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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.

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Total lots: 245

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
198 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.
£30 - £60 £90 View
199 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century
A view of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich,
published by West,
coloured engraving,
24.5cm x 40.5cm
£30 - £50 £60 View
200 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 …
£300 - £600 £350 View
201 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.
£300 - £600 - View
202 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…
£50 - £100 £220 View
203 AMELIA LONG, LADY FARNBOROUGH (1762-1837)
Chepstow Castle,
pencil on blue paper,
40.5cm x 31cm
£50 - £100 £60 View
204 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
£30 - £50 £60 View
205 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)
£30 - £60 £50 View
207 ATTRIBUTED TO GONZALES COQUES (1614-1684)
A scientist holding a phial, standing in a street,
oil on canvas,
42.5cm x 37.5cm
£500 - £1,000 £1,000 View
208 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
£300 - £600 £600 View
209 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…
£300 - £600 £950 View
214 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.
£100 - £200 - View
215 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
£500 - £1,000 £8,500 View
216 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)
£150 - £250 - View
217 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.
£150 - £250 - View
218 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…
£500 - £1,000 £450 View
219 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…
£500 - £1,000 £700 View
220 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…
£500 - £1,000 £2,200 View
221 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
£200 - £400 £800 View
222 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)
£80 - £150 £320 View
223 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)
£50 - £100 £350 View
225 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
£200 - £400 £190 View
226 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.
£50 - £100 - View
227 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…
£300 - £600 £400 View

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