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The Autumn Auction

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 16

Lots per page:

Total lots: 362

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
217 REX VICAT COLE (1870-1940) 'Near Headcorn, Kent'
river landscape with cattle, signed and dated 1899 lower right, titled to the stretcher, oil on canvas, 25cm x 35cm
£100 - £200 £60 View
218 FRANK MOSS BENNETT (1874-1952) 'A Recital'
18th century style genre painting with musicians in an interior, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 61cm x 76cm

Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby’s, 2nd November 1994, lot 125, hammer £4,500.
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,500 View
219 EDWARD FRANCIS WELLS (1876-1952) 'Colliton'
signed and dated 1908 lower right, oil on canvas, 25.5cm x 45cm
£100 - £200 £110 View
220 *EDGAR HUNT (1876-1953) A farmyard landscape with goats, chickens and chicks
signed and dated 1919, oil on canvas, 54.5cm x 75.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Duke’s, 1st November 1991, lot 150, hammer £14,000.
£2,000 - £4,000 £8,000 View
221 ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY 'Classical Nudes Dancing in the Sky'
the figures depicted against black grounds, oil paintings on panels, 30cm x 25cm (2)

Provenance: Purchased from John Nicholson, 1st May 2003, lot 744.
£300 - £500 £600 View
222 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman
identified as John Savory (1800-1871) of Burnham Priory, oil on canvas, 77cm x 60cm, with associated information on the sitter

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly…
£300 - £500 - View
223 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A portrait of a young lady
identified as Amelia Ledsam (1819-1905), the sitter depicted bust-length wearing a white dress, oil on canvas, 25cm x 20cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of…
£200 - £400 - View
224 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Lord Dinorben
depicted full-length standing in an interior, wearing the coronation robes of a Baron over military dress uniform, oil on canvas, 40cm x 152cm (unframed on stretcher)

Provenance: The Neave Estate,…
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,000 View
225 J. MCNIEL (19TH CENTURY) ‘West Highlanders'
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 44.5cm x 83cm

Provenance: Purchased from Christie’s, 7th March 2002, lot 44, hammer £3,200.
£500 - £1,000 £500 View
226 DUTCH SCHOOL 19TH CENTURY Cattle Watering
oil on canvas, 48cm x 60cm
£200 - £400 - View
227 DUTCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY An interior scene with a girl and parrot and 'The Consultation'
oils on metal panels, 30cm x 25cm (2)

Provenance: Purchased from Lawrence’s, 23rd May 1996, lot 38.
£300 - £500 - View
228 A GROUP OF THREE SILKWORKS
late 18th and 19th century, including a Regency depiction of Britannia, with unicorn seated at her feet, 26cm x 20cm; a farming girl with wheat shafts gathered on her head, 30cm x 24.5cm; and a group…
£200 - £400 £120 View
229 A LARGE NEEDLEWORK TABLE TAPESTRY
18th century and later, worked with fruit and flowers on a gros-point wool-work ground, fringed with tassels, 180cm x 235cm

Provenance: Purchased from Wilkinson's, 3rd December 2017, Lot 80.
The…
£800 - £1,500 £1,400 View
230 A GROUP OF THREE ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PANELS
circa 1900, each depicting a dancing musician, each c.18.5cm x 9.5cm, one mounted in a giltwood frame (3)
£200 - £400 £200 View
231 AN 18TH CENTURY TERRACOTTA WINE FLAGON
the bulbous vessel having raised vertical seams, with fritted ochre and green mottled glaze, a raised neck, tapering spout, and three strap handles, 39cm high x 32cm diameter

Provenance: Purchased…
£200 - £400 - View
232 GEORGE TINWORTH (1843-1913): A TERRACOTTA RELIEF
signed lower right, for Doulton & Co, Lambeth, depicting the apostles Barnabus and Paul, tearing their clothes in anger, inscribed with scripture to the borders, 14.5cm x 31.5cm
£2,000 - £4,000 £2,300 View
233 A PAIR OF EASTERN AMBER COLOURED VASES
possibly Tibetan, the silver repoussé mounts decorated with dragons and mythical beasts to the shoulders and swags of foliate banding to the body, 20cm high (2)
£200 - £400 £200 View
234 A NORWEGIAN BURR BIRCH PEG TANKARD
18th century, the domed cover carved with the regal lion, carved thumbpiece and handle, on three leafy-carved feet, mounted with a silver armorial crest, quartered orbs and cross bow, 18cm high
£400 - £600 £1,000 View
235 A FRENCH BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL MOUNTED JEWELLERY COFFIN
of bombe form with baroque figureheads to each corner, the
hinged lid opening to a lined vacant interior, on scroll feet, 14.5cm high x 17cm wide; together with two further French jewellery boxes,…
£300 - £500 £220 View
236 A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED BOXWOOD FIGURE OF CHRIST
late 17th/early 18th century, probably Flemish, the Corpus Christi figured in crucifixion, draped perizonium to the waist, nail remaining through both feet, 39cm high

Provenance: Purchased from…
£300 - £500 - View
237 A POLYCHROME AND GILTWOOD CARVING OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
17th/18th century, Mary figured with long flowing robes and the child with both hands, mounted on a velvet clad stand, 33cm high

Provenance: Purchased from Wilkinson's, 2nd December 2007, Lot 121.…
£500 - £1,000 - View
238 AFTER GUILLAUME I COUSTOU (1677-1746) A PAIR OF BRONZE MARLEY HORSES
indistinctly signed to one base, on naturalistic bases, 60cm and 58cm high (2)

Provenance: Purchased from Duke’s 25th January 2002, lot 812, hammer £3,000.
£300 - £500 £800 View
239 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, PAN ASTRIDE A GOAT
brown patinated bronze, apparently unsigned, on Antico Rosso marble plinth, 13.5cm high
£300 - £400 - View
240 SAMUEL JOSEPH (1791-1850) A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
signed and dated 1833 to the reverse, on a socle base, 72cm high x 55cm wide

Note: William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the…
£10,000 - £20,000 - View

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