Auction:
Thursday 13th July at 10.30am
Including property from the collection of Bruce and Elizabeth Chatwin
Items from the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022),
a private collection of Christopher Dresser Design
and
the Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset.
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Head of Sale:
Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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142 |
A PAIR OF WROUGHT IRON FIREDOGS
of 17th Century design, with disc tops on plain rectangular uprights and arched feet, each 46cm high x 14cm deep x 44cm wide
Provenance: The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green,… |
£200 - £400 | £200 | View |
143 |
TWO PORCELAIN VASE LAMPS
including a Chinese example, 20th century, of baluster form, decorated with birds, foliage and character marks, 38cm high, converted to an electric table lamp with ebonised stand and shade, together…
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£80 - £150 | £80 | View |
144 |
A FINELY CARVED OAK GOTHIC PANEL
late 19th/early 20th century, 65cm high x 51cm wide
Provenance: The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green, Somerset. |
£50 - £100 | £100 | View |
144a |
A CENTRAL PERSIAN KASHAN RUNNER
the rich red ground with central floral medallions, 381cm x 79cm
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£200 - £400 | £320 | View |
145 |
AN EARTHENWARE AMPHORA LAMP
20th Century, with metal mounts to neck and base, 50cm high, with shade
Provenance: The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green, Somerset. |
£40 - £60 | £75 | View |
146 |
*GEORGE WEISSBORT (1928-2013) Figures in a wooded landscape
signed and dated 1957 in pencil lower right, watercolour, 28cm x 38.5cm
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist. Purchased Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 6th June 2018, lot 163. The residual… |
£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
147 |
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DISH
possibly 18th Century, decorated with panels of flowers within brown rim, 3.5cm high x 29cm diameter, together with two pairs of Chinese blue and white porcelain dishes, each decorated with dignitary…
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£200 - £300 | £380 | View |
148 |
AN EMPIRE STYLE MAHOGANY AND GILT METAL MOUNTED COMMODE
20th century, with a single frieze drawer centered by an urn and foliate cast motif, three further drawers below, flanked by caryatid supports, on tapered block legs, 101cm high x 121cm wide x 65cm…
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£150 - £250 | £220 | View |
149 |
A CHINESE PORCELAIN YELLOW GROUND BALUSTER VASE
bearing six character Zhengde period mark to the base, the body with incised prunus tree decoration, 36.5cm high
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£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
150 |
A PAIR OF GILT METAL TORCHERES
with scrolled and hammered arms and downswept foliate cast legs, each 47cm high x 32cm wide (2)
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
151 |
*MICHAEL POTTER (b.1951) 'Drying Out'
screen print numbered 159/200, signed lower right, 50cm x 35cm
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£50 - £100 | £70 | View |
152 |
A PAIR OF FRENCH TAPESTRY CURTAINS
20th century, covered in all-over floral patternation, tasseled to one edge of each curtain, 298cm drop x 155cm wide at the top and 245cm wide at the base
Provenance: The residual contents of… |
£100 - £200 | £80 | View |
153 |
A BIEDERMEIER STYLE SATINWOOD CENTRE TABLE
the circular top over a plain frieze, on four sabre legs, the shoulder of each leg with a contrasting rhombus applique, 72cm high x 100cm wide
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£80 - £150 | £70 | View |
154 |
LOLA DUNSTON DE PAOLA (b.1922) An abstract figural scene
signed and dated lower right and to the reverse, oil on canvas, 74cm x 99cm
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
155 |
AFTER JOHN CHEERE (1709–1787) A PAIR OF LEAD GARDEN FIGURES
depicting a man and woman in 18th century pastoral dress, 112cm high and 106cm high (2)
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£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
156 |
AN H&E SMITH LUSTRE POTTERY 'DODO' TILE
after the original design by William de Morgan, four H&R Johnson ‘Bird’ tiles designed by Ann Wynn Reeves (b. 1929j and two other thistle H&R Johnson tiles, all 15cm square (7)
Provenance:… |
£20 - £30 | £50 | View |
157 |
A COMPOSITE STONE PLINTH
of circular section, the fluted columnar body to a turned base, 120cm high x 43cm wide
From the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022). |
£80 - £150 | £45 | View |
158 |
A VICTORIAN GREY PAINTED PINE SIDEBOARD
with scrubbed top, three drawers and cupboards under, 95cm high x 165cm wide x 55cm deep
Provenance: The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green, Somerset. |
£300 - £500 | £260 | View |
159 |
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520) 'The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth'
19th century, oil on canvas,137cm x 107cm, in a foliate and acorn carved giltwood frame
Provenance: An artist's Estate, West Dorset |
£500 - £1,000 | £550 | View |
160 |
AN EDWARDIAN ROCKING HORSE BY G & J LINES OF LONDON
the painted wooden horse on an articulate trestle base, bearing the makers badge to the back of the stand, 89cm high x 105cm long x 44cm wide
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,400 | View |
161 |
A LARGE GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
20th century, the domed plate within a moulded surround surmounted by a ribbon cresting, 125cm high x 136cm wide
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£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
162 |
A 19TH CENTURY BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK BY R. FAGE OF PARIS
the shaped case with cockerel finial, ormolu mounts and porcelain dial to an eight day movement striking on a bell, 32cm high
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly… |
£200 - £300 | £200 | View |
163 |
MANNER OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778) Two views of Rome
sepia and ink on paper, including 'Le Portique d'Octavia', numbered 41, 17.5cm x 25cm, and 'Restes des Termes de Diocletien', numbered 48, 17.5cm x 25cm (2)
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£50 - £100 | £280 | View |
164 |
A 19TH CENTURY MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE - A LADY ARCHER
her bonnet containing arrows hung from the marble column beside her, incised figure No.F32 after the original by Michael Victor Acier, 15.5cm high, together with a Sitzendorf porcelain figure (2)
… |
£80 - £100 | £80 | View |
165 |
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY JOHNATHON WOOD OF STROUD
the 35cm brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, later spandrels, the patched over calendar dial engraved ‘Keep me clean, use me well, and I to you the truth will tell’, to the eight day two train…
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£300 - £400 | - | View |
166 |
A SET OF SIX EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PORCELAIN SERVING DISHES
probably Bloor Derby, each decorated in the Imari palette with weeping willow and river within segmented borders, each approximately 28cm square, together with a similar circular bowl 28cm diameter
… |
£150 - £200 | £340 | View |
167 |
A PAIR OF ORMOLU CANDLEBRA OF 18TH CENTURY ‘BACCHIC’ DESIGN
with twin leaf sconces, the baluster stems capped with fruiting vines, each 39cm high x 30 cm diameter (2)
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton… |
£100 - £200 | £130 | View |
168 |
A TRADITIONALLY UPHOLSTERED SETTEE
with curved back rail and upholstered in beige loose covers
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent. |
£200 - £300 | - | View |
169 |
*ELYSE ASHE LORD (1900-1971) A study of figures reading
signed and numbered 1/75 in pencil to the margin, coloured etching, 36cm x 45cm
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£50 - £100 | £20 | View |
170 |
AFTER DOMINIQUE ALONZO (act.1910-1930) A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DANCER AND HOOP
signed to the base, with J. B. Deposes foundry mark, on a turned marble plinth, 48cm high
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£300 - £500 | £200 | View |
171 |
AN OLD ELM RECTANGULAR HALL TABLE
18th century and later, on slender turned supports, 66cm high x 135cm long x 45cm wide
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton,… |
£100 - £150 | £380 | View |
172 |
A GROUP OF SIX COMPOSITE STONE PLANTERS ON STANDS
of campagna urn form, each with egg and dart moulded top edge and greek key carved body, on square section plinth bases, 87cm high x 42cm wide (6)
From the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay… |
£200 - £400 | £230 | View |
172a |
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN TABRIZ CARPET
the red ground covered with flowers and leafy tendrils, within contrasting borders and guards, 380cm x 305cm
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£700 - £1,000 | - | View |
173 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Three portraits of 'Torquay Ladies'
two mounted together, together with three views of Torquay and one view of Anstey’s Cove, all watercolours, mostly 15cm x 21cm and dated 1889, in later gilt frames (6)
Provenance: The Estate of the… |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
174 |
A LATE 19TH CENTURY SARREGUEMINES POTTERY VASE
after a design by Dr Christopher Dresser, painted and incised with a geometric pattern on a tan ground, no. 1317
Note: see Morley, Christopher, Dresser's Decorative Design, p. 136, fig. 222 … |
£40 - £60 | £60 | View |
175 |
A MOSAIC SQUARE TILE - ST. JOHANNES
decorated with spread eagle, 31cm square, in ebonised frame
Provenance: Property of a Private Collector |
£60 - £80 | £40 | View |
176 |
A SET OF SIX EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD BALLOON BACK DINING CHAIRS
the drop in seats upholstered in leaf machine tapestry, on slender turned front legs
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£250 - £300 | - | View |
177 |
*JOHN JOWITT (1904-1996) ‘Mrs John Somerset Paddon’
signed and dated 1974, oil painting on board, 80cm x 50cm, in gilt frame, label verso with artist’s name, title of work and address of ‘Brook House, Chideock, Bridport’
Provenance: The Estate of the… |
£100 - £150 | £150 | View |
178 |
A PAIR OF LARGE AND UNUSUAL NEAR EASTERN BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
early 20th century, with circular sconces, panelled baluster and knopped stems, on ebonised hardwood ring turned bases, 116cm high x 18cm diameter
Note: Purchased from Wilkinson's, Period Oak,… |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
179 |
COLIN MELBOURNE FOR BESWICK: A POTTERY BOWL
externally with brown glaze, decorated internally in blue with a spiderweb, 9cm high x 25cm long x 16cm wide, No. 1404
Provenance: Property of a Private Collector |
£30 - £40 | £15 | View |
180 |
A REGENCY STYLE GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR
the circular plate within an ebonised wood banded surround, the moulded frame with applied balls and surmounted by a carved eagle cresting, two scrolled candle arms with cut glass sconces to the base…
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£150 - £250 | £150 | View |
181 |
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'The Harbour'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 556, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 published by Venture Prints Ltd. in…
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£1,400 - £1,800 | - | View |
182 |
AN EARLY GEORGE III FIGURED WALNUT BUREAU
the crossbanded slope enclosing fitted interior, two short and three long graduated drawers under on bracket feet, 102cm high x 95cm wide x 50cm deep
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo… |
£400 - £600 | - | View |
183 |
AN ANTIQUE NORTH WEST PERSIAN LONG RUG
woven in colour with geometric tree of life on a blue ground within geometric borders, 222cm long x 114cm wide
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk… |
£200 - £300 | £100 | View |
184 |
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SQUARE DRESSING STOOL
the hinged lifting seat upholstered in floral needlework, on shell capped cabriole legs and scrolled toes, 48cm high x 48 cm square
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon,… |
£200 - £300 | - | View |
185 |
A DRESDEN PORCELAIN, PROBABLY MEISSEN, FIGURE OF A SHEPHERD
18th century, modelled playing the flute and leaning against rustic stump, hound at foot, 17cm high, the unglazed base with faint marks, and an Adams 28 Old Bond St London label
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£100 - £200 | £480 | View |
186 |
A LOUIS XIV STYLE GILT BRONZE WALL SCONCE OF LARGE PROPORTIONS
with scrolled branches, two lacking drip pans and sconce, 84cm high
Provenance: The Christopher Hodsoll Collection. |
£100 - £200 | £40 | View |
187 |
*CHARLES RAKE (b.1946) 'The Old Farm'
signed and dated '94 lower right, oil on board, 29cm x 41cm
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£150 - £250 | £160 | View |