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Auction date Thursday 7 October 2021

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7th October at 10:30am 


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Total lots: 174

Lot 122 Sold
A SYCAMORE DAIRY BOWL
late 18th/ early 19th century, with a ribbed lip to the exterior, 36cm diameter
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 123 Sold
A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF A KNIGHT
circa 1480, with traces of the original polychrome decoration, standing upon a recumbent lion, lacking sword, on a later pedestal base, 72.5cm high overall

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 124 Sold
A STAINED SOFTWOOD ARK,
the arched lid decorated with gothic roundels, above a panelled body, 54cm wide x 48cm high x 32cm deep

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 125 Sold
A 17TH CENTURY STYLE WALNUT BED
probably Iberian, 19th century, with barley-twist headboard and footboard, connected by metal stretchers

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 126 Sold
A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III ELM AND FRUITWOOD THAMES VALLEY ‘WINDSOR’ CHAIRS
with a shaped and pierced splat, above a dished seat, on cabriole front legs, 87.5cm high (2)

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 127 Sold
A PRIMITIVE “WELSH” CHAIR
18th century, the top rail pierced with a heart, above a rush seat on block legs, 81cm high x 50cm wide

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 128 Sold
A PRIMITIVE OAK CHILD'S CHAIR
branded ‘E. W’, 50cm high

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 129 Sold
AN OAK TURNER'S CHAIR
probably Irish, 18th century, with turned back rail and boarded seat, 75.5cm high

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 130 Sold
A GEORGE II SOLID BURR-ELM SIDE TABLE
second quarter of the 18th century, the rectangular top with re-entrant corners above a long frieze drawer and a shaped apron, on turned walnut club legs terminating in pad feet, 70cm high x 62cm wide x 44cm deep

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £10,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 131 Sold
A SPINDLE BACK ARMCHAIR OF LANCASHIRE TYPE
with rush seat, together with three single chairs with rush seats, 106cm high x 61cm wide x 50cm deep (4)

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £310
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 132 Sold
A ‘WINDSOR’ ARMCHAIR
circa 1830, with pierced splat and U-shaped arms, over an elm seat on turned legs joined by conforming stretchers, 90cm high x 53.5cm wide

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 133 Sold
AN OAK MILKING STOOL
18th/19th century, with a dished top on three splayed legs, 33cm high; and two other milking stools (3)

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 134 Unsold
AN HISPANIC CHILD'S TABLE
19th century, the turned legs with conforming stretchers, 49.5cm wide; and another similar table (2)

Provenance: Property from the Collection of S.W. Wolsey (c.1895 - 1980)
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 135 Sold
THE POXWELL MANOR REFECTORY TABLE: AN IMPORTANT OAK AND ELM "MONASTIC" REFECTORY TABLE,
16th century, with old repairs and replacements, with a single plank rectangular top on two openwork elm trestle supports in the form of flying buttresses with down-curved legs, 78.5cm high x 104cm wide x 365cm long. The top is 9cm deep

This monumental refectory table is a remarkable survival. It represents the earliest form of English dining table and may be compared to depictions of similar tables in late medieval manuscripts.
Provenance: Until the 1970's the table was at the ancient Manor of Poxwell (Pokeswell) having…
Hammer price: £20,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 136 Unsold
A JAMES II PINE SMALL COFFER
incised overall with diaper hatchings and interlaced geometric patterns, with rectangular hinged top and three incised panels, on a moulded foot, the top incised with the date ‘1688’, 27cm high x 74 cm wide x 37cm deep
In December of 1688 James II (VII in Scotland) departed Whitehall Palace by boat, escaping to the…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 137 Sold
A JACOBEAN OAK BIBLE BOX ON STAND
late 17th century and later elements, the hinged sloping cover notched at each side, the front with simple carved linear detailing; 28cm high x 64cm wide x 43cm deep; the stand probably later, with turned legs and peripheral stretchers; 85cm high overall
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 138 Sold
A GROUP OF EIGHT OAK YORKSHIRE CHAIRS
c.1660-1680 and later, the set of eight comprising four pairs, each with an arched toprail and horizontal splat and solid seat on baluster legs, four seat panels replaced; the tallest 108 cm. high

Provenance: Bought from Beedham Antiques Ltd, purchased November 1995. (original receipt included)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 139 Sold
A SET OF EIGHTEEN FRENCH OAK SIDE CHAIRS:
eighteen 19th century, two late 20th / early 21st century, each with ribbon-and-stick arched caned back and compass-fronted caned seat, on cabriole legs with pearl and baguette carved front legs, one chair incised ‘CURADA’, some back seat rails with Roman numerals, one with Arlington Conservation label ‘F479’, 96.5cm high (20)

Provenance: bought on the London Art Market, 1997.
Hammer price: £11,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 140 Sold
A DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLE
the 17th century marquetry top in the style of Jan van Mekeren, the drawer and base 19th century, depicting a central urn full of flowers and a resting bird, with foliate scrolls either side, beneath is a foliate frieze and a single drawer, on ebonised barley twist legs conjoined by an x-frame stretcher, similarly veneered with floral marquetry, 76cm high x 112cm wide x 77.5cm deep
For an example of the work of van Mekeren see the V&A collection, accession number W.5:1 to 14-1986
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 141 Sold
A MATCHED PAIR OF WALNUT PIER MIRRORS
18th century, possibly Scandinavian,each with bevelled two piece plate within a frame of shaped arched form, with pierced giltwood cresting carved with a swagged urn,110cm high x 52cm wide

Provenance: The Old Rectory, Langton Long, Near Blandford, Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 142 Sold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
mid-18th century, the arched interlaced back with serpentine arms above a padded seat covered in brass space-nailed and braid-edged green silk-velvet, on cabriole legs headed by carved foliage, 95cm high
This armchair is designed in the George II picturesque fashion as popularised by William de la Cour…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 143 Unsold
A GEORGE II WALNUT CORNER CHAIR
with twin vase-shaped splats and bold outscroll arms on columnar-turned supports, with a drop-in seat on a cabriole front leg and three turned rear legs joined by a conforming turned cross-stretcher, 79cm wide x 84.5cm high
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 144 Unsold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST
of unusual form, the upper section with a moulded and dentilled cornice over two short and three long drawers, apparently retaining the original pierced brass handles and escutcheon plates, and flanked by fluted and canted angles, the base with a pair of rectangular-panelled doors enclosing sliding trays, and the sides with brass carrying handles, on shaped bracket feet with shade corner brackets at the front,
120cm wide x 54.5cm deep x 182cm high
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
Lot 145 Unsold
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
18th century, probably North Italian, with pierced “C”-scroll and shell-carved frieze, on double scroll legs conjoined by a shell-carved stretcher, with “Rosso Antico” marble tops, 91cm high x 131cm wide x 64cm deep
Estimate: £8,000 - £15,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021

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