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The du Boulay Collection

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

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Total lots: 261

A MAKIE LACQUER COVERED DOCUMENT BOX
Lot 193 Sold
A MAKIE LACQUER COVERED DOCUMENT BOX
Edo,18th century, the domed cover and sides decorated with flower heads and scrolling foliage on a gold speckled ground, 36.2cm wide
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A JAPANESE LACQUER TABLE CABINET (KODANSU)
Lot 194 Sold
A JAPANESE LACQUER TABLE CABINET (KODANSU)
Edo period, late 17th/early 18th century, decorated in shades of gilt with sprays of flowers on a black ground, with engraved gilt copper mounts and an escutcheon plate to the pair of doors, 17cm wide
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A BURMESE SILVER-INLAID COPPER BALUSTER VASE
Lot 195 Sold
A BURMESE SILVER-INLAID COPPER BALUSTER VASE
late 19th/early 20th century, the rounded body decorated in relief with a deity band between ornate foliate borders, 13.3cm high
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AN INDIAN CHASED AND REPOUSSE-DECORATED PARCEL-GILT SILVER EWER
Lot 196 Unsold
AN INDIAN CHASED AND REPOUSSE-DECORATED PARCEL-GILT SILVER EWER
19th century, the body with ogee-shaped panels showing elephants beside trees, reserved on a dense foliate-scroll ground, the branch-form handle with a monkey at the top, inscribed ‘Titgoun Cup, Won by King Death Tonghoo 1868’, 25.5cm high
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AFTER CARLE VAN LOO (1705-1765)
Lot 197 Sold
AFTER CARLE VAN LOO (1705-1765)
Four portrait engravings, including:
“Jacobus Favier du Boulay”,
“Libellorum Supplicum In Regia Magister”,
four engravings by Schmidt and others,
circa 31cm x 25cm and various (4)

Provenance: Bt. Christie's, at Venn House Sale, 21st-22nd June 1999, lot 948.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AFTER FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1725-1815)
Lot 198 Sold
AFTER FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (1725-1815)
Gray’s Elegy,
coloured engraving,
in a verre eglomisé mount and a contemporary giltwood frame,
38.5cm x 46.5cm

Provenance: By inheritance and valued in 1928 at 300 guineas.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century
Lot 199 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century
A view of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich,
published by West,
coloured engraving,
24.5cm x 40.5cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19th century
Lot 200 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19th century
Four hand-coloured engravings depicting scenes in China, including: "Pekkinsa", and "Tongsiou",
each 10cm x 15.8cm (plate), framed as one;
and a matching set of four including: "Fungching" and "Neynemiao" (8 in two frames)
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AUGUSTIN HECHEL OF AUGSBURG (1690-1770) Cascades at Schaffhausen
Lot 201 Unsold
AUGUSTIN HECHEL OF AUGSBURG (1690-1770)
Cascades at Schaffhausen, mounted travellers in the foreground,
signed with monogram,
watercolour with pen and ink,
22.5cm x 35.5cm

Provenance: Bt. Bill Drummond at the Antique Dealers Fair 1988.
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Lot 202 Sold
AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Ludlow Castle dated 1809,
and the companion,
pencil on blue paper,
each 25cm x 34.5cm (2)

Provenance: The Collection of Lord Brownlow
Bt. Christie's auction on the premises at Belton House on 1st May 1984, lot 164.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Lot 203 Sold
AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Chepstow Castle,
pencil on blue paper,
40.5cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1845
Lot 204 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1845
A portrait of a lady of the Yorke family,
half-length, seated, wearing a black dress,
oval,
watercolour,
21.5cm x 28cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL late 19th century
Lot 205 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL late 19th century
Two fishermen boarding a boat and the companion of three bathing machines on a beach,
two watercolours framed as one,
each 8cm x 11cm (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
JOOS VAN CLEVE AND STUDIO (fl. 1511-c.1541)
Lot 206 Sold
JOOS VAN CLEVE AND STUDIO (fl. 1511-c.1541)
The Madonna of the Cherries,
oil on panel,
78cm x 55cm

Provenance: According to Anthony du Boulay's notes Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire,
Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland, Welshpool, and by descent,with W. Sabin, 1927,Helen J. Dunlop,…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ATTRIBUTED TO GONZALES COQUES (1614-1684)
Lot 207 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO GONZALES COQUES (1614-1684)
A scientist holding a phial, standing in a street,
oil on canvas,
42.5cm x 37.5cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ASCRIBED TO JOHN BOYDELL (1719-1804)
Lot 208 Sold
ASCRIBED TO JOHN BOYDELL (1719-1804)
A man o’war off a shipyard at Woolwich,
tondo,
oil on paper laid down on panel,
42cm diameter
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
FRANCIS HOLMAN (1729-1770)
Lot 209 Sold
FRANCIS HOLMAN (1729-1770)
A Russian warship and other shipping off the Isle of Wight,
mounted as an oval,
oil on canvas,
31.5cm x 43cm

This is a rare depiction of the Russian Fleet in British waters. It was painted circa 1770 as the Fleet returned to St. Petersburg after the battle of Cheshme.

Provenance: Bt. by William Drown at Sotheby’s London on 23rd June 1971, lot 21.
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
JAN KAREL DONATUS VAN BEECQ (1638-1722)
Lot 210 Sold
JAN KAREL DONATUS VAN BEECQ (1638-1722)
Dutch Men o’ War at anchor off a jetty in a calm sea,
signed and dated 1678,
oil on canvas,
58.5cm x 91.5cm

Provenance: Bt. Christie's New York on 5th June 1980, lot 11, for $8,250.

According to Anthony du Boulay's notes a letter from Ian Kennedy, previously Curator of Paintings at Kansas City, underlines the quality of the work and describes the artist as a follower of Van de Velde Junior.
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
CIRCLE OF PETER MONAMY (1689-1749)
Lot 211 Sold
CIRCLE OF PETER MONAMY (1689-1749)
The Evening Gun,
oil on canvas,
apparently retaining the original carved giltwood frame,
68.5cm x 99cm

Provenance: By inheritance from Joan Cooper, 1999.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ROBERT DODD (1748-1816)
Lot 212 Sold
ROBERT DODD (1748-1816)
A sailing ship, a man o’war and other craft offshore,
oil on canvas,
81cm x 142cm

Provenance: By repute, bt. by Colonel du Boulay circa 1900 for £1.
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ASCRIBED TO VINCENZO CHILONE (1758-1839)
Lot 213 Sold
ASCRIBED TO VINCENZO CHILONE (1758-1839)
The Piazza St. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice,
with a Pope and a Doge appearing to the people on a balcony, and the companion painting of the Gateway to the Arsenal, oils on canvas,
60cm x 78.5cm (2)

The former painting probably commemorates Pope Pius VII’s visit to Venice in May 1782.

Provenance: Apparently bt. at Christie's New York, 11th November 1978 for a total of $5,390.
Hammer price: £35,000
Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
JOHN WARD (1917-2003)
Lot 214 Unsold
JOHN WARD (1917-2003)
Anthony du Boulay in the auctioneers box at Christie‘s,
oil sketch,
17.7cm x 28cm

Provenance: J.S. Maas for £45 in March 1973.
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A NEAPOLITAN TORTOISESHELL PIQUÉ INK STAND
Lot 215 Sold
A NEAPOLITAN TORTOISESHELL PIQUÉ INK STAND
18th century, the shaped oval base with mother of pearl inlay of figures, strapwork and scrolls, incorporating two lobed and compressed circular lidded wells, 24cm wide
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
TWO BRAZILIAN HARDSTONE MACAWS
Lot 216 Unsold
TWO BRAZILIAN HARDSTONE MACAWS
executed in serpentine, amethyst and calcite, with onyx beak and eyes, the claws plated in 18ct gold, the tallest 20cm high (2)
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A RARE LOUIS XV BRASS SHAVING MUG
Lot 217 Unsold
A RARE LOUIS XV BRASS SHAVING MUG
of oval form with a slightly domed lid surmounted by a “button” finial, with a moulded simple scroll handle and an oval foot,
20cm high

Provenance: Bt. by Anthony du Boulay in the 1990’s.
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BLUE JOHN BRULE PARFUM
Lot 218 Sold
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BLUE JOHN BRULE PARFUM
circa 1770, the marble element of the cover associated, with a vase-shaped body, loop handles and pierced with a band of guilloche beneath the lip, the domed cover with a pomegranate finial, on a square base, 23.5cm high

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s Geneva 8th May 1979, lot 327.
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A PAIR OF SHEFFIELD PLATE AND CUT-GLASS OIL LAMPS
Lot 219 Sold
A PAIR OF SHEFFIELD PLATE AND CUT-GLASS OIL LAMPS
probably Birmingham, circa 1830, converted to electricity, with vase-shaped bowls with petal-shaped lower parts on vari-baluster upper stems, the lower section with lozenge-cut glass cylinders, the bases with borders, 28cm high (2)

Provenance: Bt. Duke’s, June 16th, 2011, Lot 4.
in good overall condition 
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE
Lot 220 Sold
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE
the porcelain Kangxi and the ormolu mounts circa 1770, with an ovoid form body painted with spirals of pale orange stripes, the lid with an ormolu pineapple finial arising from stiff leaves, the shoulders of the vase with pierced interlaced ribbons, the base with stiff leaves, fluting and a wreath, 34.3cm high
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE GREEN CELADON VASE
Lot 221 Sold
A CHINESE GREEN CELADON VASE
with carved decoration of scrolling foliage and European ormolu mounts, fitted for electricity and with a shade, 79cm high overall
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHINESE CELADON VASE
Lot 222 Sold
A CHINESE CELADON VASE
19th century, of baluster form, decorated with a crackle glaze, fitted for electricity on a bronzed and gold splash stand, the vase 28cm high (base)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £80 - £150
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A BLUE AND WHITE CRACKLE-GLAZED VASE
Lot 223 Sold
A BLUE AND WHITE CRACKLE-GLAZED VASE
Qing Dynasty, 19th century, of ovoid form decorated in relief with auspicious objects, 20.4cm high (fitted for electricity)
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
CIRCLE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE LE MOYNE (1704-1778)
Lot 224 Sold
CIRCLE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE LE MOYNE (1704-1778)
a white marble bust of Claire Josephe Le Gris De Latude Clairon (1723-1803), her hair falling in ringlets onto her shoulders and with drapery falling from the shoulders, on a turned socle, 78cm high

Provenance: The Collection of Henry Hirsch, 11th June 1931, for 100 guineas.
Miss Ethel Floersheim acquired on 29th June 1950.
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A GEORGE III RECTANGULAR SATINWOOD BOX
Lot 225 Sold
A GEORGE III RECTANGULAR SATINWOOD BOX
of Sheraton design with a kingwood crossbanded border and fitted with a single drawer at one side, on an associated satinwood stand with square tapering legs, 38cm wide
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A VICTORIAN SQUARE 'HARDWOOD' STAND
Lot 226 Unsold
A VICTORIAN SQUARE 'HARDWOOD' STAND
with a plated border, inlaid “JR 1862”, on four ball feet, 31cm wide

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Earl of Radnor.
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CONTINENTAL EBONISED AND TORTOISESHELL MINIATURE CABINET
Lot 227 Sold
A CONTINENTAL EBONISED AND TORTOISESHELL MINIATURE CABINET
late 17th century, the arched front with panelled doors flanked by spirally-turned columns, with ormolu mounts, chased with foliage, 44.5cm wide

Provenance: Bt. from a dealer in Cambridge in the late 1960’s
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A WILLIAM III EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK
Lot 228 Sold
A WILLIAM III EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK
by Wm. Davis, London, with an eight day bell striking movement, now fitted with an anchor escapement, the pull repeat mechanism missing, the dial with a silvered metal chapter ring, a calendar aperture and winged cherub spandrels, the ebonised case with a domed top, brass carrying handle and compressed bun feet, 35.5cm high

Provenance: Bt. from a specialist clock dealer in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s for about £250.
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A LOUIS XVI STYLE MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERT
Lot 229 Sold
A LOUIS XVI STYLE MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERT
inset with a marble top with curved ends and frieze drawer with brass mounts, on fluted and turned legs, 92cm wide

Provenance: The Collection of Lord Astor at Cliveden.
Bt. at auction on the premises at Melbury House, Dorset,14th October 1996, lot 573.
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A REGENCY PAINTED AND EBONISED DWARF BOOKCASE
Lot 230 Sold
A REGENCY PAINTED AND EBONISED DWARF BOOKCASE
with three open shelves supported on turned columns with a long drawer below, on short turned legs terminating in castors, 60cm wide
Hammer price: £1,620
Estimate: £600 - £1,200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE VERRE EGLOMISÉ PIER GLASS
Lot 231 Sold
A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE VERRE EGLOMISÉ PIER GLASS
basically late 17th century with replacements including the principal bevelled plates, the upper plate arched and with an engraved urn in the centre, the verre églomisé blue glass borders with arabesques, strapwork and foliage, 182cm high x 85cm wide

Provenance: Bt. in the early 1970’s, probably at Christie’s.
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £3,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY CHAIR
Lot 232 Sold
A GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY CHAIR
the rectangular back and seat covered in needlework worked with squirrels amidst vases of flowers on a brown ground, the cabriole legs carved at the knees with shells and terminating in eagles claw and ball feet, 57cm wide x 97cm high

Provenance: Bt. in 1965 for twenty eight guineas.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHAIR
Lot 233 Sold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHAIR
the arched back with a pierced and interlaced splat carved with foliage, medallions and scrolls, on cabriole legs carved with acanthus leaves and terminating in ball and claw feet, 56cm wide x 98cm high

Provenance: Clive Ponsonby-Fane, Esq.
Brympton D’Evercy, Somerset, circa 1958.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
Lot 234 Sold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
in the manner of Giles Grendey, with a dentilled cornice over a pair of cartouche-panelled doors with two short and two long drawers below, 132cm wide x 175cm high

Provenance: Inherited from Judith du Boulay's great aunt M. Crichton Maitland.
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £800 - £1,600
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8 March 2023
A VENETIAN GILTWOOD MIRROR
Lot 234a Sold
A VENETIAN GILTWOOD MIRROR
circa 1760, with an arched top and a divided plate, the frame with moulded border carved in relief with foliage, scrolls and urns, the cresting with a central human mask flanked by further scrollwork, 163cm high x 89cm wide
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A VENETIAN STYLE PAINTED WALL BRACKET
Lot 235 Sold
A VENETIAN STYLE PAINTED WALL BRACKET
carved with a face enriched with foliage and flowers, on a white ground, 40cm wide x 45cm high

Provenance: The Drax family at Charborough Park, Dorset.
Bt. at the auction on the premises in 2002.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL TABLE
Lot 236 Unsold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL TABLE
18th century but converted from a firescreen, the rectangular top inset with a needlework panel, on a turned and baluster support with cabriole legs and club feet, 45cm wide

Provenance: Bt. in 1951 for one and a half guineas.
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A REGENCY EBONISED TWO TIER CORNER TABLE
Lot 237 Sold
A REGENCY EBONISED TWO TIER CORNER TABLE
60cm wide

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s South Kensington in 1975 for £35
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
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8 March 2023
A TRIPTYCH MIRROR
Lot 238 Sold
A TRIPTYCH MIRROR
with mirrored border plates, 51cm high x 81.5cm wide
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A DUTCH MAHOGANY UMBRELLA STAND
Lot 239 Sold
A DUTCH MAHOGANY UMBRELLA STAND
late 19th century, of cylindrical from, with a brass bound body and lion mask handles, 77.5cm high

Provenance: Inherited from grandparents at Witham Hall.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023

Total lots: 261

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