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Auction date Wednesday 24 April 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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William Batt & Michael Roberts


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 547

Lot 584 Unsold
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Brewery at Bruges, No. 2'
1906, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 25cm x 20cm

Literature: Gaunt, William, 'The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn', plate 67.
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 585 Unsold
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Farmyard'
1907, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 22cm x 31.5cm

Literature: Gaunt, William, 'The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn', plate 91.
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 586 Sold
A GEORGE IV SAMPLER OF A WOODCOCK
perched holding fruits in its beak, ‘Sophia Ann Langley finished this work 9 Nov’ 1823’, 14cm x 16cm; together with a wool tapestry of a bird amongst roses,17cm x 22cm; another with a rider on a donkey, 50cm x 50cm; and an embroidered picture of a lady with dovecote and birds, 27cm x 29cm (4)

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 587 Sold
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
embroidered with the alphabet and religious sayings, by ‘MARGARET DALGLISH GLASGOW 1833 23 APRIL’, 19.5cm x 32.5cm; together with three others from the 1930’s including one by ‘CHRISTIAN AGNES KIRKWOOD CARRITT’ (4)

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 588 Sold
TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
early 19th century, one with two stags around a tree and with religious verses, 40cm x 35cm, the other dated 1811 with a verse 'ON AMBITION', 36cm x 29.5cm

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 589 Sold
A VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
embroidered 'AGNES MCKECHNIE BORN 25 SEPTEMBER 1827 SEWD KIRKINTILLOCH 1842', with stately home set in grounds with topiary, 33.5cm x 51cm

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 590 Sold
THREE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
19th century, one dated 1854 by Agnes McLear with embroidered castle, 28cm x 40cm

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 591 Sold
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
by 'EMMA WARWICK APRIL 30 1831' decorated with vases of flowers, birds, and a religious verse, 31cm x 42.5cm

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 592 Sold
A VICTORIAN GLASS BEADWORK FRAMED PANEL OF A KING CHARLES SPANIEL
with wool tapestry background, 26cm x 22cm; together with an ovoid shaped beadwork tray of flower sprays 20cm x 48cm; a wool tapestry of a bouquet highlighted with beads; and a wool tapestry of flowers on a turquoise band 104cm x 20.5cm (4)

Provenance: Selected contents of 137 Gloucester Road, London.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 593 Unsold
A PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED OVAL SILK PANEL
late 18th century, depicting a lady in landscape, in beaded gilt frame, 39cm x 30cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 594 Unsold
A PAINTED AND EMBROIDERED SILK OVAL PANEL
late 18th century, depicting a couple before a cottage, in beaded gilt frame, 39cm x 30cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 595 Sold
A REVERSE GLASS PAINTED SILHOUETTE 'THE CUNLIFFE FAMILY 1820'
early 19th century, in wide verre eglomise slip, 19.5cm x 24cm; together with two other paper silhouettes (3)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 596 Sold
HENRY MORTON STANLEY INTEREST: A MAYORAL DECREE
from Sir William Waterlow, 602nd Lord Mayor of London, expressing great appreciation to Henry Morton Stanley for his eminent services to the cause of science and humanity, dated 21st November 1872, 70cm x 60cm (framed and glazed)

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 597 Unsold
A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER FRONTED STATIONERY BOX
the silver by SW. Smith & Co, Birmingham 1902, boldly embossed with chrysanthemums, birds and scrolls and with vacant cartouche, all on maroon leather ground, with green satin-lined four division interior, 23cm high x 25cm wide x 14cm deep
Estimate: £400 - £600
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 598 Unsold
TWO GEORGE III SILVER SKEWERS
both by George Smith III and William Fearn, London 1791, 28.5cm and 33cm long respectively, (c.4 tr. ozs combined) (2)
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 599 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER OVAL TAZZA
by CS, London 1887, of pierced floral and leaf scroll design, 10.5cm high x 30cm wide x 23cm deep, (c.18 tr. ozs)
Hammer price: £330
Estimate: £400 - £600
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 600 Sold
A PAIR OF ELIZABETH II SILVER OWL SALT AND PEPPER POTS
by William Comyns & Sons, London 1968, the naturalistically cast bodies with glass eyes, each 7.5cm high, (c.6 tr. ozs combined gross) (2)
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 601 Sold
A THOMASON KINGS RACK CORKSCREW
circa 1815, the bone handle with brush, 21cm long (closed)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 602 Sold
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GLASS RUMMERS
18th century, on turned stems and heavy circular feet, 14.5cm high (4)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 603 Unsold
A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY SEATED ON A ROCK
19th century, wearing his winged sandals or Talaria, 22cm high
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 604 Sold
A MATCHED PAIR OF LARGE PATINATED BRONZE URNS WITH COVERS
late 19th century, the identical urn bodies decorated with harvesting putti and each with two satyr mask mounts, one cover with a putto atop holding a bird and the other with a putto holding fruits and flowers in his lap, approx. 43cm tall (2)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £600 - £800
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 605 Sold
AFTER AUGUSTE MOREAU (1861-1906), A PATINATED BRONZE OF A MUSICIAN CHERUB
19th century, standing upon a rocky outcrop, signed, and on a black marble socle, 34cm high (including base)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 606 Unsold
A PAIR OF BRONZE URNS WITH SCROLLED HANDLES
mid-19th century, possibly Elkingon & Co. (without stamp) replicas of the classical Roman Kantharoi excavated from Pompeii in 1835, each adorned with two centaurs and attendant putti in high relief, on later turned wooden circular bases, approx. 15 cm high (excluding base) (2)
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
Lot 607 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF SEVERO CALZETTA DA RAVENNA (active c.1496-c.1543) AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURAL INKWELL
circa 1500, probably Padua, with three cherubs supporting a shell-shaped bowl on figured dolphin supports, the triangular base with moulded frieze on lions paw feet, 19cm high x 23cm wide

Provenance: The Schubert Antichita Gallery, Milan.
The Giorgio Corsi Collection, Italy.
A private collection, Italy.
Note: A comparison, with similar base and feet, can be seen in ‘Atlas Supporting the Globe of…
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
24 April 2024
24 April 2024

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