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Auction date Wednesday 15 February 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Auction

Wednesday 15th February at 10.30am

Including the collections of

The Richard Pratley collection of Taxidermy,

The Christopher Bent Cockfighting collection, 

A single owner sporting collection, part II.

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Head of Sale: Julian Smith

Page:

of 11

Lots per page:

Total lots: 521

Lot 431 Unsold
A VICTORIAN APPRENTICE PIECE BLACK BOWLER HAT
12cm diam.

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 432 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF RARE VICTORIAN APPRENTICE PIECE HATS
some in their original boxes, one miniature apprentice piece top hat mould, made by Henry J. Ryan, with two of his apprenticeship certificates, one dated 5th June 1880. In a Scotts Ltd cardboard box.

Henry J. Ryan worked for Scott Ltd, Hatters of Old Bond Street.

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 433 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINA GREY TOP HATS
by Moss Bros of London (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 434 Sold
A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINA BUCKET-SHAPED DOUBLE HAT BOX
14cm high

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £60 - £80
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 435 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN INKWELL
in the form of a double leather bucket-shaped hat box, 5cm high

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 436 Unsold
AN EDWARDIAN METAL TOP HAT MONEY BOX
by W.M. Liven & Co. Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, for the advertising of College, 11cm high

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 437 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Franz Ricket of Falda, in a Harrods cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 438 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by HA Keller, Amsterdam, in an Aspreys of London cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 439 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Herbert Johnson, New Bond Street, London, extra quality, in a Bates, Jermyn Street, London cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 440 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Mode de Paris, in a fitted leather bucket-shaped hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £250 - £450
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 441 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by G.A. Dunn & Co., Piccadilly Circus, London, in a fitted leather bucket-shaped hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £250 - £450
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 442 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Bennetts of London (large size), with a fitted leather bucket-shaped hat box, by Henry Heath, Hat Manufacturers to His Majesty the King

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 443 Unsold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
in a fitted leather bucket-shaped hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 444 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Burton, retailed by House of England and Amsterdam, in a leather fitted bucket-shaped hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 445 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Special Quality Trademark, in a shaped and fitted leather hat box, by Bowering, Arundel & Co., Fenchurch Street, London

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £250 - £450
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 446 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
in a fitted and shaped leather hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £250 - £450
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 447 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Selfridges of London, size 6 7/8, in a fitted leather bucket-shaped hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 448 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Lock & Co., Hatters of St. James's St., London; together with a hard top black bowler hat by Lock & Co., in a leather fitted double bucket-shaped hat box by J.W. Allen, 57 Strand, London, with an inscribed plaque to the top of the lid Lord Sherborne (2 and hat box)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 449 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
and a black hard top bowler hat, by Woodrow, 46 Piccadilly, London, in a fitted leather bucket-shaped double hat box (2 and hat box)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 450 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Tress & Co, London; and another gentleman's black silk top hat by Special Make, in a leather double bucket-shaped hat box (2 and hat box)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 451 Sold
A VICTORIAN CHILD'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by J. Moreau, in a cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 452 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) by Hill House & Co., 11 New Bond Street, London, in the original cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 453 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Scott & Co. Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, in the original Scott & Co. cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 454 Sold
A GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Scott & Co. Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, in the original Scott cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 455 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by J. Wimpole & Co. Ltd, Exeter, size 7, in a cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 456 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Spall & Son, in a cardboard hat box by Mrs White, Ladies Hatters and Hunting Wear, 8 Burlington Gardens, London

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 457 Sold
A GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by E.C. Devereux, Hatter & Co. High Street, Eton; and another black silk gentleman's top hat by Lincoln Bennett, Burlington Gardens, Old Bond Street, London, in a cardboard hat box (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 458 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Hat Manufacturer, in cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 459 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
and a grey top hat, in a double cardboard hat box by Battersby (2 and hat box)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £60 - £80
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 460 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Aelion, Paris, in a carboard hat box by Lock & Co, London

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 461 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Christie's, London, in a cardboard hat box by Christies & Co. Ltd; and another gentleman's black silk top hat by Moss. Bros of London, in a cardboard hat box by Herbert Johnson, London (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 462 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) by G.A. Dunn & Co. London, in the original Dunn & Co. cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £580
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 463 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
with a Henry Heath hat box; and a gentleman's black bowler hat, with a Christy's Hats box (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 464 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Leonard's Hat Makers, London and Liverpool, in a cardboard hatbox by Walter Bernard & Sons, Jermyn Street, London; and another black silk top hat by Harrods Ltd, London, in a Henry Heath & Co. cardboard hatbox (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 465 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) by Battersby & Co. London, in a Herbert Johnson of London cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 466 Sold
A GENTLEMAN'S VICTORIAN BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Walter Bernard & Sons, Piccadilly, London, in a Herbert Johnson, New Bond Street, London cardboard hat box; and a Herbert Johnson gentleman's black hard top bowler hat, in the original Herbert Johnson cardboard hat box (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 467 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) by Herbert Johnson, New Bond Street, London, in the original Herbert Johnson cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 468 Sold
A GENTLEMAN'S GREY TOP HAT
by Christy's, London, size 7 3/8, in a cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 469 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S GREY TOP HAT
for carriage driving, size 7 3/8, made by Battersby, in a Hill House & Co. Hatters of New Bond Street, London cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 470 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) in a cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 471 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Thomas Donne, Birmingham, and one other gentleman's black silk top hat in a Christy's, London double cardboard hat box (2 and hat box)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 472 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by Henry Heath Ltd, Oxford Street, London, in a Dickens & Jones, Regent Street, London cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 473 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) by G.A. Dunn & Co., Piccadilly, London, in a Christy's, London cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 474 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(a large size) by A.J. White Ltd, Jermyn Street, London, in a Lock & Co., Hatters, St. James's Street, London, cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 475 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK SILK TOP HAT
(large size) by Tress & Co. London, in a Lincoln Bennett cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £60 - £80
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 476 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN GENTLEMAN'S BLACK CARRIAGE TOP HAT
size 7 1/8, by G.A. Dunn & Co., Piccadilly, London, in a Harrods cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 477 Unsold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S COACHING TOP HAT
(large size) by Lock & Co. Hatters of St. James's Street, London, in the original Lock & Co. cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 February 2023
15 February 2023
Lot 478 Sold
A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S CREAM COACHING TOP HAT
by Herbert Johnson of New Bond Street, London, in the original Herbert Johnson cardboard hat box

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2023
15 February 2023

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