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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 337 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: TWO VIEWS OF WEYMOUTH
'Weymouth & Entrance to Harbour' lithographed by Newman & Co., publ. R. H. Croyden of Weymouth, 25cm x 45cm; and another view of the Harbour entrance with paddle steamer, by Day & Son for the subscribers of the Southern Times, 41.5cm x 58cm, mixed method prints (2)

Provenance: A Private Dorset Collection.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 338 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: THREE VIEWS OF WEYMOUTH
a view of the entrance to Weymouth Harbour by P.W. Tomkins after J.T. Serres, with dedication to the King, the image 42cm x 70cm; a view of Weymouth Bay by John Hassell, the image 22.5cm x 34.5cm; and 'View from Redlands Farm House' by George Isham Parkyns after Mary, Marchioness of Thomond, née Palmer, 16cm x 19.5cm, mixed method coloured prints (3)

Provenance: A Private Dorset Collection.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 339 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: THREE VIEWS OF PORTLAND
'Portland Bay with the Breakwater' by Charles Mottram after John Wilson Carmichael, the image 50cm x 76cm; 'Portland Roadstead and Breakwater Works', by P.W. Tomkins, the image 21.5cm x 54cm; and 'Portland' by J Newman & Co, publ. J. Pruddah, Royal Library, Weymouth, the image 23.3cm x 33.3cm, mixed method coloured prints (3)

Provenance: A Private Dorset Collection.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 340 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: A FOLIO OF UNFRAMED VIEWS OF WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND
'Belfield Lodge' by James Fittler and Thomas Morris, aquatint engraving, 26cm x 29.5cm (plate); 'View of Melcombe Regis, near Weymouth', by Owen and Creighton, engraving, 31cm x 48.5cm; 'Wyke and Portland' by J.W. Upham after Bluck, coloured engraving, 34.5cm x 43cm (plate); and two coloured lithographs by R. Groom after C.J. Greenwood 'Weymouth - South End Harbour' and 'Weymouth - North End and Greenhill', published by Abraham Tucker of Weymouth (5)

Provenance: A Private Dorset Collection.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 341 Sold
JOHN BEDLOE GODDARD (1838-1896) Man O'War Cove, Dorset
coastal landscape, signed lower right, watercolour, 75cm x 44cm; together with another Dorset landscape by the same artist, a view from the grounds of Smedmore House, looking towards Clavell Tower and Kimmeridge Bay, signed and dated 1876 lower right, watercolour, 32cm x 60cm (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 342 Unsold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) 'The Old Water-Mill, Sturminster Newton'
signed and dated 1959 lower right, watercolour, 37cm x 54cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 343 Sold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) 'Corfe Castle, Dorset'
signed lower right, watercolour, 38cm x 55cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 344 Unsold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) Dorset Mill scene
signed and dated '39 lower right, watercolour, 37.5cm x 55cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 345 Sold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) Scottish landscape view
signed lower right, watercolour, 27cm x 38cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 346 Unsold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) Mill scene with ducks
signed and dated 1926 lower right, watercolour, 26.5cm x 37cm; together with another similar view of a river landscape, signed and dated '62 lower right, watercolour 26cm x 35cm (2)

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 347 Unsold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) 'The Inner Harbour, Polperro'
signed and dated '56 lower right, watercolour, 26.5cm x 37cm; together with another similar Cornish harbour view, signed and dated '61 lower right, watercolour, 26cm x 35cm (2)

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 348 Unsold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) A pair of street scenes with figures
one signed lower right, watercolours, each 37cm x 27cm (2)

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 349 Unsold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) Street scene with figures
signed lower right, watercolour, 37cm x 26.5cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Estimate: £50 - £100
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 350 Sold
*CHARLES E GEORGES (1869-1970) A folio of unframed watercolours
chiefly landscape and seascape studies, some mounted; together with Georges' copy of 'The Land of Memories' by Ida M. Bogue and related ephemera

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 351 Sold
WILLIAM PYE (1855-1934) 'From Bincombe Heath'
a view over Weymouth with the Isle of Portland beyond, titled in pencil verso, oil on board, 23cm x 36cm
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 352 Sold
HARDY, FLORENCE EMILY (1879-1937) THE EARLY LIFE OF THOMAS HARDY 1840-1891
published London, 1928, Macmillan and Co., inscribed and autographed to the front page by Florence Hardy and dedicated to S. M. Ellis; together with Florence Hardy's 'The Later Years of Thomas Hardy 1892-1928', published London, 1930, Macmillan and Co., similarly autographed and dedicated to Mr Ellis; and four signed handwritten letters, from Florence Hardy to Mr Ellis, three dated 1929, one 1922, in the earlier letter Florence mentions her husband's gratitude for Mr Ellis sending him an article of interest
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £200 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 353 Sold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
third edition, volumes 1-4, printed by John Bowyer Nichols, Westminster 1861, green three-quarter leather binding (4)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 354 Unsold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
first edition, volumes I and II, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, London 1774, volume I with folding map to front flyleaf, later black three-quarter leather and black silk binding
Estimate: £500 - £700
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 355 Sold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
third edition, volumes I-IV, printed by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, Westminster 1873, three-quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 356 Unsold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
first edition, volume two, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, London, 1774, later full dark green leather binding with gilt tooled red leather half titles
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 357 Unsold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
third edition, volumes I-IV, printed by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, Westminster, 1861, three-quarter vellum binding with gilt tooled black leather half titles and blue cloth boards
Estimate: £300 - £400
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 358 Unsold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET’
second edition, volumes I-IV, printed by John Nichols, London and sold by G.G. and J. Robinson, London et al, 1796, containing extra plan of Sherborne, volumes three and four enlarged by Richard Gough, later three quarter brown leather binding with gilt tooled red leather half titles and marbled boards
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 359 Unsold
MAYO, CHARLES HERBERT: ‘A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MAYO & ELTON FAMILIES’
second edition, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, London 1908, green cloth binding, inscribed to inside cover ‘To A.W. Gould, with the author’s very kind regards, C.H. Mayo, Long Burton Vicarage, Dorset, May 15. 1909’
Estimate: £350 - £500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Lot 360 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: THE DIARIES OF THE REVEREND HENRY WILLIAM MOULE (1873-1953)
the diaries covering the years 1897-1952, handwritten in Chinese, English and Greek, with references to major world events such as the Titanic disaster and two World Wars and including letters and press clippings, thirty-seven volumes (37)
Biographical note: Henry William Moule was born 16th September 1871 in Hangchow, China, son of…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
18 October 2023
18 October 2023

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