll feet, 36cm diameter £200 - £300 Lot 518 Qum part silk rug, traditional design with dark blue field and guls to the spandrels, size approx.

160cm x 110cm £250 - £350

Lot 519 Lot 519 George IV mahogany pedestal tea table, circa 1825, the folding swivelling top opening to a polished surface with a frieze carved with acanthus brackets, over a plain turned column and quadreform platform raised on carved scrolled feet with brass castors, width 96cm £400 - £600 Lot 520 Regency mahogany tea table, circa 1820-30, the folding top with a reeded edge opening to a polished surface, over a plain frieze raised on turned and ringed legs, width 91.5cm £120 - £180

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Lot 521 Lot 521 Mahogany breakfront sideboard, having a fretwork gallery back to a single shelf, raised on spider leg columns, the base centred with a bow front chest of five drawers, flanked on either side with a further short drawer and two crossbanded cupboard doors, the whole raised on turned feet, width 183cm, height 130cm £600 - £800

Lot 522 Mahogany demi-lune side cabinet, the top with a reeded edge over a single moulded panelled door opening to a single shelf, raised on short legs with pad feet, width 109cm, height 92cm £150 - £250 Lot 523 Mahogany twin pedestal table in Regency style, the top with D-ends accommodating a single leaf, on turned supports and reeded sabre legs with brass paw feet and castors, width 208cm, depth 99cm £80 - £120 Lot 524 Quality reproduction mahogany and satinwood banded demi-lune side table in Sheraton style, string inlays throughout, raised on tapered square section legs, width 81cm £70 - £100

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Lot 528 Late Victorian mahogany and inlaid settee, circa 1900, the back and seat upholstered in jade green fabric, combed rail arms inlaid with bellflower trails in bone, satinwood and harewood, all raised on tapered square section legs with spade toes and pot castors, width 161cm £300 - £500

Lot 525 Lot 525 North West Persian woollen rug, centred with a blue pole medallion against a red field with fawn spandrels, 148cm x 97cm £80 - £120 Lot 526 Middle Eastern Hirati woollen runner, having a terracotta field dispersed throughout with coloured palmettes and flowers within a fawn patterned border, size approx. 460cm x 82cm £100 - £200

Lot 529 Lot 529 Korean elm and softwood altar table, traditional form with shaped scroll apron, moulded square section legs, width 160cm, depth 30cm, height 82cm £200 - £300

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Lot 527 George II walnut chest of drawers, circa 1740-60 with later alterations, the sectional veneered top crossbanded, over three short and three long crossbanded drawers with later brass fretwork and swan neck handles, raised on shaped bracket feet, width 107cm, height 106cm £800 - £1200

Lot 530 Matched pair of late Victorian painted satinwood open armchairs, in Sheraton Revival style, circa 1890, each having a floral painted back with caned and painted central boss decorated with children at play, painted open arms with turned supports, upholstered drop in seats, with a seat front painted with floral trellis, raised on turned and ringed forelegs, height 90cm and 91cm £600 - £800

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Lot 532 George IV mahogany cheval mirror, circa 182530, rectangular plate supported on reeded and turned columns topped with a similar stretcher, raised on moulded sabre legs with brass paw castors, width 83cm, height 170cm £600 - £800

Lot 531 Lot 531 Chinese red lacquered cabinet, 19th Century, having two doors decorated with gilded roundels enclosing butterflies and foliage and with brass lock plate, opening to reveal a central shelf with drawers, with recessed panel sides and raised on block legs, width 120cm, height 170cm, depth 52cm £400 - £600

Lot 533 Lot 533 Set of six late Regency mahogany Trafalgar dining chairs, circa 1825-30, comprising five singles and one carver, having carved rope twist bar back, green fabric stuffover upholstered seats, turned forelegs £200 - £400 Lot 534 Afghan Sarukh rug, dark blue field with red guls, within a multi-patterned red border, approx.

190cm x 120cm £70 - £100 Lot 535 French style gilded and upholstered footstool, circular form upholstered in tapestry fabric, 39cm £60 - £80 Lot 536 George III mahogany wig stand, moulded ringed top over a triform platform fitted with a single drawer, raised on turned columns and cabriole legs, height 77cm £80 - £120

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Lot 537 Pair of Italian style painted dressing stools, each with calico stuffover seats, carved cabriole legs in the Baroque style, 42cm £80 - £120

Lot 543 Georgian style upholstered wing armchair, covered in green watered silk fabric, raised on cabriole legs with paw feet, height 119cm, width of seat at the front 66cm £120 - £180 Lot 544 French style giltwood bergere fauteuil, having double skinned caning throughout, with a calico cushion and seat £100 - £200

Lot 538 Lot 538 Chinese red lacquered altar table, early 20th Century, traditional form with open geometric gallery, raised on square section legs, width 110cm, depth 42cm, height 87cm, also a Chinese red lacquered stool, traditional form, 46cm (2) £100 - £150 Lot 539 Mahogany and inlaid side table, 19th Century, crossbanded and with boxwood stringing, fitted with two frieze drawers, raised on tapered square section legs, width 72cm £80 - £120

Lot 545 French style painted etagère, circa 1900, having a brass gallery, the top painted with roses, on painted and fluted columns united by a platform stretcher and splayed legs, width 41cm, height 79cm £30 - £50 Lot 546 Chinese elm opium table, traditional form raised on moulded square section legs, 85cm x 27.5cm, height 29cm £50 - £80 Lot 547 French style marble topped white painted small table, shaped rectangular form raised on fluted legs with a cross stretcher, 52cm £60 - £80 Lot 548 Pakistan Bokhara woollen runner, having three rows of guls a light terracotta ground and multipatterned border, size approx. 310cm x 86cm £60 - £80

Lot 540 Lot 540 Pakistan Bokhara woollen carpet, all over red field with six rows of guls, size approx. 300cm x 194cm £100 - £200 Lot 541 French style gilded and caned duet stool, circa 1900, raised on fluted and turned legs united by an H-shaped stretcher, width 100cm £70 - £100 Lot 542 Pair of Chinese stained softwood ‘coin’ tables, late 19th/early 20th Century, traditionally formed as adjoining coins, on square section supports with stretchers, 55cm, height 94cm £150 - £250

Lot 549 Lot 549 Adam Revival bow front chest of drawers, fitted with two short and three long drawers with carved bellflower garlands, cast metal ring handles, raised on tapered square section legs with square toes, width 101cm, height 108cm £150 - £250

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Lot 550 Chippendale style walnut framed wall mirror, the rectangular plate with ogee moulded border within a fret cut frame, 82cm £50 - £80

Lot 553 Late Victorian satinwood and inlaid envelope folding card table, circa 1890, the square top swivelling open to reveal a green baize playing surface, over a frieze drawer, crossbanded and with brass ring handles, raised on tapered square section legs united by a cross stretcher and turned finial, the whole raised on brass cup castors, 55cm square £200 - £400 Lot 554 French carved walnut double bed, the headboard carved with floral garland and quiver of arrows, flanked on either side with pine cone finials, and upholstered in ivory ground fabric, width 148cm, height 161cm £300 - £500

Lot 551 Lot 551 Oak joined coffer, late 17th Century with later carved decoration, having three recessed panel top with channel moulded outlines, the front with double recessed panel with later foliate carving, beneath a lunette frieze, raised on stile feet, width 112cm, height 59cm £300 - £500 Lot 552 Suite of three ‘Quadrant 4’ perspex and glass tables, late 20th Century, comprising a canted rectangular coffee table, two matching canted square occasional tables, the coffee table 120cm x 79cm, the square tables 50cm, marked ‘Kenhurst, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster’ £120 - £180

Lot 555 French painted and fabric upholstered double bed, the headboard surmounted with a Baroque scroll with moulded outlines, upholstered in gold coloured damask fabric, width 150cm, height 168cm £200 - £300 Lot 556 Belouch woollen rug, the central field with a repeating lozenge design, in autumnal colours against a border of flowerheads, size approx.

200cm x 106cm £40 - £60 Lot 557 French three quarter size painted bed, the headboard with a carved ribbon surmount and upholstered in ivory damask, with fluted columns surmounted with urn shaped finials, width 141cm, height 150cm £200 - £300 Lot 558 French three quarter size bed, carved and painted with swags and ribbons, the headboard upholstered in black and ivory scrolling foliate fabric, width 145cm, height 141cm £200 - £300 Lot 559 Pair of French painted and carved single beds, each with a Baroque style crest and upholstered in tapestry style fabric with scenes of pastoral life, width 84cm, height 185cm £200 - £300 Lot 560 French style painted dining suite comprising draw leaf dining table on carved cabriole legs, 158cm (262cm extended) x 99cm, and six painted rush seated dining chairs with ladderbacks (7) £200 - £400

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Lot 561 Provencal style circular breakfast table, with ‘’antique’’ painted finish, raised on cluster column supports with four splayed legs, 145cm diameter, also four double caned chairs with olive leaf carved cresting rails (5) £150 - £200

Lot 562 French style painted and upholstered canape, with a carved cresting rail, black and white scrolling foliate fabric pad back and seat, open arms, raised on cabriole legs, width 135cm £200 - £300 Lot 563 Pair of French painted and upholstered single beds, in the Baroque style, with carved cresting rail and upholstered in gold damask fabric, width 99cm, height 142cm £200 - £300 Lot 564 George III mahogany tilt top tripod table, circular dished top with replaced stretchers and alterations, over a turned gun barrel column and three splayed legs, 69cm diameter £80 - £120 Lot 565 George III mahogany bow front hanging corner cupboard, circa 1800, having shaped H brass hinges, opening to three shelves, height 99cm £80 - £120

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Lot 566 Edwardian mahogany wind out dining table, circa 1900-10, the top with rounded ends accommodating two additional leaves, raised on reeded and tapered square section legs with spade toes and brass castors, length when extended 250cm, width 120cm, height 73cm £500 - £800

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Lot 567 Chippendale Revival mahogany sideboard, circa 1910, having two shaped recessed panel flame mahogany doors flanking three similar recessed panelled drawers, fitted to the interior with a cellarette and cutlery drawer, raised on square section legs united by a stretcher, width 183cm £200 - £300

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Lot 568 Lot 568 Adam Revival mahogany display cabinet, circa 1910, having a dentil cornice over a frieze with classical urn and anthemion details over a central astragal glazed door flanked by two bow fronted doors, all raised on tapered square section legs with spade toes, width 157cm, height 159cm £200 - £300

Lot 569 Lot 569 Oak joined coffer, 18th Century with later carving, having a three foliate carved fielded panel front with a carved lunette frieze raised on stile feet, width 114cm £150 - £250

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Lot 570 Edwardian mahogany and inlaid collector’s table cabinet, rectangular form with glazed hinged top over a display well with glazed panel sides and lined with blue velvet, raised on tapered square section legs with boxwood stringing, united by a platform stretcher, width 63cm, depth 45cm, height 81cm £100 - £150

Lot 571 Lot 571 Quartetto nest of mahogany spider leg tables, each with egg and dart moulded border, on slender turned columns and splayed feet, the largest 53cm £80 - £120

Lot 573 Chinese carved rosewood jardinière stand, the octagonal top inset with marble, over a frieze carved with prunus blossom, raised on tall carved cabriole legs detailed with bamboo and flowers and united by a stretcher, height 91cm, the top 34cm diameter £300 - £500 Lot 574 Pair of chinoiserie lacquered side chairs, circa 1920, having splat back decorated with peony rock in gilt lacquer against a black ground, upholstered seat, turned forelegs with gilded bands £100 - £200

Lot 572 Lot 572 Oak dresser in Jacobean style, early 20th Century, the boarded back with two shelves centred with a recessed panel cupboard door with beaded outlines, over a base fitted with three geometric moulded drawers with turned wooden knobs, raised on turned front supports with pot board base, width 154cm, height 205cm £200 - £400

Lot 575 Lot 575 Flemish carved oak library bookcase, circa 18801900, surmounted with a carved lion’s mask frieze over barleytwist columns flanking two carved arched glazed panel doors, opening to adjustable shelves, the base fitted with two frieze drawers with carved wooden crabstock handles, over two panelled cupboard doors carved with musical trompe l’oeil in high relief, within further barleytwist columns and raised on bun feet, width 146cm, height 250cm £300 - £500 Lot 573

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Lot 578 Lot 578 Victorian mahogany breakfront wardrobe, circa 1840-60, having a lappet cornice over four moulded panel doors, opening to trays and drawers, flanked by hanging spaces, over a plinth base, width 205cm, height 205cm £200 - £400 Lot 579 George V mahogany armchair in Queen Anne style, having a shaped splat back, shepherd’s crook open arms, upholstered drop in seat, swan neck legs with pad feet, height 112cm £40 - £60

Lot 576 Lot 576 Oak thirty hour longcase clock, 19th Century, the hood with swan neck pediment over an arched painted dial, with subsidiary seconds and date aperture, signed ‘W Taylor, Nailsworth’ (1840-56), plain trunk with ebony stringing over a box base, height 206cm Please note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches £300 - £500 Lot 577 Victorian Flemish carved oak Dickens desk, circa 1890, having a back with five drawers carved with lions’ masks over a writing surface and a further nine lion’s mask drawers to the front, all raised on plinth supports, width 136cm, depth 71cm £300 - £500

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Lot 580 Edwardian mahogany wind out dining table in Chippendale Revival style, the top with a carved edge accommodating two extra leaves, raised on legs carved with shells and flowers at the knees, terminating with claw and ball feet and concealed castors, length when extended 235cm, width 121cm, height 77cm £500 - £700 Lot 581 Italian style walnut parquetry dining table and six walnut dining chairs, the table having a parquetry top with shaped edge, on solid cabriole legs, 170cm x 100cm, the chairs having pierced and moulded splat backs, raised on cabriole legs (7) £500 - £800 Lot 582 Scandinavian style carved and painted settee, shaped back upholstered in chequered green fabric, as is the seat, open arms, raised on a floral carved apron with four forelegs, width 180cm £300 - £500

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Lot 584 Chinese embossed leather covered box on stand, later painted black, the stand later, 62cm £50 - £80 Lot 585 Chinese painted and lacquered eight fold screen, 20th Century, carved on one side with a Hundred Boys pattern in colours against a black ground with precious objects to the base, the reverse painted with birds flying amidst prunus blossom, height 214cm, maximum width 324cm £600 - £800

Lot 583 Lot 583 Swedish style painted and carved wooden settee, square shaped back with green chequered fabric pad seat, raised on carved and painted apron centred with a coronet, on tapered turned legs, length 178cm, depth 62.5cm £200 - £300

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Lot 586 Quality reproduction burr walnut bow front chest on chest, fitted with six drawers, each with brass swan neck handles, raised on bracket feet, width 56cm, height 134cm £120 - £180

Lot 587 Art Nouveau inspired mahogany inlaid cabinet, circa 1900, having a frieze inlaid with stylised tulip heads in brass and boxwood over two cushion glazed doors with similar panels at either side, over an open midriff backed with a bevelled mirrored panel and with a single shelf arcaded with further tulip head inlays, the base fitted two recessed panel cupboard doors with stylised floral inlays and cornered with anthemion, all raised on inlaid bracket feet, height 177cm, width 91cm, depth 41cm £600 - £800

End of Sale Or next Antique and Fine Art Sale will be 18th September 2013

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byrne’s Auctioneers & Valuers

Your independent regional auction house with the international outlook

We are an independent partnership of valuers and auctioneers. We provide a complete valuation and auction service for solicitors, estate agents, insolvency practitioners and private individuals who call us through recommendation and require a swift response and a professional service.

Our Services Include: • Formal valuations for sale, insurance & inheritance tax conducted in North and Mid Wales, Shropshire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Cumbria, Lancashire and Staffordshire

You may be surprised how wide an area we cover conducting valuations and clearances. We have even cleared a crofter’s cottage on Orkney!

• Removal & clearance service from single items to complete house contents and commercial premises • A professional, friendly service tailored to your needs with impartial and confidential advice at all times • A ring fenced clients’ deposit account • A comfortable, modern saleroom with ample parking and easy access for a relaxed buying experience

When you’re dealing with a deceased estate you need to act quickly to ensure the security of the premises and contents. We can provide a valuation and clearance service quickly and sensitively at a difficult time.

• A full calendar of specialist & general auctions • Short and long term storage solutions prior to auction

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One of our valuers assessing ceramics at a recent roadshow which we hold throughout the region.

We also hold a valuation day at the saleroom EVERY Thursday

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A selection of items sold at our auction rooms in 2012

Auctioneers & Valuers

Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze, 19th Century Sold for £3,600

Arts and Crafts pearl and gemset brooch Sold for £1,300

Fine Chinese carved tortoiseshell box and cover, early 19th Century Sold for £980

Black opal and diamond pendant Sold for £3,200

Art Nouveau style mahogany and inlaid display cabinet, circa 1905 Sold for £1,150

Patek Philippe, Geneve, wristwatch Sold for £6,200

James Longueville (b. 1942), Light on the Floods, Shocklach, signed oil on board Sold for £1,600

Chinese famille rose cooler, Daoguang mark and period (1821-50) Sold for £2,000

Late Victorian painted satinwood breakfront display cabinet, circa 1890 Sold for £4,800

Charles I silver seal top spoon, London 1631 Sold for £950

Good Black Forest carved limewood musical smoker's stand, circa 1900 Sold for £1,600

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Conditions of Sale Byrne’s (Chester) Ltd carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.

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Definitions: In these conditions: (a) ‘Auctioneer’ means the firm of Byrne’s (Chester) Ltd or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate (b) ‘Deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description (c) ‘Hammer price’ means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the auctioneer brings down the hammer (d) ‘Terms of consignment’ means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which Byrne’s (Chester) Ltd accepts instructions from sellers or their agents (e) ‘Total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these conditions (f) ‘Sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising (g) ‘You’, ‘Your’, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2 (h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.

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Bidding procedures and the buyer: (a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid (b) The maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the auctioneer's absolute discretion by reoffering the lot during the course of the auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion (c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals. (d) Once made, no bid may be withdrawn. (e) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.

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Increments: Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.

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The purchase price: The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 21% which shall include VAT on the premium at the rate imposed by law.

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Value added tax: Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed with an asterisk or double asterisk. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots. (Please refer to ‘Information for buyers’ for a brief explanation of the VAT position).

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Payment: (1) Immediately a lot is sold you will: (a) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and (b) pay to us the total amount due in cash or in such other way as is agreed by us.

(2) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent, whether express or implied.

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Title and Collection of purchases: (1) The ownership of any lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made payment in full to us of the total amount due.

(2) You shall at your own risk and expense take away any lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than three working days following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment after which you shall be responsible for any removal, storage and insurance charges.

(3) No purchase can be claimed or removed until it has been paid for.

Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases: (1) If any lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these conditions or if there is any other breach of these conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies: (a) To proceed against you for damages for breach of contract (b) To rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold by us to you (c) To resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller (d) To remove, store and insure the lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either at our premises or elsewhere (e) To charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than three working days after the sale (f) To retain that or any other lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due (g) To reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted (h) To apply any proceeds of sale of other lots due or in future becoming due to you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to retain possession of) any of your property in our 8.

or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This condition is subject to the next following condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph 6 ‘information to buyers’.

(2) Private treaty sales made under these conditions are deemed to be sales by auction for purposes of consumer legislation.

possession for any purpose until the debt due is satisfied.

(2) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these conditions 9.

Third party liability: All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and must note the lay-out of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal injury (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.

10. Commission bids: Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular lot and shall be assumed to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition we will if so instructed clearly execute bids on their behalf. In receiving bidding instructions by telephone, e-mail, fax or in writing the bidder shall be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these conditions of sale. Neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so save where such failure is unreasonable.

Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.

11. Warranty of title and availability: The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.

12. Agency: The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for default by sellers or buyers.

13. Terms of sale: The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these conditions in their entirety and on the ‘Terms of consignment’ as notified to the consignor at the time of the entry of the lot.

14. Descriptions and condition: (1) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion.

We undertake that any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition

15. Forgeries: Notwithstanding the preceding condition, any lot which proves to be a deliberate forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 14 days of the auction provided it is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the evidence presented that the lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the money paid by you for the lot including any buyer's premium provided that (1) if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights under this condition.

The right of return provided by this condition is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these ‘Conditions of sale’.

General: 16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

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(1) any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of these conditions and any exclusions provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate.

(2).

Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them.

18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail or Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48 hours after posting.

19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary appearing at the commencement of the catalogue.

20. Any indulgence extended to bidders buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict terms of these conditions or of the ‘Terms of consignment’ shall affect the position at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other respects these conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.

21. English law applies to the interpretation of these conditions.

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Information for buyers The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted according to our printed ‘Conditions of sale’ which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand.

Payment: Acceptable payment methods are debit card, credit card (which attracts a 2% + VAT surcharge), electronic transfer to our client bank account, cheque supported by a valid guarantee card, and cash (the Money Laundering Regulations of 2003 mean we cannot accept cash payments in excess of £7,500) Clearance of lots: Lots must be paid for and cleared within one week of the sale. Uncleared lots will be removed into storage at Byrne’s convenience, and a handling and storage fee of £2/lot per day will be levied.

out a detailed, or any, examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the ‘Conditions of sale’. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are 'deliberate forgeries' may be returned and repayment made. There is a two week time limit. (The expression 'deliberate forgery' is defined in our ‘Conditions of sale’).

Dispatch: We offer a packing and postage service, within reason, for lots which we are able to pack and which are suitable to be posted via Special Delivery or Parcel Force.

Cleared payment is required and we may require you to sign a disclaimer. For urgent dispatch, awkward, very fragile or bulky items we may suggest an alternative to this service, but please feel free to enquire as we will oblige wherever possible.

Condition Reports: We may be able to assist buyers unable to view by e-mailing a condition report, but these reports are based solely on our own opinion and are for guidance only and no responsibility is accepted for their accuracy. Intending buyers are strongly encouraged to view.

Condition reports cannot be prepared on the day of sale.

Please see our Conditions of Sale.

Agency: As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller.

Images: Images reproduced in this catalogue and in online catalogues are for reference only and should not be relied upon for the accurate representation of colour, size or condition.

Estimates: Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the buyer’s premium or VAT (where chargeable).

Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.

Export of goods: Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export license is required and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing goods of that character because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Ask us if you need help.

Buyer's premium: The ‘Conditions of sale’ oblige buyers to pay a buyer's premium at 21% (including VAT) on the hammer price of each lot purchased. It should be noted that this VAT element is not recoverable as input tax.

VAT: (*) indicates that VAT is payable by the purchaser at the standard rate (presently 20%) on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer's premium. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and is not operating the Dealers’ Margin Scheme. Lots without the above symbol indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers' Margin Scheme.

Condition of Lots: We are, primarily, agents for the seller.

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Buyer’s Registration: All attending bidders are required to register for a paddle before the sale begins and lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form.

Some form of identification may be required if you are unknown to us.

Absentee Bidding: If you are unable to attend the auction there are a number of options available to enable you to participate. When placing any absentee bids, please check and double check the lot numbers as this is the only definitive piece of information which guarantees your bid is executed on the lot you want. i.

Commission bidding: It is possible to leave commission bids with the auctioneers indicating the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers' premium. They will be executed as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. In some instances the auctioneer may also exceed your bid by one bid in order to secure the lot on the buyer’s

behalf. Commission bids are accepted by fax, e-mail and phone, and in all these instances, commission bidders are deemed to have read, understood and agreed to be bound by our conditions of sale. All commission bids should be received by close of business on the day prior to the auction. Any bids received later than this time cannot be guaranteed to be executed accurately. To ensure that bids are placed on the right lots please check all you lot numbers as this is the only piece of information which guarantees you buy the lot you want. ii.

Telephone bidding: We reserve the right for this service to be available on higher value lots only. The number of telephone lines is limited so we would urge serious telephone bidding only and ask that you be

prepared to bid over the low sale estimate. It is also advisable to leave a maximum covering bid in case we cannot contact you by telephone. All telephone bids should be received by close of business on the day prior to the auction and prospective purchasers booking lines are deemed to have read, understood and agreed to be bound by our conditions of sale. iii. Internet bidding: It is now possible to bid in real time online during the auction. This service is conducted through the website www.the-saleroom.com and you need to register with them to bid. There is a 3% + VAT fee for buying in this way which we collect on behalf of the service provider. Online bidders are deemed to have read, understood and agreed to be bound by our conditions of sale.

ARTISTS RESALE RIGHTS In accordance with Artists Resale Rights Regulations 2006, all lots which sell for €1,000 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 €50,000. 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

IMPORTANT NOTICES Electrical goods: These are sold as 'antiques' only and if bought for use must be checked for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.

Post 1950s Furniture: All items of furniture included in this sale are offered as works of art. The items may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason they should not be used in a private dwelling.

Coloured gemstones: It is accepted practice that many coloured gemstones are routinely treated to enhance their colour and possibly clarity, and unless otherwise stated in individual written condition reports, it must be assumed that those offered for sale in this saleroom have possibly been subjected to such treatments.

Clocks and Watches: Please note that with clock and watch lots we do not offer any opinion as to the originality of component parts, accompanying documentation, boxes or any other additional material. In the case that a watch has its factory seal intact it will not have been, and cannot be, opened by us. If a potential purchaser wishes to make an internal inspection of a watch which necessitates breaking a factory seal, this will only be possible on the understanding that the watch will be reinstated at the interested party’s expense, regardless of whether they are the purchaser. If a condition report is requested it will not include any opinion as to the originality, completeness or working condition of the movement. Potential buyers are strongly advised to make a physical inspection in person prior to bidding as we will not accept returns on such lots. By bidding you are deemed to have satisfied yourself with regard to the originality and working order, or otherwise, of all components of a lot.

Coins: Please note that while we are happy to post coins, in doing so we will not accept any returns under section 15 of our standard conditions of sale, due to the possibility of lots being substituted once they have left Byrnes’ premises.

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Commission Bidding Form The auctioneers are pleased to execute commisions for purchasers who are unable to attend the sale.

This form should be completed and returned to the auctioneer's office prior to the day of the sale.

Please ensure that bids are recieved into the office no later than 5pm on Tuesday 11th June.

Bids recieved later than this cannot be guarenteed to be executed.

Please ensure that you have written the correct lot number for your bid.

Sale Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Description

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Bid in £

As this service is without charge, the auctioneers cannot be held responsible for bids being lost or misunderstood, or for bids being missed for any reason whatsoever.

The bid price does not include the buyers premium or any VAT chargeable on any lot.

The auctioneer reserves the right to exceeed the maximum amount by one bid in order to secure the lot on your behalf.

Name: ..............................................................................................................................................

Full Address: .................................................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................................................................

Postcode:..................................................................Tel No: .......................................................... ............................................................................... E-mail: ...........................................................

Date: ................................................................ Signature: ...........................................................

I have read & agree to be bound by the conditions of Sale If you provide us with your email address we will notify you of all future sales.

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