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Auction date Wednesday 5 April 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Wednesday 5th April at 10.30am

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Head of Sale:

Guy Schwinge

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
1	AN 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH ALE GLASS with conical bowl, the cylindrical stem with teardrop and with ogee folded foot, 19cm high, together with a similar 18th Century ale glass with flat foot, 15cm high (2)	£100 - £200	£100	View
2	AN 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH WINE GLASS the waisted bell shaped bowl with teardrop, plain cylindrical stem on angled foot, 17cm high, two similar wine glasses each with folded feet, both 14.5cm high, and one further wine glass with plain…	£100 - £200	£200	View
3	AN 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH WINE GLASS with flared conical bowl, the solid stem with teardrop, on angled foot, 16.5cm high, together with two other wine glasses, each with folded feet 16 and 16.5cm high (3)	£100 - £200	£160	View
4	AN 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH ALE OR CORDIAL GLASS the panelled bowl with leaf engraved rim, on solid stem and folded foot, 14.5cm high, an 18th Century ale glass with plain bowl, short solid stem and folded foot, 11cm high and an early 19th Century…	£100 - £200	£100	View
5	TWO SIMILAR 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES both with knopped stem and folded foot, both c.15cm high (2)	£80 - £150	£240	View
6	A PALAIS ROYAL WHITE METAL MOUNTED GLASS of square section, 11.5cm high, together with a continental wine glass, with baluster white metal stem, 14.5cm high (2)	£50 - £100	£90	View
7	AN 18TH CENTURY DUTCH WINE GLASS the bowl engraved with names and dated 1746, on a silesian stem and folded foot, 17.5cm high	£80 - £150	£70	View
8	AN 18TH CENTURY DUTCH ENGRAVED WINE GLASS circa 1730-1750, the funnel bowl engraved with the crowned arms of Willem IV surrounded by garter engraved HONI SOIT QUI MALY PENSE within a garland of roses, the faceted knopped stem enclosing…	£300 - £400	£320	View
9	A RUSSIAN WINE GLASS FROM THE IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS ST PETERSBURG dated 1914 to the base, the faceted bowl engraved and gilded with imperial monograms to one side, and the black double-headed eagle the other, 14cm high	£200 - £400	£650	View
10	A RUSSIAN GLASS likely from the Imperial Glass Factory St. Petersburg, the body with an enamelled monogram medallion under the Russian crown, on a faceted baluster stem, 14.5cm high	£80 - £150	£550	View
11	A RUSSIAN SILVER AND EMERALD SET PUNCH GLASS with a cast snake wound around the handle, 5cm high	£50 - £100	£4,000	View
12	A LARGE RUSSIAN PARCEL GILT GOBLET early 20th century, a Russian flag painted to the bowl, a coin within the baluster stem, 23cm high	£80 - £150	£500	View
13	A RUSSIAN GLASS 19th/early 20th century, engraved to the body with the Imperial double-headed eagle, on a knopped stem, 18cm high	£50 - £100	£450	View
14	TWO LARGE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL GLASS GOBLETS one engraved to the body with an armorial, 29cm high, the other engraved with flowers and foliate sprays, 25.5cm high (2)	£50 - £100	£60	View
15	A 19TH CENTURY BOHEMIAN RUBY AND ENGRAVED GLASS with English Victorian silver mounts, with scroll feet, 11cm high, together with a bohemian painted and cut glass beaker, 12cm high (2)	£80 - £150	£100	View
16	A RUSSIAN ENAMELLED BEAKER 'THE CUP OF SORROWS' as distributed to the public to mark the coronation of Nicholas II in May 1896, 10cm high Note: A stampede amongst revellers celebrating the coronation, caused partly by rumours that these…	£80 - £150	£750	View
17	TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN CUPS AND SAUCERS early 19th century, one painted with a portrait believed to be Ann of Bavaria, 9cm high, the other similarly decorated with a portrait believed to be Princess Louise, 9cm high (2)	£80 - £150	-	View
18	A PAIR OF SAMSON PORCELAIN CANDELABRA modeled as two birds, crossed sword marks to the base, each with two gilt metal branches terminating in porcelain rose head sconces, on foliate cast and pierced metal bases, 42cm and 41cm high (2)	£100 - £200	£300	View
19	A GROUP OF FOUR WHITE-GLAZED PORCELAIN FIGURES OF 'THE CONTINENTS' three examples with Meissen Marcolini period marks to the base, including Africa, accompanied by a lion, 45cm high, Asia, with a camel to the base, 44.5cm high, and Europe, 46.5cm high, together with…	£500 - £1,000	£850	View
20	A TRAVELLING CUTLERY SET BY GRACHEV BROTHERS ST PETERSBURG 1899-1908, comprising a table knife, table fork, table spoon and teaspoon, all decorated with foliate scrolls, 84 standard mark, in original fitted case with presentation plaque inscribed: 'Frl…	£200 - £400	£2,200	View
21	A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO WORK CUP dated 1862, 84 standard mark to the base, 6.5cm high, together with a Russian silver knife, with silver gilt banding and engraving to the handle, marked 84, 27cm long (2)	£150 - £250	£220	View
22	AN EMPIRE CUT GLASS AND GILT METAL MOUNTED CAVIAR URN the hob cut body with cast rams head masks to each side, on a plinth base, 25.5cm high	£300 - £500	£220	View
23	A PALAIS ROYAL GILT METAL JARDINIERE with green glass insert, the frieze decorated with figural scenes and sphinxes, 9cm high x 25cm wide	£300 - £500	£320	View
24	A 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL RUBY GLASS BOWL the white metal pierced and carved basket, decorated with leaves and hanging fruit, with swing handle, on tripod base, 21.5cm wide	£200 - £400	-	View
25	A RUSSIAN AMBER AND SILVER MOUNTED EGG ON STAND the egg with a cupid finial and affixed with Russian crest, the base with a tripod stand, stamped 84, 11.5cm high	£100 - £200	£120	View
26	A 19TH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN EMU EGG AND SILVER PLATED INKSTAND the egg with carved vignette depicting an Australian harbour, flora and fauna and supporting a pink tinted opaline glass trumpet, on naturalistically moulded tree stem, the ebonised oval base fitted…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
27	A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDERS both with Oporto assay mark, one lacking flute, stamped ABR, makers mark of José Anastácio Pereira de Abreu, 17cm high, the other with indistinct makers mark, 16.5cm high, both on plinth bases with…	£800 - £1,500	£500	View
28	A CHINESE CELADON BALUSTER VASE the body moulded with trees in a landscape, with good ormolu mounts to the rim, mask cast handles, and plinth base, 58cm high	£2,000 - £4,000	-	View
29	A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CRACKLE GLAZE VASE LAMPS of baluster form, the bodies decorated with figures and soldiers in a mountainous landscape, each with later fitted mount and gilt wood foot, both 45.5 to the bottom of electrical fitments, and 76cm…	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
30	AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BOAZIO (BAPTISTA BOAZIO) (fl. 1588-1606) ‘Irelande’ a highly decorative map of Ireland, with dedication to “my Gratious Soveraigne Elizabeth by the grace of God, of Englande, Fraunce and Irelande Queene Defendresse of the true Christian Faith”, 52cm x…	£500 - £1,000	£750	View
31	A HANDWRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 'LEGENDS OF FLOWERS' arranged and illustrated by Alice M. Turner, with poetic and informative verse about different plants and flowers, each handwritten and illustrated in ink, bound in cream vellum with gilt tooled…	£500 - £1,000	£550	View
32	ADMIRAL HORATION NELSON (1758-1805) An autographed letter to Thomas Pollard Nelson (with the right hand) - [off Corsica]	£2,000 - £4,000	£3,800	View
33	NELSON INTEREST: A REGENCY SILKWORK PANEL with a central portrait engraving of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), 35cm high x 27cm wide	£200 - £400	£10,000	View
34	AFTER JOHN HOPPNER (1758-1810) Horatio, First Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) a portrait engraving, signed, signed A. Stewart Wright lower right, 64cm high x 44cm wide Note: The same engraving by Wright is in the V&A, accession number E.1812-1924.	£100 - £200	£100	View
35	18TH CENTURY SCHOOL, A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN 4.5cm x 3cm, contained in silver oval frame the border with alternating cabochon turquoises and garnets, 5.5cm x 4.5cm overall, together with four other miniature portraits, various sizes, in gilt…	£200 - £300	-	View
36	LATE 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A NAVAL OFFICER 7.5cm x 5.5cm, in gilt moulded frame and glazed	£300 - £400	£480	View
37	19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, PAIR OF PORTRAITS, ‘YOUNG SISTERS’ each 4.5cm x 3.5cm, contained in similar blue enamelled gilt metal oval frames and glazed, the frames of brooch and buckle form and both testing as 18ct gold, combined gross weight 31 grams	£300 - £400	-	View
38	AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE signed ‘E’ to the right hand side, in an unmarked yellow metal mount, 3.5cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£80 - £150	£100	View
39	A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE depicting a young soldier in military uniform, with a braided hair surround, in an unmarked yellow metal case with blue glass reverse, 4.5cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of…	£200 - £400	£400	View
40	AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE depicting a finely dressed woman with auburn hair, in an unmarked yellow metal mount, with tied locks of hair to the reverse, 5.5cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£150 - £250	£150	View
41	A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE depicting a lady in a white dress and headdress, in an unmarked yellow metal engraved mount, with plaited hair to the reverse, 4cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£200 - £400	£600	View
42	AFTER MAURICE QUENTIN DE LA TOUR (1704-1788) A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF CHARLES EDWARD STUART the half-length portrait of Prince Charles in an unmarked yellow metal mount, engraved to the reverse: ‘Portrait of Charles Edwd Stuart, sent by him to Mrs Eleanor Curzon, sister of Sir Nathaniel…	£500 - £1,000	£4,400	View
43	A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN THE MANNER OF JOHN SMART (1742-1811) depicting a gentleman in uniform, possibly a Dragoon, in an unmarked yellow metal mount, 4.3cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£150 - £250	£850	View
44	A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN THE MANNER OF RICHARD COSWAY (1742-1821) depicting a lady with grey hair, in and engraved and pierced unmarked yellow metal mount, 4.3cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£200 - £400	£400	View
45	A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE depicting a lady in a blue dress, in an unmarked yellow metal mount, the reverse containing a lock of hair, 4cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£80 - £150	£160	View
46	A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE depicting a gentleman in military dress, in an unmarked yellow metal mount, 4.3cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£200 - £400	£140	View
47	A FAMILY GROUP OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES late 18th/early 19th century, depicting sisters, each unframed, both 7cm high (2) Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£50 - £100	£170	View
48	A GEORGE III MINIATURE PORTRAIT late 18th/early 19th century, depicting a young gentleman, in an unmarked yellow metal mount, 6cm high Provenance: A private Dorset collection of miniatures.	£80 - £150	£110	View

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