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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

Page:

of 16

Lots per page:

Total lots: 362

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
1 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: ‘ADMIRAL NELSON’S GLORIOUS VICTORY’
hand coloured engraving, writing sheet celebrating The Battle of the Nile (1798), 48cm x 37.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Stephen Rench, bookseller, April 2014.
£100 - £200 £550 View
2 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CARD CASE
inscribed: ‘FROM A PART OF H.M.S. VICTORY, When she bore Lord Nelson’s Flag at the battle of TRAFALGAR, 1805. Manufactured by E & E Emanuel Portsmouth’, 11cm high x 7cm wide

Provenance:…
£200 - £400 £180 View
3 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
an engraved and hand coloured broadside, published London 1799, 43.5cm x 17.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Preston Antiques Centre, 2013.
£200 - £400 - View
4 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
engraved broadside, published London 1799, 45.5cm x 28.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Steve Liddle, antiquarian bookseller, 2013.
£200 - £400 - View
5 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
including The Lancaster Gazette, dated November 16th 1805, announcing the death of Nelson and the Victory at Trafalgar; and The Times Newspaper, November 7th 1805, similarly announcing Nelson’s death…
£40 - £60 £90 View
6 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: FRAGMENTS OF A FRENCH TRICOLORE ENSIGN £5,000 - £8,000 - View
7 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: ‘DEATH OF TOM ALLEN’
a rare broadside offprint memorial to Tom Allen, Nelson’s faithful servant, comprising “Extracts from the Norwich Papers, December 1st and 8th, 1838.’’, published by John Stacy, three pages of 25cm x…
£80 - £150 £70 View
8 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'NELSON' SHEET MUSIC
composed by Braham and arranged by Brinley Richards, published by Joseph Williams, London, 1890, 32cm x 23cm; together with an act of parliament ‘to grant a certain annuity to Lady Viscountess Nelson…
£40 - £60 - View
9 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: A COMMEMORATIVE COPPER VESTA CASE
5cm high; and a commemorative medal, dated 1897, both apparently made from copper salvaged from the wrecked HMS Foudroyant, Nelson’s flagship, wrecked in 1897 off Blackpool (2)

Provenance: Purchased…
£50 - £100 £40 View
10 COMMANDER JAMES SPRATT (1771-1853) An autographed letter recounting his famous exploits
when he single-handedly boarded the French “L’ Aigle”, cutlass between his teeth, on two sheets of bifold paper, the last three pages blank

Provenance: Purchased from T & W Auctions, Tunbridge…
£500 - £1,000 - View
11 ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A portrait of John Alexander Phillips
oil on board, inscribed to verso ‘General Phillips (as a boy)’, 24.5cm x 19.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Clevedon Salerooms Fine Arts Sale, 20th November 2014, Lot 146.

Note: John Alexander…
£200 - £400 - View
12 TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A ‘VICTORY OFF TRAFALGAR’ COMMEMORATIVE CARD
decorated with a stylised representation of Nelson’s famous signal, a manuscript presentation to the reverse: 'to the Naval Committee at the Trafalgar Hotel, Norwich, by Mr. P. Scott, October 21st…
£40 - £60 £40 View
13 SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON (1770-1851) A letter to J. W. Croker at the Admiralty
in which it mentions ‘the boy’s head has caught ringworm and so is not fit’, this likely refers to his son Henry Codrington (1808-1877) who also became an admiral, 18.5cm x 11cm; together with an…
£80 - £150 £70 View
14 ADMIRAL JAMES HANWAY PLUMRIDGE (1788-1863) A letter to Edward Gifford
the author of Deeds of Naval Daring, congratulating him on his brother’s CB, and asking him about the Egypt Medal, to which he was entitled, three sides of 18.5cm x 11.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from…
£80 - £150 £90 View
15 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'HMS Victory'
chromolithograph, depicting the ship moored at Portsmouth, 30cm x 45.5cm; together with ‘Battle of Trafalgar- Oct. 21st 1805’, coloured aquatint, plate III from J. Jenkins ‘Naval Achievements’,…
£100 - £200 - View
16 ADMIRAL SIR ELIAB HARVEY (1758-1830) A signed letter
dated November 9th 1815, in which he disclaims the responsibility of his wife from a debt, 23cm x 18cm

Provenance: Purchased from JG Autographs, USA, October 2014.

Note: Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey…
£150 - £250 £140 View
17 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY The Battle of Trafalgar
depicting HMS Victory breaking through the line and engaging with the Bucentaure, indistinctly signed lower right, watercolour on paper, 60.5cm x 95cm

Provenance: Thomas Roddick & Metcalf…
£400 - £800 £480 View
18 VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY (1769-1839) An autographed letter to Elizabeth Norgrove
sent from on board the HMS Victory, 25th December 1805, Elizabeth Norgrove was mother of James Norgrove, a marine killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, mounted, 22cm x 18cm
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
19 VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREEMANTLE (1765-1819) A signed letter
dated 1813 and sent from HMS Milford during the Siege of Trieste, two sides 23cm x 18.5cm
£200 - £400 - View
20 SIR GEORGE GREY, 1ST BARONET 'The Memorial of Captain George Grey, Royal Navy'
addressed to the Duke of Portland, a former and future Prime Minister of Britain, dated August 1790, outlining his naval services, including capture of the French in the West Indies, serving as…
£100 - £200 £80 View
21 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham (1763-1845)
watercolour on paper, depicted as a young man in naval undress uniform, inscribed verso ‘Admiral Sir Philip Durham Left by Lady Erskine’, 12cm x 9.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from a dealer in 2013.
£2,000 - £4,000 - View
22 VICE ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD KING, 2ND BARONET KCB (1774-1834) A signed order
to Captain F. E. Lock, Commander of HMS Eden, dated 6th October 1818, on headed notepaper, instructing Captain Lock to place himself and his ship under Admiral King’s command, 24cm x 20cm

Provenance…
£100 - £200 - View
23 THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A WILLIAM IV 18CT GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL MOURNING RING
the enamel band inscribed ‘Vice Admiral Sir Richard King Bart KCB’, inscribed internally ‘Ob 5th August 1834 at 62’, hallmarked London, 1834, size N, approx 6g

Provenance: Purchased from Bespoke…
£700 - £1,000 £700 View
24 THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, IN EIGHT VOLUMES, CONTAINING THE SIGNATURE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
comprising Volumes I and II (1799); Volumes III and IV (1800); Volumes V and VI (1801); and Volumes VII and VIII (1802), being the first four years of The Naval Chronicle, which ran from 1799-1818 (8)
£5,000 - £7,000 - View

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