Auction:
Wednesday 18th October at 10.30am
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:
| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 145 |
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… |
£80 - £150 | £320 | View |
| 146 |
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 |
£50 - £100 | £130 | View |
| 147 |
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…
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 148 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 149 |
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 |
£80 - £150 | £50 | View |
| 150 |
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. |
£1,000 - £2,000 | - | View |
| 151 |
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…
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,000 | View |
| 152 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 153 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 154 |
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
… |
£100 - £200 | £700 | View |
| 155 |
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:… |
£80 - £150 | £80 | View |
| 156 |
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 |
£80 - £150 | £140 | View |
| 157 |
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 'Saint Eustace'
engraving, 31.5cm x 26cm (sheet)
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£300 - £500 | £320 | View |
| 158 |
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Baptism of the Eunuch'
etching with drypoint, 18.5cm x 21.5cm
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£300 - £500 | £1,000 | View |
| 159 |
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Strolling Musicians'
etching, 15.5cm x 12.25cm (sheet)
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£500 - £1,000 | £550 | View |
| 160 |
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
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£400 - £800 | £1,000 | View |
| 161 |
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
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£500 - £1,000 | £300 | View |
| 162 |
FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Old Testament scene, signed indistinctly bottom left, ink and ink wash on paper, 48 x 80 cm
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£400 - £800 | - | View |
| 163 |
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. |
£600 - £800 | - | View |
| 164 |
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 |
£400 - £800 | £300 | View |
| 165 |
EMERIC ESSEX VIDAL (1791-1861) HMS Asia in heavy seas
sepia watercolour over traces of pencil, 42cm x 59cm
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£800 - £1,500 | £1,000 | View |
| 166 |
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. |
£200 - £400 | £190 | View |
| 167 |
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Sheep resting on a hillside
signed and dated 1890 lower left, watercolour, 35cm x 50cm
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£800 - £1,500 | - | View |
| 168 |
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. |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 169 |
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. |
£300 - £500 | £280 | View |
| 170 |
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
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£300 - £500 | £360 | View |
| 171 |
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
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£200 - £400 | £280 | View |
| 172 |
MYLES BIRKET FOSTER (1825-1899), 'The Thrum on the Coquet at Rothbury'
monogrammed lower right, watercolour, 34cm x 26cm
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,300 | View |
| 173 |
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.…
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£10,000 - £20,000 | - | View |
| 174 |
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… |
£1,000 - £2,000 | - | View |
| 175 |
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. |
£1,000 - £2,000 | - | View |
| 176 |
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. |
£1,000 - £2,000 | - | View |
| 177 |
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… |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £500 | View |
| 178 |
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… |
£600 - £800 | £300 | View |
| 179 |
*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… |
£150 - £250 | £140 | View |
| 180 |
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
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£1,500 - £2,500 | - | View |
| 181 |
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. |
£1,000 - £2,000 | - | View |
| 182 |
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,… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £2,200 | View |
| 183 |
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. |
£150 - £250 | £750 | View |
| 184 |
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
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£500 - £1,000 | £420 | View |
| 185 |
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
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£500 - £1,000 | £750 | View |
| 186 |
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… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £1,800 | View |
| 187 |
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… |
£4,000 - £8,000 | £3,600 | View |
| 188 |
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. |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £1,600 | View |
| 189 |
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… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 190 |
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… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £1,300 | View |
| 191 |
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… |
£3,000 - £6,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 192 |
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
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £2,000 | View |
