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The du Boulay Collection

Auction date Wednesday 8 March 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Wednesday 8th March at 10.30am

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Head of Sale: Guy Schwinge

We are honoured to have been instructed to sell the private collection of the late Anthony and Judith du Boulay. Anthony was a leading authority on Chinese porcelain, but he had the “eye” of a true connoisseur and a passion for pieces that he found to be beautiful - from an early St. Cloud vase to an Old Master of the Madonna.

Our auction on the 8th March presents an opportunity to acquire a treasured possession from the du Boulay’s home in Dorset.

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
97	AN IMPORTANT VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) TWO-HANDLED OVAL TUREEN AND COVER circa 1740, from the Liechtenstein service, painted in Schwarzlot and lightly enriched with gilding, the tureen of ogee form with moulded scroll handle, the sides painted with game birds on a…	£8,000 - £12,000	-	View
98	A CAPODIMONTE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER circa 1750, in the Blanc de Chine style moulded with gilt prunus branches in relief, blue fleur-de-lys mark, 13cm diameter Provenance: Bt. E. and H. Manners, September 2006, £800.	£200 - £400	£800	View
99	A CAPODIMONTE TWO-HANDLED BEAKER circa 1750, painted in the style of Caselli with chinoiserie figures in colours, on a gold backgrounds, the gadrooned lower third with iron red and gold “Laub Und Bandelwerk”, the interior border…	£500 - £1,000	£800	View
100	A DOCCIA KNIFE HANDLE the handle circa 1745-50, of scallop form, painted on each side with chinoiserie man in a hat, flowers, and fruit above and below, the sides with iron red scrollwork, the early 19th century silver…	£100 - £200	£320	View
101	A DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR late 17th century, painted in the Transitional manner with a continuous scene of travellers, 14.5cm high Provenance: Bt. Lawrence’s, 26th April 2001, lot 211.	£100 - £200	£400	View
102	PART OF A COPENHAGEN DINNER SERVICE painted with flower sprays within spirally fluted ozier pattern borders, on an ivory ground Comprising: two oval vegetable dishes and covers, an oval dish, a saucer dish, six soup plates, five…	£100 - £200	-	View
103	A CHINOISERIE OPAQUE GLASS INVERTED BALUSTER VASE circa 1755, South Staffordshire, painted in a bright palette with a Mandarin, a lady and two children, one riding a hobby horse beside a table of vases, 12.5cm high Provenance: Mrs Applewhaite…	£300 - £600	£1,500	View
104	A CHINOISERIE OPAQUE GLASS INVERTED BALUSTER VASE circa 1755, South Staffordshire, painted in a bright palette with three courtiers, a servant and two stags in a rocky landscape vignette, the reverse with an exotic bird, 16.5cm high Provenance: Bt…	£50 - £100	£50	View
105	A EUROPEAN MILCH GLASS OVIFORM VASE circa 1770, possibly Flanders, enamelled in colours with chinoiserie figures holding a flag on a shore and paddling a boat laden with blue and white porcelain, 24.5cm high Provenance: The Crichton…	£300 - £600	£2,750	View
106	THREE GEORGE III WINE GLASSES with faceted stems and circular bases, one with engraved decoration, the largest 14.5cm high (3)	£100 - £200	£110	View
107	A GEORGE II WINE GLASS with a funnel-shaped bowl on a tear-drop stem and a circular foot, 16cm high; and a stirrup cup in the form of a boot, 10cm high (2)	£100 - £200	£90	View
108	A RARE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL CANDLESTICK circa 1770, with a stepped square base supporting a knopped stem, decorated in polychrome enamel with sprays of flowers on a white ground, the junction of the stem and base with a panel of gadrooning…	£150 - £250	£550	View
109	A PAIR OF MILCH GLASS PERFUME BOTTLES mid-18th century, probably German, of rectangular form, decorated with figures and floral sprays in bright enamels, with gold metal and enamelled lids, 5cm high	£200 - £400	£1,600	View
110	A GERMAN GILT METAL MOUNTED MOCHA STONE TABLE SNUFF BOX circa 1760, with a hinged rectangular enamel lid painted with The Resurrection of Christ, the tapering and curved sides in finely figured stone with gilt metal mounts engraved with leafage and…	£300 - £600	£1,300	View
111	A VIENNA ENAMEL SNUFF BOX circa 1735, of cartouche shape, with gold mounts, decorated in polychrome with cupids playing amidst baskets and swags of flowers, enclosed by Berainesque borders, the interior similarly decorated, 7…	£500 - £1,000	£1,400	View
112	A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED LACQUER BOITE-A-MOUCHES Paris 1760, with the charge and decharge of Eloy Brichard, the makers mark indistinct, of rectangular form with gold and silver piqué decoration of houses and pavilions in river landscapes, the…	£1,500 - £3,000	£1,800	View
113	A LIMOGES ENAMEL CIRCULAR SALT 17th century, enamelled in polychrome with flowers within feathery leaf borders, the exterior in black with raised white scrollwork on a ground strewn with gilt scrolls, 1.7cm diameter	£100 - £200	£460	View
114	A CONTINENTAL WHITE METAL AND PORCELAIN SNUFF of oval form, the porcelain lid painted with a lady amongst floral swags and putti, within a laurel wreath border, 5cm wide, together with a Regency horn snuff box, the lid decorated with an…	£50 - £100	£240	View
115	A LOUIS XV COMPOSITION SNUFF BOX of circular form, the lid set with a portrait miniature of a lady, within a gilt metal border, 7.5cm diameter	£80 - £150	£80	View
116	A LOUIS XV SILVER GILT AND AVENTURINE SNUFF BOX Paris 1744-50, with the charge and decharge of Antoine Leschaudel, of cartouche shape, the silver gilt mounts engraved with panels of wave ornament and naturalistic flowers, with shells and diaper…	£400 - £600	-	View
117	A GEORGE II GILT METAL SNUFF BOX the rectangular hinged lid with a figure astride rocaille work beneath a rococo canopy with conforming scroll work to the sides against a blue aventurine glass panel, the sides with engine-turned zig…	£200 - £400	£420	View
118	A DUTCH SILVER GILT OVAL POCKET MIRROR circa 1650, pierced and engraved with peasants and a satyr amidst foliate scrollwork on a bronze metal ground, apparently retaining the original bevelled plate and with a simple suspension loop, 8…	£500 - £1,000	£1,100	View
119	A PALAIS ROYALE FIVE DRAWER POCKET TELESCOPE the blonde tortoiseshell cylindrical body with gold star inlay, the remainder in gilt bronze, signed “Derepas Breveté du Roi, Palais Royale, no. 23”, 8.5cm extended	£150 - £250	£150	View
120	A LATE 18TH CENTURY PRESSED TORTOISE SHELL 'GAMBLING BOX' of circular form, the interior fitted with unmarked silver and bone spinning dice, 6cm diameter	£100 - £200	£90	View
121	NAPOLEONIC INTEREST: THE BELLEROPHON A circular oak box, inset with a silver garter to the lid inscribed ‘BELLEROPHON’ and a ‘B’ monogram to the centre, the interior of the lid with a green paper label "THIS BOX IS MADE FROM A PIECE OF…	£300 - £600	£1,800	View
122	A GEORGE III GOLD AND ENAMEL PENDANT set with a later portrait miniature of Catherine Morgan, circa 1885, in a white enamel frame, the outer frame with a border of old-cut diamonds interspersed with natural pearls and the suspension…	£300 - £600	£800	View
123	ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY a portrait miniature of Mary Esther M. Crichton-Maitland, aged 17, 1892, in a square gilt metal frame, 6cm x 4.5cm, together with various other portrait miniatures of a similar age and a framed…	£150 - £250	£130	View
124	A GEORGE III MALACCA WALKING CANE probably circa 1770, with rubbed marks, chased with bands of stiff leaves and a hinged loop handle, 104cm long; together with various other walking canes and umbrellas, including a Victorian parasol,…	£200 - £300	£400	View
125	SPARE LOT	£0 - £0	-	View
126	LIONELLO D’ESTE (1407-50), as Marquis of Ferrara (from 1441), Medal in old cast bronze, by Pisanello, Antonio Pisano (c.1395-1456). Obv: Portrait of Lionello d’Este wearing scale armour right, legend: LEONELLVS . MARCHIO .…	£500 - £1,000	£1,300	View
127	DANTE ALIGHIERI (1261-1321) Florentine school, Restoration from the 15th century original, Medal in old cast bronze. Obv: Bust of Dante left. Rev: Dante before the Mountain of Purgatory. Pierced with brown patination	£50 - £100	£50	View
128	FERDINAND, ARCH DUKE OF AUSTRIA (1521-64) uniface Medal/Plaquette in old cast bronze. Obv: Portrait left.	£100 - £200	£90	View
129	FREDERICO ZUCCARI, Painter and Architect (1542/3-1609), medal in old cast bronze. Obv: Portrait right. Rev: Sam Lorenzo in the Escorial	£100 - £200	£150	View
130	MAXIMILIAN II EMMANUEL Prince Elector of Bavaria (1662-1726), Medal in bronze, by Jerome (Hietome) Roussel, 1705. Obv: Portrait right. Rev: Trophy of Arms above date in exergue	£50 - £100	£40	View
131	LOUIS XIV (1643-1715) medal in bronze, by Jean Mauger, 1672. Obv: Portrait right. Rev: Figure of Justice above date in exergue	£50 - £100	£50	View
132	VICE-ADMIRAL SIR WILMOT H. FAWKES (1846-1926) medal in white metal. Obv: Bust in full uniform right. Rev: Starboard-bow view of the ‘Good Hope’. By T Spicer, Samson. Struck c.1905, 102mm A bronze example can be found in the National Maritime…	£200 - £300	-	View
133	THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM BECKFORD medal in white metal by John Kirk (1724-1776). OBV: Portrait left. Rev: Inscription in four lines	£50 - £100	£60	View
134	A FRENCH SILVER JETTON King Louis XV Obverse, engraved by du Vivier. The jetton is 30.88 mm in diameter	£50 - £100	£50	View
135	A GEORGE II SILVER “STRAWBERRY” DISH unmarked, but circa 1720, the centre engraved with a shield-shaped armorial containing fleur de lis and the scalloped border engraved with panels of diaper work, flowers and foliage with traces of…	£200 - £400	£460	View
136	A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS by Frantz Wagener, Hamburg, circa 1710, with gadrooned baluster stems and conforming borders to the octagonal bases, 15cm high (c.906g) Provenance: The collection of Grafin von Moltke. Bt. from…	£500 - £1,000	£3,000	View
137	A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER TWIN-HANDLED SAUCEBOATS apparently unmarked, but probably circa 1730, each with a double-lipped body of plain form and standing on an oval moulded foot, with shaped and undulating rims and double scroll handles, 20cm (c…	£800 - £1,600	£950	View
138	A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN CAST SILVER MENU HOLDERS by Frederick James Ross, Chester 1910, depicting figures relating to Winchester: King Alfred the Great and the Trusty Servant, each on a stepped octagonal base, King Alfred is 8.8cm high (c.60g) (2) …	£150 - £250	£140	View
139	A GENOESE SILVER METAL SURTOUT DE TABLE circa 1880, of rococo design decorated with putti emblematic of the seasons, 67cm wide	£150 - £300	£1,400	View
140	A GEORGE III SILVER SNUFFER AND TRAY the tray by Timothy Renou, London 1793, and the snuffer probably by WB or IB (John Booth) of neo-classical design, the snuffer with shell and reeded handles and the boat-shaped tray with reeded…	£200 - £400	£320	View
141	A GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD SILVER OLD ENGLISH RAT TAIL PATTERN DESSERT SPOON London 1722, with Hanoverian marks, engraved to front and reverse of terminals, together with two 18th Century silver Old English pattern table spoons, indistinctly hallmarked, both bearing matching…	£100 - £200	£130	View
142	A VICTORIAN MINIATURE SILVER SEWING 'NECESSAIRE' CASE by Samuel Mordan, London, 1874, in the form of a travelling case, with a fitted interior containing a thimble, measuring tape and bobbin, 5cm wide (c.66g)	£200 - £300	£340	View
143	A GEORGE III SILVER HOT WATER JUG by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London 1766, the repousse pear-shaped body decorated with whimsical chinoiserie decoration of figures, buildings, foliage, birds, feathery leaves and fluttering…	£300 - £600	£380	View
144	A PAIR OF REGENCE SILVER CANDLESTICKS with later Dutch control marks, but probably Paris circa 1730, on slender baluster stems with stop-fluting, on a pounced ground, with reeded knops below, on circular moulded feet, 22cm high (c.1056g)…	£500 - £1,000	£700	View

Total lots: 261

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