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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

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
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	£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	£200 - £400	£280	View
172	MYLES BIRKET FOSTER (1825-1899), 'The Thrum on the Coquet at Rothbury' monogrammed lower right, watercolour, 34cm x 26cm	£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.…	£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	£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	£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	£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	£1,000 - £2,000	£2,000	View

Total lots: 362

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