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Wormington Grange: Auction of the Contents

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Auction date Wednesday 12 May 2021
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Duke's are delighted to offer the contents of Wormington Grange at auction on the 12th, 13th and 14th May. 

Viewing: At Wormington Grange, Gloucestershire, WR12 7NJ

Saturday 8th May                           10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 9th May                              10.00am - 5.00pm
Monday 10th May                          10.00am - 5.00pm
Tuesday 11th May                          10.00am - 5.00pm

Auction: At Duke's, Brewery Square, Dorchester, DT1 1GA

Wednesday 12th May at 10.30am (lots 1-424) 
Thursday 13th May at 10.30am (lots 425-1012)
Friday 14th May at 10.30am (lots 1013-1619)

Condition Reports/Additional Images: We are delighted to provide condition reports and additional images for all lots where the lower estimate exceeds £300.


Collection: On proof of payment, purchased lots will be available for collection from Wormington Grange from Wednesday 12th May to Friday 21st May, excluding the weekend 15th - 16th May. Collection will be available from 9:30am - 4pm. Whilst we are happy to provide assistance please bring the requisite people required to collect your purchases. All items not collected from Wormington Grange by 4pm on Friday 21st May will be removed to Vangaroo Ltd., (Andover) at the buyer’s risk and expense.

Storage Charges: Items removed to Vangaroo Ltd in Andover will be available for collection from 9am on Tuesday 1st June. 

The Vangeroo base charge is £30 per lot for the initial transport to Andover and then a further £3 per lot per day unless otherwise arranged with Vangeroo.

Vangeroo contact details

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SALE COMMENCES EACH DAY AT 10.30AM BST
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Total lots: 1657

*DAVID MURRAY SMITH (1865-1952) Rural landscape view
Lot 702 Sold
*DAVID MURRAY SMITH (1865-1952) Rural landscape view
signed lower right, watercolour, 25.5cm x 35cm; together with a similar watercolour study of trees, signed "J. Walmesley White" lower right, 34cm x 49cm (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
21 April 2021
21 April 2021
HARRY MORLEY (1881-1943) A musician carrying a harp on his back
Lot 703 Sold
HARRY MORLEY (1881-1943) A musician carrying a harp on his back
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 17.5cm x 22.25cm; together with a portrait of a lady with hands clasped in prayer by Robert Sargent Austin (1895-1973) monogrammed in plate lower right, engraving, the image 20cm x 16cm (2)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
21 April 2021
21 April 2021
A TEKKE TURKOMAN CARPET,
Lot 704 Sold
A TEKKE TURKOMAN CARPET,
woven with five rows of guhls, 337cm x 226cm
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £100 - £200
21 April 2021
21 April 2021
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A pair of studies of pheasant in flight
Lot 705 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A pair of studies of pheasant in flight
indistinctly signed, gouache, each 26cm x 38.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
AFTER FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Cockayne'
Lot 706 Unsold
AFTER FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Cockayne'
unrecorded state, lacking woman to foreground, monochrome print, the impression 13.5cm x 18cm; together with a reproduction print of Ely Cathedral, with pencil dedication the the margin "To Bob - affectionately from F.L.G." and a small poster for the Griggs Exhibition 'Silences of Noons' Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, November 5th - December 31st 1988 (3)
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
SPARE LOT
Lot 707 Unsold
SPARE LOT
Estimate: £0 - £0
12 May 2021
12 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) 'Moeris and Galatea'
Lot 708 Unsold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) 'Moeris and Galatea'
from the original plate of Samuel Palmer, bearing a triangle in bottom left margin, indicating a reprint by Griggs, Hardy and Short, titled and inscribed in pencil to the margin "printed by FL Griggs in Campden, in May 1924, one of ten impressions, etching, the image 10cm x 15cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) 'The Homeward Star
Lot 709 Unsold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) 'The Homeward Star
bearing a triangle in bottom left margin, indicating a reprint by Griggs, Hardy and Short from Palmer's original plate, etching, the image 10cm x 15cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Maypole Inn'
Lot 710 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Maypole Inn'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 42, third state, etching, the image 16.5cm x 24.5cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Cockayne'
Lot 711 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Cockayne'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 55, fifth state, one of c.30 impressions, etching, the image 20cm x 26.5cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Palace Court'
Lot 712 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Palace Court'
signed and inscribed "23/5' in pencil to the margin, Comstock 49, third state, one of seventy five impressions, etching, the image 25cm x 17.5cm

Provenance: A gift from the Artist to Sir Gordon Russell (1892-1980)
With a handwritten note on Dover's House, Campden, Gloucestershire headed paper attached verso reading "12 Sept 1933 - Dear Russell - I am sending with this a proof of my etching Palace Court, which i hope you'll accept for yourself as a token of my gratitude, Yours sincerely F.L. Griggs"
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Minster'
Lot 713 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Minster'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 21, state six or seven, etching, the image 17cm x 25cm
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) St. Botolph's Bridge No. 2'
Lot 714 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) St. Botolph's Bridge No. 2'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 56, third state, etching, the image 24.5cm x 19.5cm
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Minsden Episcopi '
Lot 715 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Minsden Episcopi '
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 6, second state, etching, the image 12cm x 17.5cm
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Totterne Inn'
Lot 716 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Totterne Inn'
signed in pencil to the margin, with printed dedication to Phillip Merriman, Comstock 24, fourth state, one of nineteen, etching, the image 8cm x 16cm
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Cresset'
Lot 717 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Cresset'
signed and titled in pencil to the margin, Comstock 12, second state, one of 38 impressions before addition of weathervane, etching, the image 16.5cm x 24.25cm
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £800
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Potter's Bow'
Lot 718 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Potter's Bow'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 33, seventh state, one of forty-six impressions, trees to right appear beyond transept, etching, the image 23.5cm x 16.75cm
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Minster'
Lot 719 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Minster'
signed in pencil, Comstock 21, third state, one of eleven impressions, etching, the impression 22cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Sellenger'
Lot 720 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Sellenger'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 18, second state, one of forty impressions, etching, the image 12cm x 16.5cm
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Lone End'
Lot 721 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Lone End'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 45, third state, one of ninety impressions, etching, the image 18cm x 25.5cm
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Almonry'
Lot 722 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Almonry'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 34, fifth state, one of eighty two impressions, etching, the image 23.5cm x 16cm
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Pool'
Lot 723 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Pool'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 10, third state, one of thirty five impressions, etching, the image 15.25cm x 23.5cm
Hammer price: £620
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Quay'
Lot 724 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'The Quay'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 15, third state, one of forty impressions, etching, the image 17cm x 20cm
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Ragdale Hall'
Lot 725 Sold
FREDERICK LANDSEER GRIGGS (1876-1938) 'Ragdale Hall'
signed in pencil to the margin, Comstock 45, fifth state, one of eighty, drypoint etching, 17.5cm x 25cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FRANCIS SEYMOUR-HADEN (1818-1910) 'Whistler's House, Old Chelsea, 1863'
Lot 726 Sold
FRANCIS SEYMOUR-HADEN (1818-1910) 'Whistler's House, Old Chelsea, 1863'
etching, the image 17.25cm x 32.75cm; together with a a view of St Olave's Church, Southwark, by William Washington (1885-1956) signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 34.5cm x 30cm (2)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
*WILLIAM WASHINGTON (1885-1956) 'Winter Fuel'
Lot 727 Sold
*WILLIAM WASHINGTON (1885-1956) 'Winter Fuel'
etching, the image 20cm x 25cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
*WILLIAM WASHINGTON (1885-1956) 'The Cricket Bat Maker'
Lot 728 Sold
*WILLIAM WASHINGTON (1885-1956) 'The Cricket Bat Maker'
signed and titled in pencil to the margin, copper engraving, the image 27cm x 21.5cm
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £400 - £600
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
JOSEPH SIMPSON (1879-1939) 'The Highlander'
Lot 729 Sold
JOSEPH SIMPSON (1879-1939) 'The Highlander'
The Highlander, head and shoulders portrait of a seasoned Highland regiment piper in feather bonnet, signed and numbered 75/75 in pencil to the margin, drypoint etching, the image 19.5cm x 15,5cm; together with another signed limited edition military portrait of a man wearing a bearskin, numbered 15/75, drypoint etching, the image 30cm x 21cm; and a figure hunting in a landscape 'The Punt Gunner' signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 21cm x 29.5cm (3)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
JOSEPH SIMPSON (1879-1939) 'The Priest'
Lot 730 Unsold
JOSEPH SIMPSON (1879-1939) 'The Priest'
portrait study, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 35cm x 25cm; and another smaller signed portrait etching by Simpson 'The Pastelist' (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
*CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (1901-1979) 'The Harvester'
Lot 731 Sold
*CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (1901-1979) 'The Harvester'
signed and numbered 50/75 in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 20.5cm x 25cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET (1814-1875) 'La Bouillie'
Lot 732 Sold
JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET (1814-1875) 'La Bouillie'
A woman feeding her child porridge, signed and dated 1861 in plate, etching, 18cm x 15cm
Hammer price: £275
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND CANEWORK COMMODE CHAIR, POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS,
Lot 733 Sold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND CANEWORK COMMODE CHAIR, POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS,
mid 19th century, the caned backrest with serpentine toprail and hinged canework seat, to the…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A GILT BRASS BEDROOM FENDER, BY GORDON RUSSELL WORKSHOPS,
Lot 734 Sold
A GILT BRASS BEDROOM FENDER, BY GORDON RUSSELL WORKSHOPS,
circa 1925, of rectangular form, the front and sides with galleries of serpentine cut panels, 10cm…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A PAIR OF PRINTED COTTON CURTAINS,
Lot 735 Sold
A PAIR OF PRINTED COTTON CURTAINS,
modern, decorated with Watteauesque figural scenes amongst scrolling foliage, with pleated tops and…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A SUBSTANTIAL BRASS CURTAIN RAIL,
Lot 736 Sold
A SUBSTANTIAL BRASS CURTAIN RAIL,
early 20th century, with repousse acorn terminal at each end, twenty-six brass rings and three…
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £250 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
THREE PAIRS OF PRINTED COTTON CURTAINS,
Lot 737 Sold
THREE PAIRS OF PRINTED COTTON CURTAINS,
modern, with floral designs in red, green, pink and blue on white ground, with pleated tops, lined,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A JAPANNED WOOD TABLE LAMP IN GEORGE I TASTE,
Lot 738 Unsold
A JAPANNED WOOD TABLE LAMP IN GEORGE I TASTE,
early 20th century, modelled as a large candlestick and decorated in Chinoiserie style,  with later…
Estimate: £80 - £120
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A 19TH CENTURY TORTOISESHELL CARD CASE,
Lot 738a Sold
A 19TH CENTURY TORTOISESHELL CARD CASE,
a cut glass inkwell, two hipflasks, and other items,
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
THREE VARIOUS WICKER CONSERVATORY OR GARDEN CHAIRS,
Lot 739 Unsold
THREE VARIOUS WICKER CONSERVATORY OR GARDEN CHAIRS,
20th century; and a painted wirework chair
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
A VICTORIAN GLAZED STONEWARE PEDESTAL, PERHAPS LEFCOWARE,
Lot 740 Sold
A VICTORIAN GLAZED STONEWARE PEDESTAL, PERHAPS LEFCOWARE,
late 19th century, of square section with acanthus moulded sides, 42cm high x 30cm wide 
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
TWO VICTORIAN TERRACOTTA GARDEN PEDESTALS,
Lot 741 Sold
TWO VICTORIAN TERRACOTTA GARDEN PEDESTALS,
late 19th century, both of square section and with lions' masks moulded to each side; a terracotta…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'A gate of Naples'
Lot 742 Unsold
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'A gate of Naples'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 53cm x 45cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (1851-1931) 'HMS Warspite and Warrior at the Battle of Jutland, May 1916'
Lot 743 Sold
WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (1851-1931) 'HMS Warspite and Warrior at the Battle of Jutland, May 1916'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 20cm x 42cm
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1865-1945) Expansive landscape view
Lot 744 Sold
DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1865-1945) Expansive landscape view
signed in pencil to the margin, monogrammed in plate lower left, etching, the image 22.5cm x 35cm; together with a similar signed limited edition etching by Anthony Raine Barker (1880-1963), the image 23cm x 33.5cm; and another open landscape by Sir Frank Short (1857-1945), aquatint, the image 17cm x 35.25cm (3)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
FRANCIS H. DODD (1874-1949) A three-quarter length portrait of a gent
Lot 745 Sold
FRANCIS H. DODD (1874-1949) A three-quarter length portrait of a gent
standing with hands in pockets, signed to margin, drypoint etching, the image 30cm x 25cm; together with a similar work 'The Aged Spaniard' by Alphone Legros (1837-1911), signed in plate, etching, the image 27.5cm x 19cm (2)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
*MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953) 'Stirling Castle, No. 1'
Lot 746 Sold
*MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953) 'Stirling Castle, No. 1'
signed in pencil to the margin, drypoint etching, the image 20cm x 25cm; together with a similar work 'Low Tide and the Evening Star, and Rye's Long Pier Deserted' by Frank Short (1857-1945) signed in pencil to the margin by the artist and the printer Frderick Goulding, etching, the image 18.25cm x 25.75cm (2)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
ERIC WALTER POWELL (1886-1933) 'Berwick-Upon-Tweed'
Lot 747 Sold
ERIC WALTER POWELL (1886-1933) 'Berwick-Upon-Tweed'
A view of the Old Bridge in Berwick, signed and dated 1924 lower left, watercolour, 36cm x 47.5cm

Exhibited: The Artist's Memorial Exhibition, Walker's Galleries, New Bond Street, London, 1933, number 50
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 May 2021
6 May 2021
*HENRY GEORGE RUSHBURY (1889-1968) 'York'
Lot 748 Sold
*HENRY GEORGE RUSHBURY (1889-1968) 'York'
street scene with figures, signed lower left, titled lower right, watercolour and graphite, 25.5cm x 38cm
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 May 2021
6 May 2021

Total lots: 1657

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