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Wednesday 6th July 2016 Sale Starts at 10a.m.
Country House Auction including the contents of Kinnersley Court
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Kinnersley Court, Worcester
Halls Fine Art Auctions: Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR T: 01743 450 700 E: fineart@hallsgb.com W: www.hallsgb.com/fine-art
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Country House Auction to include the contents of Kinnersley Court, Worcestershire
Which will be sold by auction on
Wednesday 6th July 2016 Sale starts at 10.00am at Darwin Saleroom Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR Viewing: Monday 4th July 9.30am – 7.00pm Tuesday 5th July 9.30am – 4.30pm and on the morning of the auction Auction no. 4122 Front cover illustration: Kinnersley Court Back cover illustration: Lot 292 Contact Fine Art Department Internet address: www.hallsgb.com/fine-art www.the-saleroom.com/halls T: 01743 450 700 • E: fineart@hallsgb.com Catalogues £10 plus postage Credit card facilities available
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Society of Fine Art Auctioneers
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Jeremy Lamond MRICS FNAVA Fine Art Director jeremy@hallsgb.com
Andrew Beeston MNAVA Senior Valuer andrew@hallsgb.com
James Forster Paintings jamesf@hallsgb.com
Maryanne Lineker-Mobberley
Alexander Clement Asian Art alexander@hallsgb.com
Caroline Dennard Ceramics & Militaria carolined@hallsgb.com
Peter Booth Saleroom Manager peter@hallsgb.com
Chloe Barker Fine Art Secretary chloeb@hallsgb.com
Sue Belshaw Fine Art Secretary sue@hallsgb.com
Sarah Davies Fine Art Administrator adminfineart@hallsgb.com
Stewart Orr Toys and Collectables fineart@hallsgb.com
Derek Ainsworth Watches, Coins & Medals fineart@hallsgb.com
Carl Humes Porter
FGA DGA
Silver & Jewellery maryanne@hallsgb.com
David Bebb Porter
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Order of Sale Lots 1 – 66
Ceramics and Glass
Lots 67 – 168
Kinnersley Court Collection of: Lots 67 – 70 Ceramics Lots 71 – 84 Silver Lots 85 – 96 Works of Art Lots 97 – 141 Clocks and Furniture Lots 142 – 168 Pictures
Lots 169 – 180
Pictures
Lots 181 – 237
Books
Lots 244 – 273
Works of Art
Lots 274 – 318
Clocks
Lots 319 – 363
Furniture
Lots 364 – 368
Rugs
Lots 369 – 375
Garden Statuary
Ceramics & Glass
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CERAMICS & GLASS
Lot 4
Lot 1 Lot 1 A CAUGHLEY BLUE AND WHITE SAUCEBOAT transfer-printed in the Pleasure Boat pattern, 11cm high (restored), together with a Worcester blue and white sauceboat painted and printed with flowers and hatched borders pattern, £70 - £100 10cm high (cracked) (2)
Lot 2 Lot 2 TWO CAUGHLEY COFFEEPOTS, with later replacement covers, the first transferprinted in underglaze blue with the Pleasure Boat pattern, the second in the Birds in Branches, 22cm high (4) £120 - £150
Lot 9 Lot 4 A SMALL COLLECTION OF LATE 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH PORCELAIN to include a Caughley tea bowl, transferprinted in underglaze blue with the Fruit Sprigs pattern; a Worcester asparagus server in the ‘gillyflower pattern’, with an unmarked unglazed base (glued repair), 10cm wide; a Caughley ‘Apple and Damsons’ pattern coffee cup, unmarked, 7cm high and a further Caughley coffee cup in the ‘Fruit and Wreath’ pattern, C £100 - £150 with serif mark (4)
Lot 5 Lot 5 A CAUGHLEY TOY TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1785, painted in underglaze blue with the Island pattern, S mark, teabowl 4.5cm diameter, saucer 4cm £150 - £250 diameter (2) Lot 8 Lot 8 A CAUGHLEY CUSTARD CUP, lacking cover, circa 1785, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Willow nankin pattern, Sx mark, 5.5cm high *See C & W P plate 111, for a selection of three Caughley custard cups, the example in the centre being a similar Willow nankin pattern. See also CBE catalogue no. 412 for a very similar custard cup and cover. £100 - £150 Lot 6
Lot 3 Lot 3 A WORCESTER PORTER MUG, circa 1780, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Three Flowers and Butterfly pattern, crescent mark, (star crack), 15cm high £100 - £150
Lot 7 Lot 7 A CAUGHLEY MUG, circa 1785, transferprinted in underglaze blue with the La Peche pattern, S mark, 9cm high £120 - £180
Lot 6 A CAUGHLEY MASKHEAD JUG transferprinted in underglaze blue with the Pleasure Boat pattern, circa 1785-90, internal upper blue cell diaper and spearhead border, unmarked, 18.5cm high £60 - £80
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Lot 9 FOUR PIECES OF CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN, circa 1785-90, comprising a coffee cup painted in the Tower pattern, unmarked, 6.5cm high, further coffee cup transfer-printed in the Fence and Houses pattern, Sx mark, a teabowl in the Three Flowers and Butterfly pattern, C mark, 7.5cm diameter and a tea bowl with unusual fluted upper rim, transfer-printed in the Temple pattern, S mark, 8.5cm £100 - £150 diameter (4)
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Lot 10 Lot 10 A GROUP OF BLUE AND WHITE CAUGHLEY PORCELAIN, circa 1780-90, to include a fluted sucrier base and tea bowl each in the ‘Pagoda pattern’, the sucrier unmarked, 8.5cm high and the teabowl marked Sx, 8cm diameter; a ‘Fenced garden’ pattern sucrier with associated cover, unmarked, 12.5cm high; a fluted teabowl in the Temple pattern, S mark, 8.5cm diameter and a further Caughley coffee cup and saucer in a landscape pattern, saucer 12.5cm diameter (7) £100 - £200 Lot 11 A CAUGHLEY TEA BOWL AND SAUCER transfer-printed in the Fence and House pattern within an associated Fitzhugh Border, circa 1785, unmarked, saucer 12.5cm diameter; a Caughley bowl transfer-printed with a landscape design, 6cm diameter, a Caughley ‘Three Flowers and Butterfly’ tea bowl with slightly everted rim and internal double blue line border, 8.5cm diameter, and a small Caughley miniature sucrier base, 4.5cm high (the £100 - £150 latter chipped, cracked) (5)
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Lot 13 Lot 13 A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER, circa 1775, transfer-printed in the ‘Mother and Child’ and ‘La Terre’ patterns, hatched crescent mark, 15cm high £60 - £80 (restored spout and tip)
Lot 16 Lot 16 A WORCESTER TEAPOT AND COVER painted with ‘dry blue’ flowers, circa 1770, the body of lobed form with flowers surrounded by gilt borders, underglaze blue fret mark to base, 14cm high £80 - £120 (restored)
Lot 14 Lot 14 A WORCESTER STRAP FLUTED SAUCE BOAT, circa 1770, printed in underglaze blue with flowers below a diaper border, £80 - £120 crescent mark, 10cm high
Lot 12 Lot 12 A CAUGHLEY COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER painted with the French Sprigs pattern, within an ozier moulded border, together with a further Caughley saucer painted with a central flower sprays, 12.5cm £60 - £80 diameter (a.f) (3)
Lot 15 Lot 15 TWO WORCESTER COBALT AND GILT DISHES, circa 1770-80, the first of lobed form painted with a central spray of a flowering plant, between gilt wave and link border, crescent mark, 22cm diameter, the second with central radiating design of panels of flowers and berries, unmarked, £120 - £180 21.5cm diameter (2)
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Lot 17 Lot 17 A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE TEA CANISTER AND COVER in the ‘Argument’ pattern, circa 1775-85, with flower form finial and additional gilding, 13cm high £50 - £70 (restored)
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Lot 20
Lot 18 Lot 18 MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES to include ‘The Sultan’, depicting Abd-ul-Medjid, Sultan of Turkey (1823 - 1861), 28cm high, ‘Marshal Arnaud’, 25cm high, ‘Turkey, England and France’, 29cm high, ‘general napier’, 31cm high, ‘Scotland’s Pride’, 28.5cm high and an example modelled as garibaldi standing holding a flag inscribed £100 - £150 ‘Liberte’, 31cm high (6)
Lot 19 Lot 19 A WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE JUG painted in the ‘Cannonball’ pattern, circa 1775-80, of low-bellied form with a sparrow-beak spout, crescent mark, 8cm £50 - £80 high (chipped, hairline) Lot 20 TWO 18TH CENTURY WORCESTER COFFEE CUPS painted in puce with flowers, one with internal cross hatch and wave border, unmarked, 7cm high, together with another larger, Worcester porcelain coffee cup, decorated in iron red, green and cobalt, fret mark, 7.5cm high £60 - £80 (damages, repairs) (3)
Lot 22
Lot 21 Lot 21 A WORCESTER REEDED PORCELAIN BOWL, circa 1760, painted in underglaze blue with the Leaf Scroll Border Floral pattern, 12.5cm diameter (minor chips to £120 - £180 upper rim) Lot 22 A LARGE WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE BOWL, circa 1770-75, transfer-printed in the ‘Fence and Houses’ pattern, hatched crescent mark, together with a Worcester tea bowl and saucer transfer-printed in the ‘Birds in Branches’ pattern and a Caughley tea bowl and saucer transfer-printed in the Apple and Damsons pattern, unmarked, £100 - £150 (5)
Lot 23 Lot 23 A FLIGHT BARR, AND BARR WORCESTER COFFEE CAN in salmon pink with gilded floral square panels, a Coalport Imari pattern coffee can, a further Coalport coffee can with centralised red band and oval panel of gilding, all early 19th century, together with a Caughley ‘Salopian Chain’ pattern teabowl, fluted form, and a Caughley Temple pattern blue and white saucer, with a Fitzhugh border, circa 1785£70 - £100 90 (5)
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Lot 24 Lot 24 A PRATTWARE JUG of cabbage leaf form, painted in blue, green and ochre with two bands of foliage, interspersed sprigs and upper and lower blue lined rim, 14.5cm £80 - £120 high
Lot 25 Lot 25 A NEW HALL PART TEA/COFFEE SERVICE, pattern 508, comprising sucrier base and cover, slop or waste bowl, two circular plates, eleven teacups, three coffee cans and twelve saucers, painted pattern numbers to some, otherwise £120 - £150 unmarked (32) (a.f)
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Lot 29 A CREAMWARE PUZZLE JUG, early 19th century, printed in black with assorted hunting and shooting scenes, 20cm high £50 - £80 (restored)
Lot 32 A SWANSEA TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1815-20, painted with gilt scrolling cartouches containing gold and red flowers between a green speckled border, teacup 6cm high, saucer, 15cm diameter, ex P.g White Collection label (2) £60 - £80
Lot 26 Lot 26 A SMALL SAMPSON HANCOCK OF DERBY TEAPOT AND COVER, mid-late 19th century, perhaps from a cabaret service, painted with a centralised band of roses amongst gold trellis border, the floral pattern repeated to the spout and the cover, S H and crossed baton marks in £70 - £100 red, 8cm high
Lot 27 Lot 27 A SPODE BLUE AND WHITE SUPPER SET, 19th century, comprising four shaped tureens with covers and footed tureen base, all in a mahogany tray, 56cm wide £100 - £200 (damages, repairs)
Lot 28 Lot 28 A DAVENPORT TWIN-HANDLED LOVING CUP, mid-19th century, painted elaborately with flowers and the gilt inscription ‘Mr and Mrs Day, 25 norfolk Street, London, Let Your Conversation be as Becometh the gospel of Christ’, printed Davenport mark, 14cm high and one further commemorative £50 - £70 loving cup (2)
Lot 30 Lot 30 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER LUSTRE JUG, commemorating ‘Sir Francis Burdett, Bart M.P, Committed to the Tower 6th April 1810 by the House of Commons for firmly and disinterestedly asserting the legal rights of the British people’, with a portrait of Burdett and further small verse to the opposing side, 14cm high £60 - £80
Lot 31 Lot 31 A NANTGARW TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1818-20, of Marquess of Anglesey type, painted in London in bright enamels with a wide border of flowers reserved on a gilt ground, a floral sprig in the centre, saucer 13.8cm diameter (small patches of £100 - £150 wear to the gilding) (2)
Lot 33 Lot 33 A ROYAL WORCESTER SUCRIER DISH AND COVER, possibly from a cabaret set, early 20th century, painted with heather and other flowers, with a leaf form cover and gilded finial, printed factory marks and retailers marks for goode & Co, London £40 - £60 8cm high
Lot 34 Lot 34 A FLIGHT, BARR AND BARR, WORCESTER ‘ROYAL LILY’ PATTERN SAUCER DISH AND BOWL, the dish 18cm diameter, with a Caughley mustard pot and cover in the ‘Three Flowers and Butterfly’ pattern, 10cm high (restored) (3) £60 - £80
Lot 35 Lot 35 A WORCESTER KAKIEMON PORCELAIN BOWL, circa 1770, decorated in the ‘Japan’ pattern, cross hatched mark to base, 17cm £50 - £70 diameter Lot 29
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Lot 46 A MEISSEN QUATREFOIL CUP AND SAUCER decorated with scenes of lovers frolicking within landscapes, cup 7cm diameter, saucer 14cm wide, (the saucer restored), a Meissen style salt with similar decoration, 3.5cm high and a teacup lacking handle, painted with flowers and light relief moulding, 8.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in blue (4) £60 - £80 Lot 36 Lot 36 A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR COPELAND PLATES, circa 1851-1881, of lobed form printed and painted in an Imari style with flowers issuing from a tree, with birds in flight above, the borders formed of panels of fish, printed factory mark in green, painted pattern number 2500 in red, 25cm diameter (minor damages) (24) £100 - £200 Lot 37 AN ASSEMBLED AND MATCHED PART TEA/DESSERT SERVICE of Derby porcelain in the Imari palette, early 19th century, comprising two sauce tureens, covers and stands, differing sizes, two shell form dishes, a kidney shaped dish, five dessert plates, one bowl, one lobed dish, a fruit basket, five cups with five saucers and one bread and butter plate £200 - £300 (riveted repairs) (qty)
Lot 38 Lot 38 A WEDGWOOD CANEWARE GAME PISH DISH, 19th century, complete with inner liner and cover, the exterior moulded with assorted game amongst fruiting vines, the finial’s cover modelled as rabbit, impressed marks, 17cm high, together with a further caneware game pish dish complete with cover and inner liner, of lower basket weave form and with relief game to the cover, unmarked, 17cm high £100 - £150 (6)
Lot 39 Lot 39 A STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF THE ‘REV JOHN ELIES’ (sic) (1744-1841), 19th century, modelled standing leaning against a pillar wearing black jacket and breeches, titled to the base, 35cm high John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, ‘’as if talking fire down from heaven’’. on one occasion it is said he preached to a crowd of 10,000 people. He was a strict High-Calvinist who believed in the literal truth of the Bible. £100 - £150 Lots 40-44 no lots.
Lot 47 Lot 47 TWO LATE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN TABLE LAMP BASES In the form of owls with glass eyes, with brass fittings, tallest 35.5cm high (2) (a.f) £70 - £100
Lot 45 Lot 45 A MEISSEN TAZZA, 19th century, painted in the Kakemion style with the Chinese tiger or ‘gelber Löwe’ pattern, the foot with floral sprigging and ribbed base, underglaze blue crossed swords, 27cm £80 - £120 diameter, 8cm high Lot 48 Lot 48 A MEISSEN OUTSIDE-DECORATED HOT WATER JUG AND COVER, late 19th century, printed and painted with various figures beside a harbour, within iron-red borders decorated with C-scrolls, underglaze blue crossed swords and cancellation mark, 21cm high £80 - £120
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Lot 49 A PAIR OF SÈVRES PORCELAIN BLUE CELESTE COFFEE CANS AND SAUCERS (gobelet ‘Litron’ et Soucoupe), dated 1789 and with painter’s mark PB possibly for Pierre Burnaglio, each coffee can finely painted with a central panel of a frolicking cherub, the saucers with painted cartouches of flowers, with interlaced LL monogram and date mark, coffee cups 7.5cm high, saucers 15cm £400 - £600 diameter (small repairs) (4) Lot 50 DAISY MAKEIG-JONES FOR WEDGWOOD, CIRCA 1925, A VASE IN THE ‘CANDLEMAS’ PATTERN, of baluster form painted in coloured glazes and printed in gilt, printed, painted and incised marks, shape no. 3148, pattern Z5157, 27cm high £1500 - £2500 Lot 49
Lot 51 Lot 51 JOHN MOYR-SMITH FOR MINTON, A PART SET OF FOUR TILES based on the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott, circa 1880, each printed in blue, white and ochre with different scenes from novels, ‘The Talisman, Sir Kenneth the Dwarf’, ‘guy Mannering’, ‘Rob Roy’, and ‘Ivanhoe’, 21cm £100 - £200 square (4) Lot 52 CONSTANCE SPRY FOR FULHAM POTTERY, A TWIN HANDLED VASE decorated with an ivory glaze, the interior glossy, the exterior matt, impressed marks, £80 - £120 41cm wide
Lot 53 Lot 53 A ROYAL CROWN DERBY TEA SERVICE, pattern 2649, early 20th century, comprising six cups, saucers and sideplates, a sugar/waste bowl, cream jug, cake plate and large serving tray with twin handles, printed factory marks in red (22) £100 - £150
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Lot 54 Lot 54 A MIXED COLLECTION OF ROYAL CROWN DERBY IMARI, including a pair of candlesticks (repaired) pattern 383, 15.5cm high, a sugar or waste bowl, a muffin dish cover and stand, two teacups, six saucers, six sideplates, two further larger sideplates, salad servers and a three division dish with loop handle (qty) £50 - £80
Lot 57 Lot 57 A SMALL BLACK PIG by Wemyss, circa 1900, seated in black and white colouring, impressed Wemyss mark, printed retailers mark for T.goode & Co, 10cm high (tips of ears and outstretched hoof £40 - £60 chipped)
Lot 58 Lot 58 WILLIAM MOORCROFT, A CREAM JUG AND SUGAR BOWL in the ‘Pomegranate’ pattern, circa 1920, each with hammered pewter rims, painted signatures and impressed marks, cream jug 7.5cm £80 - £120 high, sugar bowl 7.5cm diameter (2) Lot 55 Lot 55 A MOORCROFT SALT-GLAZED VASE in the Waving Corn pattern, tubelined with the ears of corn against a mottled two-tone blue ground, £120 - £180 impressed mark, signature in blue, 15.5cm high
Lot 59 Lot 59 A ROYAL WORCESTER AESTHETIC STYLE TEAPOT AND COVER, dated 1879, of kettle form on three feet, the body painted with panels of birds in flight, green foliage and gilt panelled decoration, with a stem-type handle, printed factory mark in puce, overall £70 - £100 height 17.5cm (internal staining)
Lot 56 Lot 56 A LARGE BLACK AND WHITE PIG retailed by T.goode and Co, circa 1900, perhaps Wemyss but unmarked, 28.5cm high and 44cm long £200 - £400
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Lot 62 Lot 60 A POWDER BLUE ROYAL WORCESTER SPILL VASE painted with a single panel of fruit, signed, shape 2510, 10.5cm high, together with a further Royal Worcester vase painted with fruit and leaves, £80 - £120 shape F132, printed factory marks, 8.5cm high (2) Lot 61 no lot. Lot 62 A RENE LALIQUE ‘ONDINES’ PATTERN PLATE, number 3003, circa 1921, relief moulded with mermaids picked out in a graduated opalescence, R. Lalique mark. 27.5cm diameter £1000 - £1500 Lot 60
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Lot 63 Lot 63 A RENE LALIQUE ‘COQUILLES’ PATTERN BOWL, circa 1925, stencil R. Lalique mark and no. 3200, 24cm diameter £100 - £150
Lot 65 Lot 65 A REPRODUCTION ‘AMEN’ STYLE GLASS, inscribed with the verse ‘god Save the King, god Bless the King, I Pray god Save the King, Send Them Victorious, Happy and glorious, Soon to Reign over Us, god Save the King, Amen’, with central crown and monogram, 22cm high *A number of reproductions of these £300 - £400 glasses were produced in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Lot 64 Lot 64 A LALIQUE MODEL OF ‘CHRYSIS’ AS A PAPERWEIGHT, a postwar version after Rene Lalique’s original design, signed Lalique £100 - £200 France, 13.5cm high
Lot 66 Lot 66 A RENE LALIQUE OPALESCENT AND CLEAR GLASS DISH in the ‘Coquilles’ pattern, circa 1920, signed and numbered 3009, 30cm £200 - £300 diameter
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Col John Scott & Mrs Joan Scott (nee Fell) moved to Kinnersley Court in 1967, and had a shared love of antiquities. Many of the items being sold had origins with the Mott family of New York, before coming to London with Sophie Mott on marrying Col Ernest Fell in 1923.
Kinnersley Court Collection
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CERAMICS
Lot 67 Lot 67 A PAIR OF GREEN PAINTED ARMORIAL GLASS BEAKERS, Austrian or german, late 19th century, 18cm high, with a decanter and stopper enamelled with a figure of a dancing female and flowers, £60 - £80 21cm high (3)
Lot 70 Lot 70 A PAIR OF FRENCH POT POURRI VASES AND COVERS, late 19th/early 20th century, of rectangular form with red and green grounds painted with flowers and gilt birds, each set on figural feet, unmarked, £60 - £80 18.5cm high (a.f)
Lot 73 Lot 73 A SET OF TWELVE TIFFANY & CO STERLING SILVER SPOONS, each designed with decorative scrolling bowl and chased Iris pattern handle, stamped to the reverse ‘Tiffany & Co Sterling’, total £200 - £300 weight 7.5oz (12)
SILVER
Lot 68 Lot 68 A PAIR OF PARIS VASES, late 19th century, of twin handled figural form with central panels painted with foxes chasing various birds, on square pedestal bases, 28cm £70 - £100 high (restored)
Lot 69 Lot 69 A KPM BERLIN PORCELAIN CABINET CUP AND SAUCER, 19th century, purple lustre with gilt scrolling foliage and the words ‘nimm’s freundlich an’, underglaze blue sceptre mark, 8.5cm high, together with a further german porcelain cabinet cup and saucer, probably Berlin, painted with a titled landscape scene of Holstein, unmarked and a Dresden/Meissen style box and cover, decorated in a basket weave form with flowers and small portrait and landscape vignettes, underglaze blue crossed swords marks, 22.5cm wide (6) £150 - £250
Lot 71 Lot 71 A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III OLD ENGLISH AND BEAD PATTERN SILVER DESSERT FORKS, William Eley & William Fearn, London 1797, each with engraved crest, total weight 14oz (12) £100 - £150
Lot 72 Lot 72 A SET OF TEN 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SILVER KNIVES, A.E. Warner, Baltimore, Maryland, each with engraved decoration and initials, total weight 16.5oz £120 - £180 (10)
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Lot 74 Lot 74 A PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN DECORATIVE SILVER SPOONS by gorham, Rhode Island, each with mask, bird, cherub and foliate pierced decoration, with engraved initials,together with a further silver gorham spoon and a white metal spoon stamped ‘Sterling’, total £80 - £120 weight 7.5oz (4)
Lot 75 Lot 75 A MATCHED SET OF TWELVE AMERICAN SILVER COCKTAIL FORKS by gorham, Rhode Island, each with different decorative pattern handle, together with a gorham spoon and a white metal spoon stamped ‘Sterling’, total weight 6.3oz (14) £80 - £120
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Lot 76 Lot 76 A PAIR OF TIFFANY & CO STERLING SILVER CADDY SPOONS, each with stylised handle in the form of a mythical creature, engraved initials to bowl, stamped to reverse ‘Tiffany & Co Sterling’, £100 - £150 total weight 4oz (2)
Lot 79 Lot 79 AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MOUNTED DRESSING TABLE MIRROR, makers mark rubbed, Birmingham 1909, of shaped form with scrolling decoration, vacant cartouche and easel back support, 42.5cm £800 - £1000 x 33cm
Lot 82 Lot 82 A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER BOWL, Marshall & Sons, Edinburgh 1841, of circular form with engraved floral decoration and raised on circular pedestal foot, 15cm diameter, weight 8.5oz £70 - £100
Lot 83 Lot 83 A DUTCH SILVER TWO HANDLED BOWL, of oval form with embossed figural scenes to the body, raised on four bracket feet, £60 - £80 18.5cm wide, 6.3oz
Lot 77 Lot 77 A TIFFANY & CO STERLING SILVER PIERCED FLAT SERVING SPOON, with fiddle pattern handle, stamped ‘Tiffany & Co Sterling, 34cm long, weight 4.4oz £80 - £120
Lot 80 Lot 80 A GEORGE III SILVER HELMET CREAM JUG, George Smith II, London 1796, with bright cut engraved decoration and raised on square pedestal foot, 13cm high, weight £70 - £100 3oz
Lot 78 Lot 78 A GEORGE III SILVER FISH SLICE, Thomas Daniell, London 1773, the blade with pierced scroll and garland decoration, 29.5cm long (at fault), together with an American sterling silver serving fork by Ball, Black & Co, New York, with cast Roman soldier profile to terminal, 34cm £150 - £200 long, total weight 9.1oz (2)
Lot 81 Lot 81 A WHITE METAL RECTANGULAR BOX, with chased thistle decoration and hinged cover, 16cm wide, not stamped, together with a further white metal lidded box, total weight 21.2oz (2) £150 - £200 15
Lot 84 Lot 84 A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL CASED SILVER MOUNTED VANITY SET, William Neal, London 1866 & 1867, comprising seven silver mounted jars and three mounted bottles (bottle tops not stamps), each with engraved scrolling decoration and initials, all above single draw jewellery £100 - £200 tray (at fault)
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WORKS OF ART
Lot 85 Lot 85 A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU MOUNTED BLACK MARBLE SIX LIGHT CANDELABRA each on triangular shaped bases, the plain column stem issuing five scroll branches with foliate drip pans £400 - £600 and nozzles and central light, 78cm high (2)
Lot 87 Lot 87 A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS each on a circular base with lion monopodium, the reeded column stem with foliate to the base with urn nozzle and flame finial, 40.5cm high £200 - £400
Lot 86 Lot 86 A 19TH CENTURY EMPIRE STYLE EBONISED AND GILT METAL INK STAND with central loop handle and two ink bottles, raised £100 - £150 on four gilt metal winged claw feet, 29cm wide
Lot 88 Lot 88 A LATE 19TH CENTURY ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE OVAL TWO HANDLED TEA TRAY, the oval panel worked showing red apples within branches, within a pierced gilt metal galleried border and £60 - £90 two open handles, 71cm wide,
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Lot 89 Lot 89 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY OAK CABINET, the single door with rectangular moulding opening to reveal two short drawers, 22cm £50 - £80 wide, 29cm high, 19cm deep
Lot 95 Lot 92 A JEWELLED YELLOW METAL BELT BUCKLE, possibly ottoman or Central Asia, 19th/20th Century, detachable in two parts forming round panels flanking a central oval, worked with wire and set with coral, glass and enamel forming flowers £80 - £120 and foliage, 23cm across.
Lot 95 A VERY LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE SANCAI GLAZED FOO DOGS, 19th Century, modelled facing and in typical pose, one with front paw resting on a ball, the other with paw resting on a smaller lion dog, set on rectangular bases, 50cm high. £800 - £1200
Lot 90 Lot 90 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY OAK CANDLE BOX the hinged lid over a short drawer to the base, with exposed dove tails to the corners and later brass key escutcheon, 26cm wide, 22cm high, 20.5cm deep £50 - £80 Lot 93 Lot 93 A GUILLOCHE ENAMEL OPENWORK BELT BUCKLE, 19th/20th Century, worked forming Arabic text within a knotted £80 - £120 ribbon, 9cm.
Lot 91 Lot 91 TWO 19TH CENTURY GILT METAL CUPS, each with a pressed classical scene depicting bulls to the outer body and plain liner with applied gilt metal handle, 10cm £50 - £100 diameter, 8cm high (2)
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Lot 94 Lot 94 A CHINESE SILVER CIGARETTE BOX, circa 1900, probably Canton, of rectangular outline and chased in high relief with chrysanthemums and foliage to the hinged cover and sides, 12.5cm wide, four£100 - £150 character silver stamp. 17
Lot 96 Lot 96 A PAIR OF CHARLES X GILT METAL CANDLESTICKS each with urn shaped nozzle over a basket capital and tapering stem on three scrolling feet and tripartite £200 - £400 base (2). 39cm high
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CLOCKS AND FURNITURE
Lot 97 Lot 97 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY EMPIRE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, the 4 inch convex enamel dial signed ‘L S Mallet, J De Md Dorleans’ with eight day drum movement the rectangular case with figural mount of Apollo with a lyre and mandolin on a rectangular plinth cast with trophies and laurel leaves raised on four reeded compressed bun feet, 53cm high noTE: Louis S. Mallet, Paris is noted as clock maker to the Duc Dorleans and is recorded working in the late 18th/early 19th century £600 - £800
Lot 98 Lot 98 A MID 18TH CENTURY DUTCH BURR WALNUT EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the 12 inch arched brass dial signed ‘William Redie, Inventeur, Amsterdam’, with centred subsidiary seconds dial, date and month apertures over pierced scrolling leaf spandrels to the lower corners under a rolling painted scene to the arch, the movement striking on a single bell, the arched hood with plain columns surmounted by Atlas and two further figures, the trunk with arched long trunk door with oval glazed lentical and pierced oval mount depicting Father Time on a stepped box base with concave canted angles, 269cm high overall £5000 - £7000
Lot 99 Lot 99 A SET OF SIX 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CARVED CHERRYWOOD DINING CHAIRS in the Chippendale style including a pair of carver chairs, each with a serpentine top rail and solid vase back splat, carved in relief with shelves and foliage, the drop-in seat and seat rail on cabriole front legs terminating in a ball and claw foot with £500 - £700 acanthus carved knees (2+4)
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Lot 101 A 19TH CENTURY WALNUT VENEERED AND CROSSBANDED QUEEN ANNE STYLE LOWBOY, the central frieze drawer over a shaped apron flanked by two short deep drawers fitted with brass swing handles within between chamfered blind fret carved front corners raised on four cabriole legs terminating in a ball and claw £200 - £400 foot, 105cm wide, 76cm high, 54.5cm deep
Lot 102 Lot 102 A LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WALNUT RECTANGULAR SIDE TABLE, the top inset with a white marble slab the frieze shell and leaf moulded raised on four cabriole legs terminating in a ball £200 - £400 and claw foot, 65cm wide, 70cm high, 49cm deep
Lot 100 Lot 100 A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CHERRYWOOD FULL HEIGHT FLOOR STANDING CORNER CABINET in the Chippendale style, the double scroll pediment over two glazed panel doors revealing shelves with two cupboard doors below raised on short cabriole front legs terminating in a ball and claw foot, the cabinet carved in £500 - £700 relief with gadrooning and circular fan medallions
Lot 103 Lot 103 A MID 19TH CENTURY DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY RECTANGULAR WORK TABLE, the lift top with fitted interior and drawer below raised on pierced double scroll end supports united by a turned stretcher raised on four short scroll feet, overall inlaid with chequer stringing and foliage along with a central urn within quatrefoil stringing to the top, 54cm wide, 72cm high, 43.5cm deep £300 - £400
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Lot 106 A GEORGE IV AND LATER COROMANDEL AND FAUX GRAINED BREAKFRONT HIGH LIBRARY BOOKCASE, the dentil moulded cornice over four gilt metal lattice grilled and glazed cabinet doors opening to reveal three adjustable shelves on a four door base on short turned pilasters on a skirting plinth, 185cm wide, 220cm £2500 - £3500 high, 54cm deep to the centre Lot 107 AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN CROSSBANDED WALNUT SERPENTINE BUREAU the fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with six short drawers over three long graduated drawers below fitted with brass swing handles between rounded front corners raised on short front cabriole legs overall decorated with boxwood £1800 - £2200 stringing, 112cm wide, 102cm high, 56cm deep
Lot 104 Lot 104 A 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY BOWFRONT NEST OF THREE OCCASIONAL TABLES raised on slender chamfered tapering legs, 56.5-39.5cm wide, 64-59cm high (3) £70 - £90 Lot 105 A MID VICTORIAN AESTHETIC STYLE EBONISED AND WALNUT banded low bookcase with gilt metal mounts the central two doors inset with blue jasper cameo plaques flanked by a glazed cabinet to each side, under and inlaid frieze between line inlaid pilasters on a cut out skirting plinth and block feet, 198cm wide, 104cm high, 38.5cm deep £500 - £700
Lot 108 Lot 108 AN 18TH CENTURY SOUTH GERMAN WALNUT CROSSBANDED SERPENTINE CHEST of three long drawers fitted with brass swing handles with shaped back plates and conforming key escutcheons raised on short bracket feet, 109cm wide, 76cm high, 58cm deep £1200 - £1500
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Lot 110 Lot 110 AN 18TH CENTURY DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY TRAY TOP TABLE with frieze drawer to each end, overall inlaid with flowering urn and scrolling flowers within foliage, raised on four slender cabriole legs terminating in a pointed toe, 84cm long, £600 - £800 56cm wide, 74cm high
Lot 109 Lot 109 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY DUTCH NEO CLASSICAL STYLE MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY UPRIGHT SECRETAIRE CHEST the six long drawers including a fitted secretaire drawer between marquetry inlaid turned front corner pilasters raised on square block feet, overall inlaid with birds, flowering urns, scrolling flowers and foliage within chequer stringing, 101cm wide, 156cm £700 - £900 high, 51cm deep
Lot 111 A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MOUNTED BOULLE SCARLET TORTOISESHELL BRASS INLAID RECTANGULAR JARDINIERE STANDS, each with the remains of a galvanized rectangular lift out planter within a pierced gallery over a flared lip and shaped apron, each on four well shaped ebonised cabriole legs with ormolu mounts terminating in a scroll foot, 72cm wide, 79cm high, £800 - £1200 43.5cm deep (2) (at fault)
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Lot 112 Lot 112 A CHINESE HARDWOOD RECTANGULAR THREE TIER OCCASIONAL TABLE with rouge marble inset top, scrolling leaf carving and pierced corner brackets, 42cm wide, 81cm high, 31cm £200 - £300 deep
Lot 114 Lot 114 A 19TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI STYLE MAHOGANY RECTANGULAR GUERIDON with gilt metal mounts and onyx inset rectangular top with pierced gallery on slender fluted corner baluster supports united by a shelf stretcher on short turned feet, 41cm wide, 79cm £100 - £150 high, 31cm deep
Lot 115 Lot 115 A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY DINING CHAIRS each with a serpentine top rail and solid vase shaped back splat above a serpentine seat on cabriole front legs terminating in a ball and claw foot, overall inlaid with birds, £200 - £400 flowering urns and foliage (2)
Lot 113 Lot 113 A CHINESE HARDWOOD TWO TIER RECTANGULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE, with rouge marble inset top and pierced corner brackets, 41cm wide, 80cm high, 30cm deep £200 - £250
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Lot 117 Lot 117 A MID VICTORIAN GILT AND GESSO OVAL WALL MIRROR with plain mirror plate the frame moulded with guilloche, bead and floral ornaments surmounted by a floral shell pierced cresting and £300 - £400 conforming apron, 81cm wide, 148cm high
Lot 116 Lot 116 A 19TH CENTURY WINGED ARMCHAIR in the george I style with later gros point needlework depicting a flowering urn between winged sides and enclosed scroll arms raised on short cabriole £300 - £400 front legs terminating in a pad foot, 76cm wide
Lot 118 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SIDEBOARD the bow central frieze drawer flanked by a cabinet door to the left hand side and deep cellerette drawer to the right, all fitted with brass ring handles with circular flowerhead pressed back plates raised on four square tapering boxwood line strung front legs with moulded collar, 231cm wide, 93cm high, 82.5 cm deep £1500 - £2000
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Lot 119 A 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY REGENCY STYLE THREE PILLAR DINING TABLE, with rounded ends and multi line moulded edge on three short turned gun barrel columns raised on line moulded downswept legs terminating in brass caps and castors, 105cm wide, 279cm long overall, £300 - £500 76cm high
Lot 119
Lot 120 A REGENCY MAHOGANY CELLERETTE of sarcophagus form with lion ring side handles raised on heavy ebonised claw feet, the hinged lid opening to reveal an unlined six division interior, £1000 - £1500 62cm wide, 55cm high, 45cm deep
Lot 120
Lot 121 A SET OF TWELVE MAHOGANY CHIPPENDALE STYLE DINING CHAIRS Including two carvers each with a pierced vase shape back splat, drop in seats, on square tapering front legs united by a plain H stretcher £800 - £1200 (2+10)
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Lot 123 Lot 123 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CROSSBANDED CHEST of two short over four long cockbeaded drawers fitted with gilt metal knob handles raised on shaped bracket feet, 111cm wide, 130cm high, £150 - £200 53cm deep
Lot 122 Lot 122 A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU CABINET, the upper section with two arched panel doors, under a moulded cornice with two candle slides below, the fall front with opening to reveal a fitted interior of short drawers and pigeon holes with central cupboard over one long drawer flanked by two lopers over two short and two long drawers fitted with brass swing handles with shaped back plates and conforming key escutcheons raised on short bracket £1200 - £1800 feet, 99cm wide, 206cm high, 59cm deep Lot 124 Lot 124 A SMALL REGENCY BOWFRONT MAHOGANY CHEST of two short over two long graduated drawers fitted with oval swing handles with stamped oval back plates above a shaped apron on splay bracket front feet (at fault), 93cm wide, 87cm high, 53cm deep £250 - £350
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Lot 125 Lot 125 A VICTORIAN WALNUT SPOON BACK ENCLOSED ARMCHAIR with scroll moulded front arm supports raised on short turned £80 - £120 front legs (re-covered) Lot 127 Lot 127 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS, the moulded cornice over two single panel doors revealing sliding trays on two short over two long drawer to the base, raised on later short turned feet, £300 - £500 128cm wide, 197cm high, 63.5cm deep
Lot 126 Lot 126 AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD PEDESTAL SOFA TABLE, the flaps with rounded corners over two frieze drawers on a plain gun barrel column and quadripartite platform, raised on four compressed bun feet, 91.5cm wide, 71cm high, 66cm deep £300 - £500 Lot 128 Lot 128 A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEST of four long cockbeaded drawers fitted with brass ring handles raised on splay bracket front feet, £180 - £220 91cm wide, 102cm high, 52.5cm deep
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Lot 129 Lot 129 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY DRESSING TABLE with swing mirror plate and single frieze drawer raised on stylized cabriole front legs, swept back and terminating in a claw foot on a bar support overall decorated with scrolling foliage and birds, 90cm wide, 158cm high, £400 - £500 46cm deep
Lot 131 Lot 131 A 19TH CENTURY WIND ARMCHAIR with enclosed scroll arms covered in a grospoint tapestry style material on a blue ground with tassel fringe raised on slender mahogany reeded baluster turned front legs terminating in castors. 73cm wide. £200 - £400
Lot 132 Lot 132 A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SINGLE DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE pedestal end with moulded frieze on short tapering column with gilt metal band on a quadripartite platform and four claw feet with brass castors, 102cm wide, 76.5cm high, 52cm deep. £200 - £250 Lot 133 A MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AMERICAN FOLD OVER TEA TABLE, The rectangular top with cut off corners, swivelling to reveal a baize lined compartment on a basket and fruit carved and lappeted short column on four heavily carved leaf moulded out swept legs terminating in a claw foot and brass castors 91cm wide £400 - £600 73.5cm high 45cm deep
Lot 130 Lot 130 A MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FOLD-OVER WORK TABLE the rectangular top opening to reveal a baize interior over a single frieze drawer and pull-out basket on short turned column and quadripartite platform and on four short turned feet. 52cm wide, £100 - £150 73cm high, 36.5cm deep.
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Lot 133
Lot 136 Lot 136 A 19TH CENTURY VENETIAN GILT WOOD WALL MIRROR with simulated etched mirror plate 94cm high (at fault) along with a Venetian style rectangular wall mirror with canted sides within a £60 - £90 pressed metal frame 58cm (2)
Lot 134 Lot 134 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST of three short over three long graduated cockbeaded drawers fitted with brass swing handles with pressed circular back plates raised on short bracket feet £120 - £180 115cm wide 93cm high 54cm deep
Lot 137 Lot 137 AN 18TH CENTURY STYLE GILTWOOD UPRIGHT WALL MIRROR of Rococo design, the pierced frame with C scrolls and foliage, 79cm wide, 126cm high £200 - £400
Lot 135 Lot 135 A MID VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT VENEERED BREAKFRONT GLAZED LOW BOOKCASE with gilt metal mounts. 177cm wide, 104cm high, 36.5cm deep £300 - £400
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Lot 140 Lot 140 AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT LOW CABINET with four lattice grill doors with replacement panels to the interior opening to reveal adjustable shelves on four acanthus carved scroll short front feet, 133.5cm wide, 93cm high, 51.5cm deep £500 - £700
Lot 138 Lot 138 A 19TH CENTURY GILTWOOD AND GESSO ADAM STYLE HORIZONTAL OVERMANTEL, with bevelled rectangular mirror plate, under a stepped cornice and patera moulded frieze (at fault), £200 - £300 95cm wide, 124.5cm high
Lot 141 Lot 141 A 19TH CENTURY FIGURED WALNUT VENEERED AND CROSSBANDED QUEEN ANNE STYLE CHEST of two long drawers fitted with brass swing handles raised on four short cabriole legs terminating in a pad foot, 105.5cm wide, 77cm high, 51cm deep £150 - £250
Lot 139 Lot 139 A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN MAHOGANY FOLD OVER TEA TABLE with canted angles the swivel top revealing a recess behind a concave frieze on a short ring turned column and rectangular base raised on four down-swept hipped leaf carved legs terminating in brass claw feet and castors, 91cm wide, 75.5cm £300 - £500 high, 45cm deep
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PICTURES
Lot 144 Lot 144 BRITISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Hog Hunting, the Find, restrike aquatint originally published by Messrs Fores, Piccadilly, London, 62 x 80 (SH) together with another aquatint depicting a £100 - £200 similar hunting scene (2)
Lot 142 Lot 142 AFTER CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE (1884-1967) Got yer you old Badmash, Getting Cantankerous, The Finest View in Asia, The wet Nalla, The Forward Heat, photographic reproduction prints each signed in pencil, various £400 - £600 sizes (5)
Lot 143 Lot 143 AFTER FRANCIS CALCART TURNER, A set of four sporting prints depicting the Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, each in a maple frame, each approximately 45 x 64cm (SH) (4) £150 - £200
Lot 145 Lot 145 AFTER HENRY WILLIAM BUNBURY Sir Gregory Gigg, engraving, published July 23rd 1782 by R.Smith, n.83 oxford Street, London, 32 x 25cm (SH) together with an aquatint titled ‘Instinct’ after Francis Calcart Turner and a print of hog hunting, £70 - £100 both by different hands (2)
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Lot 148 Lot 148 WILLIAM PITT (1853-1890) Vale of Neath, South Wales, signed lower right, oil on panel, 22 x 28cm
Lot 146 Lot 146 AFTER JEAN PILLEMENT A set of four prints titled; ‘Le Solei I Levant’, ‘Le Midi’, ‘Le Soleil Couchant’, and ‘La Nuit’, £50 - £70 each approximately 42 x 53cm (SH) (4)
£300 - £500
Lot 149 Lot 149 FOLLOWER OF HENRY DAWSON (BRITISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY) Woodland path with a peasant lady and sheep, £200 - £400 oil on canvas, 47 x 64cm
Lot 147 Lot 147 HENRY H LINES (1800-1889) A view near Malvern, signed lower right, oil on panel, 41 x 29cm
£400 - £600
Lot 150 Lot 150 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Beach scene with fishing smacks and figures, oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm
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£100 - £200
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Lot 152
Lot 151 Lot 151 GABRIEL GUERRIN (1869-1916) Rural river landscape, signed lower left, oil on panel, 18 x 23cm
Lot 153 ALFRED VICKERS (1786-1868) Horseman on a track with mountains beyond, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 17 x 24cm
£600 - £800
Lot 154 Lot 154 SALLY GAYWOOD (20TH CENTURY) Autumn Lights and Dorset Hamlet, each signed, oils on panel, each 13 x 18cm (2)
£60 - £80
£80 - £120
Lot 152 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY A pair of landscapes with resting cattle, each indistinctly signed, oil on canvas, 32 x 59cm (2) £200 - £400
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Lot 157 Lot 157 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Figures on a woodland track, £60 - £80 oil on canvas, 22 x 29cm
Lot 155 Lot 155 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Figure beside a garden plinth and urn with an Italianate landscape beyond, £60 - £80 oil on panel, 17 x 23cm
Lot 158 Lot 158 GABRIEL GUERRIN (1869-1916) Peasant couple, inscribed on the reverse and dated 1907 by the artist, oil on £100 - £200 panel, 33 x 21cm
Lot 156 Lot 156 BRITISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Continental Village Street, oil on canvas 34 x 44cm together with a river landscape by the same hand (2) £80 - £120
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Lot 159 Lot 159 FOLLOWER OF GIACOMO GUARDI (1764-1835) A pair of Venetian scenes, oils on canvas, 40 x 59cm (2)
£2000 - £4000
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Lot 160 Lot 160 ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A pair of Capriccio scenes with boats and figures amongst ruins, oils on canvas, each approximately 97 x 135cm (2)
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Lot 161 Lot 161 GORDON BENNINGFIELD (20TH CENTURY) Field Mouse, signed lower left, watercolour heightened with white, 24 x 32cm £80 - £120 Lot 164 Lot 164 F.L.GRIGGS (EARLY 20TH CENTURY) Sheep on a hillside, signed lower right, dated 1907, watercolour 17 x 14cm £50 - £70
Lot 162 Lot 162 JAMES BRAITHWAITE PEILE (1833-1906) End of the Ghats, Bulsar, Gujerat, inscribed Bulsar, watercolour, 12 x 20cm together with another work by the same artist titled ‘Durbar of Upleta’ (2) £120 - £180
Lot 165 Lot 165 JOSEPH D KNAP (1875-1962) Driving in canvas backs, Going out black ducks, watercolours, signed lower right, each approximately 35 x 49cm £150 - £250 (2)
Lot 163 Lot 163 F.WARREN (19TH CENTURY) lakeside road, signed lower right, watercolour, 22 x 28cm
£30 - £50
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Lot 166 CIRCLE OF GEORGE ALKEN (B.1794) A pair of hunting scenes, watercolour over pencil, 19 x 26cm and 19 x 27cm (2)
£50 - £70
Lot 167 GABRIEL GUERIIN (1869-1916) A set of five rural landscape watercolours, each signed, watercolour, various sizes (5) £90 - £150 Lot 168 CIRCLE OF GABRIEL GUERRIN (1869-1916) A pair of rural landscapes, watercolours, 16 x 9cm and 10 x 13cm together with a woodland £70 - £100 scene, oil on panel by the same hand (3) Lot 167
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Lot 174
Lot 169 AFTER OROVIDA PISSARRO (1893-1968) Rabbit, aquatint 14 x 15.5cm together with a pencil drawing of Ruggs Hall and a print of a Spanish dancer, by different hands (3) £70 - £100
Lot 174 PIERRE DE CLAUSADE (1910-1976) Neige sur la Cite (Notre Dame), signed lower left, inscribed with title on label on the reverse, oil £800 - £1200 on canvas, 46 x 55cm
Lot 170 A COLLECTION OF FOUR LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY STEVENGRAPHS depicting hunting and coaching scenes, £50 - £70 various sizes, (4) Lot 171 AFTER JOHN LEECH (1817-1864) ladies in a stiff breeze at the seaside, chromolithograph, 62 x 62cm (SH)
£100 - £150
Lot 172 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Don Quixote resting under a tree, oil on canvas, 18 x 25cm together with an oil on board of cattle in the manner of Thomas Sydney Cooper, 12 x 20cm (2) £50 - £70 Lot 175 Lot 175 FRANK ARCHER (1912-1995) Klemperer, Beethoven Symphony no.5, signed lower left, dated ‘71, The Catto Gallery label on the £300 - £500 reverse, watercolour and gouache, 54 x 74cm
Lot 173 BRITISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Pub interior, indistinctly signed and dated ‘49, mixed media, 26 x 37cm £70 - £100
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Lot 176 Lot 176 FRANK ARCHER (1912-1995) Mozart Concerto for flute and harp, signed lower left, dated ‘91, The Catto gallery label to the reverse, gouache and watercolour, 54 x 75cm £300 - £500
Lot 178 Lot 178 STANLEY REED (1908-1978) Still life eggs and cooking pots on a table, signed lower left, dated 1933, Longford Hall Museum and Art gallery label on the reverse, oil on board, 50 x 60cm £300 - £500
Lot 177 ALEXANDER JAMIESON ROI (1873-1937) Fontainebleu, signed lower left, dated 1910, oil on canvas, 65 x 81cm £2000 - £4000
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BOOKS
Lot 181 Lot 181 FOLIO SOCIETY, DARWIN, Charles, 4 vols in slip case, with 14 £40 - £60 others, Folio Society (18) Lot 182 FOLIO SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, george, in slip case, with 13 £40 - £60 others, Folio Society (14) Lot 183 FOLIO SOCIETY, History of England, 9 vols in slip cases, with 7 £40 - £60 others, Folio Society (16)
Lot 179 Lot 179 JAMES C TARR (1905-1996) Nursery, inscribed with artist’s name on the reverse, oil on canvas, £450 - £650 69 x 50cm
Lot 184 Lot 184 BRYANT, William Cullen, Picturesque America, 2 vols, 4to [1872£80 - £120 74] Half morocco, covers marked (2) Lot 185 SHAKESPEARE, William, The Plays in 21 vols. 6th edition 1813. £40 - £60 Worn contemporary calf (21) Lot 186 TAUCHNITZ EDITIONS BY OSCAR WILDE, Arnold Bennett, John Ruskin, E. Temple Thurston and others. 18 vols bound in full vellum gilt, with initials J.C.C. on covers. Plus one other in a £100 - £200 similar binding (19) Lot 180 Lot 180 GERTRUDE DEMAIN HAMMOND (1862-1953) ‘Flowers preach to us if we will hear’ inscribed with artist’s name, address and title of the work on a member’s label, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, on £250 - £350 the reverse, watercolour, 33 x 25cm
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Lot 191 Lot 191 PASHA, Rudolph C Slatin, Fire and Sword in the Sudan. 2nd £40 - £60 edition 1896. Lot 192 BARKER, K.F. Just Pups. 4to. First edition 1937 in d/w, with 4 £30 - £50 others. (5)
Lot 187 Lot 187 BRANNON, george, Vectis Scenery, being a series of views of the Isle of Wight. new edition, 1850. 4to, half black morocco gilt. £150 - £250
Lot 193 THE LONDON STAGE, vols 2, 3 & 4. Half leather. With 24 others, leather bound, including odd vols. (27) (box) £70 - £100
Lot 188 Lot 188 ORMEROD, oliver, The Picture of a Papist. 1606 contemporary calf, £120 - £180 worn, front board detached. Lot 189 ANTHONY, gordon, Ballet Camera Studies. 4to 1937
£30 - £50 Lot 194 Lot 194 POTTER, Beatrix, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. Square 12mo, Frederick Warne & Co, 1909. First edition. Brown boards with white titles. near fine with no inscriptions. £200 - £300
Lot 190 ART JOURNAL 1898, 1899, 1900. 4to. With the Art Annual 1891 (4) £40 - £60
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Lot 195 Lot 195 POTTER, Beatrix, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. Square 12mo, Frederick Warne & Co, 1911. First edition. Brown boards with £200 - £300 white titles. near fine with no inscriptions.
Lot 199 Lot 199 A NEW HIEROGLYPHICAL BIBLE, for the amusement & instruction of children. g.Thompson 1794. Lacking pages 51-58. £80 - £120 Pictorial covers worn with loss. Lot 200 THE RIVAL PUPILS; OR, a new holiday gift for a boarding school. F newberry, no date. Ffep inscribed Thomas Redish, His Book october 13 1775. 24mo. Pagination is erratic but complete. Pp [4] (half title & title), xi, [1], 151, 150-151, [1]; 81-91. With 6 plates including frontis (not 5 as in Roscoe). Worn and soiled Dutch floral boards, old amateurish leather re-spine. 5 copies on ESTC. This is the earliest known inscribed copy. Roscoe J319(4). £1000 - £1500 Lot 201 DALE, T.F., Thomas’ Hunting Diary 1901-1901. Slim 4to. Pictorial £30 - £50 card covers. Lot 202 TINDAL, William, ‘The History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Borough of Evesham’, John Agg, Evesham, 1794, 4to, later half £70 - £100 calf
Lot 196 Lot 196 POTTER, Beatrix, The Tale of Mr Tod. Square 12mo, Frederick Warne & Co, 1912. First edition. Tan boards with brown titles. no £100 - £150 inscriptions, light fraying to head of spine, Vg.
Lot 203 EATON, Mary, The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary. Bungay 1823. With portrait, engraved title £70 - £100 and 4 plates. Boards detached.
Lot 197 POTTER, Beatrix, The Tale of Pigling Bland. Square 12mo, Frederick Warne & Co, 1913. First edition. green boards with £150 - £250 brown titles. near fine with no inscriptions.
Lot 204 OWEN & BLAKEWAY, A History of Shrewsbury, 2 vols, 4to, Harding Lepard and Co, 1825. Contemporary brown morocco with the arms of the Marquis of Bath blocked in gilt on all four covers. All edges £80 - £120 gilt. Boards detached (2)
Lot 198 POTTER, Beatrix, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Square 12mo, Frederick Warne & Co, no date. With 9 others, all pre-1919. (10) £50 - £100
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Lot 205 GUYS, Pierre Augustin, Voyage Litteraire de la Grece, Paris, 1783, 4 vols, contemporary calf gilt, all edges gilt. Folding Plates. (4) Provenance: Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire
£200 - £300
Lot 206 LEDGER, folio, bound in vellum, partly used, circa 1889, With The Leisure Hour, 1877, 1878 and 1884, and the Argosy 1891, all half £20 - £30 bound (5) Lot 207 QUANTITY OF MAINLY SHROPSHIRE BOOKS (2 boxes)
£50 - £80
Lot 208 Lot 208 THURSBY-PELHAM, Rev A., rector of Cound (Shropshire). Manuscript account of a journey through Spain in April & May 1888 via Malaga, Granada, Seville, Madrid and Salamanca. With numerous pasted-in sepia photographs. A short account of his trip is tipped in at the end £50 - £80 in the form of a printed letter to his parishoners. Lot 209 BENSON, A.C. The Book of the Queen’s Dolls House. 2 vols, 4to, £100 - £150 1929. 1 of 1,500 copies. Lot 210 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, 4to, black leather with bevelled boards and clasp, with photographs, together with another smaller £50 - £100 album. (2) Lot 211 GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES. J Gardner, 1826. Dissected in 18 sections and mounted on linen. 71cm x 55cm. In £200 - £300 original green morocco slip case. Lot 212 HUGHES, Thomas, Ancient Chester: A Series of Illustrations of the Streets of this Old City, drawn and etched by George and William Batenham & John Musgrove. Folio. Henry Southeran & Co. 1880. With 29 plates on India paper. One of only 100 copies with plates on India paper, out of a total of only 300 copies printed. Contemporary quarter calf. With a presentation inscription from £200 - £300 the Lord Bishop of Chester. Lot 213 LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, ‘Poems’, half calf, together with a quantity of other books, mainly leather bindings (a box) £40 - £80
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Lot 214 KORAN, 4to, 19th century, 27.5cm x 18.5cm, 308 leaves, in black script with interlinear translation in red and with gilt arabesque devices in margins, pages bordered in gold and blue and heightened with designs in gilt and colours. Black morocco gilt with fore-edge flap. *According to the vendor the book was given to his father in about 1911 by the Khedive of Egypt for whom he had done some accountancy work. Together with a papier-mache casket decorated with Arabian figures and two decorative lacquered panels. £800 - £1200 Lot 215 PHILLIPS, Thomas, ‘The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury’, 4to 1779, lacks plates, contemporary marbled calf £50 - £80 Lot 216 HARTSHORNE, Charles, ‘Salopia Antiqua’, 1841, recent half calf, together with AnDERSon John, Shropshire, Its Early History and Antiquities, 1864, full calf; [oWEn, Hugh] Some Account of the Ancient and Present State of Shrewsbury, 1808; DUKES, Thomas, Antiquities of Shropshire 1844; nIMRoD, The Life of John Mytton, £80 - £120 circa 1890 and two others (7) Lot 217 HULBERT, Charles ‘The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury with ‘The History and Description of the County of Salop’, 2 vols bound in one, 4to, 1837, finely bound in recent full morocco £150 - £250 Lot 218 HULBERT, Charles, ‘The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury’ with ‘The History and Description of the County of Salop’, 2 vols, 4to, 1837, finely bound in recent half tan morocco, tan cloth boards (spines faded) £150 - £250 Lot 219 HOARE, Sir Richard Colt, ‘The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales A.D 1188’, 2 vols, large 4to, 1806, full contemporary £150 - £250 morocco gilt (2) Lot 220 ROSCOE, Thomas, ‘Wanderings and Excursions in north Wales/South Wales, 2 vols, circa 1830, with 51 and 48 plates £70 - £100 respectively, green half calf gilt Lot 221 CAMDEN, William, ‘Britannia’, 1st gibson edition, folio, 1695, recent £100 - £150 half calf, cloth boards, bound without the maps Lot 222 GASTINEAU, Henry, ‘Wales Illustrated’, 2 vols, 4to, 1830, with engraved titles and 224 views on 112 plates, later half calf, £120 - £180 marbled boards (2) Lot 223 KINGSLEY, Charles, ‘The Heroes’, The Medici Society 1929, with 9 illustrations in colour by W. Russell Flint, full blue morocco gilt, with FITZgERALD, Edward, The Rubaiyat of omar Khayam, Hodder & Stoughton, no date, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, and A Christmas £50 - £80 Carol, circa 1880, with hand coloured plates (3) Lot 224 CUNNINGHAM, Allan, ‘The Poems, Letters and Land of Robert Burns’, 4to, george Virtue, circa 1839, vol 1 only, with HACKWooD, Frederick W, ‘Inns, Ales and Drinking, Customs of old England £40 - £60 1909’, with 11 others (13) (box) Lot 225 RACKHAM, Arthur, Illustrator ‘The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table’, Macmillan, 1917, with 10 plates in colour and 7 in black and white, blue cloth gilt, snag to front £100 - £150 cover
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Lot 226 RACKHAM, Arthur, Illustrator, ‘A Christmas Carol’, Heinemann, 1915, with 12 plates in colour and 20 in black and white, green cloth with black titles £80 - £120
WORKS OF ART
Lot 227 WORDSWORTH, Christopher, ‘Greece’: Pictorial, Descriptive, Historical, First edition 1839, fine contemporary half green morocco, gilt, marbled boards, all edges gilt, some foxing to plates £100 - £150 Lot 228 BUTLER, Samuel, ‘An Atlas Of Ancient Geography’, circa 1840, with the Landscape Annual, 1832 and 9 others, bindings (11) £70 - £100 Lot 229 NIEUWENTIJDT, Bernard ‘The Religious Philosopher’, 4to, 3rd edn, 1724, volume 1 only, folding plates, contemporary calf £50 - £80 Lot 230 SEEBOHM, Henry, ‘Coloured Figures of Eggs of the British Birds’, 4to, 1896 with BONHOTE, J Lewis, ‘Birds of Britain’, A & C Black £70 - £100 1907, and 4 New Naturalist Titles (6) Lot 231 OWEN & BLAKEWAY, ‘A History of Shrewsbury’, 2 vols, 4to, Harding, Lepard & Co, 1825, contemporary green morocco gilt (2) £150 - £200 Lot 232 BROWNING, Robert, ‘Shrewsbury Golf Club’, pamphlet, 2 editions, with TAYLOR, Joshua, ‘The Art of Golf’ and 11 others, golf (14) £40 - £60 Lot 248 Lot 244 A BOTTLE OF DIMPLE OLD BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKEY, 70% old proof, 20 2/3 floz., along with a bottle of Golden Bells Deluxe 12 years old, 70% old proof, 26 2/3 floz. and a further bottle of Dimple (without box) and a boxed bottle of Martell Cognac VSOP, £80 - £120 70% old proof, 24floz (4).
Lot 233 BATES, H.E. ‘Down the River’, 4to, 1937 with 83 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker; Through the Woods, 1936 with 73 engravings by Agnes Miller Parker; another copy 1969, ex-lib; LAWRENCE, T.E. ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’, 1935 and 9 others (13) £30 - £50 (box) Lot 234 STANLEY, Henry M. ‘In Darkest Africa’, 2 vols, 1890, publisher’s pictorial cloth gilt, cloth marked (2) £30 - £50
Lot 245 FOUR 20TH CENTURY GILT BRASS CURTAIN TIE BACKS in the classical style with pierced anthemion applied mounts, 30cm long, £200 - £300 15cm high
Lot 235 MINIATURE BOOKS, A collection of approximately 103 miniature books in pictorial card covers, 9.2cm x 6.2cm, circa 1950s, including W. Barton’s Mighty Midgets Series nos 1-48 complete, the rest all from Raphael Tuck & Sons Better Little Books Series, a few with £80 - £120 spines neatly reinforced (103 approximately)
Lot 246 A MID 19TH CENTURY TEAK CAMPAIGN STYLE LAP DESK, with inset brass corner protectors and handles, the desk opening to reveal a tooled leather skiver, vacant ink wells and pen tray, 60cm £100 - £200 wide, 18cm high, 30cm deep
Lot 236 CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. An extensive archive of scripts and arrangements for the Independent Television broadcast of the State Funeral of the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, K.G., O.M., C.H., on Saturday 30th January 1965. Including army orders for the procession, a condensed survey of his life, programmes and magazine articles. Together with 2 folders of typed scripts and hand written notes for the television programme ‘Venice’ for the series ‘A Place in Europe’ introduced by Yehudi Menuhin (a box) £150 - £250
Lot 247 AN 18TH CENTURY AND LATER ROCOCO STYLE GIRANDOLE the shaped mirror plate within a C scroll and flower moulded frame over later candle arms and sconces (at fault), 57cm high £200 - £300 Lot 248 THE MANCHESTER FOOTBALL CLUB, MEMBER’S TICKET, season 1881-82, with listings for first team and A team, signed in £600 - £800 ink by A. G. Bolfield, 8cm high.
Lot 237 TWO AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF MAINLY 1960S POP STARS including Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and John Lennon on one page, further signatures of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, and with John Lennon’s signature on the back of a cigarette packet (Sellotape edges). Other signature including George Martin, Keith £1500 - £2000 Moon and the Animals
Lot 249 A DUNHILL PLATED TABLE LIGHTER with leather covered body patent No.390107 Reg Design No.737418 8cm wide, 6.5cm high £80 - £120
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Lot 250 Lot 253 A MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY CASED FIELD MICROSCOPE, Gould type the microscope when dis-assembled fitting neatly within the box, when assembled screwing into the lid of the box (lacking key), 13cm wide, 5cm high, 23cm deep £200 - £300
Lot 250 A DUNHILL ‘AQUARIUM’ TABLE LIGHTER, circa 1955 designed with fish plants and rocks, attributed to Ben Shillingford (1904£1000 - £1500 2000), 10cm wide, 7.5cm high Lot 251 A 20TH CENTURY LEATHER COVERED PHOTO ALBUM opening to reveal 13 signed publicity cards for early 20th century actresses including Sarah Bernharot dated 1914, Cecile Sorel, Marguerite Carre, Marie Leconte, Bovy dated 1914, Mona Delza, Nicot £50 - £80 Vauchelet and others all circa 1914-1920 Lot 252 A 75CL BOTTLE OF MADEIRA WINE, label for Centenary Solera 1845 Bual, Shipped by Cossart, Gordon & Ca, Lda, Madeira £80 - £120
Lot 254 Lot 254 A CHARLES II CARVED STONE MORTAR dated 1668 of octagonal form, 21cm diameter, 15.5cm high Provenance: Clungford South Shropshire
£400 - £600
Lot 255 A SET OF 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY MEASURING DIVIDERS set out in inch Roman numerals I - XXVIII, 88cm long overall £50 - £70 Lot 256 A BOTTLE OF LATE VINTAGE PORT label for Vinho do Porto, Garrafeira Reserva 1908, retailed by John Reardon & Son Ltd Cork, along with a modern bottle of Dows 1986 vintage port (2) £100 - £150
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Lot 257 Lot 257 A WORKED COCO DE MER (LODOICEA MALDIVICA) SEED worked to form a two division single handled basket, 29cm long £100 - £150
Lot 259 Lot 259 A 19TH CENTURY BOULLE STYLE TABLE TOP LIQUEUR CABINET, the hinged top and front opening to reveal a liqueur set of four decanters and sixteen glasses held in a gilt metal framework with loop handle, the cabinet of serpentine form with scrolling leaf brass inlay set into scarlet tortoiseshell veneer, the sides and back ebonised, the cabinet with original key, 32cm wide, £500 - £700 26cm high, 26cm deep
Lot 258 Lot 258 THREE ROLLS OF WALLPAPER after William Morris ‘Sunflower’ design, hand printed by Morris & Co circa 1970s (3) £120 - £180
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Lot 261 A GROUP OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY COLD PAINTED BRONZE MINIATURE FIGURES based on characters by Beatrix Potter including Benjamin Bunny and Timmy Tiptoes, 3.5cm and 3cm high, smaller examples to include Peter Rabbit, Jemmima Puddleduck, Mrs Tiggywinkle, Mr Fox, Benjamin Bunny etc (13) £150 - £250 Lot 262 TWO MID-BROWN PATINATED BRONZE SCULPTURES OF IRISH RED SETTERS, second quarter 20th century, each standing proud on a rectangular variegated marble base (unsigned). 37.7cm and 37cm high overall (2) Provenance: The sculptures are named Irish Red Setters who were champions in their time. They formed the foundation of Mrs M ogden-Borrowdale kennels in the late 1920s/early 1930s, the male Ch Menaifron Pat omoi born 1927 bred by Edward Rae and was one of the most prolific Irish Red Setter champions. Was acquired by Mrs ogden for her Borrowdale kennels the female Ch. norna bred by Mrs Ingle-Belper (RHEoLA) in 1926 and sold to Mrs ogden, she had six litters which contained seven challenge certificate winners and won eighteen championship certificates at champion shows herself. The sculptures are believed to have been commissioned by Mrs ogden and have been inherited by descent through the family. £5000 - £7000
Lot 260 Lot 260 JEAN DIDIER DEBUT, (FRENCH 1824-1893), BRONZE FIGURE titled ‘Porteur d’eau Tunisien, Par Debut, 1st Prix De Rome’ the figure showing a young man carrying two water amphoras, in multiple shades of brown patination and the figure having a red cold painted head scarf, signed ‘Debut’ to the base, 62cm high £500 - £700
Lot 263 Lot 263 AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE PART-GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF PTAIKOS, late period circa 664-332 B.C., modelled standing with his hands resting on his belly, his legs decorated with a turquoise glaze, with a yellow metal binding possibly later, £250 - £350 5.5cm high.
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Lot 264 LUCY KINSELLA, CONTEMPORARY BRITISH, BRONZE SCULPTURE of an alert hare, limited edition 31/50, signed 14.5cm high Subject to Artist Retail Rights £250 - £350 Lot 265 LUCY KINSELLA, CONTEMPORARY BRITISH, BRONZE SCULPTURE, ‘Bunch hare’ limited edition 18/50, signed, 11cm high Subject to Artists Retail Rights £300 - £500 Lot 266 LUCY KINSELLA, CONTEMPORARY BRITISH, BRONZE SCULPTURE ‘Bounding Hare’ limited edition 19/20, signed, 12cm £400 - £600 high, 23cm long Subject to Artists Retail Rights
Lot 272 Lot 272 A MID 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH BALUSTER SECTIONAL SALT BOX with bullseye hanging ring, 11.5cm diameter, 24cm high £60 - £90
Lot 267 Lot 267 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PRESSED BURR WOOD COMMEMORATIVE SNUFF BOX TITLED ‘MORT, de Poniatwsky (i) g Est IgI Quil Faut Mourir Avec Honneur, the box of circular form opening to reveal a tortoiseshell lined interior, 3.25cm diameter Poniatowski Jozefantoni born May 7th 1763 Vienna, died october 19th 1813 Leipzig, a Polish patriot and military hero who became a Marshall of France, he lead a Polish Corps in napolean’s Russian campaign of 1812 and during the Battle of Leipzig (october. 16-19, 1813) was made a Marshall of France on the last day of the Battle the wounded Marshall died in an attempt to cross the Elster River on horseback £180 - £220 Lot 268 A GROUP OF SIX PRESSED METAL INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE MARKS, comprising of: ‘London Assurance Incorporated’, ‘northern’, ‘Royal’, ‘Salop’ and two un-named examples (6) £150 - £200 Lot 269 A TAXIDERMY MOUNTED STAG’S HEAD with five point antlers, the oak shield back with oval cast plaque, Mamore 24th Augt. 1901, £150 - £250 16 stone 9lbs, 105cm high overall. Lot 270 A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY PRESSED BRASS AND PUSH UP CHAMBER STICKS with short column, circular drip tray and ring £50 - £70 handle, 20cm diameter
Lot 273 Lot 273 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PRESSED BURR WALNUT CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX, the lid depicting a fiddle player stood on a barrel, with figures dancing below, within a village scape, the £100 - £150 box with tortoiseshell lining, 18.5cm diameter
Lot 271 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SHALLOW SYCAMORE BOWL, with £80 - £120 triple line rim decoration, 42cm diameter,
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Lot 274 Lot 274 AN 18TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the 11.25 inch square brass dial signed Mark Metcalfe with cantered date aperture within a ring of Roman and Arabic numerals and scrolling leaf spandrels, the movement on a later seat board, the case with square hood door over a long trunk door, 212cm high £400 - £600
Lot 277 Lot 277 A MID 19TH CENTURY MUSIC BOX in the form of a miniature piano maker’s label for I.H.R. Mott, Maker to the Queen, the key wound cylinder movement with single piece comb, stamped to the base plate, 24280, the mahogany case with ruched silk panel over the ivory veneered keyboard with two adjustment poles below, £400 - £600 32cm wide, 35cm high, 21.5cm deep Lot 278 A MID 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY SWISS MUSIC BOX, the hinged lid opening to reveal a glazed dust cover and leaver wound movement, stamped ‘13545 4 6’ the single piece comb playing on a 13 inch cylinder (lacking play list), 56.5cm wide, £200 - £300 14cm high, 21.5cm deep Lot 279 A LATE 19TH CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE MANTEL CLOCK, the black slate case with 4 inch dial of Roman numerals under a commemorative spelter bust of Shakespeare, the eight day movement striking on a single bell, the case raised on short £100 - £150 patinated metal bracket feet, 50cm high Lot 280 A GEORGE III OAK CROSSBANDE EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the12 inch square brass dial signed Samuel Wright, northwich with centre subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within an inner ring of Roman numerals, out ring of Arabic numerals and mask moulded pierced corner spandrels the four pillar movement striking on a single bell the hood with square hood door between plain turned corner hood pilasters over a crossbanded long trunk £400 - £600 door on a box base with cutout plinth 198cm high
Lot 275 Lot 275 A JAEGER LE COULTRE ATMOS CLOCK, third quarter 20th century the 4.5 inch chapter ring with quartered Arabic numerals and pointed batons, the movement stamped ‘503452’, 22cm high £200 - £300 (lacking displace/carry case)
Lot 281 A MID 18TH CENTURY OAK THIRTY HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK the 11 inch square brass dial signed Jordan, Staithampton, with engraved pagodas to the centre within an inner ring of Roman numerals, out ring of Arabic numerals and masked pierced spandrels the hood with dental cornice over square glazed hood door between three quarter turned pilasters over a long trunk door £250 - £350 on a box base and later skirting plinth 92cm high
Lot 276 AN 18TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the 12 inch arch brass dial signed Edwd. Barlow, oldham with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, within a chapter ring of Roman and Arabic numerals under phases of the moon to the arch with cherub moulded spandrels, the four pillar movement striking on the single bell, the hood with arched glazed door between turned front corner hood pilasters over a long trunk door on a box base and short bracket feet. 212cm high. £400 - £600
Lot 282 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH TWIN WEIGHT EIGHT DAY WALL CLOCK, the eight inch convex enamel dial signed ‘Bois Son, A Castelnaude’ in a pressed brass surround over a grid iron pendulum £200 - £250
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Lot 283 Lot 283 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BOULLE STYLE BRACKET CLOCK, the 9 inch dial with enamel cabochons of Roman numerals, the eight day movement stamped to the back plate ‘H.Luppns, Paris 844’ striking on a single bell, the arched case with figural pediment on a flared stand, over an arched glazed door with figural cast figure to the base, raised on four leaf carved scroll £300 - £500 feet, 91cm high Lot 284 A MID 18TH CENTURY THIRTY HOUR SINGLE WEIGHT DRIVEN CLOCK MOVEMENT, the 10.25 inch square brass dial signed ‘W Burton, Kendal’, to the chapter ring of Roman numerals with centred date aperture and figural spandrels in an associated wall hanging oak case with square glazed door, 38cm wide £200 - £300 Lot 285 A LATE 19TH CENTURY WALNUT VIENNA STYLE TWIN WEIGHT DRIVEN WALL CLOCK with 7 inch enamel dial with ring of Roman numerals and centred subsidiary seconds dial over twin winding holes the case with broken arched pediment over half ring turned split front corner columns under basket base below, 114cm high, £150 - £200 Lot 286 A MID 19TH CENTURY SINGLE FUSEE EBONISED WALL TIMEPIECE with 12 inch enamel dial of Roman numerals and £120 - £150 single winding hole, overall diameter 41cm
Lot 288 Lot 288 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY EIGHT DAY CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK the 12.25 inch arched brass dial with label for Potts & Sons Leeds and newcastle with centre subsidiary seconds dial and three winding holes within a chapter ring of Roman and Arabic numerals with chime and silent adjustment to the arch. The eight day movement striking on eight graduated bells and five coiled gongs the oak case in the Jacobean style with arched hood door between turned front corner hood pilasters over two panel trunk door on a single panel box base and cut out plinth 219cm high £300 - £500
Lot 287 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH EIGHT DAY CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL LOUIS XV STYLE MANTEL CLOCK the 3 inch enamel dial with Arabic numerals with garland swags, the movement striking on a coiled gong, stamped 2915.4.9, the scrolling leaf case with enamel front and sides under an urn finial on scroll moulded £250 - £350 fronted feet. 33cm high
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Lot 289 A LATE GEORGE III OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the 14 inch circular dial sighed Thos. Benbow, northwood with centre subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within a ring of Arabic numerals the hood with circular glazed door between reeded front corner hood pilasters under an architectural pediment with a central star inlay over a crossbanded front door between quarter reeded front corner pilasters on a single panel box base 217cm £300 - £400 high Lot 290 A MID 19TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the 14 inch arch enameled dial signed D Jones, newtown with centred subsidiary seconds dial within a of Roman numerals the spandrels painted with architectural runes under a windmill painted to the arch the hood with arched hood door between leaf carved front corner pilasters under a swan neck pediment over a short crossbanded trunk door between conforming pilasters on a crossbanded box base and later skirting plinth 216cm high £300 - £400 Lot 291 A LATE GEORGE III OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the13 inch arched enamel dial signed Rd. Pugh,Kerry, with centre subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within a ring of Arabic numerals and painted spandrels under a rolling moon to the arch the hood with arched glazed door between reeded front corner hood pilasters over a short trunk door boarded base raised on £300 - £500 short ogee bracket feet 223cm high
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Lot 292 A FRENCH ORMOLU SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON MANTEL CLOCK attributed to Bontems, circa 1875, the 9.5 inch dial with chapter ring of Roman numeral enamel cabochons with exposed escapement within a drum case, raised on a rectangular glazed case with a single bird automatum with brightly coloured plumage moving head, beak and tail in a naturalistic setting with painted scene to the back on a rectangular base containing the separate automaton mechanism causing the bird to sing while moving, the drum movement stamped to the back plate ‘H & F Paris, 3772 72’ the clock 49cm high, 22cm wide, 16cm deep The Bontems firm produced a series of singing bird clocks, including a special commission for the Czarina of Russia, the firm is listed in the Paris Directories from 1849 and in 1851 displayed a bronze clock with singing birds at the great Exhibition, in the same year Automata clocks were advertised at 18 francs against a price of 12 francs for a standard singing bird group. Literature: See Christian Balley (1987), Automata, the golden Age 1848-1914 page 61. Andrea Robertson (1992) Museum of Automata (catalogue), page 47 £8000 - £12000
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Lot 294 Lot 294 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY TRIANGULAR STRUT TIMEPIECE retailed by La Cloche, the timepiece with a composite ivory ground face, painted with stylised scrolling dot lines and flowerheads around Arabic numerals within a burr wood frame, the brass back with hinged strut no. 62005 17cm wide, 12.5cm high in a triangular presentation box printed Lacloche Fres 15.Rue de La Paix, Paris £1200 - £2000 2 new Bond St, London Lot 295 A MID 18TH CENTURY OAK THIRTY HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK the 11.75 inch square brass dial signed Ja. Berry, Pontefract, with centred date aperture and pierced scrolling leaf spandrels the hood with moulded cornice over a plain square hood door above a pointed arch long trunk door on a boarded base and later skirting £200 - £400 plinth 200cm high Lot 296 A MID 19TH CENTURY OAK AND MARQUETRY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the 14 inch painted arched dial signed Davis, Shrewsbury, with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within architectural ruin painted spandrels and cottage painted to the arch the hood with arched hood door between wrythen moulded front corner pilasters under a swan neck pediment over a short trunk door between conforming half turned pilasters on a single panel crossbanded box base and short £300 - £500 bracket feet 220cm high
Lot 293 Lot 293 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK, the circular enamel dial with ring of Arabic numerals, the back plate stamped ‘Brevet 13896 21’ the case of architectural form with spiral turned corner pilasters on a stepped base inscribed to the base ‘Pour Sonnerie/Pour Silence’ 13.5cm high overall in a fitted leather covered hinged front case with original key £400 - £600
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Lot 297 Lot 297 A 20TH CENTURY GILT BRASS REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK retailed by nathan & Co Birmingham with 2.25 inch diameter white enameled dial signed nathan & Co Birmingham within a ring of Roman numerals. The movement striking on a single bell stamped 11 joules, Charles Frodsham, London. The case of architectural form with three quarter reeded corner pilasters £200 - £300 17.5cm high
Lot 300 Lot 300 A 20TH CENTURY ELLIOT & SON RETAILED OVAL CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE, the 1.5 inch white enamel dial signed ‘Elliot & Son, London’, within a ring of Roman numerals the movement in a five glass case on short turned feet under a swing handle, 8.5cm high £100 - £150 Lot 301 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE the 1.75 inch silvered chapter ring of Arabic numerals in an architectural case with three quarter fluted and turned corner pilasters under a galleried swing handle, 13cm high £100 - £150
Lot 298 Lot 298 AN 18TH CENTURY AND LATER HOOK AND SPIKE 30 HOUR CLOCK MOVEMENT with 10 inch dial and the chapter ring signed ‘Wm green, Milton’ (lacking weight and pendulum) £150 - £250 Lot 302 Lot 302 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK the 2 inch diameter chapter ring of Arabic numerals in a presentation case ‘Presented to Mr J B Bent as a token of esteem from his late work man Xmas 1902’ the movement striking on a single coiled gong with repeat mechanism, 14cm high £220 - £280
Lot 299 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE with 2.5 inch white enamel dial of Roman numerals, presentation inscription to the case ‘Presented to Miss Caffin on the occasion of her leaving the parish of All Saints, Leeds, of a token of esteem and respect, 2nd July 1898’ 15.5cm high £70 - £100
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Lot 303 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK the 2 inch white enamel dial with ring of Roman numerals, the movement striking on a coiled gong, the case with scroll £120 - £150 shaped swing handle, 12cm high
Lot 306 A LATE 19TH CENTURY BRASS DRUM TIMEPIECE, the 3.5 inch dial with a ring of Roman numerals, the drum case with swing handle, 10cm high £70 - £100
Lot 307 Lot 307 A TWIN FUSEE MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, the 7.5 inch white enamel dial signed ‘Ja. Briscall, 49 Constitution Hill, Birmingham’ within a ring of Roman numerals, the pagoda top case with scrolling leaf mouldings, the movement striking on a single rod £200 - £400 behind a glazed door, 47.5cm high, 32cm deep
Lot 304 Lot 304 A 20TH CENTURY OVAL CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE, the 1.25 inch white enamel dial signed ‘Mathew norman, London’ under a ring of Roman numerals, the oval five glass case with swing handle, £150 - £200 8.5 cm high
Lot 305 Lot 305 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CARRIAGE CLOCK, the 2.5 inch white enamel dial with ring of Roman numerals, in a five glass case with swing handle, the movement striking on a single bell, the back plate inscribed ‘Rollin a Paris, 623’ 14cm high £200 - £250
Lot 308 Lot 308 A LOUIS XVI STYLE FRENCH MANTEL CLOCK, the 3 inch porcelain dial with ring of Arabic numerals, the re-gilded spelter case with two handled urn finial over front facing scrolling leaf moulding on two short scroll front feet, the movement striking on £100 - £150 a single bell, stamped ‘31220 44’, 41cm high
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Lot 309 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FIGURED WALNUT VIENNA STYLE WALL CLOCK, the 7.5 inch enamel dial with ring of Roman numerals, and twin weight driven movement, the case with single door and boxwood line strung canted front corners over a basket base under £200 - £400 and inlaid arch pediment, 108cm high Lot 310 A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY CASED SINGLE FUSEE WALL TIMEPIECE, the 11 inch circular enamel dial, signed Penlington & Batty, Liverpool, with single winding hole within a ring of Roman £100 - £150 numerals, overall diameter 40cm Lot 311 AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY BOXWOOD LINE STRUNG BALLOON SHAPED TIMEPIECE, the 3/4 inch white enamel dial signed by retailer Robinson and Co., The Square, Shrewsbury, the French drum movement stamped R. and Co., Made in France. 23cm high £80 - £120
Lot 313 Lot 313 A LATE 19TH CENTURY CARRIAGE ALARM CLOCK, the 2.5 inch rectangular dial with inner ring of Roman numerals, outer ring of Arabic numerals, over a subsidiary alarm dial. Signed to the centre L. Epee, Fonedee En 1839, Sainte. Suxanne, France. The movement striking on a coiled gong, the back plate stamped ‘Made in France’, 11 jewels. 13.5cm high, without the handle. £250 - £350 17.5cm high overall.
Lot 312 Lot 312 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU FIGURAL MANTLE CLOCK the 4 inch dial with ring of Roman numerals under a semi-clad female figural mount seated on a rock, over a rectangular stepped base on shell moulded front feet, the movement striking on a single bell (with losses.) 47.5cm high. £200 - £400
Lot 314 Lot 314 A LATE VICTORIAN REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK, the 2.25 inch enamel chapter ring of Arabic numerals in an architectural case with 3/4 fluted corner pilasters with turned finials, the movement striking on a coiled gong, 16.5cm high without the handle, 19cm £250 - £350 high overall.
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Lot 315 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE the 1.25 inch rectangular enamel dial with ring of Roman numerals in a plated case with swing handle, the movement £50 - £100 stamped ‘Made in France’. 6.25cm high (at fault).
FURNITURE Lot 319 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS, the two fielded panel doors over two short and one long drawer, raised on bracket feet. 126cm wide, 160cm high, 63cm deep £300 - £500
Lot 316 A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH SPELTER TIMEPIECE with seesaw regulator on a drum case and naturalistic base under an associated glass dome (at fault) 24cm high £100 - £150
Lot 320 Lot 320 A VICTORIAN AESTHETIC EBONISED CREDENZA, the two central cabinets doors flanked by column mirrors and quarter bow end display sections opening to reveal two fixed shelves. 186cm wide £300 - £400 102cm high 42cm deep Lot 321 A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DINING TABLE in the manner of gillows, Lancaster Imperial table circa 1825, the top with reeded edge and rounded corners the pull-out mechanism opening to accommodate the three leaves, raised on six slender reeded tapering legs terminating in brass caps and castors. 129cm long closed, 296cm long extended 130cm wide 72cm high. £2000 - £3000
Lot 317 Lot 317 A FRENCH CAST GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK with push button repeat, retailed by Henry & Co, Paris, third quarter 19th century, the eight day bell striking movement stamped with ‘Japy Freres’ medallion and numbered ‘110’ to the back plate, the 2.5 inch white enamel dial with ring of Roman numerals, with trefoil pierced blued steel hands, the bevel glazed gilt brass case with double cherub cast hinged handle over the case with canted angles applied with standing Renaissance style figures, in recessed niches on a stepped base decorated with repeating scrolls, 20cm high overall, 15cm high (excluding the handle) £600 - £900
Lot 322 Lot 322 A GEORGE III OAK THREE DRAWER DRESSER BASE fitted with Chippendale style brass handles raised on slender cabriole front legs terminating in a pointed toe, 199cm wide 89cm high 53cm deep along with an associated delft rack 191cm wide 109cm high £300 - £400 (2)
Lot 318 A GEORGE III OAK THIRTY HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK, the 12 inch square painted dial signed R.Boscall, godalming, the dial with false winding holes, the hood with swan neck pediment over a £200 - £300 crossbanded trunk door. 210 cm high
Lot 323 A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE WINGED ENCLOSED ARMCHAIRS, each re-covered in a claret damask with woolen fringe on inverted cup and cover short front legs united by a pierced scrolling leaf front stretcher on compressed bun front feet, with turned side stretchers all with gilded finish, 91cm wide, £1500 - £1800 124cm high, 67cm deep
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Lot 326 A GEORGE III AND LATER MAHOGANY LOW SIDE TABLE the rectangular top with rounded corners over a veneered frieze with single short drawer to the left hand side of the frieze on four square chamfered channel moulded short legs 166cm wide £200 - £400 70.5cm high 69cm deep
Lot 324 Lot 324 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY STICK STAND constructed from the stern section of a college racing boat, gilt lettering ‘Bedford College, winners against Shrewsbury 1905’, 229cm high £400 - £600
Lot 327 Lot 327 A 19TH CENTURY OAK SLENDER CABINET ON CHEST, north Wales, the ogee cornice over four pane glazed door opening to reveal a single shelf over a short frieze drawer and three short cockbeaded drawers to the base all fitted with brass swing handles with pressed oval back plates above a shaped apron on stile end supports 63cm wide 186.5cm high 37cm deep £300 - £400 Lot 325 Lot 325 A GEORGE III OAK DRESSER BASE, mid Wales, the two piece top over three short frieze drawers above a central arched apron with corner fan inlays flanked by shallow short drawer to each side fitted brass swing handles with shaped scroll cut back plates and ivory tear drop escutcheon on slender turned tapering front supports united by plain side stretchers raised on short block feet £600 - £900 168cm wide 88cm high 45.5cm deep
Lot 328 AN EARLY VICTORIAN EBONISED LOW OPEN BOOKCASE the top with polychrome lining and flower heads to the front protruding bow sections over half spiral turned front facing columns with three open sections of adjustable shelves on four short turned £200 - £400 front feet 123cm wide 93cm high 39.5cm deep
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Lot 331 Lot 331 AN 18TH CENTURY AND LATER OAK BOX carved top rail bares the date 1700 over rectangular fielded panels on a two plank rectangular fielded panels below with open supports 151cm wide 120cm high 41cm deep
SEAT SETTLE the four later carved box base with six arms on style end £400 - £600
Lot 329 Lot 329 A MID 18TH CENTURY OAK CHEST ON STAND the cavetto cornice over a cushion moulded frieze drawer over three short and three long drawers on a three drawer stand with scroll cut corner brackets on four well shaped cabriole legs terminating in a pointed £500 - £700 foot 99.5cm wide 165cm high 56cm deep
Lot 332 Lot 332 A GEORGE III OAK SHROPSHIRE STYLE HIGH DRESSER with open three shelf rack flanked by a single crossbanded cabinet to each side with open shelf above under a wavy cut frieze and cavetto moulded cornice on an enclosed base with three short frieze drawers over two end single panel cabinet doors flanking the fixed central panel raised on short bracket feet 186cm wide £600 - £800 205cm high 42 cm deep
Lot 330 Lot 330 A CHARLES II AND LATER OAK COURT/PRESS CUPBOARD of large proportions the scrolling and leaf carved frieze over two geometrically moulded cabinet doors, inter spaced with geometric moulded panels, over three later carved short drawer, with two cabinet doors to the base flanked by two panels to each side, raised on channel moulded style end supports. 217cm wide, £300 - £500 156cm high, 60cm deep.
Lot 333 A GROUP OF FIVE LATE GEORGE III OAK COUNTRY CHIPPENDALE DINING CHAIRS comprising of three examples with pierced vase shaped back splat over boarded seats on tapering front legs united by plain side stretchers along with a further pair with heart pierced back splat over boarded seat on square section front legs untied by plain side stretchers (5) £80 - £120
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Lot 336 A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE the leather inset top with rounded corners and crossbanded edge over a stop fluted frieze with shell inlays to the corner on four slender square tapering legs each half stop fluted and terminating in a spade foot £200 - £400 98.5cm wide 76cm high 59cm deep
Lot 334 Lot 334 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST of three long graduated drawers the rectangular flush fitting top with moulded edge the drawers with later Chippendale style brass handles raised on ogee moulded bracket feet 77cm wide 79cm high 45 deep £250 - £350
Lot 337 Lot 337 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY D-END DINING TABLE the two ends with veneered frieze on four square tapering legs terminating in brass castors the two sections joined by a single drop leaf to one section 161cm long 139cm wide 72cm high £200 - £400
Lot 335 A MID 18TH CENTURY OAK FALL FRONT BUREAU the fall revealing a well fitted interior of short drawers and pigeon holes over a sliding well and pull out loper above two short and two long drawers to the base fitted with brass swing handles with scroll cut back plates raised on short bracket front feet 86cm wide 101cm £200 - £400 high 52cm deep
Lot 338 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SINGLE DRAWER SIDE TABLE the rectangular top with rounded front corners and moulded edge over a drawer fitted with brass swan neck handle and pierced escutcheons on four slender square chamfered legs 76cm wide £200 - £300 71cm high 42cm deep
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Lot 342 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ROSEWOOD AND BRASS INLAID SERPENTINE WORK TABLE, the hinged top opening to reveal a three division interior over a pull-out work basket on four slender cabriole legs with gilt metal mounts, terminating in a scroll foot. 59cm wide, 74cm high, 41cm deep. Provenance: Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire
£250 - £350
Lot 343 A LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY OAK SLOPING TOP BIBLE BOX, the hinged lid opening to reveal two short drawers over a carved frieze monogrammed ‘I. A.’ with leaf carving between chip moulded ends. 72.5cm wide, 26cm high, 39cm deep Provenance: Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire
£180 - £220
Lot 344 A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD CANTERBURY, the three division Xframe top with facing garland moulding, over a single cockbeaded drawer fitted with turned knob handles, raised on four short turned legs, terminating in brass castors. 51cm wide, 48cm high, 36cm deep.
Lot 339 Lot 339 TWO GAINSBOROUGH STYLE SIDE CHAIRS each with a rectangular padded back and over stuffed seat covered in a later claret plush on square chamfered front legs united by a plain H £200 - £400 stretcher 58cm wide (2)
Provenance: Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire
£180 - £220
Lot 340 A SET OF SIX GEORGE III COUNTRY HEPPLEWHITE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS each with a arched top rail above a pierced vase back splat above a serpentine front seat rail with drop in seat on square channel moulded tapering front legs united by plain H £200 - £400 stretcher 53cm (6) Lot 341 A REGENCY OAK SARCOPHAGUS WINE COOLER, circa 1810, the rectangular double cavetto top with applied central soft wood fruit spray carving above sloping panel sides with canted corners each corner with applied lion mask and fruit spray carving, the side with applied lion mask handles (lacking rings) raised on low compressed bun feet, 90cm wide, 55cm high, 59cm deep £2000 - £3000
Lot 345 Lot 345 A SET OF THREE LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT WOOD OPEN SALON ARMCHAIRS, each with machine woven tapestry covering to the padded back and over stuffed seat, the open arms on leaf moulded supports and slender tapering fluted front legs (3). 62cm wide. Provenance: Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire
£400 - £600
Lot 346 A 17TH CENTURY AND LATER OAK SIDE TABLE, the replaced top with cleeted ends over a single long frieze drawer on four barley twist supports united by plain side stretchers on short turned feet, 112cm wide, 75.5cm high, 69cm deep. £150 - £250 Lot 342
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Lot 349 Lot 349 AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR CENTRE TABLE stamped gillows with quarter bobbin moulded edge to the top over a shallow frieze on a short baluster leaf carved column three c scroll moulded down swept legs terminating in a heavy claw foot and hidden brass castors 132cm diameter 75.5cm high £500 - £700
Lot 347 Lot 347 A 19TH CENTURY WELSH STICK BACK PRIMITIVE ARMCHAIR, dark stained with single piece seat on three short turned legs, 56.5cm wide, 79cm high overall. £800 - £1200
Lot 350 Lot 350 A SET OF FOUR OAK DERBYSHIRE STYLE DINING CHAIRS with double tulip carved arched back rails over a boarded seat on baluster and block front supports united by a double baluster front stretcher and plain double side stretchers along with four later £300 - £500 drop on leather covered seat pads 45cm wide (4)
Lot 348 Lot 348 A 19TH CENTURY WELSH PRIMITIVE ELM STOOL on three turned legs with single piece seat (evidence of earlier back), 62cm wide, £400 - £600 31cm high, 36cm deep.
Lot 351 A MID VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT AND MARQUETRY INVERTED BREAK FRONT LOW BOOKCASE the open central section flanked by a glazed door to each side opening to reveal three shelves under a marquetry frieze raised on a cut out plinth 184cm wide 107cm high 38.5cm deep £400 - £600
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Lot 355 Lot 355 A LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHEST of four long graduated cockbeaded drawers under a brushing side fitting with brass swing handles over a shaped apron on splay bracket front feet 84cm wide 82cm high 54cm deep £300 - £500 Lot 356 AN EARLY 20TH DAMASCUS STYLE CARVED HARDWOOD AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID COAL BOX of square form with hinged front over a spindle gallery, on short turned feet. 39cm £100 - £150 square, 52cm high.
Lot 352 Lot 352 AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER WALNUT CHEST ON STAND the quarter veneered top with feather banded boarder over two short and two long drawers fitted with replacement brass drop handles on a single drawer stand with four barley twist supports united by platform stretchers on four onion turned short feet £600 - £800 103cm wide 139.5cm high 54cm deep
Lot 353 Lot 353 A SET OF SIX ASH AND OAK HIGH-LADDER BACK ELBOW CHAIRS, after the design by Ernest Gimson, the Clissett pattern with a five bar graduated ladder back over a woven rush seat on tapering turned front legs united by double pole stretchers (6).
Lot 357 Lot 357 A 17TH CENTURY AND LATER OAK CHEST ON STAND the rectangular two plank top over two short and three long geometrically moulded drawer fronts fitted with brass drop handles and conforming brass escutcheons on a later base with a scroll cut apron on four bobbin turned supports united plain side stretchers on short turned feet 101cm wide 147cm high 54cm £400 - £600 deep
Note: Ernest Gimson (British, 1864-1919), ‘Clissett’ Arts and Crafts Cotswold School, ladder back chairs. £800 - £1200 Lot 354 A 20TH CENTURY WAXED PINE FARMHOUSE TABLE of rectangular form with four plank cleated top on four turned legs, 251cm long, 87cm wide, 76.5 cm high. £300 - £500
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Lot 358 A LATE 17TH /EARLY 18TH CENTURY OAK LIVERY CUPBOARD the scrolling and leaf carved frieze over two paneled doors fitted with iron butterfly hinges opening to reveal an interior with hanging pegs over two panels to the base raised on cut down channel moulded stile end supports, 123cm wide, 154cm high, 48cm deep £200 - £400
Lot 359 A MID 18TH CENTURY OAK LIVERY CUPBOARD the cavetto cornice over two rectangular fielded panel doors over three fielded panels to the base above two short drawers raised on stile end £300 - £500 supports, 139.5cm wide, 181cm high, 49cm deep
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Lot 362 Lot 362 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE the oval top over an end short frieze drawer raised on slender square tapering legs terminating in castors. Bears paper label to the reverse of the drawer lining “Sold at the original upholstery warehouse of James gomme, in High Wycombe, where cabinet work is done and orders for household furniture of every description in the best and fashionable manner, 1798” (at fault) 47cm wide closed, 80cm long, £300 - £500 71cm high
Lot 360 Lot 360 A WILLIAM & MARY WALNUT ELBOW CHAIR the reduced back with pierced leaf carving between barley twist uprights above a later covered seat between open arms with leaf scrolling on barley twist supports with conforming front supports united by a carved stretcher and barley twist central stretcher on short block feet £100 - £200 62cm wide
Lot 361 Lot 361 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST of two short over three long graduated cockbeaded drawers under a brushing slide fitted with Chippendale style brass handles with pierced back plates raised on shaped bracket feet. 93cm wide, 77cm high, 52cm deep. £300 - £400
Lot 363 Lot 363 AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY WALNUT CROSSBANDED CHEST ON CHEST the top section of three short over three long graduated drawers on a three drawer base fitted with replacement brass swan neck handles, raised on shaped bracket feet, 101cm wide, £1200 - £1800 169cm high, 51cm deep
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Lot 364 A LARGE CARPET possibly Isfahan (worn) approximately 512cm x 370cm £300 - £500 Lot 365 A PRAYER RUG, Turkish (worn) approximately 173cm x 119cm £200 - £400 Lot 366 A CHINESE RUG, 20th century approximately 275cm x 182cm £100 - £150 Lot 367 A FRENCH RUG, circa 1930s by Ivan de Silva Bruhns (1881-1989), signed in the weave ‘da Silva Bruhns’, of Moroccan influenced design with four point zig zag pattern on a purple and brown ground within four narrow borders, 302cm x 197cm Faded label verso on the rug for Curtis Moffat, Fitzroy Square, London. Moffat a noted photographer, collaborating with Man Ray, Cecil Beaton and others in the 20’s. In 1929 he opened an Interior Design gallery in Fitzroy Square which ran for approximately 4 years, the rug purchased between 1929-1933 or was part of an Interior Design scheme for a client. The rug gifted by oliffe Richmond the renowned sculptor, to the vendor. £6000 - £8000 Lot 368 A LARGE 20TH CENTURY WOOLLEN PERSIAN DESIGN, cream, red and blue ground carpet. 6.5m long, 2m 82cm wide. £600 - £800
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GARDEN STATUARY Lot 369 A VICTORIAN GARDEN BENCH by Coalbrookdale designed by Christopher Dresser bears ‘ C B Dale Co’ mark and lozenge date stamp, the design pattern no.217569 first registered in March £300 - £400 1868, 190cm wide
Lot 371 A PAIR OF RECONSTITUTED STONE GARDEN BENCHES, each with an arched back between dolphin cast down-swept arms, over a single piece seat on scroll end supports, 151cm wide, 99cm high, £500 - £700 50cm deep (2) Lot 372 A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY LEAD QUATREFOIL PLANTERS each with a rosette moulded to each section, 52cm diameter, 39cm high £500 - £700 (2)
Lot 370 Lot 370 AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CAST-IRON BIRDBATH of shallow form with two cast bird mounts on a flared tapering column and £150 - £250 circular base, 55cm diameter, 60cm high overall. Lot 373 Lot 373 A LARGE 20TH CENTURY LEAD CISTERN in the 18th century style bears date ‘1757’ over a three masted galleon, between dolphin mouldings and columns of trailing foliage, 80cm diameter, 46cm £700 - £1000 high Lot 374 A PAIR AND ONE SINGLE CAMPANA SHAPED CAST IRON GARDEN URNS with moulded edge over scrolling leaf and flower central band between loop handles with mask mounts on a short column and spreading foot seated on a square base, 56cm £500 - £800 diameter, 77cm high (3) Lot 375 AN 18TH CENTURY STYLE FILLED AND WEIGHTED LEAD CLAD FIGURE of a classical young woman in flowing robes standing on £600 - £900 a naturalistic base, 140cm high
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Wednesday 13th April – Sale Report
A collection of antique furniture, pictures and ceramics from the home of Liberal Democrat peer Lord John Lee of Trafford and his wife attracted bidders from around the globe at our last collective country house auction held on 13th April. Around 150 lots from 18th century grade II Listed Bowdon old Hall, Bowdon, near Altrincham formed the heart of the auction. Several lots reflected the Armenian heritage of Lady Lee and the auction followed the family’s decision to move home. Among the star lots was a pair of late 18th century or early 19th century Turkish silver mounted wooden shoes which sold above estimate for £1,650. Top sellers were a collection of 20th century german cameras and accessories which sold for £2,700 and a pastel portrait of ‘nana’ by Edgar Chahine (1874-1947) which sold for £1,800. other leading prices included £1,000 for a French miniature silver gilt and green enamel cased timepiece, £900 each for an Erneman Anastigmat ‘Ernostar’ camera lens and an early 20th century Tabriz style carpet, £750 for a large 20th century Persian design blue ground carpet and £700 for a pair of 19th century gothic Revival brass andirons. Paintings sold well, with £800 paid or a Thomas Ellison (1866-1940) watercolour titled ‘Market Square’, £600 for a study of a young boy by Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824-’86) and £550 invested in an oil on canvas titled ‘Fishing boats by the quayside’ by Frederick William Jackson (18591918). Japanese and Chinese works of art also performed well. A Japanese Satsuma pot and cover by Kozan made £480 and a Chinese famille verte style vase and matched cover sold for £400. Closer to home, an early Worcester porcelain fluted coffee can dating to 1754-’55 sold for £460 and a mid-19th century sycamore treen six section spice tower made £550. In the furniture section, a george III mahogany serpentine sideboard sold for £1,000, a george III oak three drawer dresser base made £800, a Louis XVI style turquoise and gilt painted part bedroom suite made £750, a 19th century satinwood semi-circular fold-over card table made £620 and an early 18th century oak waterfall wall hanging open corner shelf made £600. Heading the entries from other country houses were a 19th century boulle style and ebonised serpentine fold-over card table at £1,650, an early 18th century oyster veneered walnut chest which found a new home at £1,550, a 1770 george III carved and painted pine chimney piece from Hardwick grange, Shropshire at £1,500 and a mid-18th century walnut veneered lowboy at £1,480. Consigned from a deceased estate near Plymouth were two marine oil paintings by Arthur Wilde Parsons (1854-1931) – ‘Leaving Carrick Roads 1902 off St Anthony Light Falmouth’ and ‘newquay, ship and boats in the harbour, fisherfolk on the quay’ – which sold for £1,350 and £750 respectively. Several bidders were on the hunt for a Copeland and garrett porcelain hound head stirrup cup, which sold for £600. A mid-19th century Baccarat Millefiori paperweight and a Victorian copper commemorative mould set by Temple and Crook weighed in at £650 each and a 20th century Chinese export lacquer box and cover, a ‘faience’ charger by Joseph-Theodore Deck (1823-’91) and an early 19thcentury Wedgwood blue and white foot bath sold for £500 each. We are now inviting entries for our 28th September Fine Auction, already entered for this auction the contents of a South Shropshire country house.
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We are now consigning for our
Country House Auction to be held on
Wednesday 28th September 2016 Entries close 22nd August
For further details please contact the Fine Art Department: T: 01743 450 700 | W: www.hallsgb.com/fine-art
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We are now consigning for our
Picture Auction to be held on
Wednesday 13th August 2016 Entries now invited
Lot 155 Edgar Chahine (1874-1947) Portrait of 'nana', signed lower left, pastel 54 x 34cm Provenance: Bowdon old Hall, Cheshire Sold for ÂŁ1,800
For further details please contact: James Forster | T: 01743 450 700 | W: www.hallsgb.com/fine-art
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10th August
Militaria 31st August
Paintings 21st September
Toys
Antique, Design and Contemporary 26th october
Pictures, Silver, Jewellery & Coins 2nd november
Books 9th november
Asian Art 16th november
Collectable Ceramics 7th December
Christmas Collective
Our poplar fortnightly interior auctions also online, visit hallsgb.com
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FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS 2016
28th September
CARRIAGE & PACKING
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Whilst Halls Fine Art are not packers or shippers we are happy to liaise with your chosen carrier for removal of lots after sale. Please note, no lots shall be released to a carrier until payment has been received. If you have not arranged shipping with a chosen carrier, Halls Fine Art can also provide a list of shippers in our area.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO JEWELLERY BUYERS
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For further information, please email peter@hallsgb.com or call 01743 450700
Prospective buyers should be aware that general wear to include; creasing, light foxing, small tears, bumped corners, worn boards or weak spine/joints, will not be specified in the catalogue descriptions. Any substantial losses/wear to include detached boards, detached spines or extensive graffiti will be described as ‘at fault’. Prospective buyers must satisfy themselves with a condition report prior to bidding, Halls Holdings can take no responsibility for condition of purchased lots if condition reports were not requested.
Prospective buyers should note that although every effort is made to note repairs, restoration and damage in the catalogue descriptions, a lack of any such note should not be taken to imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Prospective watch buyers should note that the working order of watches in not guaranteed. All weights stated in the catalogue are approximate only, these figures are for reference only and prospective buyers should satisfy themselves as to the accuracy. Prospective buyers are reminded that coloured gemstones have historically been treated to enhance their appearance. A variety of methods have been, and are currently used to improve both transparency and colour of various gemstones. All yellow and white metals have not been tested. The International Jewellery Trade generally accept these methods. It is not possible for Halls to obtain gemmological reports on all stones offered for sale and therefore all Halls Holding’s estimates assume that gemstones have been enhanced.
Although every effort is made to note damage and restoration, the absence of such information does not imply that the lot is free from defects. Detailed condition reports and email images can be obtained on request until 4.00pm the day prior to the sale.
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Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date and age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact.
EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING TERMS FOR PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, SCULPTURES AND PRINTS
Halls Fine Art reserve the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable.
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John Constable In our opinion a work by the artist. When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named.
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Attributed to John Constable In our opinion probably a work by the artist, but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category.
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Studio of John Constable In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist which may or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction.
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Circle of John Constable In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil.
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Style of… follower of John Constable In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil.
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Manner of John Constable In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date.
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After John Constable In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.
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The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist.
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The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand.
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Dimensions are given height before width.
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Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.
Artists Resale Rights In accordance with Artists Resale Rights Regulations 2006, all lots marked † 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
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ConDITIonS oF SALE 1.
ConDITIonS oF SALE APPLICABLE To BUYERS
Definitions. In these Conditions Halls Holdings Limited act only as auctioneers and agents for the seller and the representative of Halls Holdings Limited conducting the auction is called the “Auctioneer”.
8. Inspection. opportunity is given for inspection and each buyer by making a bid for a lot acknowledges that he has satisfied himself fully before bidding by inspection or otherwise to all the Sale Conditions, the physical condition of and description of the lot including but not restricted to whether the lot is damaged or has been repaired or restored.
2. general. Whilst Halls Holdings Limited make every effort to ensure the accuracy of their catalogues and the description of any lot:(a) Each lot as set out in the catalogue or as divided or combined with any other lot or lots sold by the seller with all faults, imperfections and errors of description. (b) Halls Holdings Limited do not accept responsibility for the authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, authorship, date, age, period, condition or quality of any lot unless they have been instructed in writing by the seller to so certify, and in such case the auctioneers do so as agents of the seller and are not themselves responsible for such claims. (c) All statements whether printed in the catalogue or made orally as to any of the matters set out in (b) above are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying any warranties or representations of fact by Halls Holdings Limited unless they have been instructed in writing by the seller to so certify. (d) Any claim under any Statute must be received in writing by the Auctioneers within ten days of the day of the sale.
9. Property and Risk. The legal title in a lot shall not pass to the buyer until the lot(s) has been paid for in full and the Auctioneers shall be entitled to a lien on any lot sold until the purchase price (as defined in 10 below) is paid in full but each lot is at the sole risk of the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Each buyer shall forthwith give his full names and permanent address and if called upon to do so by the Auctioneer shall forthwith pay Halls Holdings Limited such proportion of the purchase price as the Auctioneer may require. If the buyer fails to do so, the lot may at the auctioneer’s sole direction be put up again and re-sold. 10. Every bidder shall be deemed to act as principal unless there is in force a written acknowledgement by Halls Holdings Limited that he acts as agent on behalf of a named principal. 11. Removal of goods. (a) no purchase shall be claimed or removed until the sale has been concluded. All lots shall be paid for and removed at the buyer’s risk and expense by the end of the second working day after the sale, failing which the Auctioneer shall not be responsible if the same are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and all lots not so removed shall remain at the risk of the buyer and subject to a warehousing charge. If they are not paid for and removed within seven days of the sale the Auctioneer may re-sell them by auction or privately without notice to the buyer. Any liability which there may be on the part of the Auctioneer in respect of any loss shall be restricted to a maximum of the price paid by the buyer of the lot. (b) In the event of any failure of the buyer to comply with any of the above conditions the damages recoverable by the seller or the Auctioneers from the defaulter shall include any loss arising on any re-sale of the lots, together with the charges and expenses in respect of both sales, and together with interest at 2% above Handelsbanken Base Rate upon the price of any lot which has not been paid for within forty-eight hours of the sale, and any money deposited in part payment shall be held by the Auctioneers on account of any liability of the defaulter to them or to the seller. The Auctioneers are unable to accept payment from successful bidders other than in cash or by the bidder’s own cheque. Cheques drawn by third parties, whether in the auctioneer’s favour or requiring endorsement, cannot be accepted.
3. The Auction. (a) The Auctioneer has absolute discretion to divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot or lots from the sale, to refuse bids, regulate bidding or cancel the sale without in any case giving any reason or without previous notice. He may bid on behalf of the seller for all goods which are being offered subject to reserve or at the auctioneer’s discretion. (b) The highest bidder shall be the buyer except in the case of a dispute. The Auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid. If during the auction the Auctioneer considers that a dispute has arisen, he has absolute discretion to settle it or to re-offer the lot. (c) Each lot is put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the seller. (d) All conditions, notices, descriptions, statements and other matters in the catalogue and elsewhere concerning any lot are subject to any statements modifying or affecting the same made by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to any bid being accepted for the lot. 4. Rescission. notwithstanding any other terms of these Conditions, if within fourteen days after the sale Halls Holdings Limited have received from the buyer of any lot notice in writing that in his view the lot is a deliberate forgery and within twenty-one days after such notification the buyer returns the same to Halls Holdings Limited in the same condition as at the time of sale and by producing evidence, the burden of proof to be upon the buyer, satisfies Halls Holdings Limited that considered in the light of the entry in the catalogue the lot is a deliberate forgery then the sale of the lot will be rescinded and the purchase price of the same refunded. The seller and the buyer agree to be bound by Halls Holdings Limited’s decision
12. Purchase Price. The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium at the stated rates on the hammer price of 20%. Under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme operated by HM Customs & Excise, the premium does attract VAT as an addition to the stated premium rate. There is a 2.5% surcharge on all transactions made by credit card along with a one pound fee for payments on debit cards under twenty five pounds.
5. Default. Halls Holdings Limited disclaim responsibility for default by either the buyer or the seller because they act as agents for the seller only and therefore do not pay out to the seller until payment is received from the buyer. Instructions given by telephone are accepted at the sender’s risk and must be confirmed in writing forthwith.
13. Commission to Bid. Halls Holdings Limited will execute bids on behalf of intending buyers unable to attend the sale at no charge. Halls Holdings Limited undertake to purchase lots as cheaply as allowed by other bids and reserves. Bids must be submitted in writing and whilst every care is taken in carrying out instructions Halls Holdings Limited cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions made in carrying out such bids.
6. In the event of a sale by private treaty both the seller and the buyer agree to be bound by the general and any Special Conditions of Sale. 7. Third Party Liability. Every person on Halls Holdings Limited’s premises at any time shall be deemed to be there at his own risk. He shall have no claim against Halls Holdings Limited in respect of any accident which may occur or injury, damage or loss howsoever caused, save in so far as the injury, damage or loss shall be caused by the direct negligence of Halls Holdings Limited’s employees.
14. Lots on which Value Added Tax is payable on or included in the hammer price are indicated in the catalogue or description sheet with a sign. VAT is payable on or included in the hammer price of such lots at the rates prevailing on the day of the auction.
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ConDITIonS oF SALE APPLICABLE To SELLERS 23. Warranty of Title. The seller warrants to Halls Holdings Limited and to the buyer that he is the true owner of the property or is properly authorised to sell the property by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.
15. The seller authorises Halls Holdings Limited to deduct commission at the published rate and to retain the buyer’s premium of 20% plus VAT. The seller agrees to pay all special advertising charges and illustration charges (see 24) insomuch that they are reasonable. Scale of Commission - Halls Business tariff card available at all Halls offices and salerooms on request.
24. Photography. Vendors give Halls Holdings Limited the right to photograph and illustrate and promote any lot placed with them for sale and to use such photographs and illustrations at any time at their discretion, whether or not in connection with the auction.
16. Value Added Tax. A seller who sends for sale by auction any chattel(s) which is an asset of his business must disclose to the Auctioneer whether or not he is a registered person for Value Added Tax purposes and, if so, his registered number and whether or not he intends to operate the Dealer Margin Scheme covering works of art, etc. This information must be supplied to the Auctioneer on or prior to delivery of the goods.
25. Electrical and Mechanical goods. The seller and consignor of electrical or mechanical goods warrants and undertakes to Halls Holdings Limited that on the date received by Halls that the same are safe if reasonably used for the purpose for which they were designed and free from any defect not obvious on external inspection which could prove dangerous to human life or health, and will indemnify Halls its servants and agents against any loss or damage suffered by any breach of the above warranty.
17. Instructions. All goods delivered to the Auctioneers’ premises will be deemed to be delivered for Sale by Auction and will be catalogued and sold accordingly unless special instructions are recorded on the receipt.
26. Agency. The Auctioneers act throughout as Agents only and are not responsible for any default by the buyer. Halls Holdings Limited disclaim liability for paying the vendor until they have received settlement from the purchaser.
18. Reserves. Halls Holdings Limited will be pleased to advise on suitable protective reserves but if no reserves have been received prior to the day of the Sale, the lot will be sold without reserve or at the discretion of the Auctioneer. Reserves must be confirmed in writing or notified on the receipt at the time of delivery.
27. Warehousing. The Auctioneers exempt themselves from any liability to goods delivered to their salerooms without sufficient sale instructions, and reserve the right to make a warehousing charge in this respect. A similar warehousing charge will be applicable for goods left on their premises after they have requested the vendor to remove them.
19. Indemnity. Vendors shall indemnify Halls Holding Ltd against any claims in connection with goods sold by Halls on the vendor’s behalf. 20. Collections. The Auctioneers do not themselves undertake the collection of goods but acting expressly as Agents, they will if required, instruct or recommend a carrier on the vendor’s behalf for which there will be a charge.
28. Unsold goods. Unsold goods must be collected if they are not to be re-offered within 14 days following receipt of any after sale advice slip. Halls Holdings Limited reserve the right to sell by auction on behalf of the vendor without reserve any items after this period.
21. Withdrawals. Where a seller cancels instructions for sale, or where a lot is withdrawn for any reason other than misattribution or authenticity, Halls Holdings Limited reserves the right to charge a fee equal to 10% plus VAT of the reserve price of the lot, or where no reserve has been fixed, Halls’ lower estimate of the item(s) withdrawn, together with any expenses incurred in relation to the item(s) withdrawn.
29. Important notice. Any monies held on your behalf will be held in a Clients Bank Account at the Handelsbanken, Shrewsbury and will be protected by the FSA. Furthermore for your protection, Halls adhere to the Clients Monies rules of the RICS. Any incidental interest earned on such monies will be retained by Halls as part of their terms of engagements, and by instructing Halls to act on your behalf, you are agreeing to and endorsing that course of action.
22. Insurance. Halls Fine Art are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of insurance to its clients. However, Halls Holdings Limited, for its own protection insures property consigned to it at bottom pre sale estimate, unless the item has been sold, in which instance property is insured at the hammer price for loss, occasioned as a result of theft, fire or negligence whilst in their custody or control.
RICS operates a Clients’ Money Protection Scheme (CMPS). This scheme, of last resort, covers direct loss of clients’ money as a result of misappropriation (or equivalent) by a RICS Regulated Firm, up to a £50,000 limit. The CMPS nor Halls will provide protection for the failure of a bank. But protection for bank failure is provided by The Financial Services Compensation Scheme up to a £50,000 limit. A copy of Halls complaints procedure is on display at all Halls offices, and a copy will be made available to you on request.
HALLS HoLDIngS LIMITED Company Registration number: 06597073 Vat Registration number: 549 7365 94
MonEY LAUnDERIng Lots in this sale may be purchased with notes, coins or travellers cheques in sterling provided that the total payable by you does not exceed the equivalent in sterling of €15,000. If the amount payable by you exceeds the equivalent of €15,000, the balance must be paid otherwise than in notes, coins or travellers cheques. These conditions are in accordance with The Money Laundering Regulations 2003.
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Bidding no.
Email confirmation received
COMMISSION BIDDING SLIP SALE DATE: Wednesday 6th July 2016 Bid on my behalf at the above Sale for the following LoTS up to the prices specified these to be executed as cheaply as allowed by such other commissions or reserves. Please note all successful bids are subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 20% plus VAT. I have read and agree to comply with the notices and Conditions of Sale.
Lot no.
Description
Bid in £
Lot no
Description
Bid in £
name (Block Letters) ........................................................................................................................................................... Email ................................................................................................................................................................................. Address (Block Letters) ........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................. Post Code:....................................................... Telephone number: .......................................................................................................................................................... Signature:............................................................. Date:.............................................. Time......................................... IMPoRTAnT noTICE: If bids cannot be read clearly, they will not be executed. Commission bids for unregistered buyers must be accompanied by a form of identification. Commission bids left on the day of sale cannot be guaranteed and on day of sale will not be accepted from unregistered buyers. If you do not wish to receive direct mailing from Halls Holdings Ltd. Please tick here PLEASE noTE: Halls can recommend shipping options
Telephone lines must be booked by 4.30pm on Tuesday 5th July 2016. We do not accept telephone bids on the day of the sale. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
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Fine Pictures, Silver, Jewellery, Watches and Coins Auction to be held on
Wednesday 26th October 2016 Entries now invited
A Rolls Royce silver model of The Spirit of Ecstasy Sold for ÂŁ3000
For further details please contact: Maryanne Lineker-Mobberley FGA DGA James Forster Derek Ainsworth T: 01743 450 700 W: www.hallsgb.com/fine-art
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Halls Fine Art Auctions: Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR T: 01743 450 700 E: fineart@hallsgb.com W: www.hallsgb.com/fine-art