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Auction date Wednesday 18 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Wednesday 18th October at 10.30am

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Lots 1 – 56   |   Legacies from the Napoleonic Age

Lots 57 – 144   |   Ceramics and Glass

Lots 145 – 250   |   Pictures and Works of Art

Lots 251 – 257    |   Clocks

Lots 258 – 273    |   Rugs and Carpets

Lots 274 – 307   |   Furniture

Lots 308 – 331   |   Books and Maps

Lots 332 – 362   |  Dorset


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Head of Sale:

Garry Batt & William Batt

Page:

of 8

Lots per page:

Total lots: 362

Lot 145 Sold
AFTER SAMUEL COOPER (c.1608-1672) A portrait miniature
possibly Anthony Ashley Cooper (1652-1699), 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury, painted on ivory, 7.5cm x 6cm, in a gold coloured metal frame

Ivory submission reference: T9TSJEH4

Note: The original resides in the V&A Museum, no.P.66-90.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 146 Sold
A REGENCY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG MAN
painted on ivory, indistinctly signed lower right, dressed in a blue doublet, 5.5cm x 5.5cm

Ivory submission reference: MBBTE2AD
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 147 Unsold
A GEORGE III PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN THE MANNER OF RICHARD COSWAY (1742-1821)
18th century, painted on ivory, the seated lady with powdered hair wearing a white dress with blue ribbon, 7cm x 5.6cm, in a gold coloured metal frame backed with blue glass and containing a locket of hair

Ivory submission reference: 29CHM7XG
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 148 Sold
A WILLIAM IV PORTRAIT MINIATURE
painted on ivory, a young man in a black coat, inscribed in French verso and dated 1834, 7.6cm x 6cm

Ivory submission reference: XCFTPJNK
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 149 Sold
A WILLIAM IV PORTRAIT MINIATURE
painted on ivory, depicting an elderly gentleman, inscribed in French to the reverse and dated 1834, 7.6cm x 6cm

Ivory submission reference: BNZX9YG4
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 150 Unsold
MARIE MARGUERITE FRANÇOISE JASER ROUCHIER (1782-1873) A portrait of a young lady
signed lower right, watercolour on ivory, 4.5cm x 3.5cm

Ivory submission reference: BKMYJC85

Provenance: Private Collection, Somerset.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 151 Sold
A FAMILY GROUP OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES
18th and early 19th century, painted on ivory, each in gold coloured metal frames engraved with the sitter to the reverse, on a velvet and gilt metal mount, including John Quayle (1693-1755) 3.4cm x 3cm, George Quayle (1751-1835) 3.6cm x 3cm, John Quayle (1725-1797) 3.5cm x 3cm and Sir George Moore 3.7cm x 3.1cm (1709-1787)

Ivory submission reference: TF9XCT83
Note: Sir George Moore of Ballamoore was a merchant of Peel, on the Isle of Man, who dealt mainly…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 152 Sold
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY
late 18th/early 19th century, painted on ivory, wearing a bonnet tied with blue ribbon, 6.2cm x 4.5cm, in a gold coloured metal frame

Ivory submission reference: REQYSZJV
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 153 Sold
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN
early 19th century, painted on ivory, wearing a rust coloured doublet, 7.5cm x 6cm, in a gold coloured metal frame backed with blue glass and a monogram

Ivory submission reference: 8PDSRCY9
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 154 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE
painted on ivory, the gold coloured metal frame engraved to the reverse ‘From His Imperial Majesty The Emperor Alexander 2nd of Russia to Lieut Gen. Sir Francis Seymour Barts C. B, 1874’, 4cm x 3cm

Ivory submission reference: XGDHG37U
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 155 Sold
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE, PROBABLY ELIZABETH CONYNGHAM, MARCHIONES CONYNGHAM
19th century, painted on ivory, wearing a red cloak, 9.4cm x 7.1cm, in a gold coloured metal frame, bearing label verso ‘Countess of Conynham painted by Moloy (?)’

Ivory submission reference: H5XXCDFK

Note: Elizabeth Conyngham was the last mistress of George IV, her beauty attracted many admirers.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 156 Sold
PROBABLY WILLIAM DANCE (ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY) A portrait miniature of 'John Fordati'
A portrait miniature of ‘John Fordati’ painted on ivory, wearing black collared jacket, inscribed verso ‘James Fordati 1833 by Dance’, 9.5cm x 7.3cm

Ivory submission reference: 53DRPWQ8
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 157 Sold
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 'Saint Eustace'
engraving, 31.5cm x 26cm (sheet)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 158 Sold
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Baptism of the Eunuch'
etching with drypoint, 18.5cm x 21.5cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 159 Sold
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Strolling Musicians'
etching, 15.5cm x 12.25cm (sheet)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 160 Sold
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'Jan Cornelis Sylvius'
signed and dated 1633 within the plate, faint ink monogram in an old hand verso, etching, the sheet 17.5cm x 14.75cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £400 - £800
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 161 Sold
MANNER OF BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO (1618-1682) 'The Vision of St Paschal Baylon of Villa Reale'
brown ink on paper, with a sketch of a bird verso, 23.5cm x 17.5cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 162 Unsold
FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Old Testament scene, signed indistinctly bottom left, ink and ink wash on paper, 48 x 80 cm
Estimate: £400 - £800
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 163 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS BOUCHER (1703-1770) Venus and a putto
pencil and coloured chalks on blue paper, 19.5cm x 24.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
Estimate: £600 - £800
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 164 Sold
GEORGE II BARRET (c.1767-1842) 'Landscape with a Boy Fishing'
watercolour, 20cm x 33cm

Provenance: Squire Gallery, Portman Square, London W1.
Michael B. Harman Esq. and thence by direct descent
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £800
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 165 Sold
EMERIC ESSEX VIDAL (1791-1861) HMS Asia in heavy seas
sepia watercolour over traces of pencil, 42cm x 59cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 166 Sold
ASCRIBED TO VALENTINE BARTHOLOMEW (1799-1879) Still life with flowers, fruit and a cat
watercolour and bodycolour, 45cm x 35cm

Provenance: Purchased from Duke’s, 28th February 2002, lot 32.
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 167 Unsold
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Sheep resting on a hillside
signed and dated 1890 lower left, watercolour, 35cm x 50cm
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 168 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Sheep herding
bearing signature lower right, watercolour, 24cm x 35cm

Provenance: Purchased from Lawrence’s,13th October 1994, lot 207.
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 169 Sold
JOHN DOBBIN (1815-1844) A BUSY STREET SCENE IN LOUVAIN, BELGIUM
featung the Hotel de Ville, inscribed and dated 1856, signed, watercolour, 61cm x 81cm

Provenance: Purchased from John Nicholson, 1st May 2003, lot 666.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 170 Sold
WILLIAM CHARLES TH. DOBSON (1817-1898) A portrait of a girl with flowers
monogrammed and dated 1877 lower left, watercolour on paper, 49cm x 55cm
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 171 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS (1817-1904) A study of a monk
depicted three quarter length standing, head bowed and hands across his chest, monogrammed lower right, pencil heightened with white, 35.5cm x 27.5cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 172 Sold
MYLES BIRKET FOSTER (1825-1899), 'The Thrum on the Coquet at Rothbury'
monogrammed lower right, watercolour, 34cm x 26cm
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 173 Unsold
FREDERICK SANDYS (1832-1904) A family group of portraits relating to the Somerset-Paddon Family
Rebecca Wreford-Paddon (1856-1944) depicted bust-length, signed upper right, titled upper left, pencil and coloured chalks on blue paper, 75cm x 55cm; and her children Eva Marion Somerset Paddon (b. 1880) and Stanley Somerset Wreford Paddon (b. 1881), pencil and coloured chalks on blue paper, each 60cm x 50cm (3)

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 174 Unsold
GEORGE SAMUEL ELGOOD (1851-1943) 'The Herbaceous Border at Knockwood'
signed lower centre, dated 1906 lower right, watercolour, 25cm x 36cm

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London.
Private Collection, London and Dorset.

Literature: Eckstein, Eve ‘George Samuel Elgood: His life and work 1851-1943’, publ. Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK)Ltd, 1995.
Note: George Samuel Elgood was an English artist and illustrator, known for his views of formal and…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 175 Unsold
GEORGE SAMUEL ELGOOD (1851-1943) 'The Gazebo at Loseley Park'
signed and dated 1891 lower left, watercolour, 38cm x 30.75cm; together with an associated photograph of the same view, apparently taken by Elgood

Provenance: Private Collection, London and Dorset.
Note: George Samuel Elgood was an English artist and illustrator, known for his views of formal and…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 176 Unsold
GEORGE SAMUEL ELGOOD (1851-1943) 'Terrace Steps, Knockwood'
signed and dated 1926 lower left, watercolour, 32.5cm x 26.5cm

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London.
Private Collection, London and Dorset.
Note: George Samuel Elgood was an English artist and illustrator, known for his views of formal and…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 177 Sold
FRANK MILES (1852-1891) A portrait of Mrs Wreford Paddon
depicted bust-length, signed lower right, titled upper right, pencil on buff paper, 41cm x 28cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 178 Sold
ALICE MAY CHAMBERS (fl. 1880-1893) A portrait of Rebecca Porter Paddon
depicted head and shoulders before flowering foliage, monogrammed upper left, red chalks on paper, 45cm x 38cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
Note: Rebecca Porter Paddon was born Rebecca Porter Somerset at Havering House, Milton Lilbourne,…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £600 - £800
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 179 Sold
*CHARLES SIDNEY CHESTON (1882-1960) 'Lansdown Hill, Bath, 1929'
street scene with figures, signed lower right, titled verso, watercolour and pencil, 23.5cm x 37cm

Provenance: P & D Colnaghi & Co, Mayfair, London.
Michael B. Harman Esq. and thence by direct descent.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 180 Unsold
MANNER OF DENYS FIAMMINGO CALVAERT (1540-1619) The Flagellation of Christ
the foreground depicting Christ picking up the purple robe of Kingship, the background showing Christ’s presentation to the people by Pontius Pilate, circa 1610-20, oil on copper panel, 34cm x 24cm
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 181 Unsold
MANNER OF FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
oil on canvas, 43cm x 32cm

Provenance: Purchased from Mallams, Oxford.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 182 Sold
MANNER OF CLAUDE GELLEE, CALLED LE LORRAIN (1600-1682) 'Seaport at Ostia with the Villa Medici'
signed, oil on canvas, 101.5cm x 134.5cm

Provenance: The Atkinson Family, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria and subsequently purchased by the present
vendor’s father from Duke’s 4th March 1993, lot 144, hammer £4,400.

Note: According to Professor Michael Kitson, late of the Courtauld Institute of Art, this work is of particular interest since it appears to have been in this country since the 17th Century, making it an extremely early copy dating to the lifetime of Claude, or shortly after his death.
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 183 Sold
JOHN MAYLE WICHELO (1627-1703) A moonlit lake scene
a city on the horizon, oil on canvas, 33cm x 44cm

Provenance: Purchased from Duke’s, 4th March 1993, lot 25.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £150 - £250
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 184 Sold
MANNER OF MARY BEALE (1633-1699) A portrait of a gentleman
depicted bust-length, wearing a curly brown wig, brocaded jacket, red cloak and lace stock, feigned oval, 75cm x 62cm
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 185 Sold
ASCRIBED TO HYACINTHE RIGAUD (1659-1743) A portrait of a gentleman
depicted half-length, wearing a curly brown wig, ermine-lined red robes over black and holding a roll of paper in his right hand, oil on canvas, 122cm x 91cm
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 186 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO MICHAEL DAHL (1656/59-1743) A portrait of Catherine Plumer with her child
seated three-quarter length, oil on canvas, 127cm x 101.5cm

Provenance: This private collection of Plumer family portraits has passed by descent at Whatcombe, an important 18th century house in Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 187 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO JONATHAN RICHARDSON (1665-1745) A portrait of John Plumer
standing three-quarter length, before an arch, oil on canvas, 193cm x 152.5cm

Provenance: This private collection of Plumer family portraits has passed by descent at Whatcombe, an important 18th century house in Dorset.
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 188 Sold
JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of Catherine, daughter of John Plumer, holding her baby
oil on canvas, 127cm x 101.5cm

Provenance: This private collection of Plumer family portraits has passed by descent at Whatcombe, an important 18th century house in Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 189 Unsold
JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of Walter Plumer, Esq.
three-quarter length wearing a red coat, signed and dated 1733, oil on canvas, 127cm x 101.5cm

Provenance: This private collection of Plumer family portraits has passed by descent at Whatcombe, an important 18th century house in Dorset.
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 190 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of William Plumer
seated, three-quarter length wearing a brown coat, oil on canvas, 127cm x 101.5cm

Provenance: This private collection of Plumer family portraits has passed by descent at Whatcombe, an important 18th century house in Dorset.
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 191 Sold
PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY (?) A child standing full-length in an interior with a spaniel to one side and drapery above
oil on canvas, 114cm x 80cm; and the companion painting (both unframed) (2)

Provenance: An important Italian noble family collection.
Purchased from Duke's, 14th September 2017, Lot 976.
The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green, Somerset.
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £6,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 192 Sold
JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of Thomas Lennard Barrett, XVI Lord Dacre (1717-1786)
circa 1730, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 74cm x 62cm
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023

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