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Auction date Friday 8 December 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Head of Sale:

Garry Batt & William Batt

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Total lots: 23

A GEORGE II SILVER TUREEN
Lot 6 Unsold
A GEORGE II SILVER TUREEN
by Edward Wakelin, London 1751, of oval serpentine outline, engraved with arms of Lowther for William, 1st Earl of Lonsdale K.G. (1757-1844), 46.5cm long, the later liner by George Clements, London 1825, (c.135 tr. ozs combined); together with an associated stand by William Frisbee, London 1803, 40.5cm long, 50 tr. ozs; and a George II silver Old English pattern ladle, London 1740, 5 tr. ozs (3)
Provenance: The Rt. Hon The Earl of Londsdale, Christie’s, 19th February 1947, lot 96 (a pair…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
PAUL STORR (1770-1844): A GEORGE III SILVER HOT WATER POT
Lot 7 Unsold
PAUL STORR (1770-1844): A GEORGE III SILVER HOT WATER POT
London, 1793, of Neoclassical urn shape with reed mounts, 29cm high, (c.17 tr. ozs gross weight)

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
Paul Storr Paul Storr was an English goldsmith and silversmith working in the Neoclassical and…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
OMAR RAMSDEN (1873–1939): A SILVER INKWELL
Lot 9 Unsold
OMAR RAMSDEN (1873–1939): A SILVER INKWELL
London, 1936, of Art Deco design, with lifting top and scrolled sides, 8cm high x 22cm wide x 14cm deep, engraved to back edge ‘Omar Ramsden Me Fecit’ (c.30 tr. ozs gross weight)

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset.
Omar Ramsden Omar Ramsden was born in Sheffield in 1873, the son of an electroplate and silver…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
A WORCESTER HEXAGONAL VASE AND COVER
Lot 14 Sold
A WORCESTER HEXAGONAL VASE AND COVER
circa 1770, painted in colours with exotic birds amongst fruiting plants, the powder blue ground with gilt foliage, 40cm high

Provenance: The collection of Sir George Armytage
Previously sold at Christie’s on 4th June 1962, lot 60 and 9th February 1981, lot 122
Bought at Kirklees House Sale, conducted by Phillips on 9th June 1987, lot 131
The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929-2022)
and thence by descent.
Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929-2022) Anthony joined Christie’s in 1949 and initially worked on the…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
ROYAL INTEREST: A SILVER PRESENTATION BOX GIFTED FROM ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES (LATER KING EDWARD VII) TO VALENTINE PRINSEP
Lot 16 Sold
ROYAL INTEREST: A SILVER PRESENTATION BOX GIFTED FROM ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES (LATER KING EDWARD VII) TO VALENTINE PRINSEP
on the occasion of Prinsep’s wedding, with inscription to the front “To Val Prinsep R.A. on his marriage from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 28 July 1884”, the box by FB Thomas & Co, London 1881, the retaining silver base by HW King & Son, Chester 1900, inset with a mounted letter from the Prince to Prinsep, on Marlborough House headed paper, 7cm high x 17cm wide x 16cm deep (c.28 tr. ozs gross weight)

Provenance: Private collection, Somerset.
Valentine PrinsepPrinsep was born on 14 February 1838 in Calcutta, India and died on 11 November…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF PRINCE GEORGE, DUKE OF YORK, THE FUTURE KING GEORGE V
Lot 17 Sold
ROYAL INTEREST: A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF PRINCE GEORGE, DUKE OF YORK, THE FUTURE KING GEORGE V
a gift to his son, the future King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor), silver print, the circular head and shoulders portrait mounted on card, the mount signed in pencil by the sitter “For darling David, from Papa, Xmas 1899”, 9cm x 10cm, framed and glazed, 44.2cm x 34.3cm overall

Provenance: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, The Public Collections
Sotheby’s, New York, September 11-19, 1997, lot 148
Private collection, Somerset.
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
AN EARLY RENAISSANCE BOOK WITH LOCAL CONNECTION
Lot 18 Sold
AN EARLY RENAISSANCE BOOK WITH LOCAL CONNECTION
TERENTIUS AFER, Publius.
COMOEDIAE. Commentries of Donatus and Guido Juvenalis, edited by Jodocus Badius Ascensius.
Lyon: Johann Trechsel, 29 August 1493.
Collation: [lacking a-b1] , b2-i7 [lacking i8], k8-P8, Q1-Q5 [lacking Q6-8]. 157 of 159 half-page…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
HARDY, Thomas. Als re Athelhampton Church to Mr A C de Lafontaine at Athelhampton.
Lot 21 Sold
HARDY, Thomas. Als re Athelhampton Church to Mr A C de Lafontaine at Athelhampton.
3pp. in ink on Max Gate headed paper. Dated January 11, 1917. Signed “Yours sincerely Th.s Hardy”, with the original envelope
Hardy apologises for failing to remember the name of the builder of Athelhampton Church in 1861/2.…
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
HARDY, Thomas. Dorchester (Dorset), With Its Surroundings. Ordnance Map.
Lot 22 Sold
HARDY, Thomas. Dorchester (Dorset), With Its Surroundings. Ordnance Map.
1st edition, 1905-1906. One of the Homeland Handbooks series (vol. 46).
8vo., original printed wrappers.
Foreword by Mr Thomas Hardy. Topographical plates. Housed in a blue cloth chemise
Includes chapters on literature about William Barnes and Thomas Hardy, “Casterbridge” and a list of…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
HARDY, Thomas. Notes on Stinsford Church.
Lot 23 Sold
HARDY, Thomas. Notes on Stinsford Church.
Original 4pp. original typescript in the form of a letter to the Restoration Committee of the Church, dated April 1909 from the Athenaeum in London, signed in Hardy’s hand in ink, ‘Yours very truly, Thomas Hardy’, with annotations and a small architectural drawing by Hardy. He gives his professional architect’s view on how best to preserve the church
Together with 3pp. of later typed notes about the letter and a fair copy of a typed letter to Hardy…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 25 Unsold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Als, 1 large sheet signed TE Shaw, addressed from 338171 A/C Shaw, R.A.F Miranshah, Waziristan, dated 28.8.28
“Dear Williamson, Various things have held me back from writing to you. My move: I am a creature of…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 26 Unsold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Als to Henry Williamson, 1pp, signed TE Shaw, on headed notepaper from 14 Barton Street, Westminster London, dated 22/2/29
Lawrence declares he is to be posted to Plymouth…”so if ever the frost breaks (Brrr…Ughhhh) a motor…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 27 Unsold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Als to Henry Williamson, 1pp, signed TES, on headed notepaper from 14 Barton Street, Westminster London, dated 28/2/29
“Tonight I faced a pile of 47 letters to answer…yours is fifth…Executor: yes I will do it, if it…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 28 Unsold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Als to Henry Williamson, 1pp. signed TES, dated 10.vii.29.
Lawrence apologises for not coming to see him because of lack of time off from the R.A.F. He has…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 29 Sold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Als to Henry Williamson: 1 pp., signed TES, dated 22.vii.29
“I’m off to London, crack of dawn tomorrow. Schneider Race Committee Meeting…Will wire, if I can…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 31 Sold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Als to Henry Williamson. 1pp. written in ink, signed TES, from 13 Birmingham St, Southampton and dated 21.xii.33
Apologising for a long delay in replying to a letter from April. He writes he will be leaving the R…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Lot 33 Unsold
TE LAWRENCE LETTERS TO HENRY WILLIAMSON
Als to Henry Williamson. 2pp. written in ink, signed TES, from Bridlington and dated 20.xii.34
“…the death of Yeates strikes me as a direct loss to myself: queer, for I’d never met him. Thank…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
JOHAN DANIËL KOELMAN (1831-1857) ‘Summer landscape with cattle grazing’
Lot 43 Unsold
JOHAN DANIËL KOELMAN (1831-1857) ‘Summer landscape with cattle grazing’
signed and dated 1853 lower left, oil on canvas, 97cm x 147cm

Provenance: 19th Century European Art, Christie’s, London, 20th March 2003, lot 160
the collection of the late Mervyn Stewkesbury.
Johan Daniël KoelmanJohan Daniël Koelman was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, watercolourist and…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
DOW’S SILVER JUBILEE VINTAGE PORT 1977
Lot 63 Unsold
DOW’S SILVER JUBILEE VINTAGE PORT 1977
seven 75cl bottles (7)

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
Dow’sFounded in 1798 by Portugese merchant Bruno da Silva, who imported Portugese wine to London,…
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
A PAIR OF ANTIQUE KASHAN PICTORIAL RUGS
Lot 71 Sold
A PAIR OF ANTIQUE KASHAN PICTORIAL RUGS
woven in colours with floral filled vases within garden settings featuring fish ponds, deer, flowers and birds, on cream grounds, within conforming floral borders, each 220cm x 135cm (2)

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
Note: Kashan, in the northern part of the Isfahan province, Iran, was a centre of silk production…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
Lot 76 Unsold
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
early 18th century and later, the upper section with a broken swan neck pediment over bevelled mirror panelled doors, opening to an interior fitted with small drawers and pigeon holes, the lower section with a herringbone crossbanded fall front opening to an interior inset with a blue baize writing surface and further small drawers and compartments, two short and two long graduated drawers beneath, on tall shaped bracket feet, 220cm high x 102cm wide x 58cm deep

Provenance: A Dorset Private Collection.
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
A LATE GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND CARTON PIERRE MIRROR
Lot 79 Sold
A LATE GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND CARTON PIERRE MIRROR
of Neoclassical design with urn and griffin cresting, fluted frame and plain mirror plate, 164cm x 65cm overall

Provenance: The Estate of the late Sir George Dowty (1901-1975, inventor, engineer and businessman) and Lady Marguerite Dowty,
thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
8 December 2023
8 December 2023
A BLACK FOREST CARVED LINDENWOOD MUSICAL SMOKING COMPANION
Lot 81 Unsold
A BLACK FOREST CARVED LINDENWOOD MUSICAL SMOKING COMPANION
late 19th century, the shaped and carved top with a central brass well flanked by two lidded compartments, one containing a music box, three carved bears mounted above, on a tree carved tripod base with a further climbing bear, 87cm high x 46cm wide x 35.5cm deep

Provenance: From an important private sporting collection, Midlands.
Note: The Black Forest wood carving industry started in Brienz, Switzerland, after a disastrous…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
8 December 2023
8 December 2023

Total lots: 23

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