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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
25 KITCHENER, WILLIAM: THE SEA SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDIN
London, 1823, first edition, inscribed to E.H. Baily (1788-1867) from a sincere friend, with Baily's armorial bookplate, with black Morocco binding

Provenance: Purchased from Westfield Books, York,…
£100 - £200 £200 View
26 A SMALL 18TH CENTURY IRON NAVAL CANNON
the tapered barrel with plain trunnions, 28cm long, 5/8” bore

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
£200 - £400 - View
27 NUTTALL, JAMES: 'NELSONS GRAND VICTORY'
a rare broadside printed by W. Cowdray of Manchester, c.1805, celebrating the victory at Trafalgar, the single sheet measures 27cm x 9.5cm, mounted on paper

Provenance: Purchased from a dealer, 15th…
£100 - £200 £80 View
28 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: Three autographed letters from Thomas Reynolds
the assistant surgeon on board HMS Ajax at the battle of Trafalgar, the letters dated 18th of April, 17th June and 12th September 1805, in the run up to action at Cape Finisterre and Trafalgar, all…
£150 - £250 £140 View
29 FRENCH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A memorial commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar
the centre with an urn and flowers, a figure of Napoleon to one side, indistinct inscription to the bottom, dated 1805, watercolour, 24cm x 21.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Merlin Antiques, 20th…
£100 - £200 £90 View
30 ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES BULLEN: A SIGNED FREE FRONT ENVELOPE
addressed to John Caton of Woodbastwick, Norwich, dated 1837, 7cm x 14cm; together with a copy of a letter from a seaman on board the Victory, a contemporary copy of James Bagley’s famous letter to…
£40 - £60 - View
31 A 19TH CENTURY NAUTICAL BRASS TELESCOPE
single draw with waxed rope bound barrel, 34cm extending to 57cm long

Provenance: Purchased privately circa 2015.
£50 - £100 £70 View
32 VICE ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD, 1ST BARONET GCH KCB (1770-1832) A signed letter
three pages, dated March 6th 1814, addressed to a prize agent regarding a schooner captured by HMS Briton in sight of the squadron, 25cm x 20cm

Provenance: Purchased from a private collection,…
£100 - £200 - View
33 SMITH, JOHN THOMAS (1766-1833) A view of Nelson's Funeral
‘An Accurate View from the House of W. Tunnard Esq. on the Bankside, adjoining the site of Shakespeare’s Theatre, on Wednesday the 8th January 1806; when the remains of the Great Admiral Nelson were…
£300 - £500 £500 View
34 A PARIAN WARE BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
on a socle base, 25.5cm high

Provenance: The Hayhurst Collection, purchased 2016.
£50 - £100 £750 View
35 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND NAVAL INTEREST: A SMALL COLLECTION OF TREEN
including a wooden candlestick made from the teak taken from HMS Spartiate, with inscribed brass plaque, 8.5cm high; a treen ashtray, affixed with a brass plaque inscribed 'From the Teak of H.M.S.…
£80 - £150 £70 View
36 VICE ADMIRAL PIERRE-CHARLES VILLENEUVE (1763-1806) A signed letter
written on a single leaf, a ten line order to his officers informing them of the appointment of Admiral Decres to command Forts Manoel and Ricacoli and insisting on the readiness of the reserve…
£1,200 - £1,500 - View
37 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SCRAPBOOK INCLUDING ORIGINAL SKETCHES DEPICTING THE AFTERMATH
apparently belonging to Admiral Sir William Henry Pierson (1782-1858), the disbound contents are identified by an owner’s label and an inscription on a separate leaf “Lady Pierson”, the book includes…
£2,000 - £4,000 £1,800 View
38 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Lieutenant Richard Douglas
pencil sketch on paper, unsigned, inscribed below, 18cm x 15cm

Provenance: Purchased from John Martin Fine Art, London, 21st February 2020.

Note: Douglas was born at Plymouth in 1788, he joined HMS…
£150 - £250 £140 View
39 ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM (1768-1838) A signed letter
to his coach maker from HMS Donegal, addressed to Messrs Cooke, Coachmakers of London, instructing them to deliver his Post Chaise to Captain Godby of the Royal Navy, 18cm x 15cm

Provenance:…
£50 - £100 - View
40 ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE, 7TH EARL OF NORTHESK KCB (1756-1831) A signed letter
dated October 6th 1797, a two page letter from the then-Captain Earl, regarding a letter that had not reached his ship the Monmouth, and discussing the road from Dundee to Montrose, 23cm x 19cm
£150 - £250 - View
41 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SIGNED LETTER FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE (1762-1805)
a two page signed letter from Louisa Cook, dated 1830, 23cm x 18cm
£100 - £200 - View
42 AN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BRONZE NAVAL CANNON
with tapered barrel and plain trunnions, 24.5cm long, 1/2” bore

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
£200 - £400 - View
43 'NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE MARY ROSE, AT SPITHEAD, JULY 20, 1545
FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, &;C. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM’, published by S. Horsey, 1844, bound in the wood of the wreck, 9.2cm high

Provenance: Purchased form The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.

Note…
£300 - £500 £420 View
44 ASCRIBED TO MATTHEW HAUGHTON (1772-1848) A portrait of Benjamin Danford
inscribed verso, oil on bevelled board, unframed, 21cm x 16cm
£200 - £400 £220 View
45 NAVAL INTEREST: A SMALL COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including a commemorative medal depicting the John Williams Missionary ship, launched 1844, named after the missionary killed by Pacific island natives in 1839, white metal in oak frame, 3.8cm wide;…
£50 - £100 - View
46 'A NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE AT SPITHEAD, AUGUST, 1782
INCLUDING TRACEY’S ATTEMPT TO RAISE HER IN 1783, ALSO, COL. PASLEY’S OPERATIONS IN REMOVING THE SHIP, BY GUNPOWDER, IN 1839-40-41’, published 1842 by S. Horsey, 1842, bound in wood salvaged from the…
£150 - £250 £140 View
47 "RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. A. J. SCOTT, D.D. LORD NELSON'S CHAPLAIN"
first edition, published Saunders and Otley, London, 1842; together with an original letter from A. J. Scott to Thomas Ryden Esq that discusses an instant mentioned in the book, pg 256/257, where…
£500 - £1,000 - View
48 A HALF BLOCK MODEL OF HMS VICTORY
resin mounted on wood, 30cm high x 86cm wide

Provenance: Purchased form the Nelson Society in January 2023.
£50 - £100 £80 View

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