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Auction date Thursday 19 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale:

John Holmes

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 324

GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) A sketch of the artist's wife, Hilda, on horseback
Lot 1 Sold
GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) A sketch of the artist's wife, Hilda, on horseback
depicted facing away from the artist, holding another horse by its reins, signed lower left, ink on paper, 8.25cm x 11.25cm; framed together with an ink sketch of a dog, presumably by the same hand, 11cm x 16cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'Irises'
Lot 2 Sold
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'Irises'
still life study, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 65cm x 50cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'St Paul de Vence, Place de la Fontaine'
Lot 3 Sold
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'St Paul de Vence, Place de la Fontaine'
oil on canvas, 51cm x 66cm (unframed on stretcher)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'Pub interior, Corfe Castle, Dorset'
Lot 4 Sold
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'Pub interior, Corfe Castle, Dorset'
watercolour, 34.5cm x 39cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
NORA SUMMERS (1892-1948) 'Horton Tower, Dorset'
Lot 5 Sold
NORA SUMMERS (1892-1948) 'Horton Tower, Dorset'
signed, titled and dated 1943 lower left, oil on paper, 18.5cm x 27cm

Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Dorset

Exhibited: 'Nora Summers', Sally Hunter Fine Art, February 1998
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*MARIE VOROBIEFF 'MAREVNA' (1892-1984) 'Athelhampton Hall'
Lot 6 Sold
*MARIE VOROBIEFF 'MAREVNA' (1892-1984) 'Athelhampton Hall'
signed and dated 1957 lower left, titled and inscribed "For Mrs Clarice Chinchen from M. Marevna" in ink over pencil to the margin, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 25cm x 35cm
Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (1892- May 4, 1984) was the artist of Russian-Polish origins. The name…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*MARIE VOROBIEFF 'MAREVNA' (1892-1984) 'Mrs Gladys Chinchen'
Lot 7 Sold
*MARIE VOROBIEFF 'MAREVNA' (1892-1984) 'Mrs Gladys Chinchen'
half length portrait of a lady seated in an interior, a vase of flowers beside her, signed, dated 1955 and inscribed "Athelhampton Hall" lower left, further inscribed "For Gladis Tchinchin, Lov" (sic) upper right, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 73cm x 55cm
Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (1892- May 4, 1984) was the artist of Russian-Polish origins. The name…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Long Bredy, Dorset'
Lot 8 Sold
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Long Bredy, Dorset'
Landscape view, ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, 23cm x 33cm

According to an inscription verso this is one of three views of Long Bredy painted by the artist on her first visit in 1916-17

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Long Bredy, Dorset'
Lot 9 Sold
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Long Bredy, Dorset'
Landscape view, signed and dated 1917 lower right, ink and watercolour, 30.5cm x 41.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992


Exhibited: The New English Art Club Exhibition, Spring 1918
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Heredia, Carmella's Mother, Granada'
Lot 10 Sold
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Heredia, Carmella's Mother, Granada'
three quarter length portrait of a Spanish woman, signed lower left, watercolour and ink, 29cm x 21.5cm; together with a smaller work by the same artist, 'Gipsy', signed lower right, watercolour and ink, 12.5cm x 13.25cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JOHN HAMMOND HARWOOD (1904-1980) 'Corfe Castle, Dorset'
Lot 11 Sold
*JOHN HAMMOND HARWOOD (1904-1980) 'Corfe Castle, Dorset'
signed and dated 1952 lower right, watercolour and gouache, 37cm x 52cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset

Exhibited: Summer Exhibition, Sally Hunter Fine Art, 1988
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) 'Stickley's Barn, Minchington, Dorset, 1968'
Lot 12 Sold
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) 'Stickley's Barn, Minchington, Dorset, 1968'
oil on canvas, 24.5cm x 33cm; together with an en grisaille watercolour study by the same artist 'Stickley's Barn, last stages', showing the building in a part-demolished state, 37cm x 55cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) Farm study with thatched building
Lot 13 Sold
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) Farm study with thatched building
monogrammed lower right, oil on canvas, 40cm x 50cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) 'Sky and Hedge I'
Lot 14 Sold
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) 'Sky and Hedge I'
Dorset landscape study, monogrammed lower right, oil on canvas, 24.5cm x 33cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Girl by a Tree'
Lot 15 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Girl by a Tree'
Emma in the garden at the Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset, signed in pencil to the margin, wood engraving, the image 8.25cm x 7.5cm
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £150
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*HERMIONE HAMMOND (1910-2005) 'A North Dorset Farmhouse, 1943'
Lot 16 Sold
*HERMIONE HAMMOND (1910-2005) 'A North Dorset Farmhouse, 1943'
signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 30cm x 42.5cm; together with a view of Wareham by the same artist, signed and dated 1940 lower right, watercolour, 22.5cm x 30cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*HERMIONE HAMMOND (1910-2005) 'Wareham, Dorset, 1942'
Lot 17 Sold
*HERMIONE HAMMOND (1910-2005) 'Wareham, Dorset, 1942'
signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 29.5cm x 43.5cm; together with a companion view 'Rooftops, Wareham, Dorset, 1935', signed and dated lower left, watercolour, 30cm x 42cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Heathland Pool, Purbeck'
Lot 18 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Heathland Pool, Purbeck'
Dorset landscape with Corfe Castle visible to the distance, monogrammed lower right, further signed and titled verso, oil on board, 30cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) Still life study of flowers in a vase
Lot 19 Unsold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) Still life study of flowers in a vase
monogrammed lower right, oil on board, 60cm x 50cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Looking towards Creech Barrow from Middle Bere'
Lot 20 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Looking towards Creech Barrow from Middle Bere'
Dorset landscape view, monogrammed lower right, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 30cm x 50cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Cardiff
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'River Frome from near Holmebridge'
Lot 21 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'River Frome from near Holmebridge'
Dorset landscape view, monogrammed lower right, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 45cm x 60cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Cardiff
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Corfe Castle from near Blashenwell'
Lot 22 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Corfe Castle from near Blashenwell'
Dorset landscape view, monogrammed lower right, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 34cm x 44cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Cardiff
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'From above the pier'
Lot 23 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'From above the pier'
abstract Dorset coastal landscape, signed, titled and dated February 1991 verso, oil on board, 17cm x 19cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'From under the pier'
Lot 24 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'From under the pier'
abstract Dorset coastal landscape, signed, titled and dated February 1991 verso, oil on board, 17.5cm x 20.25cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023

Total lots: 324

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